Dwarf Fortress
Dwarf Fortress mods
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1,385 mods, most downloaded first · newest update 26 Oct 2026
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- Crundlekin Civilizationby GhostBatThis mod adds a civilization of playable Crundlekin, based on their cave dwelling kin - the crundle. An overhaul complete with custom clothing and items, with some tweaks to cave crundles as well. Crundlekin - Why? Dwarves attempted to domesticate the cavern Crundle with little to no success. The...1.2k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Salamander civilizationby Ya Boi SheevAdds a new civilization of salamander people called the salamandra to your world. Salamandra live in tropical climates, being poikilotherms (look it up). Their scales come in a wide variety of colors, with males having warmer colors than females, though this is not universal. They are also excell...1.2k downloadsupdated 23 mo 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
- Drakenbold's Civilisationby Marcrow [Post-Xenon]Dragon Kobolds Dragon Mommies Drakenbolds! These are dragon-blooded kobolds with the strength of dwarves. A matriarchal culture with a low male hatchrate, Drakenbolds often rely on migrants to get started, or build very small forts with only female Drakenbolds. Immigration from friendly foreign c...1.2k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Beaver People Civilizationby ATotalParadoxCurrent Features Upgrades Beaver Men to Beaver People, a playable civilization with Bark based Weapons and Armor. Beaver People! Strong Bite Attack! Never be unarmed again. Innate Swimmers! Get the water works going and worry less about drowning! (Due to what seems like a game issue still won't p...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
- Temple of Monstrosityby GhostPuttyUse the temple of monstrosity to perform rituals to create werebeasts, vampires and necromancers. Create werebeast, vampire and necromancy catalyst powder from various gems that are available from embark. Powder supplies one summon. Rarer gems can be made into a stable catalyst which is not used...1.2k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Wood 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
- Human Townby PamaAllows you to build human settlements. They work almost like dwarves, except for the different mechanics and needs related to the race itself. To make it work: Add the mod to the mod list during the world creation screen and make sure it's above "vanilla entities". If you want to be 100% sure, yo...1.2k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Ivoryby niemstIvory TL;DR Change the value of ivory, horns, shells, and bones to make them more valuable. Check my other mods Introduction I didn't like the value of ivory, horns, shells, and bones in the game are all the same. So I decided to slightly adjust them to create a realistic material hierarchy. If u...1.2k downloadsupdated 14 mo ago
- [LUA] Procedural Civilizations (FIXED!!!)by coolziecatThis mod adds procedurally generated entities to dwarf fortress using the power of LUA!! What this mod does: Every time a world is generated, this mod picks a number of random intelligent creatures from the game's RAWS. For each of those creatures, it picks from a number of preset 'tech tiers', r...1.2k downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
- Hide Sparringby Dirty DanHides the sparring icon from the announcements.1.2k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Stone TintTints stone floors based on their actual material. Includes a live strength slider and rough/smooth floor controls. Requires DFHack. Open settings with the command: stone-tint1.2k downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
- Caboose's Horses Expandedby Col. Caboose!! IMPORTANT !! When starting a world make sure to load this above the "Vanilla creature graphics" module! Adds manes, hoof feathers, new coats, and layered graphics accurate to their text description for all of them for horses. (these kind of hoof feathers ) (Credit to my girlfriend for the art)1.2k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Cartilage 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
- Age of Civilizations - Boarthby TwinCrowsAdds the Boarth playable race from the 'Age of Civilizations' series. ============================================================== The Boarth have a few technologies missing—they can't make soap or steel. Instead, you can make a thriving, dark-ages economy with mine carts, siege engines, and pi...1.1k downloadsupdated 18 mo ago
- Cute(r) creatures!by notatoThis mod replaces domestic creatures with sprites I've drawn myself. It includes death/zombie sprites, but not statues (yet). Currently replaces: cats, dogs, ducks, guinea pigs/cavies, rabbits, cows, chickens, alpacas, peacocks, pigs, donkeys, goats and mules. (Halfway there!) This mod conflicts...1.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Dwarvemon 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
- Ergonomic Hotkeys (QWERTZ)by TrainzackErgonomic Hotkeys (QWERTZ) Version 1.6 This mod replaces the game's default hotkeys with a set of hotkeys designed to be easily accessed with the left hand alone. The hotkeys also closely mirror the layout of the buttons on screen for easy memorization. You can finally stop hunting all around you...1.1k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Civilization Mod Packby 76561198994466357This mod combines 9 different civilization/race mods. None of the civilizations are playable but add extra life to your worlds. Also all civilizations site populations have been slightly increased. Hobgoblins will come with trade caravans in the Spring Erinyes will come to trade in Summer Borths...1.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Decapodia (Crustacean Race)by Barely_CreativeDescription This is an add-on playable race of widely varied and highly specialized intelligent crustaceans including fiddler crabs, hermit crabs, shrimp, and lobsters. Main Features Features new to 1.0 bolded. Civilization: Decapodia civilization with 5 castes of different crustaceans that each...1.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- DLE - Sour Budby MeowMeowPunchPlant - Sour Buds This mod is part of the Dwarven Life Expanded series. Add the sour bud plant to the game. Sour buds are mushrooms found in the caverns and a new addition to the list of dwarven crops. The plant is not edible, but can be brewed into dwarven sour ale, or pressed for its acidic fiz...1.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Tweaked 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
- Age of Civilizations - Myceby TwinCrowsAdds the Myce from the 'Age of Civilizations' series. =================================================================== The Myce (pronounced interchangeably as "mice" or "meese") are nefarious rodents who believe in trade and trickery. They're unlike the Skaven and Ratkin—Myce are more civilize...1.1k downloadsupdated 18 mo ago
- Highfantasy Mod Systemby KiiranauxINSTALLATION- Is fairly normal and automatic. When choosing mods during world generation, additionally uninstall "Vanilla creatures","Vanilla Materials","Vanilla Bodies" . Don't worry, these items aren't gone. Highfantasy support assumes you are not using any other mods, as this mod system change...1.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Dwarvemon ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓by FirePhoenix111.1k downloadsupdated 21 mo ago
- Deadly Devilsby Ya Boi SheevAdds new unique demons to the pool of generated ones, each with their own gimmick meant to add some spice to the randomized creatures. They are called devils instead of demons to differentiate them from their generated counterparts The difficulty level of these creatures varies. Some are easier t...1.1k downloadsupdated 14 mo ago
- Anopiko's Labor Iconsby 76561198998533458Colored Work Detail Icons This mod replaces the default I–VIII work detail icons with icons that have colored border to help distinguish between different dwarf professions in the unit list. Since there are only eight available icons, I categorized them into what I found to be the most useful gro...1.1k downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
- Tobb's Dwarven Polearmsby dr. icenortA mini-mod that adds a number of two-handed weapons fit for dwarven hands. Also includes a horseman's pick weapon. Check out my other mods here: NOTE: Dwarf Fortress unfortunately only allows one set of graphics overlays for any given creature. Because of this, the weapons are not displayed when...1.1k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Improved Cat Graphicsby PunkRockVampireSome slightly better graphics for cats. No longer do they look strangely similar to dogs!1.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- DLE - Glowing Wormby MeowMeowPunchCreature - Glowing Worms This mod is part of the Dwarven Life Expanded series and require the DLE - Make Mead Fix mod to function properly. Add the glowing worm creature to the game. Glowing worm are encountered in the caverns and often domesticated by dwarves. Similarly to slug, they produce a s...1.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Dwarven Big Naturalsby bungoA century of tolkienization made us forget a crucial part of the dwarven folklore - their tendency to posses voluptuous breasts. This mod seeks to remedy that.1.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Glass Recyclingby AnumbskullAdds a way to recycle glass into and from raw glass.1.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Tekkud's Spidersby TekkudAdds Black Widow and Golden Orb Weaver spiders, with unique sprites for males and females. Also adds giant and person counterparts. Arachnaphobes beware, the spiders are drawn in a realistic form. The golden orb weaver silk has a base value of 3 (normal silk is 1, giant cave spider is 4). All spi...1.1k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Materials Labels (extended)by niemstMaterials Labels (extended) TL;DR: Adds symbols to various materials to easier identify theirs features. Description Please see the based mod description for more details: This mods extends the vanilla materials labels with symbols based on changes done by other mods Please see my other mods: Sup...1.1k downloadsupdated 23 mo ago
- DLE - Cave Newtby MeowMeowPunchCreature - Cave Newts This mod is part of the Dwarven Life Expanded series. Add the cave newt creature to the game. Cave newts are encountered in the caverns and often domesticated by dwarves. They are small vermin hunters that are meant as an alternative to cats for mountain entity.1.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Gemstone Craftingby True Guesser, Wand Bearer, etc.Adds new crafting options to build most furniture and items using raw gems at the Gem Crafter Workshop (vanilla graphic, I will learn how to art eventually, I swear).1.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Black Shadows and ZFog (Vanilla Transparency)by UntrustedLifeThis mod simply renames and overrides the current ZFog and shadow graphics (wall and ramp) and makes them black instead of blue. It is like my other ZFog mods except It updates the wall and ramp shadows and maintains vanilla transparency. Note, It does not update the blue ramp overlay so there is...1.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- The Rain Puddlesby 76561198841420581The Rain Puddles v1.2 This mod adds puddling of water when its raining. This mod adds mud drying when its warm and not raining This mod does not require to be active. All you need to use it is run it through DFhack This mod is work in progress Above ground mud dries after a week of ingame time if...1.1k downloadsupdated 12 mo 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
- Dump water bucketby オダナナUse the kitchen to dump all the water buckets lying around your fortress.1.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Vile Elvesby Infinite EyesVile Elves are playable malicious cousins to forest elves that reside in swamps. They have evil ethics, values, religion, snatch babies, and are generally even worse than goblins. They casually eat and craft from the corpses of sapient beings. Vile Elves are capable of metalworking, but lack know...1.1k downloadsupdated 14 mo ago
- (Deprecated) More Vanilla Creatures Patch for Advanced Agricultureby DroseranNote that More Vanilla Creatures has been removed from the Workshop. This mod remains for those who have saves created using these mods. This mod makes the creatures from More Vanilla Creatures by ryno compatible with the plant changes made by Advanced Agriculture. Changes made: Ents (acacia, ced...1.1k downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
- Lexigraphical Dwarvesby LexigraphHey I don't know if this works I have been doing other hobbies and popped into the files recently to see what had changed and the answer was like, everything? So this is not in the newer format of how colors work or anything. I will try to get it up to date but it looks like I need to make some s...1.1k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Nonsense Dwarves of Doomby mOVING_tARGETTurns your dwarves into giga chads. larger, faster, longer lives, better attributes, all skills, no rust on skills or attributes, immunity to a number of sources of "fun", alternate materials for skin and bone. and they shoot webs too!1.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Proto-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
- 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
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