Oblivion: The Arena Guide
The Imperial City Arena is Cyrodiil's place where the best warriors cross their blades fighting to death. On this page of the guide we explain how to sign up, how the battles are run and what the conditions of participation are. We also state how to climb the hierarchy and what awaits you if you are successful.
Career path
How to sign up?
You can sign up by talking to Owyn, standing somewhere in Arena Bloodworks. At first, you'll be mocked and laughed on, but with each victorious fight your prestige will rise and so will your rewards.
The Arena matches are none too easy, the opponents are always a few levels above your own. You can fight any time between 9 A.M. to 9 P.M.
How the battles are fought?
When fighting, you must wear an Arena Raiment. You'll get it from Owyn when registering for the first time. You'll have to choose whether you want to use Light or Heavy Raiment. When choosing, just keep in mind in which armor your character actually feels better. The arena is not a place to practice new skills, there's no time to hold back.
Because you can't use your own armor, try to make up for it by wearing the best helmet, shield, weaponry and jewelry you can get.
Before each match, you have to tell Owyn that you're ready. After the fight you go back to Arena Bloodworks, freshen up in the fountain, and talk to the blademaster once again, to get your reward and, each three matches, an advancement in rank.
Due to a game bug, it's quite easy to win any match against any enemy that doesn't have a ranged attack. Just hop on the shelf shown on the screenshot below (first to the lower, then to the upper level). When you're standing there, no melee attacks can reach you, and you can easily use arrows or magic to kill your opponents.
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