Enchanted items can be a hit or miss inThe Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastereddue to the random loot tables. Some gear, though, are guaranteed to spawn, and the best ones are the Daedric Artifacts you’re able to get from Daedric quests. All you need to know are the prerequisites for each one.

One of the more interesting Daedric artifacts out there is the Staff of Corruption because of its unique spell it can cast. All you need to do is finish a quest that sends you to one of the more unique dungeons in the game, which isn’t just an Ayleid ruin or a destroyed fort.

Offering a black soul gem to Vaermina in The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered.

How To Start The Vaermina Quest

Most of the Daedric quests in the game have prerequisites, like an offering or a minimum character level to start them, and the Vaermina quest is no different. You’ll need to beat least Level 5to start the quest, and you willneed an offering of a Black Soul Gem, which can be hard to get that early.

Where To Find Vaermina’s Shrine

To get to the shrine of Vaermina, you’ll need to headsouthwest from Cheydinhal. The shrine is located next to the ‘P’ in ‘Lake Poppad’ on the map, which isnear the northeastern shore of the lake.

If you’ve progressed through the main story after theFind the Heirquest, there might be an oblivion gate to the northeast of the shrine. It’s one of the possible random locations for Oblivion gates.

The map location of Vaermina’s Shrine in The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered.

Where To Find Black Soul Gems

Getting Black Soul Gems in the game is tricky since the normal way is through random loot.Necromancer Adepts can drop black soul gems, and they can be found in different ruins around the game.

Another way is tocreate black soul gemsusing grand soul gems. You will need to go to one of theShade of the Revenant altarsin the game; the easiest one to find is inFort Istirus, east of Kvatchand southwest of Skingrad.

Black soul gems in The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered.

When you get to the altar with your grand soul gems, wait for the day of the Shade of the Revenant, which happensevery eighth day from when the game starts.

If you spend any time in a prison, then the timer ‘pauses’, which can mess up the dates. If you don’t want to compute, justwait repeatedly for 24 hours.

The Shade Of The Revenant day in The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered.

Don’t wait directly next to the altar when waiting for the Shade of the Revenant. Instead, wait at a distance away from the altar.

The light appears a few feet above it, so you might miss it if you’re too close.

The Orb of Vaermina in The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered.

You’ll know it’s the Shade of the Revenant when there’s aglowing pillar of lightthat appears above the altar. Once that happens,place your Grand Soul Gems inside and cast aSoul Trap spellon the altar. If done correctly, it will turn them into Black Soul Gems.

How To Complete The Vaermina Quest

Once you have the Black Soul Gem and are at an appropriate level, interact with the shrine. Vaermina will tell you to get the Orb of Vaermina from a wizard named Arkved inside his tower. The tower is located to thesouth-southwest of the shrineacross the lake.

In the Remastered version of the game,there is a trap door in the ruinsthat you can take togo directly to Arkved’s quarters. This is a bug since the trapdoor should only appear when you go through the ruins of Arkved’s Tower. You can use it to quickly finish the quest. Just go inside and get the orb.

One of the rooms in Akrved’s Tower Dungeon in The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered.

If you want to experience one of the unique dungeons in the game, you cantake the doors into Akrved’s Towerandgo through the dungeon normally. This dungeon is filled with all sorts of leveled enemies and chests, which can spawn alchemy tools for those who use that skill.

Once you get to the end of the dungeon, through the normal route or the unintended shortcut, you’ll find yourself inside Arkved’s Death Quarters. In the corner is atable with the Orb of Vaermina on top. Take it and go back to the shrine.

The Staff of Corruption in The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered.

How To Get The Skull of Corruption

Once you’ve gotten the Orb of Vaermina from Akrved’s Tower, go back to the shrine of Vaermina and interact with it. This will complete the quest, and the Daedric prince willreward you with theSkull of Corruption.

The Staff of Corruption is a weapon that casts a spell thatsummons a clone of the target with the same stats. The clone will then attack the target until either the target or the clone dies. It’s one of the more interesting spells in the game, and you can get it quite early.