Mod List: Graphics Overhaul
277 mods
List Usage
Remember these points when following a mod list:
- Install each mod from the list in order.
- Check out the Managing Mods page as a reference on how to install mods using the OpenMW-Launcher program.
- Also, check out this Example Mod Page for help on how to use each mod page.
- 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 complete settings, configurations, and load orders.
- The CFG Generator has presets for each mod list, so you can see the exact data and plugin order this list should have.
- Please note that the CFG Generator will use the folder paths you have set on the User Settings page, so make sure you configure those settings for personalized outputs.
- 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
This is the graphics-focused version of the Total Overhaul list, with a greatly reduced number of extra quest content. Included are: mesh and texture replacers, plugins that alter scenes (including adding clutter), effects replacers, landmasses, and more.
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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.
- Meshes / Performance: 10 mods
- Land & Landmass Additions: 6 mods
- Texture Packs: 4 mods
- Architecture: 17 mods
- Bodies And Heads: 8 mods
- Animations: 1 mod
- Flora, Foliage, And Nature: 12 mods
- Trees: 7 mods
- Landscapes: 7 mods
- Renovations: 7 mods
- Clutter And Items: 39 mods
- Environments: 17 mods
- Creatures: 17 mods
- NPCs: 11 mods
- Cities: 25 mods
- Clothing: 8 mods
- Armor: 15 mods
- Weaponry: 21 mods
- Sound & Music: 1 mod
- VFX: 8 mods
- Distant Details: 2 mods
- Groundcover: 3 mods
- Water: 1 mod
- Sky: 4 mods
- Lighting: 11 mods
- Post Processing Shaders: 1 mod
- User Interface: 5 mods
- Movies: 1 mod
- Settings Tweaks: 7 mods
- Merging: 1 mod
Meshes / Performance: 10 mods
View This SublistMesh replacers. Most of these correct mistakes in the originals, often resulting in performance increases, others will affect gameplay (Graphic Herbalism).
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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 …
MOP patch for Graphic Herbalism files.
This graphic replacer covers tons of misc items, …
The goal of Project Atlas is to identify …
Properly smoothed vanilla meshes.
Sick of getting caught on those bastard degenerate …
Land & Landmass Additions: 6 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 …
A massive project that aims to bring the …
TOTSP goal is to improve the graphical fidelity, …
Texture Packs: 4 mods
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 …
A set of normalmaps for the vanilla and …
Vanilla-friendly normal maps for Morrowind.
Normal and specular maps for Morrowind & expansions, …
Architecture: 17 mods
View This SublistThese provide new meshes and textures for general architecture.
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Replaces models in the Dwemer set. All meshes …
Revamping of some meshes of Dwemer Mesh Improvement …
Vanilla gamma and style HQ textures for Daedric …
Very high quality meshes and normal maps for …
A high resolution (2K) retexture of the Imperial …
Texture and mesh replacer for the exterior and …
This retexture contains new textures for wooden shacks, …
Vanilla-friendly but with a much higher quality look.
Vanilla friendly textures for strongholds. 2k resolution, handmade, …
Normal Maps for Rytelier's - Aesthesia - Stronghold …
Parallax mapped and animated ghost fence.
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
Pluginless replacer for different Morrowind statues
Turns Baar Dau into a proper meteorite.
This mod retexture [sic] the Ministry of truth …
Many of the dwemer ruins use unfitting cobblestone …
Simple texture replacer for Ashlanders camps.
Bodies And Heads: 8 mods
View This SublistReplace the vanilla bodies and heads, and their textures, for all races and genders.
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Pluginless version of Robert's Bodies.
Color tweak of Robert's Bodies to match vanilla …
Changes the heads of all races in the …
Fixes normals issues in the meshes of Westly's …
Khajiit head replacer pack.
Patch to add whiskers to all the MMH …
Fixes the meshes/_khj_replace/Dahnara.nif and meshes/_khj_replace/Zahraji.nif meshes included with …
Body replacers for the beast races.
Animations: 1 mod
View This SublistUpdate the game's dated animations with improved assets.
Flora, Foliage, And Nature: 12 mods
View This SublistUpdate the look and mechanics of harvestable objects via improved meshes and high quality textures.
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Replaces textures and models of various flora with …
These are provided by Graphic Herbalism - MWSE …
This patch fixes alpha issues that occur with …
4 Hi-res lava retextures to choose from and …
This mod replaces all the lava meshes in …
Makes it so many smoke effects are much …
New effects and textures for TES3 Morrowind waterfalls.
A replacer for the hackle-lo plant with corrected …
Hackle-lo leaves are described as "a tasty edible …
High quality texture and model replacer.
High quality texture and model replacer for the …
Small expansion to the mushroom grove near Dagon …
Trees: 7 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 …
This mod is a pluginless replacer for the …
A West Gash tree replacer for players who …
Replaces all of the trees in the Ascadian …
.esp-less tree replacer for the Solstheim region.
This is a mesh and texture replacer for …
Landscapes: 7 mods
View This SublistHigh quality texture replacements for large amounts of the games landscapes. The scum mods are here so they can overwrite other landscape textures.
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Retexture Vvardenfell and Solstheim in the original style
This mod retextures the ground of all regions, …
This mode is retexture and mesh replacer for …
Retexture of the scum in the Bitter coast
Scummier scum texture for Lougian's Scum Retexture mod.
Changes the location of the scum models to …
Replaces the lily pads with fully 3D versions.
Renovations: 7 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. …
Overhaul of the Library of Vivec to make …
A fully animated overhaul of Akulakhan's chamber.
A concept arts-based overhaul of the Arvel and …
Minor cosmetic changes to the Sanctus Shrine.
This mod overhauls the entire Foyada Mamaea up …
Adds new banners displaying the relevant lord's surname …
Clutter And Items: 39 mods
View This SublistUpdated assets for the very large number of clutter objects and items in the game.
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This mod replaces the meshes of some of …
This mod replaces the textures on all the …
Higher resolution, nicer-looking bed textures.
This is a replacer for the two kegstand …
This texture pack replaces almost all the guar …
This is a replacer for the meshes and …
This mod retextures all eleven saints' frescoes, three …
High quality urn retextures with optional bump maps.
This is an ESPless mod retexturing limeware in …
This is an ESPless mod retexturing glassware in …
This is an ESPless mod retexturing the 8 …
Improved version of "Better Skulls" by tronvillain & …
This is a collection of texture (and model) …
This mod replaces the misc_lantern_paper textures with higher …
Vanilla-friendly potion retextures (512x256 px / 512x512 px).
Retexture for the fine dunmer furniture. Vanilla-friendly.
Changes the model for the animal hide ingredients …
Pluginless replacer for the Dwemer Puzzle Box.
Based on MW Containers Animated by qqqbbb. This …
Normal mapped sack textures.
This Mod replaces the gold coins in Morrowind …
Adds transparency, glowing effect and reflection to soul …
A compilation of mods that add unique looks …
Every Ancestral Tomb in Vvardenfell has a unique …
The mod replaces dunmer's ashpits.
Unique models for all magic rings and amulets …
The mod replaces and adds animations to the …
HD bottle meshes and textures with realistic transparency …
Adds entrance bell chimes with sound effects to …
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
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 …
Improved meshes with HD textures for the forge, …
Changes the 2 amulets from the aspect of …
Adds glow to various objects of House Dagoth.
Pluginless replacer for the alcohol in the game.
HD textures for banners and flags.
Environments: 17 mods
View This SublistAlter the look of areas in subtle (or major) ways, or update the visuals of stock objects in the environment.
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Replaces the textures for the "welcome" obelisk.
This makes the signs in Vvardenfell readable with …
Retextures all bloodmoon buildings with high-res 2048x2048 textures, …
Bump mapped cave textures by Lougian -- do …
Fixed versions of two meshes in Lougian's Caverns …
Texture and mesh replacer for tavern sign.
Replaces the Imperial tavern signs in Tamriel Rebuilt …
Excellent, vanilla-friendly normal maps of the road stones …
Full retexture of dwemeri set - architecture, armor …
This is a pluginless replacer for all 4 …
High poly caverns with optional normal maps and …
Compatibility between Daedric Ruins (Half-Revamped) and Lava - …
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 …
Changes Khartag Point making it the high peak …
Creatures: 17 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 …
Pluginless replacer for Dagoth Ur and his brothers, …
This mod adds glow maps to all three …
Very nice bump mapped textures for the Netches.
The mod replaces the Silt Strider according to …
Adds normalmaps for the mod Silt Strider by …
Restores previously unused Silt Strider animation.
This is a mesh and texture replacer for …
Replacer and retexture of alit, using Hedgehog-12 mesh …
4thUnknowns creatures for Morrowind Conversion of creatures originally …
This mod adds unique textures to all blighted …
Updates Blighted Animals Retextured to use some of …
A remake of the spriggan based on Skyrim's, …
High quality remodel of the Scamp with PBR …
This is a mesh and texture replacer for …
This mod gives Old Blue Fin a blue …
Just replacer Bonewalker (Small Bonewalker). Mod without esp …
NPCs: 11 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 is a pluginless replacer for the Almalexia …
This mod replaces the generic, copy-pasted guards of …
Expands the Yet Another Guard Diversity to cover …
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
A replacer for the God-King Vivec.
This mod adds voice-overs to ALL of Almalexia's …
Modular versions of WARES for Vvardenfell, Tamriel Rebuilt, …
Adds many lore-friendly and even useful books to …
Bored with the tedious discussions of Vivec? Couldn't …
This replacement patch makes 2 changes: Ports all …
An overhaul to the appearance and animations of …
Cities: 25 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 …
New. Better. Detailed. Richer. Closer to vanilla. Textures …
New. Better. Detailed. Richer. Closer to vanilla. Textures …
New. Better. Detailed. Richer. Closer to vanilla. Textures …
Replaces 43 models in total. Models are mostly …
Vanilla gamma and style HQ Telvanni and mushrooms …
Only for using with Tamriel Rebuilt Project. New, …
Adds Normal Maps to Redoran - Arkitektora Vol.2
Normal Height Maps for Tamriel Rebuilt Terrain.
Replaces the textures from White Suran 2 - …
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 …
A high poly version of the meshes.
Morrowind is full of ships, boats and skiffs …
Clothing: 8 mods
View This SublistHigher quality clothing, and while we're at it remove the enchanted glow "effect".
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A collection of Better Clothes and related fixes.
Fixes an error in Better Clothes Complete which …
This plugin replaces male meshes with more smooth …
Updated Better Robes TR patch to work with …
Texture replacer for all the robes in the …
Remove the bright purple glow maps from Robe …
High quality replacers for the goldolier helm. No …
Replaces 5 of the most commonly used shoes …
Armor: 15 mods
View This SublistAn updated look for the game's armor, with OpenMW's modern features in mind.
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Fixed and optimized version of Saint_Jiubs HiRez Armors …
High resolution yet vanilla friendly armor retextures.
There are several mods on this page, only …
This is a port of McMuffin's Daedric Lord …
A retexture for the Orcish Helmet, Armor and …
This mod fixes the visual issues with bump …
This mod replaces a pair of gauntlets called: …
Replaces Lord's Mail with high ress textures & …
Retexturing the Dwemer armor.
Replaces/modifies the meshes, textures and enchantments for 10 …
New mesh for mail. It's actually a chainmail …
After defeating Dagoth Ur, you will receive an …
Replaces all glass related items with an enchanting …
Compatibility patch for Graphic Herbalism - MWSE and …
Compatibility patch for OAAB_Data and Glass Glowset.
Weaponry: 21 mods
View This SublistAn update treatment for weapons, covering many uniques.
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Pluginless replacer for the Ice Blade of the …
Pluginless replacer for Mehrunes' Razor. Lacks support for …
This is how in-game dialogues describe iron warhammers: …
This mod replaces Chrysamere with a new lore-friendly …
Mesh and texture replacements for True Flame, giving …
A texture and mesh edit to True Trueflame, …
I [ShadowMimicry] tried to give the new models …
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 …
This plugin-less mod will restore the glow maps …
A model and texture replacer of the Steel …
Gives certain weapons and armors unique models
Replaces several unique weapons and shields that repeat …
This mod replaces the unique artifact Bluebrand with …
Makes thrown weapon projectiles fly pointy end forward …
High res replacer for the Widowmaker axe.
Replaces Bow of Shadows with new high ress …
Animates the Staff of Magnus. Bonus, a similar …
This mod replaces Volendrung with a new model …
A remake of the artifact Skullcrusher - smaller, …
Sound & Music: 1 mod
View This SublistGive new sound to almost everything in the game.
VFX: 8 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 …
Improves the mist used in Ancestral Tombs.
To align with what the in game dialogue …
Adds falling spores particle effects to the iconic …
This mod adds High Quality (512) animated textures …
Spell effect visual replacers.
Removes sparkle effects from Shield. This makes the …
8 new blood textures for NPCs and creatures. …
Distant Details: 2 mods
View This SublistMods that affect object and visuals in the distance.
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Makes distant land more responsive to quest progress. …
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
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 …
Groundcover compatibility between Concept Arts plantations and Beautiful …
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: 11 mods
View This SublistUpdate the behavior and look of lighting in the game, going for a darker and more accurate look overall. Silverware Repolished is here so it can load after other mods that change some candle meshes.
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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. …
Compatibility patch for Imperial Towns Revamp and Glow …
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 …
Improved meshes with upscaled and atlased textures and …
Darker night-time settings for OpenMW.
Post Processing Shaders: 1 mod
View This SublistPost processing shaders add a variety of nice visual effects.
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A collection of post-processing shaders for OpenMW. Includes: …
User Interface: 5 mods
View This SublistGive the game UI a needed facelift in various ways.
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Removes all menu borders, giving a sleeker more …
This pack contains 78 splash screens in a …
1k, 2k, and 4k replacements for the scroll …
Pre-defined setup of TrueType fonts for OpenMW. Requires …
Replaces the small 16x16 spell effect icons with …
Movies: 1 mod
View This SublistHigher quality in-game cinematics.
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An HD recreation of the original Intro Cinematic.
Settings Tweaks: 7 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 …
OpenMW has special settings for grass and and …
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 …
The Navmeshtool program comes with OpenMW and can …
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 …
