Riftworks is a Vintage Story mod by Notpossible. Riftworks adds late-game machines and equipment, including item disassembly, projectile stasis, adaptive protection, storm control, and ore scanning.
Why this mod is worth installing
Choose this mod if your established world needs powerful utility machines and unusual technology for resource recovery, defense, weather control, and exploration.
What Riftworks adds
Riftworks is focused on late-game technology rather than basic progression. Its Temporal Disassembler breaks suitable crafted items back into their ingredients and consumes a temporal gear for each operation. Damaged tools and clothing are treated differently: they return fully repaired, while items without a usable recipe remain unchanged after the gear is spent.
The Vector Stasis Unit provides a defensive answer to ranged threats by stopping incoming projectiles before impact. The Adaptive Reconstitution Gear combines passive regeneration with damage adaptation: repeated hits of one type improve resistance growth, while changing damage types shifts the adaptation. Its protection advances through distinct resistance stages, but death clears the accumulated adaptation and drops the gear.
The Storm Caster is a weather machine that calls rain and may intensify conditions with lightning or hail. Riftworks also includes an Ore Scanner for locating the substantial mineral supply needed to support these advanced constructions. Crafting restrictions can be adjusted so unwanted items are unavailable through recipes.
Where to download Riftworks
The official Vintage Story Mod DB page is the right place to get the current release through the in-game mod manager.