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The Elder Scrolls: Arena	1994
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall	1996
An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire	1997
The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard	1998
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind	2002
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	2006
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	2011
The Elder Scrolls Online	2014
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	2016
The Elder Scrolls: Legends	2017
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR	2018
The Elder Scrolls: Blades	TBA
The Elder Scrolls VI	TBA

Key points

The game requires 3rd party patches to fix game breaking issues.

General information

Official website

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums

UESP Wiki

Morrowind Nexus - Modding

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com		Requires the disc to be always present in the drive
Amazon.com		The Elder Scrolls Anthology; includes Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim plus their expansions.
Steam
GamersGate

Version differences

The Game of the Year Edition includes both expansions and the latest patches. All digital distribution versions are the Game of the Year Edition and are already fully patched.

The GameStop PC Downloads/Impulse version is not compatible with some mods.^[1] This version is no longer sold.

The Elder Scrolls Anthology includes both a retail version and a single Steam key that unlocks Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim.^[2]

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Tribunal	Included in the Game of the Year Edition.
Bloodmoon	Included in the Game of the Year Edition.
Entertainers	Free download from The Elder Scrolls Official Site.
Bitter Coast Sounds	Free download from The Elder Scrolls Official Site.
Area Effect Arrows	Free download from The Elder Scrolls Official Site.
Helm of Tohan	Free download from The Elder Scrolls Official Site.
Master Index	Free download from The Elder Scrolls Official Site.
LeFemm Armor	Free download from The Elder Scrolls Official Site.
Adamantium Armor	Free download from The Elder Scrolls Official Site.
Siege at Firemoth	Free download from The Elder Scrolls Official Site.

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Installation order (retail)

Retail versions of Morrowind and its expansions must be installed in the correct order.

Morrowind base game
Morrowind 1.2.0722 Patch (if needed)
Tribunal expansion
Tribunal 1.14.1313 Patch (if needed)
Bloodmoon expansion
Bloodmoon 1.6.1820 Patch (if needed)

Patches

Morrowind 1.2.0722 Patch

The latest patch for the base Morrowind is 1.2.0722. This patch isn't needed for the Game of the Year Edition and digital distribution versions.

Tribunal 1.14.1313 Patch

The latest patch for Tribunal is 1.14.1313. This patch is needed for some retail versions. This patch isn't needed for the retail Game of the Year Edition and digital distribution versions.

Bloodmoon 1.6.1820 Patch

The latest patch for Bloodmoon is 1.6.1820. This patch is needed for some retail versions. This patch isn't needed for the retail Game of the Year Edition and digital distribution versions.

Unofficial Morrowind Code Patch

The Unofficial Morrowind Code Patch is a collection of over 50 bug fixes and improvements; including an important save game corruption fix, as well as many optional improvements, such as an expanded map. The patch is compatible with English, West European, Polish, Russian and Steam editions of the game, but not the GameStop (Impulse) version. Morrowind Overhaul includes this patch.

The Unofficial Patch

The Unofficial Morrowind Patch fixes almost all of the bugs and problems with Morrowind and its expansions. While the official patches by Bethesda only fixed a couple of dozen bugs, this patch fixes several hundred. The goal of this patch is to make the game completely bug-free (within the abilities of the TESCS).

No CD Patch

The No CD Patch allows for the original CD copy of the game to be played without having to insert the disk or mount an ISO.

Large Address Aware

Improves stability on systems with at least 3GB RAM by allowing the application to use more than 2GB RAM.

Particularly when using large numbers of mods or heavily scripted mods

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Instructions

Mods

Morroblivion / Skywind

A full port/remake of Morrowind in the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion engine has been released and is available here.

A full port/remake of Morrowind in the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim engine is still work in progress. Skywind download page

Morrowind Overhaul

This mod cannot be used with the GameStop PC Downloads (Impulse) version.

Morrowind Overhaul is a compilation of mods that give the game a visual overhaul with higher resolution textures, distance rendering, depth of field, real time shadows and global lighting, as well as many bug fixes (using the Unofficial Morrowind Code Patch). Version 2.0 comes with a fully automated installer and an automatic updater for newer releases.

During install, the mod may take control of the user's mouse and keyboard for periods of time as it selects the correct settings needed for its successful installation. The user is given a choice of graphics options that best suits their setup, as, on its highest settings, the mod requires a very powerful setup to run smoothly. Users who have installed the mod and are experiencing low frame rates may wish to disable the "water effects" and "distant lands" settings in Morrowind/MGEgui.

Many users have experienced issues with the game merely displaying a black screen past the main menu. There are two causes of this issue - their solutions are outlined below:

Instructions

Instructions

Utilities

Morrowind Graphics Extender (MGE)

Included in the Morrowind Overhaul, the Morrowind Graphics Extender is a utility capable of improving the graphics in Morrowind. Some users may prefer to install MGE individually in order to build their own overhaul or retain the original textures of vanilla Morrowind. The most prominent feature offered by MGE is the addition of the "Distant Lands" distant landscape, but it is also capable of adding shaders, better water, and a myriad of other improvements.

The Elder Scrolls Construction Set

Shipped alongside the game, The Elder Scrolls Construction Set is the tool used by Bethesda to create the Morrowind game world, it offers the ability to create plug-ins and mods. The set makes use of a proprietary file extension, as with the Oblivion set (.esp).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/22320/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/22320/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud		Syncs save games.

Video settings

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Widescreen resolution

Instructions

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Crashing During Install or Launch

Instructions

Render Creation Failure

Instructions

Audio Problems (Windows XP)

Instructions

Grey Haze

Instructions

Crash After a Few Minutes of Play

Instructions

Mouse Lag

Instructions

Load Failure

Instructions

Black Sun

Instructions

Installing The Elder Scrolls Construction Set Disc

Instructions

Other information

OpenMW

An in-development open-source re-implementation of Morrowind's engine, OpenMW allows Morrowind to be played natively on Windows, OS X, and Linux as well as enhance the game by correcting engine-related bugs such as savegame "doubling" and improving physics, combat, AI, and graphics.^[3]

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	500 MHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB (98, ME) / 256 MB (2000, XP)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Direct3D compatible card 32 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/22320/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (22320) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[Proton_path_note-3] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/22320/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (22320) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] ttp://www.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/comments/1jm9dw/gamestop_quakecon_2013_sale_the_elder_scrolls_v/cbg2m7t

[2] The Complete Elder Scrolls Collection comes to PC this September (Updated) | Bethesda Blog

[4] OpenMW FAQ

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 The [http://www.tweaktown.com/guides/316/the_elder_scrolls_iii_morrowind_tweak_guide/index3.html No CD Patch] allows for the original CD copy of the game to be played without having to insert the disk or mount an ISO.
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+Improves stability on systems with at least 3GB RAM by allowing the application to use more than 2GB RAM.
+{{ii}}Particularly when using large numbers of mods or heavily scripted mods
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Developers
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	Bethesda Game Studios
Publishers
	Bethesda Softworks
Engines
	Gamebryo
Release dates
Windows	May 1, 2002