Oblivion:Rat Meat

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The ingredient Rat Meat is primarily collected from dead Rats. Rat meat is common in goblin dungeons, since goblins often keep domestic rats as a food source.

[edit] Ingredients

86 guaranteed samples can be found, in the locations marked with magenta crosses on the map. The places with the highest numbers of samples are:

• 14 samples are in the Natural Caverns in the Imperial Prison Sewers (during the tutorial)
• 13 samples are in Derelict Mine
• 9 samples are in Fort Irony
• 7 samples are in Fort Urasek (2 in the first zone, 5 in Fort Urasek Company Billets)
• 6 samples are in Rock Bottom Caverns
• 6 samples are in Goblin Jim's Pantry

It can also be found randomly in the inventories of alchemy vendors and in some loot chests.

[edit] Creatures

Rat Meat comes from most types of Rats, including the standard Rats encountered everywhere as nuisance creatures. Some rats that do not yield Rat Meat include those identified explicitly as Sewer Rats (found in the Imperial Prison Sewers), the possibly invisible ones near Fort Caractacus, the test rat in Lazare Milvan's basement, and Llevana's Tunnel Rats.

Rats can randomly appear in nearly every dungeon in the game at all levels. Places where multiple respawning rats are guaranteed to appear include (red circles on map):

• 6 rats are in Haunted Mine.
• 5 rats are in Fort Carmala.
• 5 rats are in Fort Ash.
• 5 rats are in Cracked Wood Cave. In addition, the three respawning Bloody Hand Rat Farmers each carry one Rat Meat sample.