Interface
Languages Mod
by The AshForge Team · v0.13.0
⬇ New
4.5 MB
Summary
Ascent of Ashes ships eight languages but never shows the menu to switch between them. The Languages Mod restores that selector to the main menu, bundles complete Russian and Korean translations of the base game, and translates the AshForge mods' own menus and panels, all in one mod. Pick Русский or 한국어 and everything follows.
Details
• Russian and Korean (한국어). Pick your language from the selector at the top right of the main menu and restart; everything follows.
• A complete translation of the base game, bundled with the mod: menus, items, buildings, creatures, alerts, tutorials and expedition stories, plus the screens the game itself leaves in English.
• The AshForge mods' own menus and panels are translated too: Rank and File, Ties, Wealth & Trade, Chains of Ash, Mental States and the rest.
• Restores the game's own language selector to the main menu. The game ships it but never displays it.
• Korean text displays on every system: the mod includes the Noto Sans KR font, so Hangul shows on Linux and Steam Deck installs without a Korean font.
• Russian colonist names, contributed by GriswoldGrey.
• English is left completely untouched; nothing changes until you choose a language.
• The Korean translation is a first draft. If a line reads wrong, tell us on the feedback tracker.
Changelog ▾
v0.13.0October 21, 2026
- NewRussian Localization is now the Languages Mod, and it adds Korean (한국어). The interface, items, buildings, creatures, alerts, tutorials and expedition stories are translated, as is the interface text of the AshForge mods. The game's own Korean covered about 270 lines; the mod brings it to nearly 3,000. The Korean translation is a first draft: if any wording reads wrong, please let us know.
- NewKorean text displays on every system. The mod includes the Noto Sans KR font, so Hangul appears on Linux and Steam Deck installs that have no Korean font.
- FixedThe language selector now lists Korean as 한국어. The game's own entry used the Japanese word (韓国語).
- ChangedRussian is unchanged: same translation, same colonist names. The mod keeps its id, so the AshForge Hub installs this as an update.
v0.12.1October 8, 2026
- ChangedHarmony, the patching library this mod uses, now ships in its own folder. Another mod that brings a different copy of Harmony can no longer make the game reset your mod list because of this mod. The interface self-test line in the mod log now appears only when the game is set to Russian.
v0.12.0October 7, 2026
- ChangedWorks with the game's built-in mod manager: extract the archive into the game's Mods folder and enable it in the in-game Mods menu. Replaces the separate native edition (AshRuLocalizerNative), which should be removed. Installs through the AshForge Hub continue to work; if more than one copy is present, only one runs.
v0.11.0September 26, 2026
- ChangedUpdated for the current Ascent of Ashes (Steam build 25465256), the version everyone is on now that the game's beta has gone public. The previous release does not load on it.
- AddedRussian colonist names, contributed by GriswoldGrey. New colonists draw their first names, surnames and nicknames from a Russian list when the game is set to Русский.
- FixedThe new version of the game renamed its item categories, which left the stockpile and trade filters in English. They are translated again.
v0.9.1July 24, 2026
- NewThe expeditions screen is now translated — the destination list, the info headings, the travel time / food / mass / volume readouts, and the messages about an expedition already under way. This screen is written in English directly into the game rather than looked up from a language file, so no language pack could reach it; it's now covered the same way other untranslated panels are.
- FixedThe language selector in the top-right of the main menu could disappear. Rebuilding the menu — which happens on several ordinary paths — could leave it with no selector at all until you restarted. It now survives a rebuild.
v0.9.0July 19, 2026
- NewFirst release: full base-game Russian translation, translations for the AshForge mods' UI, and a restored in-game language selector.