Rimworld better vanilla (1.6. version) DLCs recommended
Rimworld collection of mods for better vanilla. Quality of life improvements, new guns new furniture, smarter colonists, more traits, better weather/graphics/map generation, smoother gameplay, new skills, tons of tech trees and research, animals, plants, new biomes,...
I really do recommend to own all the DLCs to enjoy this mod collection 100%!
All mods should WORK with the new 1.6. version of the base game without any major issues. If so, please comment so I can fix it for all of us, cheers
Last updated 16.1.2026 (109 mods)
I do recommend you to check this collection of mods once in a while and unsubscribe/subscribe to it. I sometimes add new mods or remove some mods.
Do not forget to auto sort the mods so they will all work fine.
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Czech Armoury
This mod adds Weapons made by Česká Zbrojovka, a Czech military weapons designer and producer.
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[FSF] More Quests
Description This is a simple mod that increases the amount of quests the storytellers give you.
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CM Color Coded Mood Bar [1.1+]
CM Color Coded Mood Bar Color code each pawn's mood bar within the colonist bar based on their current mood.
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[RF] Rumor Has It.... (Continued)
Update of Rainbeau Flambes mod - Added support for Trait Value Have you ever wondered why your pawns don't talk about each other?
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Less Stupid Romance Attempt (Continued)
Update of Dazz Aephiex mod - Removed legacy HugsLib requirement I long stopped playing rimworld myself and probably won't update any of these.
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Geological Landforms
Compatibility with the Odyssey DLC Content that overlaps with the Odyssey DLC is automatically disabled when the DLC is active.
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Dubs Rimatomics
Nuclear power | Energy weapons | Nuclear weapons WORKS WITH SAVES WIKI Take me to the wiki Rimatomics adds nuclear power and energy weapons, and a custom research system guides you step by step through most of the features, with a few details being left for you to figure out.
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Enable Oversized Weapons
We did it! Taking weapon drawSize into account is Vanilla Rimworld now. Known issues in 1.6 - Rimworld now also uses the drawsize for the weapon button imagine on the pawn, making some weapons bigger than the button. - Rimworld now throws a config error if the weapon has offsets.
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Mad Skills
A collection of tweaks (found in Options -> Mod Settings -> Mad Skills) to change or turn off skill degradation and learning saturation.
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Rimefeller
Drill for oil, process into chemfuel, plastic, composites, napalm Works with existing saves.
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Seasonal Weather (Continued)
Update of AaronCRobinsons mod SeasonalWeather Extends weather to change based on season.
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Vanilla Animals Expanded
Check Changelog. Vanilla Animals Expanded is a large mod that contains almost all previous Vanilla Animals Expanded modules, this time merged into one big mod. Fear not, however - last thing we want is to bloat your game: you can now disable individual animals in mod options! You
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Vanilla Animals Expanded — Waste Animals
Check change notes for details Embrace the toxic side of nature with the "Vanilla Animals Expanded - Waste Animals" mod!
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Vanilla Books Expanded
10/08/2020: Release Since Books are now a thing in the base game, it wasn't easy to decide what to do with this mod.
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Vanilla Brewing Expanded
14/07/2021: v1.301 Vanilla Brewing Expanded is an alcohol-oriented module in “Vanilla Cuisine Expanded” from the Vanilla Expanded team, notably Sarg Bjornson, Oskar Potocki and Chowder. We made sure to keep the mechanics of this mod intuitive without ruining the spirit of vanilla
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Vanilla Events Expanded
See changenotes. Vanilla Events Expanded is one of our oldest mods, and I’m honestly shocked it’s holding up so well - it’s pretty resistant to game updates and bugs because of its simplicity. Back when I first made it with Kikohi, we didn’t know much about modding. I just wanted
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Vanilla Furniture Expanded - Production
1.1.0 (24/02/2020): We are now 1.1 compatible. 1.0.2 (05/10/2019): Now compatible with Dubs: Hygiene. Also, fixed the linkables not connecting to vanilla stoves. 1.0.1 (04/10/2019): Fixed the bills not being worked. 1.0.0 (04/10/2019): Release This module is a part of Vanilla Fur
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Vanilla Furniture Expanded - Props and Decor
2.0.0 (12/15/2023): Massive update changing how props are placed. Research projects have been removed. Props have been removed from the Architect menu. Instead, a new Props Pallette menu can be opened via the Build Props button in the Furniture tab. Props are placed instantly and
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Vanilla Furniture Expanded - Medical Module
1.1.1 (21/02/2020): 1.1 version of this mod is no longer dependant on VFE-Core 1.1.0 (20/02/2020): This mod is now 1.1 compatible. 1.0.0a (05/05/2019): Fixed several bugs. 1.0.0 (20/04/2019): Release This module is a part of Vanilla Furniture Expanded which can be downloaded belo
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Vanilla Furniture Expanded - Art
1.2 (29/08/2020): Fixed laggy hologram code. This mod now requires our framework. 1.1.1 (14/08/2020): Fixed the issue with pottery display radius for meditation, Added decorative plant pots. This module is a part of Vanilla Furniture Expanded which can be downloaded below. Vanill
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Vanilla Furniture Expanded
Check change notes. Vanilla Furniture Expanded 2 is a big update and rework of the original mod, aimed at bringing your RimWorld furniture to the next level. It adds over 30 new furniture pieces across every tech level, from neolithic to late-industrial (with spacer coming in a s
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Vanilla Furniture Expanded - Farming
1.2.0 (21/02/2021): - Sprinkler effect no longer stack - Sprinkler no longer boost plant in hydroponic (they still boost planter box) - Sprinkler no longer boost trees 1.1.1 (08/04/2020): Fixed Animal feeder not appearing in the correct tab. Sprinkler no longer blocks wind. 1.1.0
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Vanilla Furniture Expanded - Spacer Module
Check change notes. Vanilla Furniture Expanded – Spacer 2 is a major overhaul of the original Spacer module, designed to bring your late-game colonies into the futuristic era with furniture that actually looks and feels futuristic. This update modernizes all visuals, rebalances g
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Vanilla Genetics Expanded
See change notes Vanilla Genetics Expanded is an updated version of Genetic Rim by Sarg Bjornson, with improvements across the board pertaining to game flow, mechanics and art-style where necessary.
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Vanilla Chemfuel Expanded
Due to an extreme amount of rude comments, I need to remind the community that we will not take kindly to abuse.
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Vanilla Furniture Expanded - Power
This module is a part of Vanilla Furniture Expanded which can be downloaded below.
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Vanilla Hair Expanded
1.2.0 (17/05/2020): Fixed label length issue. 1.1.1 (29/02/2020): Beards now work perfectly fine! Thanks for your patience. We have all been there, with a colony of a hundred pawns where everyone looks somewhat the same. Starting colonists with no character to their looks. This m
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Vanilla Outposts Expanded
See change notes Vanilla Outposts Expanded can be described as an incredibly Lite version of mods like Saakra’s Empire.
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Vanilla Plants Expanded - More Plants
Vanilla Plants Expanded - More Plants is an add-on module for Vanilla Plants Expanded from the Vanilla Expanded team.
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Vanilla Plants Expanded
Vanilla Plants Expanded is a core module in a plant-based in the new mod series “Vanilla Cuisine Expanded” from the Vanilla Expanded team.
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Vanilla Plants Expanded - Succulents
15/08/2020: Release Vanilla Plants Expanded - Succulents is an optional module for Vanilla Plants Expanded adding a variety of decorative plants, ideal to make your bases, houses, workstations and hospitals much prettier without having to maintain the flowerbeds.
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Vanilla Social Interactions Expanded
See change notes 3/29/2021: Release Vanilla Social Interactions Expanded means to bring much more needed life to your pawns and interactions they have.
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Vanilla Textures Expanded
1.6.0 (16/07/2020): Updated to 1.3. Honestly, we added so many textures (including almost a full retexture of Royalty) I'm not going to bother. 1.5.0 (11/10/2020): Added faction icons in HQ. 1.4.0 (04/09/2020): Added various new textures: Snowmen, Flatscreen TV, Unfinished appare
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Vanilla Traits Expanded
1.7 (06/08/2021): - Production specialist with the perfection trait can produce legendary items - Prude pawns now won't engage in loving if they have no spouses - Mad surgeon now has Doctor work type requirement 1.6 (07/02/2021): Mad surgeons now correctly suffers no debuffs from
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Vanilla Weapons Expanded - Coilguns
We are not responsible for CE patch, nor are we responsible for CE balancing or in fact anything regarding CE.
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Vanilla Expanded Framework
The Vanilla Expanded Framework (VEF) is a core modding library required by many of the Vanilla Expanded mods.
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More Vanilla Biomes
More Vanilla Biomes adds more variety to your environment without overhauling the game.
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Vanilla Animals Expanded — Endangered
1.1.0 (10/06/2022): 1.4 Update Remember how I said the Temperate animals mod was the last one? Well, people lie. There is still a few animals around the world that we did not yet make into actual RimWorld animals - and this time we have decided to also raise awareness of the big
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Vanilla Base Generation Expanded
See change notes This is a reuploaded Vanilla Base Generation Expanded that will work on versions 1.
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EPOE-Forked: Expanded Prosthetics and Organ Engineering - Forked
Originally inspired by Ykara's EPOE, this mod sought to fix the reduntant, downright byzantine lines of code as well as bring the values of most prosthetics back in fold with the vanilla experience.
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Show Mod Updates
This mod adds info about what mods have updated since you last saved your game.
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Real Faction Guest (Continued)
Update of YAYOs mod Preview In rimworld, There is an issue where pawns that come in event or quests are forcibly changed to vanilla pawns type even though they are mod factions.
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Better Quest Rewards
Modifies quest rewards to focus heavily on items that cannot be crafted.
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Character Editor
last update: v1.6.3 build on 2025-07-21 for RimWorld v1.6.4523 Editor for humanlike pawns on map and for crashlanding (colonists, enemies, dead pawns) MOD FEATURES • editor for pawns on map and for crashlanding • editable: body, head, hair, skin color, apparel color, gender, name
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Bionic icons
ABOUT Changes the graphic for body part boxes and adds icons depending on what's inside.
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Trade UI Revised
Description Changes the trade UI to a two-column layout to make it clear what items you have vs the trader, who is trading, and how much it will cost.
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Smarter Construction
Stop your pawns from constantly building themselves into a wall or blocking something that hasn't been built yet.
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[FSF] Filth Vanishes With Rain And Time
Description This mod patches all filth defs so they wash away with rain/snow.
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Hospitality: Vending machines
Description This hospitality add-on adds a vending machine and a fridge vending machine if rimfridge or simple fridge is installed.
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Achtung!
Achtung! gives you tighter control over colonists when a normal right-click order is not enough. It is made for the busy moments: raids, fires, wounded pawns, half-built defenses, and work that must happen now instead of after a snack break. What it adds: - force work so pawns st
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Ugly Together
Harmony patch to remove the social debuff and lowered romance chance between pawns who are both ugly or staggeringly ugly Can be safely added or removed mid-save.
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Vanilla Factions Expanded - Settlers
1.2.0 (28/04/2021): Caravan raid size now capped at half wealth value of your colony. 1.1.8 (02/10/2020): - Chemlamp can now be properly placed on top of table, dresser... - Protection fee request now take into account colony wealth - Saloon doors now open quicker than normal doo
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Vanilla Factions Expanded - Classical
See change notes Unite the broken Republics against the common enemy.
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Vanilla Cooking Expanded
Mechanics are simple and intuitive - keeping within the vanilla spirit without unnecessary fluff and production chains.
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Vanilla Brewing Expanded - Coffees and Teas
Thanks to Trahspanda for letting me add his lemonade mod to this.
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Vanilla Helixien Gas Expanded
Check Change notes. Vanilla Helixien Gas Expanded is a brand new mod for the release of RimWorld 1.4. With this update, we've decided that it's best we split Vanilla Furniture Expanded - Power and the Helixien gas, as not only it gives us more control over it, but it's also the o
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Vanilla Nutrient Paste Expanded
Check Change notes. Vanilla Nutrient Paste Expanded is a small mod created to showcase what the new Pipe network code is capable of in Vanilla Expanded framework. It adds a rather simple chain, unlocked with Nutrient Paste research project, allowing the player to store nutrient p
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Vanilla Races Expanded - Saurid
See change notes Vanilla Races Expanded is a brand new series of mods to enhance Biotech features, add to the storytelling and the world-building of RimWorld, and to introduce new, cool types ofxenohumans, complete with their own unique genes, behaviors, mechanics and items.
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Vanilla Races Expanded - Phytokin
See change notes Vanilla Races Expanded is a brand new series of mods to enhance Biotech features, add to the storytelling and the world-building of RimWorld, and to introduce new, cool types ofxenohumans, complete with their own unique genes, behaviors, mechanics and items.
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Vanilla Recycling Expanded
Check Change notes, or if there is nothing there, check our Vanilla Expanded Github.
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Dubs Mint Menus
Adds new list boxes for recipe bills, health bills, plant selection, architect menu, research menu, and a quick select menu for designators, making it easier to find things when lots of mods are running.
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FPS Stabilizer
About This mod increases the FPS by overriding the default "worst allowed FPS" from 22 FPS to 60.
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Who shot my leg off?
Quick description Displays what caused injuries and when they happened in the health tab forever.
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Vanilla Factions Expanded - Deserters
See change notes. After the release of Vanilla Factions Expanded - Empire, a lot of you have requested that we tell the other side of this marvelous story - the story of Deserters. So many of you have requested it that in fact we made it our priority to release the Deserters fact
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Vanilla Factions Expanded - Empire
See change notes. One thing I always wanted to do but never could bring myself to do is overhaul the Empire faction in the Royalty DLC. For such a mysterious, powerful entity in the political sphere of RimWorld, there is surprisingly little content around them. When I wanted to m
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Vanilla Factions Expanded - Pirates
See change notes One faction that always felt a little bit 'un-expanded' in vanilla RimWorld is the pirate faction.
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Vanilla Factions Expanded - Medieval 2
See change notes or GitHub for detailed change lists.
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[RH2] Rimdeed® - Pawn Recruitment
What is Rimdeed®? Rimdeed is an online comms console service that allows businesses to seek new recruits. Our online CVs offer just enough information about the jobseeker so our clients can hire a new beloved member of their team! In summary: A mod where you can hire pawns How do
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Chill the Fork Out
Does your pawn need to take a break, but they just keep on working instead?
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Stabilize Bleeding
Allows doctors to tend to only wounds bleeding on downed pawns at their location, Prioritizing wounds to tend to first based on bleeding severity.
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Bunk Beds
Expand your furniture collection with an all new, space-efficient pawn storing method, bunk beds!
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[FSF] Better Exploration Loot
Description While the vanilla loot tables for exploration locations provide some decent items a lot of the time you'll question if it was really worth the time and effort you spent.
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[1.6] Odyssey Fishing Is Fun By Nebs
Fishing Is Fun!! Have you ever wondered why fishing in RimWorld doesn't count as recreation? How can you go fishing for hours and not feel any joy from it?? This is a mod designed for Rimworld, 1.6 and the Odyssey DLC. This is intended to make the Odyssey DLC’s fishing activity c
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Butter++ (Smooth FPS)
No more lag. Keeps your FPS high while panning, building, and interacting - even with hundreds of pawns. No tradeoffs. Same game speed, simply more frames. A new and improved version of Butter+. Panning with 1000+ colonists Features Separate settings for Camera, UI, and Idle Work
![[FSF] More Quests](https://images.steamusercontent.com/ugc/786380099323621750/79C0343B65CA3D405409E5608FE321CF4967E95B/)
![CM Color Coded Mood Bar [1.1+]](https://images.steamusercontent.com/ugc/1017192397705661657/E68F1B1DA6CFE96AFD862672A4B2C94B370DE61B/)
![[RF] Rumor Has It.... (Continued)](https://images.steamusercontent.com/ugc/10465281302578759123/71CDA338B309AE4DB3F1CEF762D988916934C2D8/)
![[FSF] Filth Vanishes With Rain And Time](https://images.steamusercontent.com/ugc/785252933986033934/9B9C1E4D1FB2034C9CD8185330463A4F8380C323/)
![[GMT] Trading Spot](https://images.steamusercontent.com/ugc/1876338725382265179/32AA88CA8B4716350AADA13051AD28EBE16CA011/)
![[RH2] Rimdeed® - Pawn Recruitment](https://images.steamusercontent.com/ugc/1916870904789026262/D59A62450605DCD7E5FCDD356C71A1075855A2E3/)
![[FSF] Better Exploration Loot](https://images.steamusercontent.com/ugc/17907785211715177439/9511E577D8D2676AFA671DD7C97562AF97097CFE/)
![[1.6] Odyssey Fishing Is Fun By Nebs](https://images.steamusercontent.com/ugc/10153543885466578024/B9EE29BC37DDBFB84AB6188E30F633C706C157E5/)
