Protective Helmets
⚪ Last updated 2024⚠️ 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
- 👍 1.4% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #156 of 213 Immersion mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Requirements
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[]Latest MGE XE
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]MWSE 2. 1 (included with MGE XE)
Description
Automatically adds resistances to diseases and poisons when wearing a closed helmet. This is mostly to make traveling in a blight storm more immersive while wearing a helmet with a mod that adds a chance to catch the disease from the storms. Inspired by Protective Masks originally by WanderRA, and re-released by Half11.
The effects behave in the same way as a constant enchantment, but are added when equipping the item instead of editing the original object, thus being compatible with enchanted items.
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[]Affected helmets can be blacklisted to remove the resistances.
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]Non-full helmets (i.e. don't hide the head model) can also be whitelisted to add the resistances.[]The added effects can be toggled and magnitudes changed in the MCM.
Recommended Mods
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[]Consistent Enchanting - Player-enchanted helmets will respect the original helmets black-/whitelisting with this mod installed
[]Vanilla Friendly Wearables Expansion - Includes some masks/scarfs that are whitelisted by default
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[]Ashfall, The Blight, Blighted Blight, or Blight Storms Restored - To add blight to blight storms
[]Creeping Blight - To spread the blight storms
[]The Blight - To spread the blight (and lots of other cool stuff)
[]Lucevar has a list of other blight related mods here
Installation
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[]Make sure you have the latest versions of MGE XE and MWSE 2. 1. MWSE-Update.exe in the Morrowind installation folder will update MWSE to the latest version.
[]Drop the MWSE folder inside your Morrowind/Data files folder or install with a mod organizer.
Incompatibilities
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[]Requires MWSE to work, so it is currently incompatible with OpenMW.
[]Should be compatible with all mods.
Credits
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[]Inspired by Protective Masks originally by WanderRA, and rereleased by Half11.
[]The effect icons in the thumbnail are from Jacey's Vector Icons by JaceyS.
[]Thanks to NullCascade, Hrnchamd and other developers of MWSE and MGE XE.
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[]Ashfall, The Blight, Blighted Blight, or Blight Storms Restored - To add blight to blight storms
Protective Helmets automatically grants disease and poison resistances when wearing a closed helmet, enhancing immersion during blight storms. A small but focused mod with 107 endorsements, last updated in January 2024.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Tightly focused on immersion—does exactly what it says without bloat.
- Pairs well with disease-overhaul mods that make blight storms dangerous.
- Respectable 107 endorsements from a niche audience.
⚠️ Cons
- Only works with closed helmets—open-faced or custom helmets may not benefit.
- Last updated in January 2024—may not be compatible with the latest game patches.
For roleplayers who want a logical reason to wear a closed helmet during blight storms. Also for players who use disease mods and want extra protection without breaking immersion. Skip if you prefer gameplay-heavy mods or rarely face blight conditions.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Check if your helmet is classified as 'closed' in the game files—if not, the mod won't trigger.
- If you use a disease mod, load Protective Helmets after it to ensure resistances apply correctly.
- Test in a blight storm to confirm the resistances appear in your character's stats.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Morrowind Mods
- Author
- Virnetch
- Version
- 1.0.2
- Downloads
- 7,449
- Endorsements
- 107
- Category
- Immersion
- Created
- 9/26/2021
- Updated
- 1/10/2024
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