Oblivion Remastered July 2025 Update Released
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered Update 1.2 details are revealed on Steam, which is available on beta right now.
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered Update 1.2
Oblivion Remastered was shadow dropped earlier this year after rumors about its existence had continuously surfaced for months. Deemed as a remaster by developers Bethesda and Virtuos, the game is more akin to a remake, greatly improving graphics, overhauling the leveling system, and making some other major changes. The quality of the remaster ensured that Oblivion Remastered gained positive reviews and allowed the title to obtain an average critic score of 81 on OpenCritic.
Update 1.2 for Oblivion Remastered improves the open-world RPG in various ways, fixing problems with the UI, squashing dozens of bugs in quests and gameplay, and improving overall stability. Oblivion Remastered was criticized for its performance on consoles soon after its release, so these performance improvements are some of the main highlights of the update.
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered Update 1.2 Patch Notes (July 9, 2025)
SETTINGS CHANGES
- We’ve added additional difficulty settings to allow players to further tune their “Player Combat Damage” & “Enemy Combat Damage”. Players can now select from “Novice”, “Apprentice”, “Adept”, “Journeyman”, “Expert”, and “Master” options in the Gameplay menu. We hope the “Journeyman” setting, specifically, will act as a better bridge between “Adept” and “Expert” for players.
UI
- Fixed map markers disappearing
- Fixed missing punctuation in Simplified Chinese text
- Fixed “Toggle All” button on Map screen to work as a ‘Hold’
- Various fixes to localized text
- Fixed controller issues in Spell making menu
- Fixed menus being cropped incorrectly in 1280×1024
- Fixed the incorrect player stance in the inventory menu after fast travel
- Fixed rebinding keys for Lock Picking
- Fixed keybinds not updating in AZERTY
- Fixed soft lock with controller in Enchanting menu
- Fixed stats not updating when equipping enchanted items
- Fixed a character skin glitch when closing the inventory menu
CRASHES
- Fixed crashes that could occur while fighting Jyggalag
- Fixed crashing when killing a paralyzed NPC with an arrow
- Fixed crashing when paralyzing an already-paralyzed NPC
- Fixed crashing in Spellmaking menu when rapidly removing & implementing effects
- Fixed various GPU crashes
- Fixed crashes that could occur during auto saves
AUDIO
- Fixed underwater SFX persisting after leaving exiting water
- Fixed missing ambient SFX in Shivering Isles
QUESTS
PERFORMANCE
- Fixed frame rate drop in Deepscorn Hollow
- Fixed frame rate drops in Black Rock Caverns
- Fixed frame rate drop between Skingrad and Skingrad Castle
- Fixed frame rate drop south of Bravil Castle courtyard
- Reduced the frequency of hitches in the open world.
- General improvements to frame time in many locations.
- Optimize updating of character attachments.
- Optimize rendering of water volumes in the open world.
- Optimize light/shadow updates in several lairs.
- Optimize waterfall particle FX and rendering.
- Optimize the weather system.
- Optimize character animation system.
GAMEPLAY
SYSTEM
- Fixed flickering shadows when using XeSS Upscaling
- Fixed title properly restarting after purchasing the Deluxe Upgrade on PC
- Fixed settings properly migrating between PC and XBOX
- Fixed water disappearing after fast travel
- Fixed cursor slowdown when enabling high frame rate V-Sync
- Fixed shaders not preloading due to cloud save replication
- Fixed long blackout during loading screens
- Fixed weather VFX flashing while outside
- Fixed motion blur artifacts while in the Oblivion Plane
- Fixed NPCs not obeying the Wait action from the player
This update will be in the Steam Beta. If you would like to opt in to the The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered Beta update, please follow these instructions:
1. Open your Steam Library and navigate to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
2. Right click on “The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered” and select “Properties”
3. In the new properties pop-up window, select “Betas”
4. In the beta drop down to opt into, select “[beta]”5. Wait for app to download new build and launch.
Oblivion Remastered is one of the best-selling games of 2025, so it’s good to see Bethesda still supporting it. Bethesda and Virtuos have not been incredibly quick with updates, which concerned some fans, but it seems that console players will have some of the worst performance issues fixed as soon as the update rolls out officially.
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