# How to actually start a mod?

**URL:** <https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/how-to-actually-start-a-mod/30996>\
**Category:** Modding\
**Created:** [July 1, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/how-to-actually-start-a-mod/30996 "2017-07-01T20:36:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/how-to-actually-start-a-mod/30996/2 "2017-07-02T20:17:46Z")

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Search the discourse forum for “starter mod” and there are a few threads that have good suggestions.

A sampling:

> [@How to start modding?](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/how-to-start-modding/21814):
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> Hi all I bought this game 2 days ago and I aready have 20 hours on record. I quickly built massive strongholds, but after a while the game does get a bit tedious. So i want to mess aroud a bit and create my own content. However i have some questions: I see updates about archers, orcs, hard mode, however my version does not have that content. I bought it and run it through steam. Where do i get newer (possibly unstable) versions. I would like to test these versions for bugs, and help improve …

> [@I want to get into modding! Where's a good place to start?](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/i-want-to-get-into-modding-wheres-a-good-place-to-start/26880):
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> Hi! So I don’t have qubicle but I do have magicavoxel anyone have any good tutorials to speed up? I have some pretty neat ideas in mind and hoping to make em’ a reality. Also some tips would be great!!!

> [@Requesting Help Getting Started](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/requesting-help-getting-started/29363):
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> Hello. I will preface this by saying that I have a minimal understanding of coding. The only mod I have enough desire to put effort into is basic. I want to add a few more colors to the wooden material section in the building editor, preferably to all applicable categories (slab, floor, road, wall, etc). With that said… Where do I start? Is there some kind of a template file for a mod? What file type(s) can be used? Is Notepad++ sufficient for what I am looking to accomplish or do I need some…

> [@Starting to develop mods!](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/starting-to-develop-mods/18921):
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> I have produced this thread to ask people who have already developed mods how I should go about programming and creating mods for the game! I am looking at making a mod that brings in more decorations into the game for a town! I was wondering if people who have already had experience in modding could help me get started! Ie: what software to use, what programming lang etc…! Please help me out!

Hopefully you will find enough information to get started!

I am sure that if you have further questions, someone will be able to answer.

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