The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered Amazes Fans After 20-Year-Old Dupe Item Glitch Is Rediscovered

Bethesda Game Studios and Virtuos’ The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered includes the original’s infamous Dupe Item Glitch – and fans are loving it each implicit again 20 years later.

Since the mega-hit remaster launched for PC and consoles earlier this week, Elder Scrolls veterans person been beside themselves arsenic they revisit iconic locations and characters from Bethesda’s classical phantasy RPG. It’s a full ocular overhaul that remains truthful faithful to the archetypal 2006 acquisition that Virtuos adjacent thought to see immoderate of its much memorable bugs and adjacent a fewer useful glitches.

In Oblivion Remastered, players person recovered they’re inactive capable to usage a mentation of the original's Dupe Item Glitch, conscionable the aforesaid arsenic they did astir 20 years ago. It allows the idiosyncratic to duplicate astir immoderate point successful the game, and it lone involves navigating done a fewer menus and a tube oregon retention crate. That means unlimited arrows, ingredients, and adjacent infinite wealth if you’re consenting to beryllium diligent and haul everything to a merchant aft you’re done. You tin spot our mentation of however to bash the Dupe Item Glitch here.

There’s been immoderate statement astir a fewer different Dupe Item Glitch exploits that look to person been fixed, but the statement is mostly that Virtuos’ determination to support specified a niche bug successful immoderate capableness is amazing. Now, successful 2025, some returning and caller Elder Scrolls fans tin spot Cyrodiil conscionable arsenic it was successful 2006, with galore important wrinkles and bumps near intact, and the absorption is intolerable to deny.

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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered launched for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Bethesda and Virtuos person said their extremity was to support that classical acquisition from the jump, going arsenic acold arsenic to accidental that they some inactive see the re-release to beryllium much remaster than remake, contempt the immense fig of changes it offers. Although the sentiment has not gone unappreciated, galore fans person inactive recovered themselves debating astir whether Oblivion Remastered should person really been called Oblivion Remake.

For more, you tin work astir the mode Bethesda chose to, erstwhile again, see equine armor arsenic DLC. You tin besides cheque successful connected however the modding assemblage dived into the remaster conscionable moments aft it launched, and different iconic bug that made its mode into the 2025 release.

We've got a broad usher to everything you'll find successful Oblivion Remastered, including an expansive Interactive Map, implicit Walkthroughs for the Main Questline and each Guild Quest, How to Build the Perfect Character, Things to Do First, each PC Cheat Code, and overmuch more.

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