Just Beautiful Morrowind Mod List
100 mods
Just Beautiful Morrowind builds on Just Good Morrowind by adding Beautiful Cities of Morrowind, province mods, cut content mods, and select quest mods into the mix. The spirit is otherwise the same: limited but impactful graphical mods, performance optimizations, and many gameplay mods.
The vanilla Morrowind textures with normal maps look surprisingly nice for what they are. Combine that with the overwhelming beauty provided by various shaders and what you get is a simple yet enjoyable Morrowind experience, with gameplay changes and improvements to really spice things up. This mod list was optimized for maximum FPS on a Steam Deck.
This mod list is not a gameplay purist list, and it is not intended for a first time player – instead, check out I Heart Vanilla.
In order to prevent user error it is highly recommended to use the Automatic Installation Guide for Windows, Linux, or MacOS to install this mod list.
Table of Contents
This mod list is divided into sublists, the table of contents below has a link to each one.
- First Steps: 5 steps
- Patches, Fixes, and Consistency: 12 steps
- Modding Resources: 3 steps
- Cut Content: 2 steps
- Landmasses: 4 steps
- Performance: 2 steps
- Texture Packs: 4 steps
- Architecture: 3 steps
- Environment: 1 step
- Skies and Weather: 3 steps
- Lighting: 1 step
- Furniture and Clutter: 1 step
- Weapons: 3 steps
- Animation: 2 steps
- Music: 4 steps
- Groundcover: 3 steps
- Cities/Towns: 3 steps
- Interiors: 2 steps
- NPCs: 3 steps
- Creatures: 1 step
- Gameplay: 19 steps
- Combat: 1 step
- Magic & Spells: 1 step
- Leveling: 2 steps
- Chargen: 1 step
- Quests: 5 steps
- Guilds/Factions: 1 step
- Player Homes: 1 step
- Travel: 1 step
- Camera: 1 step
- Post Processing Shaders: 1 step
- User Interface: 8 steps
- Fonts: 1 step
- Settings Tweaks: 9 steps
- Tools: 1 step
First Steps: 5 steps
View This SublistThese are all the steps you need to follow before installing a mod list
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Buy and Install Morrowind | OpenMW Authors | An epic, open-ended single-player RPG, Morrowind allows you … |
| #2 | Install OpenMW | OpenMW Authors | OpenMW is a free, open source, and modern … |
| #3 | Set your Site Settings | OpenMW Authors | Your Site Settings contain some customizable options to … |
| #4 | Folder Deploy Script | OpenMW Authors | Creating folders for your mod lists is a … |
| #5 | How to Install Mods | OpenMW Authors | Great question. The process is a little different … |
Patches, Fixes, and Consistency: 12 steps
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.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #6 | Patch for Purists | Half11 | Patch for Purists strives to be an all-in-one … |
| #7 | Expansion Delay | Half11 | This mod fixes Bethesda's overly enthusiastic expansion hooks … |
| #8 | Bethesda Official Plugins Naturalized | PikachunoTM | Implementation of Bethesda's Official Plugins with some slightly … |
| #9 | Expansion Resource Conflicts | hardek | Fixes a number of texture conflicts with the … |
| #10 | Vegtabills Threads of the Webspinner | vegtabill | In a nutshell, this mod aims to give … |
| #11 | Jammings Off | HedgeHog12 | These files are an updated version of the … |
| #12 | Fixed Bonelord Arms | Kynesifnar | Fixes the bonelord's left forearms so that they … |
| #13 | Oh God Snow for Skies.iv and OpenMW | ward | The blizzard textures are blinding when using skies … |
| #14 | Distant Fixes: Lua Edition | johnnyhostile | A Lua framework for handling updates to distant … |
| #15 | Distant Ebon Tower for OpenMW | GrumblingVomit | Makes the mesh underneath Ebon Tower larger so … |
| #16 | MOMW Patches | MOMW Team + OpenMW Modding Community | Patches made by the Modding-OpenMW.com and OpenMW modding … |
| #17 | Dayspassed Bug Fix (OpenMW) | Wolfweim | This simple mod fixes the problem where daysPassed … |
Modding Resources: 3 steps
View This SublistCommunity asset repositories and frameworks, used by many other mods.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #18 | Tamriel Data | Cross-Project Coordination | Adds game data files required by mods such … |
| #19 | OAAB_Data | OAAB_Data Team | OAAB_Data is free-to-use asset repository for the Morrowind … |
| #20 | Stats Window Extender (OpenMW) | Ralts | A replacement for the Stats window with built-in … |
Cut Content: 2 steps
View This SublistContent that was promised by Todd, but never delivered, reimagined.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #21 | Cutting Room Floor | CiceroTR | This mod aims to be the one stop … |
| #22 | Artifacts Reinstated | CiceroTR | Necromancer's Amulet and the Bloodworm Helm now have … |
Landmasses: 4 steps
View This SublistAdd large amounts of extra land, including quests, to the game.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #23 | Tamriel Rebuilt | Tamriel Rebuilt Team | This is the product of a project that … |
| #24 | Project Cyrodiil | Project Tamriel Team | Project Cyrodiil is a new lands mod from … |
| #25 | Skyrim: Home Of The Nords | Project Tamriel Team | A massive project that aims to bring the … |
| #26 | Solstheim Tomb of the Snow Prince | TOTSP Team | TOTSP goal is to improve the graphical fidelity, … |
Performance: 2 steps
View This SublistAsset changes intended to yield a performance boost.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #27 | Morrowind Optimization Patch | MOP Team | Greatly improves performance and fixes some mesh errors. |
| #28 | Project Atlas | Project Atlas Team | The goal of Project Atlas is to identify … |
Texture Packs: 4 steps
View This SublistThese provide large amounts of textures, covering all assets in the game or close to it.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #29 | Morrowind Enhanced Textures | DassiD, PoodleSandwich, and Gigan | Upscales every in-game texture with the help of … |
| #30 | Normal Maps for Everything | cane1314 | Normal Maps for Everything is a mod for … |
| #31 | Glow in the Dahrk - Normal Specular PBR Maps | Leaposter | Normal and specular (or PBR) maps for the … |
| #32 | Sophie's Skooma Sweetshoppe | Sophie | Sophie's repository of textures, meshes, upscales and normal … |
Architecture: 3 steps
View This SublistNew meshes and textures for general architecture.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #33 | Morrowind Interiors Project | GrumblingVomit | Adds exteriors to all interior cells with windows. … |
| #34 | Glow in the Dahrk | Melchior Dahrk | This is a modern, pluginless replacement of the … |
| #35 | Nords shut your windows | Vegetto88 | Nord's windows have a wooden shutter, open in … |
Environment: 1 step
View This SublistUpdate the visuals of stock objects in the environment.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #36 | Harvest Lights | johnnyhostile | Disables lights around harvestable objects and re-enables them … |
Skies and Weather: 3 steps
View This SublistAlter the looks and behavior of the sky, clouds, and weather.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #37 | Skies .IV | Markel | Comprehensive Overhaul for the weather in Morrowind, Solsthiem, … |
| #38 | New Starfields | Melchior Dahrk | This is just a simple, high-definition replacer for … |
| #39 | Meteors | Shanjaq | Every night a random max time interval is … |
Lighting: 1 step
View This SublistUpdate the behavior and look of lighting in the game, going for a darker and more accurate look overall.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #40 | Improved Lights for All Shaders | Hemaris | Adjusts every vanilla light mesh to enhance the … |
Furniture and Clutter: 1 step
View This SublistUpdated assets for select items in the game.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #41 | OpenMW Containers Animated | akortunov and CemKey | Based on MW Containers Animated by qqqbbb. This … |
Weapons: 3 steps
View This SublistAn update treatment for weapons.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #42 | Weapon Sheathing | TES3 Community | Makes unreadied weapons appear on the character's hip … |
| #43 | Weapon Sheathing Additions | Remiros | Adds sheaths to weapons that previously didn't have … |
| #44 | Smart Ammo for OpenMW-Lua | johnnyhostile | Requires OpenMW 0.48.0 or newer! Ammo autoequip while … |
Animation: 2 steps
View This SublistUpdate the game's dated animations with improved assets.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #45 | Simply Walking (Remastered) | Dirane and PurplePrankster101 | Replaces only the walking animation. |
| #46 | openmw-animated-levitation | fallchildren, with sounds by Settyness | A new animation for levitation with its own … |
Music: 4 steps
View This SublistMods that add new music.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #47 | S3maphore - OpenMW Music Management from the Future | magicaldave | S3maphore is a replacement both for OpenMW's built-in … |
| #48 | Vindsvept Solstheim for Dynamic Music (OpenMW) | HobbieHobgoblin, eMOElein, and Vindsvept | Adds Vindsvept's beautiful Celtic music to Solstheim only. |
| #49 | Tamriel Rebuilt - Original Soundtrack | Rytelier and ASKII | Adds whole new soundtrack for Tamriel Rebuilt areas, … |
| #50 | Project Cyrodiil Music - Anvil and Sutch | Matt Andrews - Astrid - Ronik | Original music inspired by the Project Cyrodiil mod, … |
Groundcover: 3 steps
View This SublistAdd grass, reeds, small mushrooms, stones, and other groundcover to the game.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #51 | Lush Synthesis | acidzebra | A modular remix of popular grass mods with … |
| #52 | Remiros' Groundcover | Remiros, Vtastek, Hrnchamd | This mod adds high quality grass and groundcover … |
| #53 | Project Cyrodiil Grass | Ronik | Adds groundcover to the lands added by the … |
Cities/Towns: 3 steps
View This SublistThese make cities and settlements more beautiful by updating existing content or adding great new content of their own.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #54 | Beautiful Cities of Morrowind | RandomPal and the Morrowind Modding Community | Overhaul of almost every settlement of Morrowind, inspired … |
| #55 | Immersive Mournhold | Various | A Mournhold Overhaul based on the works of … |
| #56 | Tel Branora Expansion | RandomPal | Tel Branora is a fascinating town: a Telvanni … |
Interiors: 2 steps
View This SublistUpdates of existing interior cells in order to make them feel more lived in and expansive.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #57 | Simple Vivec Library Overhaul | RandomPal | Simple overhaul of the Library of Vivec, keeping … |
| #58 | Nordic Solstheim - Solstheim Interiors Overhaul | RandomPal | Reclutters nordic interiors on Sosltheim in true nordic … |
NPCs: 3 steps
View This SublistAdd more variety and (hopefully) immersion by updating the rather limited NPC scope of the base game.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #59 | Familiar Faces by Caleb | Caleb C | An in-depth yet completely vanilla friendly touch up … |
| #60 | Traveling Guar Riders (OpenMW) | GrumblingVomit | Adds traveling guar riders to a few locations … |
| #61 | Attend Me | urm | Attend me features a follower HUD and automatic … |
Creatures: 1 step
View This SublistAdds a variety of new passive and hostile creatures to the game world, and rebalances the vanilla game critters.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #62 | Repopulated Creatures | GrumblingVomit | Distributes select Tamriel Data creatures, undead, and Daedra … |
Gameplay: 19 steps
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.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #63 | Graphic Herbalism - MWSE and OpenMW Edition | Stuporstar and Greatness7 | Automatically harvests herbs just like the old Graphic … |
| #64 | Go Home! | johnnyhostile | Gives NPCs a schedule, and locks doors during … |
| #65 | Friendlier Fire (OpenMW) | SosnoviyBor | Rebelling followers begone! Deals with companions and friendly … |
| #66 | Follower Detection Util (OpenMW) | SosnoviyBor | Library for centralized and convenient follower tracking. |
| #67 | Speechcraft Rebalance (OpenMW) | Aphain | This mod changes several game modifiers to make … |
| #68 | Fatigue and Speed and Carryweight Rebalance (OpenMW) | MisterFlames | Carefully tweaked values to increase speed and carry … |
| #69 | Pickpocket Rebalance (OpenMW) | Aphain | Makes pickpocketing useful by setting the maximum success … |
| #70 | Tabletop Alchemy | DaisyHasaCat | This mod allows you to enter the alchemy … |
| #71 | Pharis' Magicka Regeneration | Pharis | Magicka regeneration Lua mod for all actors based … |
| #72 | Light Hotkey | Pharis | Equip your light with a hotkey and automatically … |
| #73 | Shield Unequipper | johnnyhostile | Inspired by the MCP feature 'Two-handed weapon removes … |
| #74 | Bound Balance | johnnyhostile | Balances bound items by adjusting them based on … |
| #75 | Fresh Loot (OpenMW) | mym | Fresh Loot dynamically improves random weapons, armors and … |
| #76 | Convenient Thief Tools | Pharis | Quickly equip and cycle through thief tools (lockpicks/probes) … |
| #77 | Perfect Placement | Hrnchamd | Adds interactive placement and rotation. |
| #78 | Friendly Autosave | johnnyhostile | Saves the game at regular intervals with configurable … |
| #79 | RUN! | johnnyhostile | A sprinting mod for OpenMW 0.49 or newer. … |
| #80 | Dynamic Timescale for OpenMW | DeathDaisy69 | Dynamic timescale for wilderness, towns, interiors and while … |
| #81 | MOMW Gameplay | johnnyhostile | Automatically configure various mods to suit the modded … |
Combat: 1 step
View This SublistMods that affect or change the combat mechanics.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #82 | Solthas Combat Pack (OpenMW Lua) | Solthas | Get all my combat mods in one place, … |
Magic & Spells: 1 step
View This SublistMods that add or alter spells in various ways
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #83 | Daisy's Lua Multimark | DaisyHasaCat | OpenMW 0.48 or newer required. Allows the player … |
Leveling: 2 steps
View This SublistThese mods affect the game's leveling systems, including but not limited to how stats are gained/increase (or decrease).
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #84 | Natural Character Growth | mym, Greywander, Evil Eye, johnnyhostile | A leveling mod where your attributes grow automatically … |
| #85 | Skill Evolution | mym | This mod overhauls skill progression by dynamically scaling … |
Chargen: 1 step
View This SublistMods that alter or affect the character generation portion of the game intro.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #86 | NoPopUp Chargen | johnnyhostile | Removes all tutorial pop-ups from chargen. Works with … |
Quests: 5 steps
View This SublistAdd new quests, alter existing areas, get new rewards. Includes new content from some of the developers of the original Morrowind!
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #87 | AFFresh | AFFA | This mod adds about 30 quests to NPCs … |
| #88 | Fargoth Says Hello | AFFA | Adds two quests to Fargoth depending on whether … |
| #89 | The Mananaut's Message | Melchior Dahrk and AFFA | This mod adds Royal Imperial Mananaut Alberius outside … |
| #90 | Red Wisdom - An Ashlander Prophecy | AFFA, Greatness7, and Melchior Dahrk | Embark on a mystical journey as you unravel … |
| #91 | Tamriel Rebuilt Introduction Quest - Help a Khajiit reach the City of Good People | Denis418 | Rescue a slave from Addamasartus and help him … |
Guilds/Factions: 1 step
View This SublistAdds new content and quests for the original game's factions, and introduces a couple of never before seen factions with full questlines.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #92 | Wilhelm of the Aedra | AFFA | Frik is concerned about one Wilhelm Bear-Star who … |
Player Homes: 1 step
View This SublistThe fabled Player Home genre of mod! Everybody loves a free mansion, right?
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #93 | The Popular Plague | AFFA, Greatness7, Melchior Dahrk, and seelof | A disease of an unusual nature has come … |
Travel: 1 step
View This SublistMods related to modes of transport.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #94 | Signpost Fast Travel | johnnyhostile | Fast travel from signposts to their locations if … |
Camera: 1 step
View This SublistMods that affect the camera in one way or another.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #95 | Action Camera Swap | johnnyhostile | A camera mod for OpenMW that auto-swaps between … |
Post Processing Shaders: 1 step
View This SublistPost processing shaders add a variety of nice visual effects.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #96 | MOMW Post Processing Pack | Dexter, zesterer, wazabear, akortunov, wareya, various | A collection of post-processing shaders for OpenMW. Includes: … |
User Interface: 8 steps
View This SublistGive the game UI a needed facelift in various ways.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #97 | Big Icons | JaceyS | Replaces the small 16x16 spell effect icons with … |
| #98 | Vanilla Style HD Icons for Attributes and Skills | kotbaioun | New vanilla-looking HD icons for all attributes and … |
| #99 | Pause Control | johnnyhostile, ptmikheev | Toggle pausing in various contexts and has special … |
| #100 | Chocolate UI | Innicin | Chocolate UI is an attempt to modernize the … |
| #101 | Enchanting icons as you wish | AnrohaNexus | Epic retexture of enchant icons in 9 different … |
| #102 | Simple HUD for OpenMW (with compass or minimap) | MisterFlames | A better HUD for OpenMW with many different … |
| #103 | Small Skyrim Crosshair (OpenMW compatible) | CibrHusK | Adds small skyrim-a-like crosshair with ownership mod compatibility. |
| #104 | Loading Screens Diversified | Melchior Dahrk | Replaces all vanilla splash art for the loading … |
Fonts: 1 step
View This SublistReplacements for the default game font.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #105 | Alternative TrueType Fonts | Isaskar and Georgd | Fonts to replace the default fonts used by … |
Settings Tweaks: 9 steps
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).
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #106 | Increase Max Navmeshdb File Size | OpenMW Authors | This setting will raise the maximum size for … |
| #107 | NPCs Avoid Collisions | OpenMW Authors | If enabled NPCs apply evasion maneuver to avoid … |
| #108 | Smooth Movement | OpenMW Authors | Makes NPCs and player movement more smooth. |
| #109 | Swim Upward Correction | OpenMW Authors | Makes player swim a bit upward from the … |
| #110 | Turn To Movement Direction | OpenMW Authors | If enabled then the character turns lower body … |
| #111 | Color Topic Enable | OpenMW Authors | This setting controls whether the topics available in … |
| #112 | Animation Blending | OpenMW Authors | Animation blending introduces smooth animation transitions between essentially … |
| #113 | Camera Listener | OpenMW Authors | When true, uses the camera position and direction … |
| #114 | Trilinear Filtering | OpenMW Authors | Enable trilinear mipmap filtering by default for better … |
Tools: 1 step
View This SublistThe final bits of work, to ensure long-term smooth sailing.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #115 | MOMW Tools Pack | fallchildren, johnnyhostile, John Moonsugar, Benjamin Winger, … | All the tools you need to automatically install … |
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