Tales from Nirn: Silt Strider

A Black Salamander Studios server project

Tales from Nirn: Silt Strider

Silt Strider is a persistent, roleplay-focused multiplayer Morrowind server. Explore the ashes of Vvardenfell, the unique parts of Morrowind's mainland, push into Cyrodiil or Skyrim, and play your story how you want. Play solo, together with friends, strangers and not only create but live your character's story.

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  • 129 Mods in Lite
  • 296 Mods in Overhaul
  • Custom TES3MP fork
  • OpenMW Engine

Announcements

Latest from the server

  • Merlin

    Welcome our new team!

    Hey folks, lots been happening the past few weeks, crazy updates and crazy responses to the progress. As we're beginning to average 20+ players on at a time during peak hours, we've been needing to adapt for the increased demand in roleplay staff.

    Dungeon Masters will run roleplay events for their factions at least once a month, and are the managers for the entirety of their faction. More information here: https://www.siltstrider.com/rules#dungeon-master

    Dean of the

    Starting off, will...

    Read the rest in Discord

  • Merlin

    Update 1.8 - "I'm on a boat!" + Custom TES3MP OpenMW 0.51 Fork

    This is another large update, and we're now officially on OpenMW 0.51 after several weeks working on the port.

    The main tl;dr is that you can now buy more mounts, and live on ships, with fully sailable and enterable interiors. Carts have been removed from sale until I can resolve some more bugs with them, but they are currently on the server. Expect that in the next 2 days.

  • zero_vectra

    Update 1.7.6 - General Bug Fixes & Even Some Crafting Updates

    Hey folks. If you've been keeping tabs on #tes3mp-scripting-chat you know well that we've been continuing to plug away at getting things better and better. We've got lots more bug fixes and even some features really wanted (by me). Check the changelog in the thread for deets.

    Support our work!

    As you know. we're constantly trying to push the bounds of what's possible on this 20+ year old game. We love it immensely and we love the community for enjoying it. If you're able to and want to keep helping...

    Read the rest in Discord

Events

Upcoming events

  • Anvil Magic Festival

    Every few months, the Kingdom of Anvil hosts the Guild of Mages to hold the Magic Festival. It is a small festival held just outside the Anvil Mages Guild, where people from across Tamriel come together to exchange…

    Anvil7 interestedRepeats monthly

    More in Discord

All upcoming events

What makes it different

Most multiplayer Morrowind is vanilla Morrowind with other people in it. Silt Strider is much more than that.

  • Living NPCs that hold a conversation

    The people of Vvardenfell (and other locations) can and will talk for themselves rather than reading from a list. They remember who they've met, they have families, and they have their own problems. You can help them or make things much, much worse.

  • Changing towns

    Every settlement has a holder, and how firmly they hold it is tracked. Influence, pressure and crisis all move. Settle the right problem for the right people and the controlling factions can respond in kind, putting pressure on nearby towns and maybe even pushing them out. Imagine a Balmora run by House Redoran.

  • Hand-authored roads for NPCs

    We've utilized the vanilla path nodes so that our newly minted NPCs know their way around town. We've also manually drawn roads between towns so that NPCs and caravans that travel know how to get from point A to B. We also built a hidden heatmap to see where players traverse themselves so that NPCs can start to learn of other shortcuts, growing and evolving their own pathfinding over time.

  • Consequences that actually matter

    Witnesses report what they saw to the guards. If you kill someone with family, someone in the family may find out. They might put a bounty on your head separate from one the town will put on you for your crime. They may even hunt you down themselves, asking other people that might match your description for information.

  • Our own engine, not stock TES3MP

    Silt Strider does not run the public TES3MP build. The client and server are our own fork, with engine work we wrote ourselves: a custom journal, merchants with real disposition and stock, animations that sync properly, furniture you can actually use, and overhead speech that moves mouths. OpenMW 0.51's engine work is running on the development server now and reaches live once it has been tested there. Everyone plays on the same build, because the client and the server refuse to talk across versions.

  • A curated modpack

    Two versions. Lite is 129 mods and about 11.7 GB on disk, and it is what everyone runs. Overhaul is all 296, around 47.5 GB, adding visual and environmental work on top for anyone whose machine and disk can take it. The launcher serves you everything you need, all without Wabbajack. No manual clicking necessary.

  • A real, living world

    Everything you say and do leaves a mark on the world, and Nirn keeps turning even when you're offline. Log off one night and then come back the next day to see new NPCs have arrived with new goods, giving merchants new stock. New guards patrol the streets, and maybe even a new darkness lingers over your favorite settlement.

From players

What players say

  • This server is what got me into Morrowind as a whole … it helped me have more fun in Morrowind than modded Skyrim … I know Merlin from a different server he hosted for Skyrim ages ago, so I may be a bit biased … The crafting system here is something I cannot stop messing around with … Anyways, come join us please, I need more friends to protect on my Hill Giant character.

    Corporate Colonel (Discord) source

  • … Absurd depth and no less ambitious in scale, yet also remarkably cohesive and stable. Combined with AIRIS bringing a level of interactivity that feels long overdue in gaming, I would need to write a novella to describe how game changing this is. Safe to say I've never felt so immersed in a roleplaying world! Staff and a community that are obviously passionate about both the setting and the project is the cherry on top. …

    Mikatkat (Discord) source

  • … Silt Strider isn't perfect, and that's the thing: they know. And they keep improving it, taking feedback, actively encouraging the player base to make bug reports, and are incredibly dedicated … Silt Strider has become The Elder Scrolls Experience I didn't know I've yearned for which ESO couldn't fulfill. AIRIS, the AI which powers the NPC conversations, adds a lot of personality to an old engine/game which makes it feel much more alive. … I will invite you to discover Silt Strider for yourself!

    MementoRisum (Discord) source

  • Awesome server - GMs and DMs who work tirelessly to improve the game and are actually fair and kind and communicate with the players for a change, an actually friendly and supportive community and deep political/religious/... systems in the world - it can be changed and feels actually alive with the AI behind the NPCs, plus RP is rewarded.

    Numhys (Discord) source

  • I found this server after a time I was heavily burned by other roleplay communities. Here thanks to this community I was able to find my footing as a roleplayer again. Whenever I needed support I got it, and it's been amazing to watch this project grow and evolve. I was here before the server began integrating AIRIS NPCs and the difference between the start and now is hard to put into words. It's one of the most unique experiences I've had in an adventure game.

    Mutton (Discord) source

  • Siltstrider is a place were you can find yourself riding a canoe down river while a drunk orc bard sings you a melody about how he was robbed by a vampire

    igobylotsofnames (Discord) source

  • I've always looked for a roleplay community that takes its setting seriously. Silt Strider is that. The team is transparent, friendly, and there to support you. … A living world where NPCs and markets change, territories shift amid faction struggles … a religion system that actually has weight behind it … You can't get that anywhere else. This place is fricken awesome to get lost in.

    Ricktastrophe (Discord) source

  • One of the best things to ever happen to me was this server. Developers are constantly updating and pushing what the engine is capable of, and the possibilities are near endless.

    Wheezus (Discord) source

  • Silt Strider is an awesome experience. The DMs are transparent with their decision-making, but the most incredible thing: They brought an intuitive and fun housing system into a 24-year old game.

    Beau Deveineaux (Character) source

  • This shit makes ESO look like E.T. on Atari

    Dead Lett3r (Discord) source

  • I'll be up front, I'm a co-owner now, so I'm biased. … This server has brought me more than just fun with roleplay: it's fostered a community that has allowed me to make new, fantastic friends … To me, this community has made the whole endeavor worth the lack of sleep and the time investment.

    zero_vectra (Discord) source

Tales from Nirn

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Trailers, roleplay footage and the occasional look at what we are building.

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