Expanded Vanilla Mod List

446 mods

The Expanded Vanilla list tries to preserve the look and feel of the vanilla game while adding a large amount of new content.

It's essentially Total Overhaul without the majority of the graphics replacers, while all of the land and quest mods, gameplay tweaks, and more are included.

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.

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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

These are all the steps you need to follow before installing a mod list

Official Plugins: 1 step

A patched version of the official Bethesda plugins.

Patches, Fixes, and Consistency: 15 steps

Alter 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.

Modding Resources: 5 steps

Community asset repositories and frameworks, used by many other mods.

Cut Content: 2 steps

Content that was promised by Todd, but never delivered, reimagined.

Landmasses: 4 steps

Add large amounts of extra land, including quests, to the game.

Mesh Replacers: 5 steps

Asset changes intended to yield a performance boost.

Texture Packs: 3 steps

These provide large amounts of textures, covering all assets in the game or close to it.

Architecture: 11 steps

New meshes and textures for general architecture.

Flora: 1 step

Update the look of various flora via improved meshes and high quality textures.

Trees: 1 step

Tree replacers.

Environment: 6 steps

Update the visuals of stock objects in the environment.

Skies and Weather: 5 steps

Alter the looks and behavior of the sky, clouds, and weather.

Lighting: 3 steps

Update the behavior and look of lighting in the game, going for a darker and more accurate look overall.

Furniture and Clutter: 9 steps

Updated assets for select items in the game.

Weapons: 8 steps

An update treatment for weapons.

Armor: 1 step

Adds a variety of new armor to the game world and traders.

New Items: 15 steps

New Weapons, Armor, and other items.

VFX: 7 steps

Updated visual effects. Greatly enhance many scenes with subtle but beautiful additions.

Animation: 7 steps

Update the game's dated animations with improved assets.

Audio: 5 steps

Mods that add or change sounds.

Music: 11 steps

Mods that add new music.

Exteriors: 31 steps

Updates of existing exterior locations, making them more varied by incoporating new assets and adding new points of interest.

Groundcover: 7 steps

Add grass, reeds, small mushrooms, stones, and other groundcover to the game.

Cities/Towns: 33 steps

These make cities and settlements more beautiful by updating existing content or adding great new content of their own.

Interiors: 11 steps

Updates of existing interior cells in order to make them feel more lived in and expansive.

Caves and Dungeons: 40 steps

Mods that add, enhance, and/or replace various caves and/or dungeons.

Bodies & Heads: 2 steps

Mods that replace the vanilla bodies and heads, and their textures, for all races and genders.

NPCs: 15 steps

Add more variety and (hopefully) immersion by updating the rather limited NPC scope of the base game.

Dialogue: 5 steps

Mods that tweak and enhance the NPC dialogue in various ways, and adds new voiced lines.

Creatures: 5 steps

Adds a variety of new passive and hostile creatures to the game world, and rebalances the vanilla game critters.

Creature Visuals: 4 steps

Mods that give the various creatures of the game new life with updated assets.

Gameplay: 26 steps

Update 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.

Balance: 20 steps

These mods try to bring some balance through changes to the game mechanics and world.

Combat: 7 steps

Mods that affect or change the combat mechanics.

Magic & Spells: 2 steps

Mods that add or alter spells in various ways

Leveling: 2 steps

These mods affect the game's leveling systems, including but not limited to how stats are gained/increase (or decrease).

Races & Birthsigns: 2 steps

Mods that add new races or birthsigns or rebalance the vanilla ones.

Chargen: 1 step

Mods that alter or affect the character generation portion of the game intro.

Quests: 33 steps

Add new quests, alter existing areas, get new rewards. Includes new content from some of the developers of the original Morrowind!

Guilds/Factions: 13 steps

Adds new content and quests for the original game's factions, and introduces a couple of never before seen factions with full questlines.

Player Homes: 8 steps

The fabled Player Home genre of mod! Everybody loves a free mansion, right?

Randomizers: 8 steps

Mods that randomize some aspect of the game. Not recommended if this is your first time playing the game!

Minigames: 1 step

Games within a game.

Camera: 2 steps

Mods that affect the camera in one way or another.

Post Processing Shaders: 1 step

Post processing shaders add a variety of nice visual effects.

Distant Details: 3 steps

Mods that affect object and visuals in the distance.

Mod Patches: 21 steps

Collections of small patches and other plugins for compatibility between various mods, or between various mods and OpenMW.

User Interface: 18 steps

Give the game UI a needed facelift in various ways.

Settings Tweaks: 19 steps

Not 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).

Tools: 1 step

The final bits of work, to ensure long-term smooth sailing.

Proceed to the "Final Steps".