(OpenMW) Eating Habits
🟡 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
- 👍 1.2% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #10 of 159 Immersion mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
NPC will eat twice a day. If given enough time, they'll even drink. Paupers can smoke skooma. Some people can smoke Hackle-Lo.
Volume of eating/drinking/smoking sounds can be set to 0, effectively disabling them.
Enabling 'Use Additional Animation Sources' in the launcher's settings is required.
Enabling 'Smooth Animation Transitions' in the launcher's settings is strongly recommended.
Credits
Dubiousnpc for their eating/drinking animations and meshes.
TR team for their pipe mesh and texture / some ingred meshes.
Morrowind Optimization Patch for some ingred meshes.
Epic Plants for some ingred meshes.
DetailDevil for the skooma pipe inspiration
Fallchildren for the skooma pipe animations
Greatness7 for the skooma smoking animations
SiberianCrab for bottle meshes
Orfey100 for the goblet mesh
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[*]Animated Morrowind OpenMW + BCOM Patch
A compact immersion mod for OpenMW that adds hunger and thirst needs to NPCs, making them eat and drink, with visible mood changes. With 41 endorsements and recent updates, it's a niche but functional addition for players seeking more living world behavior.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Tiny and focused – does exactly what it says without bloat.
- Recent update (July 2026) means it's likely compatible with current OpenMW builds.
- Adds a layer of life to towns – no more static NPCs standing around forever.
⚠️ Cons
- Very low endorsement count (41) – might be buggy or not widely tested.
- Only for OpenMW – if you're on vanilla Morrowind, this won't help you.
For Morrowind players using OpenMW who want a bit more life in their NPCs. If you're into immersion mods that make the world feel reactive, this is a neat little addition. Skip if you're on vanilla Morrowind or want something more substantial.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you're running OpenMW – this mod won't work with the original Morrowind executable.
- Since it's a simple mod, just drop the files into your OpenMW data directory and enable it in the launcher.
- Watch NPCs in crowded areas like Balmora to see the hunger effects quickly.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Morrowind Mods
- Author
- Foxunder
- Version
- 1.4.5
- Downloads
- 3,715
- Endorsements
- 46
- Category
- Immersion
- Created
- 6/15/2026
- Updated
- 8/17/2026
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