In the treacherous world of Oblivion Remastered, diseases lurk around every corner, ready to sap your strength and ruin your quest. From the annoying Collywobbles to the dreaded Porphyric Hemophilia, knowing how to cure these ailments quickly can mean the difference between survival and a slow, painful decline. Whether you prefer potions, spells, or a visit to a chapel, this guide reveals all the surefire ways to cleanse your character and keep your adventure on track across PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.
Our Oblivion Remastered guide will tell you how to cure diseases, including which items to eat, potions to make, spells to cast, and shrines to visit. We’ve also included a list of all diseases in Oblivion Remastered.
How to tell if you have a disease in Oblivion Remastered
To tell if you have a disease in Oblivion Remastered, you can check your character’s status screen in the magic menu, where any active diseases will be listed. Additionally, your character will show visible symptoms of illness, such as a sickly appearance or reduced attributes and skills, which can also affect your speed and agility. The remastered version enhances these visual cues, making diseases more noticeable and immersive. Diseases are usually contracted through melee attacks from infected enemies during combat, so if you notice your stats dropping or your character looking unwell after a fight, you likely have a disease.
Open your menu to the Magic screen and then tab over to the skull – Active Effects. There, you’ll find a list of everything that’s affecting your stats, both good and bad. Scrolling through each of them, and you’ll see what disease, is any, is causing a negative effect.
All diseases list in Oblivion Remastered
In Oblivion Remastered, there is a wide array of diseases that players can contract, each causing various detrimental effects such as attribute drains and increased weaknesses. Some of the notable diseases include Astral Vapors, Ataxia, Black-Heart Blight, Brain Rot, Collywobbles, Porphyric Hemophilia (which leads to Vampirism), and many others. These diseases affect stats like Strength, Agility, Endurance, Intelligence, and more, often weakening the character significantly. The full list encompasses over 30 diseases, each with unique effects and sources of infection, ranging from attacks by zombies and rats to other hostile creatures and environmental hazards. Fortunately, all these diseases (except Vampirism itself) can be cured using the “Cure Disease” effect through potions, spells, specific ingredients, or praying at altars.
There are a lot of diseases floating around Cyrodiil. You have the chance of picking up diseases based on the enemies you fight (and get attacked by), who you interact with, and even where you sleep.
In Oblivion Remastered, curing diseases is essential to maintaining your character’s strength and abilities. You can cure diseases by using the “Cure Disease” effect, which is available through drinking potions, eating specific foods like Mandrake Root or Shepherd’s Pie, praying at chapels, or casting a Cure Disease spell from the Restoration school of magic. Most diseases are instantly cured by these methods, except for Vampirism, which requires a special quest to cure if contracted. For quick relief, potions and spells are effective, while praying at chapels offers a free but sometimes slower alternative. Additionally, players can use console commands on PC to instantly remove diseases if desired.
Disease |
Effect |
Contracted from |
|---|---|---|
| Astral Vapors | Stunted Magicka; drain Magicka 15; weakness to Magicka 25% | Dread Zombies |
| Ataxia | Drain Strength 5; drain Agility 5 | Bolwing; Fimmion; Flesh Atronachs; Imus the Dull; Zombies |
| Black-Heart Blight | Drain Strength 5; drain Endurance 5 | Fralav the Faker; Headless Zombies |
| Blood Lung | Drain Endurance 5 | Rancid Ra’dirsha; Rats |
| Bone Break Fever | Drain Strength 5 | Foul Fagus; Rats |
| Brain Rot | Drain Strength 5 | Nigidius the Needy; Rats |
| Brown Rot | Drain Strength 5; drain Personality 5 | Any enemy attacking with a hoe; Penniless Olvus; Zombies |
| Cannibal’s Prion | Drain Agility 20; drain Intelligence 20 | Eating the Beating Heart |
| Chanthrax Blight | Drain Agility 10; drain Speed 10 | Boar; Headless Zombie |
| Chills | Drain Intelligence 10; drain Agility 10; drain Willpower 10 | Cosmus the Cheat; Headless Zombie; any enemy attacking with a hoe |
| Collywobbles | Drain Strength 10; drain Endurance 10; drain Speed 10 | Headless Zombie; any enemy attacking with a hoe; No-Coins Draninus; Wretched Aia |
| Dampworm | Drain Speed 5 | Any enemy attacking with a hoe; Deer; Zombies |
| Droops | Drain Agility 5 | Any enemy attacking with a hoe; Sheep; Zombies |
| Feeble Limb | Drain Strength 5 | Rats |
| Greenspore | Drain Personality 10 | Slaughterfish; Zombies |
| Helljoint | Drain Agility 5; drain Speed 5 | Simplicia the Slow; Wolves; Zombies |
| Porphyric Hemophilia | Drain Fatigue 5; become Vampire after 3 days | Vampires |
| Rattles | Drain Agility 10; drain Willpower 10 | Fetid Jofnhild; Headless Zombie |
| Red Rage | Drain Strength 5; drain Willpower 5 | Nigidius the Needy; Rats |
| Rockjoint | Drain Agility 10 | Bruccius the Orphan; Zombies |
| Rust Chancre | Drain Personality 5; drain Speed 5 | Jorck the Outcast; Zombies |
| Scalon Blight | Drain Endurance 3; weakness to Fire 25%; weakness to Frost 25% | Scalon |
| Scalon Fever | Drain Endurance 2; weakness to Frost 25% | Scalon |
| Scalon Sunburn | Drain Endurance 4; weakness to Magic 25% | Scalon |
| Serpiginous Dementia | Drain Intelligence 10; drain Personality 10; drain Willpower 5 | Headless Zombie; Luckless Lucina |
| Shakes | Drain Agility 5 | Foul Fagus; Rats |
| Swamp Fever | Drain Strength 10; drain Endurance 10 | Baliwog; Headless Zombie; Lazy Kaslowyn; Mudcrab; Ragbag Buntara |
| Ticklebritch | Drain Endurance 5; drain Personality 15 | Any enemy attacking with a hoe |
| Tunnel Cough | Drain Sneak 15 | Argonian Laborer; Drothmeri Steward; Khajiit Laborer; Laborer |
| Witbane | Drain Intelligence 5 | Dog; Zombies |
| Wither | Drain Strength 5; drain Endurance 10 | Any enemy attacking with a hoe; Mountain Lion; Nermus the Mooch; Zombie |
| Witless Pox | Drain Intelligence 5 | Rancid Ra’dirsha; Rats |
| Yellow Tick | Drain Strength 5; drain Speed 10 | Ancus Afranius; Bear; Brina Cross Inn bed; Deeh the Scalawag; Headless Zombie |
Cannibal’s Prion and Porphyric Hemophilia are both related to vampirism.
How to cure diseases in Oblivion Remastered
In Oblivion Remastered, curing diseases is straightforward and can be done through several methods. The most common way is to use the “Cure Disease” effect, which can be obtained by consuming specific ingredients like Mandrake Root, drinking potions of Cure Disease, or casting a Restoration spell with the Cure Disease effect. Additionally, praying at chapels or shrines in major cities instantly cures all diseases without using Magicka. These methods work for nearly all diseases except Vampirism, which requires a special quest to cure if not treated within three days. Players can also use console commands on PC to add Cure Disease potions for quick healing. Acting quickly is important since diseases reduce your character’s attributes and skills, impacting gameplay.
Before we go into all the different ways to cure diseases, we should note that anything that cures a disease cures every disease affecting you – eating one shepherd’s pie is the same as casting the spell is the same as drinking the potion. That means deciding how to cure your disease(s) is as simple as checking what’s at hand.
If you catch a disease in Oblivion Remastered, you’ve got several options for curing it. These range from just eating a thing up to traveling to a few specific locations. We’ll go in order of complexity:
- Eat any item with “Cure Disease” as its primary effect. That’s it. These items include mandrake root, root pulp, Clannfear claws, and shepherd’s pie.
- Consume a Potion of Cure Disease. You can buy these from alchemists, or make your own. Ingredients to brew your own include: mandrake root, root pulp, Clannfear claws, shepherd’s pie, elf cup cap, hunger tongue, red kelp gas bladder, and withering moon.
- Cast a Cure Disease spell. You can purchase the Journeyman-level Restoration spell Cure Disease from several priests (at the Altars of the Nine) and healers around Cyrodiil.
- Visit an Altar of the Nine. There is an altar at each of the Great Chapels that you will find in every major city.
What are the most effective ways to cure diseases quickly in Oblivion Remastered
The most effective ways to cure diseases quickly in Oblivion Remastered are:
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Praying at the Altars of the Nine located in the chapels of all major cities (except the Imperial City and Anvil). This method is free and instant, but requires that your fame is higher than your infamy and that you have no active bounty, or the gods will refuse to cure you.
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Consuming ingredients with the “Cure Disease” effect, such as Mandrake Root, Root Pulp, or Clannfear Claws. Eating these will immediately remove any disease.
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Drinking a Potion of Cure Disease, which can be bought from alchemists or crafted using ingredients like Elf Cup Cap, Red Kelp Gas Bladder, Hunger Tongue, or Withering Moon. Crafting requires some Alchemy skill but provides a reliable cure on the go.
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Casting the Cure Disease spell from the Restoration school, purchasable from priests in major chapels for around 140 gold. This spell instantly removes all diseases and is useful if you prefer magic over consumables or shrine visits.
Note that all diseases except Vampirism can be cured by these methods; Vampirism requires a separate process.
In summary, the quickest and most accessible cure is to pray at the Altars of the Nine if your character’s reputation allows it; otherwise, potions, ingredients, or the Cure Disease spell offer effective alternatives.
What is the fastest way to cure diseases without using potions in Oblivion Remastered
The fastest way to cure diseases in Oblivion Remastered without using potions is to pray at the Altars of the Nine in any chapel of the major cities. This method is free, instant, and very accessible, making it the quickest cure if you can reach a chapel in time.
Alternatively, you can eat ingredients or food items that have the “Cure Disease” effect, such as Mandrake Root, Root Pulp, Clannfear Claws, or Shepherd’s Pie. Eating these items cures disease immediately without needing to craft or consume potions.
In summary, praying at a chapel altar is the fastest no-cost cure, and eating cure-disease ingredients is the fastest alternative if you are away from a chapel.
