Dwarf Fortress
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1,385 mods, most downloaded first · newest update 26 Oct 2026
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- KM.One's Hempworm Mothsby KM.One<Per a request> A small moth, that for unknown reasons really enjoys the taste of hemp. Once domesticated the hives are a great place to find hemp seeds. Produces round 4 seeds a month, but just like bee's you will destroy the colony to harvest them. If you don't start with any on your map, wait,...60 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Music Exctendedby TomicgunAdds music to the game60 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Runtime Dataminer (Lua)by DPh KrakenPrints the structure of data passed from DF to the first-party Lua runtime, to use as a reference when making scripts. Currently, world, random_object_parameters, and raws are the only tables passed from the C++ runtime to Lua. Before you get any neat ideas, no, the only way to affect C++ memory...60 downloadsupdated 17 mo ago
- ArgMod x Desert Sandstones CompatchAllows ArgMod minerals (arkose, greywacke, vanadium & uranium ores, etc) to spawn in lonewind's white, red, yellow, tan, and black sandstones. Adds the siliceous reaction class too. They're not incompatible without this, but the patch helps. Works with either the aquifer or no-aquifer version. Ma...60 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
- ForcedFormations - RTS Controls for Dwarf FortressForces military dwarves to hold a defensive formation. No more running into tactically unsound positions. I'm sure that I'm not the only one who hates when a dwarf sees an enemy and charges into a tactically disadvantageous position, blocking marksdwarves, siege engines, or just getting himself s...60 downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
- Dragon Snapping Turtlesby 76561198414036633Giant, bison sized snapping turtles! A lowkey critter mod that adds a new turtle type that spits fire like a magma crab. Artwork by Psyanoid59 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Chipathingy's Terrible Graphics packby chipathingyThis is a graphics pack for people like me who do not have the time or talent to make proper graphics for their Dwarf Fortress mods. Included are both regular, large and statue images for each letter from A to Z, in both lower and upper case! There are 15 different colours for each letter (corres...59 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Ork modby SoldarisA mod that adds male and female Orks. They will attack you in warbands from time to time.59 downloadsupdated 14 mo ago
- Stoneworking Expanded for All Animal People PlayableRequires Stoneworking Expanded and All Animal People Playable. Place below both to ensure the patch updates the Reactions for Animal People with the Stoneworking Expanded structures properly.59 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
- Historical War Scytheby RengarTheDwarfWelcome to my first mod! This is a simple mod that adds the historical war scythe to Dwarf Fortress. - Can be crafted from standard weapon metals. - Uses the Spear skill to wield. - Designed as a two-handed polearm. - May be crafted and used by Dwarves, Humans, Goblins, and more. *Note: New graph...58 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Dinosaur Rebalanceby KijiroChanges made to Extinct creatures only58 downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
- Short-Lived Dwarvesby TrainzackDrastically reduces the lifespan of dwarves, but offsets this by drastically increasing their their skill learning rate. License This mod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. This means that you can use the contents of this work (as-is or modified...57 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- stone and wood traps, some utility reactionsby Right Hand of the Devilmake serrated discs, spiked balls, spikes, giant axe blades and corkscrews from wood and stone hollow stones to make buckets make 10 stone bins at a time make 10 large pots at a time from stone make 10 stone blocks at a time56 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Col. Caboose's Stuff (OLD)by Col. CabooseStuff I've added from rapiers and muskets, to gambeson and brigandine, to an entire skaven species. (There is a newer version of this mod available on my workshop)55 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Brave Cavies Vanillaby PiratePawsLiveAdds Brave Cavies to the game which can be Trained for War/Hunting. USE ONLY ONE Brave Cavies Mod at a time! Both are mutually exclusive! Learning Brave Cavies Train your cavy friends for war and hunting. Take your small furry friends and claim victory! This also removes the need to graze, so you...55 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Soap Blocksby The ScrunglerPLEASE NOTE: Blocks made from soap cannot be stored in stockpiles. This is a quirk with stockpiles themselves being hardcoded, and I can't fix it without bizarre workarounds that I'm not skilled enough to implement. This being a reaction mod, it requires a new world to be generated. Should be loa...55 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Kitsuneby Aradar!!This requires LUA to function!! Play as kitsune, fox spirits known for intelligence, long life, and powerful magic, especially shapeshifting. Kitsune look like dwarfs at a glance but are slightly larger, and have two large ears with a pair of whiskers. I was going to give kitsune innate magical...55 downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
- ArgMod x Mostahl Compatibility Patchby ArgendaussImplements mostahl, a strong high-alloy steel, within the ArgMod framework. Reaction updated to take: 2 Steel + 2 Cast/Pig Iron + 1 Ferrochrome + 1 Ferronickel + 1 Ferrovanadium + 1 Ferromoly + 1 Ferromang + 1 Ferrocobalt + coke + 2 flux = 10 Mostahl + 2 Slag Note that if the ArgMod x VMO Compati...55 downloadsupdated 9 mo ago
- Dino Animal People Wieldable FixThe Dino Update added dinosaur animal people, but 23 of the larger ones shipped without wieldable offsets in their graphics. Their weapons and shields render at an unadjusted position, hanging low and off to the side instead of at the hands.55 downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
- Crundlingsby Johnny OakgroveAdds Crundle children (Crundlings), which in turn makes it possible to fully tame Crundles. This is the cut-down version for the more traditionalist Crundle enthusiast of my Crundles are better than Cats mod: The crundle child sprite is already in the game files, Crundles were simply missing the...54 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Dwarf Fortress:Avatar and the four nationsby Aradarthis mod requires LUA to fully function This mod adds a lot of random chaos save often and always keep a close eye on fire benders :) Earth Chakra(Chakra of Survival)Let go of physical attachments. Water Chakra(Chakra of Pleasure)Let go of guilt of the past. Fire Chakra(Chakra of Willpower)Overco...54 downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
- Lynx Fortressby FluffyVixenA simple mod that replaced dwarves in default (mountain) playable civilization with lynx men. It doesn't add any sprites or objects, just uses ones already in the game. It slightly modifies vanilla lynx men to match dwarven lifespan and enable artifacts (strange moods) for them. Tips: lynx men ar...54 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- More Testing Arenasby SevaurdAdds additional object testing arenas to test combat, parkour, pathfinding, and collisions of objects or creatures. Instructions: Place the data folder located in "Dwarf Fortress/mods/3012722377/" into the Dwarf Fortress base directory (Dwarf Fortress/) and select replace.54 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Misery ZFogby UntrustedLifeTurns the Z-Level Fog from blue to misery green and makes it more transparent, mostly for those modpacks that need just a bit more misery. Praise misery. Thank you to Munashe who made the Reduce Z-Level Fog Mod which inspired me to make this one.54 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Design Button (DFHack)Adds a button to the vanilla dig toolbar so DFHack's gui/design shape-based digging tool can be reached by pointing and clicking, without a keyboard. Made for the Steam Deck and other keyboard-less setups. REQUIRES DFHACK. DFHack is a separate free app on Steam (search for DFHack in the Steam sto...54 downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
- Turbansby 76561198828349109Provides your dwarves the skills needed to craft turbans53 downloadsupdated 16 mo ago
- Mica WindowsAdds reaction to make windows out of mica. Mason workshop, stone carving skill. Micas cleave into really thin sheets that are translucent. Muscovite, which is what base game mica is based on, is the best for this purpose. Very very lightweight, should work with basically anything. Works with or w...53 downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
- Real Book/Scroll Content! 简体中文汉化翻译阅读界面、书名、文体和生成的书籍正文。 需要 DFCN 汉化核心和Real Book/Scroll Content!。原模组需 DFHack。 订阅后由 DFCN 自动读取,无需在创建世界时启用本汉化包。53 downloadsupdated 17 d ago
- Pepsi Pigby kravunHave you ever wanted to add the famous pepsi pig from the bleeding pepsi big meme into Dwarf Fortress? Probably not, but you now can! This mod features a pig, but not a normal pig. A pig that bleeds pepsi. !FUN! inducing pepsi is indeed in the game as of 1.3.0 update.51 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Touhou Adventurismby 76561198366188782Edit of the Touhou Fortress mod by perl and Regularity. All credit to them. I don't know what i'm doing. Expect incompetence. Mod enables touhou tameables to sometimes be selectable as adventurers. Expect no functionality beyond graphics (which seemed to work in my test playthrough) If the origin...51 downloadsupdated 15 mo ago
- Pushmi-Pullyuby Toss ThrownA herding mammal that inhabits tropical savanna's and grasslands. The creature is a cross between a gazelle and a unicorn with two heads, at opposite ends of its body.. Biology Pushmi-Pullyus are ungulate mammals with one head on each end of their bodies and therefore no tail. Although they posse...50 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Driftwood Fortressby A NickelAdds a new workshop, the Scavenging Spot through which you can "scavenge" for driftwood. Scavenging uses the concentration skill, and requires nothing except for time. I would have loved to make this exclusive to biomes where driftwood is actually present, but that is beyond my knowledge (and I s...50 downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
- Fix Advanced Brewing for Ancient Racesby SaenteinceIf you are using Advanced Brewing & one of the Ancient Races, then this mod allows all of the playable Ancient Races access to the Advanced Brewing options!48 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Iron Dogsby ExoticTrashAdds Iron dogs to the game, mostly a test for potential future projects. The dogs have iron for skin instead of normal skin, with a lower healing rate.48 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Reign of the Viluby SleppaThis mod adds a new race to the world, called the vilu. They're hostile plants, though due to their biology and inability to wear armor, they wont pose too much of a threat to an established fortress. They can do some damage to civilians, and can take a hit if they're struck in the right places,...48 downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
- Dwarvemon Entity All 简体中文汉化翻译 Dwarvemon Entity All 的模组名称与文明配置简介。 需要 原模组、DFCN 汉化核心和Dwarvemon 汉化数据。47 downloadsupdated 24 d ago
- Only Dwarvesby serithinflightThis Removes Elves, Goblins and Humans leaveing only Dwarves on the surface. Simplified but redundant now.46 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Shearable Rutherersby Johnny OakgroveMakes rutherers have fur (similar to Trolls) instead of hair, and makes said fur shearable and usable for the textile industry. The change from fur to hair is only to avoid cunfusion in-game.46 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Unify Leather & Meatby Fenrir!!! There is a bug in DF currently that can break your savegames if you manually save during some events. This mod seems unrelated but i will test it further. !!! Makes it so that leather and meat is only of one type (cat in most cases, had to use some other animals since cats have not all body p...46 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- THE JUICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!by Aradarare you ready for the juice?!?!?! be excited..........be be excited ALPHAS USE THE JUICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DO YOU WANT TO BE AN ALPHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OF COURSE YOU DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...46 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Giant Salamandersby [ T H E ] Noodle46 downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
- Giant Gorlaksby 76561199659514752This mod adds in two creatures: Giant Gorlaks, these are gorlaks that are the size of elephant men that can be played as an outsider adventurer. And Gargantuan Gorlaks, these are megabeasts gorlaks with steel teeth. It also increases the population and frequency of vanilla gorlaks. This mod is be...45 downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
- No Goblins and Elvesby serithinflightThese are the default Dwarf Fortress civilizations without goblins and elves. Simplified but redundant now.45 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- War Pigsby Lord NichSimplest DF mod and keeping in line with my other mod; I made pigs war trainable. According to their tags they are awful at war, but apparently they might be a counter to elephants? IDK. Enjoy and make a pig armor mod.44 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Newbie Safety Net #4: Dwarven Agilityby ironleviathanJust getting started with Dwarf Fortress? Not compatible with Newbie Safety Net #5 It stands to reason that, the faster your dwarves move, the more they can get done in the same amount of time. Unfortunately, dwarves tend to have less-then-human-average Agility, which makes them a little on the s...44 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Only gay Dwarvesby coolziecatMakes every single civilized creature 100% gay also check out More Gay Dwarves if you want LESS gay people44 downloadsupdated 15 mo ago
- Dwarvemon Entity Type 简体中文汉化翻译 Dwarvemon Entity Type 的模组名称与文明配置简介。 需要 原模组、DFCN 汉化核心和Dwarvemon 汉化数据。44 downloadsupdated 24 d ago
- Make Kobolds Great Againby 76561199758078434Patch for Intro's Kobold Civ. Makes agender kobolds rare to impossible & alters remaning caste preferences.43 downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
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