

Due to the type of mods popular in Starbound, some of the most useful downloads are almost entirely administrative in their design. It's great for its stated purpose, and also for turning you into an instant badass of unstoppable power. The mod's 'Ultimate Box' is available for free inside the crafting menu, and inside you'll find an item spawner, Tech unlocker, Super Manipulator, and more. But in addition, it puts complete god-like power into a selection of handy workstations. Ostensibly, Creative Mode allows you to spawn building materials for the purpose of terraforming a chosen planet into a paradise of your own design. Or, to give this mod the alternative title I just made up, "hello, I'm a massive cheating cheat" mode.

If compatible, it'll automatically unpack the files, and let you install or remove them with a single click.ĭownload it here.

Once it's set up, you can install new mods by dragging and dropping their zip files into the main window of the Mod Manager. It doesn't matter where you install it, as long as you tell it the location of your Starbound install. The game doesn't yet offer official mod support, but this third-party application does a great job of installing the files for you. Before we get to the mods, first download the Starbound Mod Manager. Here are ten of the best mods, chosen from the many now available in Starbound's growing mod directory. While the game's still in Early Access, through the use of mods you can expand it into something more varied, more vibrant, and specifically tailored to what you want it to be. As happens with all the best sandbox game, a huge and creative community has attached itself to Starbound.
