Mods / Material

• GGolder Goldby GeoneChanges the color of gold to be more golden and less brown. Affects bars, furniture, tools, etc; anything that can be made out of gold. This won't work on existing saves via the workshop. To manually add this mod to an existing save: copy inorganic_metal_goldcolor.txt into Dwarf Fortress\data\van...20.5k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• NNaut's Equipment Graphics & New Itemsby 76561198875678724DESCRIPTION: In the Vanilla game Artifact arms and armor don't display when worn. This mod fixes it so you can see Artifacts. Some races also don't have all the materials of their weapons and armor shown by the graphics. this mod adds graphics for all armor and weapon material types for humans, g...16.6k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• TThe Aeramore Expansion V7.41 [53.15+]by Gasper VladiThis mod takes in the Vanilla concept and adds more spice, culture, and FUN to the game. New Races, Beasts, Weapons, Secrets, Destruction, Chaos, and so much more that is at and there is a guide here on the discussion board for this mod! When you chose to use this mod, make sure you are either pl...11.2k downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
• [[VANILLA] Naut's Equipment Graphicsby 76561198875678724DESCRIPTION: In the Vanilla game Artifact arms and armor don't display when worn. This mod fixes it so you can see Artifacts. Some races also don't have all the materials of their weapons and armor shown by the graphics. this mod adds graphics for all armor and weapon material types for humans, g...6.7k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• DDwarvemonby FirePhoenix11Welcome to the world of Pokemon. This world is inhabited by creatures called Pokemon! For some people Pokemon are pets. Others use them for fights. Your very own Pokemon legend is about to unfold! A world of dreams and adventures with Pokemon awaits! A mod that adds Pokemon and Pokemon related st...6.0k downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
• MMineral Powdersby Wyntr StardustA new reason to build a millstone! Grind minerals to powder! Some are useful pigments! This is a growing library of mineral powders that a few of my mods will be dependent on, but feel free to use for your own mod or right-out-of-the-box to get new dyes. Now with a custom sub-menu for grinding ce...5.8k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• TTougher Bodiesby lmlsnaSomething I’ve noticed in all the weapons testing I’ve done is that creatures are incredibly fragile. Mere punches and kicks from a dwarf with no combat skills and average strength can tear apart another dwarf’s muscles and bruise bones through iron armor because of how vulnerable limbs are to in...5.3k downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
• SShearing Is Not Killingby DroseranI recommend instead using Advanced Agriculture as it fixes this and many other bugs/issues with vanilla agriculture. Removes the token from the wool of sheep, llamas, and alpacas. Wool is obtained by shearing these animals, not by killing them like the hair of other animals. Silk is similarly obt...5.2k downloadsupdated 15 mo ago
• SSilk Eggsby kegSilk creatures now lay eggs in nest boxes, which can be hatched or eaten as normal. Weavers can take these eggs and convert them into 10 thread a piece automatically at a farmers workshop. The following animals will lay silk eggs: -giant cave spider -giant monarch butterfly -giant moth -giant jum...4.5k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• AActually Red Redroot Dyeby Sanae & Juni & FriendsAre you tired of the game lying to you when it says redroot dye is red? So was I! This mod changes hide roots to make the millable dye red and give it a value of 20 like the other dyes, since it looks SO GOOD now, it would be a crime to keep it at half price. Did you know that in the raws, the dy...4.1k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• DDwarven Chemistryby Wyntr Stardust# DWARVEN CHEMISTRY # This mod adds a new workshop, the Laboratory, at which various new !FUN! reactions can occur. Other mods, such as my 'Dwarven Alchemy' mod, may make use of the Laboratory, adding new reactions. New features will continue to be added. CURRENT FEATURES - Rare Metal Extraction...3.9k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• BBlast Powderby Wyntr StardustMix saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal together to create BLASTING POWDER (aka, old-school black gunpowder) Put a metal pipe on the end of some wood and you have the most basic firearm in history! !! BE VERY CAREFUL WITH FIRE AROUND YOUR STOCKPILES !! CURRENT FEATURES - Blast Powder, the key ingredi...3.8k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• MMeteoriteby Wyntr StardustNow you can occasionally find long-fallen meteorites buried in certain strata. Meteorites can be smelted, usually into iron but sometimes into other trace metals. They can also be polished and made into decently valuable goods. Craftsdwarves can work meteorites directly into meteorite shortswords...3.2k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• FFantastic Treesby Wyntr StardustAdds new fantasy tree types to your world! Any similarities between these trees and trees from other fantasy verses may be coincidental. NEW TREES - Ironwood - Slow growing but quite large, these long-lived trees are slightly denser and heavier than most types.) - Tanglewood - Fast growing metall...3.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• OOverstocked Armoryby Wyntr Stardust# Overstocked Armory # This mod adds a great variety of new weapons, armor, shields, and even a few articles of clothing to your worlds. More may be added at any time. Not all items added by this mod are craftable by your dwarves, some of them will have to be acquired from trades/seiges. LIST OF...2.9k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• TTougher Bodies - A&CO Editionby DigganobA version of Tougher Bodies adapted to be used with Arsenal and Cultural Overhaul. This version uses peripheral nerve healing. Replace the objects folder with the one from the normal Tougher Bodies to remove it.2.7k downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
• TTougher Bodies - Peripheral Nerve Healingby lmlsnaThis mod is a standalone alternative to Tougher Bodies which also includes a mechanism of peripheral nerve healing. The mod must replace the “vanilla materials” and “vanilla bodies” modules. This is necessary because the CUT and SELECT methods of mod implementation do not function on material tem...2.7k downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
• EExpanded Alcoholby Wyntr StardustA growing list of new types of alcohol for your dwarves! WIP, need player testing as you arent guaranteed all of the new plants in one area.2.6k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• UUnused Materials Removerby VatticStops dwarves from preferring chicken teeth and similar nonsense. Also removes them from the manager screen. Achieved by removing unused materials and tissues from the vanilla creatures. This only applies to the vanilla creatures. Any modded creatures might still have unused materials.2.5k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• GGlassworksby Wyntr StardustEver wondered why you can't make red or blue glass, when the materials to do so are already in game? Well, now you can! Complete with everything that you can normally make from glass. Blue Glass items are made at a glass furnace with a bag of sand, a bag of cobalt powder, and fuel. Red Glass item...2.2k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• SSmell The Coffeeby Wyntr StardustCURRENT FEATURES - Mill Coffee Beans into Coffee Grounds. - Brew Coffee From Coffee Grounds at a Kitchen or Still. PLANNED FEATURES - Cappuccinos, Lattes, and Sweet Coffees. - Temporary Speed and Focus boost after ingesting coffee. KNOWN ISSUES/BUGS - None discovered thus far, but I'm in the proc...2.2k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• RReal Alloysby Evil DwightModifies the material properties and smelting process of alloys, making them more useful and realistic. If you want a mod that changes the material values without changing the smelting process, check out my other mod: Vanilla has a decent alloy system already, but I felt like I wanted to make som...2.0k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• SScale Tanningby VatticEver wanted to make a swanky pair of boots out of a dragons hide? Leather from scaled creatures has also been made colourful. Colour based on the creatures scale colour. FAQ: Fish leather? Fish leather is a thing in real life (surprised me too). Why have leather from tiny creatures? The vanilla g...1.9k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• MMore ceramicsby niemstMore Ceramics TL;DR Adds a wide range of new ceramic and brick materials with varied colors and properties, including small adjustments to vanilla ceramics. Plus reactions to produce and purify clay. Check my other mods: My other mods Introduction I created this mod as I was not happy with the ug...1.9k downloadsupdated 9 mo ago
• BBourbon's March of Wrathby BourbonFor the main release of DF. Don't forget to upvote and favorite or tell your friends, Steam tends to push much, much smaller mods on the front page. Tired of vanilla DF, but not wanting to go too far down the rabbit hole of high fantasy? Want to play races other than dwarves, or wanting a new twi...1.7k downloadsupdated 21 mo ago
• AAuric Steelby 76561198398857776Adds an alloy of steel and gold that performs identically to steel, but looks like gold. Swag up your dorfs! 2 steel + 1 gold + fuel = 2 auric steel bars1.7k downloadsupdated 18 mo ago
• DDwarvemon PMDby FirePhoenix11Welcome! This is the mod that leads to the world of Pokemon! An optional addon for Dwarvemon that adds Pokemon Mystery Dungeon content: Play as Pokemon in Fortress and Adventure Mode! Pokemon form civs of all kinds, lead by the Guildmaster and the appointed Second-in-command. Currently one specie...1.6k downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
• DDesert Sandstonesby lonewinedDesert Sandstones 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) are identical to regular sandstone. Alternative mod: - Desert Sandstones (No Aquifer) - identical to this mod,...1.5k downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
• AArcane Metalsby CountThe metals of dwarf fortress are, with few exceptions, based in reality. This mod adds in a few new, more mystical metals for you to work with. Each is designed to behave in a distinct way, making them all worth seeking out for a variety of different reasons. The new metals added: Cold Iron: This...1.4k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• SStone Processing Workshopby ebUPDATE 2023/01/05: added the tag to the stonecutting reaction. rip my hematite Adds a Stonecutter's workshop that cuts stone boulders into blocks at a faster rate than the Stoneworker, while also generating stone scraps as a useful byproduct. Stone scraps can be milled into fire clay or ground in...1.4k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• PPrecious Metal Arms and Armorby PropagatingDescription Updates various precious and exotic metals to allow the creation of arms and armour from those metals. Note that this does not change the the spawn rates of any metals, it only adds the tags that allow them to be crafted into various items. The game uses those tags to determine some t...1.4k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• WWood Processing Workshopby ebupdate 2023/01/12: Uploaded a balanced version of the mod, using ideas from neph's comments below. Also uploaded a floorless version of the mod. update 2023/01/02: workshop sprite realigned to be flush with bottom edge, like all other workshops Adds a workshop called the Wood Shop which processes...1.3k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• SSalamander Woolby niemstSalamander's Wool TL;DR Adds a unique material known as Salamander's Wool, which is essentially asbestos. Please see my other mods: Introduction This mod introduces Salamander's Wool, a material with properties inspired by asbestos and its history in real world. Known for its incredible fire resi...1.2k downloadsupdated 23 mo ago
• WWood Block Carpentryby ebUPDATE 2023/01/12: implemented most of neph's suggestions except for the ones I can't do (water wheels, windmills) or don't plan on doing (crafts). Regarding the rest, I don't plan on touching any vanilla files if I can help it. Feel free to use this mod as the basis for your own though. Also add...1.2k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• CCartilage Rotsby VatticStops cartilage and some other materials from building up in your refuse stockpiles by letting them rot away. Included materials: Cartilage Chitin Scales (lizard skin) Feathers (bird skin with feathers) Flame (breaks off fire creatures) Sponge (same but for sponges) This mod must be loaded before...1.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• DDwarvemon TCGby FirePhoenix11You are crazy about Pokemon and Pokemon card collecting! One day, you heard a rumor: An optional addon for Dwarvemon that adds Pokemon Trading Card Game content: Card effects translated to buffs and powers Many new plants, ores, and items to find and craft. New workshops focused around energy. Tu...1.1k downloadsupdated 16 mo ago
• TTweaked Domesticationby Chro-NOMakes nearly all giant animals trainable for war and hunting as well as a handful of regular animals. Most creatures that lacked a child stage have been given one, and so can now be truly domesticated. Giant spiders lay silk eggs (used Keg's silk egg mod for the silk eggs, download that mod to sp...1.1k downloadsupdated 20 mo ago
• PProto-industrialization expanded (1.4) v53.10by brbAllows for basic chemistry, milling of stones, craftable sands, extractions of compounds, chemical mixtures, and more efficient forms of production through machine workshops. -Adds 13 workshops total. -Does not require DFhack -Required for “Dwarven Firearms” to function Version compatibility: --P...1.1k downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
• AAlloy Valueby Evil DwightModifies the material values of alloys to make them more reasonable across the board. This mod is a simpler version of my other "Real Alloys" mod that just changes the value of alloys instead of messing with the recipes. In vanilla DF, many of the alloys weren't really worth the effort to make th...1.0k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• BBlack Steelby 76561198398857776Based on my other Auric Steel mod. Adds an alloy of steel and black bronze that performs identically to steel, but looks like black bronze. Very imposing! 2 steel + 1 black bronze + fuel = 2 black steel bars 2 steel + 1 obsidian + fuel = 2 black steel bars982 downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
• RReal Alloys Reforgedby A NickelModifies the material properties and smelting process of alloys, making them more useful and realistic. Updated to work with the Siege Update (53.01). Original mod can be found here:982 downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
• VVanilla Materials Overhaul (v1.4)by lmlsnaThe goals of this mod are to add materials as well as modify existing materials to produce more grounded behavior in combat and provide a less linear progression of material options for both metals and non-metals. The new materials continue upon the vanilla theme of “medieval but with unexpectedl...965 downloadsupdated 9 mo ago
• DDwarfiumby zeebAn end-game alloy made by combining adamantine with platinum, the best of two worlds. The Damascus steel of Dwarf Fortress. The recipe is the same as steel, only replacing iron and pig iron with adamantine and platinum: 1x adamantine wafer 1x platinum bar 1x flux stone 1x coal 2x dwarfium bars Cu...937 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• DDwarven Firearms (1.3) v53.10by brb-Compatible with v53.10, Jan 2026 -Adds functioning firearms into dwarf fortress. -(Requires “Proto-industrialization 1.2+” to function. DFhack not required) -Finished release. untested for compatibility with other mods (issues picking up ammo are usually caused by improperly equipping dwarves) U...830 downloadsupdated 16 mo ago
• SSand & Clay Anywhereby lmlsnaThis mod patches all soil to count as both fire clay and sand, allowing glass and stoneware to be made anywhere where soil is present. Revenge of the sandy clay loam! Note that as a side-effect all soil will use the sand graphic, though they keep their original colors. The clay-only version of th...757 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• MMore Grindable Ores (Requires Metallurgy mod)by eb2023/01/05 update: adjusted the pig iron reaction to actually give 8 bars instead of 4, and upped slag chance from 10% to 40%. Adds more options for the Ore Grinder from the Metallurgy mod, it should be able to grind every "real" metal ore up to and including aluminum. Also adds a menu of reactio...745 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• IIronbark Treeby zeebThis mod adds a new type of tree called Ironbark, it can be used as normal or melted down into iron bars. It is rare and grows exclusively on the edges of the mountain biome. It is not as potent as regular iron ores, needing 2 logs to create 1 iron bar, but they grow naturally and thus will provi...683 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• CCompressed Metal Barsby noyhcaTEnables the ability to create reversible, compressed metal bars in order to save space (and fps). This adds a recipe in the forge to turn 100 bars of metal into a single bar of compressed metal, the recipes to turn 1 bar of compressed metal into 100 bars of normal metal is also included. Currentl...662 downloadsupdated 4 y ago

87 material 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.