Just Good Morrowind Mod List
72 mods
Limited but impactful graphical mods, performance optimizations, many gameplay mods, and no extra content or quests. Just Good Morrowind.
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 is not intended for a first time player – instead, check out I Heart Vanilla.
Table of Contents
This mod list is divided into sublists, the table of contents below has a link to each one.
- First Steps: 5 mods
- Patches: 2 mods
- Consistency: 1 mod
- Meshes / Performance: 4 mods
- Texture Packs: 2 mods
- Interiors: 2 mods
- Sky & Weather: 4 mods
- Lighting: 3 mods
- Animations: 3 mods
- Groundcover: 3 mods
- NPCs: 1 mod
- Companions: 1 mod
- Balance And Nerfing: 3 mods
- Gameplay: 8 mods
- Quests: 1 mod
- Distant Details: 1 mod
- Mod Patches: 1 mod
- Camera: 2 mods
- Post Processing Shaders: 1 mod
- User Interface: 10 mods
- Dev Build Only: 5 mods
- Settings Tweaks: 7 mods
- Merging: 2 mods
First Steps: 5 mods
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: 2 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.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #6 | Patch for Purists | Half11 | Patch for Purists strives to be an all-in-one … |
| #7 | Bethesda Official Plugins Naturalized | PikachunoTM | Implementation of Bethesda's Official Plugins with some slightly … |
Consistency: 1 mod
View This SublistMods that fix inconsistencies in the Morrowind game world.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #8 | Expansion Resource Conflicts | hardek | Fixes a number of texture conflicts with the … |
Meshes / Performance: 4 mods
View This SublistMesh replacers. Most of these correct mistakes in the originals, often resulting in performance increases, others will affect gameplay (Graphic Herbalism).
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #9 | Morrowind Optimization Patch | MOP Team | Greatly improves performance and fixes some mesh errors. |
| #10 | Graphic Herbalism - MWSE and OpenMW Edition | Stuporstar and Greatness7 | Automatically harvests herbs just like the old Graphic … |
| #11 | Project Atlas | Project Atlas Team | The goal of Project Atlas is to identify … |
| #12 | Jammings Off | HedgeHog12 | These files are an updated version of the … |
Texture Packs: 2 mods
View This SublistThese provide large amounts of textures, covering all assets in the game or close to it.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #13 | Morrowind Enhanced Textures | DassiD, PoodleSandwich, and Gigan | Upscales every in-game texture with the help of … |
| #14 | Normal Maps for Everything | cane1314 | Normal Maps for Everything is a mod for … |
Interiors: 2 mods
View This SublistUpdates of existing interior cells in order to make them feel more lived in and expansive.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #15 | Morrowind Interiors Project | GrumblingVomit | Adds exteriors to all interior cells with windows. … |
| #16 | Kirel's Interior Weather | Kirel | Plays weather sound effects in interior cells, but … |
Sky & Weather: 4 mods
View This SublistAlter the looks and behavior of the sky, clouds, and weather.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #17 | Skies .IV | Markel | Comprehensive Overhaul for the weather in Morrowind, Solsthiem, … |
| #18 | Oh God Snow for Skies.iv and OpenMW | ward | The blizzard textures are blinding when using skies … |
| #19 | New Starfields | Melchior Dahrk | This is just a simple, high-definition replacer for … |
| #20 | Meteors | Shanjaq | Every night a random max time interval is … |
Lighting: 3 mods
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| #21 | Glow in the Dahrk | Melchior Dahrk | This is a modern, pluginless replacement of the … |
| #22 | Nords shut your windows | Vegetto88 | Nord's windows have a wooden shutter, open in … |
| #23 | Improved Lights for All Shaders | Hemaris | Adjusts every vanilla light mesh to enhance the … |
Animations: 3 mods
View This SublistUpdate the game's dated animations with improved assets.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #24 | OpenMW Containers Animated | akortunov and CemKey | Based on MW Containers Animated by qqqbbb. This … |
| #25 | Simply Walking (Remastered) | Dirane and PurplePrankster101 | Replaces only the walking animation. |
| #26 | Weapon Sheathing | TES3 Community | Makes unreadied weapons appear on the character's hip … |
Groundcover: 3 mods
View This SublistAdd grass, reeds, small mushrooms, stones, and other groundcover to the game.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #27 | Lush Synthesis | acidzebra | A modular remix of popular grass mods with … |
| #28 | Vurt's Groundcover for OpenMW | x79 and Vurt | This is Vurts Groundcover patched to work with … |
| #29 | Remiros' Groundcover | Remiros, Vtastek, Hrnchamd | This mod adds high quality grass and groundcover … |
NPCs: 1 mod
View This SublistAdd more variety and (hopefully) immersion by updating the rather limited NPC scope of the base game.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #30 | Familiar Faces by Caleb | Caleb C | An in-depth yet completely vanilla friendly touch up … |
Companions: 1 mod
View This SublistAdds companions to join you on your adventures.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #31 | Attend Me | urm | Attend me features a follower HUD and automatic … |
Balance And Nerfing: 3 mods
View This SublistThese mods try to bring some balance through changes to the game mechanics and world.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #32 | Speechcraft Rebalance (OpenMW) | Aphain | This mod changes several game modifiers to make … |
| #33 | Fatigue and Speed and Carryweight Rebalance (OpenMW) | MisterFlames | Carefully tweaked values to increase speed and carry … |
| #34 | Pickpocket Rebalance (OpenMW) | Aphain | Makes pickpocketing useful by setting the maximum success … |
Gameplay: 8 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.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #35 | NCGDMW Lua Edition | Greywander, EvilEye, johnnyhostile, Mehdi Yousfi-Monod | A "Natural Grow" leveling mod, where your attributes … |
| #36 | Solthas Combat Pack (OpenMW Lua) | Solthas | Get all my combat mods in one place, … |
| #37 | Smart Ammo for OpenMW-Lua | johnnyhostile | Requires OpenMW 0.48.0 or newer! Ammo autoequip while … |
| #38 | Zack's Lua Multimark Mod | ZackHasACat | OpenMW 0.48 or newer required. Allows the player … |
| #39 | Light Hotkey | Pharis | Equip your light with a hotkey and automatically … |
| #40 | NoPopUp Chargen | johnnyhostile | Removes all tutorial pop-ups from chargen. Works with … |
| #41 | Shield Unequipper | johnnyhostile | Inspired by the MCP feature 'Two-handed weapon removes … |
| #42 | Pharis' Magicka Regeneration | Pharis | Magicka regeneration Lua mod for all actors based … |
Quests: 1 mod
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| #43 | AFFresh | AFFA | This mod adds about 30 quests to NPCs … |
Distant Details: 1 mod
View This SublistMods that affect object and visuals in the distance.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #44 | Dynamic Distant Buildings for OpenMW | Hemaris | Makes distant land more responsive to quest progress. … |
Mod Patches: 1 mod
View This SublistCollections of small patches and other plugins for compatibility between various mods, or between various mods and OpenMW.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #45 | Sophie's Skooma Sweetshoppe | Sophie | Sophie's repository of textures, meshes, upscales and normal … |
Camera: 2 mods
View This SublistMods that affect the camera in one way or another.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #46 | MOMW Camera | johnnyhostile | Autoconfigure camera and headbobbing settings to recommended values! |
| #47 | Action Camera Swap | johnnyhostile | A camera mod for OpenMW that auto-swaps between … |
Post Processing Shaders: 1 mod
View This SublistPost processing shaders add a variety of nice visual effects.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #48 | MOMW Post Processing Pack | Dexter, zesterer, wazabear, akortunov, wareya, various | A collection of post-processing shaders for OpenMW. Includes: … |
User Interface: 10 mods
View This SublistGive the game UI a needed facelift in various ways.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #49 | Alternative TrueType Fonts | Isaskar and Georgd | Fonts to replace the default fonts used by … |
| #50 | Big Icons | JaceyS | Replaces the small 16x16 spell effect icons with … |
| #51 | Cantons on the Global Map | Hemaris | Vivec and Molag Mar no longer look like … |
| #52 | UiModes | Petr Mikheev | Various gameplay and UI tweaks including menu hotkeys, … |
| #53 | Chocolate UI | Innicin | Chocolate UI is an attempt to modernize the … |
| #54 | Enchanting icons as you wish | AnrohaNexus | Epic retexture of enchant icons in 9 different … |
| #55 | Simple HUD for OpenMW (with compass or minimap) | MisterFlames | A better HUD for OpenMW with many different … |
| #56 | Small Skyrim Crosshair (OpenMW compatible) | CibrHusK | Adds small skyrim-a-like crosshair with ownership mod compatibility. |
| #57 | Gonzo's Splash Screens | Gonzo | This pack contains 71 splash screens in a … |
| #58 | Morrowind HD Upscaled Menu | mio122 | Simple HD vanilla upscale of the main menu. |
Dev Build Only: 5 mods
View This SublistMods that require the latest OpenMW Developer Build.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #59 | Perfect Placement | Hrnchamd | Adds interactive placement and rotation. |
| #60 | Signpost Fast Travel | johnnyhostile | Fast travel from signposts to their locations if … |
| #61 | Harvest Lights | johnnyhostile | Disables lights around harvestable objects and re-enables them … |
| #62 | Animation Blending | OpenMW Authors | Animation blending introduces smooth animation transitions between essentially … |
| #63 | Camera Listener | OpenMW Authors | When true, uses the camera position and direction … |
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).
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #64 | Antialias Alpha Test | OpenMW Authors | Convert the alpha test (cutout/punchthrough alpha) to alpha-to-coverage … |
| #65 | NPCs Avoid Collisions | OpenMW Authors | If enabled NPCs apply evasion maneuver to avoid … |
| #66 | Smooth Movement | OpenMW Authors | Makes NPCs and player movement more smooth. |
| #67 | Swim Upward Correction | OpenMW Authors | Makes player swim a bit upward from the … |
| #68 | Turn To Movement Direction | OpenMW Authors | If enabled then the character turns lower body … |
| #69 | Color Topic Enable | OpenMW Authors | This setting controls whether the topics available in … |
| #70 | MOMW Gameplay | johnnyhostile | Automatically configure various mods to suit the modded … |
Merging: 2 mods
View This SublistThe final bits of work, to ensure long-term smooth sailing.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #71 | Delta Plugin and Groundcoverify | Benjamin Winger | Transcoder for managing a form of markup-based minimal … |
| #72 | S3LightFixes | S3ctor | S3LightFixes is a descendant of Waza-lightfixes, which itself … |
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