Oblivion Remastered Player Escapes the Confines of Cyrodiil to Explore Valenwood, Skyrim, and Even Hammerfell, the Rumored Setting of the Elder Scrolls VI

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is acceptable successful Cyrodiil, the state successful Tamriel location to the Imperial Empire. It is simply a phantasy mounting packed with capable quests to support adjacent the astir dedicated adventurer engaged for hundreds of hours. But that hasn’t stopped immoderate from probing the invisible obstruction of its borderline for cracks — and adjacent exploring the regions beyond.

Over the weekend, redditor GnoblinXD recounted their travel done Cyrodiil’s borderline and into Valenwood, Tamriel’s southwestern state and location to the Bosmer, oregon Wood Elves, and adjacent doorway Elsweyr, a portion featured successful The Elder Scrolls Online. GnoblinXD recovered they were capable to determination done the invisible obstruction acceptable successful spot to forestall this benignant of thing, and, from there, simply jumped their mode crossed the stream and up the cliff look successful classical The Elder Scrolls fashion.

“I explored a spot and was amazed to find fundamentally the full landmass of the representation was there, adjacent if not elaborate ofc,” GnoblinXD said.

Valenwood itself is simply a barren area, devoid of life, cities, NPCs, oregon adjacent trees. There are a fig of graphics and biology issues GnoblinXD ran into portion exploring here, which you’d expect fixed the developers of Oblivion Remastered ne'er intended it to beryllium explored successful the archetypal place. GnoblinXD tried to scope what they judge to beryllium the Summerset Isles westbound of Valenwood, but fell afoul of the void. Reloading from saves acceptable extracurricular the bounds of Cyrodiil bash not look to work, forcing GnoblinXD to restart wrong its borders.

If you privation details, GnoblinXD uploaded a video, below, showing precisely however to get into Valenwood via this caller border-breaking discovery.

Undeterred, GnoblinXD aboriginal uploaded images of their travel to Hammerfell, the state successful the westbound of Tamriel rumored to beryllium the mounting of the upcoming The Elder Scrolls VI.

Bethesda has remained tight-lipped connected wherever the adjacent marque caller The Elder Scrolls crippled volition instrumentality place. All we person to spell connected is the game’s 36-second announcement teaser, which presents a towering agelong of mountains and a picturesque coastline overlooking a immense ocean. The prevailing mentation is that the sequel volition fto players escaped successful Hammerfell – the cardinal mounting of The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall and The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard, arsenic good arsenic a visitable determination successful The Elder Scrolls Online. With tropical forests, harsh mountains and scenic coastal cities, Hammerfell’s depictions successful erstwhile Elder Scrolls games look to align with the teaser, hinting that we whitethorn beryllium acceptable to research the Redguards’ homeland erstwhile again.

To get to Hammerfell, GnoblinXD passed the confederate Valenwood spread and walked astir the larboard metropolis of Anvil, the westernmost metropolis successful Cyrodiil, and up towards Hammerfell.

“After galore an hr spent searching, I yet recovered my mode to the different broadside of Cyrodiil's bluish border!” GnoblinXD said. “The portion seems vast. Much bigger than the Valenwood/Elsweyr area. The landmass stretches mode beyond render-distance, truthful who knows however acold it goes... Likely determination is thing here, but I'm intrigued nonetheless.”

Now here’s wherever things get truly interesting. GnoblinXD tried to find the coastline from the The Elder Scrolls VI teaser, walking westbound towards wherever that country would beryllium in-game, but ended up falling disconnected the borderline of the representation (“I didn't die, but present I'm stuck successful the backrooms of Oblivion, lol.”).

Perhaps GnoblinXD volition yet beryllium capable to find that area, oregon possibly different subordinate volition negociate it. Either way, the situation is acceptable for a glimpse astatine what whitethorn extremity up being the mounting of 1 of the most-anticipated video games ever.

“I got present utilizing nary mods, glitches oregon console commands, my crippled is wholly vanilla,” GnoblinXD insisted. “Oh, and it's benignant of comic that Hammerfell seems thoroughly covered successful forests portion Valenwood had nary trees astatine all, lol.

“Anyway, clip for maine to bash immoderate exploring, mightiness update much aboriginal :)”

And truthful they did, this clip pictures of a travel into the aforementioned Elsweyr. Elsweyr is of people location to the Khajiit, the playable bestial and feline contention diagnostic successful each the main The Elder Scrolls games truthful far.

What’s superb astir this retired of bounds country is that from wrong it you tin spot what precise overmuch looks similar The Throat of the World, the highest upland of Tamriel and possibly the astir iconic determination successful The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It is present that the Dragonborn climbs the Seven Thousand Steps to the past monastery of High Hrothgar, wherever the bid of the Greybeards dwells, and learns from them Shouts and speaks with the dragon, Paarthurnax.

That’s right, you tin spell to Skyrim successful Oblivion Remastered, but you can't really question acold capable successful to get to The Throat of the World oregon spot immoderate motion of life.

This is truthful cool. If you spell to the borderline of the representation successful Oblivion Remastered, you tin spot Skyrim’s tallest mountain, The Throat of the World, disconnected successful the distance. This was not successful the archetypal crippled pic.twitter.com/oilOVpeuXF

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“Much similar Valenwood, Elsweyr is rather barren erstwhile you permission the borderline country with Cyrodiil,” GnoblinXD explained. “Unlike Valenwood, however, I accidental the deficiency of flora and fauna is somewhat much lore-accurate. With that said I recovered neither cats nor deserts, unfortunately, and astir heartbreaking of all, nary Moon Sugar :(

“I ran astir a spot looking for thing of interest, taking immoderate pictures on the way. I decided to spot however acold southbound you could go. Well, it turns retired you tin spell rather far. After reaching and going beyond the confederate borderline of Elsweyr, determination seemed lone to beryllium endless sea, truthful I decided to caput eastbound towards Black Marsh instead.

“And, ohio boy, Black Marsh is definitely... uh... Unique, let's say. I mightiness marque a station astir it astatine immoderate constituent if radical privation to see. I didn't spot however acold eastbound I could go, but precise interestingly determination is simply a HUGE landmass beyond the acold eastbound borderline of the map.”

GnoblinXD is inactive mid-journey extracurricular Cyrodiil, and whitethorn uncover adjacent much areas to research and celebrated landmarks looming implicit the horizon. They managed to find their mode to some the Morrowind and Skyrim broadside of the border, but the walkable country doesn’t widen far. “So nary selfies from the Throat of The World, unluckily :(“ GnoblinXD said. However, aft their archetypal station blew up connected reddit (19,000 upvotes and counting), it seems others whitethorn marque discoveries of their own. And truthful it has proven. "Went to Hammerfell a crippled aboriginal lol," said X / Twitter idiosyncratic @Mar_Animation.

Went to Hammerfell a crippled aboriginal lol.#Oblivion #OblivionRemastered pic.twitter.com/EBB9abBGMD

— River (@maranimation.bluesky.social) (@Mar_Animation) April 27, 2025

Me conscionable mostly frolicking extracurricular the map. Evidently idiosyncratic didn't admit maine leaving Cyrodill.#Oblivion #OblivionRemastered pic.twitter.com/5N1yZifQD3

— River (@maranimation.bluesky.social) (@Mar_Animation) April 27, 2025

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