Bethesda Finally Reveals The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered's First Patch — but Performance Improvements Will Have to Wait Until Patch 2

Bethesda has released details of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered’s archetypal post-launch patch, which is disposable contiguous (June 5, 2025) successful Steam beta signifier earlier a merchandise crossed each different platforms connected June 11.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered - Update 1.1 is the archetypal of 2 abstracted patches to beryllium launched successful the coming weeks, Bethesda said successful a station connected Steam. Both are connected Steam Beta first.

This archetypal update focuses connected quests, large bugs and blockers, and prime of beingness fixes. The 2nd update volition absorption connected performance. Bethesda said it volition stock much details “when we are able.”

A show spot is overmuch needed. Oblivion Remastered has enjoyed a hugely palmy launch, with implicit 4 cardinal players and a ‘very positive’ idiosyncratic reappraisal standing connected Steam. However, if there’s 1 contented that continues to harvest up, it’s show problems.

The tech experts astatine Digital Foundry recovered Oblivion Remastered connected consoles to person important problems crossed the board. DF’s Thomas Morgan said of Virtuos’ Unreal Engine 5 overhaul:

No level is spared of issues: whether it's PS5, PS5 Pro, oregon either Xbox Series machine, each conflict with traversal hitches portion roaming the unfastened world. Secondly, there's large sub-60fps frame-rates, wherever I've besides discovered that show dilatory degrades with much playing clip — rather perchance down to a representation leak. And finally, bundle freezes are the icing connected the cake, with each PlayStation and Xbox platforms crashing to the strategy paper connected loading a prevention 1 excessively galore times.

How does this manifest itself in-game? According to DF, a “charged” playthrough with much continuous play clip down it performs worse than a caller boot. Cycling done saves besides introduces bugs successful the charged play through, Morgan revealed. And this is peculiarly curious: this besides leads to the camera presumption being excessively precocious portion riding horseback. You tin hole this by resetting the game.

“It's a dire presumption for immoderate remaster to beryllium successful and developer Virtuos needs to code the game's stableness - the crashes - arsenic a priority,” Morgan continued.

That’s a damning appraisal of Oblivion connected console, but what astir PC? DF called PC show “dire.” It’s worthy checking retired DF’s investigation successful afloat for more.

As for Update 1.1., highlights see ToggleHudVisibility and ShowHud console commands, which volition beryllium cleanable for those looking to seizure Oblivion Remastered screenshots (it’s a gorgeous game!), a hole for not automatically showing the Local Map erstwhile wrong interior spaces and a hole for the Local Map being blank erstwhile opening, and a hole for the first-person camera being acceptable supra the player's head.

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.

Soon aft launch, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered players started 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.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered - Update 1.1 spot notes:

• Enabled ToggleHudVisibility and ShowHud console commands

• Fix for missing substance erstwhile installing the Deluxe Upgrade
• Fix 'Skip' fastener not showing correctly during intro
• Fix for Redguard Origin stats being reversed
• Fix for not automatically showing Local Map erstwhile wrong interior spaces
• Fix for being incapable to sanction Enchanted items erstwhile utilizing a controller
• Fix punctuation issues successful Chinese translation
• Localized drawstring fixes
• Fix for interacting with Daedric Shrines not displaying subtitles

• Fix clang erstwhile loading aft accelerated question to Vilverin
• Fix clang erstwhile exploring Crayfish Cave
• Fix clang erstwhile warring Stunted Scamps
• Fix clang erstwhile paying the good aft stealing successful Castle Bravil
• Fix for clang erstwhile loading Quicksaves
• Fix clang erstwhile loading aft accelerated question to Mortal Camp
• Fix for clang erstwhile loading a prevention successful Quill-Weave's house
• Fix clang erstwhile rapidly switching betwixt Quality and Performance modes
• Fix clang erstwhile storing items successful a thorax successful Frostcrag Spire
• Fix clang erstwhile creating aggregate potions astatine erstwhile utilizing stolen ingredients
• Fix assorted CPU crashes

• Fix subordinate animation issues erstwhile mounting horses
• Fix High Chancellor Ocato arms not animating
• Fix Shambles' animations getting stuck erstwhile attacking
• Fix for Staff of Sheogorath not freezing enemies
• Fix for Cap'n Dugal not spawning
• Fix for Light spells not showing VFX
• Fix for offset Map Markers erstwhile moving connected a secondary monitor
• Fix for Local Map being blank erstwhile opening
• Fix Peryite Shrine's voiceover being chopped off
• Fix for First Person camera being acceptable supra the player's head
• Fix for Chameleon VFX being stuck connected player
• Fix for player's tegument textures not matching erstwhile infected with a disease

• Fix subordinate settings being reset erstwhile updating Settings
• Fix XCloud mirroring settings from PC to XBOX
• Fix for infinite loading issues
• Fix for freezing erstwhile pressing Alt+Tab
• Fix autosaving creating a caller radical of saves
• Fix for aged prevention files being renamed erstwhile the quality is renamed astatine the Sewer exit
• Fix for tiny Display Resolution sizes not showing correctly successful Windowed Mode

• The Battle for Kvatch - Fix Savlian becoming stuck aft Castle Courtyard fight
• A Knife successful the Dark - Fix for Vincente Valtieri losing his hair
• Finding the Thieves Guild - Fix for NPCs not appearing
• The Sunken One - Fix for a Diary leafage being hidden nether a bowl
• The Elven Maiden - Fix for clang erstwhile Hieronymus Lex attempts to instrumentality Llathasa's Bust retired of the cupboard successful Myvryna Arano's house

This update volition beryllium successful the Steam Beta. If you would similar to opt successful to the The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered Beta update, delight travel these instructions:
- Open your Steam Library and navigate to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
- Right click connected "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered" and prime "Properties"
- In the caller properties pop-up window, prime "Betas"
- In the beta driblet down to opt into, prime "[beta]"
- Wait for app to download caller physique and launch

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