Summary

  • Oblivion Remastered features over 30 different diseases thus debuff your character’s attributes and skills.
  • Chracracter contract disease mostly through combat with infected enemies or NPCs, with beggars carrying specific ailments.
  • All diseases are curable through Cure Disease potions, praying at shrines, or casting the appropriate Restoration spell.

Your character can get sick in Oblivion Remastered. It is one of the annoying yet immersive gameplay elements that the remake brought back. While exploring Cyrodiil and the Shivering Isles, your character may contract various ailments, weakening your character. Here are all the diseases you can get in Oblivion Remastered.

How Diseases Work in Oblivion Remastered

Oblivion Remastered added diseases as a gameplay element to debuff specific attributes or skills of players. So, the reduction your character receives depends then on the ailment you contracted. Although most of these diseases infects after melee combat with infected enemies, you can also get it from NPCs. 

Usually, it occurs when the infected opponent lands a successful hit against your character. While some of the unique diseases are only contracted through specific actions like human flesh consumption. After all, the effects can range from minor inconveniences to severe handicaps that impact your gameplay. 

How to Cure Diseases

There are several ways on how you can cure diseases in Oblivion Remastered. Although it seems easy, you must obtain these resources first. After that, it’ll instantly help your character heal from the ailment. 

  • Potions of Cure Disease – Instantly removes any disease
  • Praying at Shrines, Temples, or Wayshrines – Cures all diseases and restores affected attributes
  • Casting Cure Disease spells – Requires knowledge of Restoration magic
  • Consuming Mandrake Root – A natural remedy that cures diseases

Special Case: Porphyric Hemophilia (Vampirism)

One of the special diseases you can get in Oblivion Remastered is Porphyric Hemophilia or Vampirism. Yet, this ailment only gives you three in-game days to Cure before it progresses to full vampirism on your next sleep. After undergoing vampire transformation, the game then switches to Vampire Cure quest. 

Complete List of Diseases and Their Effects

Meanwhile, Oblivion Remastered has over 30 different diseases to exist in the game which can be contracted in several ways. Also, these ailments vary in effect as some have less impact on your character. On the other hand, some are severe diseases that totally weaken your character. Here’s a complete list of all the diseases as well as their effects:

Common Diseases

  • Astral Vapors: Stunted Magicka, Drain Magicka 15 pts, Weakness to Magic 25%
  • Ataxia: Drain Strength 5 pts, Drain Agility 5 pts
  • Black-Heart Blight: Drain Strength 10 pts, Drain Endurance 10 pts
  • Blood Lung: Drain Endurance 5 pts
  • Bone Break Fever: Drain Strength 5 pts
  • Brain Rot: Drain Strength 5 pts
  • Brown Rot: Drain Strength 5 pts, Drain Personality 5 pts
  • Chanthrax Blight: Drain Agility 10 pts, Drain Speed 10 pts
  • Chills: Drain Intelligence 10 pts, Drain Agility 10 pts, Drain Willpower 10 pts
  • Collywobbles: Drain Strength 10 pts, Drain Endurance 10 pts, Drain Speed 10 pts
  • Dampworm: Drain Speed 5 pts
  • Droops: Drain Agility 5 pts
  • Feeble Limb: Drain Strength 5 pts
  • Greenspore: Drain Personality 10 pts
  • Helljoint: Drain Agility 5 pts, Drain Speed 5 pts
  • Porphyric Hemophilia: Drain Fatigue 5 pts, becomes Vampirism after 3 days
  • Rattles: Drain Agility 10 pts, Drain Willpower 10 pts
  • Red Rage: Drain Strength 5 pts, Drain Willpower 5 pts
  • Rockjoint: Drain Agility 10 pts
  • Rust Chancre: Drain Personality 5 pts, Drain Speed 5 pts
  • Serpiginous Dementia: Drain Intelligence 10 pts, Drain Personality 10 pts, Drain Willpower 5 pts
  • Shakes: Drain Agility 5 pts
  • Swamp Fever: Drain Strength 10 pts, Drain Endurance 10 pts
  • Ticklebritch: Drain Endurance 5 pts, Drain Personality 15 pts
  • Witbane: Drain Intelligence 5 pts
  • Wither: Drain Strength 5 pts, Drain Endurance 10 pts
  • Witless Pox: Drain Intelligence 5 pts
  • Yellow Tick: Drain Strength 5 pts, Drain Speed 10 pts

Shivering Isles Diseases

  • Elytra Hatchling Disease: Drain Fatigue 50 pts
  • Scalon Blight: Drain Endurance 3 pts, Weakness to Fire 25%, Weakness to Frost 25%
  • Scalon Fever: Drain Endurance 2 pts, Weakness to Frost 25%
  • Scalon Sunburn: Drain Endurance 4 pts, Weakness to Magic 25%

Mehrunes’ Razor DLC Diseases

  • Cannibal’s Prion: Drain Agility 20 pts, Drain Intelligence 20 pts
  • Tunnel Cough: Drain Sneak skill 15 pts

Beggars and Their Diseases

Additionally, you’ll encounter beggars as well throughout Cyrodiil. However, some carry specific diseases that you can get through close interaction. Meanwhile, this can be useful if there’s a specific reason you need to contract a particular disease. 

  • Rancid Ra’dirsha – Carries both Blood Lung & Witless Pox
  • Foul Fagus – Carries both Bone Break Fever & Shakes
  • Fimmion – Carries Ataxia
  • Lucina – Carries Serpiginous Dementia

How to Prevent Diseases

While your character can get sick, there are ways on how you can do to prevent contracting the disease.  At most, ailments just serve as debuffs at times to reduce your character attributes like endurance, agility, strength, and even intelligence. So, here are some ways on how you can avoid these diseases in Oblivion Remastered:

  1. Maintain distance from diseased enemies when possible
  2. Stock up on Cure Disease potions before dangerous expeditions
  3. Know the locations of nearby shrines for emergency cures
  4. Consider enchanting gear with disease-resistance effects
  5. Level your Restoration skill to access Cure Disease spells

Conclusion

Oblivion Remastered Diseases are an immersive inclusion in the game that makes it more realistic than it seems. Further, it added a challenge to the survival aspect of Oblivion by having your skills debuff through this. Still, it serves as a reminder to be careful when fighting against infected enemies and to have remedies available. Also, keeping your character healthy is key to surviving your adventures across Cyrodiil.