A comprehensive mod collection for Icarus: First Cohort
Requires JimK72's Icarus Mod Manager · All DLCs compatible
📦 EXMOD only — drop the .EXMODZ into Mod Manager and go
🔧 PAK mod — also needs a .pak in Icarus/Content/Paks/mods/ · all players + server must install
| Mod | Ver | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 🧬 Agent's BioLab | 2.0 |
All 11 Bio Lab Legendary weapons in the Workshop — includes Sandwyrm Chainsaw |
| 📦 Agent's Individual Item Kits | 3.1 |
2,052 individual item kits with fair pricing (5–300 credits) |
| ♻️ Workshop Recyclers | 5.2 |
2 recycling machines · 2,285 recipes · Returns processed materials (ingots, refined) — no raw ores or pyritic crusts |
| 🔧 Dev Tools Kit | 1.1.2 |
10 hidden developer tools — Thor's Hammer (fly mode), Transform Tool, and more. All free! |
| 👁️ Night Vision Goggles | 2.0 |
Unlocks hidden NV system — craft at Fabricator/Manufacturer/Machining Bench. No decay, durable, lightweight |
| ☀️ Solar Panel Expansion | 1.0 |
All solar panels and solar backpack in a dedicated Workshop tab with fair pricing |
| ⛏️ Deployable Deep Ore Nodes | 1.0 |
23 ore types as placeable deep mining nodes · Kit system · Workshop + Fabricator crafting · Infinite extraction |
| Mod | Ver | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 🧱 Hidden Building Pieces | 3.0.0 |
60 hidden building pieces — diagonal/curved sets, frames, corner stairs, roof peaks for 11+ materials |
| ⚡ Extended Wire and Pipe Tool | 1.0 |
🔧 10× range on all cables and pipes — power/water/biofuel 60m, crude oil 100m |
| 🗺️ Always Show Buildings on Map | 1.0 |
Buildings always visible on map and minimap — no radar required |
Use only ONE FastProcessing variant at a time. They all modify the same recipes.
| Mod | Ver | Speed | Recipes |
|---|---|---|---|
| FastProcessing 5x | 4.8 |
5× faster | 2,171 |
| FastProcessing 10x | 4.8 |
10× faster | 2,171 |
| FastProcessing 15x | 4.8 |
15× faster | 2,171 |
| FastProcessing 25x | 4.8 |
25× faster | 2,171 |
| FastProcessing Instant | 4.8 |
Instant | 2,171 |
| ⚒️ Faster Crafting | 1.4 |
2× faster | 2,171 |
FastProcessing = passive processors (furnaces, refineries). Faster Crafting = active workbench crafting. They stack.
| Mod | Ver | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 🎯 Turret Variants | 3.0 |
🔧 15 automated turret variants · LOS fix (no wall-shooting) · Proper ammo matching |
| 💣 Trap and Defense Expansion | 1.1 |
23 defense recipes · Unlocks 4 elemental landmines (Poison/Burn/Shock/Freeze) |
| 🪃 Ammo Crafting Overhaul | 1.0 |
50× batch crafting for all arrow and bullet types · 8 ammo conversion recipes |
| 🛡️ Armor Set Bonuses Enhanced | 2.0 |
3-piece partial bonuses for mix-and-match builds + boosted 5-piece bonuses across all 33 sets |
| Mod | Ver | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 💎 Exotic Economy Overhaul | 2.0 |
52 exchange recipes — convert between Ren/Exotics/Uranium/Biomass, buy/sell materials, bulk ore smelting |
| 🔨 Tier Upgrade Forge | 1.1 |
26 upgrade recipes — trade up through tool and weapon tiers at the Anvil Bench |
| ⛏️ Waste Not | 2.2 |
Mining yields useful secondary resources instead of Stone · 33 deposit types · Originally by CritFail |
| Mod | Ver | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 🥩 No Food Spoilage | 2.0 |
All food and volatiles never spoil · 33 decayable entries · 134 composter recipes |
| ⏱️ Extended Spoil Timers | 1.2 |
Food 5× longer · Other decay 3× longer · 32 items (not compatible with No Food Spoilage) |
| 🔩 Indestructible Tools & Weapons | 1.8 |
192 items set to max durability — tools, weapons, armor, buildings, crafting stations |
| 📦 Stack Size Overhaul | 1.3 |
1,257 items — resources/ammo 5×, everything else 3×, cap 9,999 |
| 🐾 Creature Drop Enhancer | 1.0 |
2× all butchery and skinning outputs across 62 recipes |
| 🌾 Fish and Farming Boost | 1.1 |
390 changes — 2× crop growth, +50% harvests, doubled fish spawns, DLC plants included |
| Mod | Ver | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 🩹 Modular Affliction Adjuster | 2.0 |
80+ afflictions reduced ~50% penalties · +50% escalation time · -50% damage over time |
| 💊 Modular Buff Enhancer | 1.1 |
83 core buffs + 156 food buffs all boosted ~50% — stacks with talent bonuses |
| 🍳 Culinex Food Boost Fix | 2.7 |
Fixes Chef's Backpack 25% food boost on all 206 foods/drinks/tonics · Adds chicken butchery recipe |
| 👁️ More Eye Colours | 2.0 |
60 new eye colors (69 total) — greens, ambers, purples, blues, greys, reds, and exotics |
| Mod | Ver | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 💀 Hardcore Rebalance Pack | 1.18 |
🔧 The full brutal experience — alpha hunters · limited lives (permadeath on Hard) · enraged creatures · survival pressure · creature scaling · deadly storms · wall-attack fix · 167 prospects |
| 🦁 Creature Difficulty Scaling | 2.2 |
Full creature overhaul for level 500 cap · 161 spawn zones rescaled · 136 creatures buffed by tier |
| 📈 Performance Optimizer | 2.2 |
🔧 FPS boost via PAK engine overrides (foliage/shadows/fog/LOD) + data table changes |
| 🌀 Absolute Chaos - Core | 0.2.1 |
Total overhaul mod — early access core module |
1. Install JimK72's Icarus Mod Manager → github.com/Jimk72/Icarus_Software
2. Download the .EXMODZ file for any mod
3. Import drag into Mod Manager and enable
4. PAK mods also copy the .pak to Icarus/Content/Paks/mods/
5. Play!
| Rule | Mods |
|---|---|
| Pick one | FastProcessing 5× / 10× / 15× / 25× / Instant |
| Not compatible | No Food Spoilage ↔ Extended Spoil Timers |
| Not compatible | Hardcore Rebalance Pack ↔ Extended Spoil Timers |
| All players + server | Extended Wire · Turret Variants · Hardcore Rebalance · Performance Optimizer |
| Everything else | Fully compatible with each other |
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