Vintage Story: Top 10 Game-Enhancing Mods

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. Let's explore some top-tier Vintage Story mods:

Carry On

Tired of limited inventory space hindering your progress? This mod (successor to CarryCapacity) lets you carry chests, baskets, and certain blocks, dramatically increasing your carrying capacity. While sprinting might be affected and keyboard adjustments may be necessary, the convenience of carrying all your hard-earned loot is often worth the effort.

Primitive Survival

For a more challenging survival experience, this mod adds new features and elements inspired by extreme survival TV shows. Strategic planning becomes paramount, forcing you to carefully consider your actions and resource management from the outset. A great choice for players seeking a realistic and demanding survival test.

Biomes

Customize the world's realism with this mod. Plants and trees accurately populate their respective biomes, but you can adjust this to your liking. The creator meticulously considered the impact on in-game creatures, providing clear installation instructions.

K’s Realistic Farming

If farming is your preferred survival method, this mod expands upon existing mechanics. Expect new seeds, altered crop growth, new recipes, and textures, deepening the farming experience and making it more rewarding.

Medieval Expansion

Construct historical castles and strongholds with this mod, adding medieval weapons, armor, building materials, and more. Perfect for players who enjoy building and creating their own fantasy world or historical recreations.

More Animals

Increase the game's wildlife diversity with new creatures for hunting and farming. This enhances immersion and adds excitement to exploration 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 range of crops, ingredients, recipes, and cooking mechanics, making food preparation more engaging and rewarding. Requires A Culinary Artillery 1.2.3 mod.

Bricklayers

Enhance your building capabilities with new brick types, materials, and late-game mechanics like Glassmaking and Glazing. Ideal for creative players who enjoy detailed and varied structures.

Expanded Traders

Expand trading interactions with new merchants specializing in various goods. Acquire valuable resources efficiently and enhance immersion with expanded trade routes.

XSkills

Enjoy an RPG-style progression system. Gain experience and level up skills like farming, mining, and crafting, customizing your character's abilities to match your playstyle.

These mods offer diverse gameplay enhancements, from increased survival challenges to expanded building and crafting options. Choose the mods that best suit your preferences and elevate your Vintage Story experience.

Vintage Story is available now on PC.