Amazing Balmora Expansion
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 4.2% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #2 of 94 Towns and Villages mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
When king Hlaalu Athyn Llethan first opened Vvardenfell's borders for settlement, the Great Houses and a large number of settlers made their
way to the island and Balmora started to grow rapidly. It is now 15 years later and Balmora is the second largest settlement on Vvardenfell, housing a great number of citizens, merchants, stores, guilds, factions, taverns, etc.
Balmora is my favorite city in the game but it is quite boring and small especially when it considered to be the second largest town on Vvardenfell. This is my attempt to expand Balmora in an actual city. Hla Oad has been expanded as well, since the large ships dock there and the smaller rowboats and skifs sail the cargo into Balmora, the two settlements are linked together.
This mod will add the following to your game:
69 exterior buildings (52 in Balmora & 17 in Hla Oad)
77 interior cells (57 in Balmora & 20 interior cells in Hla Oad) (4 interior cells remain inaccessible until I have finished the main quest)
300+ unique NPC's
2 Companions:
Jyferth Glory-Seeker (found in the Velothi Tunnels in Balmora)
Battlemage Rashios (found in the Distant Tunnel, in Balmora's sewers)
6 NPC classes:
Longshoreman
Sailor (playable class)
Harbormaster
Bank Teller
2 questlines:
The Reclusive Wizard
The Healers' Dome
11 Side Quests:
Buying Kreshweed Tower in Balmora
Find a Way Into the Balmora Sewers
Nirisa's Missing Son
Turealas' Dwemer Tower
Callisoviil's Conjurations
Vilas' Plead to Hunt
Tales of an ancient Dunmer
The Dreams of a Mer
Lost Father (on the plaza)
The Thelnim Heirloom
Vampiress in Balmora
1 Ancestral Tomb: (part of the reclusive wizard questline)
Ulthin Ancestral Tomb
1 shipwreck
Hla Oad, Shipwreck
Sailing the Inner sea (I placed it in homes, etc. in Balmora and Hla Oad)
8 factions (only the Healers' Dome is joinable right now, but more will be joinable later)
Balmora Guard (not-joinable)
Healers' Dome (joinable)
Long Shore Guild (not-joinable, Sailors)
Nobles of Mount Caldera (not-joinable)
Amazing Balmora Expansion transforms Balmora into a sprawling city with 69 new buildings, 77 interior cells, and over 300 unique NPCs. It adds a player home, quests, factions, and taverns, plus an expanded Hla Oad. For Morrowind players seeking a denser, more lived-in world.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Massive content drop: 69 buildings and 300+ NPCs make Balmora feel like a real city
- Community favorite with 162 endorsements and 3,826 downloads
- Brings new quests, factions, and a player home for hours of extra gameplay
⚠️ Cons
- Large mod with many NPCs may impact performance on older systems
- Last updated in 2026, but no mention of compatibility with mods like Tamriel Rebuilt or other city overhauls
For Morrowind players who want Balmora to feel like a bustling metropolis with plenty to explore. If you're a completionist who enjoys new quests and factions, this is a must-have. Skip if you prefer a vanilla-accurate Balmora or have a low-end PC.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure to load this mod after other city overhauls to avoid conflicts
- Use a mod manager like Wrye Mash or Mod Organizer 2 for easier installation and load order management
- If you experience crashes, try disabling other mods that alter Balmora or Hla Oad
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Morrowind Mods
- Author
- Eluwil
- Version
- 1.9
- Downloads
- 3,826
- Endorsements
- 162
- Category
- Towns and Villages
- Created
- 5/29/2022
- Updated
- 7/29/2026
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