Friendlier Fire (OpenMW)
🟡 Updated this year⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
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
- 👍 0.5% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #3 of 29 Companions mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
For MWSE alternative check out No More Friendly Fire by Celediel
What It Does
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[]Prevents any followers from aggroing at you and at each other
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]Makes friendly physical attacks always miss or deal reduced damage[]Prevents you and your followers from harming each other with spells
Shortcomings
- []While the spells are disabled as soon as they are detected, they still manage to inflict a sliver of damage and trigger a red vignette. They might get you killed if you're at 1 HP, but otherwise it's barely noticeable
Requirements
Load dependencies before this mod!
- []Follower Detection Util
Consider also
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[]Attend Me by urm - Follower HUD and teleportation
[]Actor Interactions - OpenMW by Implawyer - Adds UI window to give items, teach spells, feed, and dress up your favorite npc
[]Rapport - OpenMW Companions by LargeOuterReap - Hire any NPC to join you as a companion. Additional features included
Credits
Sosnoviy Bor - Author
S3ctor - Valuable knowledge
Glittergear and the Guarlings - Creating Caswyn - A Nightmare's Favor which inspired me in the first place. Good mod, give it a shot
Itermerel - Being a good punching bag
Friendlier Fire (OpenMW) is a companion mod that prevents followers from rebelling against the player, making them more cooperative. With 146 endorsements and 30,121 downloads, it's a popular quality-of-life improvement for OpenMW players.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solid community trust (146 endorsements)
- High download count (30k+) shows real demand
- Solves a specific annoyance for companion users
⚠️ Cons
- No detailed feature list provided by author
- Only for OpenMW — won't work on vanilla Morrowind
- Last updated July 2026 — may not be tested with latest OpenMW builds
For Morrowind players using OpenMW who are tired of followers turning hostile. If you rely on companions and want them to stay loyal, this is a must-have. Skip if you play vanilla Morrowind or prefer gameplay overhauls.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Ensure you're running OpenMW, not the original Morrowind executable, or this mod won't work.
- Place the mod files in your OpenMW data directory and enable it in the launcher's content list.
- If you use multiple companion mods, test this one alone first to confirm it doesn't conflict.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Morrowind Mods
- Author
- Sosnoviy Bor
- Version
- 2.5
- Downloads
- 30,121
- Endorsements
- 146
- Category
- Companions
- Created
- 12/24/2025
- Updated
- 7/25/2026
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