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While the original release featured a difficulty slider,The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remasteredincludes five distinct difficulty levels to bring things more in line with modern Bethesda RPGs likeSkyrimandStarfield. Even thoughOblivion Remasteredmakes significant tweaks to the game’s level scaling, some players can still find the game too easy or too hard.
SinceOblivion Remasteredis still mostly the same game under the hood, the difficulty levels in the new version of the game are mostly equivalent to the stages of the difficulty slider in the original release, just without as much granularity. The changes between difficulty levels are easy to understand inOblivion Remastered, and players will easily be able to tell if a difficulty setting is too hard or too easy for them after just one or two enemy encounters. They can be changed at any time, too, so experimentation is encouraged.
All Difficulty Levels in Oblivion Remastered
There are five difficulty settings to choose from inThe Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered.
At the default difficulty level of Adept, players and enemies both deal the same amount of damage. As the difficulty levels move from easier to harder, player and enemy damage values are modified. Here are the damage values for all fiveOblivion Remastereddifficulty settings.
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0.167x
3.5x
0.286x
1x
What is the Best Difficulty Setting in Oblivion Remastered?
Since the difficulty levels inThe Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remasteredonly affect the amount of damage taken by players and enemies,it’s best to leave the game at the default Adept setting. Enemies can already be fairly tanky on the standard difficulty level (especiallyrarer foes like vampires), and reducing the player’s outgoing damage is only going to make things more frustrating. The same goes for increasing the amount of damage the player takes. It’ll just result in players getting destroyed by goblins as soon as they enter a cave.
Thankfully, there areno difficulty achievements/trophiesinOblivion Remastered,and the difficulty level can be changed at any time. Turning up the difficulty level and reducing the amount of damage enemies take does have some benefits inOblivion Remastered, however, since more hits meanmore XP for leveling up skills and attributes.
