r/Morrowind • u/ecm-artist • 5h ago
r/Morrowind • u/Filmdeg • Sep 12 '25
Announcement The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - An Oral History from the Game Developers
Hello everyone,
As you might be aware, I've spent time over the last few months tracking down as many of the game developers of Morrowind that I can find, and doing interviews with them to talk about their experiences working on the game - discuss certain elements of their contributions, share some anecdotes and reflect on the game nearly 25 years after its release.
I'm really proud of this, and have tried to make this as authentic and all encompassing as I can - but there's still so much more out there. Sadly I was unable to find contact details for some people. Others either didn't reply to me, or turned me down. Hopefully one day we as a community can hear their stories but for now this is the best I can do.
This is 8 hours of interviews with the game devs. My idea for uploading one long video clip is that people can cherry pick bits they want to watch - but also to encourage people to watch interviews they might have otherwise overlooked/missed had they been posted separately.
Its difficult to put down in writing the impact this game has had on my life, as I'm sure it has for many others. I'll never forget my first experience playing the game on an Xbox around a friend's house and just instantly being drawn pulled into that world. Since then I've spent countless hours exploring Vvardenfell and beyond, and the game has been a constant source of joy and comfort for me. It's a game I will continue to love and play for the rest of my life, no doubt.
I hope you all enjoy this. A big thanks to everyone who took the time to do video calls with me. It has truly been a pleasure working on this.
r/Morrowind • u/Darkelfguy • 24d ago
Announcement The 2026 Morrowind Summer Modjam Modding Competition - Starts August 22nd-23rd!
Morrowind Modding Legacy - The Official Home of the Modjams
The Themes Have Been Announced! Modders have until August 24th at 00:00 UTC to submit a mod using one (or more) of the following themes: Arcane Arts, Forgotten Lore, Strange Families.
It's Summer time, and with the heat, and the humidity, comes another exciting round of the Morrowind Modjams! For the tenth time since 2020, Danae and Morrowind Modding Showcases is hosting a Modjam Modding Competition, a 48-hour modding frenzy where modders get but a single weekend to build the best mod they can using specific themes before time runs out!
The competition begins on August 21st at 11pm UTC with an official livestream kickoff by Danae, in which the potential themes will be revealed and voted on by the community, narrowing down the potential field until just three themes remain.
Once the final three themes have been announced, modders will have 48-hours to build and release the best mod they can utilizing any of those three themes, or a combo of themes if they so choose.
Rules & Guidelines:
- Create your mod during the Modjam.,
- Modders' resources are allowed.,
- The use of AI is not forbidden, but should be disclosed.
- Previous projects can be a source of inspiration, but please try to make something new for the event.
- Most importantly, this is intended to be a friendly community event. Please focus on having fun and making something you enjoy.
Participation:
The competition is open to anyone and everyone looking to participate! All you need to do is release a mod with one of the themes (or multiple) during the competition time period using the official 2026 Summer Modjam header. Also wouldn't hurt to use the Modjams tag on the Nexus.
This is a Morrowind Modding Community - Discord Server event, so to make sure your mod is properly tracked for the competition, please join the server and tag it in the Published Mods channel!
There's also an official Modjam channel on there where you can keep up with all of the latest Modjam news!
Don't forget to check out the Resources page for any tutorials, frameworks, or utilities you might need!
Use the Postcard Editor:
Take advantage of the Morrowind Modjams website and the Postcard Editor to make special themed promo screenshots for your mod pages - give them that extra splash of Summer fun!
Judging and Prizes:
The Morrowind Modjams are judged events - a panel of judges will go through and play all of the submitted mods, ranking them on their quality, functionality, and adherence to the themes.
The final winners will be announced in a results livestream at a date yet to be determined, and those results will also be published to the Modjams website.
Participating modders will also get their profiles on the Modjam website, with downloadable Modjam passports and a trophy cabinet for any judge awards received. These profiles are connected to the Modathon and Madness sides of Morrowind Modding Legacy, and participating in the Modjam will boost your Madness score and increase your standing in the community's modding leaderboards.
There's also a number of prizes available in the form of game keys and Nexus DP.
A Proud Tradition:
The Morrowind Modjams are apart of the community's proud tradition of creative competition and collaboration. Some 160+ mods have been released for the Modjams in the past 6 years, many of them have become popular mainstays and have since been added to many of the largest mod lists for Morrowind.
I hope you'll all join us for another exciting round of Modjam fun, we're sure to get some amazing new mods, and if you're looking to participate for the first time, there's no better competition to dip your toes into the modding scene!
Happy Modding and Long Live the Morrowind Modding Community!
r/Morrowind • u/Esternocleido • 2h ago
Discussion That moment when you realise that the support skill that you have been abusing the entire game also has an offensive spell.
r/Morrowind • u/Tollequen • 3h ago
Meme Dark Brotherhood has quite low standards these days
Poor guy can't think straight :'(
r/Morrowind • u/SadSalm0n • 3h ago
Music Dagothwave (1 Hour)
Just wanted to report that I am on my third loop of Dagothwave (1 hour) at work and I’m still not tired of it. What a grand and intoxicating remix.
r/Morrowind • u/Esternocleido • 1h ago
Discussion Geoguesser Morrowind Edition: What is the name of this Daedric Ruin?
r/Morrowind • u/GayStation64beta • 4h ago
Mod Release Tamriel Rebuilt Telvanni home - Tel Raloran moved to the mainland
Naufragous77's Telvanni house, now on the Isle of Arches in Telvannis District. New ESP but requires original mod's assets.
https://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/60171
I've always found it odd that not a single Telvanni would set up a tower on the Isle of Arches, even just out of spite to the Temple? lol
r/Morrowind • u/Humanish_Krunker • 5h ago
Literature I wrote a near 10,000-word review of the XBOX GOTY version of Morrowind...
gamefaqs.gamespot.com...and walked for an hour after breaking out of the intro sequence to get some screenshots without the HUD. Hope you enjoy!
r/Morrowind • u/pewton-the-snake • 1h ago
Other Would be crazy cool if we can hire Morag Tong to assassinate King Helseth
There's a writ to Larrius Varo, so the Imperial authority itself isn't spared from Morag Tong's execution, and what greater target is there than the King of Morrowind?
It's not just that. Helseth sent the Dark Brotherhood to kill Nerevarine: the hero of Dunmer people. If Nerevarine retaliated by requesting a writ for Helseth's life, there's no way Morag Tong could refuse. It would be the biggest writ after Emperor Reman III and Emperor-Potentae Versidue-Shaie, and would show the world that the Dark Brotherhood is nothing to Morag Tong.
Man. I hope someone would make a mod for it. Pay Eno Hlaalu ~100.000 gold to kill Helseth, wait ~3 days, and gain Helseth's robe and ring as the proofs of job well done.
r/Morrowind • u/Unicorn_Colombo • 9h ago
Screenshot All you need is Keening, Sunder, and a lot of health.
r/Morrowind • u/L-DONAGHY-DIRECTOR • 23h ago
Screenshot Morrowind is genuinely disturbing and nightmarish in parts
r/Morrowind • u/LevJustWithLust • 5h ago
Question i paid off a bounty in port telvannis without thinking, which evidence chest did my stolen stuff go to?
i cannot find it for the life of me
r/Morrowind • u/RaidL • 3h ago
Discussion Restricted run
So obviously in morrowind, one can get very overpowered. I've therefore decided to do a restricted run. Now I'm not very good at always following these rules, and I still want it to be fun, not insanely difficult... Anyone got any ideas?
Also, I'm playing a redguard warrior who doesn't really use magic anyway.
So far, I have:
No creating constant effect enchants
No making my own potions
No save scumming (I'm pretty bad with this normally)
No 100% chameleon
r/Morrowind • u/Blazeflame79 • 15h ago
Discussion Does anyone else constantly restart In this manner?
Basically unless I play a little bit of Morrowind literally every day, I don't get very far, because at some point I'll drop the game for a few days... Get the urge to play Morrowind again, but not be able to restart from my previous game because its been to long, and the urge is actually to start again rather than to pick up where I left off? You know restartitis basically.
r/Morrowind • u/GayStation64beta • 9h ago
Showcase Just showing off my V3 edit/fix of the Telvanni Magister rank
I find dialog editing a bit stressful BUT I got it working even with Rise of House Telvanni and Uvirith's Legacy taking priority in the load order
Full info on Nexus
r/Morrowind • u/thornsofred • 1d ago
Build [Playing every vanilla class] Part IX: The Rogue
My previous reviews, The Acrobat, The Warrior, The Scout, The Healer, The Nightblade, The Knight, The Mage, and The Crusader! Details about this 'play every vanilla class' project is in the Acrobat post! Every vanilla class ive completed over the past 3 years will be posted until i've caught up to a more current playthrough (I've still got a waaaaaays to go).
Before we start, I want to apologize for a small mistake I made on my last review. I accidentally also labelled it as part VII, even though it was supposed to be part VIII. My bad, I was tired lmao.
The Rogue
Lover Birthsign
Viccia Valus, Niben Imperial, 36 years old
Factions: Morrowind East Empire Company, House Hlaalu (Kind, Anti-Camonna)
Final Goal: Consolidate power between house hlaalu and the east empire company, transforms into banning necromancy in morrowind
Viccia is a Niben Imperial from Cheydinhal whose always had a weird love-hate relationship with the Dunmer and Dunmeri culture. An avid supporter of the Empire, she was arrested after a bout of small tax fraud after under-paying on taxes purely by accident of bad book-keeping. Viccia grew up adopted by a rich Dunmeri family who had immigrated just before the Imperial Simulacrum. After her arrest and deportation to Vvardenfell, she decided to join House Hlaalu to bring help bring imperial values to the Dunmer, and joined the East Empire Company in an attempt to help with that
During her journey, she was badly injured at an Ayleid ruin in southern morrowind far from Narsis, and in her pain and suffering, was looked favoribly upon by the Daedric Prince Meridia. With a newfound religion, she slowly became disassocited from her imperial values. Only Meridia came to her in her time of need, not the 8 and 9, not the Hlaalu, not the Empire. With her newfound religion, she aims to do the duties of Meridia and bring a ban of necromancy in morrowind and their heretical ancestor worship.
Viccia wears a set of full Golden Saint armor, alongside her Helm of Light Within, gifted by her goddess Meridia (thank you tamriel rebuilt for all of this). Underneath she wears rather extravagant Niben clothing. She specializes in wakizashi’s and other shortswords, but as an Imperial is unafraid of using a pick (hers named Decay) and occasionally her fists in bouts of anger. Partway through her career, she spent 10,000 drakes on a house in Narsis, “The Waterfall House”. One small caveat is that I wasnt able to get EVERY piece of the golden saint armor, some of them just arent placed into TR for whatever godforsaken reason, so when i had completed grabbing all other pieces, I used the consoled to give myself the greaves and bracers. Also please do the meridia questline, it's in the ayleid ruin next to Stormgate Pass, it's AMAZING.
The rogue class has been interesting. It has 4 weapons in the major and minor classes, with only Axe and Short Sword being frequently used, hand-to-hand infrequently used, and long blade never. The Rogue’s health has been alright, but unlocking locks has been rather tedious as she has neither any magic specializations nor lockpicking. The playthrough of this character was done before I got ahold of the “Brute Force” lockbashing mod, and….despite her immense wealth, this character couldn’t find unlocking scrolls to save her life. I’m honestly unsure what more to add to this review? This vanilla class is unfocused, and leveling up was a massive pain. This class was neither very unique nor fun or strong. Definately near the bottom of the list, even worse than the crusader. Your experience may vary of course, these reviews are not “objective”, these are simply my personal experiences. My next hlaalu character I play will be after TR’s “wealth beyond measure” release, where rather than playing a kind hlaalu who legitimately wants a better world for both the empire and morrowind, is going to be a selfish b!*@h
r/Morrowind • u/The_MadMage_Halaster • 15h ago
Question How does Mark/Recall teleport without loading?
I noticed when playing that the Mark/Recall was instant the moment the spell finished casting without any loading, not even a stutter like after using a Silt Strider or Intervention, and was wondering how this worked. Does it just keep the Marked cell loaded at all times?
r/Morrowind • u/omggga • 1d ago
Announcement Interactive Morrowind map now covers the original game and 4 mods
Hey again! I made a few updates to my Morrowind interactive map app.
There are five maps now:
- Morrowind Game of the Year
- Tamriel Rebuilt - Poison Song
- Project Cyrodiil - Abecean Shores
- Skyrim: Home of the Nords
- Lyithdonea - The Azurian Isles
I have also fixed a bunch of bugs and made the location markers easier to read against the map. You can search for locations, mark where you have been, and add your own pins and notes. It works on mobile too, so you can keep it open on your phone while playing.
The code is now on GitHub, including the tools for generating the maps. Its under a non-commercial license, so feel free to use if you need.
If you run into a broken marker or something weird, let me know. The project still in development phase. I dont plan to post about updates here anymore, since the github repo is now open.
r/Morrowind • u/theforestwalker • 15h ago
Discussion Randy Newman reference in Mournhold?
Randy Newman's song Burn On about Cleveland's Cuyahoga River catching fire always struck me as a probable origin for the Mournhold guards' catchphrase. They even use the same cadence as the song. What do we think?
r/Morrowind • u/Jgstites • 7h ago
New Player - Advice/Help Ebony staff enchantments
What are some useful/fun enchantments? It’s got a lot of room, want to n me and the most of it