Oblivion Remastered: The 8 Worst Crimes You Can Commit
Summary
- Committing crimes like pickpocketing, trespassing, and lockpicking in Oblivion Remastered can lead to dire consequences for your character.
- Stealing items, assaulting NPCs, or stealing horses can result in bounties, reduced disposition, or expulsion from guilds.
- Murder is the most heinous crime and can lead to expulsion from guilds, increased infamy, or guards attacking you if caught.
Oblivion Remastered allows you to do many things, from becoming the Grand Champion of the Arena to stealing your way up the ranks of the Thieves Guild. The game offers you these choices, but all actions have their subsequent reactions.
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PostsHoning your skills in guilds where you combat gladiators or kill harmful enemies to protect innocent citizens helps you gain gold and fame. However, murdering or stealing increases your bounty and infamy, and may lead to possible jail time. Some of the worst crimes you can commit in the game may make you rich but can lead to dire consequences for your character.
8 Pickpocketing
Sticky Fingers
Who hasn’t accidentally tried to talk to an NPC while sneaking and ended up getting a bounty and a guard to show up to arrest them? Pickpocketing is an efficient way to keep items early or get your hands on something unique that an NPC has.
The issue is that the act is a crime and, if you’re caught, you may end up in jail. This is why it's important to not try to pickpocket anyone in public and ensure you have a high sneak level when attempting to steal something from an NPC.
7 Trespassing
Boundaries
Certain areas are out of bounds for you and entering them will count as trespassing. There is a short duration given as a leeway so you can exit without incurring a bounty, but if you stay longer then the act will be a crime. If an NPC sees you, they may approach you and ask you to leave, alert the guards, or risk it all by attacking you.
The first two scenarios aren’t as bad, but if the NPC attacks you, and you retaliate, then you may commit murder and face harsher punishment for your crime. This is why it's important to keep an eye on any incoming witnesses when you have your sneak on.
6 Lockpicking
Treasures To Be Found
It may be true that there are many locked chests in Oblivion Remastered containing untold treasure. However, getting your hands on those treasures is risky as you may end up in significant trouble. If you are caught breaking the lock of any container and don’t take anything from it, you will still get a bounty.
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PostsLockpicking isn’t bound just to chests and containers, but it also includes other locks, including that of doors. This is why it may be a wise decision to look at the icon before you press a button so you don’t accidentally try to lockpick a locked door in public.
5 Stealing
When You Really Want Something
Stealing is one of the most common crimes in the game as it's usually convenient to just grab certain items rather than go through the process of buying or earning them. One issue that arises with such items is that they’re marked as stolen in your inventory and honest merchants won’t buy them.
If you’re caught stealing, then the disposition of the merchant or NPC will be reduced, and you’ll get a bounty. It's possible to read books and other papers as long as you don’t take them and place them in your inventory.
4 Assault
Drop Your Weapons
Attacking an NPC or using most spells on them is considered an assault in the game, and you may see yourself having to fight guards after you accidentally cast a spell on a citizen. You can fight back in self-defense if need be, but you can’t be the initiator of the fight.
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PostsIf you summon a creature, and they attack NPCs, you will still incur a bounty for the act. When you attack an NPC, they’ll usually yell to call other NPCs and guards to protect them. This can lead to you attacking more than just one character and increasing your bounty.
3 Stealing Horses
Risky Traveling
Riding an owned horse is a crime and the risk is exemplified because stable staff can alert guards about crimes you commit. This means, if they see you mount an owned horse, they'll become a witness to your crime, you’ll get a bounty, and a guard will appear to arrest you. If you mount a stolen horse near other NPCs or guards, that’ll also increase your bounty as the horse will be taken, just like other items you steal.
You can avoid this by ensuring there are no witnesses to your crime by sneaking and making sure no NPC sees you mount and steal the horse. You'll need to ensure nobody sees you each time you get on the horse after stealing it. It's a tricky situation, and you may be better off getting Prior Maborel’s free horse.
2 Jailbreaking
Watch Out For The Jailer
Jailbreaking is a serious crime for logical reasons as you’ll be showing the law how much respect you think it deserves. You may have to deal with guards while breaking out and that may affect your bounty for the worse. There’s also the matter of how many locks you have to pick when attempting to get out of jail.
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PostsYou’ll have to commit further crimes while getting yourself out of your punishment, which may make the consequences more severe if you get caught during the jailbreak. If guards attack you, then you may have to retaliate, further making things more difficult for you.
1 Murder
The Worst
Taking the life of an innocent NPC is the most heinous crime you can commit in Oblivion Remastered, and it makes sense why. Your bounty likely won’t increase if you’re not caught while you commit murder. However, your infamy points may still increase and you may face other consequences.
Killing a member of a faction you’re a member of leads to expulsion from the specific guild. Getting caught while killing someone will lead to guards attacking you, but you can surrender and pay your bounty to avoid being killed. You won’t be penalized if you kill bandits or other dangerous NPCs who aren’t upstanding citizens.
Staging the murder as an accident by causing an NPC to drown or poisoning them will also lead to the act not being counted as murder.
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