Vivec Waistworks Expansion
⚪ Last updated 2020⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 7.3% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #18 of 94 Towns and Villages mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Vivec is boring. There's been a lot of mods to make it less boring, but few of them touch the Waistworks in a way that felt right. I got really tired of bland Waistworks, and spent a week in a fugue state working on this.
My goal was to break up the monotony of bland, featureless tunnels by adding interesting sights, the occasional shop, anything to turn the bleak monotony into something that feels more like the metropolis it pretends to be.
This isn't a very ambitious or crazy mod. Only vanilla assets are used, only the Waistworks are affected. I hope someday someone deprecates this mod with something really astounding, but right now, there's nothing that fixes the Waistworks being bland as heck, and I got tired of playing without doing something about it myself.
This should be >>largely compatible<< with most other Vivec mods, and mods that affect Vivec. The only big conflicts should be in Piratelord's sadly-forgotten Redesigned Vivec (my secret favorite but super incompatible with everything and also abandoned), and Atrayonis' Rethinking Vivec.
This >>>>should be<<<< compatible with Dramatic Vivec, Vivec Expansion, Uvirith's Legacy (yes, even that part of Uvirith's Legacy), Welcome Home, No-Frills Open Vivec, Welcome to the Arena, and any mod that adds any NPCs to Vivec. All I've done is add new rooms along the Waistwork corridors. Ask me if you want compatibility added with anything and I'll do my best.
This is somewhat first draft, I'm tired of fussing with it. Please report problems/complaints to me and I'll fix them as I can, thanks.
This mod's been cleaned with EE. I've had to move a few NPCs to make room for the new scenery. At WORST some background NPCs might double, but I installed this midway through my run and haven't had problems with that, so I'm calling it safe enough for government work.
>>>>>>THIS MOD CONTAINS<<<<<<<
+: Designed as a sort of indoor mall catering to tourists and foreigners, it's full of little shops and indoor parks to make it feel less like an oppressive tomb. My inspiration here was Penn Station. Creating a warren of shops and sights, you could visit or live here and never need the other cantons. Just as intended, n'wah scum. New shops are:
-The Blue Kagouti, a sit-in fine-dining experience.
-Alchemical Ales, a micro-brewery that combines alchemy and brewistry to fantastical effect. My favorite is Lorkhan's Couch-Lock! Drink yourself down to a new level of reality, just like Lorkhan tricked the other great spirits into doing!
-Ashalmannu's Ashen Apparel, a clothes store focused on selling exotic Ashlander clothing to outlanders. Filthy, tourist outlanders.
-M'Drashi's Tat Shop, selling only the finest in cheap jewelry and dumb trinkets. And gondolier helmet souvenirs. B'vehk, don't wear
Expands the Vivec Waistworks in Morrowind with new shops, shrines, restaurants, and decorations. A community-favorite overhaul with 177 endorsements and over 2,400 downloads, last updated in 2020. Ideal for players seeking to enrich Vivec City's underused district.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solid community backing with 177 endorsements and 2,437 downloads.
- Fills out the Waistworks with useful additions like shops and shrines.
- Adds flavor with restaurants and decorations for a livelier district.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2020 — may not be compatible with the latest Morrowind mod setups.
- Only 177 endorsements — a niche mod, not a top-tier overhaul.
For Morrowind players who want to breathe life into Vivec's Waistworks with new places to shop, pray, and eat. Perfect for role-players and explorers who enjoy discovering new content in familiar cities. Skip if you prefer gameplay overhauls or if you're not interested in Vivec City.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since it's a simple mod, just drop the files into your Data Files folder and activate the .esp in the Morrowind Launcher.
- If you use a mod manager like Mod Organizer 2, install it there and enable it in your load order.
- Check for conflicts with other Vivec overhauls — load this mod after them to ensure its additions appear.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Morrowind Mods
- Author
- autumn
- Version
- 1.02
- Downloads
- 2,437
- Endorsements
- 177
- Category
- Towns and Villages
- Created
- 9/17/2020
- Updated
- 9/18/2020
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