Oblivion Remasteredhas a total of eight attributes that affect everything from how much weight you can carry to your character’s total health. Understanding what affects the attributes and which you should increase while leveling up is important so you can grow your character perfectly.
Each attribute does something different, and their values range from zero and 100. They can also be buffed or debuffed based on effects activated on your characters. Once you understand what every attribute does, you can focus on building your character the way you want.
8Luck
The Gambler
The luck attribute is one of the most complex elements in the game. As Oblivion Remastered states, it affects everything. If the attribute is at the value of 50, it won’t affect you, but if it falls below the threshold, then your character will face increasingly bad luck. Similarly, if it goes above 50, then your luck will change for the better. Luck gives all your character’s skills a buff that the game calculates using a formula.
Luck also makes things work in your favor. At a high level, you’ll notice lockpicks break less, and you will be less susceptible to contracting diseases. In the arena, your selected combatant will start with more health thanks to your high luck stat. The attribute really does work in the background silently without making a sound.
7Personality
Likable Character
The personality attributescontrol NPCs’ disposition towards you. The citizens of Cyrodiil will be more inclined to help you out with a high personality attribute. Normal NPCs may be more forthcoming with certain helpful secrets, or the beggars may tell you something vital to your quest without you having to bribe them.
With a high personality attribute, shopkeepers will accept lower offers because they like you. They may even buy items for a higher price if their disposition is high enough. This attribute isn’t helpful in combat, but when you’re trying to get information or sell loot, a high personality comes in handy.
6Agility
Fast Marksman
Agility controls how fast your fatigue regenerates and the total stamina your character has. Fatigue is required for everything, from fighting enemies to running long distances. If your stamina depletes completely, you won’t be able to run until it regenerates, which is a hindrance. This can be avoided by increasing the ability attribute while leveling up, so your maximum fatigue increases.
Increasing this attribute will also increase the speed at which your stamina is regenerated after depleting, letting you run or use power attacks faster than before. The attribute also controls how much damage your light melee weapons and bows do. With high agility, both weapon types will inflict higher damage. Agility is important forstealth buildsas those characters use ranged weapons and rely on sneaking around.
5Intelligence
Supreme Sorcerer
The intelligence attribute is straightforward, and it determines how much magicka you have. If yourcharacter is a mage, then this is one of the most important attributes for you. More complex spells require a higher magicka, and you need to focus on increasing your intelligence, which will, in turn, increase your magicka.
Focusing on the Intelligence attribute allows your character to use spells more frequently without having to wait for your magicka to replenish or use potions. In a fast-paced game like Oblivion, where multiple enemies can come at you simultaneously, the ability to use more restorative or destructive spells can be extremely helpful.
4Speed
The Flash
Cryodiil is a vast place, and the game takes you on long adventures that require you to walk quite a bit. Oblivion Remastered brought the sprint ability into the game, but there is a way to make your movement speed even faster. The speed attribute determines how fast your character moves while walking, running, sprinting, and swimming, so increasing it will make you faster.
The speed attribute also determines your character’s jump length. What this means is you will be able to jump further if your speed attribute is high. The attribute doesn’t affect your character’s jump height, so you won’t be able to get into higher places, but being able to move further by jumping may help in tricky situations.
3Endurance
Invincible
Endurance is arguably the most important attribute in the game as it protects you from dying. The attribute controls your character’s maximum health, which is essential as you will likely lose some while fighting the various monsters and enemies in Cryodiil. With high health, you have more chances of surviving the wild lands while on an adventure.
The endurance attribute also controls how fast your health regenerates out of combat. This is an important element as your health will likely decrease while fighting enemies or going through a dangerous place. Having a higher regeneration rate will increase your health faster between bouts, helping save on potions or spells.
2Willpower
High Stamina
Willpower determines how fast your magicka regenerates, so it’s an important attribute if you’re going for a magic character. Spells are the bread and butter of mages, but without magicka, the spellcasters won’t be able to attack enemies or defend themselves. Increasing the willpower attribute while leveling up can help avoid being stuck without the ability to use magicka in tricky situations.
Your willpower attribute is also one of the largest factors in determining your maximum fatigue, letting you sprint for longer. Current fatigue also affects the damage your melee attacks do, thanks to a multiplier system that can increase or decrease the damage dealt. Low stamina may cause your character to stagger and fall after taking a hit, which can potentially be avoided by leveling up the willpower attribute.
1Strength
Heavy Attacker
If your character relies on heavy weapons or hand-to-hand combat, then the strength attribute is the most important for you, as increasing it also increases the damage output of the mentioned skills. This will prove to be most beneficial when you’re fighting against tough enemies, because you’ll be able to inflict more damage and potentially win the fight.
The strength attribute also increases your encumbrance, which allows you to carry more weight, making dungeon crawling more efficient as you won’t need to make trips back to your house or shops to offload loot. Having high encumbrance and damage output are both important, so focusing on increasing your strength is a wise plan.
