Mods / Research

• CCopper Ore Drillsby EreiDid it never bothered you that you could unlock iron drills, but apparently you had to keep mining copper with a pickaxe forever ? Not anymore ! Add the copper drill (1-2-3) to the game. Unlock through the same research than iron drills. They are similar to iron drills (power, resources produced,...585.6k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• NNew Weapons Dissemination Modby ikahurulaSorry weird may be English. I will add new weapons and distribute them to the world. I mixed the weapons used in Japan, and I made it with a focus on being lore friendly. New weapons are added to many NPC's belongings. Some people possess Meitou. There are several new NPCs as well. Because enemie...453.7k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• HHives Expandedby Microwaved RoeMod development and updating currently on indefinite Hiatus This mod expands the 3 major hive factions in the game with unique armors, weapons, races and characters! brought down to more acceptable levels, Reimport is recommended to make sure changes take effect. Buy hiver notebooks to build your...359.8k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
• MMoisture Farmingby TrinimacEver want to set up a hydroponics lab inside a town but were dissapointed you couldn't get water from the town well without micromanaging every click? Or perhaps you just want a way to get water in your desert base? Introducing the Moisture Collector! Gather water passively from the air. Buildabl...343.9k downloadsupdated 9 y ago
• AAdvanced training dummiesby HeroinAction-Adds Training Dummies for lvl 70 (lvl 100, 50, 30 Versions as Submod) at normal speed for: Assassination Stealth Armor smith Weapon smith Crossbow maker Lockpicking Attack Defense Strength Dexterity Toughness Turret Martial Arts Dodge Friendly Fire/Aim Perception Crossbow Thievery Robotics -!!!...340.3k downloadsupdated 19 mo ago
• EExpanded Lightingby WunkayThis mod adds several new light sources suitable for early base building. I will be adding to this mod periodically with new lights and other furniture. Research and build categories may change in the future. Items located in the LIGHTS build category. New objects included: New Research: Gas Lant...279.2k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
• CCraftable Edge type 3 weaponsby SchmidtNo import needed. This mod adds new research "Edgewalkers 2" that allow you to craft Edge type 2 weapons, which can crit to Edge type 3. And also increase the cutting damage of the crafted weapons by 10%, which will make it identical to the crafted by Edgewalkers. The cost of tech "Edgewalkers" h...256.3k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
• FForgotten Buildingsby MechanicaThe largest collection of buildings and furniture from older versions of Kenshi and non-player towns. Over 400 new buildings and furniture pieces to construct, plus another 300 copies of buildings, walls and furniture using alternative textures. Forgotten Buildings Includes: Tier 5 walls, concret...225.5k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• RRandom Furnitureby MechanicaArmour Display Stand: Added to the Gear Storage research Enough inventory space for a full suit of armour. Bookshelf: Added to the Item Storage research The Bookshelf has enough storage space for all your books. It can also store things like notes and letters; anything made of paper should be abl...207.9k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• PPeeler Machineby VoriothThis mod adds the ability to research and an alternative place to buy the blueprint for "Peeler Machine"; designed to slowly and carefully remove the outer layers of whatever is put inside. It comes handy when you really hate someone or if you want to easily amputate somebody's limbs(to replace t...207.5k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• GGeneral Modificationsby SeelenschwarzItems New: Farmers Notebook: Buyable, Lootable Skeleton Repair Kits: Simple Skeleton Repair kits , Machine Creature Repair Kit Low Value First Aid Kit: Simple First Aid Kit Black Rag Loincloth Black Armoured Rag Skirt, Black Armoured Rags Black Hiver Leather Vest General colored clothes (19 Color...180.6k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• MMedical Beds (faster healing new beds)by cimoyamaAdd faster heal new beds(incl. camp beds) and requirement researchs. New beds require Standard First Aid Kits or Advanced First Aid Kits to be build, so its less cheaty. Added Buildings; -Medical Bed (Additional 2 Standard First Aid Kits required) 1600% heal rate -Advanced Medical Bed (Additional...178.0k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
• UUniversal Wasteland Expansionby 76561198866710653A singularly developed mod with one vision and executed by one person. An expansion in every sense of the word... Universal Wasteland Expansion sets out to expand the world of Kenshi in many ways. Vanilla mechanics and lore were taken and expanded upon, instead of trampled. The world is more fles...170.4k downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
• HHealing Podby Red CloudGood News Everybody! Here is yet again another healing mod! What makes this different is that it adds late game advanced healing tech, in the form of a Bacta Tank (think Star Wars). Using this tank will heal your fleshy characters incredibly fast, around 10,000%. While this may seem cheaty it is...156.5k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• PPlayers Slaveryby StilldollThis MOD makes NPC a slave to a player character. What this mod does This mod essentially gives you the ability to have your own slaves as the NPC factions do. How it works: Make "Slave Rings" -> capture enemy -> stick in cage -> put slave ring on him -> prompt will come up asking to "sell" slave...154.0k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• HHydroponics Plusby Lord LurkSimple mod that makes Hydroponics of Cotton and Cactus researchable and buildable. Hydroponics Cactus: Research: - Tech Level 5 - 2 Ancient Science Books Construction: - 10 Cactus - 4 Iron Plates - 2 Electrical Components Power Requirements: - 10 Output from test: 40 Cactus ----------------------...153.4k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
• HHive Robotics Expandedby WunkayWelcome, no-hive! Are you tired of having floppy leg-ends and all those excessive amounts of fingers? Or maybe you're one of those.. hiveless... that is tired of having floppy robot appendages when a beak thing ate your limbs because you disobeyed our glorious Queen! Well look no further! Our fin...150.2k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
• IInterior and Exterior Design (Outdated)by Shidan-This mod is outdated and no longer supported. It was one of my first mods ever, and is quite messy and consistently buggy at this point. There are better and more expansive mods that you could use that do everything this mod did and more, such as Forgotten Buildings by Mechanica, and Faction Fur...146.1k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• MMetal Fencingby MechanicaI've made the fences you can see on the base of the Ancient Citadel buildable separately, and added a matching gate. The fences link together automatically and can be damaged by raiders if there's no way around, just like defensive walls. Unlocked by completing the "Metal Fencing" research, which...135.2k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
• SSailbacks - Mechanical Beasts of Burdenby IdeaDork“Power is, as I'm sure you've seen above ground, a very valuable commodity. I'm not talking about some abstract concept of control, I mean real, tangible power. The kind that keeps the lights on.” The old world was filled with dazzling wonders of technology – or irresponsible abuses of the natura...131.5k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• CCrow's World Gone Fishingby AngusCrowThis mod lets you net fish, fry fish, and dry fish. You will need to research Fishing. It's a lvl 1 research that cost 2 books and you will find it under Farming. Once researched it will fall under it's own catagory of the build menu as Fishing. The storage items will be under storage in the buil...128.9k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• MMartial Villageby ZheyronDrifter, you may not have heard of a new village where you can cultivate your martial arts while travelling these dangerous lands. You may take a break, breath some fresh air and enjoy the sight of unending battles and slaugther as the local fauna and criminals try to tarnish the pacific life of...124.3k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
• CCraftable Shacklesby NanogiraffeCraft prisoner shackles. Unlocked at lvl 4 after imprisonment, chain mail crafting & steel bars. UPDATED - added Hive compatible Shackles PLEASE READ This does NOT make slaves or have any of that functionality, but is totally compatible with mods that do. It just makes the shakles for you to use...117.4k downloadsupdated 9 y ago
• DDark Hiveby JohnsonDark Hive is a secret race hidden in the veil. They completely lost their production capacity for unknown reasons a long time ago, and the Hive collapsed. But the Queen and some other Hivers survived. The Queen, who lost most of her production capacity and control over the hive, granted the remai...117.4k downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• SSandbox Adv. Training mod (lvl 100)by HeroinAction-Adds Training dummies (to lvl 100, normal speed) for Assassination Stealth Armor-smith Weapon-smith Lockpicking Attack Defense Strength Dexterity Toughness Turret Martial Arts Dodge Precision Shooting (Friendly Fire) Crossbow Perception Thievery Robotics Dummies in this version are free/cheap -...109.7k downloadsupdated 19 mo ago
• SSecurity Plus - Guards & Patrolsby CrovvvCredit This is simply a compiled version with minor tweaks of Lord Lurk's Patrol Waypoints Plus and Winsenkiller's Guardpost. All I did was compile them together neatly and added a dedicated category with proper research so they work well together. This wouldn't be possible without their work. Th...108.9k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
• LLegendary of Kenshi - World of Uniqueby JohnsonWhat does this mod do? This mod is for people who feel that vanilla Kenshi has become too easy. This mod significantly increases Kenshi's difficulty. It reinforces the stats of factions and equips them with better armor and weapons. Most, if not all, NPCs have become much stronger. The higher the...107.1k downloadsupdated 9 mo ago
• NNWDM Remodelingby ikahurulaThis MOD is Addon of New Weapons Dissemination Mod. Because this is a research to make a new weapon New weapons Dissemination Mod Add a modified version of the weapon. The original weapon remains available and unchanged. We will open up a study called Weapon Remodeling (Lv4) and be able to do res...106.4k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• AAdvanced Campingby 76561198948921967Advanced Camping Mod Mod Contents The mod contains the following new & reworked additions. Camping+ Blueprint -This Blueprint unlocks everything in one go. It's Sold at most (probably all) Travel Vendors. 1 New Material Type: Camping Supplies. -Every addition Requires 1 of these. This may change...106.4k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• SStorm Wallsby StarCornetThis mod adds stone walls named 'Storm Walls' into the game to match the Storm building in Kenshi. They can be found in the Defense research category and will require 'Small House' and 4 books to research. These walls have identical defensive stats to Defensive Walls II and require the same build...103.3k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• CClutterby MechanicaThis mod adds buildable copies of almost every item in Kenshi, including some old item models that are not used in the current version of the game. Armour, weapons, food, medicine, materials, limbs, robot parts and more, there are hundreds in total. They do not require any materials for construct...102.4k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
• SSamurai Armor Expandedby The Subarashii One"From the bloodstained lands of Bast that has seen the many United Cities Samurai fall and rot on the soil, Scavengers from far across the lands come to collect their armor and partake in the spoils of war." Hello everyone, Suba here with a new mod! This mod introduces 25 new armor peices inspire...102.4k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• CCat's Clothing Overhaulby NPCPLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING AN ARTIST I do all of my work for free and from scratch. These models take a lot of time and effort, if you like them, please consider donating if you can to my patreon to show support. It would be greatly appreciated and show me support so I can keep working on these m...100.6k downloadsupdated 2 y ago
• AAncient Chinese Weapons(中国古武器)by nArrAtorIntroduction Based on some of the weapons used for war in ancient times like "Three Kingdoms", "Tang Dynasty", etc. Weapons` style come from wiki, baidu & bing searching engine. I`ll try my best to make the mod fit the style of the game. Extremely similar weapons style won`t be added. Weapon list...99.2k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
• SShinobi Armorby Daemonic SpoderDecently strong medium stealth armor that provides good protection, lots of buffs but kinda heavy and difficult to find. Includes: - Shinobi Hood - Shinobi Gi - Shinobi Clothpants - Shinobi Sandals Best place to buy the set would probably be either the Shinobi Thieves or Mongrel but can spawn in...98.6k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• UUnofficial Patches for Kenshiby GE0The Unofficial Patches for Kenshi (UPK) is a compilation of published bugfixes and several QoL improvements into one mod that's easy to download and manage. The changes incorporated here either are my own, or were provided with permission from the original mod authors. Please check the Credits fo...97.5k downloadsupdated 7 mo ago
• BBetter Storage Systemby DeadmanoEver get frustrated with not knowing where things are in similar looking storages? Annoyed with having to build multiple of the same storages due to not having enough space to store items in? Well I know I sure did thus this mod was born to help alleviate some of the annoyances and micro-manageme...95.7k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• HHoly Lord Phoenixby NPCPLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING AN ARTIST I do all of my work for free and from scratch. These models take a lot of time and effort, if you like them, please consider donating if you can to my patreon to show support. It would be greatly appreciated and show me support so I can keep working on these m...95.6k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• UUnofficial Kenshi Patchby LystonThe objective of this mod is to fix things I believe to be typos, bugs, or developer oversights without altering or tweaking the intended experience. This should be a mod that even someone who wants to play completely vanilla would consider downloading. v8 Current List (And their reasons): Fixed...88.5k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• BBiome Food Expansionby HadeThis mod aims to expand food options on biomes like: Arid, Green and Swamp. Import not needed Compatible with other food mods I'm still adding new foods and polishing stuff like research, icons, biome distributing. If you have any ideas for foods that would fit the world of Kenshi (so no pizzas,...88.3k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• HHive Cyberneticsby Luciferus"Your body of flesh is utilitarian, crudely functional. But a body like mine, of plastic, wire, and steel, is a wonder of efficiency and grace. It makes me something more than Human. I am a work of living art!" — Lady Sephia Trell, Lord Captain of the Axiom Imperial, Warhammer 40K Hello all this...87.9k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• VVanilla Aesthetic Patch - Azuchi Armourby UCHIDATexture Patch + Additions + Added to the world - New hand painted textures. - Retextured to match Samurai Armour. - Retextured to match Dark Metal Armours. - Worn by npc's. - Sold in shops. Heft & Mongrel + others - Crafted on the Heavy Armour Smithy. - Added to loot tables. - Fixes. This patch i...87.3k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• FFox's Weapons Mod Setby LunaticFoxI made a new summary mod! Best regards. Equipment Mods Set -Vanguard Mercenaries- ※Caution※ ・Hello! I am Japanese. I don't understand English, so I'll use machine translation to understand all opinions and comments and then reply with machine translation. Thank you for your understanding. ・This m...86.3k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• WWandering Swordsman Start (son of a noble) v1.18by 76561198460072797A mod with various starts to spice up your Kenshi playthroughs :) *IMPORTANT* This mod will no longer be updated, as I do not have the mod files anymore. It will work just fine, but no new starts will be added to this specific mod. 1.) Wandering Swordsman (Easy/Normal) You're hurt from a recent r...86.2k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
• TThe Shoddy Firearms Modby Hapless======================================================================================== It was a good run but all my mods for kenshi are henceforth discontinued. Due to me pursuing youtube as a hobby I am no longer maintaining my kenshi mods. As of this moment anyone is free to use, modify, and...85.8k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• BBURY THE DEAD - Corpse Burials and Casketsby AnrhaaREUPLOAD FROM NEXUS WITH THE AUTHOR’S EXPRESS PERMISSION Check the original upload at Nexus or report any bug here “Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.” -Haruki Murakami Due to the nature of Kenshi's world, people die a lot. Many of those victims will be your characters, and yet...84.9k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• GGreat Beak Thingsby ImJustJunEver fought a Beak Thing and thought, "Gee. I wish these guys were bigger, stronger, and just plain deadlier in general." Well if you didn't before, too bad! Because here is the Great BeakThings mod! What this mod actually does; It creates a new race called Great BeakThings. Great Beak Things are...84.4k downloadsupdated 9 y ago
• RRadiant Robotic Limbs Expansionby ShirohoThis mod overhauls the prosthetics field in multiple manners. Firstly by adding the precious missing container to store and auto-haul the nice stuff you find or craft, secondly by enhancing all prosthetics icons in the sake of clarity, then finally by adding a whole new batch of prosthetics . Tho...83.3k downloadsupdated 4 y ago

561 research mods, most downloaded first. Each one has its own page here with what it needs to run and where its author publishes it; the files themselves stay with the author and are never re-hosted on this site.