Cheats ( Oblivion ) In addition to playing the game through " as intended , " many players also enjoy pushing the game engine to its limits , or taking advantage of bugs or other unintended effects to play " outside the box . " Besides outright cheating , there are also a number of ways to exploit the game ' s rules to speed up progress or gain a more powerful character . The cheats listed here fall into three basic categories : exploiting known bugs , using internal console commands , and means to abuse the game engine without actually " breaking " any rules . Console commands . The PC version of the game gives players access to the debugging console , which is typically used by employees when play testing the game . As such , the console allows the player to directly manipulate the game world in ways not normally intended . To access the console , press the tilde key , ' ~ ' ( usually , next to the 1 key ) . This will pause the game and display the console cursor , and any recent commands that may have been run . Some users may have trouble bringing up the console . It is said that in such cases the ' or @ key may work , or the key directly left of the 1 ( assuming that ' s not the ~ key . ) Also , there is a known issue with Windows Media Center edition , when the infrared unit is connected to the USB port when you boot your system , you cannot access the console ( or , apparently , use the ~ key at all ) until you unplug the unit and reboot . Gold and items . The AddItem console command allows the player to add any number of any item in the game directly to the inventory . The command looks like this : The term actor here just means an object that represents some character in the game . The word also appears in many of the commands that affect NPCs , but for these purposes , the global actor name player always refers to the player ' s character . The ItemID for gold is . The leading 0 ' s to the ItemID are not necessary , so all that would have to be entered is the letter F . Item IDs for most other items can be found in the list mentioned above . So , to endow the player with an additional 1000 gold , the command to enter is : Or , alternately without the leading 0 ' s , the command would be : Note that calling AddItem with no parameters will make a complete copy of the player character itself . Do not attack this clone , as it belongs to all of tha already joined guilds and there will be the usual repurcussions . There is a way to get unlimited money on consoles . Find a person named Dorian in Imperial City ( Talos Plaza district ) . Make sure some money is possessed , persuade him but drop his approval , then bribe him . The more money he is bribed by , the faster the rate the player ' s money goes up . Then kill him and loot his corpse , but don ' t take it all as the game may freeze . His money won ' t run out until his corpse disappears . This is a good way to get into the Dark Brotherhood , as Dorian is useless . Skills and attributes . Several commands exists that let you alter the skills and attributes of your character . The ModPCAttribute and MODPCSkill command ( abbreviated modpca and modpcs ) allow you to increase an attribute or skill on the player character . Set SetActorValue function ( abbreviated setav ) , when called on the player object , allows you to directly set the value of an attribute or skill . ( Note that SetActorValue can also edit other information about your player , such as your bounty , chameleon level , magic resistances , etc . ) The difference between the two methods for changing your skills involves the levelling process . When you use ModPCSkill to raise a skill , it doesn ' t actually advance your " usage count " to the minimum needed for that level . This technically gives you " negative " progress towards your next skill increase . Using completely made - up numbers , if you needed to cast 50 spells to raise Destruction , and you had already cast 25 of them , using ModPCSkill to raise Destruction would mean you had - 25 uses . This means you ' d need to cast 25 more spells just to get your progress meter back to 0 . Using SetActorValue in this same case would leave you with 25 uses out of whatever the new total needed was . On the other hand , ModPCSkill increases count towards your character level , while SetActorValue increases do not . A word of warning : Trying to set values over 255 will roll them back to zero . Negative numbers also work , though they may cause unstable behavior ( especially if you lower a skill or attribute below the minimum requirements for your current skill level , class , etc . ) These commands are used like so : For example , to raise your Strength by 15 , your Marksman by 25 , make yourself a master in security , and give yourself a permanent 200 foot Detect Life condition : Targeted commands . In some cases , you can execute commands on other objects in the world . The easiest way to do this is to enter the console while the object ( item , corpse , NPC , etc . ) is on screen , and while the game is paused , click on them . The item ' s name and ID will appear across the top of the screen . Certain commands will automatically affect the targeted item , such as : Miscellaneous commands . A number of other console commands can be used to alter the basic game behavior . The most frequently used commands are : Beat Oblivion in 20 minutes . To beat " Oblivion " in twenty minutes , several paintbrushes will be required . After this , the game has been completed and the ending of the game will be shown . Known bugs . Some bugs commonly used to cheat are : Note that bugs are constantly being fixed by Bethesda , so these cheats may not always work on the latest patch . See the bugs article for more details . Exploits . Exploits are degenerate strategies that tend to emerge from complex systems . Whether or not a strategy can be considered an exploit can be a bit of a judgment call , since exploits are not , strictly speaking , cheats : they are part and parcel of the rules of the game . Some strategies will seem " unrealistic " when compared to the theme of the game , but still be balanced within the abstract scope of the game mechanics . Other exploits will make total perceivable sense , but undermine the balance of the game . Arena . To gain an unfair advantage against an opponent in an Arena match , simply jump and toggle sneak mode while turning backwards toward the right wall , near the entrance . If this is performed before or during the countdown , it will be possible to glitch through the wall and fall out of the Arena ; then try to move forward while falling and it will spawn the player in the middle of the ring a few seconds ahead of the opponent , allowing extra time to prepare and hide . Leveling . There are a number of techniques for leveling specific skills without using them in any productive manner . Some of these techniques are obviously against the " spirit " of the game , while others may be completely reasonable for your character . One word of warning : some of these exploits can allow you to level your skills unattended . If you raise a skill too many levels at once , you will effectively be wasting attribute bonus points on your next character level , since those max out at + 5 . You can also go to Tove The Unrestful ' s house in Bliss . Go upstairs to Tove ' s " skyboat . " It will have a " roof " of sorts over the boat . Stand just under the edge of the " roof " and jump repeatedly while pushing forward toward the boat slightly . This will allow you to raise your acrobatics fifty to sixty levels within as little as half an hour . You can also go to the Bruma Mages guild , go to the left of the main room and up the stairs . Repeatedly jump on the banister whilst pushing forwards . In the Imperial City Waterfront , Go on to the Pirate ship . Where all of the Pirates attack you the first time you arrive . Go into the Captain ' s room , and stand on his bed . Look towards the wall painting , if done correctly , you ' ll jump and land in a very short amount of time , increasing your Acrobatics quickly . Alteration : Burden , Feather , Water Breathing , Water Walking , Shield , or variant shield spells Conjuration : Bound Items or Turn Undead ( if it can be cast on self ) Destruction : Damage Health or Corrode Armor or Weapons ( if you want to get Armorer up as well ) Illusion : Chameleon , Invisibility or Charm Mysticism : Soul Trap or Dispel Restoration : Most anything , really . Heal , Absorb , Restore , etc . The following techniques can also be used to rapidly raise skill levels , but arguably fall within the realm of expected behavior for a player character . As such , they are not always considered exploits : Killing by blocking . The intended feature : If you have a high disposition with someone , you can yield to them immediately after attacking them ( hold " Block , " and press ( A ) or " Activate " while facing the character ) . The character will say something like " I accept your yield " and go back to passive behavior . The yield was introduced so that accidental attacks on friends could be " un - done , " rather than having to reload due to a simple mistake . The exploit : You can keep attacking and then yielding to a friendly / neutral NPC until they are dead ! Both their health " and " disposition are lowered by attacks ; if they are attacked at low disposition , they will refuse to yield , persuasion or bribes will raise it again . Couple this with sneak attacks to drain their health faster . Note that if you do this in cities , the city guard will inevitably try to find you as it counts as an assault . You should have enough time to kill most people within their houses with this method , though . Killing by summoning . If you need to kill an NPC , especially guards , without getting a penalty , a quick way is to summon a high level Daedra and make it go rogue . Dremora work especially well , as they are strong , use both melee and magical attacks , and are universally considered ' evil ' by NPCs . Simply summon the Dremora near a guard and punch it three times . It will go rogue , and the guard will run in to help . You can then step back and let the Dremora wear the guard down , and repeat as needed . Beware ! It is unknown in other versions of the game , but , on the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions , if you force a summoned creature to go rouge , and it kills someone , the guards will see that you caused the creature to go on a rampage , and , because its your creature , you are liable for its actions , and you will get a 1000 gold blood price for murder , and since you didn ' t actually attack the person , you save 40 gold from assault charges , but you still have to pay the price for murder if someone was killed . Note that not all creatures are considered evil by all NPCs . Killing by raging . Create or buy a Frenzy Spell of fairly high level ( Touch of Rage is a good one ) and cast it on someone you want to kill . Casting the spell on the person is not considered a crime , and it will cause them to attack you , so fighting back and killing them won ' t be considered a crime either . This is good for Dark Brotherhood Quests , as it will allow you to do them without upping your infamy . Does not work on guards . Free Daedric equipment . There are at least three known methods for getting " free " high - level Daedric equipment . Two methods involve tricking the game into allowing you to drop a bound item . Under normal circumstances , the game will not allow you to drop conjured equipment , or even unequip it . Attempting to drop the item fails with a message that it cannot be dropped ; even simply sheathing the weapon causes it to vanish . However , using one of the following techniques , you will be allowed to drop the item onto the ground . When the spell ends , the game attempts to remove the item from your inventory , but it is no longer where it should be , and so it is never removed from the game . The first method requires access to an Altar of Spellmaking , such as the one at the Arcane University . This technique only works for creating permanent weapons , as follows : The second technique works for both weapons or armor , you can do it at any Armorer skill . The process is as follows : Damaging the equipment may be a bit tricky , as you are presumably not creating these items in the middle of combat . Since you are already a Conjurer , one easy solution is to use a summoned creature . If you can create spells , a custom Disintegrate Weapon / Armor On Self spell also works well . Both techniques have the added benefit of increasing your Conjuration skill in the process . Also , if you are an expert in armorer and want to easily increase this skill , repairing these permanent items from 100 % to 125 % will help significantly . Repairing Daedric equipment has a larger effect than ' normal ' equipment , because they have more health points than any other . These items are not only very powerful weapons or armor , but unlike physical Daedric equipment , the bound items have no weight . The summoned versions of Daedric equipment still adversely affect your spellcasting effectiveness , and are somewhat more fragile than their real counterparts . The Cuirass and Greaves count as Heavy , the rest Light ; they can be repaired at any Armorer skill level , and sell for zero Septims . Another way is to summon a dremora and kill it while tapping A . If done right you will search the summoned dremora and can take it ' s armor . 100 % Chameleon . Join the Arcane University . Enchant 5 clothing / armor items with 20 % Chameleon . Wear them all at once . The effects will stack giving you 100 % Chameleon . Now you can attack monsters all day and they will never see you or counterattack . You can also steal anything you want . If you are caught pickpocketing , you can just resist arrest and walk away from the guards . An easy way to obtain the grand souls needed is to steal a grand soul gem from the Arcane University and change it into a black , then duplicate it . Go to bandit camps and soul trap the bandits . This should give you a grand soul . Another way of doing this is to enter a Plane of Oblivion , get to the Sigil Stone , save , then grab the stone . If you get the silence for x secs on target / Chameleon 30 % on self stone , then all you have to do is use the item duping cheat . If you do not , reload your save and grab the stone again . Use the duped sigil stones on four un - enchanted items that are wearable , and you will have a 120 % Chameleon effect . You can also achieve this with the silence for x sec / chameleon 15 % sigil stone obtainable at level 8 with 7 pieces of un - enchanted armor . Then the world is your playground . Cheap , instant kills . It is necessary to have access to the Arcane University for this , but it will work for either an enchanted weapon or a created spell . Enter the University , and find the Altar of Spellmaking or Enchanting and create a spell with the effect Drain 100 Health for 1 second . A Destruction skill of 25 is all that is necessary for this to work . Under level 30 , this will kill anything . After this level , it is likely that targets will not be instantly killed anymore . This can be worked around by adding some more damaging effects ( Damage health , fatigue , etc . ) . If this is made as an enchantment rather than a spell , the same Destruction and magicka requirement applies , and the final weapon won ' t require much magic to recharge . To kill stronger enemies , try creating a spell with the same effect as above , though with Drain 80 – 90 Health for 2 – 3 seconds . This will be more costly , but you will be able to kill much stronger creatures . Try adding a weakness to magicka 100 % for 1 second , as this will double the spells effects . Permanent boosts . To gain several permanent stat / skill boosts , gain any quest item that has a constant boosting effect on it and cannot be removed ( e . g . the Boots of Springheel Jak ) . Equip this item and either get yourself arrested or do a quest in which all your items are removed . When you get out of jail ( or get your items back ) , you will see that the boost is still in effect but you are not wearing the quest item . You can now equip any other item in place of the quest one , but you will not be able to wear the quest item again ( though the boost will remain permanently ) . This can be done with the latest patch using scrolls : You can no longer wear the item , but the effect remains on you permanently . This has not been verified on the PC version of the game . Be careful what you do this with , you might get permanent weight added on too ! Near - invincible stats . Your character should preferably be beyond level 25 to do this ! One method to become nearly invincible is as follows : Collect the following items : Final stats ( plus any racial modifiers ) . Another method is as follows : With a high enough Alchemy skill you can make your own Reflect Damage and Spell potions . As always , the strength of these potions is determined by both your Alchemy level and the level of the equipment used . Add Shield spells and you ' re invincible . Another way to become near invincible for Bretons . Pick enough magical items to get damage reflection to 100 % and the Mundane Ring . Stats shown for leveled items are the stats if you obtained them at their highest level . You ' re now immune to magic with 35 % spell reflection and immune to melee damage ( you still take damage from arrows but they are easy enough to dodge ) Another method to be near invincible . Totals : After leaving the sewers go across the lake and kill the bandits , take their arrows and go to the Imperial marketplace . Sell the arrows and any other treasures in Three Brothers Trade goods then go to The Mystic Emporium and buy his grand soul gem and scrolls . Duplicate the gems then sell them back to the merchant then raise the barter to 49 ( should be able to sell them 100 per ) and sell them to him in batches of ten . You should be able to easy rack up cash by duplicating gems and selling them back . Duplication . There is a much simpler way to duplicate items and weapons ( that aren ' t one of a kind or quest items ) . To do this unequip ( if the weapon or item is equipped ) and change the inventory screen to the page that holds scrolls and select one ( there must be more than one of the same scroll for this to work and it must NOT be over 250 otherwise the game will lag and freeze eventually ) you then go to the item you want to duplicate and drop it and when you come out of the inventory the item will drop but there will be how ever many scrolls of the same that were selected . It is a good idea to buy two of the same scroll and duplicate another which will be easier than hunting them out . Note that some items cannot be duplicated or need full health or enchantment ( if enchanted ) or both to be duplicated . Alternately , if you haven ' t started the Mages Guild Quest line yet , you can get 4 Beguile scrolls from Kud - Ei , I started out with 4 ( providing you ' re in the thieves guild , Varon Vamori ' s disposition is either 100 or close to it ) and I made it up to 1 , 000 + scrolls , not of the same kind , just 200 scrolls here and there . Also if you have some money ( preferably 200 + ) or you just bribe the wife for the staff ' s location ) ) .