Dwarf Fortress mods
Dwarf Fortress mod mods
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795 mod mods, most downloaded first · newest update 25 Oct 2026
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- Mammals of Gluttony & Greed - Coreby LlamageddonFixes milking, meat drops on small creatures and milkable animal people. Also adds accurate creature names, and some flavour text to them and the games' lexicon. *Update note: Small update to help ordering of MOGG modules in-game, and some tweaks to the creature variations that should make it eas...1.1k downloadsupdated 1 mo ago
- What Urist Saidby ValjuraiAdds (and in a few cases, modifies) vocabulary for a broader dictionary in game. When installed, you may find that it needs to be situated above 'vanilla' languages to work. There is a git repository that describes this in terms of the old dwarf fort, but it requires few tweaks to work with the s...1.1k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- MicroMod: always Cloaksby GGBOTSets Cloaks to 'Forced', making them always available/craftable for Dwarves. During world generation several types of armour/clothing can be "known" or not by civilizations, scaling on rarity. Technically your civilization could happen to know the science behind making Togas! But usually not - si...1.0k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Extended Vanilla Flavorsby niemstExtended Vanilla Flavors Work in progress. It is just beginning. But I'm open to suggestions and ideas. TL;DR Adds new syndromes and material effects to vanilla elements. Check my other mods Introduction I was not happy that almost every material, plant, etc. feel the same. Like the wood from any...1.0k downloadsupdated 21 mo ago
- Alloy 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
- Claije's Seasonal Farming Extendedby UnapologeticPunsterGives subterranean crops year-round growth, and above ground crops seasonal growth with realistic growth periods, adds three cavern crops, and tasks to the farmer's workshop, kiln, and mills. Makes Grains and bean pods require threshing to plant their seeds, makes some nuts require hulling, and o...1.0k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- MicroMod: Dwarves can Enrage!by GGBOTUrist Smash! Grants fighting Dwarves the ability to become Enraged at all enemies! Gaining the natural anger issues of the humble Wolverines and Honey Badgers. Specifically: Add to Dwarves (creatures_standard), which is the tag that causes animals like Honey Badgers to have a chance to become 'En...1.0k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Fairer Half Of Megabeastsby SanctusarThis mod changes the sprites and portraits for the Female Humanoid Megabeast to a more feminine version. This is the less silly alternative to my other version of this mod. This mod should have no problems working with other mods, it simply replaces the sprites and portraits for the female giants.1.0k downloadsupdated 6 mo ago
- Vampire Clan Bloodlinesby DikbutDaGrateVampire Clan Bloodlines DikbutDaGrate's Submission to Kitfox Game's Dwarf Fortress Mod Jam Inspired by the variations of vampiric bloodlines featured in other RPG games, this mod makes a lua-based attempt at introducing similar features into Dwarf Fortress. This mod features procedurally varied v...995 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
- Dogs hunt verminby Ironbreaker's SongLets dogs hunt vermin.986 downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
- MicroMod: always Robesby GGBOTSets Robes to 'Forced', making them always available/craftable for Dwarves. During world generation several types of armour/clothing can be "known" or not by civilizations, scaling on rarity. Technically your civilization could happen to know the science behind making Togas! But usually not - sin...984 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Grind bones, shells, chitin into flux Civ Patchby Catwet12This Civ Patch allows Grind bones, shells, chitin into flux (and more) 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...983 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Black 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
- Real 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 12 mo ago
- Sif Muna's Kobold Kampby Sif MunaThis mod makes Kobolds an early bronze age playable civ. You've got a limited amount of technological access, and instead of metalsmithing your bolds will be hard at work using pit kilns to smelt simple ores, then working cold metals by beating them until they're what you want. If you've got acce...981 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Maned Wolvesby Generic Hyena #2A small mod that adds maned wolves (Chrysocyon Brachyurus). Maned wolves inhabit any grasslands, shrublands and savannas, hunt vermin, are solitary creatures, and fairly rare. They are enjoyed for their long legs, their unique bark, and their distinctive manes. I'm tempted to add their funny cann...980 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Descritivos Tradução PT-BRby Dois cachorros numa moto - SKINSATTENTION: This mod has been discontinued, if you want to translate your Dwarf Fortress follow these steps: Download the latest .zip file (above) from the github page: Unzip the .zip file in the root folder of your Dwarf Fortress and run the file: dfint-installer.exe Select Portuguese- Brazilian...978 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Illithidsby MyphicbowserThe Illithids from the D&D universe have been lovingly brought into the universe of Dwarf Fortress, now you TO can commit warcrimes involving brains! I won't spend too long detailing this mod but I will tell you that included with this mod is a Playable Mindflayer Civ, an incredibly dangerous Bra...972 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Dwarven Cuisine - More Breadby VarsoconaYou want… More? You want… More Bread?! Well, our Chef Under the Mountain is happy to oblige! We are happy to introduce a new recipe… Cavern Bread! This bread can be made entirely with ingredients found, farmed, or gathered beneath the earth. But that’s not all… We’re also throwing in two addition...962 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Dwarven Cuisine - Baconby VarsoconaYou've had Finely-Minced Pig Meat... You've had a Pig Meat Roast. But have you ever had... Bacon? This is the question our Chef Under The Mountain is here to ask you today. And if the answer is no, we have the solution. We have the capability. To make Pig Meat better, tastier, even more desirable...960 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Cerberus Megabeastby Slime QueenAdds a massive three headed doggi to the ranks of your megabeasts.941 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
- Cloth Recyclingby QevAllows your dwarves to recycle fabric clothing and bags at a Clothier's workshop into lower-value "reclaimed thread" for re-use. Non-Steam users can find it on DFFD as "[50.xx] Cloth Recycling"! Every two items recycled produces one full spool of thread, but the wear-and-tear of the process, and...931 downloadsupdated 20 mo ago
- Glueby niemstGlue TL;DR Add new set of materials and reactions to make glue from various sources. Check my other mods Introduction This is a just a resource mod. It adds new set of materials and reactions to make glue. It does not adds any other content that uses the glue further. It is expected to be used as...925 downloadsupdated 15 mo ago
- Craftables - Sandstone (Dyed Edition)by lonewinedCraftables - Sandstone (Dyed Edition) Introduces kiln crafting recipes for new colored sandstone varieties using vanilla plant dyes. Compatible with Dwarf Fortress v.52.03 or higher. 1 Container of Water + 1 Bag of Quicklime + 1 Bag of Sand + 1 Bag of Dye = 4 Sandstone Blocks This recipe was insp...914 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
- Mods Placeholder (for installing mods after world creation)by niemstSee YouTube Instructions Info This mod is a placeholder that can be used to add mods into existing worlds. In SOME cases, it is possible to install mods into a dwarf fortress world AFTER world creation — using the mod update menu that appears when the game detects a higher version of an installed...912 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Elves Aren't Immortal(Just long-lived)by Den BjornenElves have long livespans rather than being immortal. They live 220 to 300 years. This has minimal effect on fortress gameplay, but world history for older worlds will be a bit different from usual.908 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- All Races Playable Redoby Lord NichThis mod lets you play as dwarves, humans, elves, goblins, or kobolds while adding or changing as little as possible. This is a nice redo so that the bugs players had with the other version are fixed, including Putnam's point of unnecessary CUTs, weapon glitches, and some various things like dyes...904 downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
- Age of Civilizations - Jotnarby TwinCrowsThe Jotnar are morose, dark-hearted humans that align with goblins. They're modeled after the Chaos Warriors of Warhammer Fantasy. Remote, barbaric people who are "touched by chaos". But they also have similarities to the Cimmerian race of Conan the Barbarian. They worship the cosmos and constell...902 downloadsupdated 19 mo ago
- Predefined Necromancy (Discontinued)by niemstPredefined necromancy - Discontinued I was able to get better results with LUA procedural generation, so I discontinued this mod. Please use Extended Necromancy instead. TL;DR Adds few secret to replace autogenerated necromancy. In intention to config world with 0 secrets types. Please check my o...896 downloadsupdated 15 mo ago
- Painted Dogsby Generic Hyena #2A small mod that adds painted dogs (lycaon pictus) also known as African wild dogs, African hunting dogs, and painted wolves. African wild dogs are: - large diurnal carnivore predators, that form tight social packs - are liked for their large ears, distinctive coat, and social interaction - produ...891 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Pitcher Pumpby lonewinedPitcher Pump Introduces a new 1x1 workshop with custom graphics, used for drawing water from the ground and pouring into containers up to their maximum capacity: - buckets - 10 units of water - barrels - 100 units of water - large pots - 100 units of water - glass vials - 3 units of water A pitch...883 downloadsupdated 15 mo ago
- Great Empires of mostly Humankindby L. LoireDive into a world of brutal empires, each vying for ultimate dominion. Mostly human, but sometimes strange beings find their way into these domains: most of them would be human, but there is a chance of creating a dwarven, goblin or beastman empire with the same ideals, tech etc The northern empi...882 downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
- Nefari And Bubbles DF.by DirtyfatninjaThis is just an Overhaul of Graphics. I can't seem to get it to work Properly but a Workaround till I figure it out is Click Subscribe then go to the Steam Apps Common Folder in there find this Mod Grab the Files and paste them over You main Vanilla Folders overwrite and that should work.871 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Dwarven Tea Partyby QevBrewable coffees and teas for your dwarves to enjoy! Non-Steam users can find it on DFFD as "[50.xx] Dwarven Tea Party"! This mod adds harvestable tea and coffee (two cultivars, arabica and robusta), and three more harvestable caffeinated plants: the yaupon and yerba mate hollys, and the guarana....870 downloadsupdated 15 mo ago
- Ceramics Expanded Civ Patchby Catwet12This Civ Patch allows Ceramics Expanded 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 Ancie...866 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Musket Modby AlomoesThis mod adds a variety of guns to the game. There exists: The musket. Standard weapon of war. There's normal and bayonet. The bayonet version requires some extra material. 3 as opposed to 2. Humans have access to the musket. Uses musket balls. The cannon. It's a 6 pounder cannon. I haven't teste...865 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Vanilla Two Handed Weapons (LITE)by El Mexicano VoladorMakes large two handed weapons wieldable. Does NOT make them craftable. Does NOT change flails.864 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Age of Civilizations - Gnimsby TwinCrowsKnown for their cleverness and friendly nature, the Gnims are a civilized species that spreads from the mountains into the forests, shrublands and taiga beyond. The average Gnim is physically small, weak and fragile. What they lack in physicality, they make up for in their social and mental aptit...861 downloadsupdated 19 mo ago
- Stein Golems (OP Race)by ErrantemAdds OP metallic humanoids and their OP equipment as a playable civilization They have steel bodies, max skill cap, no skill decay, magma vision, no odor, don't age, and much more Oh and they come packed with a lot of goodies such as: Plate, mail, and gambeson "suits" that provide maximum armor c...845 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- ReColossus Tweaksby CaldfirAdditions and enhancements to the Bronze Colossus. Adds alternate-caste versions of the Colossus for mid-tier alloys. Colossus now drops a special item (tool category) rather than a random statue. These "colossus parts" are quite valuable as a display-object, or can be melted to provide 300 bars...845 downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
- No Stone Aquifersby MuslukRemoves Aquifer from Sandstone, Puddingstone and Conglomerate, but leaves all other soils and sands alone. From my dfhack reveal shenanigans, I mostly encountered the aquifers to pretty much stop with the topsoil layer, unless you're mining under the ocean somehow. Sure you CAN smooth these stone...845 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Polish Dwarvesby niemstMakes dwarfs use polish words835 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Crematorium Civ Patchby Catwet12This Civ Patch allows Crematorium 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 Rac...825 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Domesticated Dragons [Not working in BETA]by JibbEnjoy the company of legendary creatures. Dragons are now initially domesticated and can be brought along when you embark. This is my first mod so suggestions are more than welcome. If you encounter any weird interactions make sure to tell me! The mod will be updated when the adventure mode beta...806 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Cavern Aquacultureby KordoLCavern Aquauculture adds a "quarry pond" which is essentially an artificial pond, used for farming fish. This mod solves for me the issue of easily overfishing entire oceans quickly. Seeing as this mod provides nothing much besides food, which is already quite hard to not have an abundance of, it...805 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
- Deon's Menagerie - Mimicby Deon ☣Warning: Any mod adding new creatures requires a new world to be generated, otherwise they will not spawn (since they were not generated as a part of a world's population). Creature description A cavern-dwelling creature that looks like a chest. When irritated, it turns into a monster with steel-...799 downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
- Diamond Engraved Floorsby FeralFerretDescription An alternate diamond texture for engraved floors. As much as I love the original Grandpa Urist mosaic it's a bit much for a large area. Compatibility Must be loaded after any other mod which changes the engraved floor texture in order to be visible. License You may freely use this alt...796 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Playable Ratfolk Civilizationby Infinite EyesRatfolk Civilization made playable. Requires the original Ratfolk mod and the updated Ratfolk Graphics mod. Original Ratfolk Mod Ratfolk Updated Graphics mod Ratfolk have their own Noble/Position titles, such as Rat King or Warren Founder. This mod changes the animals available to Ratfolk to incr...794 downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
795 mod 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.

