Can You Become Morrowind's Arch-Mage with only Mysticism? 

Yo I just wanna say I super appreciate the putting in of subtitles and not just leaving it to auto generation! In my opinion, that's what puts you a step above the rest of challenge run creators! Not many people at all take the time to do that!

It is so weird to see someone just calmly walking everywhere in this game and not hopping and sprinting at all times.

Trebonius Artorius is a really fun character - he is a really good battlemage, but he is very much a meathead; they pushed him out of Cyrodiil into being the Arch-Mage of the youngest section of Mage's Guild. You can ask folks around the workplace for fun tasks he has assigned them, and it includes: - Digging a tunnel to the mainland; - Learning language of silt striders to extract confidential information; - Rebuilding Numidium; - Assemble the inventory of all plates and bottles in whole of Vvardenfell; - Towing the Foreign Quarter by chaining it to an army of dreugh. Maybe we are not all Arch-Mages.

9:07 "Is she stupid" You look at that face and try and tell me otherwise.

I really like the Mage Guild questline, it paints such a fun picture of the organization. Balmora guild is full of ambitious, but unscrupulous people - Ajira wants promotion above all else, but doesn't want to do anything herself. She tasks you with finding stuff for her research, even finding her a bowl, then asks you to sabotage Galbedir to one-up her. Ranis is a legit unhinged individual who abuses the little power she has and just sends you to assasinate people. Sharn is a necromancer who bribes you for your silence. Aldrunh is about finding books on Dwemer, Sadrith Mora deals with vampires and monsters, and Vivec is just the funniest guild hall with Trebonius being this dumb and kooky archmage who gives you insane tasks while failing to notice the super obvious Telvanni spy right next to him (kinda like Steve Carell's character from "Space Force").

The "just don't get hit" was a mitten squad thing... RIP

"These cantons are big, and you never really realize it until you're walking slowly around them" Actually, one of my most vivid memories of playing this game as a kid was my computer slowing to a crawl and lagging to death every time I went to Vivec. So I know the feeling quite well, lol.

Fun thing with Telekinesis, you can actually grab items while the game is paused by just making some space between your menus.

That orc you killed is the part of the first quest in the Imperial Legion and you do have to kill him, you won't be punished for it, because he murdered somebody I think. Imperial Legion questline was written by Todd Howard, allegedly, and the rest of the base game minus the main quest and Imperial Cult was written by Douglas Goodall. It's interesting that Todd starts you off with a murder investigation whereas Goodall in the Mage's Guild starts you off with flower and mushroom gathering. If you did a Legion playthrough you might get odd vibes from it due to the changes in style. In addition, all of the Gnisis legion quests happen less than 2 blocks away from the quest giver and Aldruhn was mostly the same. My theory is that Howard hated traveling in Morrowind as well as mundane quests like mushroom and plant gathering and fighting rats so he made quests that had very short trips and more storytelling intrigue. It would at least explain why Oblivion is so fast travel heavy and why the Daedric quests of that game, specifically took place so close to the shrines where you're given the quests; or why the guild quests in Oblivion don't have mundane quests like gathering supplies and start off more interesting.

"Just pretend I've achieved amaranth and I'm the godhead." I almost spat out my drink 😆

The only thing that sucks about these videos, is that they eventually end.

It's starting to become a great day when I see a Just Background Noise video in my feed, thanks for the awesome content

Your growth is so well deserved. I'm so happy for you man.

I really appreciate the custom subtitles, I have trouble with audio processing and it really boosts my understanding and enjoyment of your videos! 💖

JBN is not SmallAnt confirmed, this will have serious lore implications. Banger video, always happy to see more Morrowind challenges.

Sir, its a Guild, they have a monopoly on whatever it is they are a Guild of. They were doing this before gangs.

As a small tidbit you can actually get a ceramic bowl IN the Mages Guild, and ironically for years I thought the game was trying to hint me to do so, cuz in an unmodded Morrowind it has no ownership tag, so you can just pick it up, give it to her, and keep the 10 gold she gives you to buy it. It's the bowl on the table right next to Ranis. 14:15 Funny enough you're not that far-fetched, the Mages Guild, like any good monopoly has made sure to corner the market. If you join the Telvanni there's even a quest to help break said economic squeeze the Guild is doing to magical services on Vvardenfell (though from a gameplay POV nothing really changes). Also it's worth noting that in her backstory (I believe) Ranis is a former Telvanni noble, so it's no wonder she has a stick up her butt about them. As someone who loves this game, I can kinda get your point about the boringness of Morrowind dungeons, and I think the issue is two-fold: 1. Low rez graphics making it dull to look at. 2. The fact there's rarely anything to *do* or interact with in said dungeons. There's little actual 'things' to justify a dungeon besides just 'it is there'. But I will offer a counter-point: Morrowind's dungeons don't overstay their welcome. Arena, Daggerfall, and Oblivion had shit dungeons most of the time. They took *FOREVER* to get through even for a simple objective. Massive cave systems and dungeons that just *drag* on and on seemingly an eternity just to fulfill one quest. It's a slog so much of the time. I do agree that Morrowind's dungeons are boring because of the low-rez graphics and their size, but I'd rather have a small in and out dungeon than one that drags on. Skyrim on the other hand balanced this out a lot better by sheer virtue of having long and short dungeons in better balance, and for the long ones, making them actually feel a bit more worthwhile to complete much of the time. Anywho, good challenge and vid there. Bit surprised you didn't get the Mentor's ring, but I could understand why it might feel a bit against the nature of the challenge.

Funny you just found out about the levitation shrine, it's a part of the quest that will make any temple enjoyer either break a cold sweat (for forcing them to remember) or shake with religious fury (for daring not to know), no in-between.

Was just about to come home and drink/cry myself to sleep only to get this notification! Now that i think about it none of my plans has changed but definitely became more enjoyable!

3:10 "When Galbedir uses the fake soul gem to enchant something, it'll make her, I dunno, piss herself or something. I might be confusing that with warm water during a sleepover." Your stream of thought is my spirit animal

I may be wrong, but my genuine answer why ajira asks you to get a bowl, while in game lore is probably just alchemy storage. Its to get you out of the mages guild so it can spawn in all the "stolen" research notes around the guild without looking weird

On the name thing. A lot of characters are actually related to each other and they even have a family tomb with their name u can usually find and loot their ancestors.

I gotta say, I appreciate your videos. You called yourself a "Skyrim baby" in a previous video and I am a "Morrowind baby", but you have discovered more fun ways to play this game than I ever did lol. I can't wait to see where you go and what you end up doing with your content, don't feel beholden to challenge runs.

I love these videos so much. Your humor is on point, the timing is perfect, and I absolutely enjoy listening to your voice. Morrowind being one of my favorite games certainly helps, but I'd stick around no matter the game, at this point! Thank you for making these!

I appreciate you adding captions to your videos. It helps me with audio processing to understand what you’re saying without feeling stupid or having to replay sections of the video.

If you do more of these challenge runs you should give yourself the leeway of being able to get experience but not enough to increase the skill. I think you'll be able to do more challenges if you loosen the restrictions just a tad. Unarmored obviously being an exception still. Because that alchemy thing, while hilarious, i dont think should count.

Love your videos, and especially when you drop lore tidbits or other trivia about the game. Keep up the great work!

Thank you for making these videos! I started ES with Oblivion so you've introduced me to Morrowind's look and feel. I'll be looking forward to your next projects too after you feel you've done all the "Can you beat Morrowind..." content you're interested in doing

Am so happy you upload morrowind videos consistently. Keep up the good work!

You should make a supercut. Give us 200 hours of just Morrowind walking!

I love your vids - been putting Morrowind off for a while but seeing your challenge vids has inspired me to dig into it.

Perfect timing on this, was looking for something interesting to watch.

ive been loving the morrowind videos! you're very entertaining and relaxing. it's a great feeling to open youtube and see youve uploaded!

Your morrowind challenges have become my favourite thing of late, thanks for all the effort you put in!

Being murdered by that ork with an axe makes me so happy. It happened to me too last week. Yes youve gotten me to start playing Morrowind.

Been loving these morrowind videos keep it up !!

in 14 years of watching youtube, you are the first creator on whose channel i hit the notifications bell. keep up the great work!

That was a great challlenge, for some reason youtube only recently started recommending your channel to me, but I'm definitely going to be checking out more!

Love all your videos bro. Keep it up. You got a funny ass deadpan delivery, and good jokes dog. Keep it up. Your nice long videos are always a go to treat for me when I want to chill and relax on my lunch break

I'm loving your morrowind content, You deserve more views

26:44 You should check out the Tribunal Temple faction. The very first quests sends you all over Morrowind and interact with shrines and other fancy items, that levitate shrine included.

I find it mind boggling that youre at only 20k subs or so. I stumbled randomly on this channel and i cant get enough of the content

Super appreciate you being basically the only Morrowind youtuber actively posting. Love this game to bits

I gotta say, having never played a TES game or understanding nothing about Morrowind, I just enjoy listening to you. I laughed so hard I nearly fell out of my chair when you found out you had 4 points in Alchemy.

Loving the Morrowind content! I've been playing since release, so my own self-imposed challenges are not too dissimilar to the ones you do, since you have to keep coming up with ways to keep the game fresh.

Impressive, very nice... I've already watched this video 4 times and I'm still not bored.

Your narration writing + editing flows really well, impressive how well it goes with the format.

i love these videos, always looking forward to more!

your vids are really amazingly done! keep doing exactly what you're doing and you're going to go big, im sure of it

I love this channel. I love your RuneScape videos and Morrowind videos. ❤ Keep it up, bro.

Ayyy, another one of these! Love it. Have a great day!

Been binging your videos, super love your content dude thank you 🧡

Im so glad to see someone balling out with morrowind. Damn an your playing it like i do to as a high elf wizard and you got the staff of magnus by far the best looking weapon in the game. 😂😂 I love this so much...

hey man i just randomly found you one day but i am loving the deadpan super-meta morrowind content so thanks!

Lol, I appreciate the extra effort you make to make it harder on your self...Idk if I have the patients to start a game in 2024 but you've got me tempted.

As a longtime MW fan I'm so heartened to see cool challenge videos like this.

Loving this Morrowind series. I'm all here for it

Man i love morrowind. Started out in oblivion and moved to skyrim then over covid i picked up morrowind to check it out. Love how the older games give you so much fun and freedom. Love your runs too!

18:20 finding a practical, canonical and in-rules use of detect key makes me way happier than it should. mysticism was such a well designed school in morrowind

Hey, I know this is gonna sound awkward, but I actually very much enjoyed listening to your videos and a voice when I’m trying to go to sleep. It’s a very fitting name for the channel and some very relaxing audio, helps a lot

Caling it now you finna hit 100k subs by May/June, the quality of these videos are great

Loving these videos so much

Thanks for providing answers to the question no one ever asked, I highly appreciate it!

Miss Tic just casually walking around morrowind and *slaying*

Did you know that when returning the Chimarvamidium, you can just hand it over back to the High Elf lady? She is actually little embarrassed to admit it is her book, but accepts it and this increases her disposition towards you.

"I ain't smallant, I ain't doing that" That's a mood

Bruh, it makes my day when I see you got a new morrowind video 👍

Very funny ending, loving these vids

Man the only thing that sucks is knowing that sometime in the future... there will be no more ideas left for morrowind content ;_;. I have to savor this goldmine. Thank you!

A suggestion that belies my sociopathic nature and lack of care for others' mental health: Why not do an Escort Quest run, where you are the one being escorted? (Essentially just only summons but sounds funnier). Love the videos :)

I sleep to these thank you so muxh youre truly so important to me

Your videos are really awesome. Some great nostalgia with morrowind. Maybe a playthrough of the dlcs in the future? I remember enjoying them quite a lot but don't remember what really happens in them.

Another banger video great job G

Hey, i m glad you took your time to edit that thing i would recommend allowing training of unarmed it does not change much for the challenge and is much more comfy to play i rather agree to small BUTS than watch console command simulator

The Dorsia reference killed me 😂

I’ve never been more invested in a channel growing before. I lie actually, I was super invested into Warlockracy growing when he only had 5-6 videos up. But I ADORE MORROWIND MAN PLEASE KEEP IT UP!! Oblivion challenges too >:))

you can save yourself a trip to ra'virr by grabbing the ceramic bowl that's on the table right next to ranis athrys

Classic Elder Scrolls: die so hard you level up your armor stat.

Every time you cast a spell I feel like a DOOM Cacodemon is launching a fireball at me

Regarding Detect Key, the real power it has is when you want to free slaves. Since you (for some reason) can't just pick the lock or use an open spell on slave bracers like you can for every other lock in the game, the often very easy-to-miss keys are the only way to do it, and since there are (for some reason) a few places that have slaves but no keys, it saves you wasting time looking for one. There's also at least one chest that can only be opened with a key, not even the Skeleton Key will work on it. It's in an ancestral tomb right next to the hidden monastery where the DIssident Priests live. the key is like five feet away from the chest, but it's honestly hard to spot even if you know it's there.

LOL I got called out, i was gonna fall asleep to a smallant vod, or a jrose vid but ended up watching this and had to rewind the intro to make sure i heard right 🤣

"It`s a good thing breathing is involuntary" man, havent laughed that hard in a while XD

Man every time you upload I get a new vid to sleep to and I actually get rest lol

Ajira wants you to get her a Sir amik boll? Maybe someone from Gielenor somehow made it to Nirn.

5:42 *_"Try getting a book from Dorsia now, you fetching s'witting n'wah!"_*

If I remember correctly, there is a bug with unarmored that makes it not work unless you're wearing at least 1 piece of armor. Only present without fan patches though.

You got me with the hating oblivion for a second 😂 I’ve never had my head swivel to my phone so fast. Oblivion is my favourite followed by Morrowind, I find there’s kind of a similarity between them that gets lost in Skyrim. I’m so glad someone else is still playing morrowind - subscribing! ❤

Keep up the good work. Looking forward to your future content. The RuneScape content isn't for me, but Morrowind is hitting the spot for sure.

Great video dude

i know 25:34 is meant to be comedic but it just made me remember how cozy and immersive morrowinds ambience can be

Another blessed day. Thank you, Morrowind Lord.

7:30 - I just did the early Mages Guild quests the other day, so I actually remember where to get the Stoneflower you missed here. Ajira actually gives very specific directions for both the mushroom-gathering and flower-gathering tasks, and if you follow them, you'll actually find places where all four items for both tasks grow clustered very close together. For the flowers, you're actually supposed to follow the road toward Pelegiad but turn off toward Suran (I think that's the town she mentioned) before getting there, by just checking the signposts. Everything you need should just be along the road. It's such a phenomenally basic task that one wonders why Ajira doesn't just do it herself. Of course, given that she and another mage are busy sabotaging each other, she's probably afraid to leave her desk.

Yeah i found that levitate shrine totally on my own, and straight up just thought that i broke my game somehow. That levitate lasts FOREVER 😅😂

Just from that tiny bit of roleplay I can tell you could be a good Voice Actor ^^ If you aren't ready that is! Either way, subscribed! ^^

These videos bring back so many memories. A remake of Morrowind with just Skyrim levels of graphics and tech would be a license to print money.

Pro-tip training magical schools has no bearing on the effect of the spell, so the best spell you can make to train is usually an on-self 0 point spell, on self to avoid hitting an npc with a 0 point touch fire spell or something and getting an assault bounty, unless you want an assault bounty. There's value in going to jail as skills will get lower which makes them easier to train due to the experience curve and cheaper to re-train at a trainer. There's a cheesy quirk with telekinesis, it extends your interaction range even in the inventory, so you can hide in the next room or somewhere without direct line of sight of your target, adjust the camera in third person to see your intended target, cast a really powerful like 2 second long spell, open you inventory, move the menus around so you can click the item with your cursor and from there it is officially in your possession and can be placed in your inventory or closing the menu will automatically stuff it in your inventory. I frequently use this for a Thieves guild quest where you have to grab a grandmaster alembic from a telvanni alchemist by standing upstairs and yoinking it from the shelf directly below the floor.

I watch these at night to fall asleep

I'm excited to see your channel grow, your Morrowind content is very fun to watch

26:40 Man missed a golden opportunity to add the "I do love facts" from Oblivion. Regardless, that was a lot of fun to watch.

I wish during the fight with Treb, that he would surprisingly turn into a lich half way through it. Outting himself as a devout champion of Mannimarco, explaining how he's such a powerful battlemage but yet still an absolute insane bonehead at the same time. And that the amulet, would be/was a sort of powerful daedric type of artifact tied to him. (I know this was before the lore ((and especially in-regards to Necromancy here)) was really codified and That he ((Mannimarco)) didn't really exist outside of being a Daggerfall character; But still, it would've been kinda cool)