Other, better, more detailed guides exist, but this one is mine. Download Links: www.zhakaron.com/2024/02/elder-scrolls-3-morrowind-new-player.html Non-Vanilla Live-Streaming Series: th-cam.com/play/PL9qQ3PJcmlrc_0dKR7or1HzmGkxoeVcZx.html
Thank you very much for the list! I kept seeing the recommendations to go into the playthrough as vanilla, but I completely ruined a couple playthroughs for myself as it is pretty trivial to generate infinite gold in this game. I still want to stick to a vanilla playthrough, but I want it to be balanced. I don't want to infinitely generate gold by selling and buying items back and forth, or brew potions infinitely, etc. I'll check out your list and add some balance mods to it! Excited to try it out
It’s prolly because ESO is in a pretty crappy spot with ZOS nerfing everything, and making abilities have terrible animations. I know a lot of people doin that, including me.
Lack of new content. People got tired of Starfield fast, and domt care about it anymore for the most part. So they turn to older games for their fix. I myself started playing Morrowind a few weeks ago, New Vegas a few days ago and am itching for a little Oblivion, maybe. The fact each game in the FO/ES franchises has its own feel to it also helps, games dont get outdated by newer releases (like cod or assassins creed series for example)
@@F2PMegaGod Honestly same ive played morrowind for years but just decided to get back into it and played new vegas for the first time. new games just arent cutting it story wise these days
I wasn't expecting this video, but as an old Morrowboomer, it made me smile. There seems to be a mini-renaissance of interest in Morrowind recently and this video was full of helpful advice for any TES fan looking to try (or return to) TES III. Well done, Mr. Z!
Morrowind is currently in it's Golden Age. Because of Tamriel Rebuilt getting better and better, as well as Morrowind Script Extender and DarkElfGuys' continued championing of really compelling Modding Competitions. There's never been a better time to play, Morrowind is more Morrowindy because very talented lovers of the game have put in the WORK to bring concepts made by the og devs to life decades after the official release.
You are the best person to get someone into Morrowind. Your videos over the years are what made me realize what an amazing game Morrowind is and have helped me enjoy it for myself!
I finally got down to giving Morrowind a shot and I really enjoyed using OpenMW with some “vanilla plus” style mods as a first play-through and it really encouraged me to learn the more complex older mechanics with hit dice and all that to give Daggerfall a try without being as intimidated
Only someone who loves morrowind could have made such a well explained and thought out guide with proper context. Thank you ZZ. I am starting a new run
That feeling when I started yet another thief playthrough having believed it was a skill issue all along and that’s why I could never get anywhere in the story. Then I watch this video. Thank you sir.
stealth is very bad in morrowind even with mods that supposedly fix it. pickpocketing is totally broken in vanilla and it does not work at all. you would need to sit there for ages save scumming until you finally see single item in npc inventory, and then pray to rng gods that you manage to steal the item
As an atronach you can just use a reduce intelligence spell or potion on self and after its effects wear off, your magica will be full again. Casting golden saints into lava then casting soul trap on them as long as you have the appropriate soul gem can help you rack up a serious amount of gold. Most vendors will not be able to buy it but the unique mud crab vendor will. With the amount of tutorials online, you can make anything work, playing as a heavy swordsman but struggling go and get the fist of randagulf.
UPDATE: I got Morrowind, gonna start a fun adventure 2024 (: thank you for this video and your channel!!! Only a few minutes in and already I want to comment to praise how unique you are. I don’t know anything about you or your channel but keep being your genuine self man. You as a person are great and that seeps into your passion for this. I wouldn’t keep watching if you were anyone else or any different. I’ve wanted to get into morrowwind and daggerfall for a few years now actually lol. Just haven’t been able to or found the time, but that’s okay. Part of me likes the idea of finally experiencing these games; part of me enjoys fantasizing about “imagine how my life with be when I finally get to cozy up at night and play some Morrowind.” Maybe a bit silly, but that’s fine :) Thanks for the vid
To cozy up at night and play Morrowind is great idea.. Just thinking about it, I can hear the soundtrack. I'd recommend the game just for OST alone to be honest.
FYI I *heavily* reccomend Lyle Shnub's Morrowind Mechanics series if you want to really understand how your character works. There's quite a lot going on under the hood that you might want to know.
This is exactly the kind of video I was hoping to find. Better, in fact. Your knowledge and effort to share it all with us is much appreciated. Thank you.
This was the first game I've installed on my first ever computer in 31.12.2002 (I bought the disk long before I got the computer!) and I'm still a new player in 2024! :D
This is a very high quality video. All the information is well organized, neatly presented in language that is accessible to anyone. Job well done! I am impressed and a new subscriber.
Long time fan here, good to see you are still producing this kind of content my guy, I recently got the urge to play Morrowind again so this video was perfect for me!
Good timing. Never got that far in the main quest line as a kid, too busy exploring and thieving. Was thinking of giving it a more proper go just recently
Natural Character Growth and Decay definitely made the game for me. I wanted to play as an Imperial that specs into both Mercantile and Speechcraft but also uses Longswords and Heavy Armor and I found myself racking up tons of dirty levels as I was mainly leveling up with Mercantile and Speechcraft. Not having to think about how much I've raised X attribute per level made the game much more intuitive for me.
The issue with NCGD is that there's is no feeling of progression/accomplishment, when I use it, I miss my sweet dopamine rush from the level up screen. Morrowind leveling system is weird because you think you have to minmax, but in reality you don't need to since there is no really scaling ennemies like in Oblivion. You can perfectly beat the game having only x2 or even some x1 stats multiplicators each level. If you're too bothered with the x1, just train some skills each time you pass a town to guaranty at least some x2 and you're golden
@@kokojackI could've definitely avoided a lot of headache if I had realized how convenient trainers are in my early hours. Nowadays attribute growth is a no brainer, just run into the next guild hall and find a trainer who can level up the skill in question. I should def give Morrowind another shot without NCGD, to get a more "vanilla" experience. I mean, I'm using trainers to raise attributes even with NCGD installed, so my gameplay is already pretty close to how someone would play it vanilla.
Thank you for making Morrowind accessible for me, I've enjoyed my time with Bethesda RPGs after watching this video. My Redguard casually walked up to Dagoth Ur at about level 35, after maxing out all attributes but Luck, and pretty much no skill yet, and casually slew his first form, getting himself in an inescapable situation in the heart chamber, where I was forced to load a save from before the heart chamber and actually try to do the main quest line, completing the main quest at level 59. This is the best guide I've ever watched, and certainly brought me the most enjoyment out of any video as a consequence of me watching it. I had sworn off any Bethesda RPGs after failing at Oblivion in 2006, but this video made it clear to me that there's a lot of fun to be had with these games, so I went back and played Morrowind with OpenMW, thanks to your video, and started Skyrim SE right afterwards. I even dared plunge back into Oblivion, armed with the knowledge of how Bethesda RPGs work in general, made a "backwards" class with the skills I would use the least, and my Breton is now running around Cyrodiil at level 6, slaying things, looting poisoned apples from a strange cave with a hand sign, and getting rich while avoiding the oblivion gates spawning everywhere for some reason. I even dipped my toe into Daggerfall (with the Unity-based engine), thanks to another one of your videos. Looking forward to The Wayward Realms one day. Again, I can't thank you enough for making gaming interesting again for me, in my 40s. Thank you, sir!
Thank you so much! I been playing Skyrim and Oblivion the whole time, and was scared of trying Morrowind, but your guide made it easy for me to get into! I bought the game today! 🙂
Amazing video. How come I never thought about consant fatique regen? What a game, travelling across the whole island in few jumps (and usually landing near something interesting) is one of my fondest gaming memories.
Even though I've been playing Morrowind since 2002, it's still interesting to hear fresh takes in beginner-friendly guides; so many wildly different opinions and most are justified. Hell, I'd never even heard of the Morrowind Advanced or Affresh mods. Seems really cool. For new players that would like to see more content in one save file, there's a criminally underrated mod called Join All Houses, and it does just that; it lets you join and complete each of the three, and have each of their strongholds. In terms of the game's fast travel, you should definitely complete the Master Index main plugin ASAP on a new file. You can also get Multiple Mark mods that will allow you to teleport to more than one location via Recall. The last one is more of a quality of life improvement that I don't exactly recommend it for new players, unless you absolutely must have more fast travel options.
I have beaten this game several times and didn't need a guide, but you are very informative, well spoken, and professional. Thank you for the entertainment, Good luck.
i am SO excited to finally get into Morrowind during my college break, this video couldn't have come at a better time! skyrim was the first ever "big 3d rpg" i ever tried around november of last year, and it got me hooked! a friend bought me the other two games and i am so hyped to get into them
Fantastic! I've played Morrowind since the Xbox days and do a playthrough every couple of years. This was well put together enough for me to do a playthrough. AND I LEARNED A LOT.
For extra content people should also try to dip into doors of oblivion.. it adds most of the familiar daedric realms into the game.. with quests you can do.. and you get to meet and if you are insane or OP enough kill the daedric princes in their realms. Also zaric, thanks for making this, you are going to become the "here's a video for you noobs" standard now. "Morrowind for dummies guide"
This is a very well made video with the new player perspective always in mind. My brain screamed many times to correct things or add to what you said, but I realize that most of what you said is to allow them to enjoy that one-time only, true first Morrowind experience that has had coming back for years. Thank you for this considerate video, I already reinstalled the game :_)
Don't forget: OpenMW has a VR fork and will run on a potato. If you have a mid rig and a Quest 2 you're good to go. IMO the best way to experience Morrowind
There's one most hilarious thing about the bartering system. Gold is basically a regular item, meaning it occupies space in your inventory (but doesn't weigh anything), which in turn means... you can sell it. For gold. And if your trading skill is high enough, you can trade gold for more gold.
Thanks for this. I tried to play Morrowind on my original Xbox ages ago and it didn't click. I've been thinking about this game again recently and how despite finishing future BGS titles, I never actually really played this one, and I feel like giving it a real shot. I tried to download it on Gamepass but was disappointed my controller didn't work. That's when I found out about openMW. I'm trying it out and I'm excited, but I have no idea what I'm doing. I picked the Spellsword class, I did eventually figure out the knife was a trap and to stop swinging it, and some wizard fell out of the sky and went splat on the floor. I just got Balmora and I'm looking forward to finally playing this game. All of these tips are very helpful.
I recently passed 500 hours in Morrowind (rookie numbers ik) but I'm still going to watch anyways as I'm a obsessed Morrowind fan that spends more time in Vivec city than socializing with the outside world.
I know this is a little late, but I am considering getting into this game. I have played it on the Xbox I will use the OpenMW. I am a controller guy, so I hope to find some support. This has helped me out so thank you.
I only heard friends talk about Morrowind, we didn't have a PC yet when it was relevant. My first TeS was Oblivion. A few days ago I finally bought Morrowind to finally see what the hype was all about. Cheers for giving me an easy start!
i learned english as a kid while playing morrowind with a dictionary by my side. still coming back to it at least once a year for a fresh playthrough. its so immersive world and story. bethesda later forgot about morrowind.... and how there was never sense of urgency in doing any single quest until you complete like 2/3 of main story. it entices you to explore and do side content.... when oblivion starts it instantly urges you to quickly bring amulet of kings to jofrey. then quickly go find and save martin. then quickly go find this and that before mythic dawn. etc... if you are roleplaying you would never do anything else but run from one main quest to another. you cannot come up with a role playing reason to not go to next quest market of your main quest and ignore everything else. because that is of up most importance to save the world... in morrowind one of the first things that main quest giver says to you is to go join some guild and train your skills. literally tells you off to go do side content because you suck.
and thats where game really opens up if you like role playing. now you can actually choose to ignore the main quest because idiots just released you from a prison ship thinking that you will obey emperors orders and fulfill the prophecy.
I would love a History of The Elder Scrolls Part 3: Morrowind. The Daggerfall video is what inspired me to start playing that game, and I still watch it occasionally to this day.
Nice guide! I always recommended The Lady for new players, and would roll with it myself just so I wouldn't worry so much about health gain per level, and it helps a bit with the whole "everyone hates the player" early game that puts some off of the game, but a flat 50 attribute points across the board is very OP. Also, on my first playthroughs being hated by everyone at the start stuck with me and I really should encourage others to see it through if they feel they can as it really makes the whole experience hit different in a way that feels intentional. And, well, yeah. Good stuff! I do hope some people give it a go, as is always the case. I've not seen a single player game's player base go so hard towards trying to help onboard newcomers quite as much as Morrowind's, especially given its age. Occasionally people may come to the conclusion that we're hardcore elitist snobs for sticking with it, but I disagree. We always tell people that they should avoid doing certain things, but it's not really from a place of gatekeeping. God mode is only a console command on PC/Cheat code on Xbox away, but it delivers only a short term power fantasy that feels hollow. If one sticks with it, well, becoming powerful is basically inevitable, and with a character following this guide one should be able to take on just about anything aside from higher level foes that are specifically meant to scare people off until they come back stronger. Quicksave is very versatile as well. And hey, no one is saying to never use mods. It's just, well, once you sink your teeth into the game and get a feel for how it plays, how the various systems interact, then one can better understand exactly what they're installing. You can only play through Morrowind for the first time once, and how each person goes about it is up to them. Myself and many others just hope new players give it a go, and have fun while avoiding common pitfalls.
A huge tip of mine for everybody but especially for hoarders is learn to use ctrl and shift when looting/selling, it will bypass the tedious "how many do you want to sell/pickup" dialogue and make it either a single item or a whole stack
I jumped back into morrowind last week. And boy was it a blast. This is an amazing video for players who want to experience this absolute Gem of a Bethesda title. I minmaxed the hell out of my current character as I had never done so before. And min-maxing certainly is tedious. Not worth the hassle if you ask me. "Given the opportunity, players will optimize the fun out of a video game" very much applies to min-maxing in morrowind. The only thing I would have liked to see added to the video was an explanation on the diegetic fast travel system of morrowind. Especially that two certain spells are very, very handy. Mark and Recall. No need to say where to get them, just giving new players somewhat of an out of game sidequests to be on the lookout for those spells.
If someone insists on trying a stealth build for a first character, here's some tips; 1. Illusion spells are your friend, try to find items with illusion spells attached and/or train illusion 2. Sneak everywhere, just DON'T FORGET TO UNSNEAK when you want to talk to someone 3. Get real comfortable with save-scumming
Glad I came across this video, I followed a guide a couple of years back that recommended using Morrowind Rebirth for a first playthrough, and that really turned me off to the game.
I like rebirth a lot, but I do NOT recommend it to a new player because it uses a low powered adventure where the best items hidden away in harder to get places. It encourages the player to struggle a lot. Mechanically speaking it's for people who have mastered the base game and want something more difficult. If you are not a fan of the mechanical changes in rebirth and just want the world changes, you can pick and choose the modules you want to use, but that requires an advanced installation.
For anyone looking at this nowadays, two things: 1. Tamriel Rebuilt now integrates Firemoth as a part of itself. You can safely uninstall Siege at Firemoth in favor of the TR version. 2. Project Cyrodiil got its first major release, the Abecean Shores. It's like Skyrim: Home of the Nords but for Cyrodiil.
May the Tribunal's blessings upon you. Thank you for helping this N'wah on his journey towards enlightenement, for walking the path towards the Tower and the achievement of CHIM. This swit has sacrificed a pack of muck, potion of rising force, 100 Gold, has drowned and payed a silver sword, payed a potion of Cure of Common Disease, Dreugh Wax and a Soul Gem, for walking the pilgrimages of the seven graces. Toughened the quest for the Mage Guild, Fighters Guild and the Imperial Legion, this outlander wants to become a proper reincarnate in this was lands of Ash, Sorrow, Duty, Faith amd Luck. Many blessings to you, kind Sir. May the Tiburnal light you path.
Outstanding Guide. I played Morrowind on Pc First. My Pc Died 3 months after. I ended up getting an original xbox, had an Orc Character I loved. Then my cousin from New Jersey comes over and he ended up saving over my file or deleted it, I don't know what happened. I will finish this game one day. Sorry for the Story Time. 😅
Pick security, speechcraft, and sneak as main skills, go to Vivec, find the Hlaalu vaults, find the keys, rob them, go to Caldera, sell everything to Creeper, rinse and repeat. Bonus points for getting Mark and Recall spells from the Balmora temple for easier movement between Creeper and the vaults.
Outside of TES3MP where you can server-side set different characters to different difficulty levels to compensate for people in your party having overpowered builds, I've never used the difficulty slider in Elder Scrolls 3, left it in the middle forever.
It makes everything more damaging and that's about it. You may use it to compensate for the slow reactions of the AI, but my preferred method is a mod that completely delevels the game. Meeting a dremora instead of scamps in early game is a lot more scary than a stupid slider.
Atronach stone has a chance to absorb when you are gettinf a shrines buffs, also. I had a dark elf mage who trained in the temple undercroft in balmora until mastering cibjueation
I tried morrowind a week ago, I had a blast. I don’t get some people’s “there’s a lot of reading” complaint, I’m freakin Gen Z and if I have no problem it should be a breeze. Magic actually felt fun unlike Skyrim.
As someone whose first character was an Atronarch Breton I was a bit surprised. The only criticism I would have expected is that it trivializes the mid to late game because you become basically impervious to magic. And early game mages are much more reliable than fighters anyway since you can just craft your spells to have high success rate,
And then to think, people criticize Oblivion for the level-scaling that constrains the "trivializing" mid-late game by making enemies damage-sponges. 😆
13:45 only on the OpenMW engine. Edit: Only in old versions of OpenMW, 0.47 and earlier In Vanilla, the attribute bonuses from birthsigns are a mere permanent base increase akin to an increase gained from a level up. In OMW, they are a permanent stat buff akin to a constant effect enchantment so they do not contribute to reaching the base attribute cap.
@@lywzcx663 Ohh nice thanks. I'll make sure to update the game. But then Zaric is incorrect and the bonus from the steed will not allow you to get 125 speed
@@BiomechanicalBrick Right, it won't. Previously Abilities are treated like Constant Effects which is not correct. They fixed it so Abilities are treated differently. It now modifies base value rather than value.
Morrowind will always be my favorite game. The reason it was so fun is because of the crazy amount of options for a build. And yes, the brokenness of the game is also what made it so fun.
Astronock is GREAT if you're breaking your character. You can just increase your mana pool with raising intelligence so it just raises faster than it can lower eventually. But for vanilla, it seems good if you're a hybrid play style perhaps? But definitely the other two, especially in terms of new players. I genuinely just, love the tone of this game so much i could babble and attempt to justify anything i think lol
Other, better, more detailed guides exist, but this one is mine.
Download Links: www.zhakaron.com/2024/02/elder-scrolls-3-morrowind-new-player.html
Non-Vanilla Live-Streaming Series: th-cam.com/play/PL9qQ3PJcmlrc_0dKR7or1HzmGkxoeVcZx.html
Question for you, what are your thoughts about running Morrowind on Steam Deck using the linux version of OpenMW engine?
Thank you very much for the list! I kept seeing the recommendations to go into the playthrough as vanilla, but I completely ruined a couple playthroughs for myself as it is pretty trivial to generate infinite gold in this game. I still want to stick to a vanilla playthrough, but I want it to be balanced. I don't want to infinitely generate gold by selling and buying items back and forth, or brew potions infinitely, etc.
I'll check out your list and add some balance mods to it! Excited to try it out
Very informative and feels like just the right time. Morrowind interest seems unusually high atm.
It’s prolly because ESO is in a pretty crappy spot with ZOS nerfing everything, and making abilities have terrible animations. I know a lot of people doin that, including me.
Lack of new content. People got tired of Starfield fast, and domt care about it anymore for the most part. So they turn to older games for their fix.
I myself started playing Morrowind a few weeks ago, New Vegas a few days ago and am itching for a little Oblivion, maybe.
The fact each game in the FO/ES franchises has its own feel to it also helps, games dont get outdated by newer releases (like cod or assassins creed series for example)
I thought you were Hugbees for a moment
@@F2PMegaGod Honestly same ive played morrowind for years but just decided to get back into it and played new vegas for the first time.
new games just arent cutting it story wise these days
yeah I've always been a bit interested but started playing recently, and its odd how many starter guides are coming out, but its very helpful.
i'm a veteran of this game (first played it in 2003), but i still enjoy these types of videos
your guides got me into daggerfall years ago, hope they do the same for a lot of people getting into morrowind!
I wasn't expecting this video, but as an old Morrowboomer, it made me smile. There seems to be a mini-renaissance of interest in Morrowind recently and this video was full of helpful advice for any TES fan looking to try (or return to) TES III. Well done, Mr. Z!
Smart people are realizing that, even in the gaming industry, sometimes "less is more."
Since almost all you get is complete and utter slop/trash these days it is not surprising that people look at the classics.
@@josephpercy1558 I don't know. Compared to Oblivion and Skyrim, Morrowind has more lol
Morrowind is currently in it's Golden Age. Because of Tamriel Rebuilt getting better and better, as well as Morrowind Script Extender and DarkElfGuys' continued championing of really compelling Modding Competitions. There's never been a better time to play, Morrowind is more Morrowindy because very talented lovers of the game have put in the WORK to bring concepts made by the og devs to life decades after the official release.
Thx again for doing this for the community!
This will be perfect for Morropilling my friends!
And, to be sure, that pill is the color black. Just ask your Telvanni "friends" -- but don't be a blue-pilled n'wah!
Getting a constant effect restore fatigue enchant asap is probably the best advice I've seen on videos like this
You are the best person to get someone into Morrowind. Your videos over the years are what made me realize what an amazing game Morrowind is and have helped me enjoy it for myself!
Great video for newbies. Well put together and full of precious information.
I finally got down to giving Morrowind a shot and I really enjoyed using OpenMW with some “vanilla plus” style mods as a first play-through and it really encouraged me to learn the more complex older mechanics with hit dice and all that to give Daggerfall a try without being as intimidated
Only someone who loves morrowind could have made such a well explained and thought out guide with proper context. Thank you ZZ. I am starting a new run
That feeling when I started yet another thief playthrough having believed it was a skill issue all along and that’s why I could never get anywhere in the story.
Then I watch this video. Thank you sir.
stealth is very bad in morrowind even with mods that supposedly fix it.
pickpocketing is totally broken in vanilla and it does not work at all.
you would need to sit there for ages save scumming until you finally see single item in npc inventory, and then pray to rng gods that you manage to steal the item
Never did a proper full playthrough of Morrowind myself, this video came at a perfect time.
Oh, hey -- it's the Fashion Scrolls lady! 👌
Fantastic video Zaric, this is definitely reigniting my interest in starting up a 2nd playthrough of Morrowind on OpenMW.
As an atronach you can just use a reduce intelligence spell or potion on self and after its effects wear off, your magica will be full again.
Casting golden saints into lava then casting soul trap on them as long as you have the appropriate soul gem can help you rack up a serious amount of gold. Most vendors will not be able to buy it but the unique mud crab vendor will.
With the amount of tutorials online, you can make anything work, playing as a heavy swordsman but struggling go and get the fist of randagulf.
Good morning Z! Wonderful to see :)
UPDATE: I got Morrowind, gonna start a fun adventure 2024 (: thank you for this video and your channel!!!
Only a few minutes in and already I want to comment to praise how unique you are. I don’t know anything about you or your channel but keep being your genuine self man. You as a person are great and that seeps into your passion for this. I wouldn’t keep watching if you were anyone else or any different.
I’ve wanted to get into morrowwind and daggerfall for a few years now actually lol. Just haven’t been able to or found the time, but that’s okay. Part of me likes the idea of finally experiencing these games; part of me enjoys fantasizing about “imagine how my life with be when I finally get to cozy up at night and play some Morrowind.” Maybe a bit silly, but that’s fine :)
Thanks for the vid
To cozy up at night and play Morrowind is great idea.. Just thinking about it, I can hear the soundtrack. I'd recommend the game just for OST alone to be honest.
Fantastic guide. All content no fluff! 37:14
This is an excellent video, probably the best overall guide I’ve ever seen. Kudos!
What a coincidence. I just bought Morrowind last week, and gonna start playing it this saturday. Thanks for the starter tips.
Never a "coincidence" when fated by Azura!
FYI I *heavily* reccomend Lyle Shnub's Morrowind Mechanics series if you want to really understand how your character works. There's quite a lot going on under the hood that you might want to know.
This is exactly the kind of video I was hoping to find. Better, in fact. Your knowledge and effort to share it all with us is much appreciated. Thank you.
This was the first game I've installed on my first ever computer in 31.12.2002 (I bought the disk long before I got the computer!) and I'm still a new player in 2024! :D
This is a very high quality video. All the information is well organized, neatly presented in language that is accessible to anyone. Job well done!
I am impressed and a new subscriber.
Long time fan here, good to see you are still producing this kind of content my guy, I recently got the urge to play Morrowind again so this video was perfect for me!
Good timing. Never got that far in the main quest line as a kid, too busy exploring and thieving. Was thinking of giving it a more proper go just recently
Just started a Breton battle mage last week. I’m having fun using magic because I never used it as a kid
Thank you for providing us with this historical video, may it be studied centuries from now.
Natural Character Growth and Decay definitely made the game for me. I wanted to play as an Imperial that specs into both Mercantile and Speechcraft but also uses Longswords and Heavy Armor and I found myself racking up tons of dirty levels as I was mainly leveling up with Mercantile and Speechcraft. Not having to think about how much I've raised X attribute per level made the game much more intuitive for me.
The issue with NCGD is that there's is no feeling of progression/accomplishment, when I use it, I miss my sweet dopamine rush from the level up screen.
Morrowind leveling system is weird because you think you have to minmax, but in reality you don't need to since there is no really scaling ennemies like in Oblivion. You can perfectly beat the game having only x2 or even some x1 stats multiplicators each level. If you're too bothered with the x1, just train some skills each time you pass a town to guaranty at least some x2 and you're golden
@@kokojackI could've definitely avoided a lot of headache if I had realized how convenient trainers are in my early hours. Nowadays attribute growth is a no brainer, just run into the next guild hall and find a trainer who can level up the skill in question. I should def give Morrowind another shot without NCGD, to get a more "vanilla" experience. I mean, I'm using trainers to raise attributes even with NCGD installed, so my gameplay is already pretty close to how someone would play it vanilla.
Thank you so much for this, got the itch and this really made it easy.
Glad it helped!
Thanks for the vid Zaric, Morrowind stays going strong in 2024!
Thank you for making Morrowind accessible for me, I've enjoyed my time with Bethesda RPGs after watching this video. My Redguard casually walked up to Dagoth Ur at about level 35, after maxing out all attributes but Luck, and pretty much no skill yet, and casually slew his first form, getting himself in an inescapable situation in the heart chamber, where I was forced to load a save from before the heart chamber and actually try to do the main quest line, completing the main quest at level 59. This is the best guide I've ever watched, and certainly brought me the most enjoyment out of any video as a consequence of me watching it.
I had sworn off any Bethesda RPGs after failing at Oblivion in 2006, but this video made it clear to me that there's a lot of fun to be had with these games, so I went back and played Morrowind with OpenMW, thanks to your video, and started Skyrim SE right afterwards. I even dared plunge back into Oblivion, armed with the knowledge of how Bethesda RPGs work in general, made a "backwards" class with the skills I would use the least, and my Breton is now running around Cyrodiil at level 6, slaying things, looting poisoned apples from a strange cave with a hand sign, and getting rich while avoiding the oblivion gates spawning everywhere for some reason. I even dipped my toe into Daggerfall (with the Unity-based engine), thanks to another one of your videos. Looking forward to The Wayward Realms one day.
Again, I can't thank you enough for making gaming interesting again for me, in my 40s. Thank you, sir!
Thank you so much! I been playing Skyrim and Oblivion the whole time, and was scared of trying Morrowind, but your guide made it easy for me to get into! I bought the game today! 🙂
Thanks, I started playing around a month ago and I wish I had this vids, especially for vanilla mod recommendations.
Great and informative guide! I'll put it to good use. :-)
Amazing video. How come I never thought about consant fatique regen? What a game, travelling across the whole island in few jumps (and usually landing near something interesting) is one of my fondest gaming memories.
good to hear people are still polishing this diamond in the rough
I just got back into playing this. Thank you.
Thank you for the info, good sir. 👍
Very good 👍
Even though I've been playing Morrowind since 2002, it's still interesting to hear fresh takes in beginner-friendly guides; so many wildly different opinions and most are justified. Hell, I'd never even heard of the Morrowind Advanced or Affresh mods. Seems really cool.
For new players that would like to see more content in one save file, there's a criminally underrated mod called Join All Houses, and it does just that; it lets you join and complete each of the three, and have each of their strongholds. In terms of the game's fast travel, you should definitely complete the Master Index main plugin ASAP on a new file. You can also get Multiple Mark mods that will allow you to teleport to more than one location via Recall. The last one is more of a quality of life improvement that I don't exactly recommend it for new players, unless you absolutely must have more fast travel options.
Thank you for making tgis updated guide!
I love these videos. Thank you again for sharing your knowledge with us. 👍
Not even a new player but I got weirdly excited when you posted this video lol
Well explained and very informative.
Damn 40 sec in and you've already earned a like from me, you work efficient man
I don't like to think of likes and subs as a currency. But I'm glad you the video!
I have beaten this game several times and didn't need a guide, but you are very informative, well spoken, and professional. Thank you for the entertainment, Good luck.
i am SO excited to finally get into Morrowind during my college break, this video couldn't have come at a better time! skyrim was the first ever "big 3d rpg" i ever tried around november of last year, and it got me hooked! a friend bought me the other two games and i am so hyped to get into them
When i look characters running in the game it feels like that is how we run in our dreams!
Fantastic! I've played Morrowind since the Xbox days and do a playthrough every couple of years. This was well put together enough for me to do a playthrough. AND I LEARNED A LOT.
Awesome I'm glad you're able to find use in this.
For extra content people should also try to dip into doors of oblivion.. it adds most of the familiar daedric realms into the game.. with quests you can do.. and you get to meet and if you are insane or OP enough kill the daedric princes in their realms.
Also zaric, thanks for making this, you are going to become the "here's a video for you noobs" standard now. "Morrowind for dummies guide"
Great video.
This is a very well made video with the new player perspective always in mind. My brain screamed many times to correct things or add to what you said, but I realize that most of what you said is to allow them to enjoy that one-time only, true first Morrowind experience that has had coming back for years. Thank you for this considerate video, I already reinstalled the game :_)
Thank you. This video has been very helpful.
Don't forget: OpenMW has a VR fork and will run on a potato. If you have a mid rig and a Quest 2 you're good to go. IMO the best way to experience Morrowind
Done very good, thank you ❤❤🎉
Awesome vid. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to more of your content
Thanks for the video kind sir. I downloaded Morrowind a few days ago and was having the hardest time getting anything done 😅
This is nice and concise, thanks Zaric
There's one most hilarious thing about the bartering system. Gold is basically a regular item, meaning it occupies space in your inventory (but doesn't weigh anything), which in turn means... you can sell it. For gold. And if your trading skill is high enough, you can trade gold for more gold.
thanks for this dude!
Thanks for this. I tried to play Morrowind on my original Xbox ages ago and it didn't click. I've been thinking about this game again recently and how despite finishing future BGS titles, I never actually really played this one, and I feel like giving it a real shot. I tried to download it on Gamepass but was disappointed my controller didn't work. That's when I found out about openMW.
I'm trying it out and I'm excited, but I have no idea what I'm doing. I picked the Spellsword class, I did eventually figure out the knife was a trap and to stop swinging it, and some wizard fell out of the sky and went splat on the floor. I just got Balmora and I'm looking forward to finally playing this game. All of these tips are very helpful.
Love you man
amazing video thank you!
Great guide - I gotta hop into Tamriel Rebuilt at some point.
Damn, didn't recognize you without the cat ears
I recently passed 500 hours in Morrowind (rookie numbers ik) but I'm still going to watch anyways as I'm a obsessed Morrowind fan that spends more time in Vivec city than socializing with the outside world.
I know this is a little late, but I am considering getting into this game. I have played it on the Xbox
I will use the OpenMW. I am a controller guy, so I hope to find some support. This has helped me out so thank you.
Started playing morrowind for the first time about two weeks ago and I've been addicted to it, which is a feeling I haven't felt in ages
I only heard friends talk about Morrowind, we didn't have a PC yet when it was relevant. My first TeS was Oblivion. A few days ago I finally bought Morrowind to finally see what the hype was all about. Cheers for giving me an easy start!
i learned english as a kid while playing morrowind with a dictionary by my side.
still coming back to it at least once a year for a fresh playthrough.
its so immersive world and story.
bethesda later forgot about morrowind....
and how there was never sense of urgency in doing any single quest until you complete like 2/3 of main story.
it entices you to explore and do side content....
when oblivion starts it instantly urges you to quickly bring amulet of kings to jofrey.
then quickly go find and save martin.
then quickly go find this and that before mythic dawn. etc...
if you are roleplaying you would never do anything else but run from one main quest to another.
you cannot come up with a role playing reason to not go to next quest market of your main quest and ignore everything else.
because that is of up most importance to save the world...
in morrowind one of the first things that main quest giver says to you is to go join some guild and train your skills.
literally tells you off to go do side content because you suck.
and thats where game really opens up if you like role playing.
now you can actually choose to ignore the main quest because idiots just released you from a prison ship thinking that you will obey emperors orders and fulfill the prophecy.
Thank you Sir your videos are excellent
Love to see my brothers and sisters enjoying Morrowind once again, or for the first time.
I would love a History of The Elder Scrolls Part 3: Morrowind. The Daggerfall video is what inspired me to start playing that game, and I still watch it occasionally to this day.
Nice guide! I always recommended The Lady for new players, and would roll with it myself just so I wouldn't worry so much about health gain per level, and it helps a bit with the whole "everyone hates the player" early game that puts some off of the game, but a flat 50 attribute points across the board is very OP. Also, on my first playthroughs being hated by everyone at the start stuck with me and I really should encourage others to see it through if they feel they can as it really makes the whole experience hit different in a way that feels intentional.
And, well, yeah. Good stuff! I do hope some people give it a go, as is always the case. I've not seen a single player game's player base go so hard towards trying to help onboard newcomers quite as much as Morrowind's, especially given its age. Occasionally people may come to the conclusion that we're hardcore elitist snobs for sticking with it, but I disagree. We always tell people that they should avoid doing certain things, but it's not really from a place of gatekeeping. God mode is only a console command on PC/Cheat code on Xbox away, but it delivers only a short term power fantasy that feels hollow. If one sticks with it, well, becoming powerful is basically inevitable, and with a character following this guide one should be able to take on just about anything aside from higher level foes that are specifically meant to scare people off until they come back stronger. Quicksave is very versatile as well. And hey, no one is saying to never use mods. It's just, well, once you sink your teeth into the game and get a feel for how it plays, how the various systems interact, then one can better understand exactly what they're installing. You can only play through Morrowind for the first time once, and how each person goes about it is up to them. Myself and many others just hope new players give it a go, and have fun while avoiding common pitfalls.
A huge tip of mine for everybody but especially for hoarders is learn to use ctrl and shift when looting/selling, it will bypass the tedious "how many do you want to sell/pickup" dialogue and make it either a single item or a whole stack
Thank you sir🎉
I jumped back into morrowind last week. And boy was it a blast. This is an amazing video for players who want to experience this absolute Gem of a Bethesda title.
I minmaxed the hell out of my current character as I had never done so before. And min-maxing certainly is tedious. Not worth the hassle if you ask me. "Given the opportunity, players will optimize the fun out of a video game" very much applies to min-maxing in morrowind.
The only thing I would have liked to see added to the video was an explanation on the diegetic fast travel system of morrowind. Especially that two certain spells are very, very handy. Mark and Recall. No need to say where to get them, just giving new players somewhat of an out of game sidequests to be on the lookout for those spells.
Umineko reference DETECTED.
Thank you Zaric!! :D
If someone insists on trying a stealth build for a first character, here's some tips;
1. Illusion spells are your friend, try to find items with illusion spells attached and/or train illusion
2. Sneak everywhere, just DON'T FORGET TO UNSNEAK when you want to talk to someone
3. Get real comfortable with save-scumming
Glad I came across this video, I followed a guide a couple of years back that recommended using Morrowind Rebirth for a first playthrough, and that really turned me off to the game.
I like rebirth a lot, but I do NOT recommend it to a new player because it uses a low powered adventure where the best items hidden away in harder to get places. It encourages the player to struggle a lot. Mechanically speaking it's for people who have mastered the base game and want something more difficult.
If you are not a fan of the mechanical changes in rebirth and just want the world changes, you can pick and choose the modules you want to use, but that requires an advanced installation.
appreciate all you do for the TES community
For anyone looking at this nowadays, two things:
1. Tamriel Rebuilt now integrates Firemoth as a part of itself. You can safely uninstall Siege at Firemoth in favor of the TR version.
2. Project Cyrodiil got its first major release, the Abecean Shores. It's like Skyrim: Home of the Nords but for Cyrodiil.
May the Tribunal's blessings upon you. Thank you for helping this N'wah on his journey towards enlightenement, for walking the path towards the Tower and the achievement of CHIM. This swit has sacrificed a pack of muck, potion of rising force, 100 Gold, has drowned and payed a silver sword, payed a potion of Cure of Common Disease, Dreugh Wax and a Soul Gem, for walking the pilgrimages of the seven graces. Toughened the quest for the Mage Guild, Fighters Guild and the Imperial Legion, this outlander wants to become a proper reincarnate in this was lands of Ash, Sorrow, Duty, Faith amd Luck.
Many blessings to you, kind Sir. May the Tiburnal light you path.
you look like detective Gordon from batman 😊. or some character from batman. Great informative video . I love this game.
Outstanding Guide. I played Morrowind on Pc First. My Pc Died 3 months after. I ended up getting an original xbox, had an Orc Character I loved. Then my cousin from New Jersey comes over and he ended up saving over my file or deleted it, I don't know what happened. I will finish this game one day. Sorry for the Story Time. 😅
How did you know I was doing a “capture all ‘Dagoth’ souls completion” run-though. Thank you!
you my favourite youtuber :)
Pick security, speechcraft, and sneak as main skills, go to Vivec, find the Hlaalu vaults, find the keys, rob them, go to Caldera, sell everything to Creeper, rinse and repeat. Bonus points for getting Mark and Recall spells from the Balmora temple for easier movement between Creeper and the vaults.
What about the difficulty slider?
Skyrim on Legendary was miserable early game with a melee build
Outside of TES3MP where you can server-side set different characters to different difficulty levels to compensate for people in your party having overpowered builds, I've never used the difficulty slider in Elder Scrolls 3, left it in the middle forever.
It makes everything more damaging and that's about it. You may use it to compensate for the slow reactions of the AI, but my preferred method is a mod that completely delevels the game. Meeting a dremora instead of scamps in early game is a lot more scary than a stupid slider.
Atronach stone has a chance to absorb when you are gettinf a shrines buffs, also. I had a dark elf mage who trained in the temple undercroft in balmora until mastering cibjueation
I tried morrowind a week ago, I had a blast. I don’t get some people’s “there’s a lot of reading” complaint, I’m freakin Gen Z and if I have no problem it should be a breeze. Magic actually felt fun unlike Skyrim.
As someone whose first character was an Atronarch Breton I was a bit surprised. The only criticism I would have expected is that it trivializes the mid to late game because you become basically impervious to magic. And early game mages are much more reliable than fighters anyway since you can just craft your spells to have high success rate,
And then to think, people criticize Oblivion for the level-scaling that constrains the "trivializing" mid-late game by making enemies damage-sponges. 😆
The man, myth, the legend has returned
13:45 only on the OpenMW engine. Edit: Only in old versions of OpenMW, 0.47 and earlier
In Vanilla, the attribute bonuses from birthsigns are a mere permanent base increase akin to an increase gained from a level up. In OMW, they are a permanent stat buff akin to a constant effect enchantment so they do not contribute to reaching the base attribute cap.
Which is only true before 0.48 which is released last year.
which has a side effect of making bonus endurance from the lady sign useless...
@@512TheWolf512 Like I said, this has been fixed last year.
@@lywzcx663 Ohh nice thanks. I'll make sure to update the game. But then Zaric is incorrect and the bonus from the steed will not allow you to get 125 speed
@@BiomechanicalBrick Right, it won't. Previously Abilities are treated like Constant Effects which is not correct. They fixed it so Abilities are treated differently. It now modifies base value rather than value.
4:40 and breaking the thieves guild reputation quest.
Morrowind will always be my favorite game. The reason it was so fun is because of the crazy amount of options for a build. And yes, the brokenness of the game is also what made it so fun.
Im playing as an imperial monk rn, I wish you could make better RPG chracters on the later games like you can in morrowind.
Astronock is GREAT if you're breaking your character. You can just increase your mana pool with raising intelligence so it just raises faster than it can lower eventually. But for vanilla, it seems good if you're a hybrid play style perhaps? But definitely the other two, especially in terms of new players. I genuinely just, love the tone of this game so much i could babble and attempt to justify anything i think lol