Breakthrough experiments have newly explored the fascinating physics of dipolar quantum droplets and supersolids. The recent realization of dipolar mixtures opens further intriguing possibilities. We show that under rather general conditions, the presence of a second component catalyzes droplet nucleation and supersolidity in an otherwise unmodulated condensate. Droplet catalyzation in miscible mixtures, which may occur even for a surprisingly small impurity doping, results from a local roton instability triggered by the doping-dependent modification of the effective dipolar strength. The catalyzation mechanism may trigger the formation of a two-fluid supersolid, characterized by a generally different superfluid fraction of each component, which opens intriguing possibilities for the future study of spin physics in dipolar supersolids.

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• Bose-Einstein condensates
• Dipolar gases
• Mixtures of atomic and/or molecular quantum gases
• Superfluidity
• Supersolids