Carnithus Armamentarium Redux

Description

In 2005, Carnithus released the Carnithus' Armamentarium Complete, a new storefront selling arms and armor for the most evil (or edgy) among us. Carnithus himself appears in the mod as the head merchant of the store, although there are several other characters. Each sells a unique assortment of "evil" weapons, armors, decorations, and more. To me, this mod is representative of the early 2000s goth-fantasy trend and is a staple in the "classics" of Morrowind modding. Unfortunately, it hasn't aged well. The original mod, even the complete edition, has compatibility issues due to the store's location in Maar Gan, and even worse, the textures are shockingly low resolution. Many of the cuirasses, for example, are 256x256 pixels! Compared to the 1024x1024 or even 2048x2048 many play with now, Carnithus' work was left behind in a cloud of blurry dust.

Now, in 2025, I have revamped the mod to come closer to today's standards. This means upscaled textures, optimized meshes, improved lighting, UV Mapping fixes, and more. Unlike some of my other Redux mods, I have changed very little of the interior, dialogue, style, etc., of the Armamentarium and tried to keep the original character of the mod intact. I encourage you to play the original--even if only to see the differences.

One of the most important changes in this Redux is the usage of Gigapixel 8 to upscale Carnithus' original textures. Gigapixel 8 was utilized to perform a 4x upscale, increasing the resolution of all textures in the mod so that they blend better with modern texture replacers like MET or IT. Unlike the 4x Ersgan upscales available on the Nexus, these upscales have fewer artifacts and look, to me, like they were always this resolution. Unfortunately, some of the original textures were such poor quality that even the upscales can't save them.

To get started, look for a Drow in the Mournhold, Great Bazaar. He'll guide you to the Armamentarium.

List of Redux Changes:

- Used Gigapixel 8 to 4x upscale textures (see screenshots for comparison!)

- Relocated storefront from Maar Gan into new, interior cell. The only modification to existing cells is now the placement of the Drow in Mournhold.

- Updated the Drow in Mournhold to guide you to the new interior cell. It is not accessible otherwise.

- Improved some lighting, objects, etc.

- Cleaned references to Maar Gan & removed many dirty references, increasing mod compatibility.

- Cleaned many meshes and textures to reduce technical issues in rendering.

From Carnithus' 2005 description of the mod:

The only EVIL ARMOR MOD you will ever need ( besides my add-ons). Carnithus has become ol