Oblivion Remastered Difficulty Settings Doesn't Make Sense And Here's Why

Summary

Oblivion Remastered features easier difficulty settings compared to the original, impacting damage dealt and received.
Modder IxionXVII created a “Difficulty Slider Fixed” mod to customize the RPG’s difficulty for PC players.
Players can adjust difficulty settings to enjoy fights without them feeling meaningless or overly challenging.

If you’ve started The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered and noticed that even in its default difficulty that the game is easier, it’s because, well, it is.

This isn’t some guesswork on our end, as evidence has surfaced pinpointing just how the remaster is easier compared to the original released in 2006.

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If you play Oblivion Remastered right now, it’s in a weird place where the “Adept” difficulty seems a tad too easy, while hiking the difficulty up one tier to “Expert” makes fighting even simple enemies a slog.

As it turns out, it’s all due to multipliers players deal with and receive. Modder IxionXVII’s “Difficulty Slider Fixed” mod (via PCGamer) is out now for PC players, and it’s a mod that includes options to customize the RPG’s difficulty to your preferred kind of pain. Not only that, but the mod maker has also detailed the changes in the difficulty modes and what’s going behind-the-scenes.

In Adept difficulty, the settings apply a flat multiplier to the damage you deal and receive which is 1x/1x. However, in Expert, this has a huge jump to the damage players take, while damage dealt doesn’t scale up. Here’s a breakdown of each difficulty mode and how the multipliers work.

Oblivion Remastered Difficulty Multipliers:

Novice: x0.167 damage received, x6.0 dealt
Apprentice: x0.286 received, x3.5 dealt
Adept: x1.0 received, x1.0 dealt
Expert: x3.5 received, x0.286 dealt
Master: x6.0 received, x0.167 dealt

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As the numbers show, there is a huge gap between each difficulty setting. Thankfully, the mod will let you find adjust the difficulty to your liking without having fights feel meaningless, or get beaten to a pulp by every lowlife you come across. Of course, console players don’t have this luxury, though we’re hoping Virtuous/Bethesda releases a patch to help fix this little issue.

Same with any mod, be cautious in installing unofficial files into your game and PC. While this one seems innocent enough, there was a patch released by a controversial modder that broke the game, so make sure to do your research before downloading and installing anything.