Mods

• BBourbon's Dark Floorsby BourbonRemoves blue tone from numerous rough or smoothed stone floors and ramps.10.6k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• UUnderground Farming All Seasonsby SpaceLupineAllows all underground crops to be grown in all seasons. Only modifies the 6 underground crops. To use just enable during world gen. Thank you to Xenonex for advice.10.2k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• VVanilla Weapon Overhaul (v5.1)by lmlsnaTweaks vanilla equipment with the goal of improving balance and variety in a way that is systemic and intuitive. Aims to strike a good balance between realism and vanilla-esque spectacle. Shifts attack stats in a way that presents more trade-offs and decision-making complexity in selecting an att...9.8k downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
• TThe Language Overhaulby Emilovich7 February 2026: Updated to be compatible with the latest Dwarf Fortress version The Language Overhaul Bay12Forums Topic Dwarf Fortress File Depot Page This mod aims to make names less random, more distinct and more epic-sounding with inspiration from fantasy literature and games. It does this th...9.7k downloadsupdated 9 mo ago
• UUnit's DwaRusby UnitОписание DwaRus - Russian translation. Мод переводит часть текста на русский. Перевод закончен только на 30%, выкладываю новую версию мода по мере завершения перевода страниц. Важно Актуальная версия мода 0.83. Если у вас установлена старая версия мода, удалите папки: 1. ../steamapps/common/Dwarf...9.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• TTopples' Lizardmenby TopplesLizardman Civilization A playable civilization consisting of a society of reptiles that dwell deep inside ancient forests and swamps. Their leaders, the Slann, are powerful mages that commune with the stars and follow the Great Plan. There ways are mysterious, either friendly or hostile depending...8.8k downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
• DDFI18nby VizTranslation Mod for Dwarf Fortress. Beta version.8.5k downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
• FForthammer 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...8.4k downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
• VVanilla Two Handed Weaponsby El Mexicano VoladorBETTER MOD WITH MORE EQUIPMENT AND GRAPHICS: ----- Description Dwarves are not usually allowed to wield large weapons traded at caravans such as halberds and zweihanders etc. This mod makes it so you can both craft and wield all the large, two-handed weapons available in the base game. Changes --...8.3k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• DDFI18n Data - 简体中文by 76561198336311506翻译模组的简体中文数据，未做完不要订阅！8.1k downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
• BBroms Smelters Clean Wasteby BromsSmelters can clean up waste (refuse/hostile corpses) now. Burnt body parts/corpses generate smoke that gives a slight mood boost, and has a very low chance (5% for body parts, 15% for corpses) of creating a bar of coke.8.1k downloadsupdated 15 mo ago
• TTraining Hallby JPAN_v2This mod provides a "less cheaty" building that allows you to train any skill from the game on your dwarves. This building, the titular Training Hall, requires 2 blocks, 6 chairs and 6 bookcases to be build, requiring some investment to set up, and takes up 5x5 tiles of space. All skills are incl...8.0k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• CCrematoriumby Wyntr StardustAdds a new furnace: the Crematorium. At the crematorium you can cremate corpses, bones, and other remains into ash. FUTURE PLANS - Add Incinerator, a more compact, magma powered crematorium. - Allow burning of worn out xXclothingXx KNOWN ISSUES/BUGS - furnace appears shifted down 1 tile when bein...8.0k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• GGender Name Colorsby bunnybun420fmlColors the names of most creatures according to their gender if they have one. It *shouldn't* mess anything up if it loads before any other mod, but it applies a creature variation to every creature in the game, so. Best practice is probably to have it load AFTER any other mod. A python script ha...7.9k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• CCooler World Namesby DPh KrakenIncreases the variety of generated names for the world and locations. Adds 103 roots to MYTHIC and 31 roots to NAME_REGION for approximately 10,000 new world name combinations. The region name produces a variety of tones, some epic, some grim, some a little goofy, some use a time as a setting rat...7.9k downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
• WWater Flow Indicator Arrowsby rynothe mod applies an overlay to water that shows arrows which indicate the directional flow i created this in 5 seconds as an alternative to Poss's mod of a similar nature, check it out here:7.9k downloadsupdated 21 mo ago
• MMulti-Haulingby L. LoireThis tool allows dwarves to collect several adjacent items at once when performing hauling jobs with a wheelbarrow. When enabled, new StoreItemInStockpile jobs with wheelbarrows will automatically attach nearby items so they can be hauled in a single trip. Jobs without wheelbarrows would try to a...7.1k downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
• SSpecific Decorationby XWa KwispyIMPORTANT NOTES: This mod adds ~6900 reactions total (separating item materials, items, decor materials and decor techniques results in exponentially growing reaction counts) so the Work Order page can get very laggy (~2 seconds to populate). Check out the discussion on the topic to see how we're...7.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• AAll Races Playableby ArkbrikThis mod lets you play as dwarves, humans, elves, or goblins, while adding or changing as little as possible. DWARVES These are the dwarves you know and love. They have access to steel, the strongest metal in the game (or is it?) and underground plants, but they require alcohol to get through the...7.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• SStone Bedsby KurumukisThis mod enables the construction of stone beds at a stonecrafting workshop for dwarven civilisations. I've always found it goes against my idea of dwarves that they are limited to only sleeping on wooden beds. Being that they spend most of their lives inside the mountains, it makes sense to use...7.1k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• CCave Spider Syndrome Recoveryby orcaman98Modifies (vermin) cave spiders to assign a max duration to the illness their bites inflict, instead of it being a lifelong affliction.7.1k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• TThe Way the Words Workby DPh KrakenA total language overhaul that adds structure to the default language rules to create more logically-assembled names. Words now obey stricter rules on positioning, in both compound and "X of Y" form. All of the linguistic symbols have been expanded and/or redefined. For example, double-verbs ofte...7.0k downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
• NNo Aquifersby zeebThis mod simply removes the AQUIFER tag from layers, minerals and soil. If you encounter any problems, feel free to post below and I'll look into it. Current Version: 1.0.17.0k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• NNo Attribute/Skill Rustby PokingtonRemove attribute and skill rust on Dwarves, Humans, Elves, Goblins, and Kobolds.6.9k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• [[VANILLA] Naut's Equipment Graphicsby 76561198875678724DESCRIPTION: In the Vanilla game Artifact arms and armor don't display when worn. This mod fixes it so you can see Artifacts. Some races also don't have all the materials of their weapons and armor shown by the graphics. this mod adds graphics for all armor and weapon material types for humans, g...6.7k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• BBeekeeping Buffby Evil DwightMakes the Beekeeping industry a little more lucrative by increasing the value of wax, honey, and mead. Edits both honeybee materials AND bumblebee materials, even though you can't use bumblebee items in-game, it would work well with any other mods that allow it. This mod uses non-destructive edit...6.7k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• CCheat Workshopby GroovingtonCheat Workshop - Create many items out of thin air.6.6k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• TTopples' Orcsby TopplesEvil Orc Civilization An evil civilization of corrupted elves, reborn from mud - their purpose to plunder and kill. I made these to practice pixel art since I never really did it before. They were originally meant to resemble LOTR orcs, but the designs started to deviate away from those. The orcs...6.6k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• GGrind 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...6.6k downloadsupdated 14 mo ago
• LLightly Detailed Grassby EchophenomenaThis mod adds new grass textures for the different types of grass that appear in the game (but which previously all used the same texture). This mod is heavily inspired by Poss' Detailed Landscapes mod, but with a greater focus on subtlety. It uses a restricted color palette, and each texture sho...6.5k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• SSuccubus Dungeon - A playable civilizationby BoltgunIMPORTANT: This mod requires DFHack. Without it, many features will not work. WARNING: If you have installed the mod before the Siege Update, you need to do some cleanup. - Make sure portable mode is off in the game option. - Open up your local game file from your library. - Delete the mods and d...6.5k downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
• SSimon Swerwer Soundtrackby HippiecabAdds soundtrack by Simon Swerwer. Music and images provided by Simon Swerwer at his website . Music files have been exported to Ogg Vorbis from FLAC-files, having the best possible quality. The volume has been normalized to match the vanilla music. The quality of the Vorbis codec has been set to...6.4k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• GGadget's Kobold Cavernsby gadgetpatchKobold Caverns is a thematic and challenge mod for Dwarf Fortress, focused on playable kobolds. They're small, weak, widely-disliked by other civs, don't have easy access to metalworking, and can only eat meat and fish. And you're in charge of keeping them alive! Plenty of care went into tweaking...6.4k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• AAdvanced Botanical Varietyby DroseranAdvanced Botanical Variety does what it says on the cover: adds many new plants to the game. From agave to woad and baobab to yew, there's 87 new plants to discover! Plants in this mod use the Advanced Agricultural System, allowing exact plant-to-product processing and an increased variety of pro...6.3k downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
• NNo skill and attribute rustby HajiRemoves skill & attribute rust from Dwarves. Updated for 53.066.1k downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
• BBit of Diversityby CountI always liked the mechanic of animal people and some other strange species joining civilizations and showing up in your fortress, but I've noticed that there are a lot of sentient creatures that can't do that. This mod adds the ability to speak and join civilizations to more than a dozen differe...6.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• BBucket O' Creaturesby this user loves holeAdds a variety of new creatures. Read-me with creature info:6.1k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• BBetter Combat Logby RebOOter-- ATTENTION --- This mod needs DFHack to be installed. You can simply get it here ( Overview What a glorious battle, my brothers! We struck this forgotten beast down with the blink of an eye! What? How our master didn't understand what happened? Everything is in the log, just show it to him! He...6.0k downloadsupdated 16 mo ago
• BBetter Creature Descriptionsby annaflyteBetter Creature Descriptions Better Creature Descriptions enhances and unifies the in-game descriptions of all vanilla creatures This is a partial port of Taffer's DF Revised. Taffer's Revised is a beloved old mod and I am going to be working on porting all or most of the features over time that...6.0k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• DDwarvemonby FirePhoenix11Welcome to the world of Pokemon. This world is inhabited by creatures called Pokemon! For some people Pokemon are pets. Others use them for fights. Your very own Pokemon legend is about to unfold! A world of dreams and adventures with Pokemon awaits! A mod that adds Pokemon and Pokemon related st...6.0k downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
• AAdvanced Orchardsby DroseranThis mod adds the ability to farm tree saplings in crop plots. This mod requires the mods Advanced Agriculture installed before it. Sadly, there are many issues with the way vanilla trees currently work that make a mod like this very difficult to implement without the changes made by Advanced Agr...6.0k downloadsupdated 6 mo ago
• RRebOOter's Libraryby RebOOter-- ATTENTION --- This mod needs DFHack to be installed. You can simply get it here ( Overview There are some utilities and functions that I use in my other mods. So there's not a lot to describe. Just subscribe :) But if you want to use it in your mods -- feel free, just let me know. Q&A Q: Can I...6.0k downloadsupdated 16 mo ago
• SSK GigaDwarfs Stressby Mullet Mad JackMod changes stress smilies to GigaDwarfs. This is clean mod, it have own tileset and will overwrite only what you see in preview. Мод меняет смайлики стресса на ГигаДварфов. Высеченные из камня бородатые морды! Это чистый мод, он имеет свой тайлсет и перезапишет только то, что вы видите в превью....5.9k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• UUniversityby NomadAdds a lot of workshops to have more variety in your fortress, while allowing for skill training. - - - Classroom : Knowledge acquisition, writing, prose, poetry, reading, critical thinking, logic, mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, geography. Combat Arena : Throwing, wrestling, biting, striking,...5.9k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• MMore Valuable Procedural Creaturesby 76561198942291710Did you ever think it’s really weird that stuff made out of forgotten beast silk/bones/leather is as valuable as stuff made out of a cat? Using the power of lua, this mod changes that finally. Unfortunately, because I am bad at programming, it depends entirely on the syndrome names of said beasts...5.9k downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
• AArmory Workshopby MrGlassesAdds a new workshop for your Dwarves to craft sets of armor and encrust them with the various gems that you find as you dig down. This allows you to quickly craft new sets of armor instead of adding in multiple workorders OR manually assigning new tasks for creating new sets. Dwarves can also use...5.9k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• AAccurate Cat Graphicsby 76561199206465496This mod edits cat graphics so their eye color and fur color for each part of their body is accurate to their description, leading to a few hundred thousand different possible variations. This is part of an expanding series of expanded animal graphic mods. If you would like to see the other mods...5.8k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• MMineral Powdersby Wyntr StardustA new reason to build a millstone! Grind minerals to powder! Some are useful pigments! This is a growing library of mineral powders that a few of my mods will be dependent on, but feel free to use for your own mod or right-out-of-the-box to get new dyes. Now with a custom sub-menu for grinding ce...5.8k downloadsupdated 4 y ago

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