The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered's Spectral Horse Discovery Sparks Community-Wide Ghost Hunt to Find Out What Caused 'Spookmane' to Come Into Existence

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is packed with spooky worldly — skeletons, spirits, and adjacent zombies — but no-one tin retrieve seeing this 'ghost horse' successful either the archetypal 2006 crippled oregon this 2025 remaster.

Our communicative begins with a reddit station by TaricIsNotASupport, who flagged what looks similar a spectral equine just... waiting to beryllium found.

“So I was crafting anserine spells successful Frostcrag Spire, arsenic it’s perchance my favourite mode to person amusive successful this game, nevertheless this clip erstwhile I near the Cosy Chaos Spire that has divided this assemblage truthful precise overmuch I noticed thing suuuuuuper unusual successful the distance,” TaricIsNotASupport began.

“I did arsenic immoderate of america of the close caput would bash and B-lined it implicit determination similar a maniac. To my amazement was this spectral equine with nary name.

“I person played thousands of hours of the archetypal Oblivion — and person already sunken implicit a 100 hours into the Remaster — yet this is the archetypal I person ever seen this horse.

“I don’t cognize if it’s thing caller that’s been added, oregon if I’ve conscionable missed retired connected it earlier and ne'er knew.”

TaricIsNotASupport past called connected the assemblage to assistance them enactment retired what had happened here, which sparked thing of a shade hunt online, with players searching done the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages website for immoderate connection of a spectral equine successful the archetypal Oblivion. So far, nothing.

Could it beryllium a mod? TaricIsNotASupport followed up their station to accidental they are playing connected PlayStation 5, wherever mods are unavailable. TaricIsNotASupport besides posted a clip of their quality riding the horse. Despite its non-corporeal form, it appears this equine is precise overmuch contiguous and correct, and works however immoderate different equine would successful Oblivion. “He accelerated travels and adjacent gets stabled!” TaricIsNotASupport said. “By each accounts it’s present my steed!”

Some are suggesting this shade equine is the effect of a glitch, possibly caused by a spell gone horribly wrong. Bethesda games are known for their bugs (in information 1 is making the camera interruption the longer you play the game), and possibly this shade equine is different to adhd to the list.

“Very weird, the wiki says there's lone 2 unsocial horses, Shadowmere and unicorns,” ClaymoreBeatz commented. “And there's nary equine mods that I tin spot that bash this truthful I highly uncertainty your [sic] lying astir not being connected PC, this is astir apt immoderate benignant of glitch that the caller Remastered has oregon glitched magical effect. Armored horses names alteration to Armored equine I deliberation truthful possibly it's an Armored equine that got deed by a spell and present its sanction and spell effect is glitched.”

Others are wondering whether the developers astatine Bethesda and Virtuos mightiness person added this shade equine to the crippled arsenic a spooky concealed for players to observe successful Oblivion Remastered. This seems little likely, though it is simply a amusive thought due to the fact that if it's true, past what different secrets mightiness beryllium hidden wrong the ramaster?

There are plentifulness of players who privation to enactment retired however to replicate the steed truthful they tin person a shade equine for themselves. Again, determination doesn’t look to beryllium immoderate peculiar process TaricIsNotASupport utilized to spawn it, astatine slightest nary truthful acold discovered.

In lieu of an in-game name, TaricIsNotASupport has called their Oblivion shade equine ‘Spookmane,’ which I deliberation is simply a fantastic effort. TaricIsNotASupport has pledged to proceed their escapade with Spookmane by their side. Perhaps this is simply a one-off, possibly it’s a secret, possibly it’s a bug. Either way, Spookmane has captured the attraction — and possibly adjacent a fewer hearts — of the Oblivion assemblage and its fans.

“This carnal mightiness beryllium my favourite caller person I’ve made,” TaricIsNotASupport said. “Spookmane, you’re glorious and I emotion you.”

Oblivion Remastered, developed by remake specializer Virtuos utilizing Unreal Engine 5, has a agelong database of ocular and diagnostic improvements. It runs astatine 4K solution and 60 frames per second, arsenic you'd expect, but different changes are much meaningful. Everything from the leveling systems to quality creation, and combat animations to in-game menus person been improved. Meanwhile, there's tons of caller dialogue, a due third-person view, and caller articulator sync technology. The changes are going down good with fans, immoderate of whom judge Oblivion Remastered would beryllium much accurately described arsenic a remake. Bethesda, however, has explained wherefore it went down the remaster route.

Now the crippled is retired successful the wild, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered players are informing newcomers to bash Kvatch earlier the level scaling makes it an implicit nightmare. We’ve besides got a study connected a subordinate who managed to flight the confines of Cyrodiil to research Valenwood, Skyrim, and adjacent Hammerfell, the rumored mounting of The Elder Scrolls VI.

And beryllium definite to cheque retired our 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.

Image credit: TaricIsNotASupport / reddit.

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