#Modathon 2024

[darkelfguy]

Twenty-two years ago, on May 1st, Morrowind was released to an eager gaming and modding public, and what was at first a strange and alien land has become a home, a place we long to return to, a world we visit again and again, and though decades pass, we always come back.

But Morrowind isn't a static world, for modders have been building upon it, expanding it, improving it, reimagining it for 22 years, adding new adventures, new experiences, new lands to explore, new mechanics and new graphics, and so much more! After 22 years, not only does Morrowind still have an active modding community, but the Morrowind modding community has grown and expanded, and is now more active than ever, releasing over a thousand new mods every year!

And on this special anniversary, what better way is there to celebrate Morrowind's 22nd birthday than to continue to build upon it? As such, once again this year, we're hosting the 2024 Morrowind May Modathon Month Modding Competition, the tenth annual Modathon for the Morrowind Modding Community!

For the last 10 years, the Morrowind Modathons have served as an annual celebration for both Morrowind's anniversary and the modding community's creativity, celebrated every May 1st and lasting throughout the entire month of May! And this year, we're excited to announce, once again, that the Morrowind May Modathon Month is back for 2024, celebrating 22 years of Morrowind!

From May 1st through to June 2nd, modders can submit mods, earn achievement badges, and win prizes by using the May Modathon 2024 tag and the Morrowind Modathon 2024 header in their mod description on the Nexus! We have an exciting array of 94 achievement badges for modders to unlock with their mods, with achievements for competing in weekly themed challenges, category achievements, metric achievements, bronze, silver and gold achievements, and 27 hidden achievements - how many can you find? For a full list, check out our announcement thread over on the Nexus forums!

Over the last 10 years, 1300+ mods have been released for the annual Morrowind Modathon Month modding competitions, and with your help, we can add even more to that impressive tally, making this amazing game bigger and better than ever!

There is no better way to celebrate Morrowind's anniversary than building and releasing mods, and whether you're a modding veteran or a newbie just starting out with using the Construction Set, I hope you'll join us for the 2024 Morrowind May Modathon!

Participation is simple, any Morrowind mod released in May can be entered into the competition, just remember to include a tagline "Part of the May Modathon Month" (or the Morrowind Modathon 2024 header) near the top of your mod's description, or use the Modathon 2024 tag to enter your mod as part of the competition. You'll be automatically entered to potentially win one of our weekly random-drawing prizes, and of course, unlock achievements!

For more information, including rules, links to tutorials for first-time modders, and a complete list of achievements, check out our official announcement thread here on the Nexus forums or stop by our Discord channel!

As I always say, the best games never die! Happy modding and long live the Morrowind Modding Community!”

[darkelfguy]

In the autumn of 2002, Morrowind's first expansion, Tribunal, was released to the public, introducing a new city, the capital of Mournhold to Morrowind's game-world. But under than thin veneer, Tribunal was at heart a massive dungeon mod, with a labyrinth of interconnected dungeons, from sewers to crypts, Daedric shrines, Dwemer halls, and more.

That old-school dungeon delving design was somewhat passable in 2002, but under the harsh light of the modern day, Tribunal's dungeons are an exhausting experience, lacking detail and distinction.

Today's Mod of the Day aims to modernize those old Tribunal dungeons, for today we're showcasing the massively sprawling dungeon overhaul mod The UnderCity by Lord Zarcon.

Covering over 40 of Tribunal's vanilla dungeon interiors, The UnderCity is the largest overhaul for Tribunal's dungeons to date, vastly reworking and rebuilding huge swathes of the sewers and ruins beneath Mournhold.

No longer bland and anonymous caverns, you'll now discover epic vistas on your journeys through the UnderCity, massive ruinous halls, verticality-inducing chambers, forbidden and forgotten shrines, fortified goblin outposts, and much, much more.

Not only does the UnderCity overhaul the dark depths beneath Mournhold, but it also expands it, with some dozen new interiors for you to delve through, promising new encounters and new treasures for you to discover!

This is by far and away the largest dungeon mod of the 2024 Morrowind Modathon Modding Competition, and it is a beautiful and atmospheric makeover of a long neglected part of the vanilla game.

To say the least, if you're planning to play through the Tribunal expansion, it is an absolute must-have!

[darkelfguy]

The 2024 Morrowind May Modathon Month Modding Competition, the largest annual modding competition in The Elder Scrolls modding community, begins May 1st-June 2nd!

Celebrating Morrowind's 22nd birthday, this is our tenth year running the Modathons, and for such a big anniversary, we naturally have a lot of fun stuff planned! New challenges, some 94 new achievements designed by Melchior Dahrk, new prizes to win and oh so much more!

Over the last ten years, some 1300+ new Morrowind mods have been released for the May Modathon competitions, and this year will continue that fine tradition with a new free-for-all event where any and all modders are welcome!

If you're interested in participating, want to learn the rules, see a full list of achievements, or check out the results from past Modathons, stop by our official announcement threads on Nexus Mods, Reddit, and of course, our Discord channel over on the Morrowind Modding Community server!

Happy modding and happy birthday to an amazing game, long live Morrowind and the Morrowind Modding Community!

[darkelfguy]

Morrowind Mod of the Day - The Song of the Grazelands

One of the largest regions in eastern Vvardenfell, the rolling hills of the Grazelands, known to the Dunmer as the Sunna Guradan, are a scenic vista of verdant hues, in stark contrast to the hulking dark shadows of Red Mountain.

Home to tribes and camps of Ashlanders, the Grazelands are divided into two, with the rolling graceful hills of the Sunna Guradan to the north, and the rising plateaus and hackle'lo groves of the Mora Guradan to the south.

And that new southern geographic feature is the subject of today's Mod of the Day, for today we're showcasing the beautiful, the transformative, the vista of verticality - The Song of the Grazelands by Kalinter and DimNussens.

An utterly gorgeous landscape overhaul, this mod adds a series of mesas cutting across the terrain of the southern Grazelands, covered in trees and hackle'lo plants, a visually stunning sight with a dominating horizon of verticality with the new landmark of the Ald Sunna Vosya, the sacred tree, standing above all.

With four new quests, new adventures and dangers to encounter, and an eye towards compatibility, the Song of the Grazelands is one of the most awe-inspiring landscape improvements to come out of the 2024 Morrowind Modathon, and it is absolutely worth adding to your game!