I have been playing Morrowind for about 5 weeks now. I got the GOYT edition and was wondering if anyone has a house. I usually make my home in Ralen Tilver shop. After I kill him to get the contract for his rival, I take over his shop and make a HQ. It's close to a mages guild, stilt rider, and a boat. I can D-intervention to Ebonheart so I can goto Mournhold. But, since I got Barilzar's Ring I just use it to teleport to Mournhold. My house is in a central location. My question is for the long-term players... Where is your HQ or home. And, why you think your HQ is in a good location. This question is for charaters that choose to use a HQ or home. And, if you want... tell me how you design your home. My big brother's home has blue paper lights everywhere.

I just use a mod that adds crates to all the Almsivi Intervention temples. My main storage depot is Vivec, at least once I get BMB.

My different characters have used so many different homes that I've forgotten some of them. I've used the houses you get in the main and faction quests. I've used elaborate stronghold mods at times. Other characters have lived simple lives and used existing unmodded homes.
My characters have a house or houses that fit their personality and class. There are so many house mods out there that I would sometimes try a new one with each character.
More of my characters have lived in Caldera than in any other city though. I've used several existing homes and two or three house mods there. Caldera must be my favorite City in Morrowind.

I don't have a mod, so I really don't know what ur talking about. But, having crates in all the Temples would be a GREAT idea. I prefer using VIvec also. Thanks for your ideas.


I have never used Caldera as a home base, but it sounds like a good idea. When I make my new character I'll make it at the drunk guy house in Caldera. Thanks for the idea of a house in Caldera.

I like the Ebonheart Gentleman's Club mod. It's the perfect home base. It adds a sleazy nightclub to Ebonheart. Once you take care of some crooked guards who run the place, it's all yours! There's a room in the back with a bed and tons of storage! There's a mage who can transport you to various locations as well as one in Balmora who can transport you near the club. There's even a swimming pool. And of course the club complete with exotic dancers you can undress. And if you happen to have the better bodies mod as well, they'll be naked! You should be able to find these and hundreds of other mods at Planet Elder Scrolls.

I have a feeling that ryushenji doesnt know exactly what a mod is. A mod is a modification to the game that can add, remove, or change anything in the game. Search the internet for Morrowind Mods and you will soon find out how to work with them.

At the moment, my house is in Mournhold (the wizard that attacks you) and its nice because I can recall to it from anywhere, Almsivi Intervention over to the temple, cross the road, teleport back to Ebonheart, and it takes a total of about 10-15 seconds. Very handy. I have also used Nine-Toes' house after killing him, all of the mages guilds (most of my stuff was in Vivec laying on tables and shelves), and at one point when I had the multi-mark mod, I used a bunch of random Ashlander Yurts throughout the whole of Vvardenfell.

Its very rare that I use a mod for the house. Usually they are too inconvienant, out of the way, or just useless. I've yet to see the perfect house mod (for my character), and I've yet to make the perfect one for me. I have seen some incredible ones, they just never worked for my character's needs.

A couple other options:

The Dunmer murderer's house in Seyda Neen
The Dunmer slaver's house in Balmora
The Dunmer murderee's apartment, in Vivec, St. ? canton
The Dunmer ash-statue baker in Ald'Ruhn
The Dunmer strongholds, various locations (especially if you have the Master Index)
I'm starting to notice a trend here...
The haunted apartment in one of the Saint cantons in Vivec
The unfurnished apartment, also in a Saint canton in Vivec
One of the Daedric shrines in the Vivec underworks. Two of them have bedrooms, I believe.
Various bandit caves. East of Seyda Neen, and south of Pelagiad are the two that come to mind.
Live on the streets. Pelagiad and Balmora have public storage available.

This is without even getting into the various faction "Go kill so-and-so" quests, and without having played MW for months.

This is for the guy that thinks I don't know what a mod is...On other games on my XBOX, I use mods or what we like to call "SOFT MODS". On Crimson Skies, I use a mod for ONE HIT KILLS, INVINCIBILITY, and INFINITE BOOST & AMMO. On another game called PHANTASY STAR ONLINE, I create my own weapons, build my own character up to level 20,000 ( highest legit level is 200), and even walk around the game lobby as SONIC THE HEDGEHOG or KNUCKLES. So, I do know how to CHEAT... Cheating in an offline game to me isn't as fun as CHEATING ONLINE. So excuse me if I just want to have fun... Moding my XBOX online is better so that you can be ranked in the TOP 10... for bragging rights of course... But, moding for offline isn't as much fun. So next time I have a question, just remember that this game is an offline game and if ELDER SCROLLS came out with a MMORPG, then I'll see "YOU" online with my MOD'd PC. Oh, and for people that think I don't have a PC... I play WORLD of WARCRAFT on a regular basis... And I cheat on that game to... using BOTS. So have fun cheating by yourself... if you want real fun, cheat online... so you can have bragging rights... until next time MORROWIND GODS... on this game I'm just a peon... but follow me to an ONLINE game and you will know the real definition of the word MOD.

It apprears that I have upset ryushenji quite a bit. However, it was completly unintentional, and I will try to explain myself the best I can.

First off, I was not trying to be rude. You said:

And I took it as you didnt know what a mod was. You specifically stated that you dont have a mod and don't know what we are talking about. When I hear that, my brain tells me that when you don't know what someone is talking about, you probably don't know what it is.



The operative word in that last sentence happend to be "CHEAT". Cheating is often called hacking (I am not implying that you are a hacker either). In online games (and I have been playing online games for several years, although not as many as you), cheating is usualy done in the console or by some other means. It is done the same exact way in Morrowind and Oblivion. If you dont believe me, open the console and type in "tcl" or "tgm". Those are exaples of Morrowind cheats (minus the quotes).


I have never cheated in an online game because the main one I used to play, I was in a clan for and cheating would only have gotton me kicked out of the clan. The only thing I can say here is that cheating online is probably more fun because you are playing with other people and not pre-programmed NPC's.


I'm a little confused here. If you are talking about modding your physical XBOX, then that is completly different. That is taking apart the console and adding to it to make it better.


A few things here. First off, Elder Scrolls will not come out with a MMORPG any time soon. My name is Adras, not "YOU". And a modded PC is nothing more than taking it apart and making it better or overclocking it. Possibly using some programs to make it better.


I, nor has anyone else, never said that you don't have a PC. I have a PC. Probably 70 - 80% of the people on this forum play Morrowind and Oblivion on the PC. Infact most of the time when giving help, we assume the person who needs the help is on a PC. That is why sometimes someone will talk about putting something in the console. An XBOX does not have a console (yes, it is called a console, but I am talking about something different).

I am not trying to be mean or patronizing or rude, but most of your argument was pointless. Before going off and yelling about the fact that you know how to cheat, please say something nicely. I accept the fact that you do know how to 'cheat', but on these forums, and any forum dealing with Elder Scrolls games, 'modding' is severly different from 'cheating'.

Cheating in an Elder Scrolls is (as I said earlier) going into the console (~) and typing something such as "tcl" or "player->setspeed 500". That is changing your game right then and there. Modding is completly different. For Morrowind and Oblivion (the only two Elder Scrolls that can be modded), you have to go into the Construction Set and physically sit down and add, delete, or change something from the game. If you bought Morrowind, it has a disc called the Construction Set. That has all the data files from the game on it so you can create new objects or do some other things. Most of the time, a mod adds a house, weapons, armor, town, quests or factions. They do a number of other things as well like adding new meshes and textures for an existing mesh or texture in the game. You have to save the mod to your computer. You can make your own or download one that someone else has made and uploaded to a site such as the one you are reading this on. Mods require imagination and thinking, not just the knowledge of how to insert a cheat code.

I am sorry that I may have upset you and I hope that you forgive me. I assume that you have never heard of a Morrowind mod, but I did not know that your idea of the word "mod" meant the same as "cheat". If this post makes you more mad, dont post your anger, as it will only get you in trouble. PM me. If I wanted a flame war (which is against the rules), you almost started one.

I have been working on a mod for over two years now, and if you would like to see some pictures of it to see what a mod is, go to http://adras.kermodebear.org.

P.S. I do admit that some people do nothing more with mods than cheat. They add or modify weapons just so they can use them to "pwn" a whole town.

It is quite simply a misunderstanding. Let's leave it at that. Back to the subject.

If you are playing MW on PC there are thousands of houses designed by others you may add to your game if you don't want to build your own. They can be downloaded from this and other sites.

If you are playing it on Xbox you cannot add mods of the kind we are referring to. In that case you have to take over a house in game. Of course you get a stronghold for any Great House if you finish their quests but also there are others empty or where you have to kill (oe otherwise move) the occupant as part of a quest. The Orc's house in Balmora becomes yours in a FG quest. There is a misc quest which gets you a house in Ald Ruhn (the owner joins the Temple). And of course many of the people are not quest related so you can remove them without risking screwing the game.

The only problem that should be noted when occupying a house is contamination. Here's what this means.

You go to a vendor, and sneak upstairs and steal some of his stuff. You go back down, and try selling it to him. He recognizes it as his, yells at you, and probably calls the guards. Fine.

Now, instead of trying to sell the stuff to its original owner, you head to another shop and sell it there. Sounds good so far...

Months later, you return with a load of loot from some dungeon. You head for the first vendor's shop, and try selling it to him. He calls the guards!

Every item type has a list of owners, who are NEVER removed. While this wouldn't normally be a problem if you occupy a dead person's house, this list is ALSO used to determine stolen goods, and therefore, if you are arrested, that Ebony Cuirass you stored in a crate in your house will be considered stolen!

Not sure if stolen goods are confiscated if you just pay the fine, though...

It's been a while since i played on xbox, but i used Nerano Manor ? i think it was, in Balmora, one of the quests you have to kill the occupant anyway, so I just took over his house. Good centralized location near fast travel options, stilt strider and mages guild.

My home base is in some wizard dwelling in Gnisis. Its great for a kill-at-leisure assassin like I am . Its out of the way, in a small town so not that many guards so if I get in trouble I can kill them easy .
Also, its a decent size so I can fit all my collected junk in there and some of my more valuable items. Finally, the silt strider nearby lets me go to major cities quick for a kill and get back in time for supper .

Thanks for your explanation, I do know what you meant by modding... All I was saying was that when I ask a question... please keep in mind that I am using an XBOX and not modding... The only way I cheat on this game is to use a CE Night-eye at 100% on self. I didn't mean anything by it. And, I called you by "YOU" cause the only name that I remember on this site is Malchik cause "she" helps me out alot...I didn't want to start a flame war, I just want people to answer my questions with the same old "MOD"... If you remember at some point in your MW history you probably didn't use a mod... so just for next time, just remember that I'd like to play this game finding cool ideas for those of us that isn't modded... Someone wrote me the other day that I should use some of the houses in Caldera... I have to thank that person... he knew he was modded but chose to treat me as a non-modder which is what I'm looking for... So for all the modders out there, Ryushenji is a non-modder... and try to answer my questions without refering to a mod as your final answer...I'm not saying that you should ignore me, but just try to help me without the help of your mods. Thanks for your time and effort.

Sjoe much reading!

I used to use the haunted flat in Vivec (where you killed the ancestor ghost mentioned earlier in the thread) as a satelite home but mostly ( without mods), the main base provided by your house, and of course anyone who had been 'removed' or where non essential and who's home I coveted.

Nerano Manor I liked in spite of tripping over the body all the time and the one across the square direction of the silt strider,but some characters just lived the guild life.

For mods I used my own (never released, you're supposed to release quests not just a house etc.) or latest greatest housing mod. Which I modded. Never released. Sorry no modding, I forget. Hard to imagine playing without.

Well, I use the Balmora Private Tower most of the time. Sometimes I forgot to extract it, so then I'd use Dura gra-Bol's house in (yes) Balmora. Why? Well, I get a lot of loot, and I need to store it! In fact, I once filled up Dura's house with loot.

Malchik... Mal chik... Mal chick... oh! Wait... are you sure, ryushenji?

Thanks for the info on the Balmora Tower. I'll try it out the next time I get on. But, what about Malchik. Do you know what it means in Russian. I do, so go look it up in an English/Russian dictionary.

*Points down*

Yup. It's boy. Enough evidence (Plus that it says 'male' on the profile page ) to tell he is male.

Ah Balmora Tower... Nice place. Balmora. Balmora... It's always Balmora... Say it out loud too many times and it sounds stupid, just as every other word does.

I once appeared on stage playing a woman! I even have a photo. But it will never appear in public in my lifetime!

When I last looked I was of the masculine gender. Of course, with all the hormones that end up in the drinking water these days that shrink a man's ...... - anyway, 'he' is the correct pronoun.

You post your name up as Malchik??? In Russian it means something similar to "lesbian", so why do you have that name if your not a girl? Maybe your a masculine girl or had a sex change to be a guy. I don't know and don't care. it is deceitful to those that you portray yourself as something that your not. But, if you have a pic show me in private, you do have my hotmail address and it would be kept private if your a masculine girl or a trannie? Or just another gaming guy.

Malchik, as I have posted before, is Russian for 'boy'. Whether it now has any other slang meaning I don't know but the name originated with a character from my fantasy story and that from 'A Clockwork Orange' where it also meant 'boy'.

Sorry to disappoint you but no sex change, no transvestism and no secret yearning to be a woman!

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