Oblivion:Races

The UESPWiki – Your source for The Elder Scrolls since 1995

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
		-25
											50															25
					100																								75
		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
					-20
								-50
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 Races page.