Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind | 2024 New Player Guide

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Published 2024-02-22
This guide exists for me to link people to when they ask me for help getting started with Morrowind. Other, better, more detailed guides exist, but this one is mine.

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Chapter Select:
00:00 Introduction
01:35 Engine Fixes
04:23 Content Fixes
05:49 Character Creation
17:28 Early Game
24:41 Softening Mods
26:48 General Hints
30:14 Dev Content
33:19 Community Content
35:37 Conclusion

All Comments (21)
  • @faburil
    Very informative and feels like just the right time. Morrowind interest seems unusually high atm.
  • @VLADPowder
    This will be perfect for Morropilling my friends!
  • i'm a veteran of this game (first played it in 2003), but i still enjoy these types of videos
  • @Mateumt
    your guides got me into daggerfall years ago, hope they do the same for a lot of people getting into morrowind!
  • @Jimmyinvictus
    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!
  • @FaLaN69
    Thx again for doing this for the community!
  • @andrewmoluf4299
    Getting a constant effect restore fatigue enchant asap is probably the best advice I've seen on videos like this
  • @colbyboucher6391
    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.
  • @JCgames100
    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
  • @Angelikatosh
    Never did a proper full playthrough of Morrowind myself, this video came at a perfect time.
  • @lukelukey4155
    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.
  • @sitordan
    Great video for newbies. Well put together and full of precious information.
  • @frommyhighhorse
    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
  • @johnsmith9205
    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!
  • @Vsevolod3788
    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
  • @j2c695
    Good morning Z! Wonderful to see :)
  • @Fr.O.G.
    I just got back into playing this. Thank you.
  • 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
  • @ThorTheCrusher
    Fantastic video Zaric, this is definitely reigniting my interest in starting up a 2nd playthrough of Morrowind on OpenMW.