Summary
- Strong potions and poisons in Oblivion Remastered can be crafted using the Alchemy skill up to level 100.
- Potion of Stealth grants invisibility and Detect Life for stealth characters to avoid using magic.
- Customize powerful poisons like Mage's Bane and versatile potions like Full Restore for specific scenarios.
Oblivion Remastered has multiple skills for the player to experiment with, though one of the most surprisingly useful is the Alchemy skill. With players focusing their time on getting this skill to level 100, they will be able to make various powerful potions and poisons that can be created to help with various situations.
Oblivion Remastered: Best Novice Alchemy Recipes
Novice alchemy recipes in Oblivion aren't that strong, but some of them can be quite useful for beginner players.
From poisons that not only paralyze an enemy but also deal a substantial amount of damage, to potions that will revitalize every part of the player's character, Oblivion Remastered gives players the means to make their own powerful alchemical concoctions as long as they have the right equipment to make them. Therefore, these are by far the strongest potions and poisons, ranked.
8 Potion Of Sneaking
Potions That Combine Invisibility And Detect Life
- Bread Loaf
- Onion
- Motherwort Sprig
- Tinder Polypore Cap
Although players can increase their Sneaking skill as well as purchase Detect Life spells to replicate this potion's effects, those who are looking to avoid using magic during their playthrough of Oblivion Remastered may instead wish to create a potion that puts all the effects of being a stealth character together.
By combining the ingredients as mentioned above, players can create one of the strongest potions of stealth that not only provides them with invisibility, but also the means to detect life nearby them that can potentially last a longer time depending on the alchemy equipment the player has. This potion will also restore fatigue to allow players to dispatch enemies quickly without their stamina bar running low.
7 The Stealth Killer
Silences A Target And Deals An Immense Amount Of Damage
- Rat Meat
- Bergamot Seeds
- Venison
- Nightshade
The players that are the most likely to use poisons are those hoping to play Oblivion Remastered as some sort of stealth archer or stealth build. Therefore, the poisons they use should ensure they can remain in the shadows.
Another simple but effective poison a player should be sure to brew is best known as the Stealth Killer. This poison has the simple job of damaging health, magicka, and also silencing its target. While this may not sound like a lot, these three features are essential to quickly dispatching trouble before the entire fort can be alerted to the player's presence.
6 Carrying Potion
Better Than A Simple Feather Potion
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Somnalius Frond
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Garlic
- Ogre's Teeth
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Flax Seeds
Players who enjoy picking up every valuable item they find, no matter what weight it is, are in desperate need of brewing this potion in the Oblivion Remastered RPG. While a common Potion of Feather may do the trick, players can increase the amount of weight they can carry by drinking a potion that not only grants them Feather but also 
Fortify Strength.
Oblivion Remastered: Strongest Summons, Ranked
Conjuring is a powerful tool in Oblivion Remastered, and the best summons in the game can often turn the tide of a tricky battle.
This is because Strength is the skill in Oblivion that not only improves the damage of melee weapons, but also determines the carry weight of the player. By temporarily improving this stat, the player increases the space in their inventory, which allows them to now fast travel to town in the hopes of selling their heavy goods.
5 A Burdening Poison
Hinder Enemy Movement And Damage
- Steel Blue Entoloma Cap
- Fly Amanita Cap
- Ectoplasm
- Imp Gall
Hindering an opponent's movement is just as promising as players using a paralysis effect with Triple Burden poisons like this one to slow down their opponents, allowing the horribly damaging effects to gradually take over their body.
By combining ingredients like the ones above-mentioned, this poison makes the enemy's armor and weapons far too heavy for them, making it a lot harder for them to move, while they are unable to get close to the player the fire, shock, and regular damage eat away at them, meaning the player won't even need to take a second shot.
4 Strong Restore Health Potion
Sometimes A Simple Heal Is All That's Needed
- Venison
- Daedra Heart
While a player may be eager to put multiple ingredients together in the hopes of creating an extraordinary creation, some of the best potions a player should be brewing are also some of the simplest to create. Players who are trying to avoid buying multiple strong healing potions can instead brew their own, which gradually restore the player's health over time.
Simply combining the likes of Venison and Daedra Hearts, the player can make a pretty impressive Restore Health potion. However, it does heavily rely on the player having high-grade alchemy equipment if they hope for it to do a high amount of restoring, as well as make it last much longer.
3 Mage's Bane
The Perfect Poison Against Mages
- Bone Marrow
- Bergamot Seeds
- Frost Salts
- Apple
One of the biggest bonuses to a player brewing their own poisons in Oblivion Remastered is the player being able to create custom poisons that best suit the various scenarios they find themselves in. While a basic poison that damages an enemy's health may deal with the majority of problems a player could face during their adventure, sometimes an annoying mage comes along with a powerful healing spell that overrules any poison a player may originally make.
Oblivion Remastered: Most Useless Skills, Ranked
There are many skills in Oblivion Remastered, but not all of them are as helpful as players may think.
With a poison that has been fondly nicknamed Mage's Bane, a player can not only damage a mage but also apply all sorts of other effects to stop their annoying magic. Alongside the health and frost damage, this poison also silences its foe to stop them from using certain magic, as well as damages their Magicka to prevent any other spells.
2 A Full Restore
Replenish All The Player's Bars With One Potion
- Alocasia Fruit
- Blackberry
- Flax Seeds
- Lavender Sprig
For some of the most intense battles, simply restoring the health of the player isn't enough. In those situations, a player should be sure to have some full restore potions prepared. These potions not only heal the player over time but also restore their Fatigue and Magicka too.
It should be noted that in order to make this potion without any other effects, the player will be required to visit the Shivering Isles, which Oblivion Remastered, unlike the original Oblivion title, comes with. When there, they should be sure to collect plenty of Alocasia Fruit.
1 Freeze And Bleed
A Versatile And Deadly Poison
- Milk Thistle Seeds
- Nightshade
- Harrada
- Frost Salts
Players who are looking for versatility in the poisons they brew should look no further than a poison that freezes their opponent in place. Players are free to call this poison whatever they wish, though freeze and bleed is a great way to describe it. As is expected, one of the main features of this poison is the frost damage it does, which also freezes them in place due to the paralysis it causes.
Alongside this, the poison also has the means to do additional damage to the enemy's health, and also has a helpful serving of Silence to make this an alternative to creating poisons like Mage's Bane.
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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
- Platform(s)
- Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PlayStation 5, PC
- Genre(s)
- Action, RPG, Open-World, Adventure
