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- The Way the Words Work (Lite)by DPh KrakenThis is a lite version of The Way the Words Work. It features all the grammar changes and symbol expansions, as well as the new book titles. Doesn't feature any of the custom civ namelists (they've only been expanded with generic symbols and non-destructive SELECT_ENTITY without being CUT), or an...375 downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
- Dwarven Rites of Passageby UnapologeticPunsterMakes Dwarves become adults at 12, as it was in classic. Conflicts with any mods that alter dwarf creature.373 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Mana Forge - Coreby TwinCrowsAdds a basic foundation for creating and using mana. DF Hack is NOT required. How it works: 1. Create a Mana Furnace, and sacrifice either Figurines (which are a common craft) or Totems (which can only be made from skulls). These are both vanilla crafts. You also need fuel to burn, such as charco...372 downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
- Tweaked Facesby Samuel_BucherTweaks the facial sprites of sentient races to make them look better (in my opinion, at least), with emphasis on the eyes. Make sure to remove Vanilla Creature Graphics when applying mods to a new world.371 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Viltrumite Inspired Race Mod (Playable civilisation and Adventure mode)by Buster CallHi, my first mod trying out something I figured would be a cool concept to bring to DF. Any problems, advice shoot down below. This mod adds a genetically superior warrior civilisation - an elite people bred for conquest and dominance, beyond the limits of ordinary beings. Possessing immense stre...371 downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
- Outdoor Crops on Embarkby iviAdds above-ground crops to the embark screen selection. Note that this will also affect dwarf civilizations, and may have effects on where dwarves decide to settle during world gen.370 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Beasts of Yore - Gryphonby MarkBeasts of Yore adds legendary creatures and ancient beasts to the world. This edition introduces the Gryphon: a majestic aerial predator with the head and wings of a giant eagle and the body of a lion. Gryphons range over forests, savannas, grasslands, and mountains. They dive from the sky to sei...364 downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
- Fantastic Fantasy Fortress Modular version - Creature packby chipathingyIncludes above-ground wildlife from Fantastic Fantasy Fortress Megabeasts: Lots of new, tougher dragon types. If you can kill one, their scales and bones are amazing materials Phoenix Other creatures: Lots of creatures from mythology or other fantasy settings. They are found in various savage bio...364 downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
- Elves Can Speak To Animalsby 76561198363159980Gives elves a new ability called "talk to animal", accessible in Adventure mode from the "use ability" option. Using this ability on an animal within line of sight will cause it to temporarily gain the tag, making it possible to have a conversation with it.361 downloadsupdated 20 mo ago
- Cobalt's Rainbow Beakdogs!by Clowny CobaltHey there! This is a mod I made that simply changes the current beak dog sprites with my own, that more accurately depict them with their lovely striped rainbow hues! Rainbow beak dogs!!! I believe that in order to install it correctly, one must put it below "vanilla creature graphics" in the mod...361 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Nathans Changes - Genesis - Cast Ironby Nathan the GrudgebearerChanges how smelting Iron and what Cast iron is in the Genesis mod, load after Genesis. Genesis changes Iron somewhat: When smelting ore, you get Cast Iron instead of Iron. You then, at a forge, Wrought the Cast Iron to make it into normal, vanilla Iron. This isn't really what Cast Iron is, Cast...361 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Dwarven Arrowsby PengawainTiny mod to make arrows craftable, but not bows, so that bows remain an unusual weapon, but a useable one. Allows crafting arrows out of all valid ammo materials, not just wood like in the preview.360 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Inconsolata Fontby KaijiReplaces Curses font with Inconsolata font This mod needs to be activated manually! Install: 1. Navigate to "...Steam\steamapps\common\Dwarf Fortress\data\art" 2. Rename "curses_640x300.png" to "curses_640x300.png.old" 3. Navigate to "...Steam\steamapps\common\Dwarf Fortress\mods\3148989545 (1)\g...360 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Parakeets and cockatiels no longer verminby Urist FlaccidbarrelsThis classification offended some birds I know.359 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- [outdated] Animal Catalogue - Canidfolk (civilization)by THE WIZARDMod that adds canidfolk to the game as a civilization (NOT the playable version). They do not override other races. They come with custom spritework and a custom language!358 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Rise of the Mushroom Kingdom (Pre-Release)by indigofenixAn enormous total conversion mod that adds elements from the Super Mario series. Includes 3 playable fort races (Toads, Koopas, and Shyguys) an enormous number of NPC races and monsters, powerup foods, secrets and more. It is not ready yet. I posted it early at Putnam's request since there are so...356 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Fantastic Fantasy Fortress Modular version - Orcsby chipathingyNOW INCLUDES PROPER GRAPHICS! I will get around to updating the thumbnail one day Includes the Orc civilisation from Fantastic Fantasy Fortress Primitive barbarians who love to fight, orcs live in tribes and constantly war with their neighbours. The more fights they survive, the bigger and strong...355 downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
- Crundles are better than Catsby Johnny OakgroveAdds Crundle children (Crundlings), makes Crundles into vermin hunters like cats and adds a little variation and flair to their in-game descriptions. - A child stage makes it possible to completely tame Crundles, your Crundlings will grow into adult Crundles after one year. - This mod adds the HU...355 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Laddersby iProcyonæWhy dig side to side when you can go straight down and and discover !!FUN!! faster? Swap your dusty stairs out for brand new ladders and Strike the Earth 60% more vertically than ever before! Description Replaces all stairs with ladder sprites whether dug, built or those in the UI. UI text is har...352 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Tefnut's Better Giant Bugsby TefnutGiant insects tend to live a year then instantly die. This means its no fun to have them in your savage forts. This mod expands them to live from 5-10 years, have a 1-year hatchling stage, and have leathery eggs. Some bugs also get various forms of training.352 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Fantastic Fantasy Fortress Modular version - Lizardfolkby chipathingyIncludes the Lizardfolk civilisation from Fantastic Fantasy Fortress Ancient and mysterious, Lizardfolk tribes are dedicated to maintaining the balance of the land. They will send caravans in the spring, once they have woken from their hibernation. They have many unique lizard/dinosaur-themed liv...352 downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
- Classic Map - Main Menu Replacerby LeftoverPatReplaces the default Main Menu background with the bay12 website's wallpaper. Method 1: Subscribing Subscribe to this mod. Copy title_background.png from steamapps\common\Dwarf Fortress\mods\3209897708 (1)\graphics\art Paste into steamapps\common\Dwarf Fortress\data\art Method 2: Save from Imgur...351 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Monster Mugs (joke mod)by Deon ☣A Silly little mod that changes the sprite of the goblets. Definitely Not VonGalactic's (streamer's) request.351 downloadsupdated 9 mo ago
- Complete Sanctum Setting Packby SmileyVRBreath life in your world by adding fanciful entites, such as Harpies, Fauns, the Merseiken, Fire-breathing Wyrms, Mithril Trees, and more.350 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Fr_engravedby frost.9Fr_engraved Manager Urist... would you explain me why there are one hundred dwarven faces engraved on my tavern floor? My lord, your grace said the tavern resembled a goblin pit and requested a full reformation. Those faces were engraved by the fortress's finest artisans. They tell our tale for t...349 downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
- Industry - Black Lungby Deon ☣I wanted to make lignite and bituminous coal more interesting. Right now they can be easily replaced by woodburning, so instead I introduced a risk factor and more reward. This mod introduces dangerous materials - lignite dust and bituminous coal dust. To make the material not stand out, they are...348 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- DW420's Floorsby DW420Texture replacements for the following: Stone Floors Wooden Floors Metal Floors Engraved Floors (the above mentioned plus natural stone) Paved roads. ----Changelog. 1.1 Tweaked stone texture. Looks great for surrounding 1 row engraved corridors .346 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Emperor Bambooby RighthandoftyrAdd a large variety of 'emperor bamboo' trees that have a chance to appear in tropical moist broadleaf forests. It produces less wood than most normal trees when cut down, but grows very fast so it's highly renewable. It's tied with candlenut for density, so its light weight make it a good materi...344 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Dump Water Civ Patchby Catwet12This Civ Patch allows Dump water bucket 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...342 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- More Decorative Metal Alloysby banana_lassiVanilla has a limited metal color palette at 14 unique colors. I wanted to expand the color palette with some real world alloys; overall 10 new colors have been added. Check out the sources if you are interested in how these colors occur. These metals are intended for decoration, aesthetic, or ro...341 downloadsupdated 20 mo ago
- Among Us Crewmatesby SkyplayerThe whole gang of Crewmates comes to your fortress! These critters can be taken upon embarking and appear in generated worlds. While they may seem like a cheap ever-multiplying source of resources they should be kept under close scrutiny!! At any moment a Crewmate may be born with some... insidio...340 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- All Armor & Clothing Accessibleby chipathingyThis mod gives dwarf civilisations access to all armor and clothing that they could potentially have. No more missing shirts or high boots!340 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Kynixes (Playable Race)by SleppaThis mod adds a new race of small quadruped gemstone fox creatures called kynix. They are a playable race with small equivalents of the pick, battleaxe, sword, and crossbow, since all vanilla weapons are too large for them to use. There's a few surprises I've given them, as well. I hope you enjoy...340 downloadsupdated 7 mo ago
- Necromancer Curse Embarkby GhostPuttySteadily converts everyone to necromancers in any good or neutral region. This mod uses an example necromancer from 0.47 with some adjustments. Randomly generated necromancers will be very different. Intended for !!SCIENCE!! This mod is likely to conflict with any other mod with added regional in...340 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- KM.Ones playable Orc civilizationby KM.OneMAKE "Random's" ORC race playable, by adding nobles and a few missing pieces to round them out for play. They are not as advanced as dwarfs so some things are just not possible for them (bee keeping for example). Adds aggressive and strong orcs inspired by Warhammer Fantasy Battles as playable ci...339 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Modest Plantsby ButtonA minimalist bugfix and convenience patch for vanilla Dwarf Fortress plants. A partial port of the DF Classic "Modest Mod". ***************************** THE MODEST MOD PHILOSOPHY ***************************** "The Modest Mod is a collection of vital bugfixes and tweaks that everyone should be ab...337 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Civ Crucible Core - Difficulty, Realism, Fixes and moreby Snow GibbonThis module encompasses various tweaks to vanilla DF to reintroduce difficulty, variety and fill holes and oversights in the game. Wildlife is more difficult to handle, plants are distributed differently, food is less abundant, and a plethora of smaller tweaks to make the game a little more inter...335 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Wieldable Big Weapons (bug fix)by DembeorDescription Due to a minor bug in code dwarves normally won't wield big foreign weapons even if they're physically capable of doing so. My fix tries to mitigate that by keeping weapon size unchanged, while setting dwarf maximum average size just big enough to pass wielding check. With this method...334 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- MicroMod: Obsidian Knife/Daggersby GGBOTObsidian Daggers Allows Large Knife/Daggers to be made from obsidian by stonecrafting - IF your civilization has access to Large Daggers. Made for fun tribal cavern themed forts, blood cults, and more! This mod does not by itself add Daggers to Dwarves. My other "enable daggers" micromod or other...332 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- All Weapons & Armor Availableby A NickelDwarves can now craft all weapons, and create all forms of armor and clothing. No more civilizations that were able to figure out low boots, but not high boots! This mod does not fix long-standing bugs that cause some weapons to be unequippable for some dwarves due to size, see Vanilla Combat Ove...331 downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
- Deep Cavern Dwarvesby Infinite EyesDeep Dwarves congregate in deep caverns. They are playable babysnatchers aligned with Goblins, with many evil ethics. This is reflected in their art and religious preferences. They have tamed Troglodytes to fight in their wars. Their weapons are: Battle Axes, Whips, Flails, Large Daggers, Great A...331 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
- Smelters Burn Waste Civ Patchby Catwet12This Civ Patch allows Smelters Burn Waste 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 Anc...329 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Plain English Languageby jecowaDescription In a random convergence, everybody in this world speaks English. This mod changes Dwarven, Elven, Goblin, and Human translations of proper nouns to use the English language instead. Reduce confusion in Adventure Mode by making names for people, places, and artifacts always use English...327 downloadsupdated 19 mo ago
- No Meanderer Creatures - Efficient Compatibleby Mr. T-XP x64 Crosby EditionRemoves tag from most creatures that have it, using efficient methods that maximize compatibility. All changes have been made with minimal code, surgically making the changes without cutting/replacing creature data. This means this mod should have zero compatibility issues and will never need an...327 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Sizzlin's Announcement Settingsby 76561199130613662⚠️ REQUIRES DFHACK TO FUNCTION ⚠️ A DFHack overlay that adds comprehensive announcement preset management to the Announcements settings screen. Save your custom configurations, load them later, toggle entire columns with one click, or quickly set up a zero-interruption for 24/7 unpaused play. ✅ 1...327 downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
- Vanilla Race changes - Fantastic Fantasy Fortress Modular versionby chipathingyIncludes changes from Fantastic Fantasy Fortress to vanilla races (dwarves, elves, goblins and humans) and associated features (including new metals). Features: Races: Dwarves: Currently the only playable race. Very similar to vanilla dwarves with the following changes: Males now outnumber female...326 downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
- Alligator Man Civby IrishChordsmake you able to play as Alligator Man in fortress mode with full custom clothes,and armor. this is my first project, and the sprite iam working on is from the base game is too small to make a significant graphic with my current skill also they eat meat... so prepare lots of meat so anyway.. enjo...325 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- The Dark Eye - Aventurien - World Generationby JiraboasWARNING! THIS IS WORLDGEN PRESET! Does nothing without proper installation! This world generation file allows you to generate worlds based on the continent "Aventurien" form the german Pen&Paper system "The Dark Eye". Brief Description: - Large sized map 256 x 256 - Based on orginal Aventurien ma...325 downloadsupdated 2 y ago