Summary
- Food, wine, and potions are valuable steals in Oblivion Remastered due to their abundance and high selling prices.
- Vintage wines and spell scrolls are light to carry and can fetch a good sum when sold to a Fence in the game.
- Jewelry, alchemy equipment, and enchanted weapons and armor are also lucrative items for players to steal for profit.
When joining the Thieves Guild in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, players will finally be able to sell their stolen goods to a fence who will happily give them a pretty gold Septim (or quite a few) for the items that they have stolen from around Cyrodill.
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While anything that has been picked up from an NPC's home or store can be sold, players only have so much inventory space available before they become encumbered. Therefore, a player should be sure to prioritize the stealing of these particular items in Oblivion Remastered, as they offer the best amount of gold when being sold to a fence.
8 Food
It's Light, And There's Lots Of It
While food in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered may not sell for as much as some other items in this RPG, it's still an item that can be found in abundance across the entirety of Cyrodill. Since food can be found literally anywhere, it is one of the most reliable things a player can steal. On top of that, food items tend not to weigh too much, meaning that a lot can be grabbed and sold for greater profits.
Food isn't just something a player should steal in Oblivion so that they can sell it; it also makes for a great item to steal due to food being a key part of alchemy. Many foods can be used to create all sorts of restorative potions, and therefore, a player shouldn't have to worry about buying ingredients.
7 Vintage Wines
The Better The Vintage, The Higher The Price
Alongside food, wine is another thing that the people of Cyrodill adore, with places like Skingrad having two popular vineyards that supply wine for the rest of Cyrodill as well as other areas of Tamriel. While cheap wine may not sell for much, as is expected, players can still find in the homes of people in Oblivion the occasional fancy bottle of wine.
Depending on the vintage that the player has found, this wine can become quite expensive and therefore can be sold to the Thieves Guild fence for quite the nice sum of gold. Another positive of wine is that it also doesn't weigh as much as other things that can be collected. Therefore, the player can hoard a lot of expensive wine to take with them to the fence.
6 Potions
Some Of The Strongest Sell For A Lot
There's only one thing better than alchemical ingredients such as food, which can be stolen and then sold, and that's potions. While it's one thing for a player to break down all their ingredients into potions in order to either make more space in their inventory or to sell them, the same can be said for stealing potions, too.
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Potions don't take up much room in the player's inventory, and depending on how strong a potion is, it can also sell for quite a lot of money. Those looking to make the most of these up-for-grabs drinkable items should be sure to sneak around the alchemy stores after hours to nab every concoction around.
5 Spell Scrolls
Another Light But Valuable Steal
The majority of the best items to steal in Oblivion Remastered are those that are light to carry but sell for a lot. This is because a player can stuff their packs full of stolen goods that sell for great sums without having to worry about not being able to carry them all.
When exploring Cyrodill, players will likely encounter all sorts of spell shops. While players may enter these places to buy their own new spells, they can also purchase scrolls. A thief can instead take the opportunity to visit the shop on a night when it's closed to steal all the scrolls that are likely displayed around the shop. Depending on the sort of spell, these can sell for a lot more, though spell books are another good steal also.
4 Skill Books
It's Better Than Just Picking Up Every Book
Reading is something a player can get lost in when playing The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered. However, one thing that's better than reading books in Oblivion is selling them for a decent amount of money. While the regular books in the RPG may not sell for a lot, players can also get their hands on a variety of skill books.
Players should be able to easily tell which of these books are skill books due to them selling for a slightly higher amount of money. What makes it even better is that players can still earn the skill from reading a stolen book, and then they can sell it after they have used it. These skill books can be quite rare in an NPC's home, but many of the book stores of Cyrodill have an abundance of them.
3 Alchemy Equipment
All Things Alchemy Are Worthwhile To Steal
Alchemy continues to be a thief's best friend, as almost every part of the process can make the player a lot of money. Another promising part of it to steal are the various bits of alchemy equipment that are required to brew potions in Oblivion Remastered.
Oblivion Remastered: Best Items To Duplicate
Duplicating items in Oblivion Remastered can have players feeling a greater sense of freedom to explore their options.
From a Mortar and Pestle, Retort, Calcinator, and Alembic, each part can be stolen from valuable alchemy shops or NPC homes to improve a player's wallet. Depending on the level of the equipment, it can also determine how much it will sell for, though even a novice mortal and pestles sell for a great amount.
2 Weapons And Armor
Although It Can Be Heavy, It's Worth It
While a lot of the best items to steal in Oblivion Remastered are lighter objects that sell for a lot, weapons and armor are another great way for a player to make money. Some of the hardest locked chests in an NPC's home can provide players with plenty of armor and weapon options that they can sell to their fence. Simply breaking into a blacksmith also has great potential.
A regular suit of armor or weapon may already sell for a fair amount, but players who are truly hoping to profit from being a criminal should make sure they look out for the enchanted weaponry in particular. These particular weapons always sell for more than usual.
1 Jewelry
Players Should Have The Space To Steal Everything In A Jewelry Shop
By far, one of the best things a player should be sure to steal whenever they get the chance is the assortment of dainty jewelry that can be found around the world. It should strike a player's fancy due to how light it is to hold in their inventory, and many of these pieces are also incredibly valuable due to the materials the rings and necklaces are made out of.
Like the weapons and armor, rings and necklaces can also be found enchanted, which makes these already expensive jeweled items even more valuable to be sold to a fence. Players should be sure to break into a couple of jewelry stores if they hope to make a quick buck.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 82 /100 Critics Rec: 87%
- Released
- April 22, 2025
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Sexual Themes, Violence
- Publisher(s)
- Bethesda
WHERE TO PLAY
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
- Genre(s)
- Action, RPG, Open-World, Adventure
