MorrowSwim - A simple aquatics skill mod for OpenMW
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.6% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #9 of 14 Skills and Attributes mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
MorrowSwim takes advantage of Ralt's incredible Skills Framework to implement a skill revolved around Aquatic effectiveness in Morrowind.
Aquatics – A Swimming Overhaul for OpenMW, I wanted more mechanical depth for my deep-sea explorer character, so I built a lightweight but systemic swimming overhaul for OpenMW.
Aquatics is a new skill that expands underwater gameplay beyond simple movement speed scaling. Functionally comparable to Athletics on land, Aquatics governs swimming velocity, active mobility, combat scaling, and breath management for a more rewarding and progression-driven underwater experience. Now you can create a true water-focused character!
Massive thanks goes to ownlyme (https://www.nexusmods.com/profile/ownlyme/mods) for adding lots of new features, including a new breath system and in-depth customizability!
Breath System:
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[]HoldBreath duration scaling with Aquatics. The higher your Aquatics skill, the longer you can hold your breath!
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]Dashing consumes breath.[]Custom UI displays breath-related feedback clearly
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[]Low skill: Minor penalty to weapon skills while submerged.
[]At skill 50+: Penalties taper off and convert into scaling bonuses.
[]Fixed application of negative modifiers to ensure proper behavior.
Dashing (Press Spacebar while underwater to perform a directional swim dash.)
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[]Press Spacebar while underwater to perform a directional swim dash
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]Costs Stamina and Breath.[]Effectiveness scales with Aquatics level.
[]Higher skill = greater velocity and efficiency.
- Inspired by Solthas’ Swim Boost Drain mod.
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[]Press Spacebar while underwater to perform a directional swim dash
MorrowSwim is a compact mod for OpenMW that adds an aquatic skills system using Ralt's Skills Framework. It's for players who want to expand Morrowind's gameplay with swimming-focused progression. With 70 endorsements and recent updates, it's a niche but actively maintained addition.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Taps into a niche that vanilla Morrowind ignores—swimming is just a stat, not a skill.
- Uses Ralt's Skills Framework, so it should slot into modded setups that already use that framework.
- Recent update (June 2026) means it's not abandoned—still being maintained.
⚠️ Cons
- Only 70 endorsements—this is a niche mod for a niche audience, so don't expect a huge community.
- Requires Ralt's Skills Framework as a dependency, which adds an extra install step.
For Morrowind players who want to make swimming a meaningful part of their character build, especially those already using OpenMW and Ralt's Skills Framework. Skip if you're on the original engine or don't care about aquatic gameplay.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you're running OpenMW—this mod won't work on the original Morrowind engine.
- Install Ralt's Skills Framework first, then drop MorrowSwim into your OpenMW mods folder and enable it in the launcher.
- Check the mod's forum or comments for any specific load order advice, since it depends on another framework.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Morrowind Mods
- Author
- HughMungus01 and OwnlyMe
- Version
- 1.2
- Downloads
- 11,386
- Endorsements
- 70
- Category
- Skills and Attributes
- Created
- 11/18/2025
- Updated
- 6/30/2026
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