A Cr-free Ni-based self-lubricating composites with MoS 2 and Ag as lubricants were fabricated by the powder metallurgy method. The microstructures were examined. The mechanical properties and tribological behaviors of the composites were evaluated from room temperature to 800 • C. The fractography was observed and the fracture mechanisms were analyzed. The morphologies and the phase compositions of worn surfaces were determined and the wear mechanisms were elaborated. The results indicate that MoS 2 did not completely decompose after sintering, and the NiMoAl-MoS 2 -Ag composite has the best tribological properties (0.22, 1.68 × 10 −5 ) at 800 • C. The main wear mechanisms are micro-ploughing and plastic deformation. The improvement of tribological properties was attributed to the formation of the lubricating film consisting of NiO, Mo oxides, various molybdates, and Ag particles. The reactions resulting in these compositions are proposed. The mechanical properties degrade with the rise of temperature and the addition of lubricants. Both NiMoAl and NiMoAlAg alloys exhibit micro-void accumulation fracture while the composites with MoS 2 reveal intergranular fracture. such as high strength, satisfactory oxidation, hot corrosion resistance, and good microstructure stability. In addition, Ni can become a solid solution made of other metal elements and does not precipitate in a deleterious phase. Thus, Ni is an excellent matrix metal and has been widely applied in advanced engines. Introducing eligible solid lubricants into strengthened nickel-based alloys is an effective way to achieve the unification of high mechanical properties and good tribological behaviors, which has attracted the attention of researchers at home and abroad [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13].Graphite and molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2 ) are a common solid lubricant and have low shear strength due to the lamellar structure. However, they will oxidize or decompose and lose lubrication at temperatures about 400 • C [14]. Silver (Ag), which is a soft metal, has often been added into composites as a lubricant serving at medium and low temperatures due to its low shear strength and large diffusion coefficient during sliding [15]. Metal oxides, fluoride, and oxysalt are high temperature lubricants [16][17][18]. Molybdates have gained increasing attention due to the lower friction coefficients at high temperatures [16,[19][20][21]. Adding low and high temperature lubricants to the metal matrix can achieve continuous lubrication in a wide temperature range, but may lead to a significant decline in the comprehensive mechanical properties of the composite. Thus, an alternative approach of taking advantage of the synergistic effect of the extrinsic low temperature lubricants and the in-situ formed high temperature lubricants generated by a tribo-chemical reaction was proposed [22,23]. For instance, Aouadi et al. [22] studied the tribological properties and mechanisms of Mo 2 N/MoS 2 /Ag coatings and found that the coatings exhibited lower friction coefficients (0....