For users: Third party mod compatibility

The Mousekin Race mod comes with built-in compatibility for various official DLCs and third-party mods, details for which are described below.

Compatible DLCs

DLC	Details
Royalty	• Shattered Empire faction traders will buy (but not sell) various Mousekin raw resources, food, beverages and other intermediate products • Mousekins cannot wear Imperial Powered Armors (for lore reasons) • Mousekins currently use female bodytype fallback graphics for Royalty apparel (known issue, will be fixed in future updates)
Ideology	• Mousekin NPC factions each have unique and fixed ideologies:     • Word of Valerian (Mousekin Kingdom)     • Agrarian Republicanism (Independent Mousekins)     • Way of the Rodemani (Mousekin Nomads)     • Outpawism (Mousekin Brigands) • Mousekin ideologies do not have venerated animals or noble/despised weapons • Players running the Mousekin Settlers or Mousekin Refugees scenarios will have their starting ideology pre-set to Word of Valerian • Non-Mousekin factions will have a lower starting goodwill towards Mousekin factions, due to a "prejudiced against talking mice" modifier • Mousekins currently use female bodytype fallback graphics for Ideology apparel (known issue, will be fixed in future updates)
Biotech	• Mousekins have a custom Mousekin xenotype, with a mouse voice gene • Mousekins can only breed with other Mousekins • Mousekin babies can eat Barley Porridge as baby food • Mousekin children can wear base game children's apparel • Mousekins currently use female bodytype fallback graphics for Biotech apparel (known issue, will be fixed in future updates)

Compatible mods

Mod	Details
Combat Extended	• Mousekins, animals, apparel and weapons all have built-in patches • Mousekin ranged weapons require craftable Mousekin-specific ammunition • Mousekins can wear some CE headgear, carry shields and backpacks
Flowers (Continued)	• Mousekin beehive will recognize flowers from this mod for honey and beeswax production
Medieval Overhaul	• Mousekin Cloverbury cheese is recategorized under MO's cheeses thing category • MO cheeses count towards Mousekin's "ate cheese" mood debuffs • Mousekin wheat plant, crop and flour replaced with MO's own wheat and flour • Windmills will process MO wheat into flour instead of their original Mousekin equivalents • Cross-compatibility with Vanilla Cooking Expanded
NewRatkinPlus	• Ratkin and Mousekin factions have lower than normal mutual starting goodwill, due to a "Mousekin vs. Non-Mousekin rodentkind" modifier     • Ratkin factions have very negative mutual starting goodwill towards the Mousekin Kingdom NPC faction, for lore reasons • Mousekins have unique butcher and eating thoughts for Ratkin corpses and meat • Mousekins cannot build Ratkin buildings • Ratkins get mood debuff from seeing Mousekin Pudgemice pets
Otter Pirates	• Otter and Mousekin factions have higher than normal mutual starting goodwill
OverflowingFlowers	• Mousekin beehive will recognize flowers from this mod for honey and beeswax production
Spidercamp's Decorative Plants (Continued)	• Mousekin beehive will recognize flowers from this mod for honey and beeswax production
Vanilla Brewing Expanded	• VBE alcohol mushes and ciders can be prepared at Mousekin Brewery workbenches
Vanilla Cooking Expanded	• Mousekin Cloverbury cheese is recategorized under VCE's cheeses thing category • VCE cheeses count towards Mousekin's "ate cheese" mood debuffs • Mousekin wheat and flour are replaced with VCE wheat and flour • Mousekin Windmills have their flour milling item processor feature disabled • Mousekin recipes that originally use Mousekin flour now use VCE flour • Mousekin recipes that originally use Mousekin Cloverbury cheese can now also use any VCE cheese
Vanilla Plants Expanded	• Mousekin Ploughman's lunch recipe now requires VPE onions
VGP Garden Gourmet	• Mousekin Cloverbury cheese is recategorized under VGP's cooking supplies thing category • VGP cheeses count towards Mousekin's "ate cheese" mood debuffs
VGP Xtra Trees and Flowers	• Mousekin beehive will recognize flowers from this mod for honey and beeswax production