Dwarf Fortress mods
Dwarf Fortress reaction mods
Everything filed under reaction by its own author, ordered by how much it is used.
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67 reaction mods
- Smelt Ore By Productby QevJust a simple mod that adds a new category to the Smelter, "Smelt ores by product." This allows you task orders to smelt any ore of a given metal in a single order, instead of having to select the specific ores. A caveat, smelting tetrahedrite will no longer have a chance of producing a small amo...20.3k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Better Instrumentsby TrainzackDisclaimer This mod has not been tested in recent versions, and it is not being actively maintained or supported. Include this mod with your world at your own risk! Better Instruments 2.0.8 Dwarf Fortress's musical instrument procedural generation system is cool. However, it has a few problems. E...15.2k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Forthammer Fantasyby 76561198382999276Adds a large variety of things from Warhammer Fantasy, including guns, runes, 10 new civilizations, 12 new secrets based on the lores of magic, as well as many creatures, megabeasts, runes and more. DFhack is required for many advanced features. Place the file "onMapLoadForthammer.init" in the fo...8.1k downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
- Grind bones and shells into flux (and more)by niemstGrind Bones and Shells into Flux TL;DR Create flux from bones and shells, and more. Introduction This mod was created to give some use to bones and shells. After reviewing the flux stone list, I discovered that bones and shells could be used to create flux. I decided to create a mod that allows p...6.4k downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
- Topples' Quarryby TopplesQuarries This mod adds quarries that were included in the halfling mod to both dwarf and human entities. Quarries are an alternative way of obtaining stone, ore, and gems that is not meant to supplant standard mining. Obtaining these materials from quarries provides little mining experience and i...4.4k downloadsupdated 17 mo ago
- Silk 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...4.3k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Spellcrafts Mod - Magic Systems in Dwarf Fortressby Eric BlankA complete high magic mod for Dwarf Fortress. Additional info available in the Bay12 thread: **Reminder: Most of the sprites used are derivations of the vanilla game's sprites.** May 10, 2026; Update to fix gemstones not being generated in worlds using this mod. Will not be compatible with old wo...4.2k downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
- Extra Ceramicsby Aura█▓▒▒░░░Extra Ceramics░░░▒▒▓█ == ADDITIONS == Make/Glaze Clay reactions for: Chairs, Coffins, Display Cases, Flasks, Goblets, Pedestals, Slabs Glaze reactions for: Hives CHANGE LOG (1.2): Hopefully fixed a bug, added Tables and Buckets to producible and glaze-able clay items. == MODIFICATIONS == "...4.0k downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Set Productionby ThurasizCombines some item productions into predefined sets. Stone bedrooms, tombs and barracks. Metal and leather armor. Cloth and leather clothing. (Armor does not include gloves or gauntlets because of longstanding bugs)] This mod was created in the first place because i missed a similar functionality...3.8k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Just One More Thing... Carpentryby AuraAdds a couple more items that can be crafted with the carpenter's workshop. █▓▒▒░░░Just One More Thing... Carpentry░░░▒▒▓█ == ADDITIONS == New reactions in the carpenter's workshop: Craft statues, slabs, and even mechanisms with wood now! TWO new (arguably useful) weapons! - Training Maces and Tr...3.7k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Ceramics Expandedby QevThis mod expands the ceramic industry, allowing your dwarves to make more items out of ceramics, and use more materials for glazing with a wide variety of colours, depending on what resources are available at the embark. Note: This mod will mark several non-economic stones as economic, so make su...2.7k downloadsupdated 18 mo ago
- Forthammer Fantasy Gunsby 76561198382999276Adds the guns and ammo from Forthammer Fantasy as a standalone mod. DFhack is not required, but the grenade launcher will not function without it. If using DFhack, place the file "onWorldLoadForthammer.init" in the folder ../Dwarf Fortress/dfhack-config/init.2.5k downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
- Topples' Smokingby TopplesREQUIRES DFHACK NEEDED FOR PORTRAITS Topples' Layered Graphics Merge What does this do? Adds wearable smoking items: pipes, pipe-weed cigars, hemp cigars, joints, and chills. Adds water pipe and potion bench buildings. Adds marijuana, hemp, and shisha items. Adds plants: pipe-weed, poppy, and hem...2.0k downloadsupdated 15 mo ago
- Cloth Quiversby QevA tiny mod that allows your dwarves (and the humans) to craft quivers out of cloth in Fortress mode. They're made in a Clothier's shop, and are listed under their own category, "Make fabric quiver". Currently, cloth quivers do not show dye colours. :( Non-Steam users can find it on DFFD as "[50.x...2.0k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Fermented Milkby QevAllows your dwarves to make alcoholic drinks by fermenting milk at a Still, using the Brewing labour. Probably similar to Inner Mongolian lai jiu, which is distilled to 40% ABV, since anything less would be undwarfly. Note that this requires milk in barrels, not buckets, so there may be some dela...1.8k downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
- Expanded Dyes Patch for Advanced Agricultureby DroseranAdds recipes in the style of Advanced Agriculture or Advanced Milling to the plants from Expanded Dyes by Saaf. This mod requires Expanded Dyes installed to work, but will work standalone without Advanced Agriculture or Advanced Milling installed. This mod uses the WORLDGEN_ENABLED and FORTRESS_M...1.8k downloadsupdated 14 mo ago
- Iron to Steelby kegAdds a new smelting option "smelt steel bars (batch)" to condense steal production. This reaction will take 2 iron, 2 flux, 2 coal and produce 2 steel, completely skipping the pig iron step for the same cost to maintain balance.1.6k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- DLE - Make Mead Fixby MeowMeowPunchReaction - Make Mead Fix This mod is part of the Dwarven Life Expanded series. The vanilla "Make mead" reaction work only with honey-bee honey. This mod add a new reaction named "Make mead (any honey)" to the game without fiddling with vanilla files or replacing the vanilla "Make mead". "Make mea...1.6k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Temple Rituals (procgen)by 76561198799708249Generate rituals with unique blessings for each deity. Rituals can be performed at a new workshop, the ritual altar. Blessings are based on the spheres of each deity. Each deity prefers a certain blessing, though has access to several, including granting items and magic powers. All rituals also c...1.4k downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
- Dwarven Cuisine - Butterby VarsoconaIntroducing a new ingredient to stimulate your Dwarven palate... Delicious creamy butter! This incredible invention adds a new world of flavor to any meal it is a part of. All you need to make it is some milk, a Farmer's Workshop, and a little love. Your fortress residents will be so enamoured wi...1.3k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Extra Clay Bricksby Dapper RaptorCheck out another mod of mine that does a similar thing to this one, but for glass blocks instead: Extra Glass Blocks Doesn't it seem silly that you get 4 bricks from one rock boulder, and all you need is that boulder, but you only get one brick per clay, even though you need to use both clay AND...1.2k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Dwarven Cuisine - Breadby VarsoconaLady Dwarfs, and Gentle Smiths... Our Chef Under The Mountain is honoured to announce that, at long last we have created... Bread! That's right, the nigh-mythical Solid Beer has become a reality, and with these techniques at your disposal your own fortress cooks can learn the art of Breadcraft. T...1.2k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Glass Recyclingby AnumbskullAdds a way to recycle glass into and from raw glass.1.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- DLE - New Reactionsby MeowMeowPunchReaction Library This mod is part of the Dwarven Life Expanded series. This mod add reactions to the game and is meant to be used in conjunction with my other mods, or to be used as a library of new reactions for other modders. It will be updated as I add reactions. For a list of all currently in...1.1k downloadsupdated 4 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...949 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...949 downloadsupdated 2 y 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...915 downloadsupdated 18 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...836 downloadsupdated 3 mo 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....828 downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
- EBs Adventurer Craftingby Eric BlankReactions to allow producing crafts and equipment in adventurer mode. MUST be on the BETA branch to make use of these. The reactions are generally organized by material, and are accessible through the crafting menu. Many of them require a sharp implement (any bladed object counts) but otherwise r...769 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- More coke! (no fuel)by WolframeBlackMaking coke from bituminous coal and lignite now gives more coke (25 and 15 respectively, to be exact). Also making coal now is an automated job (like kitchen and fishery). This version also removes fuel requirement for this operation. There's also a version that requires fuel This mod adds a new...758 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Extra Glass Blocksby Dapper RaptorCheck out another mod of mine that does a similar thing to this one, but for clay bricks instead: Extra Clay Bricks Making glass blocks takes quite a bit more effort than making stone blocks, but you only get 1 instead of 4... that seems a bit unfair. You need sand and fuel for glass blocks, and...741 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Craftables - Sandstone (Dyed Edition: Colors of the Earth)by lonewinedCraftables - Sandstone (Dyed Edition: Colors of the Earth) Introduces a new kiln crafting recipe for new colored sandstone varieties using Colors of the Earth mineral and animal dyes. 1 Bucket of Water + 1 Bag of Quicklime + 1 Bag of Sand + 1 Bag of Plant Dye = 4 Sandstone Blocks This recipe was...711 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
- Mineral Fertilizersby QevProcess potassium-containing minerals into potash for your farms! Non-Steam users can find it on DFFD as "[50.xx] Mineral Fertilizer"! This mod allows your dwarves to process certain mineral boulders at the Ashery, converting them into useful potash for fertilizing your farms. The following miner...702 downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
- Bountiful Bricks and Blocksby zeayaA very simple mod that adds new reactions to: - Create 8 blocks from a wooden log at a Carpenter's workshop - Create 8 blocks from a boulder at a Stoneworker's Workshop - Create 4 (green/clear/crystal) glass blocks from one bag of sand or rock crystal (with pearlash and fuel as needed) at a Glass...670 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
- Dwarven Cuisine - Simple Breadby VarsoconaHear ye! Hear ye! Our Chef Under The Mountain has another announcement that we are excited to share with you...More Bread! We’ve heard your requests; we’ve studied the reports and we’ve come up with a solution. It seems not every Fortress has the time, space, or incentive to acquire the vast arra...630 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Lead oxide (litharge)by ПлитаYou can smelt lead or galena to litharge to do crystal glass instead rock crystal. Earlier it was lead oxide, but someone told me, that English has better word for it. Current video became old, but it still enough to understand this mod, I'm to lazy to change it. Now: 1 lead bar ---> 4 litharges...624 downloadsupdated 17 mo ago
- Glass Bedsby QevA simple mod that allows your dwarves to make beds out of glass, using the regular glassmaking materials. (mind the edges!) Non-Steam users can find it on DFFD as "[50.xx] Glass Beds"!621 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- More coke!by WolframeBlackMaking coke from bituminous coal and lignite now gives more coke (25 and 15 respectively, to be exact). Also making coal now is an automated job (like kitchen and fishery) There's also a version that removes the fuel requirement for this task This mod adds a new job rather than change the existin...616 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- DC Cavern Flora Patch for Advanced Agricultureby DroseranModifies the plants from DC's Cavern Flora by space bees to work in the style of Advanced Agriculture. Removes cooking seeds, adds reactions and reaction classes, adds deep oak debarking, and makes magma caps farmable. This mod requires both Advanced Agriculture and DC's Cavern Flora installed be...605 downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
- Large Gem Furnitureby PalidoozyI liked the large gemstone crafting from Dark Ages, but sometimes I just want to play a more vanilla game, and there were some items I wanted that were missing. So I wrote my own mod to add in the ability to craft some stuff out of large gemstones! Make your own dead cat statues out of sardonyx!...559 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Train Engraving Civ Patchby Catwet12This Civ Patch allows Train engraving 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...553 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Vitae Elixir (Regeneration potion)by Deon ☣This mod resolves the issue of inability to regenerate lost limbs or nerves via existing in game mechanics. New plant: graftreed Plantable underground all four seasons. Grow duration 1 season (very long). The plant by itself does nothing, and you cannot "accidentally" brew it into a drink. Instea...518 downloadsupdated 9 mo ago
- Spellcrafts Mod (NO CIVs)by ShilohA complete high magic mod for Dwarf Fortress but without the new civs.507 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Better Beds - Bed framesby AuraAllows you to craft bed frames from more materials and turn them into comfy beds. Bed frames can be made at the metalsmith's forge (for metal bed frames), the stoneworker's workshop (for stone bed frames), the glassmaker's kiln (for glass bed frames), or the carpenter's shop. Finally, the bed fra...475 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Craftables - Sandstone (Desert Edition)by lonewinedCraftables - Sandstone (Desert Edition) Introduces kiln crafting recipes for all new sandstone varieties from Desert Sandstones: 1 Container of Water + 1 Bag of Quicklime + 1 Bag of Sand = 4 Sandstone Blocks This recipe was inspired by real life ancient mortar / cement. If you'd like to use bucke...468 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
- Craftables - Sandstone (Vanilla Edition)by lonewinedCraftables - Sandstone (Vanilla Edition) Introduces a new kiln crafting recipe for vanilla sandstone: 1 Container of Water + 1 Bag of Quicklime + 1 Bag of Sand = 4 Sandstone Blocks This recipe was inspired by real life ancient mortar / cement. If you'd like to use buckets for the water containers...462 downloadsupdated 12 mo 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"!443 downloadsupdated 4 y ago

