Oblivion: Intro to Efficient Leveling

A quick guide on how and why to level efficiently in Oblivion. This method allows your character to gain 5 point in each attribute each level, and, more importantly, it allows you to reach 100+ endurance early on and massively increase your health pool late in the game.

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[TheChameleonWilliams]

2019 and I'm still coming back for the knowledge when i crack open oblivion. Thanks again

[josephrincon]

Oh my god, the guy who helped me with classical guitar nail filing, now helping me with oblivion! I salute you!

[cohortConnor]

“Personality is probably the worst attribute.”




It’s true. My life can attest to this.

[doczspec]

It's almost 2025, and I found this video again. I just installed Wyre Bash and the skill diary. Looking forward to building a character and fiddling around with some improved graphics! Thanks for this awesome video!

[bozzythedrummer]

It's 2023 and i've been playing this game religiously since 2008 and i'm just now getting around to efficient levelling. This video explained it perfectly.

[davidestefanizzi]

I spent so much time trying to get this shit and after literal YEARS of trying it I finally got how it works:

Basically, say you want to level up efficiently your STRENGHT, INTELLIGENCE and ENDURANCE alright?

First off you start by choosing as a major skill one skill of each of these attributes, for example:
STRENGHT - you choose Blade
INTELLIGENCE - you choose Conjuration
ENDURANCE - you choose Block

Here's how it works:
Every time you level up 10 times any of the major skills you chose, in any order (for example you level up Blade by 3, Conjuration by 3 and Block by 4) you're going to level up.

If you want to level up efficiently, focus on one attribute at a time:

STRENGHT
If you level up Blade 3 times, you have to level up a minor skill governed by the STRENGHT attribute 7 times, so you have 10 total skill points earned in STRENGHT in that level. You level up Blade 3 times, then Hand to Hand 7 times. 3 + 7 = 10, so you'll get +5 in STRENGHT.

INTELLIGENCE
You level up Conjuration 3 times, then Mysticism 7 times so you have 10 points earned for INTELLIGENCE and you'll get +5 INTELLIGENCE

ENDURANCE
You level up Block 4 times but before that you level up, say, Heavy Armor 6 times. 4 + 6 = 10 points earned for ENDURANCE so you'll get +5 ENDURANCE

Of course be careful to level up all your minor skills before hitting 10 points for the major skills, otherwise you're going to level up without getting +5.

[JakeKoenig]

Dude I watched your video a few years ago when I first started playing Oblivion. I had an obsession with creating the strongest character possible, and this video was a huge help on figuring out the 5/5/5 or 5/5/1 system, and why Endurance is so important to max out first. I started keeping an Excel sheet to record my skill numbers after every level up, and plan out which attributes to raise on each level. Maxing out every attribute and skill is half the fun for me.
Anyway I appreciate this video for getting me on the right track. I'm on my 8th or 9th playthrough and I've fine-tuned all the advanced strats by now, basically achieving God mode by getting 100% reflect damage/resist magic and two-shotting every boss with the Hatreds Soul bow and arrows. Oblivion has become my favorite game of all time.

[SseriousGgamer]

I've spent 40 days on this game literally trying to perfect my character design . I've made more than a hundred characters over and over again because I wasn't satisfied with my custom class. I always wanted to play on very hard and master every step of the leveling system. Trying to get 3-5's every level . Constantly starting over and over and over again. I Fucking hate this endless cycle of nonsense. I wish I was a noob, I wish I sucked at oblivion and never worried about this . I remember the good old days when I started oblivion . The days that I didn't even worry about making a custom class or perfecting my character . Until the day that picking a Breton and a high elf became a nightmare. Choosing the 7 major skills correctly . Using a blunt weapon most of the game even after you chose blade as your major but I didn't want to level up, starting a new game at level 12 because you realized that choosing block blade and heavy armor is keeping you from getting +5 in endurance. Starting over again because I stupidly chose mercantile as my major so I can control my leveling, but only made me angry because restoration was a better option . STARTING AGAIN BECAUSE MY CHARACTER IS TOO SLOW WITH SPEED AT 35, AND HEAVY ARMOR IS MAKING ME RUN LIKE IM HANDICAPPED. Starting over because I chose high elf and I'm getting raped in oblivion realms by literally everything. FUCK YOU OBLIVION . This horrific nightmare still haunts me today . I was playing oblivion today and I just gave up . There's no such thing as a perfect character, it's make belief . We all want it but never got it. Screw you Bethesda . You did this on purpose . My life is never going to be meaningful unless I make the perfect character .

[stairstands]

Great video, took me forever to find a good oblivion character guide

[Ovrshot]

Oblivion: Intro to Efficient Leveling

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[DaFreeze]

Best mod I ever downloaded for Oblivion is the one that makes you gain +5 to any attribute that you have leveled (even if you only leveled 1 point). The thing I love the most about Oblivion is the gameplay, the stories, exploration.. and it completely removes the tedium/anxiety of having to level efficiently or track your skills.

This video is great though if you enjoy the skill farming and complexity of Oblivion's leveling system.

[kingyellowwolf]

I play as an Orc War Cleric:

Endurance
Willpower

Blunt
Block
Heavy armor
Armorer
Destruction
Restoration
Alteration

It’s lovely 🥰

[scubasteve]

Thank you so much for this guide! I have recently got into gaming and have stumbled across this gem of a game. Hope you are doing well after all of the years since this guide was made!

[PrinceRahorakhty]

Getting addicted to felldew after you have raised your attributes is really helpful. Information like that is hard to find. 💯

[GenericMystics]

I built my character COMPLETELY WRONG.

[wraithguard]

I was introduced to the elder scrolls with Morrowind and it was my favorite game as a young man. When oblivion came out my friends and I played it until there was nothing left to play.

And now I’ve learned I haven’t been leveling correctly my whole life lmfao 😂 I had to start a new character immediately after watching this video

[far_away_rhys]

I really want to understand efficient levelling but thinking about just hurts my head.

[luckyblue]

The way you present this info makes it so much easier to digest compared to other guides I've looked at. Thank you!!

[breerowe]

I really like this video! No idea of how I stumbled into it but I was feeling an itch to play oblivion again when I did. I had no idea the leveling was so complex as the last time I played I went in blind and just did whatever. It seems incredibly interesting and I'm glad you made a fairly detailed and easy to understand tutorial/explaination about it.

[ticky]

just started Oblivion yesterday. so confused on skills/attributes and read so many conflicting things. finally found this video. clearly know what you're talking about so I am so grateful for this guide on how to start. thank you. now if only I could create a real human instead of a monstrosity