Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Remastered level trick lets you reach 100 sneak without leaving starting area
Topics: Bethesda, The Elder Scrolls
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Topics: Bethesda, The Elder Scrolls
An old Elder Scrolls Oblivion trick that lets you reach maximum Sneak has been confirmed to also work in the remaster.
Most will remember The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for its infamous number of glitches and exploits. If you want to try and abuse the game engine, there are funny and interesting ways you can bend the game to your will.
For example, there's the Peryite's Shrine exploit where you can level up your combat skills quite easily by attacking NPCs who don't die or fight back.
If you want to gain a leg up early on, it can be quite a good place to start.
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion came out in 2006, and got a new remaster this week.
Another old favourite from Oblivion is the easy Sneak exploit, which you can do within the first hour of playing.
Technically, it's not really considered a bug, as the game is behaving as it should.
You can do this bug as soon as you begin the game, after you've created your character and started exploring the caves beneath the Imperial Prison.
After you first get separated from the Emperor and his royal guards, you'll travel through some caves as part of the tutorial.
After gaining some weapons and equipment, you'll come to an area being patrolled by a goblin.
It will walk around a corner towards a fire and stay there without turning around. Once it does this, you can simply enter Sneak mode and start walking in circles (or against a wall).
By doing this, the game will read you as technically sneaking around in the presence of an enemy and start levelling the Sneak skill for you.
However, the enemy will not detect you if you stay in the first part of the area, allowing you to continue doing this for as long as you want.
The more you do this, the longer it will take to level up. However, it's possible to do this for long enough to get Sneak all the way to Level 100.
What's more, is this exploit has now been confirmed to still work in the newly-released The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered. As reported by players, it should take around 4 hours to level Sneak entirely to max.
If you're planning on playing a stealthy character, this trick should give you a little bit of a boost in the early game. And even if you're not playing a stealthy character, it'll contribute towards your overall character level.
It's nice to see that Bethesda and Virtuos haven't touched many of the old glitches and tricks that appeared in the original Oblivion.
It's these aspects that made it so popular and fun in the first place, and considering it's a single-player game, it's better for them not to "fix" anything altogether.