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When you pick up certain items and loot containers,Oblivion Remasteredoften generates effects, stats, and contents on interaction. Because of the way the game handles randomization, it’spossible to exploitOblivion Remasteredto get the items and effects you want, including Sigil Stone effects.
When you get to the top of an Oblivion tower, the intended outcome is for you to get a Sigil Stone with a random effect, then leave, accepting whichever Sigil Stone effect you got. But if you follow these steps to exploit Sigil Stone generation,Oblivion Remasteredcan be manipulatedto eventually provide whichever effect you need, not whichever happens to be created.
Oblivion Remastered Sigil Stone Exploit
How To Get Specific Sigil Stones In Oblivion Remastered
When you pick up the Sigil Stone at the end of an Oblivion gate, it will be added to your inventory with a random effect taken from a large list ofpossible Defensive and Offensive enchantments. Normally, you would wait until the Oblivion gate closes after picking it up and accept whatever effect the Sigil Stone came with.
However, because the Sigil Stone effect is randomized each time you pick it up, it’s possible to manipulate this random generation to get the Sigil Stone you want.
To fish for the effect you want and quicklyfarm for the best Sigil Stones,Oblivion Remasteredplayers should follow these steps:
When your game loads in, go up to the Sigil Stone again, remove it, then check which effects were generated. Each time you remove the Sigil Stone, the game will re-roll its effects. Because the effects are generated each time you interact with the Sigil Stone, not per save, you may load your quicksave repeatedly to get a specific Sigil Stone inOblivion Remastered.
Alternatively, Install The Sigil Stone Selector Mod
There is an alternative way to get specific Sigil Stones inOblivion Remastered: using mods. Exclusive to PC players, theSigil Stone Selectormod forOblivion Remasteredremoves the need to use this Sigil Stone exploit as it offers you a choice between every Sigil Stone effect in the game.
You won’t lose access to achievements if youmodOblivion Remastered, so if you want to cut out the faff and skip the Sigil Stone exploit, consider installing this mod instead.