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Starbound planets and environments mods
Everything filed under planets and environments by its own author, ordered by how much it is used.
AllUser Interface578Armor and Clothes552Crafting and Building512Furniture and Objects512Character Improvements470Weapons467Species453NPCs and Creatures412Mechanics402Cheats and God Items247In-Game Tools246Planets and Environments234Food and Farming210Dungeons204Ships162Vehicles and Mounts160Musical Instruments and Songs139Quests106
234 planets and environments mods
- Vanta Raceby AbsoluteXeroEXWhen a desire to break away from the dogmatic traditions of the Nightars gained traction at an exponential rate, those who were exiled became the Vanta, a new generation of Nightars who realized the potential value of forming alliances and advancing themselves as a species. While things still rem...25.7k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
- Darker Nightsby Schrotflinte12This mod darkens the nights by 75%. In addition to that it removes the glow of the atmosphere on most planets, so that the sky is black at night. You can still see where to go at night, but monsters should have an easier time ambushing you. Midnight planets got treated differently. Days are now d...25.5k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
- Station Upgrade Modules!by Silver SokolovaSpace stations are pretty neat. You can make your own private world and expand it! All you need is... Ouch, the Station Transponder that spawns your station is a bit costly, but it's probably just a rough start. Now that I got my station, it's time to expand it-- FIVE HUNDRED TITANIUM BARS FOR A...25.5k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- New Farmables: Erchius Crystal Fuel Plantby ExcaviceThis mod adds a New Farmable to the game! Erchius Crystal Plants! You can purchase 3x at terramart to get your fuel farming started! Tested & Compatible with: Compact Crops Perennial Crops Garden Bots Frackin' Universe I tried my best to make the mod as balanced as possible but if you have any su...25.4k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Magnetic Planetsby gay moth auntCAUTION: This workshop item will no longer receive updates. I no longer have time to work on maintaining these items due to now being a full-time sprite artist, so consider these workshop items to be fully open-source. You are free to upload or publish your own variations or updates of this conte...25.4k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
- No Sandstorm Particlesby AmyThis removes the sandstorm particles from deserts, or any other planet that has sandstorms, but keeps the music and the slowing effect. NOTE: this only works on planets generated after the mod is installed. if you want a planet that is already generated to be affected, you will need to delete its...25.3k downloadsupdated 9 y ago
- Lava Moonsby AlexanderAdds lava moons that can be flown to with your ship. Lava moons can be found orbiting fiery stars (and frozen stars, don't remember why though). On lava moons you will find a unique type of Erchius Ghost as well as a large reward for reaching the planets core. But the unique type of Erchius Ghost...25.3k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
- Project Irisil (v1.6.0.4)by LoftyLoftyLoftyLoftyLoftyTLDR: Large content mod / Monsters / Dungeons / Vanilla+ ---------- Version 1.6.0.4 released 2026 July 30 ---------- Project Irisil This mod adds the following new content to Starbound: Several new monster species, including Irisil Irisil can be found in the eyepatch biome on alien planets. (Mons...25.0k downloadsupdated 1 mo ago
- Musical Moonsby AnomNomSimply adds a music pool to moons. Using some simple patches, I have added music to the moons of the game. I specifically used the music pool from the Asteroid Field biome, meaning you'll get the nice zen music you normally would there, mixed with the creepy droning background noise that moons ha...25.0k downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
- The Cutieverse - Space Navigation Reskinby cutieryanTHIS IS A RESKIN MOD FOR THE NAVIGATION UI, IT DOES NOT CHANGE STAR GENERATION V1.1 Now compatible with Frackin' Universe! I've felt that the universe was both empty and shapeless, everything inside a boring nebula with various shades of black and blue. It's easy to get lost when the constellatio...24.7k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- No more duststorm particlesby AmyRemoves the particles from the duststorms on midnight planets, but keeps the audio.24.6k downloadsupdated 9 y ago
- Overhauled Parallaxesby 76561198851741251Introduction Hello, this is Pixelflame. As you can see, I have given myself a little bit of a refurbishment as you can see by the preview image. This mod changes the Toxic, Arid and Ocean biome to give them more character. The changes aren't too bad so they won't cause much lag, I hope anyway. Ch...24.4k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
- Warzone Terraformerby AnomNomIf you've ever wanted to create an interesting build in a wartorn city, this is the mod for you. This mod adds in a custom terraformer, which allows you to terraform a world into a custom Warzone Planet. It uses a slightly modified set of Scorched City sprites - along with some base-game assets -...24.4k downloadsupdated 21 mo ago
- Novakid Artifact Quest Modby ghana7A mod adding a quest to find the Novakid artifact on a new, strange planet. At the outpost bar, you will meet a stranger. They'll tell you they know the location of a powerful weapon that can help you defeat the ruin. Go explore the planet and find the weapon! This mod adds: - A new mission area...23.8k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
- Underground Spider Nestby gay moth auntCAUTION: This workshop item will no longer receive updates. I no longer have time to work on maintaining these items due to now being a full-time sprite artist, so consider these workshop items to be fully open-source. You are free to upload or publish your own variations or updates of this conte...23.7k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
- Coal Respriteby evanaugA simple resprite that makes coal less shiny. Should not be incompatible with anything, but if it is then the conflict between the mods will be harmless. This mod is also multiplayer safe.23.5k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
- Frackin' Universe - Legacy Planetsby NiffeHave you ever missed Bloodstone and Sulphuric Sea planets that were removed from the universe generation years ago? Or maybe you didn't even know about their existence? Well, this mod brings them back! Now they can be found orbiting around: - Bloodstone: Dying stars. - Sulphuric Sea: Binary and B...23.4k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- More Critters and Scenery (Non-FU), Lore Patchby XaliberAdds more critters and scenery (plants, rocks, trees, etc), now without requiring Frackin' Universe and without having to see the Undertale thing! You NEED the base mod to make this patch work! This mod does only one thing: patches the mod More Critters and Scenery (Non-FU version) to remove crea...23.3k downloadsupdated 9 y ago
- More Rewarding FU Vaultsby sgtshab22Vaults drop substantially more essence. Frackin Universe & RPG Growth should be installed!!! This Mod works off of them! Makes Stat Scroll +1 Scrolls drop at a 2% chance from monsters (RPGGrowth). Pots have a 2% chance to drop rare to legendary FU ores instead of Essence (Frackin Universe). Pots...22.9k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
- Colourful Glowing Ores (Subtle)by 76561198330673138I've seen plenty of mods that make ore glow, but it always glows white. Why? Erchius crystals glow purple and core fragments glow red/orange, so why can't every ore have a colourful glow? Do these look too dim to you, but you don't want to sacrifice the colourful glow for a brighter white one as...22.9k downloadsupdated 6 mo ago
- It's Bowman Presents: Little Peopleby Its BowmanThis mod adds in little people critters you can relocate to have a mini village. It also adds in small building decorations you can setup for your village. Your villagers now spawn from the buildings and they now have a dungeon found on the ocean floor, on jungle planets, and desert planets. Fina...22.8k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Dungeoneer Dungeons Redux (Non-FU)by XaliberBased on a classic mod by MestreCorrida, I'm bringing back Dungeoneer Dungeons to Starbound 1.3. As people say, more dungeons is always good. This mod REQUIRES ShadowWolfTJC's Legacy Monsters & NPCs ShadowWolfTJC's NPC Fixes Because Starbound 1.3 no longer has some NPCs that are crucial to the mo...22.6k downloadsupdated 9 y ago
- Dark Spaceby gay moth auntCAUTION: This workshop item will no longer receive updates. I no longer have time to work on maintaining these items due to now being a full-time sprite artist, so consider these workshop items to be fully open-source. You are free to upload or publish your own variations or updates of this conte...22.5k downloadsupdated 9 y ago
- Acid Rain Tweakby gay moth auntCAUTION: This workshop item will no longer receive updates. I no longer have time to work on maintaining these items due to now being a full-time sprite artist, so consider these workshop items to be fully open-source. You are free to upload or publish your own variations or updates of this conte...22.5k downloadsupdated 9 y ago
- Alternate Star Namesby gay moth auntCAUTION: This workshop item will no longer receive updates. I no longer have time to work on maintaining these items due to now being a full-time sprite artist, so consider these workshop items to be fully open-source. You are free to upload or publish your own variations or updates of this conte...22.2k downloadsupdated 9 y ago
- Anomalous Empyerian Planetby 76561198827332591Anomalous Empyerians are odd worlds...they seem to always have a ring system and have a surface composed of clouds and erchius. The most intresting thing about them though is the alien gases that make up the atmosphere, giving these planets skies that can't be found anywhere else. This mod adds 1...21.7k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
- Super City Packby ๐ ฑuleThis mod adds randomly generated cities into the game. AUTHORS NOTES: I originally intented this to be a feature of Super Dungeon Pack but at the time I didn't know how to implement it properly. My intent with SDP was to improve the games variation and replay value through randomization. I always...21.6k downloadsupdated 23 mo ago
- Spawns Aegi colonies on Citybound planets - City Planets modular patchby 76561198397117901--------------------------------------- Part of Modular Patches for City Planets collection Tweaks the aesthetics and some mechanics of "Populated" (Citybound) and "Earth-Like City" (Another City Terraformer) planets, all the modular patches can be combined (unless specified) between them to get...21.2k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Diverse Weather - No Permanent Weatherby anxietymuppetThis is a patch for Diverse Weather by gay monster dad, found here: or You must have Diverse Weather installed as well, or this will crash your game! What this does is prevent planets from spawning with permanent weather conditions, such as permanent hurricane, permanent lava rain, etc. That way...21.2k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
- Deep Kingdom Modby AnakinIntroduces the Lyru into starbound. The most infamous cave dwellers. The Lyru, are vast race of treasure hunters and thieves from the depths of a molten world. They evolved with incredible eyesight though sensitive to bright light, and have adapted well to life underground. However they can't res...21.1k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
- Skylands! (all planets edition)by Omega68novaThe biomes this mod adds are all minibiomes to the "atmosphere" biome, so in order to see their parallaxes aka backgrounds, you will need . This mod has no requeriments and no incompatiblities that I know of. Ever wanted to add some fantasy to Starbound, maybe some floating islands? If so, this m...21.1k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
- K'Rakoth Mod: Extended Story Patchby Angry TurretThis is a patch for K'Rakoth Mod that makes new dungeons and mini-biomes spawn on Extended Story planets, as well as adds some new content. Obviously, you need to install both mods first. And before you ask, yes, I know that Voided is already released but there isn't much to patch yet. Moreover,...20.7k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- M32 TrueSpace Compatibilityby Lemon DropsWhat it says on the tin: Maple32 planets and moons can now generate around TrueSpace stars.20.7k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Cutieverse 2.0 - Space Navigation Reskinby cutieryanTHIS DOES NOT AFFECT STAR GENERATION Last year, I decided to remake my original Cutieverse mod after I wasn't satisfied with the original mod's art style, and I wanted to add more galaxies, but had to overhaul it to make it work. What this mod does: It changes the ship navigation UI background to...20.4k downloadsupdated 20 mo ago
- Aether Sea Texture Reductionby Behold the RobesReduce the aether texture file to take less space and be slightly less taxing on older graphics cards. Requires Frackin' Universe, but won't crash if you don't have it. Won't do anything either then. Any version of FU should work since it's a simple texture replace. Original Aether Liquid Texture...20.4k downloadsupdated 9 y ago
- Starvisualsby 76561198851741251This is not a clientside mod, if you are joining or running a server, all people must have this mod installed. Starvisuals is a visual overhaul mod that takes the visual parts of Starburst Rework and makes them their own mod. It changes multiple biomes, weapons, items, and tools to fit their coun...20.3k downloadsupdated 21 mo ago
- Trees, saplings and beautiful skiesby DavokerDescription, or something like this Trees, trees for everyone, saplings for everyone, and some nice, crazy, exotic skies, and that's it. (๏พโใฎโ)๏พ*:๏ฝฅ๏พโง Content I'm not going to make a list, but I think this should cover all the content: Restore unused trees (yes, another mod that restores things th...20.0k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Sandboxby KaamalauppiasSandbox turns Starbound into the sandbox game it was always meant to be. It removes the storyline and replaces it with a new progression system that gives you freedom to play how you want. Sandbox removes the storyline from Starbound completely, you are no longer a space-jesus who just graduated...19.6k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
- Solar Searedby 76561198827332591Solar Seared planets are worlds locked in a never ending day, resulting in the average temperature being too high for even the cooling EPP to protect you. The moment you set foot on these blazingly hot planets you will be set alight like a torch, acquire an immunity to burning if you wish to expl...19.4k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
- Zennle's Divine Planet Parallax Edits [ABANDONED]by ZennleThis mod is now abandoned. I've lost interest in modding Starbound for a while now, enough to be sure I'll never update my mods. Anyone who wants to modify and repost my mods may do so, as long as proper credit is given (credit in the description for example). This mod modifies the Divine Planet...19.4k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
- Challenge Acceptedby lophatkaoChallenge Accepted 1.2 Allows you to move Challenge Doors around - or sell them! Doors placed on planets act normally and break after use. Doors placed on player ships and stations will not break, and generate random loot levels (1-7). NPCs will interact with the door, 'teleporting' away and back.19.1k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
- Better Shield Generatorby CipherSimple mod brings Shield Generator into the game! ITEM IS A VANILLA ITEM! MEANING I DID NOT MAKE THIS I ENABLE IT. USE GOOGLE TO GET ITEM REFERENCE! Setup Buy item from the Pixel Printer then place it attatch switch test with matter manipulator or whatever item you want. Flip switch to deactivate...19.0k downloadsupdated 9 y ago
- Thermal Surge Planetsby 76561198827332591Deep underground on these blazing worlds, sulphuric compounds combine with the ever-present molten rock creating a blue glowing lava. When this blue lava cools, it creates surgesulphur crystals. These blue glowing crystals often acummilate in large veins or onto growing trees. Despite their beaut...18.9k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
- Neki Cityby Nyaomi hungers for soulsKitsune Cities from the Kitsune Race mod can spawn with Neki in them instead. Neki villagers wear bikinis (or nothing), and they fight with their claws and rifles. They can give you quests, and I think they can become crew members (lmk if not). This doesn't replace Kitsune or Hylotl cities, it ju...18.5k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Improved Parallax For Scorched Planetsby evanaugThis mod changes the background for Scorched/Decayed planets to more closely match the architectural style of the ruined buildings you encounter. Before, the buildings in the parallax looked more like the buildings that were on Earth, which should not be possible due to the lack of large scale Hu...18.4k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Balanced Asteroidsby NorthWestTreesMod Information Starbound Versions: 1.3 / 1.4 Mod Version: 1.2 Better Ore Generation Balanced Asteroids changes how vanilla asteroids work in Starbound. The mod changes the terrain generation and ore generation of asteroids. I have added everyone that can be considered useful such as diamonds, go...18.1k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
- Beta Star Generation / 0.01 Star Multplierby ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฌChanges the amoumnt of how many Stars generate in your universe from 0.007 back to 0.01 as it was during beta versions. This will only affect parts of the universe that have not yet been generated so you might want to reset yours before installing this mod. isn't this basically the same as the 0....17.7k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
- Atmosphere Plusby SentientSupperThis mod vastly improves environmental diversity of planets. Forums link: Features: 60+ new weather types including dangerous and rare types. Procedurally generated weather configurations for planets. Procedurally generated sky colors for planets. All weather types no longer create or destroy blo...17.3k downloadsupdated 7 y ago