Hunterwind (OpenMW Only)
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.6% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #35 of 159 Immersion mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
OpenMW Only
Version 4. 0 Released
This comes with new integration patches, compatibility for popular mods, and a new mechanic: crab breeding.
Now, mods like Ashlander Crafting, Vanilla Friendly Creatures and Undeads, and Gardening and Farming have patches that integrate their content with this mod. The menus have also been refined, new options have been added, and new mechanics have been implemented to further polish the gameplay experience.
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Since update 3. X, it’s no longer necessary to dissect carcasses or cut hides and meat through the Hunter’s Knife menus. Now, you only need to equip each item while having the Knife in your inventory.
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This mod replaces the generic animal rewards (usually a pelt worth 2 gold and little else) with a more elaborate hunting system. Now, hunting an animal offers a greater reward, but also requires more time to skin and prepare the meat and pelts, among other things. It also adds the possibility to taxidermy animals and sell them. It is inspired by the Skyrim mod: Hunterborn.
Now, every time an animal is hunted, you don't get a pelt immediately. Instead, you can collect the animal's carcass to skin and butcher it, or in many cases, taxidermy it. You can earn good money working as a hunter, but it will also require a lot of the Nerevarine's time. There is also a simple skill system in place so that the player can obtain more resources as they get accustomed to butchering animals or produce better items as they gain experience.
The mod is compatible with old save games. HOWEVER, the animals need to respawn for the new materials to appear. It will be necessary to hunt the animals in already visited areas and let them reappear.
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Features
[]Redesigned hunting system: Now, you get a lot more resources from animals and a much wider variety (more pelts, more types of meat, eyes, bones, teeth, etc.), but it also takes more time to skin them. From each hunted animal, you can obtain a carcass that can be dissected for materials or butchered.
[]New Skills: Your skills as a hunter will determine your abilities to harvest rewards from animals.
[]Fishing traps: set traps in the sea and come back after a while to see if you've caught any fish.
[]Skinning: Skin the carcasses to obtain meat, eyes, hide (i
Hunterwind overhauls animal rewards in OpenMW, replacing generic skins with a more elaborate hunting system that offers greater rewards but requires more time to skin and prepare meat. Designed for players seeking deeper immersion in hunting mechanics.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 76 endorsements and nearly 3,000 downloads.
- Adds meaningful depth to hunting for immersion-focused players.
- Actively maintained—last updated April 2026.
⚠️ Cons
- OpenMW only—won't work with the original Morrowind engine.
- Small mod with a niche audience (76 endorsements).
For Morrowind players using OpenMW who want hunting to feel more rewarding and immersive. Skip if you play on the original engine or prefer quick, simple animal loot.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Ensure you're running OpenMW, not the original Morrowind executable, or the mod won't work.
- Place the mod files in your OpenMW data directory and enable it in the launcher's content list.
- Expect hunting to take longer—plan your trips accordingly.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Morrowind Mods
- Author
- Wolfweim
- Version
- 4.02
- Downloads
- 2,909
- Endorsements
- 76
- Category
- Immersion
- Created
- 6/7/2024
- Updated
- 4/3/2026
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