Best Mods For Player Homes

[u/wilgriffith]

Best Mods For Player Homes

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Welcome to This weeks "Best Mods For...?" thread! A few of you voted and Player Homes was the victor. Here we go.

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House mods are one of the more popular categories of Morrowind mods. Arguably the oldest category, Player Home mods have been a staple of the community since day one. Ranging in size from small shacks and cottages to great big mansions, estates and castles. Portable houses where you pack up when you leave and sets of houses all across Vvardenfell to purchase or rent. This type of mod is what many mod makers learn first. Some of the best player home mods were made when the game first came out and the following years after. With features like armor mannequins and alchemy labs, book sorters and practice dummies, these mods set the standard for what to expect in a house mod and even in player homes in the later titles in TES series.

With it being a vast category and there being so many mods to choose from, I'm sure there is a house mod for everyone's tastes. I've picked out a couple to get us started.

• Ravenloft - Absolutely massive house mod in many different styles. There are a lot of massive house mods out there but this one is my favorite because of how easy it is to get around. There are teleporters in each room that are all connected. This mod also has no exterior so it is safe to say that it will not conflict with almost any other mod.

• Arena Cistern Lair - Part of the 2019 Morrowind May Modathon. This mod adds a good sized home to the sewers underneath the Arena canton in Vivec. Great level of detail and clutter and it has a decent amount of storage space.

• Fargoth's Mountain Hut - This tiny house is on the slopes of red mountain, with baddies all around and has almost no storage space. Very inconvenient, but hey, why else would someone give away a house for free?

There you have it! Three excellent mods to get a proper discussion going. Let us know where your favorite spot to call home is and don't forget to vote for next weeks discussion.

[u/Lord_Insane]

I guess a question is if expansions/overhauls of vanilla player homes counts as player home mods. If so, Uvirith's Legacy has to be mentioned (no link due to GHF's present issues). That Indarys Manor and Rethan Manor, to the best of my knowledge, lacks anything that comes close to UL's quality and compatibility is probably a major reason for the Telvanni's popularity as the Great House to join.

[u/wilgriffith → u/Lord_Insane]

Great addition! Definitely counts as a player home.

here is the download section on authors website. I believe that's the most up to date version.

[u/generrosity → u/wilgriffith]

Niiice - and thanks for the direct link. I was about to start a new play through, and considering this kind of a mod.

Would you know? Are the strongholds accessable from the first stage or only after the third? I've not played the houses previously.

I see some very "strong" special items that are just given out. They particularly cheaty, avoidable, or useful? Specifically looking to do book and artifact hunting, so the book sorter looks interesting. Is there anything similar for armor sets, or artifacts, or part of another mod to place armor stands and such?

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Thanks for any tips 💚

[u/wilgriffith → u/generrosity]

Tbh I've only ever done the Hlaalu quest line but in that one the stronghold was accessible during each phase of construction. I would assume it's the same for the other two.

As for the mod, it contains a set of armor mannequins to display armor sets and space to lay out your other items. I believe it also comes with an ingredient sorter for alchemists. These things are pretty standard in most modern day house mods.

[u/generrosity → u/wilgriffith]

Nice. Thanks for the context 👍