10 Best Mods for Vintage Story

Enhance Your Vintage Story Experience with These Essential Mods

The survival sandbox game Vintage Story, emphasizing creation and exploration, offers immersive gameplay through intricate farming, crafting, and survival mechanics. While the base game provides ample activities, mods can significantly elevate the experience. Here are some top recommendations:

Carry On

This mod (successor to CarryCapacity) solves the frustratingly limited inventory issue. Carry chests, baskets, and specific blocks to drastically increase your carrying capacity. While sprinting might be impacted, and keyboard adjustments may be necessary, the convenience of retaining all your gathered resources is a significant advantage.

Primitive Survival

For a more challenging survival experience, this mod adds elements inspired by extreme survival TV shows. Strategic planning becomes paramount, demanding careful resource management and thoughtful gameplay from the outset. It’s perfect for players seeking a heightened sense of realism and a greater test of their survival skills.

Biomes

This mod enhances the game's realism by ensuring plants and trees accurately populate their respective biomes, while still allowing for player customization. The mod creator has meticulously considered the impact on in-game creatures, providing detailed installation instructions.

K’s Realistic Farming

For players who prefer farming to hunting, this mod expands the game's agricultural mechanics. New seeds, altered crop growth, updated recipes, and textures significantly enrich the farming experience, making it more rewarding and less of a chore.

Medieval Expansion

Add a medieval aesthetic to your Vintage Story world. Construct historical castles and strongholds, utilizing new weapons, armor, building materials, and more. Perfect for building fantasy worlds or recreating historical structures.

More Animals

Increase the diversity of wildlife, adding new hunting and farming opportunities. This enhances immersion and makes exploration more exciting, extending beyond mere survival needs. Updated for compatibility with Vintage Story 1.19 (as of January 2025).

Expanded Foods

A must-have for farming and cooking enthusiasts. This mod introduces a wider array of crops, ingredients, and recipes, making food preparation more engaging and rewarding. Requires A Culinary Artillery 1.2.3 mod.

Bricklayers

Simplifies and enhances detailed building. New brick types, materials, and late-game mechanics like glassmaking and glazing offer greater customization for creative builders.

Expanded Traders

Expands the in-game trading system, adding diverse merchants specializing in various goods. Acquire valuable resources efficiently and enhance immersion through expanded trade interactions.

XSkills

Introduces an RPG-style skill progression system. Gain experience and level up abilities like farming, mining, and crafting, allowing for customized character development.

These mods offer diverse enhancements to Vintage Story, catering to various playstyles. Whether you prioritize survival, building, or exploration, these mods will significantly enrich your gameplay experience.

Vintage Story is available now on PC.