Death and Taxes
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Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.5% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #33 of 49 Guilds/Factions mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
A HUGE faction expansion for Morrowind & Tamriel Rebuilt, by Mollware.
Read EVERYTHING on this page! Death and Taxes' scale is too great to not alter a lot of aspects of both MW & TR, so read all of this- especially the compatibility section- and you'll save yourself a headache later!
Working as of Tamriel Rebuilt v26. 08 (Poison Song update.)
PSA FOR MODDERS: The global variable DAT_Installed is set to 1 whenever Death and Taxes is loaded. You can therefore add a global variable to your mod with the same name and patch many incompatibilities without even leaving the Construction Set.
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Death and Taxes allows you to join the Imperial Offices of Census and Excise, only said faction has been overhauled beyond belief, with greatly-expanded lore and a much larger presence in the province of Morrowind. Every Census and Excise Office present in Morrowind & Tamriel Rebuilt has had its staff fleshed out and has been given its own questline in addition to having coworker-sourced "odd jobs" available to be picked up as faction quests. Not only that, but an Office of Imperial Bounties has been opened inside the Helnim Office, providing a new form of work even to non-Census personnel with any Imperial guild affiliation.
This mod has a focus on fun and rewarding questing with alternative choices and outcomes. Even with this (hopefully) quality-yielding approach, it does not lack for quantity: counting optional sidequests and the newly-added Imperial Bounties, Death and Taxes contains over 100 new quests.
Click HERE for a comprehensive quest guide, but be wary of spoilers when doing so!
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OpenMW
Morrowind, Tribunal, and Bloodmoon
Tamriel_Data
Tamriel Rebuilt (TR_Mainland.esm)
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Death and Taxes is a massive quest expansion for Morrowind and Tamriel Rebuilt, exclusively for OpenMW. It overhauls the Census and Excise faction, giving it ten times the presence and lore, and adds over 100 fully original quests. With 136 endorsements and recent updates, it's a substantial content mod for dedicated players.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Massive content drop – over 100 quests is a huge amount of playtime.
- Faction overhaul gives depth to a previously minor group.
- Active development (updated July 2026) – author is still supporting it.
⚠️ Cons
- OpenMW only – locks out players using the original engine.
- Requires Tamriel Rebuilt – extra dependency to install.
- 136 endorsements is modest for such a big mod – might have rough edges.
For Morrowind veterans who have exhausted the base game and want a fresh faction experience with deep lore. Also for Tamriel Rebuilt fans looking to expand their playthrough. Skip if you're on the original engine or prefer smaller, focused mods.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Ensure you have OpenMW installed and running before adding this mod – it won't work with the original Morrowind executable.
- Install Tamriel Rebuilt first and get it working, then add Death and Taxes on top to avoid conflicts.
- Use OpenMW's mod manager or manually place files in the correct data directories – check the mod's readme for exact paths.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Morrowind Mods
- Author
- Mollware
- Version
- 1.22
- Downloads
- 9,273
- Endorsements
- 136
- Category
- Guilds/Factions
- Created
- 5/1/2026
- Updated
- 7/29/2026
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