6 Side Quests I've Never Done Before | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 

I always loved how Rythe takes a moment to throw shade at the thief's painting skills. "It looked like a troll, but it was badly done." Lmao. One of my favourite quests in the game for sure.

Wow, unknowingly coming across the painting quest was one of those gaming memories that has stuck with me forever. Between it, seeing Oblivion's opening for the first time, spending FAR too long grabbing and throwing the chains hanging in the cell (remember "physics" was still a new thing back then), and a lot of other things made Oblivion next level great in my younger eyes.

Aw dude, A Brush With Death is my FAVORITE Oblivion quest, and one of my favorites in gaming in general. I figure it's because I'm an artist that I love it so much. Short but sweet. Really fun to see someone experiencing it for the first time.

Oblivion honestly had the best Side Quests

I love that a brush with death kind of feels like a joking nod to the fact that most of the paintings in the game are filtered screenshots of real in-game landscapes. The quest just gives that "hyper-realism" an in-universe explanation through Rythe and his magic brush (I guess all the paintings we see are his? except maybe portraits). idk that was just always kinda cool to me, not sure if it was intentional or not haha

Played Oblivion on release and ever since, the quests that stuck in my memory back then more than any other were "A brush with death" and "Whodunit" from the dakr brotherhood. Good memories

A Brush With Death and A Brotherhood Betrayed are amazingly written quests

One thing I love about Oblivion is the fact that no matter how many times you have played the game, there is always something new to explore. I personally played these specific quests before, but a lot of people haven't and there's still so much more about the game that I and many others have yet to find out. And watching videos like this one is a great way to show the hidden cool stuff to others. Thanks for great content.

8:48 the painter who has 3 copies of the same painting all in his living room lol

34:00~ You could've also used a Charm spell/scroll on him to buff his disposition by a set value, or a Fortify Speechcraft (or maybe even Fortify Personality) spell/potion on yourself to make it possible to persuade/bribe him beyond 70, instead of leveling said skill/attribute, pickpocketing or killing Olav. That said, it doesn't mean much mentioning it after the fact, but knowing your options is always a good thing for the future.

glad you talked about more quests you hadn't done before. these are all good ones

The Quest with the paintings is short but one of my all time favorites

I wandered into that painting at low level, and didn't use the turpentine. Took forever of smacking them as much as I could and then running away. I always accidentally did things much harder than they needed to be in games when I was a kid.

Cool video, but I really don't get how you'd miss all of those quests in 12 years. I'm pretty sure I got them all in my 1st playrhrough in 2009. Anyway, A Brush With Death is certainly the most iconic and cool looking. I can imagine not wanting to hang out in Bruma I guess,

What a fantastic game, never gets old. I really dont think there will ever be another like it. Also, love your videos!

A brush with death was one of the first quests I ever got when I played oblivion for the first time in 2011. What a nostalgia trip it is seeing those damn trolls again.

Bear Season has to be a parody. That is like the standard MMO fetch quest. "go to [x] and kill 6 [y] and bring me their [z]"

So just as a note, most npc’s to tell you information, need to have a disposition of 70 or higher to give you the information, works with beggars too they’ll give your free info over the thieves guild quest if they like you

That's funny, one of my most favoritest play throughs, I punched the jailer to end up in jail, too. I think the first time I did that quest, tho, I wiggled the body of the dead guy in that vampire hunter quest til I got arrested.

Rythe's quest was one of my very first ones, made a strong impression

Tivela has been tearing the city up looking for Rythe (I would assume talking to folks in town) yet decides to give you the key of all people ...some random main character/guest in her home ...W Wife 👏🏽😂

Oblivion is so amazing there. I've put a lot of time into it and still haven't played through every quest lol

I just did this in Skyrim and it gave so much more depth to my play through. love this video ❤

Awesome video man love your content !

I've beaten this game at least a couple dozen times. I still find new things about this game.

If there is one quest I'd add to this great little collection of side quests is that of the vampire-hunter order in the Imperial City. I've played since launch and just discovered it a year ago.

Love this channel, but I feel super nitpicky. Like with the glitches, a part of me understands. Another part wants u to git gud and try again. Or saying you don't know something that COULD be found out. Saying something didn't work out and it didn't prompt you to reload a save. Lots of little things. Maybe it's because I've been playing Oblivion for years and years and years. I was even being unfair and thinking "How are you just now finding these?" But I don't know how long you've been playing. So, that's just me. Anyway, I didn't want to say nothing because I want to know that you know that somebody knows that you CAN do better. But again, I really love the stories, the channel, YOUR VOICE. It's a 9/10 and now I've told you what's costing you that 1 point w/ me.

I really love Brush with Death for it's change of pace and unique reward, but I just realized that it wouldn't be possible for the thief to get into the studio while it's locked to knock Rhythe out only for him to wake up to find the door still locked. This isn't helped by the fact that the studio lacks a window so it's literally the only entrance. Great quest, but like all Bethesda quests it has a plot hole somewhere in there.

A Brush With Death is such a banger of a quest. It blew my mind as a kid, and it's just such a cool idea. That's the best thing about Oblivion, that it's filled to the brim with GOAT tier quests that are just super fun. Skyrim has some good ones, but imo Oblivions are way better

I always played this first one here with the paintings.Having a travel into them

Player: I disagree Carius: Thats bold of you. My brother, I just said I disagree 😅

Regarding the Painting quest: it's the only part of the game where the turpentine and painted troll fat items can be obtained. Also, as far as I was able to determine back in the day when I played it, the Apron you get as the quest reward is possibly the best piece of light armor in the game, and the only limitation is that it's only a chest piece.

The way I saw it while playing Two Sides of the Same Coin was that it feels like Jorundr has less reason to lie about not killing the guards or even downplaying his crimes. You're supposedly a criminal and would he really go to this elaborate lie to get you to kill his ex-partner. The lady just has more reason to lie because she can actually get something out of it + she actually wants you to gain his trust. She knows you're going to talk to him. She needs to lie, he doesn't. That being said, I definitely could see him being violent with her beforehand. It doesn't really sound like he had much affection for her if he jumps to killing so fast imo. And the rest of his dialogue feels kind of suspicious. And it is true that manipulators do lie to make the other side seem "crazy" or like a liar. I've seen it happen a lot. Also, I just don't really like those quests were you can't find out the "right" answer without completing it. The worst version of it is Skyrim's Alikr quest. It's less of a moral dilemma and more just "go with your gut". It's a bit lame. To me, a moral dilemma should be more two right answers not just "not enough information". This one is better, since it frames it as less of a moral dilemma and more an experience where it doesn't matter. Edit: The whole "living in his house while he's in jail" angle I don't really get taking issue with. They were partners, there's supposedly no next of kin that she's obstructing. If she's telling the truth, I don't see why she shouldn't live in his house. If she's lying, I don't really take much issue with it either. It's a thief stealing from a thief. There's also some danger in assuming either's account is entirely true. Suppose that the lady did rat him out, but didn't commit the murder. Or she didn't rat him out, but did complete the murder. Both are possible.

The magic paintbrush eas my favorite quest in the entire game

Cheydinhal was the first city i went to. It was the first quest i did in the game.

missing like half the story in the Arnora quest

I got soft locked out of my game on a brush with death. I ended up hitting her husband's inside the painting with a fire ball. And he wouldn't paint the exit to leave the painting. And it was before i knew to save in a new slot. So allmy saved data was in one file. I had to restart and re do the whole game again.

I have some curiosity for the Arnora quest. Is there any consequence if you help the husband and you also free him from jail? Does he go somewhere? Is there a way, instead, to save Arnora? Because she dies in both choices.

❤❤❤ love this video 🎉

So glad i found this page , great videos

I wish the skoooma questline could have been more fleshed out.

I think Olav wouldn't help you because his disposition was still too low. See, whenever you need to get a reluctant NPC to spill the beans on something, you need to get their Disposition up to a specific number. In Olav's case, it's probably something like 70%, or so. If his Disposition is even a _single point_ under that threshold, then it won't count. A good way to circumvent this issue (without resorting to pickpocketing) would be to get Olav's Disposition as high as you can, and then hit him with a Charm spell; Charms work even if the NPC's Disposition is "maxed". Disposition _can_ actually go below 0%, or above 100%, but the game won't display it. For instance, if an NPC has, say, 110% Disposition, the game will claim they only have 100%. As for the rest of these quests, I'm a fan of all of them too, except for "Bear Season." "A Brush With Death" is pretty mindless, but it at least gives us a truly beautiful environment to explore. It also gives us a unique poison, the Turpentine. Turpentine's one and only purpose is hurting Painted Trolls, so after the quest is over, it's little more than a novelty. And since there's no way to access the "Damage Painted Trolls" effect in the vanilla game, it's a very rare item. I like to use five of the bottles on the first five trolls, and then keep the last bottle. This gives the sixth troll more of a climactic feel, like a "Mini-Boss", of sorts. Also, since the Turpentine bottles aren't quest items, you can even display them in your house. If I remember correctly, it looks the same as a regular poison, but it's still a cool thing to have. The Turpentine, the Painted Troll fat, and of course, the Apron. Also, Rhythe was referenced in Skyrim; Elgrim of Riften mentions sending letters to Rhythe asking for Painted Troll fat. "A Brotherhood Betrayed" is honestly a pretty cool quest. It's one of the first times we see someone take advantage of people's fear of vampires to quite literally get away with murder. The villain still makes stupid mistakes, like leaving critical evidence in his hotel room (Well Okay, _Inn_ room), and not running away with the loot the first chance he got. But the fact that he actually acknowledges that he did so, and chastises himself for being so careless, is a neat touch; he basically lampshades his own "Bond villain" -esque stupidity. I really like "Lifting the Vale". For starters, it touches on the Akaviri people themselves, which is something we almost never see in-game. This fact alone would make the quest fairly unique, but we also see the (actually quite tragic) story of a doomed Akaviri messenger, and towards the end of the quest, we help him and his commander make peace with how they "failed" their comrades, and peacefully move on to the afterlife. "A Raid on Greyland" is about as barebones and mindless as it gets, but it's over in a few minutes, so if nothing else, it doesn't overstay its welcome. Just a quick distraction that nets you some extra cash. "Bear Season" is just flat-out mediocre. Nothing more, nothing less.

I don’t understand the dislike for the speech mini game I actually think it’s quite fun just as a little break from the game where you slow down to pretend butter someone up

You didn't say where shard rock was located. So please tell me where it is exactly?

21:28 is when I would have sided with the guy in jail.

Hey you still out there young man? Been a few weeks since your last video. Hope all is well with you.

Fuck those bears. I got the quest on my way to miscarcanded and one of them was just outside the tuins snd with the help of a goblin it killed prior maberols paint horse! Rip horsey

very releaxing video of this gem of videogaming.-

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1:00:06 > proceeds to walk over to guard talking with M'aiq the Liar. > first thing the guard talks about is him looking for skooma dealers. > 'yep, checks out.'

So.... This is the first time you've ever played oblivion....?

40:35 There is one of Oblivion's flaws: The writing in quests and dialogues that does not make sense. Raynil walking up to you, talking to you as if he had it all figured out, he's the all-seeing eye, watching Bruma, even in daylight and he also already knew, that you were going to be his demise from the very first moment you stepped foot into Bruma. He knows immediately everything about you, jesus i wonder if he also knows what else i played, if i did some questionable things in another whole-ass game like Rimworld and also who the frikkin Nerevarine is and he also knows about the tragic of Darth Plagueis the wise. "Yes, you [unknown random ass person, who entered the local pub before i wanted to enter it] were already there and, naw shiet, you were quicker than me and as i saw you enter the [local random pub], i knew i had to flee town immediately." Yes Raynil and i am the instrument of all your sins. I have listened through rock, metal and flesh and now you will listen... Raynil, there's been word of another settlement that needs your help, here i'll mark it on your map, oh wait what am i doing, *YOU ALREADY KNOW WHICH SETTLEMENT I MEAN, BECAUSE YOU ARE ALL-KNOWING, RIGHT??* Don't get me wrong, i love Oblivion. I loved Morrowind before it, and i am absolutely addicted to Skyrim, too. I am a frikkin Bethesda fan, but shit writing like this is probably one of the first signs of Bethesda downgrading the quality of their games. I am playing through Morrowind (with OpenMW) right now and apart from all the cheese and the ridiculously overpowered items, that game had much better story writing. I mean, what the hell happened to the good story writers? Did most of them leave after Morrowind and the rest after Oblivion and even more after Skyrim? Jesus the decline is so openly visible, what the hell is going on with those guys?

More of a commentary than a playthrough. Should play it rather than tell it.

Bethesdas dialogue is always so stiff and fake, no one speaks in the way all bethesda their npc’s do. Lead “writer” issues and bad actor directions

Haha you've only played oblivion for 12 years? And even in that time you've never done these 6 quests? Your videobait is extremely obvious. From now on I will "do not recommend" your channel for being a liar.

This Dude Is Mental Or Is Milking Viewership., Because Every Person Thats Played The Damn Game Has Done These Quests, Dont Expect To Find Anything New Here.. Dude Literally Chose All The Quests You Can Find In Towns 😂😂 What A 🤡

I play Oblivion and expansion one time and i complete tot quest, every single voice in my diary....12 year for discovery this missions is insane, but every person have different mood of play this game, only love for TES4 ❤❤❤

Oblivion. So broken.

I remember that as soon as I completed the painting quest the two started screaming at me to get out of their house and calling for the guards.

A brush with death was always a fun one for me. But then again, I loved the colors in Oblivion lol. The fields around Anvil, the sunrise/set in the mountains in the NW (i forget which town is there 😅) the mucky brown in bravil, so seeing the vividness in the paint world brought me joy! One thing I think I found while in pale pass (or read from the guide book) was that there is a secret quest within the pass itself! Theres a hidden chest with a note that gives directions to another note? I think? And it may have a nice reward, but it all is in the valley ktself, iirc. Maybe take it with a grain lf salt since it's been *years* since I last played oblivion lol Fun vid, as usual!

It’s crazy to me how popular oblivion and morrowind have gotten in the last few years. I forget how full these games are.

I felt like Jorundr was kinda crooked too, he probably lead you to a fake stash to bait the guard out because he knew bro was listening in too and take the real stash's location to the grave. Just my theory tho lol

Erline's memory is very selective in A Brotherhood Betrayed. In the end she remembers the command word for the amulet and that happened years back but she can't recall who Raynil is? You'd think she'd recognize him considering her husband was afraid of other brotherhood memebers and he would probably remind her to watch out for them.

To add context to the seemingly pitiful stash in Two Sides of the Coin, the rumors that start up the Corruption and Conscience cite a 5 gold fine for littering, with the added note that "I barely make that much in a year!" So if we compare 5 gold to just under a yearly wage for the average citizen (somehow), then 40 gold plus the value of all the other loot is El Dorado by comparison.

You're not alone in thinking those bears are tough. I also did the quest at a pretty low level and resorted to trying to lure a few bears into a fight with some ogres, but instead of fighting each other they all chased me together. I had to jump up onto Thorley's roof and ended up getting a few levels of destruction training.

I remember all these quests, but I still love this kind of video from you. It's nice to see quests that maybe aren't worth a whole video by themselves. Also, I always love seeing people discover new stuff in this game. In my most recent playthrough, I just discovered the 'Go Fish' quest, so i'm curious what else is out there that I don't know!

Quest 5: it’s a leveled amount of gold. I was level 15 and received 1000 septims for my trouble.

You can fence the madstone to near instantly progress through the entire thieves guild questline, the enchantment is also pretty useful.

Really you never done these im glad you actually gave these a go in my opinion these where fun when i first came across them by rumors or accidentally finding them

this game is epic!!

It's amazing to me that people live and die over the price of about 30 potatoes. Times are tough in cyrodil.

Brotherhood has to be the dumbest codeword to use when there's literally a faction called the dark brotherhood. Anyone holding that thing could just accidentally say that when talking about them.

Grade A content my man. Love to see these sorts of deep dives into Oblivion's quests. Roleplay playthrough someday perhaps?

I actually got stuck there and it was my first playthrough and hadnt a clue as it was my first elder scrolls game and id deleted all my saves being a tidy friek....i was ill prepared and didnt know i could lower the dificulty id bought oblivion and skyrim for the xbox 360 around 2017 and jumped over to skyrim for a while to get the jist of things and it helped me to understand the games but something was pulling me back to oblivion and i quickly returned with a better knowledge i still think oblivion is the better of the two and has the best sound track ever. These games had me purchase a gaming laptop and ive about 6 new land skyrim mods and enderal but oblivion still holds a place in my heart at top spot...magical

Please find my Jumbo Potatoes

You never did a brush with death!!!!!!

When Rythe just went back to painting i wondered why the fuck hes not having a nap after all that craziness.

Great video! Thank you so much for the content you create!

Imma be honest i kinda wish you could give the money to the guard since technically the money is stolen whether hes evil or not really doesnt matter i thought it wouldve been cool to give it to him and have a guard in my pocket

Fun fact after anoras red amulet: it looks exaxtly the same as the amulet of kings

You know, Two Sides of the Same Coin makes me upset hearing it laid out like this because if you think about for more than 2 seconds, Arnora doesn't have a motive. Arnora tells you very specifically "Get the location of the stash out of Jorundr," but then according to him "*We* buried the gold in the woods." In other words, according to Jorundr (who the game very much presents as not caring enough anymore to lie to you because it wouldn't get him out) Arnora *knows where the stash is!* So then why'd she spread the rumors? Why didn't she just go get it? Why'd she ask you to do *anything at all?!* You can tell the quest designer just wrote down "insert twist here" without spending a single extra thought. This is peak Bethesda writing.

22:02 Arnora does not refute anything 🤣

By the Nine! This is the reskinned amulet of kings!

I always kill Arnora and bring Jorundr both amulets, and he even comments on that! And the quest within the painting is one of my favourites! How beauutifully done!

I think it would have been cool if you saw Arnora at the dark brotherhood after siding with her. Instead of having the guards kill her. the whole quest felt a little lazy tbh.

My fave was when the other side of the coin. Also whodunit

see the trees sway in the breeze lol

Judjing by the title of the video, you didn't even visit Bruma in your previous playthroughs - which I don't think is possible, as there is at least 1 plot Oblivion gate and 1 plot battle near Bruma, and I doubt you didn't have to unload your gear after Oblivion gates...well if only you didn't always fast travel to either Anvil or Imperial City for it, as I usually do) Still, your first fence is in Bruma, one Mages Guild recommendation quest, one Dark Brotherhood quest...and are the quests in this video are the only quests in Bruma, and there's nothing hidden or secret about them - they are pretty obvious, and you even might overhear some NPCs mentioning them to each other, or to you by using "rumors" dialog option)

Thumbs down for not immediately killing arnora. She was evil and anyone could see that.

Wow can’t believe you didn’t play some of these. Glad you finally got a chance. I have to admit not all side quests in Oblivion are amazing but there is not a single one bar the potato quest that is bad