Tamriel Rebuilt is a massive community modding project that seamlessly adds the mainland of the Morrowind province to Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. The mod is developed as a series of fully complete, but interconnected expansions, each bringing a new part of the Morrowind province to life. Currently, players can already enjoy our released lands, which constitute roughly half of the mainland area and are fully populated with interior locations, hundreds of NPCs, thousands of lines of dialogue, and almost as many new quests as were in the original game.

It has been a few months since we last updated you on the ongoing progress in Tamriel Rebuilt – okay, we did release a major double-expansion in-between, but still. This month, as we last did in September, we will get you up to date on all the progress that our concept and asset artists have made. These are the building blocks of the mod, the first part of its development pipeline, which our level designers and implementers can later use to create the world of Morrowind.

Be mindful that the below concepts and assets are works-in-progress, and may not represent their final form in the mod. Furthermore, while the sources for each piece are linked – either messages on our Discord server or the asset browser – these are often no longer up-to-date with the current progress and planning of the mod.

Now, lets dive back into the nitty-gritty of TR progress – as we haven’t updated you in a while, there is a lot to show!

The concept art section is much longer than usual, thanks largely to our new artists be-a-stranger, Tammilisäke, igor~, and Illithid Bob, among other new and returning contributors.

Mephalan Vales

Be-a-stranger seems to have developed a fascination with the Mephalan Vales region. We hope to overhaul the Vales in the distant future, while keeping its DNA in place – purple-hued rock labyrinths dividing dark, misty forests.

In addition to the above landscapes, be-a-stranger and Feivelyn made wonderfully fleshed-out concepts for the Vale’s arachnid denizens.

Sacred Lands

Be-a-stranger also produced compelling new concepts for Necrom and the Sacred Lands region surrounding it, which we hope to rework after Hlaalu lands are done.

Nirvayn and Ateiggaer then fleshed the area out with new Temple-related outfit and creature concepts.

Almalexia

We had long been shopping around for new concepts for the city of Almalexia, ever since our second iteration of the city collapsed in 2014. It seems that be-a-stranger finally produced one that most of the team seems to be happy with – you can already see it laid out in the latest gridmap.

House Indoril

Tied to all of the above are the House Indoril – the true custodians of Morrowind, were you to ask them. With such a lofty stance, they surely need some more pizzaz. That’s where Dharma PR, Illithid, and Nirvayn come in.

Arnesian Swamp

In the mid-2010s, 10Kaziem made a series of wonderful concept pieces that established the look of most regions in Morrowind’s southeast. The only one that was left wanting was the Arnesian Swamps on the border with Black Marsh. This has changed now, thanks to a wonderful burst of inspiration from Feivelyn.

Hidden beneath the canopy of the Arnesian Swamp is the lost city of Sotha Sil, once a focus of worship, but now largely abandoned. Be-a-stranger drew a lovely concept for the city, as well as some Sotha Sil related gear (complemented by Feivelyn).

Shinathi

The Shinathi that roam the Shipal-Shin region, previously called the Red Swarm Militia, are a completely new subculture in Morrowind – hence they need a lot of conceptualization to make them feel real. Thankfully, Feivelyn and Tammilisäke came through with some lovely clothing and armor concepts.

House Hlaalu

The Hlaalu themselves are our focus for the next bit of development, which is why Feivelyn, Tammilisäke, and be-a-stranger made some opulent clothing, armor, and heraldry concepts.

Portraits

Feivelyn also continued her beautiful series of western-style portraits of Dunmer (mainly Hlaalu) notables, which will end up as unique in-game paintings.

Telvannis

Clearly the Telvanni are an especially evocative House, which is why we get so much great concept art for them. be-a-stranger was captivated by the Dust Adepts of the Boethiah’s Spine, and produced some neat character designs.

Feivelyn, Tammilisäke, and be-a-stranger found time to make some lovely bug concepts – never one too many for the bug-herding Telvanni.

Finally, since a few hidden Maormer will feature in Telvannis in the future, MammaHyena and our new concept artist igor~ fleshed out some designs for them.

Daedra

A variety of new and returning Daedra were designed by VenuSprout, Ateiggaer, Tammilisäke, and igor~.

Noteworthy in itself is Tammilisäke’s series of imaginative atronarchs.

We even got some Daedric equipment concepts from Ateiggaer and Dharma PR.

Velothis District

For the frosty Velothis district, new flora and fauna were designed by Ateiggaer, Venusprout, Feivelyn, and be-a-stranger.

Tammilisäke, meanwhile, was focused on the humble Hoom and its herders.

Steppenwolf and Nirvayn also made some compelling crustacean-inspired designs.

Valenwood and Summerset

While Morrowind is distant from Valenwood and Summerset Isles, the continent-spanning Empire makes sure it does not escape the influence of these foreign cultures. Primarily for Project Tamriel, Mammahyena made a series of Valenwood character designs.

Tammilisäke focused instead on the ever-flamboyant Altmer.

Miscellaneous

Many concepts do not fit neatly into the prior categories. Among them are a series of armor designs by Xeno, Aldegro, Ateiggaer, Tammilisäke, and our new concept artist Ladkohit.

Finally, be-a-stranger and Tammilisäke graced us with some house sigils, Akaviri invaders, and Dreugh creepyness.

There is a ton to show in nearly all types of 3D, sound, and texture assets, all of which will eventually end up in Tamriel_Data, our shared assets repository.

Environmental

Environmental assets are the ground textures, rocks, caves, and related items that form the backbone of our new regions.

• The biggest item in this category was the initial completion of the Shipal Shin sandstone cavern tileset by Stripes, DarkKnightComes, and Kynesifnar (reviewed by Chef). This asset was a major long pole item, needed for a large number of caves and dens in the extensive Shipal-Shin region. Even though the first interiors made in this set have already been finished, updates are ongoing to make it more versatile – for example, a half ramp was added by Kynesifnar and reviewed by Cicero, and some sapphire ore meshes were made by Cicero.

• Many new textures were created to make our existing regions more unique. Cicero and Kynesifnar added a unique rock texture (reviewed by Cicero), for Aanthirin, meant to be used in the upcoming Lake Andaram mini-expansion, that will make the region stand out more from the vanilla Ascadian Isles and blend in better with the surrounding regions. Two new types of darkrock textures for the Sea of Ghosts by Cicero (reviewed by Chef), and by Hemaris and Kynesifnar (reviewed by Cicero) were added based on unused textures in the base game. These will help differentiate our Sea of Ghosts islands, like Vounoura, Leviathan isles, and Althoa from the vanilla Sheogorath and Azura’s Coast regions. Chef also did some preliminary housekeeping work to allow us to later swap out the Bloodmoon rocks used currently in the Velothi Mountains (reviewed by Cicero).

• Previously missing tilled dirt textures for farms and plantations in the Othreleth Woods and Shipal-Shin regions were added by revenorror and Chef.

• Cicero and Kynesifnar finished new natural cave meshes (reviewed by Cicero) to replace our older retextured Bloodmoon snow-cave entrances and Snailsting made several retextures of a four-way cave piece, made originally by c0dacanon. This last asset is still awaiting review.

• Big technical improvements to our flowing water meshes were made by Melchior Dahrk and Wolli a couple years ago already, but were only recently merged into Tamriel_Data.

• Finally, Hemaris recently made significant progress on the ground and rock textures for the Deshaan region, before unfortunately dropping the claim. These assets are now eagerly awaiting the next developer, as they are critical for the addition of more land to our upcoming Narsis expansion.

Flora

Closely related to the previous category, plants and fungi largely define the look of wilderness areas.

• For our ongoing Sundered Scar rework, VenuSprout added new tree variants of the vanilla Scathecraw plant (reviewed by Cicero). Feivelyn, our prolific concept artist who recently started making amazing 3D models, has finished the alchemist’s globe mushroom for the same region, with help from Kynesifnar (concept by 10Kaziem; reviewed by Cicero).

• The Othreleth Woods, owing to its name, needs many flora assets and while most have been complete for the past year, some are still being added. Joanasc recently finished new variants of the coral fungus to replace our old set (reviewed by Chef). The old versions made by DarkKnightComes (S’Wit) were good, but a little too coral-y, meaning they have now been repurposed as actual corals in the Abecean Sea, for mods like Province: Cyrodiil, Project: Hammerfell and TES3A: Abacean Isles. Revenorror added a shelf fungus for placement on larger mushroom trunks (reviewed by chef), some new sprout variants for the ovary tree (reviewed by Chef; other variants remain in progress), and just recently made final texture tweaks to the large mushrooms that make up the canopy of the forest. Lastly, Hemaris made the base meshes for new medium-sized bushes that will help block sightlines in the Othreleth Woods, thereby making it appear more dense (concept by Gnomey).

• The Velothi Mountains region needs its own set of unique meshes to make it further distinct from TES III: Bloodmoon. To that effect, Fluxbender, a new asset developer, created a set of mountain flowers in the vanilla style (reviewed by Cicero) and Hemaris made a new root vegetable mentioned in a vanilla book, the white bloatroot, inspired by Leyawynn’s concept art (reviewed by Cicero).

• Looking forward to Redoran lands yet to be developed, Kynesifnar completed a red mushroom tree, made originally by Leyawynn and based on concept art by 10Kaziem, to adorn the Clambering Moors region (reviewed by revenorror). Kynesifnar also fixed up some old assets for the far distant Julan Shar region surrounding Blacklight – ventshrooms and Boreal hydnum, made originally by sirrah but left gathering dust in the asset browser for half a decade (reviewed by revenorror).

• For eventual additions to and reworks of central Morrowind, DarkKnightComes made progress on the pilgrim’s pile, a small plant that grows in central Morrowind and resembles a Triune shrine in shape (concept by 10Kaziem), whereas Feivelyn and Kynesifnar chipped away at two types of shrooms for the Sacred Lands region, these ones based on TES IV: Shivering Isles concept art. Lastly, Feivelyn also worked on the bulbous sea pear, a new underwater plant for central Morrowind (concept by 10Kaziem).

• Lastly, Cicero is making new unique trees for Aanthirin to replace the Ascadian Isles ones still used there.

Exterior Architecture

Our asset developers these past months were quite active in making new architecture for our settlements.

• The Velothi set received much love this time around, given it is needed both in the ongoing Sundered Scar and Almas-Thirr reworks. The biggest items were made by Mwgek – proper modular lower canton pieces used to recreate the lower level and western bridge surrounding the Almas-Thirr canton and a beautiful Velothi lighthouse, released as a separate mod, that has already found use in the remade Darvonis and will also replace the Seyda Need clone in Bal Oyra and elsewhere in the Telvannis district (both reviewed by Chef). Freefred1122 and revenorror, furthermore, made exterior-friendly versions of Velothi buildings – as the vanilla Velothi buildings were originally meant to be used on the sides of the Vivec, they lacked backsides, meaning that placing them as freestanding buildings involved a lot of “cobbling” (reviewed by Chef). Several Velothi ruins were borrowed from the wonderful Of Ash and Blight (OAAB) asset repository and reviewed by Cicero. These will find frequent use in the Sundered Scar. Another borrowed asset was the double-height open Velothi canton made by Cemkey and DonnerGott and added to Atrayonis’ Vivec mod, then converted for Tamriel Data by Vern and reviewed by Chef. Although it was originally intended to be used in the Almas-Thirr rework, this is no longer the case. Perhaps it will still come in handy somewhere else. Finally, Chef added a smaller Velothi door entrance (reviewed by Cicero).

• For Imperial architecture, the most notable addition was, again, Mwgek’s wonderful Imperial lighthouse, released initially as a separate mod for the Morrowind Winter Modjam (reviewed by Melchior Dahrk and Cicero). This will be used to replace the Teyn lighthouse, which currently copies the Seyda Neen mesh. In addition, Gnomey made bespoke windows for the Imperial chapel of Akatosh in Firewatch (reviewed by Melchior Dahrk); Taniquetil drew a special bank sign for the Briricca Private Bank, two branches of which are already released in TR; Rats did the same for the East Empire Company (reviewed by Cicero), Greatness7 and Taniquetil added a round tower base for Imperial forts, most acutely useful in the Firemoth rework (reviewed by Cicero), and Hemaris added an adjuster floor for Imperial forts, mainly for a specific use case in Firewatch (reviewed by Chef).

• Shivatheo finished a number of truly lovely organic-looking Redoran architecture meshes for our later work on the Velothis district and hopes to create more in the future.

• For the Hlaalu, Chef has combined and optimized the meshes for a ton of buildings in Narsis, Shipal-Sharai and Kragenmoor (some already reviewed by revenorror), and Mwgek made further refinements to the unique, amphitheatre-like Narsis arena.

• Tamriel Rebuilt and Project Tamriel have long been in need of new ship assets to fill their many ports, but few asset developers have shown interest in these. Thankfully, this changed in the past few months. Most notably for Tamriel Rebuilt, Melchior Dahrk made three contributions in the OAAB asset repository that he kindly shared with Tamriel Data: a brand-new small Dunmer ship (based on Gnomey’s concept), a fabulous top-to-bottom rework of our ancient galleon model – originating a 2003 modders’ resource by dongle, later overhauled by Tarius, Infragris, and Worsas – and fixes for the more recently made cutter ship (both of the latter reviwed by Kynesifnar). The brother of one of our prolific developers, Taniquetil, agreed to lend a hand to his long-suffering sister and kindly made the exterior meshes for an Imperial-built trade ship (based on art by Shadowhawk). Rats has since been chipping away at the textures. This ship will find heavy use across the TES III province mods, replacing many of the navy galleons and Dunmer vessels that have been used in its stead. Brannon the ilk is also close to finishing a Kaagh, i.e., a true Nord trade ship, that will feature in northern Morrowind ports (concept art by Shadowhawk).

• Kynesifnar kept working on Dres architecture, although progress has been somewhat stymied by uncertainties on some designs, which will need to be resolved in a meeting.

• A final small item was a tweak to the banner for the town of Darvonis by Cicero (reviewed by Chef), necessitated by a name change – previously, the town was called Darvon, and before that Ildrim… and before that Darnim… and before that Darnim Watch.

Interior Architecture

Once the exteriors of our settlements are made, these following pieces are needed to puzzle together all of the innumerable interiors.

• Given the furious interior progress in Hlaalu lands, there was a lot of demand for various Hlaalu interior shell pieces to ease development. Our new developer, Tosky, stepped in to create a bespoke Hlaalu wallscreen for rich interiors, several new extensions to tall Hlaalu rooms, and a dome and pillar for the Grand Council Hall in Narsis. Revenorror made various merged Hlaalu interior pieces to ease the model count in large interiors, Kynesifnar added an open-top Hlaalu staircase (all of the above reviewed by Chef), and Chef created a missing plain ending for the Hlaalu sewers.

• Other sets received fewer pieces this time around: a working lift in the Dwemer set by wojtek and Kynesifnar (reviewed by Cicero), curved Velothi interior corners by Kynesifnar, to better fit some exterior Velothi building shells (reviewed by Cicero), and a Daedric fountain for the island of Vounoura, donated by Ancient, a new contributor, then modified by Aleister and reviewed by Cicero.

• Finally, a whole new interior set is in the works by Sandaron (Lamb Shark) – the creepy underwater Dreugh citadel set, constructed of weird coral shapes. This is a critical asset for our next expansion, to be featured below the depths of Lake Andaram, but also in many other places around Tamriel, where ever the Dreugh live. Sandardon based the design on art by Gnomey, Leyawynn, HypenoticTR, and ThomasRuz.

Furniture & Clutter

These assets are needed to fill and personalize our many interiors.

• Several pieces of Dunmer clutter were added, such as impressive bug-hewn warbanners for House Redoran by Rats, Remiros, and Kynesifnar (reviewed by Cicero), an improved set of damaged urns and altars by Melchior Dahrk over at the OAAB team (reviewed by Kynesifnar), and new Dunmer candleholders by Fluxbender, to fit our new rich tableware sets (reviwed by Cicero). Still awaiting review is a pedestal to hold Muatra, i.e., Vivec’s spear, for the Narsis Temple by Rats.

• For the Hlaalu in particular, Feivelyn updated her wonderful work-in-progress pack of western-style portraits for the Narsis nobility and started on an opulent gold and glass chandelier, while Fremennik made a series of generic documents and scrip chests for general use in Hlaalu lands.

• Two assets were completed to bring variety for Dwemer ruins: a Dwemer sarcophagus by Steppenwolf and Kynesifnar (reviewed by Cicero) and a few new Dwemer statues from a modders resource by Svartalfar, with additional work by Cicero and Kynesifnar (reviewed by revenorror).

• The common clutter category was well-served. Rats made fancy tapestries, seals, and banners for the East Empire Company (reviewed by Cicero). Our new asset developer EndoranWest modeled an iron or pewter candle-snuffer for candle-heavy interiors, such as temples (reviewed by Cicero). Phenoix12 made a series of missing common potions to fill out gaps left by vanilla (reviewed by Cicero). Several common Imperial beds and a tall bookshelf – both made by Melchior Dahrk for the OAAB repository – were converted for Tamriel Data by Taniquetil, and are awaiting review. Still in development are hanging glass orbs by Billyfighter (packaged by Taniquetil), meant as generic clutter, and Kynesifnar’s Talos tapestries.

• Brannon the ilk finished a set of palm leaf scrolls to be used instead of normal scrolls on the Padomaic Isles and which are already displayed in the Cathnoquey mission in Firewatch (reviewed by revenorror),

• Several copies of existing containers were added, differing in their contents, to help tailor the loot to specific situations: Aveno added chests containing sulfur ore for Sundered Scar locations, Shadowhawk_the19th contributed a set of seafood barrels, Aveno did a a poor dunmer chest containing small trinkets (both reviewed by Cicero), Denis418 made filled variants of small cloth sacks, and Osidian added generic coal containers (both reviewed by Chef).

• Finally, Feivelyn is currently working on alien-looking clutter for the Dreugh citadels, based on recent art by Tammilisäke.

NPCs & Creatures

There was quite a good crop of creature and NPC assets, which are some of the trickiest to create.

• The biggest item here has to be the completion of the fearsome Malahk Orcs of the Velothi Mountains by Why, Rats, Prof. Xeno, and VenuSprout after concepts from Bethesda and ThomasRuz (reviewed by Cicero). Rats and revenorror then added further visual enhancements to these mountain-dwellers (reviewed by Chef), making them appear truly unique.

• Joanasc finally completed the Sharai Hopper – a grasshopper-like steed for the Shinathi nomads in Shipal-Shin – after a concept by Gnomey (reviewed by Cicero).

• The Tiger Guar is a ferocious cousin to the normal guar that lives on the Deshaan plains, known from an old blurb on Bethesda’s screenshots page. Lidicus made a model for it 14 years ago, which was then repackaged and modified by Cicero more than four years ago. Kynesifnar now finally fixed its remaining issues, after which it was reviewed by Cicero.

• The ever-crucial Rats made a series of wonderfully expressive bearded heads for the Shinathi nomads and went through a huge number of older faces to add missing vanilla-resolution and HD-upscale textures (both reviewed by Cicero).

• Why added a humble purchasable pack guar comapanion for sale at the OE stables, in the example of Tribunal’s more silly pack rat (reviewed by Cicero).

• Finally, DarkKnightComes and Vidi_Aquam both contributed to the colorful Mini Firefly Netch (placeholder name) that will feature among Clambering Moor fauna (concept by 10Kaziem). This asset is currently awaiting review.

Clothing

It is not often that we get new clothing assets, so these past months have been especially generous.

• Most of this new progress has been enabled by the talented Feivelyn, who decided to start 3D modelling to make sure her many concepts come to life just as she intends. Working in tandem with Kynesifnar, who rigged the clothes to Morrowind’s animation system, she made a large amount of Telvanni garb: common and expensive Telvanni clothes (reviewed by Cicero), clamshell-hats for Telvanni merchants (concept by Ateiggaer), and a number of sealife- and bug-inspired Telvanni noble robes and hats (both assets reviewed by Chef). She has also modelled the yet-to-be-reviewed Telvanni rainhat for travellers and merchants, made out of a giant sea slug (concept by Ateiggaer). Additionally, Feivelyn is creating a set of exquisite Dunmer clothing, mainly with Narsis’ many ultra-rich merchant-nobles in mind.

• Some new clothes sets have been added primarily for Project Tamriel, but will find use among Morrowind’s expatriates, too: c0dacan0n, Aleister, and Kynesifnar finished a set of expensive Breton wizard robes (reviewed by Worsas), Worsas made three traditional Colovian Robes (reviewed by Kynesifnar and Chef), and Feivelyn together with Kynesifnar are close to finishing a series of Nibenese Robes.

• Lastly, Kynesifnar recently pushed another old asset past the finish line – Dwemer robes made by Ashstaar way back in 2014, later worked on by Rot, Cicero, and Svartalfar (reviewed by Cicero).

Armor

Dominions of Dust and Embers of Empire already added several new sets of armor, but we have many more in store for the next expansions.

• One of the most impressive is the Ulvra-Serad Indoril bonemold armor conceptualized by Pickles and Dharma PR, modelled by Dharma PR, optimized and textured by Feivelyn, rigged by Kynesifnar, and reviewed by Chef. This is the first of our newly conceptualized Indoril armors to be finished and is intended for chapels around the Mephalan Vales, although it may also feature on the redone island of Gorne.

• Sandaron recently finished the Hlaalu Kragen bonemold armor, of which only the helmet and pauldrons were released with Dominions of Dust. This set will, of course, be used in and around Kragenmoor (reviewed by Cicero).

• Cicero also reviewed Worsas’ beautiful Imperial Navy uniform, which is now found throughout the many Imperial ports of Morrowind. It took a little longer for Cicero to tweak Worsas’ accompanying Imperial Navy officer armor, which sadly missed out on being included in TR release 22.11, but will be added later.

• Included in the latest release is the Quey shellmold armor by PulcharmSolis, Vidi_Aquam, Kynesifnar, and Cicero – an armor used by the inhabitants of the archipelago of Cathnoquey (reviewed by Cicero).

• There were a number of separate helms added to Tamriel Data this time around. These included the Native Sammas bonemold helmet – a mercenary helmet based on Bethesda’s concept art – by RuffinVangarr, Rats, and Kynesifnar (reviewed by Cicero); a Dunmer-looking ebony helmet variant by AnrohaNexus, made after concept art by Ateiggaer; and improvements to the older bonemold open helmet and chitin open helmet, both by AnrohaNexus. All of the above were reviewed by Cicero.

• AnrohaNexus, furthermore, finished up the guarskin armor – a cheap medium armor for bandits, conceptualized by Gnomey and Pickles. The asset is currently awaiting review, which is also the case with DarkKnightComes’ Morag Tong armor (based on Bethesda’s and Pickles’ art), and with Sandaron’s reworked Bal-Darum bonemold – although the latter was only just released with Dominions of Dust, Sandaron felt that a new version allows it to be more in line with vanilla sensibilities.

• Many armor sets have received recent progress but are not yet ready. VenuSprout continued work on Vidi_Aquam’s Hlaalu River Watch armor for the Aanthirin and Coronati Basin regions (concept by Ateiggaer, Pickles, and Dharma PR). Vidi_Aquam, in the meanwhile, started on the Dres Saltplains armor (art by Gnomey and Pickles). AnrohaNexus is still modelling some absent vanilla shields, of which two adamantium shields are done (after art by Ateiggaer).

Weapons

As in previous progress reports, AnrohaNexus was a veritable arms factory, joined by Rats and other developers.

• A ton of imperial weapons were made by Rats, including a replacer for existing sabers to make them more distinct (reviewed by Cicero), and several skull-cracking blunt weapons for less-savory characters (reviewed by revenorror and Cicero). Also for the Imperials, AnrohaNexus further improved the already-merged Imperial Templar weapons, made originally based on art by Ateiggaer and Pickles (reviewed by Cicero).

• One of the coolest new additions by AnrohaNexus were two Nibenese weapons, inspired by old Tsaesci styles. Owing to strong cultural ties to eastern Cyrodiil, these weapons may be found in southwestern Morrowind (reviewed by Cicero).

• For the Dwemer set, AnrohaNexus added a club, throwing star, and throwing knife and reworked the bow (reviewed by Cicero).

• The Nords received new Stalhrim weapons and a nordic silver claw from AnrohaNexus, based on art by Bethesda and Pickles and reviewed by Cicero. As a side note on the topic of the Nords, AnrohaNexus also modelled a beautiful new set of ancient Nord weapons for Skyrim: Home of the Nords.

• The Sixth House got several additions from revenorror and AnrohaNexus, based on art by Bethesda and Pickles (reviewed by Cicero).

• Additions to the humble chitin weapon set were made by revenorror and AnrohaNexus based on art by Bethesda, Ateiggaer, Leyawynn, and Pickles (reviewed by Cicero).

• AnrohaNexus also improved the models of the Mithril blades, a high-end Breton weapon set that saw some use in the new TR release, and added a new mace and halberd (both reviewed by Cicero).

• In terms of smaller additions, AnrohaNexus added a cheap corkbulb bow for Telvannis bandits, based on art by Ateiggaer, and converted R-Zero’s separate mod, which changes the iron warhammer shape to correspond to in-game dialogue, into a new iron warhammer variant (both reviewed by Cicero).

• Still pending review is a whole set of great-looking rawglass weapons from AnrohaNexus for ashlanders and bandits – very different from the more refined Dunmer glass in vanilla Morrowind. A Daedric scimitar and crossbow from the same author remain in progress, as do special daggers wielded by the Greater Bonelord from Bethesda concept art.

Artifacts

Unique artifacts are always a treat for the players. We have been blessed with a good haul this time around, largely in terms of long-in-development assets that were finally finished.

• Rats recently made a beautiful unique model for the broken shield of Uriel V, which is already displayed in the museum at Firewatch College, but will now look even nicer (reviewed by Cicero).

• For a vampire quest in Dominions of Dust, Vidi_Aquam recreated Namira’s Shroud according to art from Daggerfall (reviewed by Cicero).

• Feivelyn, Kyensifnar, and Cicero tweaked Shadow_Mimicry’s beautiful Ward of Akavir into an asset truly fitting in with Morrowind art style (reviewed by Aleister and Cicero).

• AnrohaNexus contributed the fabled Sunkindler, the most powerful crossbow in Morrowind (reviewed by Cicero).

• Cicero himself finished a redo of Sanguine’s Rose and the Skull of Corruption, to make them more like their counterparts in past TES titles, and added a Nerevarine reward for the Kushimmu tribe in the upcoming Grey Meadows region, originally made by the OAAB team (reviewed by Rats).

• Sandaron made lovely work of the counter-intuitively named Gauntlets of the Poor, the last remaining of the Battlespire artifacts planned by Cicero (reviewed by Cicero).

• Kynesifnar, as was their very welcome shtick these past months, finished an asset that had been sitting in our browser for years – the ceremonial helmet for the Alma Rula, a high ranking figure in the Tribunal Temple, originally made by Leyawynn, Rats, and Why (reviewed by Cicero).

• Still in development are several relics of the Four-Score War, of which AnrohaNexus recently completed the spear of the Argonian warchief Ulaqth (art by Pickles). The Staff of Chaos, the central MacGuffin of TES I: Arena, is currently being tweaked by Cicero, based on a model from PikachunoTM in the Addendum to Tamrielic Lore (AATL) data repository.

Literature

Literature assets (including bookart) have a way of sitting in the browser for a long time, as they need people very familiar both with lore and writing to review them. We did get several additions, regardless.

• Rats made a lovely little Keptu-Quey bull drawing – a piece of flavor for the Cathnoquey mission in Firewatch, that can already be seen in the latest TR hotfix (reviewed by Cicero), and a map of the Ushu-Dimmu cave for the Andothren Fighters Guild questline (reviewed by Chef).

• For Dominions of Dust and Embers of Empire, Taniquetil made new city guides for Andothren and Firewatch (in fact, an update to the city guide of Firewatch was what prompted her to start the Embers of Empire rework in the first place, so this is coming full circle), updated the map of the Imperial invasion of Akavir to account for the new island shapes planned by the Padomaic Isles team, and wrote a new quest-related entry for the Old Ebonheart Bellman newspaper (reviewed by Why).

• Remiros, Cicero and Kynesifnar contributed a unique scroll asset for an upcoming quest.

• Finally reviewed (by revenorror) was Rats’ Bonewalker Rituals, a spell book for the Tribunal Temple.

• Still in development and pending review are a Guide to Narsis by Mark and edits to the Mages and Fighters Guild charters by Taniquetil.

Sounds

Sound assets are very rare, given Morrowind’s general lack of voice-over, but we do need some sound work every once in a while. This time around, we had the rare luck to attract a talented new sound designer, beninate.

• Beninate significantly modified the ambient audio in the Othreleth Woods to really reflect its vibrant surroundings (reviewed by Cicero). Beninate also finished the volcanic-sulfuric ambient sounds for the upcoming Sundered Scar redo – an asset that is still awaiting review – and is currently working on finishing the Sacred Lands ambient sounds, originally started by Falasmaryon.

• The same author also made lovely clicks, splats, and moans for the new Sharai Hopper, the grasshopper-like steed of the Shinathi nomads (reviewed by Cicero).

• For the past release, Why made a Dark Elf crying voice for his Andothren Tribunal Temple questline (reviewed by Chef).

Miscellaneous

There were a handful of assets that did not fit neatly under the prior categories, being either scripts, quest items, factions, or development helpers.

• Why added new scripts and animated meshes for the Battlespire-inspired Daedric Wards.

• Taniquetil made a special item for the Andothren Mages Guild – a Weir Gate focus lens.

• Pralec added a Kenassa Tong faction, a scholarly social club, needed for a questline in the upcoming Hlan Oek/Lake Andaram release. For more information on the Kenassa Tong, see the discussion here, although keep in mind that the design for the faction is in flux.

• Pralec also created a new script framework of the Nerevarine quests of TR_Factions, which allows the Nerevarine to complete only some of the available ashlander quests before receiving the moniker – this was needed due to the additional ashlander tribes added by TR.

• Two editor markers – i.e., objects that do not show up in the game, but are visible for developers in the TES Construction Set – were added by Hemaris: an object to mark reserved spots for player homes, so that developers wouldn’t accidentally block mod-added dwellings, and an NPC marker for interior developers to suggest NPC designs and placements for the quest developers that add NPCs (both reviewed by Chef).

• Lastly, there was progress on two more development helpers: a slight update to viol’s character templates for playtesting which provide convenience options for quest testers, and shivatheo’s Tamriel_Data palette cells, which allow interior developers to see all options for a tileset at a glance.

Bugfixes

Bugfix assets tend to receive less attention, but are absolutely vital to keeping the game enjoyable.

• Sandaron, the creature wizard, fixed broken animations for our added Khajiit types, kobolds, and swamp trolls (reviewed by Cicero). Kobolds also received fixes from Vidi_Aquam (reviewed by revenorror) Begone are the dreaded giant kobolds.

• Cicero made innumerable tweaks to weapons, artifacts, region sounds, signs, and other such things (reviewed by Chef).

• Why fixed the otherwise-gentle Hoom’s murderous tendencies, as these creatures were finally featured in Dominons of Dust (reviewed by Chef).

• A common problem with some of our older assets are missing or faulty collision meshes, which can seriously affect gameplay and performance. Hence, shivatheo fixed these for our plateau rocks (reviewed by revenorror), Sandardon did the same for two different Indoril stairs (reviewed by Cicero), and Worsas for the old galleon models (reviewed by Chef).

• Revenorror discovered and fixed some missing middle-class Dunmer furniture and various other issues.

• Why fixed an issue with the Hlaalu scrip exchange scripts.

• Finally, WellTemperedClavier fixed some language issues with his old book, A Pearl Betwixt Empire Vol. 2.

Innumerable technical TR-related fixes that are not mentioned above, but are nevertheless crucial, were done directly in Tamriel Data by revenorror, Evil Eye, Chef, Hemaris, MwGek, and Kynesifnar. Those interested can take an in-depth look in the TD_Addon commit log.

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Finally, a big thanks to all of the artists who contributed to TR’s progress in these past months, creating the building blocks that we need to make the Morrowind mainland come to life! In the next news post, we will see what our level designers and implementers managed to create using all these new goodies – they have been no less busy.

As always, if you are interested in following our progress in real time and gaining better insight into the development, come chat with us on our Discord server, where we develop the mod in the open. And if you want to see the next Tamriel Rebuilt expansion come out quicker, consider joining our development team – TES III modding is incredibly easy to pick up; no prior experience needed!