To level up in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, you need to increase your Major Skills a total of 10 times in any combination. Each time you raise any of your Major Skills by 10 points collectively, you qualify for a level up
How to Level Up
- Increase Major Skills: Use your Major Skills in gameplay to raise their levels. For example, if your Major Skills are Blade, Sneak, and Alchemy, using these skills will increase their experience.
- Reach 10 Skill Increases: Once you have increased any combination of your Major Skills by 10 points total, you become eligible to level up.
- Sleep to Level Up: After reaching 10 skill increases, you must sleep in a bed (owning a bed gives a bonus) to trigger the level-up screen
- Attribute Increases: Upon leveling up, you can increase three of your eight Attributes (Strength, Intelligence, Willpower, Agility, Speed, Endurance, Personality, Luck). The amount you can increase an Attribute depends on how much you have raised the skills governing that Attribute. If you raised the related skills by 10 or more points, you can increase that Attribute by up to 5 points; otherwise, only 1 point
Efficient Leveling Tips
- To maximize attribute gains per level, focus on increasing skills that govern the Attributes you want to raise.
- Avoid selecting all three skills of a single Attribute as Major Skills, as this can slow leveling.
- Luck can be increased by 1 point per level but is not governed by any skill
Summary
- Improve your Major Skills by using them.
- After 10 total increases in Major Skills, sleep to level up.
- Increase three Attributes, with bonuses if you raised their governing skills sufficiently.
- Repeat the process to continue leveling.
This system differs from traditional experience points; enemies scale with your level, so improving your skills and attributes is crucial to handle tougher foes as you progress
. In Oblivion Remastered, Minor Skills also contribute to leveling, making it faster, but the core mechanic of sleeping to trigger level-up remains
