[Let's Play] The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - a 100% effecient leveling run [Complete]

shojin · January 2011

I'm sure this game needs no real introduction as to what it is: a first person RPG set in the Elder Scrolls universe. For a few years now this game has been played, modded, expanded and talked about since it came out. People have been disappointed with it's inability to meet the quality of story that previous Elder Scrolls games and horrendous glitches, and praised for the few things it did improve on (though I can't think of any off the top of my head.)

Now that the next installment in the series has been announced two installments have been finished, I figure it would be nice to have a little archival of everything, if at least to myself on footage. So, I finally started an actual Let's Play, and decided to put my foot out the door with a big entrance, by doing what's going to be a very long LP. It'll span every quest, item, oblivion gate, npc, unmarked spaces, easter eggs, house, horse, and even every nirnroot. I plan on doing absolutely everything in this game so that it can be put behind us all, and hopefully we can look ahead to Skyrim and be pleased with it. Yea, yea.. this series has gone on for a long time with huge breaks in between, but I'm committed to it. I'll have a new episode every week, because I've gotta research and make sure I do things right.

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Stuff I made for this playthrough:
Efficient Leveling PDF
Item List

Mods in use:

OBSE
Fast Exist
Oblivion Stutter Remover
Blockhead
Unofficial Oblivion Path
Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch
Unofficial Mods Patch
Qarl's Texture Pack v1.3
Optimized QTP3 Meshes
All Natural v1.34
Enhanced Water v20
Unique Landscapes Compilation
Darnified UI
Toggleable Quantity Prompt
Elven Map Redux
Elven Map for Shivering Isles
Unmarked Places
Real Days and Months
Colored Enemy Health
Keychain
A Takes All (and books)
Spell Delete and Item Remove
HiRes Oblivion Textures v11
Improved Sky Textures
Better Nightsky
Real Lava
Real Wood Road Signs
Better Silverware
HiRes Pewter
CM Better Wine
Better Gold
Kafeis' Better Amulet Replacer
Kafeis' Better Ring Replacer
Improved Fires and Flames
Improved Fruits, Vegetables, and Meats
Improved Skulls, Bones, and Ironwork
Book Jackets Oblivion
Shivering book Jackets
Grimbot's Spell Tomes
Book Jackets - Knights of the Nine
Better Staffs Texture
Mangler's Equipment & Ammo Textures
Weapon Improvement Project
Town Guard Shields
Enhanced Magic Effects
Robert's Male v5.2
Robert's Female Replacer v1.3
Robert Argonian Normal skin
Robert's Face Textures
Oblivion Character Overhaul v2.04
Robert's Male Body Replacer Texture Compatability
Robert's Female Body Replacer Texture Compatability

Here goes nothing:
Episodes 1-3: Tutorial Section

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCPp2NBjoCo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSVbEBiHh7E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pjNsVzUurU

Episode 4: Aleswell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra5WnUYuokI

Efficient Leveling/ Item Collection (5-16)

Episode 5/6: Efficient Leveling Melee/Armor
Episode 7: Duplication Glitch
Episode 8: Frostcrag Spire Glitch
Episode 9: The Final Episode (April Fools)
Episode 10: Midnight Visit
Episode 11: Potentially Blinding
Episode 12: Setting Scamps on Fire (Efficient Leveling)
Episode 13: Fort Nikel
Episode 14: Bears
Episode 15: Punch Me as Hard as You Can!
Episode 16: Efficiently Leveled

Misc. City Quests (17-36) Daedric Quests (37-43)

Episode 37: Making Sense of Mods
Episode 38: Alcohol and Alchemy
Episode 39: Scheduling Dark Rituals
Episode 40: Oblivion Caves
Episode 41: Sexy Daedra
Episode 42: Being a Dick
Episode 43: Umbra

The Dark Brotherhood (44-49)

Episode 44: Sanguine Isn't A Color
Episode 45: The Well
Episode 46: Party Time!
Episode 47: Old Ladies Fight Back!
Episode 48: The Big Whoops
Episode 49: Listener

Episode 50: Mastering the Masters
Mage's Guild (51-57)

Episode 51: Mudcrabs and Marriage
Episode 52: I'm A Zombie
Episode 53: Sticky Fingers of the Mountain
Episode 54: Actual Magic in the Guild
Episode 55: Necromancers and Vampires
Episode 56: Legit Question Completion
Episode 57: Worm Food

Fighter's Guild (58-63)

Episode 58: Fighting Framerate
Episode 59: Pacifist Guild
Episode 60: Plagued Conspiracy
Episode 61: Mute Demotion
Episode 62: Rugdumph
Episode 63: Bad Boys

Thieve's Guild (64-68)

Episode 64: Looting
Episode 65: Stealing from Ourselves
Episode 66: Voice Chameleons
Episode 67: Thalassophobia
Episode 68:Ocean's Eleven

The Collector (69-72)

Episode 69: Fetch Quests
Episode 70: Vilverin
Episode 71: Seething Hate
Episode 72: Crown on the Ground

Knights of the Nine (73-75)

Episode 73: Holy Crusade
Episode 74: Paladin
Episode 75: Uma-Railed

Episode 76: Mehrunes' Razor
Shivering Isles (77-94)

Episode 77: Intro to Madness
Episode 78: Big Head
Episode 79: A Little Push
Episode 80: Torched
Episode 81: Push or Pull
Episode 82: V-EYE-THARN
Episode 83: Dungeon Diving
Episode 84: Killing Things!
Episode 85: Interrogation
Episode 86: Civil Wars
Episode 87: Dukedom
Episode 88: Fringe
Episode 89: Experiments
Episode 90: Gatekeeper
Episode 91: A Weird Library
Episode 92: Obelisks
Episode 93: Pools of Madness
Episode 94: Madgod

Main Quest (95-120)

Episode 95: Kvatch
Episode 96: Horses & Glitches
Episode 97: Mythic Dawn
Episode 98: Covert Operations
Episode 99: Nightmare Begins
Episode 100: Gate Roulette
Episode 101: Magical Episode
Episode 102: Wayward Knight
Episode 103: Gate Crashers #1
Episode 104: Fort Sutch
Episode 105: Gate Crashers #2
Episode 106: Gate Crashers #3 (Extra Life 2017)
Episode 107: Gate Crashers #4
Episode 108: Gate Crashers #5
Episode 109: Gate Crashers #6
Episode 110: Search for the Lost Gate
Episode 111: Gated Doom and Goblins
Episode 111: Gated Doom and Goblins
Episode 112: Goblins V Ghosts
Episode 113: The Great Gate
Episode 114: Christmas Special
Episode 115: Nirnroot Picking
Episde 115.5: Nirnroot Picking 2
Episode 116: Nirnroot Picking 3
Episode 117: Nirnroot Picking 4
Episode 118: Indiana Jones
Episode 119: Welkynd Hunt
Episode 120: The End

shojin · January 2011

Episodes 5-6: Training/Efficient Leveling of Armor, and Melee Attacking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzgyQctbUG4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAHppPRSJPs

Here's the efficient leveling pdf. Note that I do the plan for level to 9. The order really doesn't matter, as long as it's followed in the same vein that's written.
http://metallicsunmedia.com/oblivion/shojinefficientleveling.pdf

Here's a link to the planner I used to make my plan.
http://ocp.uesp.net/

shojin · February 2011

Episode 7: Duplication Glitch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2C1Y0JIbzo

I apologize for not making many videos lately, and beg for forgiveness. Oh yea, we also cheat the game out of money, and I show you how too!

Duplication Info:
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Glitches#Duplicate_Items_Using_Scrolls

ronrab · February 2011

What mods are you using? I really like the look of some things such as the very colorful map.

Still watching this. Keep on keepin' on.

shojin · February 2011

ronrab wrote: »

What mods are you using?

I'm too lazy to post links to them all, but I'll give you a list of all the mods I have installed.

OBSE
Fast Exist
Oblivion Stutter Remover
Blockhead
Unofficial Oblivion Path
Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch
Unofficial Mods Patch
Qarl's Texture Pack v1.3
Optimized QTP3 Meshes
All Natural v1.34
Enhanced Water v20
Unique Landscapes Compilation
Darnified UI
Toggleable Quantity Prompt
Elven Map Redux
Elven Map for Shivering Isles
Unmarked Places
Real Days and Months
Colored Enemy Health
Keychain
A Takes All (and books)
Spell Delete and Item Remove
HiRes Oblivion Textures v11
Improved Sky Textures
Better Nightsky
Real Lava
Real Wood Road Signs
Better Silverware
HiRes Pewter
CM Better Wine
Better Gold
Kafeis' Better Amulet Replacer
Kafeis' Better Ring Replacer
Improved Fires and Flames
Improved Fruits, Vegetables, and Meats
Improved Skulls, Bones, and Ironwork
Book Jackets Oblivion
Shivering book Jackets
Grimbot's Spell Tomes
Book Jackets - Knights of the Nine
Better Staffs Texture
Mangler's Equipment & Ammo Textures
Weapon Improvement Project
Town Guard Shields
Enhanced Magic Effects
Robert's Male v5.2
Robert's Female Replacer v1.3
Robert Argonian Normal skin
Robert's Face Textures
Oblivion Character Overhaul v2.04
Robert's Male Body Replacer Texture Compatability
Robert's Female Body Replacer Texture Compatability

shojin · March 2011

Episode 8: Frostcrag Spire Glitch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CxalCK6NNY

In this episode, we break the game a little bit to get a hold of a decent weapon, and a lot of glowing orbs, in return for a broken leg. Fun, fun, fun.

izzyfoshizzy · March 2011

i'm also still watching this, keep posting!

Cormac · March 2011

This game has been on my backlog for ages, so I've been enjoying watching these. They've been giving me ideas for when I finally get around to playing it.

shojin · April 2011

Episode 9: The Final Episode (April Fools)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NaF2AlZKSc

Sorry... Things have just been getting too hectic for me, and I can't continue doing this LP.

atat23 · April 2011

Only managed to watch 8 and 9 today, when I watched 9 I was all ready to post about how this is the best Oblivion LP I'd seen and other supportive crap in the hopes it would bring you back one day.............damn you got me good, you bastard!

I'll gush anyway.......well done so far, really great LP.

You say you're not an authority but you're still quite a few levels of pro above 99% of everyone else who played Oblivion.

shojin · April 2011

atat23 wrote: »

Only managed to watch 8 and 9 today, when I watched 9 I was all ready to post about how this is the best Oblivion LP I'd seen and other supportive crap in the hopes it would bring you back one day.............damn you got me good, you bastard!

Tsk, tsk. Always look at the post date.

atat23 wrote: »

I'll gush anyway.......well done so far, really great LP.
You say you're not an authority but you're still quite a few levels of pro above 99% of everyone else who played Oblivion.

Aw... shucks.

By the way everyone, I'll be doing at least one Oblivion video over spring break (next week) so, I should be able to do enough to get back onto a regular basis, and I want to let's play one other quick, quick game as well. What I want to ask is: should I start a side LP along with Oblivion? Elder Scrolls is great and all, but it takes me a lot of time to prepare - mostly because I have to sit at it for a long while. Maybe I should do a smaller game just so that there's at least videos being put out on a regular basis? I'm thinking Mario Tennis for the game boy... does anyone else have any suggestions on what I would be good at?

Yougottawanna · April 2011

I was thinking of replaying Oblivion to prepare for Skyrim, but just watching the good parts of a good LP would save me a ton of time.

Lanrutcon · April 2011

Sigh. Even with efficient leveling Oblivion gets very unfun at higher levels. I've never finished the game. I've got a 140 odd hour save sitting on my hd and I just can't bear the thought of facing a world full of things that I can't one-shot sneak kill in the face anymore.

Whenever anyone says enemy scaling is a good thing I run Oblivion, stare at the main menu to rekindle my hatred and then exit to game to post angry things at that person.

shojin · April 2011

Yougottawanna wrote: »

I was thinking of replaying Oblivion to prepare for Skyrim, but just watching the good parts of a good LP would save me a ton of time.

Hopefully this is good enough for you.

Lanrutcon wrote: »

Sigh. Even with efficient leveling Oblivion gets very unfun at higher levels. I've never finished the game. I've got a 140 odd hour save sitting on my hd and I just can't bear the thought of facing a world full of things that I can't one-shot sneak kill in the face anymore.

Whenever anyone says enemy scaling is a good thing I run Oblivion, stare at the main menu to rekindle my hatred and then exit to game to post angry things at that person.

That's why I won't be doing the really cheap ways of killing. Even though I am leveling, I still want it to be fun for me. If you're watching this, then hopefully it won't make you too angry.

shojin · May 2011

Episode 10: Midnight Visit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYzW1CuyLOk

Today we get a little visit from a special someone... FORESHADOWING YAY!

In other news, I'm working on a list of ALL of the items that I will be obtaining in this playthrough, both on screen and off camera. Most off I think, but I'll save most of the non-random stuff for the camera so you all know where they are. I will upload a pdf of the list for all of you that would like it - I'm personally gonna print it out and use it as a checklist for this LP.

shojin · June 2011

Episode 11: Potentially Blinding

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YBNdlNXSn4

In this episode we go find a rare helmet and fall into a hole. I will be switching to 720p after this episode. It's just too jittery recording at 1080p.

Efficient Leveling PDF

Item List

Maz- · June 2011

Nice, I guess I'll be following this. With all the buzz about Skyrim lately, I had the urge to play Oblivion again..but I guess I'll just watch you do it.

shojin · June 2011

Maz- wrote: »

Nice, I guess I'll be following this. With all the buzz about Skyrim lately, I had the urge to play Oblivion again..but I guess I'll just watch you do it.

It's one way to do it.

Maddoc · June 2011

Lanrutcon wrote: »

Sigh. Even with efficient leveling Oblivion gets very unfun at higher levels. I've never finished the game. I've got a 140 odd hour save sitting on my hd and I just can't bear the thought of facing a world full of things that I can't one-shot sneak kill in the face anymore.

Whenever anyone says enemy scaling is a good thing I run Oblivion, stare at the main menu to rekindle my hatred and then exit to game to post angry things at that person.

Could always do a no-level run.

Just pick only Major skills that you can purposely never level, and as you level your minor skills you'll start to outpace everything else in the game.

shojin · July 2011

Episode 12: Setting Scamps on Fire (Efficient Leveling)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHJLucduRVI

In this episode, we train up our mighty spells after already having ridiculously buff arms. I show you how to efficiently and easily train just about all of the magical skills in the game. Either with the Arcane University (or Frostcrag Spire), or just on your own! I also show you a great place to train at.

Here's the efficient leveling pdf. Up to level 15 on it now:
http://metallicsunmedia.com/oblivion/shojinefficientleveling.pdf

Here's a link to the planner I used to make my plan.
http://ocp.uesp.net/

shojin · July 2011

Episode 13: Fort Nikel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdKv-ugtSvA

In this episode, we storm a fort, I tell you what I think of Skyrim, and we buy something rather nifty. Something weird happened with this episode - I recorded in 720, but rendered in 1080. It doesn't look that bad really, but you guys be the judges of that. What do you think?

shojin · July 2011

Episode 14: Bears

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdab_Zq1hzs

In this episode, we find three master trainers in order to raise our skills a little higher. Or just to annoy them. I think the second makes more sense. We find the ones for Destruction, Blade, and Blunt.

shojin · September 2011

Episode 15: Punch Me as Hard as You Can!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agl8KByyuck

In this episode we find three more master trainers, two of which who want to find us. I show you the people we need to talk to in order to get the quests, and we get a little lost at times. Also, people. If you'd like to see more videos while you wait, go into my backloggery and pick a game for me that i can record without that much preparation!

My Backloggery

Cormac · September 2011

I like to see you do a Let's Play of The Longest Journey or Assassins Creed 2, but unless IRL school related stuff doesn't let up I'd rather see you concentrate on that and not doing two Let's Plays at the same time. That said, if you haven't played through an Assassins Creed game get (skip 1 and go right to 2) they are phenomenal, and shouldn't require too much perpetration if you stick to the main quests and plan out which side quests you want to do (or just skip them entirely in the LP and do them in your own time). The Longest Journey is one of the greatest adventure games and if you have a passing interest in adventure games you owe it to yourself to play it.

That said, I'm looking forward to you tackling the main quests or guild quest in Oblivion. It's time you put all your hard work leveling to work

shojin · November 2014

I'm just going to leave this here....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMHdmBIk4FI

shojin · December 2014

Episode 16: Efficiently Leveled

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcY6rKA_S4s

We finish leveling ourselves, see the brand spanking new visuals (and in 60FPS!), notices glitches, and in the next episode we'll be at level 52 and can do whatever we want. It's back - every first of the month.

shojin · January 2015

Episode 17: Goobye Scamps!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PmoGPCtliI

Is it true? We're finally rid of the menaces? FINALLY! Also, we visit some more Master Trainers.

shojin · February 2015

Episode 18: Are you not entertained?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6hcYBg3a3o

We explore the fully upgraded Wizard's Tower and Deepscorn Hollow... and then we demolish everyone in the Arena. Well, almost everyone.

shojin · March 2015

Episode 19: Cleaning Imperial City Scum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrUnNrQFTrE

It's a grab bag of all kinds of Imperial City quests! Also, we finally get a couple of new pieces of shiny Daedric armor!

shojin · April 2015

Episode 20: Vampirisims

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FLwTsYAPoc

There's a lot to do with vampires in this episode. Killing them, being them, curing them.. it's a lot to take in.

PLA · April 2015

Four years is impressive. Lich didn't know what he was getting into.

shojin · August 2015

Episode 21: The Garlic Shortage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjJ9B8vFyXY

We finish out that damned vampire cure quest, and then move on to more important things.. like a trainer we don't need. Also, a new glitch!

Episode 22: Nirnroot!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrvM37f2sBU

We collect Nirnroot. A lot of nirnroot. It's all sped up, it's okay.

Episode 23: Skingrad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrBvRuSYvPc

We finally finish out the Arena! Though, it's a bit bittersweet. Also, we do everything in Skingrad.

Episode 24: Braveeeeeel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CzSX9wFZ7Y

We complete the rest of the quests in Bravil and I realize that I am in desperate need of a new weapon. If you'd like to see me focus on something in particular, please leave a comment. Otherwise, I'm going to continue through the cities.

I may have been a little lazy in updating this thread for a few months.. rest assured, I am still doing this - it's come out consistently every first of the month.