It's that time of year again, on May 1st, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind will turn 24 years old, inching ever closer to that quarter-of-a-century milestone, and to celebrate this historic occasion, the Morrowind Modding Community is proud to present the 12th consecutive annual Morrowind May Modathon Month Modding Competition!
Over the past 24 years, Morrowind modders have greatly expanded the capabilities of this 2002 era game, from telling new stories, crafting new adventures, to utterly transforming Morrowind's very gameplay mechanics, adding all new features and abilities that once were thought impossible to achieve on a game as old as Morrowind.
And though nearly a quarter of a century has passed, the Morrowind Modding Community has shown no signs of slowing down - indeed, 2025 was actually the biggest year ever on record for Morrowind, both in terms of total new mod releases, and in terms of raw downloads. From massive expansions, courtesy of Tamriel Rebuilt, to major OpenMW updates, adding all sorts of new engine improvements to modernize the Morrowind experience, the last year has been one of the most exciting on record for the Morrowind Modding Community, and 2026 shows no signs of slowing down!
Since 2015, the Morrowind Modathons have celebrated the modding community's creativity and industrious spirit with a month-long modding extravaganza, where any and all modders are welcome to participate!
Starting May 1st and running through June 2nd, modders can submit Morrowind mods, win random drawing prizes, participate in weekly themed challenges, and earn any number of over 90+ new achievement badges that they can pin to their Nexus profiles or to their mod pages.
Some 1,800 mods have been submitted for the Morrowind Modathons over the past 12 years, and I sincerely hope you'll all join us for another exciting round of this proud annual modding tradition!
For those looking to join in this year, participation is simple - any Morrowind mod released in May can be entered into the competition! Just remember to include the tagline "Part of the May Modathon Month" (or the
2026 Morrowind Modathon header) near the top of your mod's description, or use the Morrowind Modathon 2026 tag to enter your mod as part of the competition. Submitted mods will automatically be entered to potentially win our weekly random-drawing prizes, and of course, unlock achievements!
For more information, including rules, links to tutorials for first-time modders, and a complete list of achievements, check out our
official announcement thread here on the Nexus forums or stop by our
Discord channel! Also, keep an eye on the announcement thread, we'll be posting the random-drawing winners on there each week, as well as revealing any hidden achievements that modders might unlock!
As I always say, the best games never die! Happy modding, have fun, and long live the Morrowind Modding Community! As always, a big thank you to both
Danae123 and
darkelfguy for all the work they put into running this event each year. Are you getting involved this time around? Let us know! We'd love to hear what you're planning on creating.