Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

[Comrade]

I miss that weird little crab-merchant from Morrowind. Lol.

Yeah, I made a lot of stops to him and the Creeper.

[Moodini31]

I buy and sell in the Imperial City, mainly.

Me too.

A couple quick questions for you guys. Where can I learn alchemy and how do you do it? I have some ingredients, but how do I mix them and create potions and stuff? I'm tired of dropping like 250 gold a pop for healing potion.

And what's the best way to get your magical weapons recharged? I have like 3 of them and they are about done. I've gone to a few mages guilds and had them recharged, but that's expensive. Isn't there a way you can do it yourself? Or what is a good way to make some easy money to get them recharged?

Use one of the tools. A mortar and pestle are required. A retort(improves the positive effects), alembic(reduces the negative effects), and calcinator(increasing all the good/bad effects) are just add ons. Each ingredient has 4 effects, but you can only unlock them as you gain your perks(i.e. and Apprentice in alchemy can use 2 effects per ingredient, while an Expert can use 3). You can't combine the same ingredients, so for a healing potion you'd need 2 different ingredients with the Restore Health effect. The most common are cairn bolete caps and and lady's mantle leaves. You can find cairn in dungeons, and a lot of lady's mantle NE of Kvatch(the destroyed part) at Trumbe. I might throw up a screenshot in a bit if I get time. Hope that helps.

Thanks comrade. That helps big time. Expect more questions from me, hope that doesn't bug ya too much. So are you just playing the game on PC or the 360 too?

[Comrade]

I buy and sell in the Imperial City, mainly.

Me too.

A couple quick questions for you guys. Where can I learn alchemy and how do you do it? I have some ingredients, but how do I mix them and create potions and stuff? I'm tired of dropping like 250 gold a pop for healing potion.

And what's the best way to get your magical weapons recharged? I have like 3 of them and they are about done. I've gone to a few mages guilds and had them recharged, but that's expensive. Isn't there a way you can do it yourself? Or what is a good way to make some easy money to get them recharged?

Use one of the tools. A mortar and pestle are required. A retort(improves the positive effects), alembic(reduces the negative effects), and calcinator(increasing all the good/bad effects) are just add ons. Each ingredient has 4 effects, but you can only unlock them as you gain your perks(i.e. and Apprentice in alchemy can use 2 effects per ingredient, while an Expert can use 3). You can't combine the same ingredients, so for a healing potion you'd need 2 different ingredients with the Restore Health effect. The most common are cairn bolete caps and and lady's mantle leaves. You can find cairn in dungeons, and a lot of lady's mantle NE of Kvatch(the destroyed part) at Trumbe. I might throw up a screenshot in a bit if I get time. Hope that helps.

Thanks comrade. That helps big time. Expect more questions from me, hope that doesn't bug ya too much. So are you just playing the game on PC or the 360 too?

I play it on both. Mostly on the 360 because I can use it on the TV in HiDef, but the PC version has some sick mods and definitely feels 'smoother'.

[-NoQuarter-]

I play it on both. Mostly on the 360 because I can use it on the TV in HiDef, but the PC version has some sick mods and definitely feels 'smoother'.

That's another thing I've been curious about. I am playing it for the PC, and I was wondering where the best place to get mods for it is. And some suggestions as far as favorite mods.

Also, I didn't know how to use the characer creator nearly as well as I do now so my character looks pretty lame, and I'm way too far along to just make a new character, so I was wondering if their's a way to hack the file and redo the way he looks (not species or anything like that). I can't imagine it would be that hard, especially since you can mod and skin shit.

[Comrade]

I play it on both. Mostly on the 360 because I can use it on the TV in HiDef, but the PC version has some sick mods and definitely feels 'smoother'.

That's another thing I've been curious about. I am playing it for the PC, and I was wondering where the best place to get mods for it is. And some suggestions as far as favorite mods.

Also, I didn't know how to use the characer creator nearly as well as I do now so my character looks pretty lame, and I'm way too far along to just make a new character, so I was wondering if their's a way to hack the file and redo the way he looks (not species or anything like that). I can't imagine it would be that hard, especially since you can mod and skin shit.

http://www.tescreens.be/oblivionmodw....php/Main_Page

I'd definitely suggest BT mod, Dark UI, AF Leveling Mod, Cyrodiil Terrain Map, Crosshair Size Reduction, and Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul. That's a good start.

To change your face and stuff, hit ~ and type ShowRaceMenu in the console.

[Moodini31]

Is anything better than joining the Dark Brotherhood? I did a quest last night where I had to stab a guy with a blade with a special poison on him that would appear to make him look dead in front of another "hitman" who was assigned to kill him. Then I had to wait a day, go to his tomb and give him a special potion that would "wake him up". After he woke, I had to protect him from the attacking zombies in the tomb (that were actually his old relatives) and escort him out so he could disappear and never be seen again. I think I was paid 300 gold. Frickin' sweet! [smilie=2thumbsup.g:

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[Comrade]

For anybody playing this on the PC, I'd also check out the Oblivion mod manager. It keeps your /Data folder organized and makes installing/uninstalling mods very easy. It requires the .NET Framework from Microsoft - which you should already have if use Windows Update(which you should). The mods for the PC version are already amazing.

[UxKa]

another FYI for people 'trying' to play on PC. i downloaded 'oldblivion' and now im playing with the graphics halfway up and everything is all good. pretty sure it was the shaders killing my card and oldblivion forces the game to use an earlier version of shaders, i believe dx7 instead of dx9. either way im having fun now and im sure ill be back with some questions once i get into the game more.

[Comrade]

another FYI for people 'trying' to play on PC. i downloaded 'oldblivion' and now im playing with the graphics halfway up and everything is all good. pretty sure it was the shaders killing my card and oldblivion forces the game to use an earlier version of shaders, i believe dx7 instead of dx9. either way im having fun now and im sure ill be back with some questions once i get into the game more.

You know, I just seen that today. I was going to post that up here. Good to see it's working for you, it's an excellent game.

Also, Bethesda just released 2 new official mods available at http://obliviondownloads.com/ and through the XBox marketplace. They cost money, and 2 dollars for horse armor seems like a bit much. But the Orrery and Wizard's Tower are actually very good. I think the scheme is lame, as you can get free Oblivion mods that are actually better. If anybody needs help 'procuring' the PC versions of the mod just PM me.

[Moodini31]

Where can I get trained in conjuration? I want to use some conjuration spells, but everyone I want to use says you have to be a level 25 to use the spell. HELP!