Mod List: Expanded Vanilla
269 mods
List Usage
Remember these points when following a mod list:
- Install each mod from the list in order.
- Be sure to install mods "the OpenMW way" with each one in their own folder and data path.
- Pay attention to mod descriptions and special usage notes.
- Be sure to consult the performance guide for getting the most performance out of your setup.
- When you've finished installing everything, consult the CFG Generator for a properly sorted plugin order.
- The CFG Generator has presets for each mod list, so you can see the exact data and plugin order this list should have.
- There will be a "Final Checklist" step, be sure to take a look at that even if you don't go through every mod in the list.
List Description
The Expanded Vanilla list tries to preserve the look and feel of the vanilla game while adding a decent amount of new content.
Things such as high resolution mesh or texture replacers are avoided, while land and quest mods, gameplay tweaks, and more are considered.
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Table of Contents
This mod list is divided into sections, the table of contents below has a link to each one.
- Patches: 7 mods
- Consistency: 5 mods
- Meshes / Performance: 8 mods
- Land & Landmass Additions: 7 mods
- Texture Packs: 1 mod
- Architecture: 5 mods
- Bodies And Heads: 1 mod
- Animations: 1 mod
- Flora, Foliage, And Nature: 3 mods
- Trees: 2 mods
- Landscapes: 1 mod
- Renovations: 9 mods
- Clutter And Items: 14 mods
- Environments: 12 mods
- Creatures: 9 mods
- NPCs: 23 mods
- Cities: 19 mods
- Caves And Dungeons: 3 mods
- Balance And Nerfing: 3 mods
- Gameplay: 31 mods
- Armor: 3 mods
- Weaponry: 5 mods
- Sound & Music: 1 mod
- Quests: 27 mods
- Factions: 14 mods
- The Player Home: 2 mods
- Randomizers: 2 mods
- VFX: 5 mods
- Distant Details: 1 mod
- Groundcover: 3 mods
- Water: 1 mod
- Sky: 4 mods
- Lighting: 9 mods
- Camera: 4 mods
- Post Processing Shaders: 3 mods
- User Interface: 12 mods
- Movies: 1 mod
- Shaders: 1 mod
- Settings Tweaks: 6 mods
- Merging: 1 mod
Patches: 7 mods
View This SublistAlter some aspect of the game in order to fix a bug, or to be more consistent with the game itself. Patches usually work via a plugin.
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Patch for Purists strives to be an all-in-one …
Implementation of Bethesda's Official Plugins with some slightly …
This mod fixes Bethesda's overly enthusiastic expansion hooks …
Lots of crates, barrels, and urns are missing …
One of MW's quests has voiced dialogue that …
Makes corpses that are persistent for quest purposes …
A simple mod to grey out the dialog …
Consistency: 5 mods
View This SublistMods that fix inconsistencies in the Morrowind game world.
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Expands quorn's HospitalityPapers Mod. Includes newly recorded lines …
Tired of NPCs saying things like "Nice to …
Give Caius Cosades a package worthy of the …
Not all Dunmer are slavers. Not all Argonians …
Fixes lore to gameplay inconsistencies pertaining to contraband …
Meshes / Performance: 8 mods
View This SublistMesh replacers that correct mistakes in the originals, often resulting in performance increases.
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Fixes positioning, UV maps, and more in the …
Fixes various issues with meshes.
This plugin corrects the UV mapping on the …
Greatly improves performance and fixes some mesh errors.
Automatically harvests herbs just like the old Graphic …
This graphic replacer covers tons of misc items, …
The goal of Project Atlas is to identify …
Sick of getting caught on those bastard degenerate …
Land & Landmass Additions: 7 mods
View This SublistAdd large amounts of extra land to the game, or in some cases make available large amounts of resources to be used of other large-scale mods.
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Adds game data files required by mods such …
This is the product of a project that …
Reverts Tamriel Data deprecations to help maintain compatibility.
OAAB_Data is free-to-use asset repository for the Morrowind …
Adds the island of Stirk, filled with style, …
A massive project that aims to bring the …
TOTSP goal is to improve the graphical fidelity, …
Texture Packs: 1 mod
View This SublistThese provide large amounts of textures, covering all assets in the game or close to it.
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Upscales every in-game texture with the help of …
Architecture: 5 mods
View This SublistThese provide new meshes and textures for general architecture.
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Replaces models in the Dwemer set. All meshes …
Parallax mapped and animated ghost fence.
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
Turns Baar Dau into a proper meteorite.
Many of the dwemer ruins use unfitting cobblestone …
Bodies And Heads: 1 mod
View This SublistReplace the vanilla bodies and heads, and their textures, for all races and genders.
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An in-depth yet completely vanilla friendly touch up …
Animations: 1 mod
View This SublistUpdate the game's dated animations with improved assets.
Flora, Foliage, And Nature: 3 mods
View This SublistUpdate the look and mechanics of harvestable objects via improved meshes and high quality textures.
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New effects and textures for TES3 Morrowind waterfalls.
Morrowind dialogue references a golden reed plant and …
Small expansion to the mushroom grove near Dagon …
Trees: 2 mods
View This SublistReplace the stock trees with more dense and detailed assets.
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This mod replaces the eight main trees on …
Compatibility patch for OAAB_Data and SM Bitter Coast …
Landscapes: 1 mod
View This SublistAdjustments to scum.
Renovations: 9 mods
View This SublistUpdate existing cells in order to make them feel more lived in and expansive.
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Dagoth Ur made special arrangements for a friend. …
This mod redesigns the Library of Vivec from …
A fully animated overhaul of Akulakhan's chamber.
A concept arts-based overhaul of the Arvel and …
An ancient burial lies in ruins outside of …
Minor cosmetic changes to the Sanctus Shrine.
This mod overhauls the entire Foyada Mamaea up …
This mod rebuilds the mainquest dungeon Ilunibi from …
Adds new banners displaying the relevant lord's surname …
Clutter And Items: 14 mods
View This SublistUpdated assets for the very large number of clutter objects and items in the game.
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Improved version of "Better Skulls" by tronvillain & …
Changes the model for the animal hide ingredients …
This plugin adds scripting to every book in …
Based on MW Containers Animated by qqqbbb. This …
Every Ancestral Tomb in Vvardenfell has a unique …
The mod replaces dunmer's ashpits.
HD bottle meshes and textures with realistic transparency …
Adds entrance bell chimes with sound effects to …
Adds moths flying around some of the lanterns …
Adds a visual effect to all vanilla flies …
Adds fireflies around the Bitter Coast and the …
Adds a visual effect to all vanilla cave …
Changes the 2 amulets from the aspect of …
Makes the Madstone of the Ahemmusa align with …
Environments: 12 mods
View This SublistAlter the look of areas in subtle ways, or update the visuals of stock objects in the environment.
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Replaces the Imperial tavern signs in Tamriel Rebuilt …
This is a pluginless replacer for all 4 …
This mod is an overhaul of Vos and …
Removes the roads and paths from the Grazelands …
OAAB - The Ashen Divide is a mini …
This mod places saplings from OAAB_Data in most …
This mod rebuilds and expands the Gnisis Eggmine …
Implementation of the official concept art drawing by …
A complete overhaul of every vanilla shipwreck.
Inspired by their mention of growing in the …
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
Changes Khartag Point making it the high peak …
Creatures: 9 mods
View This SublistGive the various creatures of the game new life with updated assets and more.
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Were you disappointed when you finally confronted Dagoth …
Restores previously unused Silt Strider animation.
This mod adds unique textures to all blighted …
Re-balances Morrowind's ecology, changing animal behaviour, adding new …
This mod gives Old Blue Fin a blue …
The mod has several options to choose from …
This mod adds some of the new items …
This mod adds OAAB creatures to vanilla leveled …
Make Cave Rats look like how they're described. …
NPCs: 23 mods
View This SublistAdd more variety and (hopefully) immersion by updating the rather limited NPC scope of the base game.
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This mod replaces the generic, copy-pasted guards of …
Expands the Yet Another Guard Diversity to cover …
A replacer for the God-King Vivec.
This mod adds voice-overs to ALL of Almalexia's …
Wares gives traders more Wares (duh). Includes Wares …
Vanilla and TR npcs will now wear randomised …
Adds many lore-friendly and even useful books to …
Gives NPCs items to hold/carry based on their …
This mod adds friendly as well as less …
Adds more offensive greetings to members of the …
Bored with the tedious discussions of Vivec? Couldn't …
This replacement patch makes 2 changes: Ports all …
Keeps the girls in Desele's from dancing off …
Replaces the three standard No Lore greetings with …
Makes it so service NPCs will greet you …
Adds new NPCs who were mentioned by dialogue …
Edits, re-filters, or adds on to vanilla dialogue …
Adds over 200 new voice entries for NPCs, …
This mod gives Vivec his unique shield based …
Changes the behaviour of the Orcs who occupy …
An overhaul to the appearance and animations of …
"Attend me" features a follower HUD and automatic …
M'Aiq moves around. You may find him on …
Cities: 19 mods
View This SublistThese make cities more beautiful by updating existing content or adding great new content of their own.
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Overhaul of almost every settlement of Morrowind, inspired …
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
Adds dunmer concept art around vvardenfell on the …
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
The Concept Art Palace mod is an attempt …
Similar to Illuminated Palace of Vivec it adds …
A simple mod that adds a few details …
This mod adds a Telvanni style Lighthouse to …
This mod adds a Telvanni style Lighthouse not …
OAAB Tel Mora enhances the city of Tel …
Adds guar stables to Vivec.
A Mournhold Overhaul based on the works of …
Morrowind is full of ships, boats and skiffs …
Caves And Dungeons: 3 mods
View This SublistMods that add, enhance, and/or replace various caves and/or dungeons.
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This mod overhauls and slightly expands the old …
A remake of tombs and velothi towers.
Overhaul of the corprusarium, making it the creepy …
Balance And Nerfing: 3 mods
View This SublistThese mods try to bring some balance through changes to the game mechanics and world.
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Changes a few game settings related to Speechcraft. …
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
OpenMW-friendly alchemy rebalance. Features toxicity mechanics, prevents common …
Gameplay: 31 mods
View This SublistUpdate gameplay mechanics. From leveling to monster spawning, marksman to sneaking, this selection tries to update game mechanics to feel better or more enjoyable compared to the vanilla game.
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Integrates much of the content of the Tribunal …
A completed version of At Home Alchemy featuring: …
Adjusts the fatigue drain on various weapos based …
Add a custom spell named Focus that allow …
Makes sensible changes to birthsigns and races to …
Makes the Sixth House, properly, the most difficult …
This mod is intended to rebalance the Tribunal …
This mod is intended to rebalance the Bloodmoon …
This is a port of Greywander's "Natural Character …
This mod makes magical skill progression based on …
Allows you to carry more and run faster, …
An extension for CarryOn designed to make walking …
In vanilla Morrowind, you have two options for …
This mod makes it so that you need …
This simple mod lowers the position of the …
Faster projectiles and/or magic missiles, higher recovery chance, …
When you get arrested by a guard he …
Remake of the classic "Ashlander Tent DX" mod, …
Makes it so that getting out of your …
Requires OpenMW 0.48.0 or newer! Ammo autoequip while …
This is simply a TimeScale Change mod, which …
This is a scroll making mod that will …
Replaces the built-in mark & recall spells with …
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
Fixed version of LDones beautiful Nighttime Door Locks …
Adds the functionality of Improved Inns to the …
Upon catching a disease, you will no longer …
Rebalance for Pickpocketing in TES3:Morrowind, makes pickpocketing possible, …
Actors can travel through cells to pursue their …
Adds OAAB items to vanilla leveled lists so …
This mod makes the creature merchants, everyone favorite …
Armor: 3 mods
View This SublistAn updated look for the game's armor, with OpenMW's modern features in mind.
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Adds wearable backpacks that use left pauldron slot …
Replaces/modifies the meshes, textures and enchantments for 10 …
After defeating Dagoth Ur, you will receive an …
Weaponry: 5 mods
View This SublistAn update treatment for weapons, covering many uniques.
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This is how in-game dialogues describe iron warhammers: …
This replaces the meshes of the oriental styled …
Makes unreadied weapons appear on the character's hip …
A patch for the Weapon Sheathing meshes, from …
Animates the Staff of Magnus. Bonus, a similar …
Sound & Music: 1 mod
View This SublistGive new sound to almost everything in the game.
Quests: 27 mods
View This SublistAdd new quests, alter existing areas, get new rewards.
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Overhauls everyone's favorite, death-seeking Orsimer into a truly …
Randomizes Umbra's location to ten different Vvardenfell locales.
The imperial skirt worn by guards and the …
Acquire the unique shirt and helm of Vivec …
Tired of your vampire getting their rest disturbed …
Adds an operational Dwemer Cyborg factory to the …
A updated replacement for the DA_Sobitur_TRIngred_Compat.ESP plugin that …
Adds a large and varied dungeon for higher-level …
With this mod, you can fight and bet …
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
Adds bankers to the House vaults in Vivec, …
From the Nexus description:Caldera Mine Expanded is a …
Addresses the following issues: Leveled Cliff Racer spawns …
All shipwrecks carry a hidden map revealing the …
Compatibility patch for OAAB Shipwrecks and Uncharted Artifacts.
The mod expands upon Tarhiel, the bosmer enchanter …
Ebonheart now has its own sewage system. With …
This plugin automatically disables Morrowind Rebirth-specific options for …
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
Roleplay as a bounty hunter, and kill dangerous …
This quest will bring you back in time, …
An overhaul for the second main quest and …
Journey through this quest mod to improve your …
Adds a Daedric helm bearing the aspect of …
Dagoth Ur has been defeated, but the continued …
The lost "Crystal City" of Massama has been …
Investigate a series of attacks on Tel Eurus, …
Factions: 14 mods
View This SublistTargeting fans of House Telvanni, mods based on other great houses could easily be substituted in here.
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This is a heavily expanded version of Pozzo's …
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind, Rise …
This mod turns Tel Uvirith into a fitting …
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
UL_3.5_TR Add-on patched for TR 2101.
This mod is an attempt to patch together …
Corrects some problems with Uvirith's Legacy and OpenMW.
Files that are missing from the Uvirith's Legacy …
This mod is a complete overhaul of the …
An overhaul of the Mages Guild, Thieves Guild …
Fleshes out the Imperial Cult and the Tribunal …
This mod gives you the opportunity to join …
Join a fully playable guild and gain ranks …
30+ vanilla friendly quests! Join Vvardenfell's Dark Brotherhood!
The Player Home: 2 mods
View This SublistThe fabled Player Home genre of mod! Everybody loves a free mansion, right?
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A deconstruction of the house mod genre. You …
The BEST early house just got better!
Randomizers: 2 mods
View This SublistMods that randomize some aspect of the game.
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mtrPermanentQuestCorpsesRandomizer OpenMW omwaddon - Randomizer for Location of Permanent Corpses of Imperial Taxman Processus Vitellius and Skooma Dealer Ernil Omoran Associated with Quests
This mod randomizes placement of Processus Vitellius and …
mtrDwemerPuzzleBoxRandomizer - Randomizer for Location of Dwemer Puzzle Box within Arkngthand associated with Main Quest
This mod randomizes placement of Dwemer Puzzle Box. …
VFX: 5 mods
View This SublistUpdated visual effects. Greatly enhance many scenes with subtle but beautiful additions.
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This mod enhances the ambiance of the Bitter …
To align with what the in game dialogue …
Adds falling spores particle effects to the iconic …
Removes sparkle effects from Shield. This makes the …
8 new blood textures for NPCs and creatures. …
Distant Details: 1 mod
View This SublistMods that affect object and visuals in the distance.
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Makes distant land more responsive to quest progress. …
Groundcover: 3 mods
View This SublistAdd grass, reeds, small mushrooms, stones, and other groundcover to the game.
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This is Vurts Groundcover patched to work with …
This mod adds high quality grass and groundcover …
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
Water: 1 mod
View This SublistModify the water or sea in some shape or form.
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Extends the seafloor around Vvardenfell to hide the …
Sky: 4 mods
View This SublistAlter the looks and behavior of the sky, clouds, and weather.
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Comprehensive Overhaul for the weather in Morrowind, Solsthiem, …
This is just a simple, high-definition replacer for …
Simple retexture, which make Masser and Secunda dying …
Every night a random max time interval is …
Lighting: 9 mods
View This SublistUpdate the behavior and look of lighting in the game, going for a darker and more accurate look overall.
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This is a modern, pluginless replacement of the …
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
Project Atlas patches for Glow in the Dahrk. …
Nord's windows have a wooden shutter, open in …
Adds some unique, Telvanni style light sources to …
This mod adds windows to the Exteriors & …
Adjusts every vanilla light mesh to enhance the …
This mod replaces all of the Dunmer lanterns …
Darker night-time settings for OpenMW.
Camera: 4 mods
View This SublistMods that affect the camera in one way or another.
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A camera mod for OpenMW that auto-swaps between …
Find a powerful artifact that magically enhances the …
Smooth camera for recording showcase and gameplay videos. …
Autoconfigure camera and headbobbing settings to recommended values!
Post Processing Shaders: 3 mods
View This SublistPost processing shaders add a variety of nice visual effects.
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A collection of post processing shaders ported from …
A mod that adds raycasted volumetric clouds to …
Bloom shader performing its calculations in (approximately) linear …
User Interface: 12 mods
View This SublistGive the game UI a needed facelift in various ways.
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Chocolate UI is an attempt to modernize the …
HD reworkings of the title screen and the …
This mod updates Alaisiagae's Bethesda-style Splash Screen Addon …
Extending the amount of Morrowind's loading screens since …
Add 26 unique HD concept-art splash screens and …
The official Xbox loading screens converted to work …
1k, 2k, and 4k replacements for the scroll …
Pre-defined setup of TrueType fonts for OpenMW. Requires …
A Pluginless HUD replacer for OpenMW.
Replaces the small 16x16 spell effect icons with …
A subtle animated menu background made of an …
Vivec and Molag Mar no longer look like …
Movies: 1 mod
View This SublistHigher quality in-game cinematics.
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An HD recreation of the original Intro Cinematic.
Shaders: 1 mod
View This SublistUpdated shaders for more beautiful effects.
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A more vanilla-looking water shader for OpenMW.
Settings Tweaks: 6 mods
View This SublistNot actually mods, but changes to settings that are built into the OpenMW engine. Enhance performance and visual quality, as well as enable or disable many gameplay options (including things provided by MCP for vanilla Morrowind).
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These settings will affect how the engine renders …
Realtime shadow maps for (optionally) all game objects.
OpenMW has a configurable water shader, with several …
OpenMW offers an optional, improved third person camera …
Enable and configure a head bobbing effect for …
OpenMW has many options for adjusting various game …
Merging: 1 mod
View This SublistThe final bits of work, to ensure long-term smooth sailing.
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Transcoder for managing a form of markup-based minimal …
