The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion/Vampires

From Faqs4Games.com, the free video game encyclopedia

Becomming a Vampire

The most common way of becoming a vampire is by accident. While fighting vampires you can become inflicted with Porphyric Hemophilia. If it goes untreated for 3 days, the next time you sleep you will wake up as a vampire.

There is also a vampire in the Dark Brotherhood who will offer to turn you into a vampire after completing some of his quests, for more information see: Dark Brotherhood.

Being a Vampire

Once you've become a vampire you will need to know a lot of things, the bonuses, the weaknesses and the abilities. As a vampire each day you go without feeding your powers increase and you become more vampire like. Though its not a set 24 hour period, rather than use days I refer to the length you've gone without feeding as stages. You have an ability called 'vampirism', it has a 25 point value at stage 1, 50 points at stage 2, 75 points at stage 3 and 100 points at stage 4.

A stage is a 24 hour period, but it will only advance to the next stage after you sleep.

When you wish to feed you must find a sleeping NCP, if you activate them you will get the choice to feed or talk, chose feed to suck some blood. I've heard that feeding is considered a crime, but I've tried to get caught and I've not gotten into trouble yet, so don't worry about it much.

Weaknesses

The weaknesses are pretty simple. As a vampire you will take constant damage from the sun, during stage 1 you will take no damage, the damage you take from the sun increases from stage 2 to 3 and increases even more from stage 3 to 4.

You will also have a weakness to fire, during stage 1 its 20, and it increases 10 points per stage after that.

As a vampire you will not be liked by most NPC's, you will find it difficult to buy and sell goods, start and complete quests and moving about the world.

A potential weakness of being a vampire is some quests you started before becoming a vampire may not be able to be completed as a vampire and some quests you start as a vampire may not be able to be completed when you're no longer a vampire.

Strengths

The strengths of the vampire are awesome. You get +5 points to speed, strength and willpower during each stage of being a vampire, so at stage 4 you have +20 points to those attributes.

You will also get +5 points to sneak, mysticism, illusion, hand to hand, destruction, athletics and acrobatics during each stage of being a vampire, so at stage 4 you have +20 points to those skills.

Additionally you always have 100 resistance to disease and paralysis as a vampire.

Then you also get +5 resist normal weapons during each stage of being a vampire, so at stage 4 you will have +20 resist normal weapons.

During stage 1 you will gain the ability 'Hunter's Sight' a lesser power which when used will give you night eye for 30 seconds and 100 detect life for 30 seconds.

During stage 2 you will gain the ability 'Vampire's Seduction' a greater power which when used will give you charm 50 points for 20 seconds.

During stage 3 you will gain the ability 'Reign of Terror' a greater power which when used will cast silence in 20 feet for 60 seconds and demoralize up to level 6 for 60 seconds.

During stage 4 you will gain the ability 'Embrace of Shadows' a greater power which when used will give you night eye for 90 seconds and invisibility for 180 seconds.

Darkness Eternal

This quest is activate after completing "06.10 - The Assassinated Man" a Dark Brotherhood quest. Once that quest is complete talk to Vincente and he will activate this quest and offer to turn you into a vampire. When you want to be turned into a vampire just tell him.

Now find a bed in the Dark Sanctuary and go to sleep for any amount of time. When you wake up wait 3 days and then go to sleep for any amount of time, when you wake up this time, you will be a vampire.

Vampire Cure

There is a cure for vampirism, find Vicente Valtieri in the Dark Brotherhood sanctuary, talk to him and ask him about 'Cure for Vampirism'. You will get an update for the previous quest, you will need to use it to get your quest marker to find Raminus Polus.

Follow your quest marker to the arcane university and talk to Raminus, ask him about 'Cure for Vampirism' to activate this quest. Now fast travel to 'Castle Skingrad' once there follow your quest marker into the hall and talk to Hal-Liurz, an Argonian, she is there during the day, tell her you want to see the count.

Then just stand around waiting for a little bit and the count will come and talk to you. He will have lots to say, when he is done you will need to make your way to an unmarked location on the map, but it is marked by your quest marker, way south of Cheydinhal, there are no real good landmarks to fast travel to, so just pick your closet one and follow your quest marker.

When you get to the spot marked by your quest marker, you will find it is a home called Drakelowe. Go inside and talk to the woman, Melisande, ask her about 'Cure for Vampirism'.

You will need to acquire 5 empty grand soul gems. They can be purchased all over Cyrodiil at the various shops and Mages Guild halls. It can be difficult to acquire them, just keep going to the shops, they do get restocked from time to time.

Once you have 5 empty grand soul gems, fast travel back to 'Drakelowe' and talk to Melisande and give her them. Now you will need to acquire 6 cloves of garlic, 5 nightshade leaves and 2 shoots of bloodgrass. Ask her about 'Argonian Blood' and then about 'Vampire Ash'.

The bloodgrass you can find in any Oblivion Gate, if you've already closed the Oblivion Gates, some of the ruined gates have bloodgrass nearby, for example, the Oblivion Gate to the east of Leyawiin has a few. The garlic you can find all over Cyrodiil, hanging from roofs in basements, in shops, etc. The nightshade is also very common, you can buy it from some shops and find it naturally growing all over the world.

Once you ha the garlic, nightshade and bloodgrass go back to Melisande and talk to her, tell her about 'Garlic', 'Bloodgrass' and 'Nightshade'. Now you will need the blood of an Argonian, it can be any Argonian. You can go to Peryite's shrine to find an Argonian named Er-Teeus, attacking him will not be a crime. Or you can find any other Argonian and attack them, its up to you.

Once you have the blood of the Argonian you'll need to find a cave far to the east of Bravil, just slightly to the south as well. Its marked by your quest marker along the Panther River. There are no nearby land marks, so fast travel to your closest one and then just follow your quest marker to get there.

Once you get to the location, you'll find the cave to Redwater Slough, go in. Just follow your quest marker and you'll find Hindaril, he is dressed in regular clothes and is quite strong, kill him. Once he is dead, loot his corpse and take his ashes. Now follow your quest marker out of the cave.

Once outside fast travel back to Drakelowe, go inside and talk to Melisande, tell her about 'Argonian Blood' and then 'Vampire Ash' and then ask about 'Cure for Vampirisim'. Now go outside and wait 24 hours, when the wait is up, go back inside and talk to Melisande and ask about 'Cure for Vamprisim'.

Now you will need to take the cure back to the count of Skingrad, so open your world map and fast travel to 'Castle Skingrad'. Once you are there talk to Hal-Liurz and tell her 'I have the cure' and then just follow her.

When Hal-Liurz opens the secret passage way for you, follow the path until you come to Janus Hassildor, then talk to him. Watch the scene unfold and then Janus will tell you to give him 24 hours and then talk to Hal-Liurz, so just go wait in the county hall marked by your quest marker for 24 hours and then talk to Hal-Liurz.

After the count talks to you you will be free from the Vampire curse and this quest will be complete.

• NOTE: My game has bugged every single attempt at completing this quest

fully, after 3 tries and wasting many hours I have simply filled in the last line based on memory.