The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind came out in 2002 primarily for the Xbox and marked a large shift in Bethesda’s approach to the Elder Scrolls series and their RPG style altogether. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is the first game to be completely 3d rendered and has drastically shrunk the world space from the procedurally generated villages and cities in The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, which encompassed a space as large as modern-day Britain, to a tiny handcrafted island with four main settlements. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is arguably the peak of The Elder Scrolls series, at least in its role-playing aspect. As such, the game has been kept alive by a loyal following of modders and gamers. One of the game’s largest mods has expanded the game’s content even more with its latest update.

Morrowind Rebirth has launched it 5.3 update into the wild. The update reworks just about every settlement in noticeable ways, from Seyda Neen, the first settlement, having its lighthouse place on a separate island and placed farther away on a higher elevation than before. House Hlaalu’s manor district is much elegant and regal befitting of the wealthiest house and influencers in the game. Shopkeepers in the game have had their inventories largely expanded and will be restocking their stuff more often and refilling common alchemical ingredients. Stealing items of little worth from shopkeepers will no longer result in them attempting to game end you unless you are able to repent for your transgressions before they finish the job.

The mastermind behind the mod, Trancemaster_1988 says, “with that another massive amount of changes. This time I’ve spent most of my time building a more believable world space, so you can expect to see a LOT of changes in that department.” Rebirth is just one of many mods that keep Morrowind new and alien to veteran players while being appealing to newcomers as well.