How to natrually find upgrades for gear and weapon?

[mytomanen_bre]

So in both oblivion and skyrim, you either get clear instructions on how to get updated gear, get instructions on how to craft one, or instructions where to find one and quest markers and tips and tricks (and almost all unique weapons have their own wiki page on exact details).

My question is: How do i natrually find upgrades for my gear and weapon? I am a level 3 battle mage sort of, using destructions, light armor and longswords. I have the sword from the falling dude in the sky still and the armor from the dark brotherhood guy who tries to kill you when you are sleeping. I can't find anything better in the shops (everything literally sucks compared to what i have equipped) And i still sometimes have a hard time with the monsters in this game, and as i progress in the game i will only find it more and more difficult. So how on earth do i know what weapon to aim for next, or what upgrade for gear? I wish to get glass armor and daedric katana or something of course, but i know that is impossible for a level 3 character to survive in those places where it's obtained. So where should i go? Who should i talk to? Where do i find out where my next weapon or spell is located? Instructions were not clear at all, and i can't just go out aimlessly into the wild hoping to find something better than what i have.

[BarbarianHeart]

Unless you are running mods the quality of the gear you find depends upon your level. You can get Dwemer (Dwarven) weapons from some Dwemer ruins at earlier levels. The one ruin you go to early in the main quest has a spear, for example. Enchanters will sometimes have pretty good enchanted weapons for sale if you have the gold. Other storekeepers will get better stuff the higher your level is. The higher level enemy bosses and the more dangerous locations do have the best gear. But keep checking the merchants.

If the monsters are already starting to get the better of you all I can say is work on your alchemy skill so that you will always have plenty of potions and get your magic skills up to keep yourself alive until better gear becomes available.

[Reformed Pirate]

The Dark Brotherhood has a good armor because it was expected to complete the main quest before installing Tribunal. I actually consider a bug starting the Tribunal quest so early in game. There are even mods (like this one → http://mw.modhistory.com/download-87-12604) that solve this.

[Roxomoxoa]

As far as the game getting harder as you go, I find the opposite to be true. This game is hardest at the very beginning when your skills are all low and your equipment is crap. The more you play, the easier the game becomes.

But the best way to find good equipment is explore, explore, explore (and STEAL! lol).

And I agree, you shouldn't be able to get Dark Brotherhood armor at the very beginning of the game. But how can you resist using it?!

[mytomanen_bre]

Originally posted by Roxomoxoa:

As far as the game getting harder as you go, I find the opposite to be true. This game is hardest at the very beginning when your skills are all low and your equipment is crap. The more you play, the easier the game becomes.

But the best way to find good equipment is explore, explore, explore (and STEAL! lol).

And I agree, you shouldn't be able to get Dark Brotherhood armor at the very beginning of the game. But how can you resist using it?!

Thanks for the reply. I am 4-5hrs smh into the game and i kind of agree with you on that it gets kind of easier as you level up the skills. I just aquired goldbrand, i did the "boots of blinding speed clitch hack cheat" whatever, so i dont have to run like i got a backback full of bricks all the time, and i am really enjoying the game, i'm just gonna have to focus a bit more on healings aswell, potions and restoration because the closer i get to the red mountain, the harder the enemies become and i sometimes are really close to dying so but at least i know now what i must do.

Thanks everyone for their replies, you gave me motivation to pick this game up and give it one last chanse, and i am really enjoying the game as i get to see it bloom like a summer flower before my eyes. You guys rule!

[SaltyPeanuts]

The Imperial Cult quests in Ebonheart might be worth your while. The lay healer paths give a sort of introduction to alchemy, awards free skill books and beginner's alchemy equipment, as well as a few enchanted items just for gaining ranks. The almonder quests are easy with a charm spell (I did with a +30 1 second charm spell created from a spellmaker) and awards some enchanted clothes and yet more free stuff. If you go to Vivec and use Divine Intervention you'll be at the door to the Imperial Cult in Ebonheart.

As far as weapons, you could try Conjurer bound weapon spells until you find a nice weapon. I've used Conjure dagger at the beginnig and once I joined the Imperial cult I learned Conjure mace to up skills for the Imperial ranks.

[mytomanen_bre]

Originally posted by salty peanuts:

The Imperial Cult quests in Ebonheart might be worth your while. The lay healer paths give a sort of introduction to alchemy, awards free skill books and beginner's alchemy equipment, as well as a few enchanted items just for gaining ranks. The almonder quests are easy with a charm spell (I did with a +30 1 second charm spell created from a spellmaker) and awards some enchanted clothes and yet more free stuff. If you go to Vivec and use Divine Intervention you'll be at the door to the Imperial Cult in Ebonheart.

As far as weapons, you could try Conjurer bound weapon spells until you find a nice weapon. I've used Conjure dagger at the beginnig and once I joined the Imperial cult I learned Conjure mace to up skills for the Imperial ranks.

This was basicly everything i wanted from this discussion, and i thank you alot for your answer.
I am a quite busy man in real life atm, but i will be sure to take this information into account and surely i will delve into the depths of morrowind when i get the chanse, because this seem like an truly awesome game with a well written story, and it deserves that kind of attention. I am as said before, playing a sort of light battle mage dark elf and i am really interesting in learning about alchemy aswell, to make health potions mostly so i wont go into battles unprepared. This info was really useful, thanks alot mate.

[SaltyPeanuts]

Great! I should point out that I had Illusion and Conjurer as major skills at the beginning. Conjurer gives bound dagger at the start for free. Illusion gives a good foothold for charm spells later on.

You can buy your 1st charm spell at the Balmora mages guild but the one for sale is for 30 seconds and you'll have a 0% chance of casting it sucessfully. It's also very expensive. After buying it you need to use spell making (you can use the High Elf in the same room) to make a 1 second charm spell. The idea is 1 second charm is easier and less costly to cast, and when you talk to someone the dialogue window 'pauses' time, so it works for an entire conversation including trading goods.

Have fun.

[mytomanen_bre]

Originally posted by salty peanuts:

Great! I should point out that I had Illusion and Conjurer as major skills at the beginning. Conjurer gives bound dagger at the start for free. Illusion gives a good foothold for charm spells later on.

You can buy your 1st charm spell at the Balmora mages guild but the one for sale is for 30 seconds and you'll have a 0% chance of casting it sucessfully. It's also very expensive. After buying it you need to use spell making (you can use the High Elf in the same room) to make a 1 second charm spell. The idea is 1 second charm is easier and less costly to cast, and when you talk to someone the dialogue window 'pauses' time, so it works for an entire conversation including trading goods.

Have fun.

I must bother you a bit further. How and where do i begin the "lay healer paths"? Because i am yet to find a mortal to make potions and all ingredients i have found all have ???? effekts and eating them doesnt change anything unfortunally, this is just such a great game but it's a real pain to really get into the game and there is not alot of action going on atm unfortunally, just the usual fetch or interogate quests so far, at least in mages guild. I will try to start off with the fighters guild aswell because they should have some low level quests to begin with at least i hope so. It's just like, whenever i start to follow the "wrong" questline, it ends up being beyond my level of capacity, and i just get pwned by everything, so i end up doing the kids chores instead because i am too afraid. And instructions weren't clear as to what factions there is, or what questlines it is. Its just a huge mess and its hard for a noob like me to make any sence of it, what so ever. unfortunally. thank you for taking your time and baring with me, i know all my questions must be a real bother to answer xD

[SaltyPeanuts]

Will try to answer as much as I can (sorry I've edited a few times):

"all ingredients i have found all have ???? effekts"
That is because when you made your character your class didn't have Alchemy as either a Major or Minor skill. This puts the skill in the "Miscellaneous" category which is mostly untrained. Personally I've made my own class to include Alchemy, Conjurer, Destruction, Enchanting in the Major/Minor skills. To make your own class tell the guy in the beginning that you want to "fill out the forms yourself" when he asks about your class.

In your case Alchemy is too low so you see ????'s. Ajira in the Balmora Mages guild can help train Alchemy to a respectable level to show some effects instead of the ????'s.

"How and where do i begin the "lay healer paths"?"
Lay healer quest from the Imperial Cult is in Ebonheart. Check this link:

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Imperial_Cult#Imperial_Cult_Quests
Start with "Gathering Marshmerrow".

One way to get to Ebonheart is to go to the Balmora Mage Guild, and ask the Guild guide to teleport you to Vivec. Once there, use a Divine Intervention scroll (or a spell or an enchanted amulet with the spell) which teleports you to Ebonheart. That places you directly in front of the door of the Imperial Cult.

If you joined the Mage guild then you can get a few D.I. scrolls for free from the Balmora Mages guild chest; you can also buy them from the Elf enchanter on the top-most floor of the Balmora Mage Guild.

This link to all different quests in the game may be helpful:
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Quests

[Procrastinating Gamer]

As for help with Alchemy, I've never used it myself but this page on UESP should have some information that'll help you.[www.uesp.net]

[Roxomoxoa]

If you've started off playing Oblivion and Skyrim, this game can be really frustrating. You WILL get pwned by everything and you will want to quit. I think that's the normal reaction for everyone playing Morrowind for the first time, especially those used to more modern games. I think the best thing to remember is that it WILL get easier andyou don't HAVE to do anything. Sure, you're going to want to get a few essential spells and skills and equipment, but there really is no rush. Explore a little bit while staying fairly close to towns, use the Silt Striders to get around, do the quests that you can, and ignore the quests you can't do for now. Trust me, if you're persistent and keep with it you'll notice that things will start coming together for you. And the longer you play, the more the pieces will come together and the more successful you'll be at everything you do in the game. We were all noobs once, and we were all probably very overwhelmed when we started (there certainly was no Morrowind community on the internet when I first played in 2002).

As far as alchemy, there is an alchemist in Balmora who sells several different alchemy apparatus and ingredients. Nalcarya of White Haven is on the north side of Balmora, just west of the temple. A lot of her ingredients immediatly restock too (which means that if you buy all five of her Alit Hides, for example, then exit and return to the bartering window, she'll have five Alit Hides again). Stock up on ingredients and just start mixing what you can. Most attempts will fail, but you'll get a few potions. Sell them, buy more ingredients and keep mixing. Your alchemy skill will gradually go up. I usually play as a hardcore alchemist, but I never use the potions I mix; I always sell them. If you do it right, you can eventually end up making at least tens of thousands of gold selling potions you mixed with 1000-2000 gold worth of ingredients.

There's a lot more factions in Morrowind than in the newer games, so that can get confusing. I would say you should start out with the basic Fighter/Mage/Thieves guilds quests in Balmora. Once you've exhausted the quests in Balmora, they'll tell you what town to go to next for more quests (usually Ald'ruhn, just a quick Silt Stider ride away).

If you're having trouble keeping your quests in order, remember that you can view your quests by opening your journal, selecting "options" from the bottom of the journal, and then selecting "quests". You'll get a list of active quests, and it will tell you which ones are mage guild, which ones are fighters guild, and so on. It's not as intuitive as the systems in Oblivion or Skyrim, but it helps.

And don't feel like you have to see and do everything. I've probably put at least 600 hours into Morrowind since 2002 and I know there's still I lot I haven't seen.