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Throughout a single playthrough of theOblivion RemasteredMain Quest, you’ll likely venture to and from Mehrunes Dagon’s infernal plane of Oblivion several times, filling your inventory with these glowing orbs called Sigil Stones. The game never directly tells you what to do with Sigil Stones, making them liable to be disregarded.
However,Sigil Stones have an incredibly useful function for creating powerful enchanted weapons and armors. So don’t toss those glowing rocks into Niben Bay just yet! In this article, we’ll tell you where to find Sigil Stones, how they function, and how to best use them.
Where To Find Sigil Stones
Sigil Stones can always be found at the top of a Sigil Keep,the main tower inside any gate to Oblivion. These areas of Oblivion essentially function like hellish dungeons, filled with hostile daedra and deadly traps of all sorts.
Reaching the top of a Sigil Keep is much easier said than done, so be sure topack plenty of potions and repair hammersbefore attempting to scale one!
The entrance to the Sigil Keep is often hidden: search the area thoroughly for any secret passages, tunnels, or gate switches!
The top of a Sigil Keep, referred to as the Sigillum Sanguis, is where the Sigil Stone will be found. In this room, you’ll find the most powerful daedra waiting to swarm you as soon as you enter.
Be sure to either dispatch them individually or bum-rush the Sigil Stone, as nabbing it will close the Oblivion gate and transport you back to Cyrodiil after a brief light show.
How To Use A Sigil Stone
Once you’ve obtained a Sigil Stone and successfully returned to Cyrodiil, the Sigil Stone can be found within your inventory under the ‘miscellaneous’ tab. Byselecting the Sigil Stone, you will open an enchantment menudifferent from the typical enchanting altar menu.
What’s different is that instead of selecting a spell effect for your gear or a soul gem to charge it, the Sigil Stonehas a predetermined effect and costs no gold or soul gemsto enchant with.
Sigil Stones can be used anywhere at any time, making them even more useful for characters who haven’t yet gotten access to the Arcane University.
The effect of the Sigil Stone is randomly generatedfrom a table of spell effects. This means that the effects of the stone you obtain from the Kvatch gate will be different across playthroughs.
Each stone offersa damage or debuff effectfor enchanting weapons and a defensive or buffing effect for enchanting armor, apparel, and jewelry. Note which effect will be more usefulfor your build before picking the gear you want to enchant!
Best Practices For Using Sigil Stones
Because Sigil Stones don’t require gold or soul gems to use, they can be a very cheap and easy way for low-level characters to obtain powerful enchanted items early in the game. However, while the enchantment effects of the Sigil Stones are randomly generated,the power of these effects is tied to the player’s present level at the time of obtaining them. The power level of the stone can be identified by its name.
Transcendant Sigil Stone
Levels 17+
A case could be made that players should wait till higher levels before seeking out Sigil Stones, as this is when you will get the maximum potential out of them.
However, at higher levels, you will be able to create incredibly potent enchantments with a wider variety of effects. You will have accumulated so much gold and so many soul gems through your adventures that the effects of even the highest level Sigil Stoneswon’t be as powerful as what you can create yourself.
Sigil Stones can only offer one effect at a time, as opposed to enchanting altars, which can combine spell effects for devastating results!
For that reason,Sigil Stones should be thought of as an early-game toolfor creating much more powerful gear than what you might be able to afford from a merchant. They’reespecially useful for non-mage characterswho might not have access to the game’s various spell effects or the Arcane University.
However, once you’ve gotten to a level that you can create daggers that simultaneously deal fire damage,Absorb Health, andParalyzeat the same time, they’re not as useful.
