There are some common desires for modded Vintage Story (VS) content, so I’ve written a small guide on what mods are great for certain types of play styles / desires, these are listed in the Table of Contents, use that to go to the topics you’re interested in.

Read the mod descriptions, some are WIP, some are buggy, some have dependencies, and not everything in this list will automatically work with everything else. Check compatibility for what you install.

I’m not here to waste your time with fluff, let’s get into it.

Version 1.21.x

Cozy, Decorative / and World Gen update coming out when I finish those sections.

QoL

• Auto Map Marker
• CarryOn
  • Move storage containers without breaking them (and dropping everything)
• QP’s Chisel Tools
• Chiseled Block Retention
  • I feel like there is a comparability patch for this for some other mod, but I don’t remember.
• Smithing Plus
• Better Entity Tooltip
• Knapster
  • This one just makes easier knapping, clayforming, and smithing - for those with low manual dexterity.
• Salty’s & Proto’s Temporal Symphony
• Scarecrow
• Combat Overhaul
  • or Bullseye
• Spyglass
• Farseer
• Player Corpse - if you have drop items on death on.
• Tree Tap Redux
• BedSpawn
  • You get a way to set a spawn point in early game
  • OR Amulet Bed Spawn
• Millwright
  • Haven’t tried it myself yet, but looks promising.
• Adventurer’s Walking Stick
  • Walking buffs.
• Grassier Grass
  • Longer grass drops more dry grass when scythed.
• Immersive Rope Crafting
  • Cheaper rope crafting if done manually
• SlowTox
• VS Roofing Mod
• Footprints and Blood Trail for tracking / hunting
• Animal Cages - Makes transporting animals easier for husbandry.
• Primitive Survival
  • This one breaks the vanilla difficulty a bit.
• and / or Ancient Tools

Personal Favorites

Not in any particular order.

• Auto Map Marker
• CarryOn
• Wanderer’s Sketchbook
• Adventurer’s Walking Stick
• Purposeful Storage
• Shelf Obssessed
• Farseer
• Fauna of the Stone Age Series
  • Add a few predators, or more, if you’d like. But change the config so the meat drops are lower. .
  • Compatible with Butchering mod.

Grueling Survival

The immersion category also fits well.

• Good Night Sleep - makes sleep a requirement, but also adds some other stuff, so I dunno.
• Hydrate or Diedrate
• V2Crops
  • WIP and unstable, but worth keeping an eye on, or trying if you don’t mind bugs.
• In Dappled Groves
  • More realistic wood chopping - can be somewhat buggy. Better played on single-player worlds.
• Butchering
  • Makes harvesting animals more immersive, and intensive.
• Hardcore Water: Transport Edition Revived
• Combat Overhaul (maybe)
• Mapper
  • Or Frontier Map when it comes out.

Immersion

Mix and match from this category to suit your needs!

• Footprints
  • Everything leaves footprints (mods require compatibility wont’ just automatically work for other modded content)
• Blood Trail for tracking / hunting
• Real Smoke
• Immersive Fibercrafting
  • Use various tiers of spinning to make fibers.
  • Pairs well with:
    • Knitting
    • Wool
    • Tailor’s Delight
    • Dressmakers
• Butchering
  • Makes harvesting animals more immersive, and intensive.
• In Dappled Groves
  • More realistic wood chopping - can be somewhat buggy. Better played on single-player worlds.
• Salty’s Manual Series
  • Manual Quenching for sure
• Salty’s Immersive Series
  • Salty makes a lot of good mods, just go check out their page.
• Critters Pack
• Pipeleaf
  • Adds smokables.
• Joy of Sailing
  • Pair it with a wind mod of your choice.
• Feverstone Wilds
  • or just the horses [Feverstone Horses] but Equus would probably be more immersive.
  • or Equus or with Feverstone Wilds if you don’t mind two different horse taming.
    • Equus has a stamina system, and different speeds, trot, gallop etc so it’s more immersive.

Expanded Stone Age

• Primitive Survival
  • This one breaks the vanilla difficulty a bit.
• Ancient Tools
• Early Chiseling
• or Jack’s Stone Chisels

Cozy, Decorative / and World Gen update coming out when I finish those sections.