Dwarf Fortress
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1,385 mods, most downloaded first · newest update 26 Oct 2026
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- Sizzlin's Mandate Fulfillby 76561199130613662⚠️ REQUIRES DFHACK TO FUNCTION ⚠️ lightweight daemon that runs silently in the background and automatically fulfills production mandates for your nobles. No more manually checking the Nobles screen, frantically searching for what item was mandated, or getting your manager queue bogged down with m...744 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
- Latin languageby Deon ☣Allows entities to use latin language. To use in your own mod, specify in the entity descriptor file. This mod doesn't do anything on its own, it's for modders to use in custom races. But I've made submods that require this mod, that change vanilla entity languages to latin. Latin Dwarves Latin H...742 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Traduction Francaiseby TotorTraduction des items du jeux en Francais.738 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Domesticated Rutherersby wombat_treeDomesticates rutherers so they can be embarked with, allows them to be sheared for wool, milked, trained for war, and changes their sprite to be chonkier. There are also a variety of other changes made to make them better for fort defense, they grow to full size in three years (instead of five),...737 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Ambiance Additions Additionsby BenAmbiance Additions Additions Work in progress Introduction This mod is an Addition to Niemst's Ambiance Additions and adds fences that work like the boards in his mod (omnidirectional). And maybe some other stuff i come up with in the future. Please see the original mod by Niemst (its realy good!...735 downloadsupdated 21 mo ago
- Wooden Clogsby ThomradeBuy me a coffee if you would like to help me justify the time spent modding instead of working paying contracts: This mod adds a recipe to craft wooden shoes (Clogs) at a carpenters workshop. Each log produces two wooden clogs. Dwarves & Humans can both craft and wear wooden clogs. Clogs are a ha...735 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- FR_Encrust 2by frost.9Fr_encrust 2.0 Urist… by the blood of Armok, why are the people complaining that the tavern door can't be moved? My lord, that door weighs almost a ton. It's the pride of the artisans' guild! It is encrusted with 4,342 gems. It is worth more than the rest of the fortress! What!? That's more gems...735 downloadsupdated 7 mo ago
- 【Vanilla】Born Normally - let the vanilla world keep having babiesThe new mod with the same features is out now — it uses DFHack to schedule pregnancies for couples around the world, and you can tweak the fertility rate for every season! --> Let the vanilla world keep having babies after worldgen ends. — Background — I've played a world for 161 years, watching...735 downloadsupdated 22 d 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...734 downloadsupdated 15 mo ago
- D&D Kobold Raceby DunnyAdds a playable civ of Kobolds from the Forgotten Realms setting (with a few creative liberties). Civ Notes: Adventure Support; Portraits. No child or baby portraits/sprites currently! Includes Agender caste. Male kobolds are more likely to be gay, Females more likely to be straight, and Agender...733 downloadsupdated 21 mo ago
- Breeding Fixby EnderPatches creature orientation tokens for all vanilla creatures so that males are exclusively attracted to females and vice versa. This ensures breeding pairs form reliably, leading to more births, larger populations, and stronger generational continuity. Works on all creatures with both male and f...733 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
- Grimalkinsby TouchdogDescription: Adds Grimalkins, a civilization of intelligent magical cats. Masters of Grimworks, the art of binding life to ordinary weapons, together with their Greyworked guardians they begin to carve their own way out into the world. Grimworks: From lifetime upon lifetime of travel and explorat...729 downloadsupdated 23 mo ago
- Dragon Tweaksby MoonClipperThis is a fairly simple mod. I wanted to do two things: 1st, I wanted cave dragons to be tameable. And 2nd, I wanted them to be an actual threat instead of slightly intimidating dogs. So I have added a child tag to cave dragons (they take 5 years to mature, same as a regular dragon) and have also...725 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Caipirinha - Cocktail Fortressby Jon_NovaAdd the option to brew lime to make a caipirinha. You can use Lime, Round Lime, Finger Lime and Desert Lime.724 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Quick Fix Pale Birchby AuraUpdates the "Pale Birch" mod by 20FireBird to use the more compatible SELECT statement rather than replacing birch trees outright. Inspired by Droseran. Should be compatible with anything.722 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Milkable Catsby WumpusKingPut the cats to work. Make some cheese. It's milkable cats!722 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Giant Dodosby ShazzaMagnifient, dopey, feathery mounds of friendship. The humble Giant Dodo is another of Dwarfkind's best friends; as sturdy and quick as a horse, with the loveably dopey charm of a yak. Aside from being an all-round work animal, these mighty beasts can be ridden into combat. Free breakfast from the...719 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Mario's Stepford Dwarvesby Mario WizardTweaks dwarves' personalities to make them extra resilient to stress. Sets Bravery to max and Anxiety Propensity, Emotional Obsessiveness, and Vengefulness to minimum.714 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Burn Remains Civ Patchby Catwet12This Civ Patch allows Burn Remains 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 Ra...713 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- The Dreamlessby GhostPuttyHave you ever wanted a fort of necromancy experiments? Follow occult rituals at an unholy altar to inflict a new form of undying curse. Use the !!SUMMON!! recipes at your own risk. Big thanks to Barely_Creative and levstk for lots of help and feedback713 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Multi Alterations and fixesby SiyndeeA mishmash of bug fixes and alterations to hopefully make the game experience better. Current list of changes: -Animal variety has been increased by removing the frequency tag, -Animal people have been fixed by removing broken tags allowing them to be usable in fortress mode. -Kobolds and their c...712 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Foreign weapons plusby 76561198325101896This mods' graphics are incompatible with any other mods that change visuals for humans,dwarf,elves and goblins. Mod currently adds 8 new foreign weapons: Rapier, claymore, katana, battlestaff added to humans Khopesh added to kobolds and animal people Stilleto, warscythe and glaive added to gobli...711 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
- Better Spidersby 76561198839012155Makes the bodies of all vanilla spiders more detailed, by adding body parts like fangs, pedipalps and extra eyes currently missing for spiders. They also recieve new attacks to use their bodies more effective in general. Should serve to buff affected creatures. All Spiders +Pedipalps +Chelicerae...711 downloadsupdated 12 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...706 downloadsupdated 6 mo ago
- Water Wellby DroseranThis mod requires DFHack! As of Water Well 1.5, DFHack is required. Currently DFHack is used to add the Water Well workshop to the player's civilization. This allows Water Well to support all modded playable civilizations! Water Well adds a custom workshop that allows filling barrels, buckets, an...704 downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
- ArgMod x Arsenal Compatibility Patchby ArgendaussFixes reaction interference between ArgMod Mineralogy, Metallurgy, Chemistry, and Glassmaking and the VMO components of Arsenal & Cultural Overhaul 2.0. This patch retains ArgMod mechanical properties for all metals. Works for ArgMod 1.1 and Arsenal 2.1.X as of 1/18/26.704 downloadsupdated 9 mo ago
- Col. Caboose's Stuffby Col. CabooseStuff I've added from rapiers and muskets, to gambeson and brigandine, to an entire skaven species.697 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Dwarven Civs Get ALL Clothes & Armor!by ColeslawThis mod gives dwarven civilizations access to ALL clothes and armor (capes, chausses, head veils, high boots, masks, turbans, and more!) I found that other similar mods that claimed to give dwarves everything were not entirely accurate as they excluded a select few items, so I decided to create...694 downloadsupdated 20 mo ago
- [outdated] Animal Catalogue - Canidfolk (playable)by THE WIZARDMod that adds canidfolk to the game as a playable race. They do not override other races. They come with custom spritework and a custom language!694 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- More Mushrooms All Seasonsby True Guesser, Wand Bearer, etc.Removes the seasonal requirements, allowing you to grow the new mushrooms year-round. *Note - Due to current limitations, the special Cavern 3 plant is available at embark. Nothing I can do about this right now, so just ignore it if you want the challenge of finding it yourself.* The traditional...691 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- NeoDwarf V0.50by RafaelKBNeoDwarf Mod - Alpha Release THERE WILL BE MANY MANY BUGS SEEKING Contributors: We're looking for talented individuals to help refine and expand NeoDwarf. If you're an artist, coder, or just passionate about improving Dwarf Fortress, we'd love your input and collaboration. Wanna contribute? go HE...685 downloadsupdated 18 mo ago
- Ironbark 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
- Standardized Materialsby natemanStandardized wood, leather, flour, fiber, wool, silk, milk, meat. Outdoor alcohol combined for plants (beer) and fruits (wine)681 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Tobb's Darkling Raceby dr. icenortA large mod that adds the bellicose darklings to Dwarf Fortress! A secretive and evil race with a plethora of tricks at their disposal, they pose a threat to even the most well-tested dwarven defenders. This mod is meant to increase the difficulty of Dwarf Fortress sieges by adding a powerful and...680 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Reworked Cavern Ambienceby FreexHippoA replacement for the vanilla cave ambience. This new edited soundtrack has some sections removed that was included in sound factory's original soundtrack. Instructions: It is recommended to create an extra copy of your Data folder if you want to revert to your default settings later. Locate the...678 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Ferrets - Hunting & War - New Creaturesby LlamageddonThis adds domesticated ferrets to the game. They can be trained in hunting and war. It also adds polecats, their wild ancestors. Ferrets - Hunting and War After updating mustelids I was very surprised that ferrets, the only domesticated member of that group of animals, were not in the game, this...677 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Pangolfortby Tin WizardThis mod replaces the default "pangolin people" with Pangols, a custom, playable civilized race. What it adds Pangols Pangols are a race of free-spirited pangolin people with metallic coppery scales. Larger than dwarves and shorter but broader than humans, their metal scales and claws give them a...676 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...673 downloadsupdated 6 mo ago
- [OUTDATED] Darker Dark Colors for Vanilla Graphics - Creaturesby doopyfoop--OUTDATED! I have not worked on this in over a year and I cannot guarantee that this will work or not conflict with the latest versions of the game. The default vanilla graphics are really nice but I've noticed they seem to kind of blend together unless you're looking at them closely. All this m...669 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Dragonkin Race Mod no Breathby Seth'corA mod that adds the new dragonkin race into the world of Dwarf Fortress, with the aim of converting it into a Legally Distinct Generic Fantasy setting, inspired by many Tabletop Roleplaying Games. If you're seeing this text, this is a placeholder while we update to the new description. We got an...668 downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
- Dizzy's Killer Carpby DizzyCrash~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~ This is why we fear the rivers.. ~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~ Deadly Carps are back! When dwarf fortress was young it was the humble carp that we feared most. This small bug has turned to lore for many of the players. I look to restore dwarves fear of the rivers. These carp hav...667 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Fantastic Trees Civ Patchby Catwet12This Civ Patch allows Fantastic Trees 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...667 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Inkstrike the Earth!by lvkeulenAdds Splatoon content to Dwarf Fortress666 downloadsupdated 21 mo ago
- Venom Immunity Expandedby VatticThis mod makes more creatures immune to venom in line with real life. Changes The following creatures, and their man and giant variants, have been made immune to some venoms: pig honey badger hedgehog opossum mongoose Venoms from these creatures specifically: king cobra black mamba helmet snake O...665 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Claije's Seasonal Farming + Extra Subterranean Cropsby UnapologeticPunsterGives subterranean crops year-round growth, and above ground crops seasonal growth with realistic growth periods, and adds three cavern crops, tasks to the farmer's workshop, kiln, and mills. Claije's Seasonal Farming + Extra Subterranean Crops This mod makes surface crops seasonal, with grow tim...663 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Compressed 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
- Fantastic Fantasy Fortress Modular version - Core filesby chipathingyRequired files for the modular version of Fantastic Fantasy Fortress. Should have little-to-no effect on its own Module links: Full mod: Vanilla race changes: Orcs: High elves: Lizardfolk: Halflings: Caverns: Creature pack:658 downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
- Additional Races Gnolls (Playable)by CoarmiuSA small mod I created based on the Additional Races: Gnolls mod. It makes the gnolls playable, they have additional flavor texts, and they should have their own position names. They're also slightly less aggressive as civ. I used the mod files; all credits, etc. should go to SEEU: Thank you for y...653 downloadsupdated 9 mo ago
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