Dwarf Fortress mods
Dwarf Fortress item mods
Everything filed under item by its own author, ordered by how much it is used.
69 item mods, most downloaded first · newest update 25 Oct 2026
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- MicroMod: enable Morningstarsby GGBOTPraise Armok! (and the many others!) Unlocks (just) the foreign weapon Morningstars for your Dwarves. Because sometimes you just want your Macelords to have menacing spikes on their majestic steel maces, or your Haunted Embark fort is just begging to become the holiest collection of temples you c...598 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- MicroMod: enable Daggers/Knivesby GGBOTThat's not a knife - this, is a <<+Knife+>> Cultists, bandits and rogues? Oh my! Unlocks the (foreign/exotic) weapon group Large Daggers to Dwarves, allowing you to Large Knifes / Daggers for Dwarves. Allowing for example: Embarking with Dwarves with Knife User skills Forging your own Steel Large...486 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Glass Mechanismsby QevA simple mod that allows your dwarves to make mechanisms out of glass, using the regular glassmaking materials. Non-Steam users can find it on DFFD as "[50.xx] Glass Mechanisms"!452 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Tekkud's Farmsteadby TekkudThis mod reworks almost every plant and adds new products to make at the Farmer's Workshop, Kitchen, Mill, and Screw Press. This allows for sustainable farming of almost every plant. It also adds dairy products like cream and butter, flour and oil from tree nuts, wax from bayberries, new sugars,...442 downloadsupdated 14 mo ago
- MicroMod: Obsidian Spearsby GGBOTAdds the ability create spears from obsidian at the crafting workshop, via the same (stone)crafting menu used for vanilla obsidian short swords. Requires one wooden log and one obsidian. Known issue: Even though the items have icons, currently "odd material weapons" don't always seem to become gr...431 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- MicroMod: Obsidian Knife/Daggersby GGBOTObsidian Daggers Allows Large Knife/Daggers to be made from obsidian by stonecrafting - IF your civilization has access to Large Daggers. Made for fun tribal cavern themed forts, blood cults, and more! This mod does not by itself add Daggers to Dwarves. My other "enable daggers" micromod or other...337 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Lead Oxide Civ Patchby Catwet12This Civ Patch allows Lead oxide to be used within the following Civs: A Dance of Six Legs Additional Races Aeramore Age of Civilizations Boarth Age of Man Age of Man - Fantasy Races Ancient Races: Dwarves of the Deep Ancient Races: High Elven Empire Ancient Races: The Goblin Kingdom Ancient Race...323 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Rebalance Metalsby MirazentThis modification adds to create weapons, ammunition and armor from Aluminum, Platinum, Gold and Rose Gold. I recommend to install together with More Material Item I also corrected the properties of these metals for myself, because I considered that the difference in the technological level betwe...315 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Uranium Processingby enoua5Uranium Procesing In the real world, pitchblende (also known as uraninite) is an ore of uranium. Despite pitchblende being in the game, it's a non-economic stone that can't be smelted. This mod changes that! Processing Yellowcake All uranium products begin by producing yellowcake. Process pitchbl...301 downloadsupdated 21 mo ago
- Shellcraft Windowby MatchAdds windows made from any shells, produced at craftsdwarf workshops.285 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Mostahl, High-Alloy Steelby Cascadian CavemanOne day, a dwarf had too much to drink before heading back to work at the smelter. In their inebriated state, they added a littany of impurities to the steel they were attempting to make, mistaking pyrolusite for coal - much to their surprise, the resulting alloy wasn't nearly as brittle as antic...170 downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
- [PLANT] Raffezalby dumbaqAdds single aboveground plant: Rafezal Source of DYE, BOOZE and THREAD/PAPER Growth period: Summer & Autumn Biomes: All deserts, badlands and wastelands, Tropical grasslands sometimes Dwarfs harvest whole plant with stems, leaves and flowers which are going to be processed into: Raffezal dye Valu...163 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Bearded Axe (DF 53.16+)by Razorz McLazorzIMPORTANT: This mod requires DFHack and Topples' Layered Graphics Merge. Bearded Axe Adds a standalone Bearded Axe alongside the vanilla Battle Axe, inspired by the Scandinavian skeggöx. A lighter alternative for combat and woodcutting, featuring unique artwork while preserving the original mod's...159 downloadsupdated 12 d ago
- Bourbon's March of Wrath BETAby BourbonAre you playing DF's v51.01-beta22 and cannot get March of Wrath to work? This is the answer!151 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- [PLANT] Grombellby dumbaqAdds single aboveground plant: Grombell Source of DYE and BOOZE Growth period: Spring & Summer Biomes: Untamed Wilds ONLY | All Tropical swamps, marshes, Tropical grasslands and shrublands, Any tropical riverside. Always grow close to water. Dwarfs harvest whole plant with stems and flowers which...147 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Refinish Metalby grungeisdead# REFINISH METAL (REQUIRES DFHACK) --- Refinish metal bars using inorganic reagents specific to your load order. Grind stone, metal, and gems to dust, and use it to produce refinished metal affected in name and colour, and for material finishes value, by your chosen dust reagent. Refinish Metal e...129 downloadsupdated 9 d ago
- Desert Sandstones (No Aquifer)by lonewinedDesert Sandstones (No Aquifer) Introduces new natural colors of sandstone corresponding to vanilla sand colors: tan, white, red, yellow and black. The spawn and material properties (except for color and appearance of aquifers in their layers) are identical to regular sandstone. Alternative mod: -...123 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
- Forgotten Beast Silk Tuningby 806009691## Forgotten Beast / Titan Silk Tuning !!THIS IS A DFHack lua mod!! !!Only Works With DFHack!! This mod changes the runtime silk materials generated for Forgotten Beasts and Titans. It does **not** modify the global `SILK_TEMPLATE`, and it does **not** affect normal spiders, cave spiders, giant c...113 downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
- YingFortressby 76561199024034143Embark as a yinglet caravan, and travel the world as a shelltoothed ratbird. Perhaps you'll find a slab, or maybe one may experience a inconvenient change? This mod contains an assortment of things from and within the Out of Placers Community. Note: This mod currently lacks graphics for most thin...100 downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
- BIOMASS Reactionsby HelessarAdd multiple reaction to let you start wherever you want without lacking important stuff. Only the dwarves have access to the reactions of the mod Items Metals Color Strenght Properties Value Biomass Olive Under copper Fire Safe Implie Killing Animal 4 Plabiomass Dark Olive Under Iron Anvil Magma...70 downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
- Ice Carvingby 76561198799708249Gives ice more uses by cutting it into carved ice at a stonecutter's workshop. Carved ice can be used in crafting like a normal stone boulder or for making ice windows. It has a higher temperature range where it stays solid compared to the default ice material, though it's still not fire or magma...39 downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
69 item mods, most downloaded first. Each one has its own page here with what it needs to run and where its author publishes it; the files themselves stay with the author and are never re-hosted on this site.

