Oblivion:Orc Drain Attribute Glitch
Category: Global Flag
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The Orc Drain Attribute Glitch allows the player to obtain the Drain Attribute spell effect for spellmaking without having to play as an Orc. In the vanilla game, the Orc is the only race that has access to this effect via its Berserk greater power.
Instructions
- Starting with your desired non-Orc save file, acquire any disease that gives you a Drain Attribute effect, then make a save.
- Quit to the main menu and start a new character as an Orc (or load an existing one with an Orc).
- Load the save you made in the first step, and you should now have the Drain Attribute effect.
- Make a custom spell using Drain Attribute to permanently keep this effect unlocked.
Additional Notes
- Closing the game will reset the flag that is keeping the effect unlocked, which is why you need to make a custom spell using the effect.
Mechanics
This glitch requires further research to fully understand its mechanics. Some information in this section is currently speculation.
This glitch is highly unusual. It seems that somehow the shared spell effect between the two save files is tricking the game into passing a check that it shouldn't. The glitch that most closely resembles this cross-save file behavior sharing is the Repeatable Sewer Class Reset glitch. Perma Key similarly sets a global flag somehow, but isn't as similar because no special parameters are required on the other save files it affects.
Related Glitches
- Drain Attribute is needed to get Negative Stats.