if you find the Amulet too cheesy/too OP too early, a cool quest you can do with reasonable Sneaky assassin skills is Larrius Varro's first quest ("Larrius Varro Tells a Little Story") Balmora/Moonmoth Fort. Ask around for rumors in Balmora and people will tell you about him. The quest is quite hard if you're not careful since you are killing people inside a building, but if you can swing it, you get a Ring of Surroundings, which is 20-30% Chameleon for 30s on use. It takes more effort than the Amulet and the Ring is less powerful, but since it's an early quest and you are pointed towards Balmora anyway, it feels like a more organic start.
SPOILERS AHEAD I do find it utterly hilarious that Balmora's Council Club is targeted by 4 different quests, one that you mentioned above, and the other three are tied to separate factions (2 of them being thief-like), but if you do end up killing the whole house you end up having much easier time tackling the other three: - Balmora's Thieves Guild has you pickpocket (or with enough disposition, buy) a manor key from one of the above targets, if he's killed then you can just loot it off his dead body then turn the key to the questgiver - If you decide to keep the key which is used to enter the manor you'll find a dead Dunmer with a journal update, if you progressed a bit in Balmora's House Hlaluu questline you'll eventually have to find the killer, which turned out to be one of the targets in Varro's quest, which you can immediately turn it in - Imperial Cult has one sub-questline involves getting (or buying) alms and donations to be given to the questgiver, one of these involves donating 5 bottles of Cyrodilic Brandy, if you ask around Balmora taverns eventually one NPC will direct you to the Council Club and not-so-subtly poking you to raid their storage room which exactly has five of these, with all of them dead you can just access the storage room freely
I'd really love to see that night blade guide you mentioned. Interested to see your take on it, since I've recently been leveling one myself. Playing slow and steady and stacking as much burst damage as possible is always such a great time.
I played OpenMW multiplayer with a friend recently (modded a bit but mechanically still Morrowind) and at some point he realized he could level Sneak by just crouching behind a room full of people and going AFK for a while.
@@colbyboucher6391 I'd love it if mobile OpenMW eventually became compatible with hosted servers, that shit would be insane for breaks messing around in morrowind. Playing hide and seek with the various Tamriel Rebuilt expansions, bombing towns aerially, paralyzing each other for 2 minutes like a prick.
@@dillonmoore9810 Yeah, my favorite thing I've seen people do was kinda like the old Perfect Dark mode where two people tried to complete the main quest and two others just lived to make their lives miserable.
My good man you are the only reason I am capable of understanding and enjoying this magnificent game. They just don’t make em like this no more. Games and UA-cam content.
You have many great guides on how to begin a game. Have you considered a guide on how to effectively manage the mid game? Not necessarily a min/max perfect play guide. But the general little tips on understanding the environment, enemies, quest order, good dungeon raiding practices, or just how to use Morrowind. Maybe it'd be mundane. But I thought this idea might point someone who uses your build guides in the right direction when they continue their story on their own.
As many here I'm still a Morrowind player since release, I never stopped. Thanks for your work, it's very inspirating me to share myself some knowledge I have from this game on UA-cam. Great job man
This will be unpopular, but I like The Lady for thief characters. You generally won't be using too many skills that enhance endurance (although spear can be useful as a backup weapon, since it has a nice range), and that extra boost helps so much with your health. On top of that, a high personality helps you make the most profit off your pilfered goods.
I do the same. The Lady is great. The boost to personality goes well with Illusion. Spear is really, really good for any build. Its particularly good for low levels. It helps you level up your endurance and get additional health early on. It makes thief/scout build far less squishy
Greetings. I have to admit. That is my first video of Morrowind in a while and it made much fun to watch you playing a thiefs build. This game is just classic and you have so much replayability. Thank you for the content and keep up the good work. Speaking of classic. 17:33 that move is always part of every "from scratch" playthrough lmao :D It always makes me laugh how you can trick the AI and get some good cash early on. Best regards Katz
The Lover is also a great option for melee characters. Hit rolls are based on your agility score, regardless of the weapon type you're using. And paralyse is a great way to take down more powerful opponents.
As someone who wants to play through Morrowind all the way a second time as a stealthy thief I absolutely love this video! Especially considering there aren’t any good videos on being a thief that aren’t obsessing over the Strength and Endurance meta.
Everybody wants to rock the Strength and Endurance meta, but ignores the fact that melee attacks roll off of Agility. They build a freight train that can't hit anything.
@@chrisbingley damn, if only there was a way to level both strength, endurance AND agility! And don’t forget those nords/orcs/Redguards who max out endurance at lvl 4-7, they can’t possibly find a room for a x5 dexterity at every lvl up after their hp gains are maxed out, no sir.
@@max7971 I was refering more to starting builds. Most go for strength and endurance as favoured attributes with The Lady as a star sign. Your far better off going with either strength, endurance and The Lover, or Strength, Agility and The Lady. Really it depends on whether you're running vanilla Morrowind or OpenMW. But whichever version you're playing, you're far better off with all three at/over 60 than one at 85 and oanother at 40.
@@max7971Hey I want to play Morrowind again as a tank (Nord). It's quite possible I haven't really understood the leveling system yet. So if I would go strength and endurance what problem am I likely to face in the later game and how can I avoid it (+ if I chose to do it anyway)? I know you can get 15 points per level (5 each) at max. But are you impying there is a max stat (for every attribute or just for health)? And how would that circumstance impact the further leveling? I hope you can help me😊
@@chrisbingleyHey I want to restart after many years as a tank (Nord). And I heard it's recommended to go strength + endurance + the Lady (if that was personality + endurance). But you said it would be kind of a mistake (at least for an optimal leveling strat). Could you explain to me a bit deeper why your selections would be preferable pls? I am a vanilla Morrowind player, if that as you said, matters. Also why would more balanced stats e.g. 60 be better than one 80 and the other one 40?
I love Morrowind more than I do Oblivion and Skyrim combined, and every day I eagerly await the REAL TES:IV. Until then, I greatly appreciate you helping to keep the passion for this wonderful game alive. From my heart, my friend, I thank you, and pray God bless you.
Two other good items for this build you can get at level 1 are the gloves Treachery and Deceit (not to mention Shadowsting) in the hollow stump behind Thirsk mead hall in the Bloodmoon expansion. Then go over to Gyldenhul Barrow on the northeast coast of the island. Its a 100 level lock which should be doable. Over 10k gold plus glass and ebony loot among a bunch of other goodies.
This is the sole reason I got to play Morrowind, playing as a thief and going from petty burglar to vault robber is so rewarding. Thank you for this video :)
How to Jerma thief: 1. steal everything at everytime 2. kill anyone who attacks you, it's self defence 4. oh the misery 5. get scared by an Argonian sniffing
Easy way to increase Sneak. Go to any place in Balmora with a few people. Get a Hammer. Use the hammer to hold down the Sneak button and come back a few hours later for max Sneak
Strength is underrated for a thief, since it governs maximum encumbrance for bigger and longer hauls, and it also indirectly affects speed and jump height as well. But anyone who mainstats luck is an alpha male and should not be questioned.
Been looking through UA-cam and forums for something for the last few days and i have honestly never seen anyone post it. So i got a guide idea to make for those that can't move past the combat system of the game, or are massive hoarders and can't help themselves from picking up every single item in the game and want to keep it all in their inventory. Don't think this was ever patched out by something as far as i know, but get the skull crusher hammer as soon as possible in the game. You can get through the cave and get the hammer at level 1 if you are decent at kiting enemies, as there is a few strong mobs in there that can 1 or 2 shot you. I had a few friends that i showed it to to help them cause they wanted to play the game to get the lore themselves. You just need the Skull Crusher and any other weapon in the game. Cycle your weapon equipped and every time it passes the Skull Crusher in the list, it stacks the Fortify Feather and Fortify Attack. You will rarely if ever miss attacks and you have a limitless weight. For those that can't deal with the games bad combat system, this is a literal game changer and turns the game from being practically unplayable to being fun for those that can't stand having to grind up their skills before they can kill anything. It's 100% an exploit and shouldn't be used if you want to play the game normally, but for those that want to play the game but get too frustrated with it, this is definitely something that can and will help them be able to do so.
Morrowind was one of the first rpg's i got really lost in. I played it on xbox when it came out and never did much more than thieves guild questline and general murder and mayhem. I remember pouring over the bible of a strategy guide to not get lost. Im re-enjoying the game on a steam deck now and really hooked. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and passion with us
Character creation was good, you encouraged roleplaying and immersion. Then, as soon as the playthrough starts, you exploit one of the most immersion-breaking glitches/limitations in Morrowind. The fact that NPCs don't see you dropping stolen items on the floor, nor taking them back. Seriously? Then, rather than just showing general gameplay tips (obviously the video would've been shorter) you show where to get this and that item, when a huge chunk of the fun in Morrowind comes precisely from finding them on your playthrough. I had to stop watching when you were heading towards the amulet of shadows. Heck, maybe say that there's a very powerful item near Gnisis, instead.
All of this guy's videos start out as roleplaying tips (even more novel ones you wouldn't expect, like recommending Speechcraft for a Warrior to taunt effectively), then when he's actually playing the game he's powergaming like crazy while still keeping up the pretense of RP. By the end of this video he's got himself a full set of Glass Armor at only level 1 lol.
I don't understand why some people want to play in the most tedious way possible. He said that if you don't want the amulet, just don't get it. Besides, it's not as if the game had no other overpowered items or mechanics. And as far as exploits go, he never shows the "soul trap + fortify attribute" spell or the insane alchemy loops one can get which definitely ARE exploits. It's just about a few items that can greatly help in early game and frankly make the game more fun and enjoyable. Not sure how you integrate these in your RP vision (or the fact that Vvardenfell is full with them) or how you come to consider this as "powergaming", but hey, different players, different opinions.
Also the Cuirass of Savior's Hide from Tel Fyr, the by far best Light Armor, right next to a 4000 years old Telvanni wizard in a level 100 lock chest. You need a Levitation potion to get there and maybe a Telekinesis spell. Totally *not* broke the Game with level 1 😂
Oh god, anything but that. The best thing to happen to morrowind was that Bethesda forgot about it. Leave it to the fans, I’m not paying Todd and Emil to make my favorite game worse.
Recently did a Khajiit playthrough of Hlaalu and the Tong it was still a blast. I didn't x5 endurance early on and resulted into a very low hp pool which forced more stealth tactics with jinx blades and the like and it was tense at points. Still feel like sneak is a pretty janky skill unmodded until you get a good amount of chameleon. Ra'virr is the greatest merchant on Vvardenfell change my mind!
01:12 when you try to steal what’s blow the pillow, but you accidentally slept in someone else bed. Morrowind most important rule is 1# NEVER SLEEP IN SOMEONE ELSE BED! Yet another awesome video my good sir!
Cheers man, been enjoying binging your videos for the past week for my bi-yearly month-long morrowind bender. I appreciate you, and you make great videos with great information while keeping it fun and light. Wishing you the best 🤝
Tried this build out and I must say holy crap....Broken is right. Fun though never the less. Anyways looking towards more of your videos for some crafty builds. Tried the Marksman build, that was fun too. Anyways, take care and I'm going to have fun with these crazy builds...../cheers!
My favorite build as a kid was a Hand-To-Hand Khajiit with alteration and unarmored. It was fucking hilarious to knock out every living thing in Vvanderfel and steal their shit while they were down. Also stealing all the pillows all the time.
I don't think that blade is that useful after Chameleon Amulet, you are already hidden, and imo being 100% hidden during fights has the downgrade that enemies start to run all over the place which makes them harder to hit, while with amulet effect only they see you sometimes and stop to get hit. Of course for thievery stuff it's good but for combat maybe something else. I usually don't go pick it up anymore, as it makes the game pretty trivial, breaks any build, being a lot better than invisibility.
I actually take luck and endurance on almost every character. I just can't get away from the fact it's pretty much the most power gamey choice to make.
Saying stuff like "I'm gonna go back to khajit because it really feels like the perfect race for this class, one that fits the role play core of the character." Is really just "despite only making up 7% of the population, khajits account for 74% of all prisoners."
I have played Morrowind 20 years ago, when I was in high school and I remember it so fondly. Recently I picked Morrowind again on kids Xbox game pass, played it a little with all the nostalgia and then started digging in. Found OpenMW on PC and then your channel... Oh boy, what a treasure is your channel. So fun to watch and then go and play it. Thank you for being here. I remember vaguely, that I was playing as a Kajiit, the beginning was very difficult. I was very weak and poor. Being at a very low level, I have found some cave, where a strong NPC couldn't reach me. After painfully shooting hundreds of arrows at some fellow with Dwemer armor somewhere in the northwestern portion of the map, I managed to kill him. I don't remember how, but after that all went downhill where I quickly became a glass outfitted super cat marksman who could jump across the river in Balmora. So now I tested your alchemy tricks and further I want to try a Kajiit again, like you in this video.
Mr Nut I have a request: I would like to play a mage or a thief, but I don't want to be overpowered early. I am after the journey and the destination. Would you be able to create guides telling us how to be thieves etc. without "go there, get this very specific item", but more general guidelines? Like "this is how you can level sneak, those few quests should get you started". Thank you for your productions.
@@max7971 you sound very certain of your word. You must have hard proof of how many kids have figured the game out vs how many have not. I mean, it's not like only those who did figure the game out (to a varying degree - I am sure you got that data down too) remember it fondly! I wish I had that kind of insight.
Same here. It might be the fact his Agility stat is at 85 and how the formula is calculated. I followed the same race and build and only got 60 Agility.
Sneaking formula with patch project I find to be much improved iirc, just like the change in staggering/staggered formula for NPCs. I remember in vanilla Morrowind getting to around 70% chameleon and cheesing so, so hard -> first Umbra then the world.
I remember as a kid i just used cheats because i simply couldn't understand the game. So id max my magicka etc and fortify my skills through the roof. And the first thing i always did after I did that was go rob the treasuries haha i wish more games had these massove treasure troves.
I did everything you did but i cant open the lvl 95 lock in the hlaalu house, its says its too complex. Playing on openMW EDIT: I can't open the lvl 95 locked chest because its too complex even though i have the exact same stats and build that you have, also i cant open the hlaalu lvl 90 vault door either which is "too complex". I'm so confused and kind of annoyed because i've been at this for hours and it still doesnt work. Are you using any mods for your game????
I'm a bit spoiled so i can't even play skyrim without complaining about "jank this" or "bad AI that" every half hour so you can only imagine how i felt about Morrowind when i saw it. You are the only reason I have 20 hours into this game and i started last night! I wouldn't have even touched it if it wasn't for your channel and now i've already ran through the thief and warrior classes from your videos in the span of an afternoon. The game looks like a wet bag of dogshit,the combat is janky at best and the way the heavy armor sets look make me wanna wear a thong instead but man is this old piece of dead tech fun! Genuinely appreciate you.
Okay i don't know why, maybe they patched this, but when i tried to pick the 94 lock in the Hlaalu house in Balmora it says "lock is too complex". I built my character with the exact same stats and birthsign, but it doesn't work. No level 1 glass armor for me then :/
Bro, decades ago, I would B-line and swoop on this busted item for every new game start. The amount of shenanigans and circusry that ensures is pure chaos. Love that it got highlighted in this vid. 😂
So for stealth build, the greatest of starts is to build up sneak, this is before the slight rework in skyrim where you technically have to have active, simply toggle sneak, auto walk in an area with NPCs, then leave it for several hours. If your sneak is 60 or 50, congrats you are a master of shadows. No need to select sneak as a major or minor skill because its so easy to level up.
Its interesting looking back at morrowinds mechanics and realizing that level ment very little in the game, it was really a game about skill levels and not so much player level as everything in the game was very lethal so if you had the skill to hit things, you could stack damage pretty quick.
6:33 small reminder. Khajiit and Argonians cant wear shoes, and there are specific great ones, Boots of speed, i would avoid khajit always in morrowind.
Not sure what I did wrong but I tried to build this character and as soon as I got to that level 95 chest it just tells me the Lock Too Complex. Not sure what I might be doing wrong here. I have the same race, Star sign and skills.
Strange that TES games don't have perception Skill or Attribute. Does not make much sense that Sneak is used to determine how well a person sees. Also does Willpower resist Illusion magic? It sounds like it should from the name of the Attribute. Can player become frenzied or charmed or calmed? This is something that is missing from Skyrim. I think it is unfair that player is the only one who can effectivelly use these spells. Paralise is used by npcs. I think illusion should be used too.
Don't mind me, just a cat-dude running from the Hlaalu treasury with bulging pockets, nothing to see here!
Nothing to see here - move along!
bulge in your pants you say?
"huh must've been the wind"
"And May nocturnal guide you"
As one does
Actually insane to see such quality content coming from morrowind
Someone's gotta do it!
no it's not.
@@radfan7020 then why tf u here
yeah! I love this current activity around Morrowind!
@@radfan7020 agreed, it's totally sensical. 😂 Morrowind is amazing.
if you find the Amulet too cheesy/too OP too early, a cool quest you can do with reasonable Sneaky assassin skills is Larrius Varro's first quest ("Larrius Varro Tells a Little Story") Balmora/Moonmoth Fort. Ask around for rumors in Balmora and people will tell you about him. The quest is quite hard if you're not careful since you are killing people inside a building, but if you can swing it, you get a Ring of Surroundings, which is 20-30% Chameleon for 30s on use. It takes more effort than the Amulet and the Ring is less powerful, but since it's an early quest and you are pointed towards Balmora anyway, it feels like a more organic start.
SPOILERS AHEAD
I do find it utterly hilarious that Balmora's Council Club is targeted by 4 different quests, one that you mentioned above, and the other three are tied to separate factions (2 of them being thief-like), but if you do end up killing the whole house you end up having much easier time tackling the other three:
- Balmora's Thieves Guild has you pickpocket (or with enough disposition, buy) a manor key from one of the above targets, if he's killed then you can just loot it off his dead body then turn the key to the questgiver
- If you decide to keep the key which is used to enter the manor you'll find a dead Dunmer with a journal update, if you progressed a bit in Balmora's House Hlaluu questline you'll eventually have to find the killer, which turned out to be one of the targets in Varro's quest, which you can immediately turn it in
- Imperial Cult has one sub-questline involves getting (or buying) alms and donations to be given to the questgiver, one of these involves donating 5 bottles of Cyrodilic Brandy, if you ask around Balmora taverns eventually one NPC will direct you to the Council Club and not-so-subtly poking you to raid their storage room which exactly has five of these, with all of them dead you can just access the storage room freely
I'd really love to see that night blade guide you mentioned. Interested to see your take on it, since I've recently been leveling one myself. Playing slow and steady and stacking as much burst damage as possible is always such a great time.
Playing a Nightblade rn, such a great class. Would love a nb video
I played OpenMW multiplayer with a friend recently (modded a bit but mechanically still Morrowind) and at some point he realized he could level Sneak by just crouching behind a room full of people and going AFK for a while.
Yep. You gain XP when the NPC makes a check so you can just kinda stand around and level it. Super broken lol
Excuse me? Multiplayer??
@@imhulki463 Yep! It's a fork of the Open Morrowind engine called TES3MP.
@@colbyboucher6391
I'd love it if mobile OpenMW eventually became compatible with hosted servers, that shit would be insane for breaks messing around in morrowind. Playing hide and seek with the various Tamriel Rebuilt expansions, bombing towns aerially, paralyzing each other for 2 minutes like a prick.
@@dillonmoore9810 Yeah, my favorite thing I've seen people do was kinda like the old Perfect Dark mode where two people tried to complete the main quest and two others just lived to make their lives miserable.
My good man you are the only reason I am capable of understanding and enjoying this magnificent game. They just don’t make em like this no more. Games and UA-cam content.
I appreciate hearing that! Glad you were able to enjoy a ride through this awesome game
You have many great guides on how to begin a game. Have you considered a guide on how to effectively manage the mid game?
Not necessarily a min/max perfect play guide. But the general little tips on understanding the environment, enemies, quest order, good dungeon raiding practices, or just how to use Morrowind.
Maybe it'd be mundane. But I thought this idea might point someone who uses your build guides in the right direction when they continue their story on their own.
As many here I'm still a Morrowind player since release, I never stopped. Thanks for your work, it's very inspirating me to share myself some knowledge I have from this game on UA-cam. Great job man
Meanwhile I'm fresh off the boat in 2023 playing for the first time, OBSESSED. You can call me an Outlander.
fantastic video. the format of guide + play through is really special! perfect!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Yo man your videos are hitting a niche not a lot have, keep at it. i got recommended you, im sure the algorithm will bless you soon.
That's dope to hear. Thanks for checking it out.
This will be unpopular, but I like The Lady for thief characters. You generally won't be using too many skills that enhance endurance (although spear can be useful as a backup weapon, since it has a nice range), and that extra boost helps so much with your health. On top of that, a high personality helps you make the most profit off your pilfered goods.
I do the same. The Lady is great. The boost to personality goes well with Illusion. Spear is really, really good for any build. Its particularly good for low levels. It helps you level up your endurance and get additional health early on. It makes thief/scout build far less squishy
Greetings. I have to admit. That is my first video of Morrowind in a while and it made much fun to watch you playing a thiefs build. This game is just classic and you have so much replayability. Thank you for the content and keep up the good work.
Speaking of classic. 17:33 that move is always part of every "from scratch" playthrough lmao :D It always makes me laugh how you can trick the AI and get some good cash early on.
Best regards
Katz
You have a great vibe of a childhood friend with whom you could've sat down and play games together for hours, oh happy day
The Lover is also a great option for melee characters. Hit rolls are based on your agility score, regardless of the weapon type you're using. And paralyse is a great way to take down more powerful opponents.
As someone who wants to play through Morrowind all the way a second time as a stealthy thief I absolutely love this video! Especially considering there aren’t any good videos on being a thief that aren’t obsessing over the Strength and Endurance meta.
Everybody wants to rock the Strength and Endurance meta, but ignores the fact that melee attacks roll off of Agility.
They build a freight train that can't hit anything.
@@chrisbingley damn, if only there was a way to level both strength, endurance AND agility! And don’t forget those nords/orcs/Redguards who max out endurance at lvl 4-7, they can’t possibly find a room for a x5 dexterity at every lvl up after their hp gains are maxed out, no sir.
@@max7971 I was refering more to starting builds. Most go for strength and endurance as favoured attributes with The Lady as a star sign.
Your far better off going with either strength, endurance and The Lover, or Strength, Agility and The Lady.
Really it depends on whether you're running vanilla Morrowind or OpenMW. But whichever version you're playing, you're far better off with all three at/over 60 than one at 85 and oanother at 40.
@@max7971Hey I want to play Morrowind again as a tank (Nord). It's quite possible I haven't really understood the leveling system yet. So if I would go strength and endurance what problem am I likely to face in the later game and how can I avoid it (+ if I chose to do it anyway)? I know you can get 15 points per level (5 each) at max. But are you impying there is a max stat (for every attribute or just for health)?
And how would that circumstance impact the further leveling?
I hope you can help me😊
@@chrisbingleyHey I want to restart after many years as a tank (Nord). And I heard it's recommended to go strength + endurance + the Lady (if that was personality + endurance).
But you said it would be kind of a mistake (at least for an optimal leveling strat).
Could you explain to me a bit deeper why your selections would be preferable pls?
I am a vanilla Morrowind player, if that as you said, matters.
Also why would more balanced stats e.g. 60 be better than one 80 and the other one 40?
I love Morrowind more than I do Oblivion and Skyrim combined, and every day I eagerly await the REAL TES:IV. Until then, I greatly appreciate you helping to keep the passion for this wonderful game alive. From my heart, my friend, I thank you, and pray God bless you.
As an editor I can tell man spent time on this video, and nailed it ❤
Two other good items for this build you can get at level 1 are the gloves Treachery and Deceit (not to mention Shadowsting) in the hollow stump behind Thirsk mead hall in the Bloodmoon expansion. Then go over to Gyldenhul Barrow on the northeast coast of the island. Its a 100 level lock which should be doable. Over 10k gold plus glass and ebony loot among a bunch of other goodies.
So happy to see new (to me, anyway) Morrowind content even now in 2023! Love this game.
This is the sole reason I got to play Morrowind, playing as a thief and going from petty burglar to vault robber is so rewarding. Thank you for this video :)
Hey Coffee, great content man, very funny. Great job!
Stealth is so so so underrated in morrowind! It’s always magic this alchemy that. Skooma addicted thievery is the goat 🐐
How to Jerma thief:
1. steal everything at everytime
2. kill anyone who attacks you, it's self defence
4. oh the misery
5. get scared by an Argonian sniffing
Where tf is number 3
Your videos have helped me so much with morrowind!! Thanks man seriously
Easy way to increase Sneak. Go to any place in Balmora with a few people. Get a Hammer. Use the hammer to hold down the Sneak button and come back a few hours later for max Sneak
The Witcher knows his stuff
@@CoffeeNutGaming Only works with OpenMW. Why? No crashes
Strength is underrated for a thief, since it governs maximum encumbrance for bigger and longer hauls, and it also indirectly affects speed and jump height as well. But anyone who mainstats luck is an alpha male and should not be questioned.
Been looking through UA-cam and forums for something for the last few days and i have honestly never seen anyone post it.
So i got a guide idea to make for those that can't move past the combat system of the game, or are massive hoarders and can't help themselves from picking up every single item in the game and want to keep it all in their inventory.
Don't think this was ever patched out by something as far as i know, but get the skull crusher hammer as soon as possible in the game. You can get through the cave and get the hammer at level 1 if you are decent at kiting enemies, as there is a few strong mobs in there that can 1 or 2 shot you. I had a few friends that i showed it to to help them cause they wanted to play the game to get the lore themselves.
You just need the Skull Crusher and any other weapon in the game. Cycle your weapon equipped and every time it passes the Skull Crusher in the list, it stacks the Fortify Feather and Fortify Attack. You will rarely if ever miss attacks and you have a limitless weight.
For those that can't deal with the games bad combat system, this is a literal game changer and turns the game from being practically unplayable to being fun for those that can't stand having to grind up their skills before they can kill anything.
It's 100% an exploit and shouldn't be used if you want to play the game normally, but for those that want to play the game but get too frustrated with it, this is definitely something that can and will help them be able to do so.
Morrowind was one of the first rpg's i got really lost in. I played it on xbox when it came out and never did much more than thieves guild questline and general murder and mayhem. I remember pouring over the bible of a strategy guide to not get lost. Im re-enjoying the game on a steam deck now and really hooked. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and passion with us
Same I played it on xbox, I'd take in my xbox to work when I was a nightshift security gatehouse guard and play it all night every night.
Would you consider doing a build guide like this for making a summoner?
All roads lead to Balmora 😊
Real and true
Character creation was good, you encouraged roleplaying and immersion.
Then, as soon as the playthrough starts, you exploit one of the most immersion-breaking glitches/limitations in Morrowind. The fact that NPCs don't see you dropping stolen items on the floor, nor taking them back. Seriously?
Then, rather than just showing general gameplay tips (obviously the video would've been shorter) you show where to get this and that item, when a huge chunk of the fun in Morrowind comes precisely from finding them on your playthrough. I had to stop watching when you were heading towards the amulet of shadows. Heck, maybe say that there's a very powerful item near Gnisis, instead.
I agree. I think the best use of these videos is to just watch the character creation bit and then ignore the rest.
All of this guy's videos start out as roleplaying tips (even more novel ones you wouldn't expect, like recommending Speechcraft for a Warrior to taunt effectively), then when he's actually playing the game he's powergaming like crazy while still keeping up the pretense of RP. By the end of this video he's got himself a full set of Glass Armor at only level 1 lol.
I don't understand why some people want to play in the most tedious way possible. He said that if you don't want the amulet, just don't get it. Besides, it's not as if the game had no other overpowered items or mechanics. And as far as exploits go, he never shows the "soul trap + fortify attribute" spell or the insane alchemy loops one can get which definitely ARE exploits. It's just about a few items that can greatly help in early game and frankly make the game more fun and enjoyable. Not sure how you integrate these in your RP vision (or the fact that Vvardenfell is full with them) or how you come to consider this as "powergaming", but hey, different players, different opinions.
This build is an absolute blast! The jump distance you get with the increased acrobatics is insane it makes getting around much easier. Cheers man!
Ayyy, glad you're enjoying it!
Also the Cuirass of Savior's Hide from Tel Fyr, the by far best Light Armor, right next to a 4000 years old Telvanni wizard in a level 100 lock chest. You need a Levitation potion to get there and maybe a Telekinesis spell.
Totally *not* broke the Game with level 1 😂
I hope Morrowind gets remastered one day
You and me both
Oh god, anything but that. The best thing to happen to morrowind was that Bethesda forgot about it. Leave it to the fans, I’m not paying Todd and Emil to make my favorite game worse.
Even now I'm amazed at how sophisticated these systems are.
Recently did a Khajiit playthrough of Hlaalu and the Tong it was still a blast. I didn't x5 endurance early on and resulted into a very low hp pool which forced more stealth tactics with jinx blades and the like and it was tense at points. Still feel like sneak is a pretty janky skill unmodded until you get a good amount of chameleon.
Ra'virr is the greatest merchant on Vvardenfell change my mind!
01:12 when you try to steal what’s blow the pillow, but you accidentally slept in someone else bed.
Morrowind most important rule is 1# NEVER SLEEP IN SOMEONE ELSE BED!
Yet another awesome video my good sir!
CoffeNutGaming: time to start another Morrowind playthrough
me: yes honey :I
Cheers man, been enjoying binging your videos for the past week for my bi-yearly month-long morrowind bender. I appreciate you, and you make great videos with great information while keeping it fun and light. Wishing you the best 🤝
Glad you're enjoying them! That's great to hear
Amulet of shadow looking kinda thicc
It's so OP
I have played thousands of hours of Morrowind, none as a thief. Well guess what I'm going to do. 🤑
Bro, have you made vampire builds?
Tried this build out and I must say holy crap....Broken is right. Fun though never the less. Anyways looking towards more of your videos for some crafty builds. Tried the Marksman build, that was fun too. Anyways, take care and I'm going to have fun with these crazy builds...../cheers!
Nice!! Glad to hear you enjoyed them. Best of luck in the ashlands 🤘
Did that assassin/nightblade video ever come out? I’d be interested to see that one
Can you do a guide on how to do the same thing in real life? Asking for a friend.
My favorite build as a kid was a Hand-To-Hand Khajiit with alteration and unarmored. It was fucking hilarious to knock out every living thing in Vvanderfel and steal their shit while they were down. Also stealing all the pillows all the time.
I don't think that blade is that useful after Chameleon Amulet, you are already hidden, and imo being 100% hidden during fights has the downgrade that enemies start to run all over the place which makes them harder to hit, while with amulet effect only they see you sometimes and stop to get hit. Of course for thievery stuff it's good but for combat maybe something else. I usually don't go pick it up anymore, as it makes the game pretty trivial, breaks any build, being a lot better than invisibility.
I'm not sure Tower would be something to recommend.
Unlock scrolls are all over the place and the scroll would be easy enough to re-make
I actually take luck and endurance on almost every character. I just can't get away from the fact it's pretty much the most power gamey choice to make.
Saying stuff like "I'm gonna go back to khajit because it really feels like the perfect race for this class, one that fits the role play core of the character."
Is really just
"despite only making up 7% of the population, khajits account for 74% of all prisoners."
Awesome content! +1 sub! Can you say what mod you use to darken the enviroment? And please, do a nightblade video!!
I have played Morrowind 20 years ago, when I was in high school and I remember it so fondly. Recently I picked Morrowind again on kids Xbox game pass, played it a little with all the nostalgia and then started digging in. Found OpenMW on PC and then your channel... Oh boy, what a treasure is your channel. So fun to watch and then go and play it. Thank you for being here. I remember vaguely, that I was playing as a Kajiit, the beginning was very difficult. I was very weak and poor. Being at a very low level, I have found some cave, where a strong NPC couldn't reach me. After painfully shooting hundreds of arrows at some fellow with Dwemer armor somewhere in the northwestern portion of the map, I managed to kill him. I don't remember how, but after that all went downhill where I quickly became a glass outfitted super cat marksman who could jump across the river in Balmora. So now I tested your alchemy tricks and further I want to try a Kajiit again, like you in this video.
Yes more Morrowind
Always more Morrowind 🤘
@@CoffeeNutGaming best TES game ever
I love your vids. Your genuine love for Morrowind makes these video amazing. Thanks for being the best content creator ever❤
Wow. That's an incredible compliment. Thank you!
Heyo coffeeman. Do you know about the Daedric dagger in the Redoran Canalworks in vivec, there is a ancestor ghost there you can juke.
Hi buddy! Thanks for the next video, it's pretty awesome and funny guide. Looking forward for the next video Have a nice weekend. See you
Hands-down, Morrowind is the greatest game ever made, period.
Why does your game's lighting look like a Marvel TV show? Everything is so evenly lit. It's unnatural.
Can you do a battle mage/spell sword build. I have just finished the game for the first time and want to try new builds.
Mr Nut I have a request: I would like to play a mage or a thief, but I don't want to be overpowered early. I am after the journey and the destination. Would you be able to create guides telling us how to be thieves etc. without "go there, get this very specific item", but more general guidelines? Like "this is how you can level sneak, those few quests should get you started".
Thank you for your productions.
“Create guides telling us go to be thieves” just go and do it wtf. Kids figured it out on their own two decades ago, what’s there to explain?
@@max7971 you sound very certain of your word. You must have hard proof of how many kids have figured the game out vs how many have not.
I mean, it's not like only those who did figure the game out (to a varying degree - I am sure you got that data down too) remember it fondly!
I wish I had that kind of insight.
Luck is actually a great pick for a few different builds....good for a glass cannon mage who uses conjuration, alchemy, or enchanting
There is a enchanted ring you can buy in Caldera that gives you 10 seconds of invisibility which I must say sounds rather decent.
I'm getting "lock too complex" when I try to lockpick the chest at 21:23
Same here. It might be the fact his Agility stat is at 85 and how the formula is calculated. I followed the same race and build and only got 60 Agility.
Saying Alladīn while writing Aladēn, ironic.
As a kid I played the hell out of a short blade Khajiit and stole practically everything. Best part of the game.
Sneaking formula with patch project I find to be much improved iirc, just like the change in staggering/staggered formula for NPCs. I remember in vanilla Morrowind getting to around 70% chameleon and cheesing so, so hard -> first Umbra then the world.
I remember as a kid i just used cheats because i simply couldn't understand the game. So id max my magicka etc and fortify my skills through the roof.
And the first thing i always did after I did that was go rob the treasuries haha i wish more games had these massove treasure troves.
Thank you for everything you do, i love this channel it's super comfy in sad times.
That makes me happy to hear. Sending good vibes. 🙏
I hope so too! He is an awesome guide!
That was beautiful
How about a video on how to vampire/werewolf?
This is on my to-do list. Will definitely get around to it eventually. So many topics to cover, so little time
Can you do about monk build ? Btw, a great video !
I did everything you did but i cant open the lvl 95 lock in the hlaalu house, its says its too complex. Playing on openMW EDIT: I can't open the lvl 95 locked chest because its too complex even though i have the exact same stats and build that you have, also i cant open the hlaalu lvl 90 vault door either which is "too complex". I'm so confused and kind of annoyed because i've been at this for hours and it still doesnt work. Are you using any mods for your game????
I'm a bit spoiled so i can't even play skyrim without complaining about "jank this" or "bad AI that" every half hour so you can only imagine how i felt about Morrowind when i saw it.
You are the only reason I have 20 hours into this game and i started last night!
I wouldn't have even touched it if it wasn't for your channel and now i've already ran through the thief and warrior classes from your videos in the span of an afternoon.
The game looks like a wet bag of dogshit,the combat is janky at best and the way the heavy armor sets look make me wanna wear a thong instead but man is this old piece of dead tech fun!
Genuinely appreciate you.
Okay i don't know why, maybe they patched this, but when i tried to pick the 94 lock in the Hlaalu house in Balmora it says "lock is too complex". I built my character with the exact same stats and birthsign, but it doesn't work. No level 1 glass armor for me then :/
Just realized while watching this and playing morrowind on my OG Xbox just how beautiful openMW is, holy crap 😭😍 also love your videos
I don't understand.
Isn't Dark Brotherhood Armor better then Glass?
It looks like Glass was Armor class 66. C
And Dark Brotherhood is Armor class 100.
Bro, decades ago, I would B-line and swoop on this busted item for every new game start.
The amount of shenanigans and circusry that ensures is pure chaos. Love that it got highlighted in this vid. 😂
I mean; I'll play a Thieving Mage if that balances anything out!! lmao
So for stealth build, the greatest of starts is to build up sneak, this is before the slight rework in skyrim where you technically have to have active, simply toggle sneak, auto walk in an area with NPCs, then leave it for several hours.
If your sneak is 60 or 50, congrats you are a master of shadows.
No need to select sneak as a major or minor skill because its so easy to level up.
a Nord thief with long blade, speechcraft, & sneak
he opens locks by breaking them.
Its interesting looking back at morrowinds mechanics and realizing that level ment very little in the game, it was really a game about skill levels and not so much player level as everything in the game was very lethal so if you had the skill to hit things, you could stack damage pretty quick.
Dude, you’re a thief. Just case a likely joint, rob them blind when they aren’t home and sell everything to the local pawn broker.
I love your channel, i love this video, and I’d love a thief play through, twitch or otherwise
6:33 small reminder. Khajiit and Argonians cant wear shoes, and there are specific great ones, Boots of speed, i would avoid khajit always in morrowind.
Really well made and indepth guide with superb presentation. You earned yourself another sub. Might convince me to replay morrowind.
Appreciate that! Thanks for checking it out
being good at morrowind as a kid made me feel so smart.
Why do homework when you can browse UESP for hours and become a god?
Not sure what I did wrong but I tried to build this character and as soon as I got to that level 95 chest it just tells me the Lock Too Complex. Not sure what I might be doing wrong here. I have the same race, Star sign and skills.
When you think about it, guild sanctioned thievery is just taxation.
Be warrior/mage. Do alchemy. Pay trainer to increase thievery skills.
Instant profit.
Newbie here, why does it say "lock too complex" when i use the master's lockpick on the first level 94 chest?
Yo from the off this is good content. Thanks
Strange that TES games don't have perception Skill or Attribute. Does not make much sense that Sneak is used to determine how well a person sees.
Also does Willpower resist Illusion magic? It sounds like it should from the name of the Attribute.
Can player become frenzied or charmed or calmed? This is something that is missing from Skyrim. I think it is unfair that player is the only one who can effectivelly use these spells.
Paralise is used by npcs. I think illusion should be used too.
Great video and game play truly love ❤️ this elder scrolls classic
Thanks for this tips
You should do that Assassin build, please, because I came looking for the Assassin build and found this video instead.
YAS KING 👑
The person that decided to make lockpicks have durability has never held a lockpick in their life.
Should have used all your wealth after the heist to purchase a bunch of skooma in true khajiit fashion
I pick the Atronach sign in every elder scrolls no matter the build..anyone else?
Great Video,
please more.
Thank you, Sir
Jumping around all the time 😍 Good ol’ Morrowind