InThe Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, the problem of an overstocked inventory arises as early as the first hours of the game. You constantly have to choose what to throw away, what to keep, and how to get to the nearest town without regretting the lost loot.

Fortunately, the game has several effective ways to solve this problem. If you make the most of them, you’re able to forget about the weight limit and focus on exploration and combat. Below, we will tell you how to increase carry weight in Oblivion Remastered and finally get rid of this eternal hassle.

The player character shows his inventory with the number of items he can carry in Oblivion Remastered.

How To Increase Carry Weight

To stop worrying about every sword or set of rings you find, you canuse one of three methods. Some of them give you a permanent bonus, others are temporary, but each method is useful in various situations.

Invest In Strength

Strengthis your main ally in the fight against weight limits.Each additional point invested in Strengthgives youfive more points to Encumbrance, whichdirectly increases the number of items you can carryat once.

This isespecially important for melee fighterswho already carry heavy armor andweapons. Increasing Strength is like killing two birds with one stone, because you will not onlyincrease carry weight, but alsoincrease melee damage.

The player character shows Strength stat in Oblivion Remastered.

Spells And Potions

If now is not the time to increase your stats, or if you’re just overwhelmed and want to get to the nearest merchant,use potions orspells.

These methods give a short-term result, but often save you in situations where every foot counts.

The player character shows Potion of Feather in his inventory in Oblivion Remastered.

Console Command

If you play on a PC and don’t mind a little cheating, or if you find yourself in a situation that really requires it, you canuse theconsole commandto increase your carry weight. To do this, open the console andtype the following:

X is the amount of Carry Weight you want to add. For example, “player.forceav encumbrance -500” will set your carry weight to 500 units.

The player character using a console command to increase the number of things he can carry in Oblivion Remastered.

It’s worth noting that once you use even a single console command,the achievement for that particular save will be disabled.