The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered — Achievement Walkthrough
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A lot of this list is single-run conditions that don’t conflict with each other, so you can earn several at once instead of replaying for each. Each plan below is one run. Achievements in a plan are marked with a ⛓ badge further down.
Install the expansion, take the strange door in Niben Bay and play the Court of Madness questline through to the end without stopping. Every rank below is awarded for reaching a step on that one ladder, so they arrive in sequence in a single run - there is nothing to repeat and no second character needed. Go in geared: the Isles are balanced well above the level at which the door first appears.
- ✓▢Tourist, Shivering Isles — Entered the Shivering Isles
- ✓▢Aspirant, Shivering Isles — Reached Aspirant Rank in the Court of Madness
- ✓▢Citizen, Shivering Isles — Reached Citizen Rank in the Court of Madness
- ✓▢Madman, Shivering Isles — Reached Madman Rank in the Court of Madness
- ✓▢Honored Madman, Shivering Isles — Reached Honored Madman Rank in the Court of Madness
- ✓▢Regent, Shivering Isles — Reached Regent Rank in the Court of Madness
- ✓▢Defender, Shivering Isles — Reached Defender of the Realm Rank in the Court of Madness
- ✓▢Madgod, Shivering Isles — Stopped the Greymarch
These NEST - each rank is a step on the same questline, so simply finishing the expansion collects the whole ladder on the way to Madgod. Do NOT treat the two Duke achievements as part of this run; see the separate plan below, because they are the one place the Isles forces an exclusive choice.
Make a manual save immediately BEFORE the conversation in which Sheogorath appoints you Duke. Take one side, let the achievement fire, then reload that save and take the other.
- ✓▢Duke Mania, Shivering Isles — Reached Duke of Mania Rank in the Court of Madness
- ✓▢Duke Dementia, Shivering Isles — Reached Duke of Dementia Rank in the Court of Madness
CONFLICT, and the only real trap in the game: Mania and Dementia are mutually exclusive outcomes of a single dialogue choice, so they cannot both land in one uninterrupted run. They do not need a second playthrough either - one manual save before the appointment covers both. They are the two rarest achievements in the game precisely because most players pick a side, keep going, and never realise the other was recoverable.
Sign up at the Arena in the Imperial City and fight the matches back to back rather than drifting off between them. Repair your armour and restock healing between bouts, since the higher ranks assume you arrive in fighting condition.
- ✓▢Pit Dog, Arena — Joined the Arena in the Imperial City
- ✓▢Brawler, Arena — Reached Brawler rank in the Arena
- ✓▢Bloodletter, Arena — Reached Bloodletter rank in the Arena
- ✓▢Myrmidon, Arena — Reached Myrmidon rank in the Arena
- ✓▢Warrior, Arena — Reached Warrior rank in the Arena
- ✓▢Gladiator, Arena — Reached Gladiator rank in the Arena
- ✓▢Hero, Arena — Reached Hero rank in the Arena
- ✓▢Champion, Arena — Reached Champion rank in the Arena
- ✓▢Grand Champion, Arena — Completed the Arena Questline
These NEST as well - the ranks are rungs on one ladder, so a single unbroken run up the Arena gives you all nine. There is no difficulty scaling in your favour, so if you stall, leave and level your combat skills rather than grinding the same losing bout.
The first achievement in the game, awarded at the end of the tutorial dungeon when you step out into Cyrodiil. The sewers are also where you finalise your class and birthsign, so take a moment over those choices rather than clicking through - they shape the whole run.
Oblivion Gates open across Cyrodiil as the main quest progresses. To close one, go through the portal, fight your way to the top of the central tower in the Plane of Oblivion and take the Sigil Stone - removing it collapses the gate and teleports you out. Bring fire resistance if you have it; the planes are full of fire damage.
Mages Guild rank is tied to the guild questline, not to your spell skills. You join at any guild hall, then collect a recommendation from each of the seven hall heads before the Arcane University opens up; after that the ranks come from the University questline itself. Each hall's recommendation is its own small quest, so this is a long but entirely linear climb - there is nothing hidden or missable about it.
The Arena is in the Imperial City's Arena District. Speak to the Blademaster and sign up as a combatant to take the lowest rank. You will want a weapon you are actually skilled with before your first match - the Arena provides you with basic armour but the fighting is on you.
Fighters Guild rank comes from working through the guild's contracts in order. Promotions are gated on quest progress rather than on any timer, so if the questgiver has nothing new for you it usually means you still owe them a contract, or your combat skills have not yet met the guild's requirement for the next rank. Take the jobs as they are offered and the ranks arrive in sequence.
An Arena rank, earned by winning consecutive matches up the ladder rather than by any side activity. Fight matches back to back until the Blademaster promotes you. Between bouts, repair your armour and restock healing - the ranks above this one assume you arrive in fighting condition.
An Arena rank, earned by winning consecutive matches up the ladder rather than by any side activity. Fight matches back to back until the Blademaster promotes you. Between bouts, repair your armour and restock healing - the ranks above this one assume you arrive in fighting condition.
An Arena rank, earned by winning consecutive matches up the ladder rather than by any side activity. Fight matches back to back until the Blademaster promotes you. Between bouts, repair your armour and restock healing - the ranks above this one assume you arrive in fighting condition.
An Arena rank, earned by winning consecutive matches up the ladder rather than by any side activity. Fight matches back to back until the Blademaster promotes you. Between bouts, repair your armour and restock healing - the ranks above this one assume you arrive in fighting condition.
An Arena rank, earned by winning consecutive matches up the ladder rather than by any side activity. Fight matches back to back until the Blademaster promotes you. Between bouts, repair your armour and restock healing - the ranks above this one assume you arrive in fighting condition.
Thieves Guild promotion works differently from the other factions: as well as doing the guild's quests, you have to move a running total of stolen goods through the guild's fences, and the next job only opens once you have hit that quota. So keep stealing and selling between quests - burgling houses at night and fencing the loot is the fastest way to clear the requirement. Note that killing innocents can get you expelled, and you have to pay your way back in.
Dark Brotherhood rank comes from completing contracts for your handler. Many contracts also carry an optional bonus objective - killing the target in a particular way or under particular conditions - and while the bonus is not required for the rank, taking it gives you better rewards. Do not murder your own Brotherhood siblings outside of what a contract asks for; the guild punishes that harshly.
A main-quest milestone. It follows on from the early main quest rather than from any side content, so the way to get it is simply to keep taking the main questline objectives in order.
An Arena rank, earned by winning consecutive matches up the ladder rather than by any side activity. Fight matches back to back until the Blademaster promotes you. Between bouts, repair your armour and restock healing - the ranks above this one assume you arrive in fighting condition.
Mages Guild rank is tied to the guild questline, not to your spell skills. You join at any guild hall, then collect a recommendation from each of the seven hall heads before the Arcane University opens up; after that the ranks come from the University questline itself. Each hall's recommendation is its own small quest, so this is a long but entirely linear climb - there is nothing hidden or missable about it.
An Arena rank, earned by winning consecutive matches up the ladder rather than by any side activity. Fight matches back to back until the Blademaster promotes you. Between bouts, repair your armour and restock healing - the ranks above this one assume you arrive in fighting condition.
Fighters Guild rank comes from working through the guild's contracts in order. Promotions are gated on quest progress rather than on any timer, so if the questgiver has nothing new for you it usually means you still owe them a contract, or your combat skills have not yet met the guild's requirement for the next rank. Take the jobs as they are offered and the ranks arrive in sequence.
The top of the Arena ladder, awarded for finishing the whole Arena questline rather than for a single fight. The matches get harder as you climb and there is no difficulty scaling in your favour, so if you stall out, go away, level your combat skills and come back. Heal between rounds and bring restore-health potions - the Arena does not let you leave mid-bout.
Dark Brotherhood rank comes from completing contracts for your handler. Many contracts also carry an optional bonus objective - killing the target in a particular way or under particular conditions - and while the bonus is not required for the rank, taking it gives you better rewards. Do not murder your own Brotherhood siblings outside of what a contract asks for; the guild punishes that harshly.
Thieves Guild promotion works differently from the other factions: as well as doing the guild's quests, you have to move a running total of stolen goods through the guild's fences, and the next job only opens once you have hit that quota. So keep stealing and selling between quests - burgling houses at night and fencing the loot is the fastest way to clear the requirement. Note that killing innocents can get you expelled, and you have to pay your way back in.
Mages Guild rank is tied to the guild questline, not to your spell skills. You join at any guild hall, then collect a recommendation from each of the seven hall heads before the Arcane University opens up; after that the ranks come from the University questline itself. Each hall's recommendation is its own small quest, so this is a long but entirely linear climb - there is nothing hidden or missable about it.
Thieves Guild promotion works differently from the other factions: as well as doing the guild's quests, you have to move a running total of stolen goods through the guild's fences, and the next job only opens once you have hit that quota. So keep stealing and selling between quests - burgling houses at night and fencing the loot is the fastest way to clear the requirement. Note that killing innocents can get you expelled, and you have to pay your way back in.
Dark Brotherhood rank comes from completing contracts for your handler. Many contracts also carry an optional bonus objective - killing the target in a particular way or under particular conditions - and while the bonus is not required for the rank, taking it gives you better rewards. Do not murder your own Brotherhood siblings outside of what a contract asks for; the guild punishes that harshly.
Mages Guild rank is tied to the guild questline, not to your spell skills. You join at any guild hall, then collect a recommendation from each of the seven hall heads before the Arcane University opens up; after that the ranks come from the University questline itself. Each hall's recommendation is its own small quest, so this is a long but entirely linear climb - there is nothing hidden or missable about it.
Fighters Guild rank comes from working through the guild's contracts in order. Promotions are gated on quest progress rather than on any timer, so if the questgiver has nothing new for you it usually means you still owe them a contract, or your combat skills have not yet met the guild's requirement for the next rank. Take the jobs as they are offered and the ranks arrive in sequence.
A main-quest step involving a Daedric artifact - follow the main questline objective that asks for it. Note this is the main quest's own artifact errand rather than the separate business of collecting artifacts from the Daedric shrines scattered around Cyrodiil.
Thieves Guild promotion works differently from the other factions: as well as doing the guild's quests, you have to move a running total of stolen goods through the guild's fences, and the next job only opens once you have hit that quota. So keep stealing and selling between quests - burgling houses at night and fencing the loot is the fastest way to clear the requirement. Note that killing innocents can get you expelled, and you have to pay your way back in.
Mages Guild rank is tied to the guild questline, not to your spell skills. You join at any guild hall, then collect a recommendation from each of the seven hall heads before the Arcane University opens up; after that the ranks come from the University questline itself. Each hall's recommendation is its own small quest, so this is a long but entirely linear climb - there is nothing hidden or missable about it.
Dark Brotherhood rank comes from completing contracts for your handler. Many contracts also carry an optional bonus objective - killing the target in a particular way or under particular conditions - and while the bonus is not required for the rank, taking it gives you better rewards. Do not murder your own Brotherhood siblings outside of what a contract asks for; the guild punishes that harshly.
Mages Guild rank is tied to the guild questline, not to your spell skills. You join at any guild hall, then collect a recommendation from each of the seven hall heads before the Arcane University opens up; after that the ranks come from the University questline itself. Each hall's recommendation is its own small quest, so this is a long but entirely linear climb - there is nothing hidden or missable about it.
Thieves Guild promotion works differently from the other factions: as well as doing the guild's quests, you have to move a running total of stolen goods through the guild's fences, and the next job only opens once you have hit that quota. So keep stealing and selling between quests - burgling houses at night and fencing the loot is the fastest way to clear the requirement. Note that killing innocents can get you expelled, and you have to pay your way back in.
Dark Brotherhood rank comes from completing contracts for your handler. Many contracts also carry an optional bonus objective - killing the target in a particular way or under particular conditions - and while the bonus is not required for the rank, taking it gives you better rewards. Do not murder your own Brotherhood siblings outside of what a contract asks for; the guild punishes that harshly.
Mages Guild rank is tied to the guild questline, not to your spell skills. You join at any guild hall, then collect a recommendation from each of the seven hall heads before the Arcane University opens up; after that the ranks come from the University questline itself. Each hall's recommendation is its own small quest, so this is a long but entirely linear climb - there is nothing hidden or missable about it.
Fighters Guild rank comes from working through the guild's contracts in order. Promotions are gated on quest progress rather than on any timer, so if the questgiver has nothing new for you it usually means you still owe them a contract, or your combat skills have not yet met the guild's requirement for the next rank. Take the jobs as they are offered and the ranks arrive in sequence.
Simply entering the Shivering Isles. Once the expansion is installed, a strange door appears on an island in Niben Bay and the guards outside it will tell you what it is. Walking through is all this one needs - but do not treat the Isles as a place to visit at low level.
Thieves Guild promotion works differently from the other factions: as well as doing the guild's quests, you have to move a running total of stolen goods through the guild's fences, and the next job only opens once you have hit that quota. So keep stealing and selling between quests - burgling houses at night and fencing the loot is the fastest way to clear the requirement. Note that killing innocents can get you expelled, and you have to pay your way back in.
Mages Guild rank is tied to the guild questline, not to your spell skills. You join at any guild hall, then collect a recommendation from each of the seven hall heads before the Arcane University opens up; after that the ranks come from the University questline itself. Each hall's recommendation is its own small quest, so this is a long but entirely linear climb - there is nothing hidden or missable about it.
Dark Brotherhood rank comes from completing contracts for your handler. Many contracts also carry an optional bonus objective - killing the target in a particular way or under particular conditions - and while the bonus is not required for the rank, taking it gives you better rewards. Do not murder your own Brotherhood siblings outside of what a contract asks for; the guild punishes that harshly.
Dark Brotherhood rank comes from completing contracts for your handler. Many contracts also carry an optional bonus objective - killing the target in a particular way or under particular conditions - and while the bonus is not required for the rank, taking it gives you better rewards. Do not murder your own Brotherhood siblings outside of what a contract asks for; the guild punishes that harshly. Listener is the end of the Brotherhood questline rather than another contract rank.
Fighters Guild rank comes from working through the guild's contracts in order. Promotions are gated on quest progress rather than on any timer, so if the questgiver has nothing new for you it usually means you still owe them a contract, or your combat skills have not yet met the guild's requirement for the next rank. Take the jobs as they are offered and the ranks arrive in sequence.
Thieves Guild promotion works differently from the other factions: as well as doing the guild's quests, you have to move a running total of stolen goods through the guild's fences, and the next job only opens once you have hit that quota. So keep stealing and selling between quests - burgling houses at night and fencing the loot is the fastest way to clear the requirement. Note that killing innocents can get you expelled, and you have to pay your way back in.
Mages Guild rank is tied to the guild questline, not to your spell skills. You join at any guild hall, then collect a recommendation from each of the seven hall heads before the Arcane University opens up; after that the ranks come from the University questline itself. Each hall's recommendation is its own small quest, so this is a long but entirely linear climb - there is nothing hidden or missable about it. This is the end of the line: it is awarded for completing the entire Mages Guild questline.
Mages Guild rank is tied to the guild questline, not to your spell skills. You join at any guild hall, then collect a recommendation from each of the seven hall heads before the Arcane University opens up; after that the ranks come from the University questline itself. Each hall's recommendation is its own small quest, so this is a long but entirely linear climb - there is nothing hidden or missable about it.
Fighters Guild rank comes from working through the guild's contracts in order. Promotions are gated on quest progress rather than on any timer, so if the questgiver has nothing new for you it usually means you still owe them a contract, or your combat skills have not yet met the guild's requirement for the next rank. Take the jobs as they are offered and the ranks arrive in sequence.
Shivering Isles is the expansion realm, reached through the portal that appears once you have the expansion installed. The Court of Madness ranks track your progress through the expansion's main questline as you rise in New Sheoth, so they come in order simply by playing it through. The Isles are balanced for a stronger character than the point where the portal first appears, so it is worth going in with real gear.
Fighters Guild rank comes from working through the guild's contracts in order. Promotions are gated on quest progress rather than on any timer, so if the questgiver has nothing new for you it usually means you still owe them a contract, or your combat skills have not yet met the guild's requirement for the next rank. Take the jobs as they are offered and the ranks arrive in sequence.
Thieves Guild promotion works differently from the other factions: as well as doing the guild's quests, you have to move a running total of stolen goods through the guild's fences, and the next job only opens once you have hit that quota. So keep stealing and selling between quests - burgling houses at night and fencing the loot is the fastest way to clear the requirement. Note that killing innocents can get you expelled, and you have to pay your way back in. This one is the end of the questline rather than another quota step.
A late main-quest milestone tied to the siege sequence. Unmissable if you follow the main quest to its end, but it is a genuine difficulty spike, so arrive with repaired armour, a stocked potion supply and a weapon that is not about to break.
Fighters Guild rank comes from working through the guild's contracts in order. Promotions are gated on quest progress rather than on any timer, so if the questgiver has nothing new for you it usually means you still owe them a contract, or your combat skills have not yet met the guild's requirement for the next rank. Take the jobs as they are offered and the ranks arrive in sequence.
Shivering Isles is the expansion realm, reached through the portal that appears once you have the expansion installed. The Court of Madness ranks track your progress through the expansion's main questline as you rise in New Sheoth, so they come in order simply by playing it through. The Isles are balanced for a stronger character than the point where the portal first appears, so it is worth going in with real gear.
Awarded for completing the entire main questline. Oblivion does not lock you out of the world afterwards, so there is no reason to save it for last - and the main quest is the shortest of the long questlines in this achievement list by a wide margin.
Fighters Guild rank comes from working through the guild's contracts in order. Promotions are gated on quest progress rather than on any timer, so if the questgiver has nothing new for you it usually means you still owe them a contract, or your combat skills have not yet met the guild's requirement for the next rank. Take the jobs as they are offered and the ranks arrive in sequence.
Fighters Guild rank comes from working through the guild's contracts in order. Promotions are gated on quest progress rather than on any timer, so if the questgiver has nothing new for you it usually means you still owe them a contract, or your combat skills have not yet met the guild's requirement for the next rank. Take the jobs as they are offered and the ranks arrive in sequence. This is the final rank, awarded for completing the entire Fighters Guild questline.
Shivering Isles is the expansion realm, reached through the portal that appears once you have the expansion installed. The Court of Madness ranks track your progress through the expansion's main questline as you rise in New Sheoth, so they come in order simply by playing it through. The Isles are balanced for a stronger character than the point where the portal first appears, so it is worth going in with real gear.
Shivering Isles is the expansion realm, reached through the portal that appears once you have the expansion installed. The Court of Madness ranks track your progress through the expansion's main questline as you rise in New Sheoth, so they come in order simply by playing it through. The Isles are balanced for a stronger character than the point where the portal first appears, so it is worth going in with real gear.
Shivering Isles is the expansion realm, reached through the portal that appears once you have the expansion installed. The Court of Madness ranks track your progress through the expansion's main questline as you rise in New Sheoth, so they come in order simply by playing it through. The Isles are balanced for a stronger character than the point where the portal first appears, so it is worth going in with real gear.
Shivering Isles is the expansion realm, reached through the portal that appears once you have the expansion installed. The Court of Madness ranks track your progress through the expansion's main questline as you rise in New Sheoth, so they come in order simply by playing it through. The Isles are balanced for a stronger character than the point where the portal first appears, so it is worth going in with real gear.
Shivering Isles is the expansion realm, reached through the portal that appears once you have the expansion installed. The Court of Madness ranks track your progress through the expansion's main questline as you rise in New Sheoth, so they come in order simply by playing it through. The Isles are balanced for a stronger character than the point where the portal first appears, so it is worth going in with real gear. Madgod is awarded for stopping the Greymarch, which is the climax of the expansion's story.
Verified missable, and the only real trap in the list. Mania and Dementia are the two halves of the Shivering Isles, and Sheogorath makes you pick one when he appoints you Duke - the two achievements are mutually exclusive outcomes of that single dialogue choice. You do NOT need a second playthrough: make a manual save immediately before that conversation, take one side, then reload and take the other. Both are among the rarest achievements in the game precisely because people pick a side and move on.
Verified missable, and the only real trap in the list. Mania and Dementia are the two halves of the Shivering Isles, and Sheogorath makes you pick one when he appoints you Duke - the two achievements are mutually exclusive outcomes of that single dialogue choice. You do NOT need a second playthrough: make a manual save immediately before that conversation, take one side, then reload and take the other. Both are among the rarest achievements in the game precisely because people pick a side and move on.
