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1,385 mods, most downloaded first · newest update 26 Oct 2026
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- Plain English - Mod Compatibility Patchesby jecowaDescription This mod makes proper names in languages added by many mods to use the English language. If you would also like the vanilla languages to use English, install the Plain English Language mod too. Compatibility This mod uses SELECT to change translations to English. It contains patches f...79 downloadsupdated 20 mo ago
- 【DFHack】Born Normally Custom - let the world keep having vanilla babiesThis mod is in testing! Use with caution! What it does Let the world keep having babies after worldgen ends. This is a DFHack script. DFHack is required, or the mod won't work. Install Subscribe and Steam will install it automatically. Then run this in the in-game DFHack console: enable controlla...79 downloadsupdated 19 d ago
- 矮人宝可梦汉化数据Dwarvemon 的简体中文汉化数据。翻译宝可梦名称、描述、道具、材料、工坊、招式及战斗与历史文本。 需要 DFCN 汉化核心 与 Dwarvemon。 数据由 DFCN 自动读取,无需在世界模组列表启用。78 downloadsupdated 13 d ago
- Invincible Catsby chipathingyTweaks cats so that nothing that isn't immediately fatal can kill them77 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Pillowforts, the Fabric Felt Round the Worldby welkin.shibbolethThis adds a simple new reaction to the screw press, which lets you create felt cloth blocks from fabric. Beware! If you want to use specific fabrics, you'll need to set up your screw press to take from stockpiles that only contain that fabric. Also, dyes do not currently persist into the blocks,...77 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- DF:VOTM:CLAN:TZIMISCEby AradarLUA is required for this mod THIS MOD ADDS THE CLAN TZIMISCE This mod will work by it self but will make errors in the log file because, this mod is an add on for the mod below. This mod is required for full functionality Dwarf fortress:VOTM the senses are the sinew of the soul -ancient tzimisce...76 downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
- Newbie Safety Net #3: Free Copperby ironleviathanJust getting started with Dwarf Fortress? Some fort survival strategies call for a truly ridiculous amount of traps, and that will probably require a ridunkulous amount of metal. This mod gives Smelters a new reaction called "materialize a copper bar maybe," which has a 20% chance of giving you a...75 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Animal People Entityby GoezerAdds multiple controllable civilizations in worldgen controlled by elephant or lion man etc.75 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Dwarthen ChroniclesDownload and setup instructions are in the included DwarthenChronicles_Dashboard start there. Your fortress has a history. This turns it into a book. This Tool rewrites your Legends.xml files using Legends viewer Nexts API and an LLM pipeline to create readable prose. Read for yourself The storm...75 downloadsupdated 1 mo ago
- More mushroom dyeby Reformed Rabbi Woodrow WilsonAdds Black (ink cap), Red (hematite puffball), and purple (royal bolete) dye-bearing mushrooms. farmable by dwarves, selectable seeds on embark, harvestable in caverns, functionally entirely the same as dimple cups (even look the same due to laziness), but produce a different color dye.74 downloadsupdated 22 mo ago
- Jurassic Dwarf Dino Hybridsby SQmanHunt, tame, and eat many new species of hybrid dinosaurs from Jurassic Park/World movies, games and toy lines, including the dreaded Indominus rex. Look for those beasts in savage lands. This mod is far from done, but that doesn't mean it's lacking in content! There's plenty of creatures, both di...74 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Nefari And Bubbles DF. 1.1by DirtyfatninjaThis is just an Overhaul of Graphics. this is outdated but has some unique sprites you might like to use the old versions or take from to add to the new version!73 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Dammaz Kron, the book of grudgesInspired by the Dammaz Kron of Warhammer's dwarves. The Book of Grudges fills itself73 downloadsupdated 26 d ago
- Unified Dwarvesby pornhub.eduThis mod limits worldgen to creating one dwarven civ, for a small but unified people. Also useful if you want to generate and play a dead civ and rebuild the dwarven people from square 0!72 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- DW420's Dwarf texture tweaksby DW420Various texture tweaks and replacements, all pertaining to Dwarves. PLEASE NOTE: If some profession shows up with the wrong colours...it's because the devs haven't assigned them. AFAIK (and that is very little) about half of the palette is currently unused. 100% DONE: Beards, Helmets -Everything...72 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Fr_militaryby frost.9Fr_military Attention, squad! Formation! CORPORAL URIST! ONE BOOT!? Are you planning to hop around the battlefield like some armokdamn furry elf? Have you lost your mind!? The next time I see your bare foot in my formation, you will be promoted to a handicaped scholar! Is that clear!? CORPORAL SI...72 downloadsupdated 9 mo ago
- D is for Dunce - Skill & Attribute gain nerf (-75%)by DarkweaveNerfs skill and attribute gain rates to 25% of defaults (so a 75% xp reduction) for civilized creatures by adding and to Dwarves, Humans, Elves, Goblins and Kobolds. Default rust rates. This also affects xp gain from strange moods, as well as the skills of migrants, visitors, and invaders. This w...71 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Dwarven Immersion - The Way the Words Work editionby jecowaDescription This mod changes English translations of proper names to use the Dwarven language instead using The Way the Words Works mod's version of the words. If you are looking for the normal version of Dwarven Immersion, it is here: Dwarven Language Immersion. Installation Install "Dwarven Imm...70 downloadsupdated 20 mo ago
- BIOMASS Reactionsby HelessarAdd multiple reaction to let you start wherever you want without lacking important stuff. Only the dwarves have access to the reactions of the mod Items Metals Color Strenght Properties Value Biomass Olive Under copper Fire Safe Implie Killing Animal 4 Plabiomass Dark Olive Under Iron Anvil Magma...70 downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
- -1001- Magma Furnaceby TheAdded reaction to wood furnace to turn stone into magma. To use, make iron minecarts to be filled, then queue them up.70 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Skull Snakesby 76561199069264827When the most fearful of giants die, their skulls and spines can rip out of their bodies, creating the dangerous Skull Snakes. Adds a new Megabeast into your DF games!70 downloadsupdated 23 mo ago
- Opaque Black ZFogby UntrustedLifeDo you miss classic dfs lack of fog? Well this mod turns the Z-Level Fog from blue to opaque black and removes transparency, so you can see exactly what level you are on with no pesky transparency. Thank you to Munashe who made the Reduce Z-Level Fog Mod which inspired me to make this one.69 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Titan Fest 2024 Megabeasts Modby DikbutDaGrateAdds the contestants from 2024's Titan Fest as Megabeasts. Update: No longer works as of 52.01 -- Game now rejects some of the creatures during world generation. Previously, the error log would hiccup on a few things, and then it would roll with it.69 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- No Humansby serithinflightThese are the default Dwarf Fortress civilizations without humans. Now simplified.69 downloadsupdated 23 mo ago
- FIRE SUPPRESSION BARSby Aradar***for dwarven Civ only*** Ever since the gods gifted the world fire it has been a blessing and a curse. Dwarven science has in time created fire suppression bars a mysterious material strong as steel that stops fire in its tracks. Build armor and weapons out of this to make fire suppression gear...68 downloadsupdated 19 mo ago
- SLPW World Packby KodesmackPack of races for a SLPW world. You may get a larger than usual amount of worldgen rejections, but a setup should eventually work out.68 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Work Detail Icons for Hewnby ScurvyAn alternate set of icons for custom work details, blatantly stolen from the Hewn Tileset files. Intended for use with Hewn Tileset and Better Work Details, though neither is strictly required. Load order: - Hewn (Or any tileset/UI MOD) - Work Detail Icons for Hewn68 downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
- Better GlazingAfter seeing the changes to dyeing on clothes I wanted a similar simple system for coloring pottery. This allows glazers to create 24 new glaze colors and mix them to create 17 more. All colors have a basis in real mineral and oxide glazes with my favorite being turning pitchblende into "fiestawa...68 downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
- Item 3264192236by OmniTaro67 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Newbie Safety Net #2: Free Leadby ironleviathanJust getting started with Dwarf Fortress? Just getting started with Dwarf Fortress? One of the more important choices, after you embark, is deciding where to dig for ore. Though surviving without a good source of ore is possible, it's a bit harder, and is likely to frustrate new players. This sim...67 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Community Monsters - Spawn of Holistic (w/ wild Spawn)by SplintThis mod adds the Spawn of Holistic of Syrupleaf and Spearbreakers fame to the game. This version includes roaming packs of Spawn in the wilderness, for a potentially much harder experience.67 downloadsupdated 22 mo ago
- White Z-Level Fog 40%by BennyTurns the Z-Level Fog from blue to white, mostly to make it easier to differentiate between water and fog. BASE MOD: 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%66 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Serpentfolk modby Soldaris66 downloadsupdated 14 mo ago
- Venomous Koboldsby SpiderBiteGives Kobolds are fast acting, but also short lived, venomous bite based off the blue ringed octopus; quick acting and causes nausea, dizzyness, and paralyzing, along with numbness.66 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Set Production/Intro's Kobold Patchby SpiderBiteA simple patch that allows Introdile's Kobolds to take advantage of the Set Production mod.66 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Ore2Steelby ORCACommanderBypass making pig iron in order to make steel directly from ore. there is a small yield penelty compared to the pig iron method65 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- ArgMod x More Ceramics x Ceramics Expanded Compatchby ArgendaussMakes Qev's Ceramics Expanded and Niemst's More Ceramics work together with ArgMod Glass & Ceramics. I had to make a lot of cuts to not overload the mod list with too many Inorganics in game. Qev's Ceramics Expanded I essentially cut all of Qev's new glazes in this compatch, but I kept the expand...65 downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
- (Deprecated) Advanced Pressing Compatibility Patchesby DroseranAs of DF version 52, this mod is no longer needed due to the and reaction tokens. This mod adds compatibility for Advanced Pressing reactions to most civilizations available on the Steam workshop. Check out my other Dwarf Fortress mods: My Dwarf Fortress Workshop If you enjoy my mods, consider se...64 downloadsupdated 15 mo ago
- Claymite Creatureby ZanzibarA deep dwelling creature that can be tamed. Fairly large and able to be butchered. Feeds on moss and scraps found grazing underground. Able too defend it's self a bit with a small natural bite, thanks to their pinchers. - Also if you were using this mod before I reuploaded it with better creature...64 downloadsupdated 7 mo ago
- Necronomicon ex Mortisby Aradarthis mod requires LUA to function I had six wonderful friends, together we went to a small cabin in the mountains. It seemed an archeologist had come to this remote place to translate his latest find, Necronomicon ex-Mortis, the book of the dead. Bound in human flesh and inked in blood, this anci...64 downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
- Fallout New Vegas Radio Music PackBring the Mojave to the mountains! This music pack adds 15 iconic tracks from Mojave Music Radio (Fallout: New Vegas) to your Dwarf Fortress gameplay. Why bring the Mojave wasteland into a dwarven mountainhome? Honestly, I have no idea. I just really love this soundtrack. Plus, as one guy pointed...64 downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
- Hairfoot Civilizationby 76561199231747181Adds Hairfoot (or halfling) to the game as a playable civilization. A short and jolly people, known as "beardfeet" in the dwarven language for their hairy feet, halflings tend to be more content. Includes a (somewhat) realistic reaction to refine Bauxite into pure aluminum, as well as a few plant...63 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Polish splash screen logoby 76561198395622276EN - Polish translated DF logo. Subscription doesn't fully install this logo, so you'll need to navigate yourself to Steam\steamapps\common\Dwarf Fortress\data\art and replace current logo with a mod. Make sure you have a backup of the original! In case you want to make your own version of the DF...63 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Cave Tree Farming - Dark Elves Redux patchby IncarnateAllows dark elves to have tree farms from the cave tree farming mod. Requires both these mods.62 downloadsupdated 21 mo ago
- Automataby 76561198341366090A small (for now) creature mod that adds robotic enemies to the world. Less magical than your average iron man or bronze colossus, these machines of war will prove a challenge to your fortress (or not) Currently it adds 3 creatures, though more are planned as I get better at creature modding: - C...62 downloadsupdated 6 mo ago
- Aliensby who?Adds xenomorphs.61 downloadsupdated 19 mo ago
- Vanilla Dye Rebalanceby SnailA small mod that rebalances dye and fixes the brown hide root bug. Should give a reason (albeit sleight) to embark in evil areas and forage for wild dye, rather than use dimple cups for everything. EDIT: I have no idea if this still works post dye-update. I see no reason it shouldn't, but it's po...61 downloadsupdated 20 mo ago
- Elder Scrolls Oresby 76561198422306612Adds in new metals from the elder scrolls world, namely orichalcum, ebony, corundum, moonstone, quicksilver, and malachite. This also adds in the alloys daedric metal, glass alloy, elven alloy, dwemer metal, banded iron, skyforge steel, and lastly bonemold. If you'd like to have one of you're fav...61 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
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