Oblivion:Races

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Tamriel is the home of ten races, each with its own unique abilities, skills, and powers. Each race has a home province from which it originated (with the exception of Orcs, who currently live in Orsinium, but did not originate from there). An analysis of racial demographics by city in Cyrodiil can be found here.

• Altmer (a.k.a. High Elves)
• Argonian
• Bosmer (a.k.a. Wood Elves)
• Breton
• Dunmer (a.k.a. Dark Elves)
• Imperial
• Khajiit
• Nord
• Orc (a.k.a. Orsimer, Pariah Folk, or Corrupted Elves)
• Redguard

Your choice of race determines your character's initial Attribute values and also provides bonuses to various Skills, as detailed in the following table. Each race also has special abilities (and in some cases weaknesses) as detailed on the individual race pages.

Attribute		Altmer		Argonian		Bosmer		Breton		Dunmer		Imperial		Khajiit		Nord		Orc		Redguard
		M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
Agility		40	40	50	40	50	50	30	30	40	40	30	30	50	50	40	40	35	35	40	40
Endurance		40	30	30	30	40	30	30	30	40	30	40	40	30	40	50	40	50	50	50	50
Intelligence		50	50	40	50	40	40	50	50	40	40	40	40	40	40	30	30	30	40	30	30
Luck		50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50
Personality		40	40	30	30	30	40	40	40	30	40	50	50	40	40	30	30	30	25	30	40
Speed		30	40	50	40	50	50	30	40	50	50	40	30	40	40	40	40	30	30	40	40
Strength		30	30	40	40	30	30	40	30	40	40	40	40	40	30	50	50	45	45	50	40
Willpower		40	40	30	40	30	30	50	50	30	30	30	40	30	30	30	40	50	45	30	30
Skills		+5 +10 +5 +10 +5 +10		+5 +10 +5 +5 +5 +5 +10		+5 +10 +5 +5 +10 +10		+5 +5 +10 +5 +10 +10		+5 +10 +5 +10 +5 +5 +5		+5 +5 +5 +10 +10 +10		+10 +5 +5 +10 +5 +5 +5		+5 +10 +5 +10 +10 +5		+10 +10 +10 +5 +10		+10 +10 +10 +5 +5 +5
Resists		-25								75
		-25														50
				100																75
		-25
								50										25
		75		75		75														75
Height*		1.1	1.1	1.03	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.0	0.95	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.95	1.06	1.06	1.06	1.06	1.03	1.0
Weight		1.0	1.0	1.05	1.0	0.95	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.95	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.95	1.1	1.06	1.1	1.0	1.03	1.0

*Each race's movement speed is multiplied by its Height attribute (under Body Data in the CS). With the same Speed, Athletics, encumbrance, etc., an Altmer will move 10% faster than an Imperial because of the extra Height.

[edit] Non-Playable Races

These races exist in the game or the Shivering Isles expansion, but are not selectable as a race you can play.

Attribute		Dark Seducer*		Dremora		Golden Saint*		Sheogorath*		VampireRace**
		M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
Agility		40	50	30	30	30	40	50	50	50	50
Endurance		30	40	45	35	40	50	50	50	50	50
Intelligence		30	40	60	60	30	40	50	50	50	50
Luck		25	50	40	40	25	50	50	50	50	50
Personality		10	10	10	10	10	10	50	50	50	50
Speed		40	50	50	50	30	40	50	50	50	50
Strength		30	40	50	50	40	50	50	50	50	50
Willpower		30	40	35	45	30	40	50	50	50	50
Skills		+5 +5 +5 +5 +10 +10 +5		+5 +5 +5 +10 +10 +5 +5		+5 +5 +10 +5 +5 +5 +10
Resists				33
		-50
						-50
				-20
Height		1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Weight		1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

* These appear only in the Shivering Isles expansion. Sheogorath is of course unique. By appearance, he is an Imperial. The separate race exists to give him a beard (and eyes like the Golden Saints).
** This race exists in the Construction Set but is not used for anything. Actual vampires can be any race, as it is a disease applied to the character, rather than an actual race.

In addition, there are also many other races that are known to exist in the Elder Scrolls universe, but are not present in the game of Oblivion. These races may be rare/extinct, live in remote areas, dwell on other planes of existence or in some cases are even thought to be pure myth. These races are all listed on the Tamriel Races page.