Morrowind beginner guide: Seyda Neen, Balmora and choosing useful skills
Leave the Census and Excise office prepared, deliver Caius’s package and establish a dependable early character.
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Match the class to your first weapon
Choose major and minor skills that support the actions you want to use immediately. If Long Blade is strong and Short Blade is weak, a cheap longsword can be more dependable than a visually impressive dagger. A starting class is a package of strengths rather than a rule that forbids learning anything else; its initial skill values still matter greatly.
Finish the release and keep the package
Speak to Sellus Gravius before leaving the Census and Excise office. Keep the package for Caius Cosades and read the directions instead of selling or dropping unfamiliar documents. Seyda Neen’s tradehouse can supply basic equipment. Buy a weapon you can use, some healing and a way to restore fatigue before spending all your gold on armor.
Take the silt strider to Balmora
The caravaner by Seyda Neen’s silt strider offers paid travel to Balmora. You can also walk, but transport avoids arriving exhausted after an uncertain route. In Balmora, ask about Caius at the South Wall Cornerclub, then find his house in the northeast part of town and deliver the package to establish the main-quest contact.
Follow the advice to gain experience
Caius encourages a new adventurer to build a cover identity and experience before rushing onward. Visit local guilds, learn the layout and undertake modest work suited to your skills. Rest when safe and retain several saves. Morrowind allows harmful decisions and the deaths of important people, so a warning about a broken prophecy deserves immediate attention.
Keep the first combat simple: full fatigue, a weapon skill you trained at creation, and one enemy at a time.
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