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 with detailed farming, crafting, and survival mechanics. While the base game provides ample activities, mods can significantly enhance your experience. This article highlights some of the best mods to elevate your Vintage Story gameplay.

Carry On

Tired of limited inventory space hindering your progress? This mod (replacing the older CarryCapacity mod) lets you carry chests, baskets, and certain blocks, dramatically increasing your carrying capacity. While sprinting might be affected, and keyboard adjustments may be needed, the convenience of carrying all your loot is a significant advantage.

Primitive Survival

For a more challenging survival experience, this mod adds new features and elements inspired by extreme survival TV shows. It forces strategic planning and resource management from the outset, providing a realistic and demanding gameplay experience.

Biomes

Customize the world's realism with this mod. Plants and trees now appear in their correct biomes, but you can modify this to your liking. The mod's creator has carefully considered the impact on in-game creatures, offering detailed installation instructions.

K’s Realistic Farming

Expand your farming options with new seeds, altered crop growth, recipes, and textures. This mod enhances the already popular farming aspect of Vintage Story, making it more rewarding and less tedious.

Medieval Expansion

Build historical castles and strongholds with new weapons, armor, and building materials. This mod adds a wealth of medieval-themed items, perfect for creating a fantasy world or historical structures.

More Animals

Increase the game's wildlife variety with new creatures for hunting and farming. This enhances immersion and makes exploration more exciting. 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 diverse crops, ingredients, and recipes, making food preparation more engaging. Requires the A Culinary Artillery 1.2.3 mod.

Bricklayers

Enhance your building experience with new brick types, materials, and late-game mechanics like glassmaking and glazing. Ideal for creative players who enjoy detailed structures.

Expanded Traders

Expand your trading options with specialized merchants offering rare materials, exotic foods, and advanced tools. This adds immersion and reduces the need for excessive grinding.

XSkills

Enjoy RPG-style character progression with this mod. Gain experience and level up in various skills like farming, mining, and crafting. Customize your skill set to match your playstyle.

These mods significantly enhance Vintage Story's mechanics, offering diverse gameplay options. Whether you seek increased survival challenges, improved building tools, or greater immersion, these mods will elevate your Vintage Story experience.

Vintage Story is available now on PC.