How to increase carry weight in Oblivion Remastered

Increasing your carry weight capacity is vital in Oblivion Remastered, and there are different ways to get this done, with and without cheats. Once you clear the tutorial and start exploring the map, you'll come across a lot of items to pick up. Unfortunately, you can't have an infinite number of items with you, and a low capacity will force you to throw away items all the time. To prevent that, the only solution is to increase your carry weight capacity. How to carry more items in Oblivion Remastered The easiest way to improve your carry weight capacity is by increasing the Strength stat. This is one of the eight available attributes in the game. Every +1 addition to Strength will offer +5 value to Encumbrance. If you're using a melee build, investing in Strength should be your top priority due to the weight of your gear. While investing in Strength is important, there are two other options available. The first is the use of Potions and Spells. Here are some of the options available for all to use. Potion of Fortify Strength: Raises Strength. Potion of Feather: Reduces the weight of all items. Spells: Create the effects of the potions with the help of enchanted or magical gears. Screenshot by Destructoid Unlike your investment in Strength, using potions only provides a temporary boost. It's a quick workaround if you're roaming the map and you're near a merchant, but carrying too many items. Using the potion will allow you to move freely, reach the merchant, and sell the extra items. If investing in Strength or creating Potions is too much, the easy workaround is the use of Console Commands. How to get unlimited carry weight capacity in Oblivion Remastered Using Console Commands might not be the most glorious thing to do, but it has certain benefits. In this case, you can carry as much equipment as you want. (Using a Console Command will instantly disable any achievement for that save, so something to keep in mind.) Here's the command you'll have to use. player.forceav encumbrance -(add value) If you want to increase your carry weight capacity by 1000, add 1000 at the end of the command line. It's up to you how much carry weight capacity you want. This method is, of course, cheating (which is why you can't complete any achievement), but if you're that desperate, there's no harm in having a massive weight capacity. The post How to increase carry weight in Oblivion Remastered appeared first on Destructoid.

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How to increase carry weight in Oblivion Remastered

Increasing your carry weight capacity is vital in Oblivion Remastered, and there are different ways to get this done, with and without cheats.

Once you clear the tutorial and start exploring the map, you'll come across a lot of items to pick up. Unfortunately, you can't have an infinite number of items with you, and a low capacity will force you to throw away items all the time. To prevent that, the only solution is to increase your carry weight capacity.

How to carry more items in Oblivion Remastered

The easiest way to improve your carry weight capacity is by increasing the Strength stat. This is one of the eight available attributes in the game. Every +1 addition to Strength will offer +5 value to Encumbrance. If you're using a melee build, investing in Strength should be your top priority due to the weight of your gear.

While investing in Strength is important, there are two other options available. The first is the use of Potions and Spells. Here are some of the options available for all to use.

Potion of Fortify Strength: Raises Strength.
Potion of Feather: Reduces the weight of all items.
Spells: Create the effects of the potions with the help of enchanted or magical gears.

Attributes in Oblivion Remastered — Screenshot by Destructoid

Unlike your investment in Strength, using potions only provides a temporary boost. It's a quick workaround if you're roaming the map and you're near a merchant, but carrying too many items. Using the potion will allow you to move freely, reach the merchant, and sell the extra items.

If investing in Strength or creating Potions is too much, the easy workaround is the use of Console Commands.

How to get unlimited carry weight capacity in Oblivion Remastered

Using Console Commands might not be the most glorious thing to do, but it has certain benefits. In this case, you can carry as much equipment as you want. (Using a Console Command will instantly disable any achievement for that save, so something to keep in mind.)

Here's the command you'll have to use.

player.forceav encumbrance -(add value)

If you want to increase your carry weight capacity by 1000, add 1000 at the end of the command line. It's up to you how much carry weight capacity you want. This method is, of course, cheating (which is why you can't complete any achievement), but if you're that desperate, there's no harm in having a massive weight capacity.

The post How to increase carry weight in Oblivion Remastered appeared first on Destructoid.