The 2024 Morrowind May Modathon Month Modding Competition - Celebrating 22 Years of Morrowind

darkelfguy · April 21

The 2024 Morrowind May Modathon Month Modding Competition - May 1st-June 2nd

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"The Road goes ever on and on down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, and I must follow, if I can, pursuing it with eager feet, until it joins some larger way where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say." - J.R.R. Tolkien

In the long ago hazy days of an early May, Morrowind was first released, promising a world of adventure, an alien land, foreign and unfamiliar, where countless paths led in countless directions. Now, twenty-two years later, we've explored every road, seen every sight, and yet, the adventure continues. For where Morrowind left off, the modding community continues, building new worlds, new perils, new adventures, new strange sights to see!

For twenty-two years, the modding community has been building, creating, adding new content to this beautiful land we call home. And for twenty-two years that community has shown no signs of slowing down! Far from it, the community has grown each year, 2023 was the most active year on record for Morrowind modding with over 1500 new mods released for this over twenty-year old game!

So today, in order to celebrate Morrowind's 22nd birthday, we are once again hosting the Morrowind May Modathon Month Modding Competition, and this year is a special one, for it marks our tenth anniversary of the Morrowind Modathons! Begun in 2015, over 1300 mods have been released for the Modathon competitions over the last ten years. The Modathon has gone from a small-scale modding competition to one of the biggest annual events in the entire Elder Scrolls modding community!

And like every year before, the Modathon is a free-for-all competition, throughout the entire month of May, modders can participate by releasing mods on the Nexus to get a chance to win weekly random drawing prizes (composed of AAA and indie games), unlock achievements, and compete to win the Masteries by releasing the most popular mod in a particular category!

Not only that, but all winners will get trailers, special showcases, and numerous video features on Morrowind Modding Showcases. Winners of the category masteries can also expect special video features, and of course, more prizes!

Last year saw some pretty big releases for the 2023 Modathon, from new quest mods by one of Morrowind's original game developers (the estimable Douglas Goodall), to all-new animated fishing gameplay mechanics, to countless new dungeons delves, adventures, graphical improvements, and more! With your help, we can make 2024 the biggest Modathon yet for this amazing community! The best games never die, so let's make Morrowind better than ever before with tons of new mods!

Achievements:

A core feature of the Modathon, achievements are back, with over 94 new achievement badges that you can earn and unlock by releasing mods! Shiny new badges that you can add to your mod download pages or modder profiles, these achievements are divided into five main categories; Category, Metric, Challenge, Hidden, and Medalist. Each have different requirements, but every mod submitted will unlock at least a few!

Compete in weekly themed challenges for unique achievements, try and find hidden achievements based on only a name, and go for gold by releasing the very best mod in a category! How many can you unlock? Try and collect as many as you can and become a Modding Master of Madness!

Full Achievement List:

Gold Achievements (awarded one month after the end of the competition):

Champion of Legends - Release the most popular Quest or Guilds & Factions Mod
Champion of the World - Release the most popular Landscape or Landmass Mod
Champion of Life - Release the most popular Companion, Creature, or NPC Mod
Champion of Artistry - Release the most popular Graphics, Animations, or Audio Mod
Champion of Comfort - Release the most popular Player Home Mod
Champion of Clutter - Release the most popular Items Mod
Champion of Enhancement - Release the most popular Gameplay, Bug Fix, Patch, or UI Mod
Champion of Culture - Release the most popular Towns and Cities Mod
Champion of Dungeoneering - Release the most popular Dungeon Mod
Champion of Immersion - Release the most popular Immersion Mod
Champion of the Community - Release the most popular Modder's Resource or Utility
The People's Choice - Most Endorsed Mod
Numbers Matter - Most Downloaded Mod
Emperor, King, and Justice, Citizen - Achieve the highest cumulative number of endorsements for all mods released for the Modathon
A Warrior's Legacy - Unlock all Silver and Bronze Achievements
Master of Madness - Earn the highest number of unique achievements
Challenge Accepted - Release a mod for each weekly themed challenge.

Rare (Silver) Achievements:

A Show Of Power - Achieve at least 25 endorsements and 250 downloads with a Modathon Mod
You Are A Credit To Your House - Achieve at least 25 endorsements on a Modathon Mod
Cliff Racer Fly So High - Release at least 5 mods for the Modathon
Lesh Make A Deal - Achieve over 250 downloads on a Modathon Mod
Destined for Great Things - Achieve 500 combined downloads for all mods released for the Modathon
Cult of Personality - Achieve 50 combined endorsements for all mods released for the Modathon
Available for Hire - Cooperate with at least two different modders on two different mods

Copper (Uncommon) Achievements:

Let Me Tell You A Story - Achieve at least 10 endorsements on a Modathon Mod
Triple Threat - Release at least 3 mods for the Modathon
I'm Creeping! - Achieve over 100 downloads on a Modathon Mod
Jack-Of-All-Trades - Release a separate mod in at least 4 categories
Improve My Effectiveness - Release a mod which qualifies for at least 5 achievements upon initial release
You and I Are About to Become Very Close - Cooperate with at least one other modder to release a Modathon Mod

Challenge Achievements:

Mysticism & Prophecy - Release a mod featuring both themes in the first week
Fortune & Woe - Release a mod featuring both themes in the second week
Illusion & Infection - Release a mod featuring both themes in the third week
Ruins & Relics - Release a mod featuring both themes in the fourth week
Twisting Paths - Release a themed challenge mod two weeks in a row
Tag Teaming - Release two themed challenge mods in cooperation with other modders
Mastermind - Release a themed challenge mod which simultaneously unlocks three metric achievements
Breaking Barriers - Release themed challenge mods in two different weeks which cover at least four different categories between them
Lighting the Way - Release a themed challenge mod that also unlocks a hidden achievement.
Punctually Perfect - Release three themed challenge mods that also unlock a date achievement
Medalist - Release a themed challenge mod which earns a bronze, silver, and gold achievement by the end of Modathon

Common Category Achievements:

Adventures Await - Release a Quest or Guild/Faction Mod for the Modathon
New Horizons - Release a Landscape or Landmass Mod for the Modathon
Im-Leet and Rolf the Uber - Release a Companion, Creature or NPC Mod for the Modathon
I Like the Way You Look - Release a Character Customization Mod for the Modathon
Morrowind is Home - Release a House Mod for the Modathon
Cluttermonkey - Release an Items Mod for the Modathon
Let Me Tweak That - Release a Gameplay, Bug Fix, Patch or UI Mod for the Modathon
The Only Game In Town - Release a Town Mod for the Modathon
Better Take A Torch - Release a Dungeon Mod for the Modathon
Let Me Immerse You - Release an Immersion Mod for the Modathon
Stimulate the Senses - Release a Graphics, Animations, or Audio Mod for the Modathon.
The Lusty Argonian Maid - Release a Resource for the Community

Common Metric Achievements:

Double Trouble - Release at least 2 mods for the Modathon
Back for Another Round - Release Two Mods in the Same Category
Backup Plan - Release two or more mods within 48 hours of each other.
Tamriel Imports - Release a mod that requires either AATL Data, OAAB Data or Tamriel Data
Novice of Madness - Release a mod in your first Modathon
Veteran of Madness - Release a mod in two or more Modathons
CHIMming It - Release a mod in three or more Modathons
Ahh Yes, We've Been Expecting You - Release a Mod on May 1st
May The Fourth Be With You - Release a Mod on May 4th
May The Ides Be Ever In Your Favor - Release a Mod on May 15th
Cutting It Close - Release a Mod between June 1st and June 2nd.

Hidden Achievements (requirements will be revealed whenever a mod unlocks a hidden achievement):

A Puzzler's Paradise - Release a mod that uses or adds puzzle-based mechanics (first unlocked by Viga)
A Sonorous Knell - Release a mod that adds new sound effects to the game (first unlocked by Kildozery)
Chronomancer
Dreams and Visions
Eclipsing Mundus - Release a mod that takes the player to a realm of Oblivion (first unlocked by Glittergear)
Finders Keepers - Be the first to unlock three separate hidden achievements (first unlocked by The Wanderer)
Historian
I Swear He Was Here Yesterday - Release a mod that adds or uses an NPC scheduling mechanic (first unlocked by The Wanderer)
Master of Disguise
Melting Pot
Nothing Left
Pathfinder
Piercing the Veil - Release a mod that changes how death is handled in Morrowind (first unlocked by Diject)
Putting the Mer in Merchant - Release a mod that adds an elvish merchant with custom dialogue (first unlocked by HeroDOA)
Reaching for Aetherius
Read All About It! - Release a mod with an actual Read Me file. (first unlocked by Melchior Dahrk, AFFA and Greatness7)
The Blue Ones Are Nice - Release a mod that adds new dinnerware to the game (first unlocked by The Wanderer)
The Clan Ascendant
The Hunter's Moon
The Naturalist - Release a mod which adds at least 3 new plant and/or animal ingredients which originate from Nirn (first unlocked by synaide23)
The Outsider - Release a mod which adds a new playable race (first unlocked by Scheeel)
The Pacifist - Release a mod with at least 3 quests which can be completed without the player hurting a sentient being (first unlocked by The Wanderer)
The Riddler
Think it'll Rain?
Trailblazer
Tribes and Tribulations - Release a mod that expands upon the culture, customs, or quests of the Ashlanders. (first unlocked by Melchior Dahrk, AFFA and Greatness7)
Twin Moons - Release a mod which involves Masser and Secunda (first unlocked by DetailDevil)
Vvardenfell Vigilante - Release a mod which lets the player solve a crime (first unlocked by The Wanderer)
You Wouldn't Download A Guar

Challenges:

Returning this year are optional, theme-based modding challenges that will be running throughout this month's competition, with new achievements to unlock and new prizes to win! I must emphasize that these are *OPTIONAL* challenges, the Morrowind May Modathon has always been and will continue to be a free-for-all modding competition where all are welcome, regardless of themes, but if you'd like to unlock some additional cheevos and get a chance to win some additional prizes, you can try your hand at making a mod to fit one of the weekly themed challenges below.

Week 1: May 1st-8th, Make a mod that fits the theme of " Mysticism & Prophecy" - Use the Challenge Header image here to participate.
Week 2: May 9th-16th, Make a mod that fits the theme of " Fortune & Woe" - Use the Challenge Header image here to participate.
Week 3: May 17th-24nd, Make a mod that fits the theme of " Illusion & Infection" - Use the Challenge Header image here to participate.
Week 4: May 25th-June 2nd, Make a mod that fits the theme of " Ruins & Relics" - Use the Challenge Header image here to participate.

Can you make a mod to match each theme? Each of these challenges are deliberately designed to be fairly broad and open to interpretation, potentially fitting any of a wide variety of mods, allowing you to let your creativity go wild!

Participation and How it Works:

You can participate by leaving a short note in the mod description page of your mod at Morrowind Nexus that includes "Part of the May Modathon Month" somewhere near the top of the description or use the "Modathon 2024" tag to mark your mod as a competition entry.

Every week, at least five different modders will be selected at random to win a single AAA or Indie game, and the way this works is that we'll compose a list of all participating mods released that week, plug them into a random number generator, and the first five results we get back will be the winners for that week.

If you win in one of these weekly drawings, I'll send you a message on the Nexus or Discord notifying you that you've won and providing a list of games you can choose from as your prize. We have over 500 games to give away, so hopefully you'll find something you want on there!

Once again this year, for the grand prize winners, we're letting the people decide! The mods with the most endorsements in each category (Gameplay, Immersion, Dungeons, Quests, Landscapes/Landmasses, Player Homes, Graphics and Audio, Towns and Cities, Items, etc....) by July 1st will be declared the masters of those categories, and win additional prizes as a result, including achievements and 2-3 game prizes for each grand winner in each category!

We'll be going by whichever categories you upload your mods on the Nexus to, and obviously, some categories (like Weapons and Armor) will be counted under broader categories like "Items". If you have any questions regarding how this will all work, exactly, feel free to post them below!

In total, there's 12 categories with Masteries (and other categories of mods will be included under one of the existing categories, if you're posting a mod to Miscellaneous for example, we'll include it under the category that makes sense, depending on the mod, or you can include what category you want it to be included under in the mod description):

Companions/Creatures/NPCs
Character Customization (heads and hairs, new races, clothing mods)
Dungeons
Gameplay Mods/Bug Fixes/Patches/UI (Depends on UI mod, some may be categorized as Graphics)
Graphics Mods/Animations/Audio/Shaders
Immersion Mods
Items/Weapons/Armor/Books/Etc...
Landscapes/Landmasses
Modder's Resources/Utilities
Player Homes
Quests/Guilds&Factions
Towns and Cities

Rules:

Overall this competition and giveaway is pretty easy to understand, and there aren't a whole lot of rules involved, but there are a few things we should clear up just in case.

First, all types of mods are perfectly acceptable. From texture replacers to gameplay tweaks to content mods like house mods, quest mods, or dungeon mods. All of those are fine and will be accepted for the competition! The only kind of mod that will NOT be accepted is cheat mods, i.e. placing a barrel full of loot in the middle of Seyda Neen or placing a Daedric longsword in the Census and Excise Office. Cheat mods like that will not be considered for the competition.

Also, we accept both tes3mp and OpenMW mods, as well as MWSE Lua mods! Regardless of which platform your mod is designed to work with, all will be accepted!

Second, all submitted mods must be, at least for the most part, safe for work. Questionable content is acceptable so long as it isn't the entire mod, remember we have to showcase these and we can't showcase adult-themed mods on the channel!

Also, it should be pointed out that for larger mod projects, you can submit a demo or playable beta of your mod as part of the competition and it'll be perfectly acceptable. I do need to stress that it must absolutely be playable though. Any mod that crashes to desktop upon loading the game will not be considered.

In addition, we ask that all participating modders please only release a *maximum* of 5 mods per day, there were some issues in past years with mods immediately getting buried, and we want everyone to have a chance to have their mods get seen! Also, we won't be counting very quick CS edit mods as counting towards achievements, in order to encourage less spam.

Remember, this only applies to mods released in May, so let's all get to modding and make this the big 22nd Anniversary that Morrowind truly deserves!

If you don't know how to mod, check out our Let's Mod Morrowind series for a visual guide to modding - including interiors, basic scripting, and quest design.

Want to check out our past Modathons? You can find playlists of the 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 Modathon competitions down below!

Edited June 3 by darkelfguy
Updating Mod List

darkelfguy · July 10

The 2024 Morrowind Modathon Modding Competition is officially over! It was another exciting year with a ton of great mods! Though not quite as many as in past years.

Overall, 173 new mods were released for the 2024 Modathon by roughly 89 individual modders with tons of new content! Exciting new quests and adventures, new stories to be told, massive new dungeons to delve through, new card games to play, new mechanics to transform the experience of exploring Morrowind, and plenty more besides!

More so than in past years, 2024 was a year for content mods, with a record number of new dungeon mods and a massive number of quest mods tying with last year's record, not to mention a surprising number of new landmasses. We had new stories and adventures co-written by original Morrowind developer Douglas Goodall aka AFFA and Melchior Dahrk with Red Wisdom and The Popular Plague. We had new factions and guilds with Glittergear's The Arcane Watch, Nazz's The Tri-Angled Truth, L'Space by The Wanderer, and The Guiding Guild by Kalinter and ZackHasaCat.

We had countless miscellaneous quests, overhauls and expansions for existing factions and questlines, and more besides! 2024 was a quest-lovers delight!

And dungeon delvers got more than their fair share too, with quite a few new dungeon overhauls and new locations to discover! From two new dungeon overhauls by Vennin, to Markond's The Woe of Indalen Tomb, to Lord Zarcon's massive dungeon overhaul for the sewers and ruins of Mournhold with the UnderCity, to Glittegear's numerous overhauls for the shrines and caverns of Vvardenfell, the amount of content here is staggering. And that extends to new dungeon-delving adventures too! Including a new landmass dungeon mod by Juidius, Melchior Dahrk, and Seelof Baal Duun - Cursed Isle of the Four Corners.

There were new puzzle-based dungeon delves, immersive new audio and voice additions with S.W.I.T and S.E.R.A, a new card-game for you to play with a Round of Flin, turn-based combat overhauls with Baldurwind, stunningly atmospheric locations with Balmora Trading Post and The Song of the Grazelands, new Skyrim-style dynamically animated actors, a massive landscape overhaul for the Inner Sea with Waters of Morrowind, and so many more highlights besides!

After 22 years, there is still so much more new content being produced for this amazing game, the Morrowind Modding Community continues to grow and expand, to ever improve and add onto this beautiful alien world! The future is very bright indeed, and there has never been a better time to play Morrowind than right now!

But without further ado, let's introduce the winners of the 2024 Morrowind Modathon!

The People's Choice - Most Endorsed Mod
1st Place - Red Wisdom - An Ashlander Prophecy By AFFA (Douglas Goodall) - Greatness7 - Melchior Dahrk - 87 Endorsements
2nd Place - Balmora Outskirts - Stoneflower trading post By Katya Karrel and Ruffin Vangarr - 62 Endorsements
3rd Place - Waters of Morrowind By Tel Shadow - 57 Endorsements

Ad Populum - Most Downloaded Mod
1st Place - Red Wisdom - An Ashlander Prophecy By AFFA (Douglas Goodall) - Greatness7 - Melchior Dahrk - 1468 Unique DLs
2nd Place - Scornfully Wielded Insults and Taunts (S.W.I.T) By Kildozery - 898 Unique DLs
3rd Place - Waters of Morrowind By Tel Shadow - 851 Unique DLs

Emperor, King and Justice - Highest Cumulative Endorsements
DimNussens - 222 Endorsements earned across 13 mods

Category Winners:

Champion of Artistry - Release the most popular Graphics, Animations or Audio Mod
1st Place - Scornfully Wielded Insults and Taunts (S.W.I.T) By Kildozery
2nd Place - On The Blink By Svergy

Champion of Clutter - Release the most popular Items Mod
1st Place - Stuffed Lockpicks By Vozhban
2nd Place - Lore Accurate Artifacts By Kildozery

Champion of Comfort - Release the most popular Player Home Mod
1st Place - Bal Isra and Indarys Manor Overhaul By RandomPal
2nd Place - Carefully Cluttered Cozy Cat Cottage By Juidius and DimNussens

Champion of Culture - Release the most popular Towns and Cities Mod
1st Place - Balmora Outskirts - Stoneflower trading post By Katya Karrel and Ruffin Vangarr
2nd Place - Ascadian Farmyard Overhaul By Cerebulon

Champion of Dungeoneering - Release the most popular Dungeon Mod
1st Place - Baal Duun Cursed Isle of the Four Corners By Juidius - Melchior Dahrk - Seelof
2nd Place - Undercity By Lord Zarcon

Champion of Enhancement - Release the most popular Gameplay Mod
1st Place - Inspect It By Longod
2nd Place - Quick Wheel By Archimag

Champion of Immersion - Release the most popular Immersion Mod
1st Place - Light the Path By Lord Zarcon
2nd Place - Door Locks By Abot

Champion of Legends - Release the most popular Factions/Quests Mod
1st Place - Red Wisdom - An Ashlander Prophecy By AFFA (Douglas Goodall) - Greatness7 - Melchior Dahrk
2nd Place - The Popular Plague By AFFA - Greatness7 - Melchior Dahrk - Seelof

Champion of Life - Release the most popular Companion/Creature/NPC Mod
1st Place - Creatures and Critters By Danae et el
2nd Place - Justice for Shulki Ashunbabi By RandomPal and DimNussens

Champion of Style - Release the most popular Character Customization Mod
1st Place - Bal Adurid Bonemold Armor By Lambshark and Ruffin Vangarr
2nd Place - Wearable Lanterns By syanide23

Champion of the Community - Release the most popular Utility or Modder's Resource
1st Place - Shade of the Revenant Altar Resource By GrumblingVomit_MasssiveJuice
2nd Place - OpenMW Classic Resident Evil By Come

Champion of the World - Release the most popular Landmass/Landscapes Mod
1st Place - Waters of Morrowind By Tel Shadow
2nd Place - The Song of the Grazelands By Kalinter and DimNussens

Congrats to the winners! There were a lot of really competitive entries this year, and everyone deserves credit for making this a truly memorable competition! Thanks to everyone who participated, and stay tuned for the 2024 Morrowind Madness Competition coming in October!

Dark0ne · July 10

Well done and congratulations on all your hard work, @darkelfguy. Your service to the Morrowind community over the years has been phenomenal.

darkelfguy · July 10

2 hours ago, Dark0ne said:

Well done and congratulations on all your hard work, @darkelfguy. Your service to the Morrowind community over the years has been phenomenal.

Thanks! And thank you for providing the platform for these competitions, without Nexus Mods the Modathons couldn't exist!

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