You may have come across some unique ways to boost your skills in Oblivion Remastered. If you’re ready to invest some time, these techniques can quickly enhance your magic abilities across all schools of magic. This grinding method yields substantial results for your preparation efforts.
If you’re focusing on just one or two schools of magic, like Illusion and Conjuration, you’ll find this approach to be even more efficient. Just make sure to gather enough gold to purchase the recommended spells if you don’t already have them.
Getting Ready to Level Up Your Magic Skills
To effectively level up your magic skills quickly, you’ll need to focus on two primary areas:
- Prepare for Spell Absorption effects.
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Have at least two spells from each school of magic:
- It’s best to have one Novice spell and one Expert-level spell.
Interestingly, you can start preparing for fast magic skill leveling right from the beginning of the game, during the birthsign selection with the emperor. The ideal birthsign for quickly leveling up all magic skills is The Atronach.
The Atronach provides several benefits:
- Grants an extra 150 magicka.
- Offers a permanent 50 percent Spell Absorption.
- Magicka will not regenerate on its own.
While the Stunted Magicka effect prevents your magicka from naturally replenishing, the Spell Absorption effect makes this trade-off worthwhile.
Spell Absorption is the key to efficiently grinding your magic skills up to level 100. You can also increase your Spell Absorption by:
- Casting the Spell Absorption spell.
- Equipping armor with Spell Absorption.
Aiming for at least 75 percent Spell Absorption will help you consistently avoid damage and refill your magicka when spells are cast at you.
With 50 percent Spell Absorption from The Atronach, adding just two pieces of armor, each providing at least 15 percent, will give you more than enough absorption.
Once you’re set with your Spell Absorption effects, visit the Mages Guild vendors across Cyrodiil to acquire at least one spell from each school of magic to begin your leveling process. Then, buy a second spell for when your mastery reaches Journeyman or Expert level.
In Oblivion Remastered, higher-cost spells will increase your Magic Skills leveling speed. Thus, using more expensive spells will speed up your progress as you approach level 100.
How to Quickly Achieve Level 100 in Magic Skills
After getting your Spell Absorption effects and acquiring spells from each magic school, head to the Arcane University and locate the Training Rooms.
Within these Training Rooms, you’ll find several target walls downstairs and a few more upstairs.
You can use any of the areas; you’ll be spending a lot of time grinding in one of them.
From about 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, mages will continually cast spells on these training targets, which works to your advantage.
Your goal is to equip your Spell Absorption gear and position yourself between a mage and their target, allowing them to hit you with spells.
When the mages cast spells at you, your magicka will refill thanks to Spell Absorption, letting you cast your own spells continuously with minimal downtime.
Experiment with standing in front of multiple mages. Aim to position yourself near a mage who casts powerful spells, as these will refill your magicka more effectively with every hit.
Monitor how much magicka you regain from each mage’s spells to find the best ones.
Switch to your stronger, high-cost spells from each school once you’re able to cast them, since using higher-cost spells earns more experience with each cast.
Top Alteration Spells for Leveling Up
- First Spell: Electric Shell
- Second Spell: Lightning Wall
These Alteration skills are relatively affordable and will help you reach Master level quickly. They’re particularly advantageous when absorbing shock-based spells from mages in the Practice Rooms.
The downstairs area often features a strong male mage who uses lightning spells.
Top Conjuration Spells for Leveling Up
- First Spell: Bound Helmet
- Second Spell: Summon Clannfear
You can use any of the Bound spells for your early levels. The best way to boost your Conjuration quickly is to choose a variety of Bound spells for different items.
Using Bound Dagger, Bound Helmet, etc., in sequence allows you to keep gaining levels while you wait for your conjured items to vanish.
Alternatively, you can use Dispel to remove your bound items quickly, creating a nice loop with Mysticism magic.
Top Destruction Spells for Leveling Up
- First Spell: Weak Fireball
- Second Spell: Drain Skill: Alteration
Destruction skills are best leveled up in a different location, such as one of the surrounding forts in Cyrodiil.
A great way to rapidly improve your Destruction skill is to find a Lich and wear as much Spell Absorption gear as possible.
You can increase your game difficulty to ensure the spells they cast are more powerful, but since you absorb their spells, you won’t take any damage. This will help fill your magicka more quickly.
Use spells like Weak Fireball or Drain Alteration to repeatedly attack the Lich without killing it, allowing you to level your Destruction skills efficiently.
You can also use Restoration spells to heal the Lich, allowing you to keep absorbing magicka while you attack without fear of being defeated.
Top Illusion Spells for Leveling Up
- First Spell: Void Gazer
- Second Spell: Shadow
Void Gazer is a great spell to kick things off, but once you unlock Shadow, your progress toward level 100 will really accelerate.
Shadow is also one of the top Illusion spells for staying hidden, useful once you hit max level.
Top Mysticism Spells for Leveling Up
- First Spell: Major Dispel
- Second Spell: Superior Spell Absorption
Mysticism pairs well with Conjuration, allowing you to level these skills together by following this order:
- Cast several ‘Bound’ spells to increase your Conjuration level.
- Cast Major Dispel to reset your conjured items and raise your Mysticism.
- Repeat the cycle.
This loop helps you escalate both Mysticism and Conjuration efficiently. After you gain access to Superior Spell Absorption, you’ll find your magicka replenishing consistently, should you not have it already.
Top Restoration Spells for Leveling Up
- First Spell: Salve
- Second Spell: Heal Superior Wounds
You can level up Restoration alongside any skill, but it’s particularly effective to do so while dealing with the Lich to improve your Destruction skill.
Whatever method you choose, integrating Restoration spells into your routine is beneficial, or you can focus on spamming it after leveling up your other skills.
