Breaking Morrowind with Alchemy: Probably Overkill
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- It's not cheating. It's creative use of game mechanics.
What mods am I using? Nothing gamechanging. I'm using the OpenMW engine with their curated "I Heart Vanilla" modlist. It's mostly bugfixes and graphical enhancements.
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I love how Morrowind's vanilla Mechanics are somewhere between perfectly balanced and completely broken. Everything was made in such a way that you can become a God within minutes of character creation, but you would almost never notice it if you're playing casually.
Hilariously enough, it most likely was an oversight, otherwise there would be a hard cap.
That cap being something boring like 500 or existing purely to prevent crashes would be another story.
I randomly broke the game by being allowed to train past 100 at a trainer in Sadrith Mora, I forget the skill. Ended up level 180 or something like that, costly but I was a god.
@@KopperNeomani am still mad that todd decided skyrim needed to be “balanced” (fortify resto loop not withstanding) like who cares you dope its a singleplayer game where im the literal physical manifestation of shor, carry akatosh’s blood and drink the immortal souls of dragons like a pina colada
@chrisbfreelance You're supposed to drain you skill to below 0 first so its only 1 hold per level lol
I love how younger me found this and felt invincible with his magic and health when in reality it's morrowind gain enough levels and have healing spells and you'll be good anyhow
"I'm not Nerevar, I'm just on a bunch of uppers" subbed
Potion seller, I'm going into battle and I want only your strongest potions.
My potions are too strong for you traveler!
@@isabellanoble1280 my potions are too strong for you, Outlander*
>chug a few dozen potions
>pick lock with a soggy spaghetti noodle
>slap vivec with a pot and watch him burst into a bloody mist
im sorry this comment made me laugh for the first time in a while. cheers
The chosen one: flying through the air with the most demonic look in his eyes wielding a hammer
Vivec: 👁️👄👁️
"It's not cheating. It's creative use of game mechanics." so true
I really do love rpg's where you can absolutely break the mechanics and become god. Never understood developers obsession with "balancing" everything.
Funny thing about Morrowind's strength mechanic is that not only do you deal more damage your weapons also TAKE more durability damage as well. Sunder despite its immense durability actually lost a chunk of its durability when you hit VIvec. If you did that with most other weapons they'd probably shatter in a single hit!
Great idea for a mechanic. Just needs to be capped by the targets remaining health, or maybe armor value or something.
@@almightyk11It actually works by inflicting all the overkill damage to your weapon. Do 5,000 damage to a guy with 50 HP? Your sword takes 4,950 damage.
@@KopperNeoman that's like the worst way to do it XD
That awesome!
gotta use summoned weapons, they dont break.
Checked out a random Morrowind video and it lead to a shockingly enjoyable channel. Low-key but charismatic. I'm already back for more and this latest video is only a few minutes old. Here's hoping JBN makes it.
Agreed
I found him through looking FOR RS3 content. Been one of my favorites since.
I don't play rs3 btw.
Dude you should clip the vivec bonk, add the vine boom, submit to jjmmyhere
seriously! I'm so glad I took a chance on this channel popping up in my feed!
I remember first learning that Solstheim was actually loaded into the map the whole time when I traveled there from the closest point in Morrowind by swimming.
Yes, it took forever, yes I was very satisfied with having done it. 😂
Using icarian flight and some slow fall can get you there in about 5-10 mins of starting the game. You literally jump across the ocean to get there 😂
@@nicholausstevens1262went the barbarian route
The best part about these potions is that the effects scale exponentially better (in terms of strength AND duration) each time you make them and drink a few. I’ve made potions in morrowind that lasted more than 1 real life year, making the effect in game functionally permanent unless you encounter some effect that removes potion effects (dispel doesn’t seem to do this and only effects spells iirc).
Anyway, when I got really into morrowind alchemy I made a handy list of various fortify ingredients with no overlap in effects, so you can have always the exact same amount of X and Y so you can make Z potion (I hope that makes sense). Use them and become a god!
My “masterlist”:
Intelligence: Ash Yam + Bloat
Endurance: Guar Hide + Netch Leather
Agility: Ectoplasm + Sload Soap
Luck (+ Bonus Restore Health!): Corkbulb Root + Corprus Weepings
Willpower: Scrib Jelly + Wickwheat
Strength: Daedra Skin + Dreugh Wax
Speed: Kagouti Hide + Moon Sugar (don’t make these too strong, over a certain speed you WILL clip through stuff and probably end up crashing the game)
Personality: Kresh Fiber + Stoneflower Petals
Restore Magicka: Frost Salts + Comberry
There's a cave just across the river from Shulk Egg Mine (the one south of Balmora from the early Fighters Guild quest) called Vassir-Didanat. Just walk inside and immediately leave. Then, Mage Guild your way over to Vivec and stop by Janand, the merchant by the exit, and buy a Scroll of Unhinging. Then go to St Olm's Plaza, and find the Haunted Manor. Inside is a level 50 locked door, use the scroll on it. That leads to the basement, and one Hlaalu Councillor Dram Bero. Tell him about Vassir-Didanat and he'll give you your choice of free Daedric weapon (specifically Bow, Battleaxe, Katana, Wakizashi, Spear, or Staff). No consequences for House Hlaalu btw.
The go-to strong weapon I always know of is that enchanted ebony longsword hidden atop a dresser in the Balmora guardtower.
Absurdly op to find so early in the game, and quite easy to steal using positioning shenanigans.
But the free daedric weapon from Dram is the best you can get.
@@planescapedThe Sword of White Woe. Also, never take the staff, Daedric staves are dogwater compared to the other daedric weapons.
@@planescaped Theres another one of those Ebony Swords in the Suran tower too :)
@TheREALTheRealAdam
I have never heard of this little Morrowind hidden gem - I'm probably the last to know, but now I definitely have to check this out. Thanks!
Hands down you're one of my favorite new channels I started watching this year, I really hope you'll enjoy doing Elder Scrolls content as much as I enjoy watching the newer vids of yours
Fun fact that's mildly relevant to this video.
Any of the standard fast travel options *outside* - like the Silt Striders or Boats - take in-game time. It's quite possibly why your Levitate potion wore off on the way to Ald-Ruhn. (Myself, I found out in a mod while fast travelling as a vampire - I died en-route due to the sun damage 😅)
Any fast travel options *inside* - like the Mage's Guild teleports - are instant.
(The Almsivi and Divine Intervention spells are also instant.)
On a tangent, I very much enjoy how interconnected Morrowind's fast travel systems were. Between the Intervention spells and the other systems, you could get around the map decently quickly.
I hate modern fast travel mechanics. Getting around Vvardenfell (the way it was intended, not after breaking the game) was legitimately a fun part of the game in itself.
"Hmm, I could take the boat from Balmora to Sadrith Mora, then cross the swamp to the silt strider and take that to Vivec, then head out of Vivec to the Dwarven ruin in the mountains to the north."
@@KindredBrujah I came to hold a similar opinion towards fast travel mechanic such as Skyrims a few years back (it can be nice and convenient don't get me wrong and in a game the size of Skyrim I do think it is warranted to have such an accessible one even if Skyrim's can be a bit overkill) after playing Dragon's Dogma 1 and noticing how unbothered I was by the near lack of fast travel in the base version of the game due to the relatively small map size and the several conquerable dungeons as shortcuts that exist, that said there is a fast travel system, but a very limited one in that early game the items to use it are a bit pricey and overall it only initially unlocks after reaching the main city of the game and only allows you to jump back to said city until you acquire the 1 settable warp item that exists in the base version (the Dark Arisen version added like 2 more that are much easier to get and available earlier as well if I recall) part way through the main quest. Overall if you want to play a medieval fantasy game with a magic system and a restricted fast travel system then I recommend giving base DD1 or DD1 in general a try since the way it does classes is also rather interesting.
@@KindredBrujah
I just placed a Mark at the caldera guild guide. With the propylons and him you can get to pretty much anywhere on the island in about a minute
The Taravangian bit landed brilliantly. Beyond this, I wish I knew how glorious this exploit was when I was a young 18ish year old playing on a rickety 20" CRT style TV in my parents house. Great video dude!
Yeah, I never realised how overpowered alchemy was. Spellcrafting and magical item crafting, however? Oh yes. Regeneration spells bound to several armour slots and the ability to permanently fly. Lovely. Would have been even more OTT if I'd known you could get stats in the thousands to boost the effect of the magic.
"Alchemy is the only thing that brings me joy in life."
-Bilbo Baggins
"what the hell are you!?" was the perfect reaction for what' just background noise' did to that man
Balmora guard tower. top floor, on top of the dresser is one of the strongest one-handed swords in the game. it's not unique (there's one in I think the Suran guard tower as well) but it's an Ebony longsword with a good Damage Health on hit enchantment. It's great.
Ahh yes the Sword of White Woe good easily obtainable OP weapon
Came here to say this. Absolutely this.
Easy to get to but not THAT OP...it's one of several early game OP weapons you can get sure. But not at all on that list of best weapons for the game.
I remember doing this back in the day, I forgot that jumping causes you to glitch out the map with the sheer amount of power this exploit gives you.
my main method of travel is fortify acrobatics and jump 100 points for two seconds on self. can jump from balmora to vivec in 2 secconds.
@@zetoma16you can also throw 1 point of slow fall on the spell or a armor piece to take zero fall damage.
8:32
"Dry", when talking about wine, refers to a lack of sweetness in the wine. During fermentation, yeast breaks down the grape sugar into alcohol and this, in turn, reduces the overall sugar level in the wine, making it less sweet. So, it's not a lack of moisture, but a lack of sugar.
Hope I could help.
Glad people still make content on this game. It was my childhood before runescape and then alongside it.
Literally never heard a Taravingian reference, ever. Top notch stuff.
There’s an iron shardaxe in a stump by the lighthouse in seyda neen, it takes some parkour to get into the stump though since it’s literally hidden within the cavity of it. But the best early game axe is definitely cloudcleaver, talk to the naked nord north of Caldera and take him to the witch. Kill her and then take the axe for yourself. He’ll try to kill you but the nord is naked and can only punch you so as long as you have some fatigue potions he goes down like a chump.
From my knowledge the three best early game weapons are the demon tanto from the khajiit merchant beside the guildhalls in balmora, one of the daedric weapon rewards for rediscovering Vassir-Didanat Ebony Mine, and cloudcleaver. There’s probably others but these three are the easiest to obtain within 30 minutes of starting a new character
Just don't make the mistake of fortifying health beyond doubling your health pool. You turn into a ticking time Bomb if you do
The Cosmere joke hit me like a fucking truck
Just found your videos already loving all of them
Loved the stormlight reference. I put hundreds of hours in morrowind in the early 00s and Sanderson is my fav author. So yeah, very correct about the crossover 😂
Stormlight archive reference in a video about my favourite elder scrolls game? Truly a blessed day, thank the diagram!
The cosmere reference jumpscared me into subscribing
"We're a goddamn airplane" was delivered perfectly.
You can also create spells to fortify your attributes stacking with a soul trap effect to make them permanent. Other buffs act the same as well.
This was always my go to exploit in this game.
The "Oh" at the end had me in stiches
(only 3 videos, but thats a pattern "
Darn right.
I initially subbed after watching your 2 Morrowind vids and one oblivion vid. Really enjoyed them.
Then fell into the madness of the pit that is your OSRS vids... Nostalgia is a hell of a drug
The last minute of this video made my face hurt from laughing. Well done.
I'm so glad I found your channel, this was one of my favorite games growing up. And I actually did something similar. I got a spell that let me make "fortify skill" enchantments (you can find it in the building you're teleported into when you reach the capital after killing a dark brotherhood). And then made ten rings of "enchanting +100" stuck them to the hotbar, cast them in sequence and made insane enchantments
Only ever beat the game once, and it was in that playthrough. Every other time I ran around taking quests and messing with the NPCs.
2:45 both a retort and alembic are used for distilling liquids. So yes, in theory, someone may have this in their home--or at least something comparable. I have a water distiller in my laundry room, as we use distilled water for humidification, a steam cleaner, and the clothes iron.
These videos started popping into my recommendations this week and they're an absolute delight!
A Taravangian reference during my 1 am Morrowing video hit me like a freight train
Your videos are genuinely so enjoyable and funny. Like the way you do your bits I feel like if anyone else tried it would jus the straight cringey but you pull it off perfectly every time
Gotta love breaking alchemy so hard, you turn into an actual god and crash the game.
Wow, I come back to randomly re watch this one and I now got that taravangian reference. Praise the Diagram.
My man, Morrowind was the first game that ever captured my heart. I've seen plenty of people play this game and just break it.
You broke it, and still capture all the nostalgia. The best, broken, ugly, beautiful game of TES.
Subscribed.
Really liking the videos lately, keep up the good work
After watching your last three videos, I swore to myself if you made another TES video I would subscribe, and I have never been more happy to keep my own silent vows. Keep up the good work, JBN!
I think we can safely say this player character got high on alchemical ingredients, then died.
Found one of your other Morrowind videos by chance. It's some of the best, content i have seen for the game.
YES I needed this :D There is never enough Morrowind videos out there, keep em coming!
I love these videos. Morrowind is my favorite game to go back to. I understand it's very flawed but I grew up with PS1 games. Now that I've been sober since November I dream about Morrowind again. It's incredible
Alternative title: "Walter White imitator kills a god, retires to the countryside flying naked"
I used to do this in Morrowind too, making INT potions, drink the INT potions so you can make even more powerful INT potions to the point where the potion durations last a couple of YEARS. Then go make a fireball spell so large it can encompass the entire town of Balmora. I wish I still had the screenshots. Also, pillow stacking, finding pillows and stacking them in the middle of the Town of Caldera, stacking them so high that you could see them over the walls outside Caldera.
Wait, you've ONLY done 3 morrowind videos?
I've watched all 3. I just thought you were a morrowind channel.
I'm here for the MW content. Keep going!
Great video! I really like your Morrowind content.
Ty for making me realize I've been playing the elder scrolls games for almost 20 years now! Now I feel old!!
APPLAUD TO THE CREATOR FOR KNOWING WHAT A NEW PLAYER IS!! BRO YOURE SMART AND HUMBLE, MAKE MORE CONTENT MY GUY!!!
8:35 Might be a really... dry joke [baddum-TISH] on your part, but the term "dry wine" refers to the fact that acidic, tart wines make your mouth pucker up from the tannin content in it binding with the exposed proteins in the exposed epithelial tissue in your mouth, which your sensory receptors interpret as having been dried up (which is technically sort of true, from a sensory POV, but not physically true). Sweeter wines are not only far less acidic overall, which also contributes, but largely far less tannic as well, and so are never drying your mouth up as much. It also helps distinguish the effect from acidity, since not all dry wines are equally acidic, whereas all wines with very low (especially 0) sugar content will have a dry mouthfeel, no matter what.
The audio edits on this are just... *chef's kiss*👌
As a chemist I can tell you not even chem labs have retorts or almenbics anymore.
Fun fact: if you wanted to emulate just the strength effect of this exploit, you could also just drink a bunch of alcohol since the strength boost it gives you also stacks.
I really want to come back to Morrowind because of you're videos plus I have never finished tribunal
That's the point: the best games are those that let you break them and, then, still profoundly enjoy them for years. Too bad they are rare. Thanks for the video.
Stumbled across your Morrowind videos recently (and the Oblivion one) and was very entertained. I like your matter-of-fact delivery and dry humor, and the moments where you stumble over yourself while saying something silly or going on a tangent and then finish it up with some variation of “nobody gives a shit” or something. I might check out your Runescape videos next. Either way, keep up the great work. :)
I've never watched any of your videos, but this was very interesting and you're likeable. Subbed
I came for the Runescape videos but I've been really digging the Morrowind/Oblivion videos and glad to stay for whatever else. I've always felt your videos were criminally underrated and I think a lot of that had to do with how small Runescape's audience is. Either way, I hope these new projects have been fun to make!
"There's no champagne region of France in Morrowind... it's Prosecco."
As a wine snob, this joke alone earned you a Subscribe.
Dry refers to having little or no remaining sugar after fermentation. Champagne is generally referred to as Brut if it's dry.
I don't know what in the algorithm changed to start suggesting smaller channels to me, but I'm loving it. Some good shit right there.
BROO!! I love the fresh content and the commentary, as well as the comments!
Ctrl + Click to pick up a single stack of something. Shift + Click to pick up the entire stack.
Add another thing to the list of stuff I learned from the comments on these videos.
You can hold ctrl while clicking an item in inventory/shop menu to take just one, and hold shift to take all. No need to fiddle with the slider unless you need a specific amount
Try getting Sword of White Woe in one of the Balmora Guard tower, Its Really good and Easy to get, just throw something at the guard, run down the stairs and let him come and pay the bounty, run up again and get the sword before he returns.
Hah, I was legit did a mental double-take when you name dropped Taravangian.
Was fun to see you use a triple lashing at the end of the video.
I still remember me and my brother trying to figure out all the effects for ourselves, ah childhood.
Your writing/narration is fantastic. Loved this video by total surprise.
Some random redguard in nothing but his pajama's fulfills the prophecy by ingesting copious amounts of drugs.
I'm crying right now from laughing so hard lmao.
i cant wait to binge all of your videos to keep the demons out of my brain
My favorite part of morrowind alchemy is how it has a very realistic sense of how humans would be able to become gods if they used their heads. Only limited by our stomachs. But there’s probably a potion for that too
9:40 "what the hell are you?" Is the correct response to a man flying into your room at supersonic speeds to chop you in half with three swings on his axe.
this is why i love morrowind. you can become a god!
Another great video, loving the elder scrolls content. Just bought Morrowind yesterday because of your content
This is my favorite new channel, I keep coming back like a drug
"I don't understand how a liquid can be dry"
"There's no Champagne region of France in Morrowind...It's Preseco"
Just imagine a liquid that's dry - like your humor! (My favorite kind of humor.)
The cosmere reference gets a subscribe from me
Masters the art of alchemy, kills 2 gods, fulfills a prophecy, travels to another land by vibrating through the wind. Dies from a bear bite. Poetry.
“I’m a god, how do you kill a god?”
“Have you heard of alchemy?”
Damn Josh, been here since this first episode and its amazing to see the journey. Can't wait for the next adventure! LONG LIVE YANILLE
Forums, such as the comment section of the apropriate video is indeed where one learns the fastest when you want random trivia.
This is the kind of Morrowind content I aspire to make someday. ❤
You have my like due to the Brandon Sanderson reference. Keep on rocking fellow fantasy nerd.
“Drink potions, kill a god.” - The Nerevarine probably.
Vivec: I AM A GOD!
(Gets one-shot by a nude redguard)
Redguard: ...Puny god.
This gave me an idea for a challenge. "Wands only". Wands is a bit of hyperbole, but basically you can only use Cast on Use items/potions/scrolls. Not even attacking in a mundane fashion. Maybe do it in Oblivion with staves for an extra challenge.
Honestly did not expect a Cosmere reference in a Morrowind video, but I certainly won't complain
Dry wine means it has less sugar, but most people use it to mean richer in tannins, making a bitter, almost dry-ing flavor. Even though alcohol basically always dries out your mouth...
Also, no, most alcohols don't go with eggs. At least not breakfast style anyway.
Meanwhile in the province of Vvardenfell: some random outlander was seen literally flying around every town, buying ingredients and leaving a ton of empty flasks wherever he goes
5:27 Did a double take there, but then you confirmed the Stormlight reference haha
You are an amazing youtuber. Keep up the great content!
I like to imagine Viveks surprise when the local crack addict practically kicked her door down, eyes bloodshot, breathing uncontrollably, and then… WHAM!
I love these Morrowind videos. As a person who does not want to play it, it's great to live vicariously through your videos. Keep up these awesome videos!
"A mortar and pestle is still a common kitchen appliance, right?" Funnily enough, my kitchen does (in fact) have a mortar and pestle set aside.
It’s nice to know all three of the full 3D games have incredibly dumb and busted alchemy strats. It’s beautiful in a way
Potion seller…. I require your strongest potions
if you take conjuration as a major skill you start with a summon dagger spell.
lets you start the game with an infinitely reusable enchanted daedric dagger.