The Elder Scrolls: Skyblivion

Although the premiere of Skyblivion was a song of the distant future, work progressed year by year. In January 2025, all the most important mechanics were already in place, and the game world project was 93 percent complete. The only thing left for the creators to do at that time was to fill in the last "blank spot" on the Cyrodiil map, as well as add data about the terrain that NPCs (navmesh) can move around.

Skyblivion compared to Oblivion and Skyrim - differences

The main goal of the creators of The Elder Scrolls: Skyblivion project was to reconstruct the base version of the game The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. For this reason, the modification does not introduce too many new elements (which does not mean that we will not experience any of them). Moreover, it lacks content from the Shivering Isles expansions (although there was a possibility that such would be added after the premiere).

The most obvious difference is the graphic design (the mod uses 4K resolution textures and models of better quality than those from the "base version of Skyrim"). TESRenewal's work also stands out against the original Oblivion mainly due to the thoroughly redesigned interface. The creators also managed to transfer the mechanics of character class creation (Create-A-Class) to their project. Authors of the mod encountered significant problems with the implementation of the spell creation system known from the original, which put its presence in Skyblivion into question.

In addition to this, the described mod includes all quests and enemies from the base Oblivion. The authors managed to add some new quests and additional enemies. Developers also restored some of the content cut from the original game, such as the lost city of Sutch, located between Anvil and Kvatch, which was expanded.

Technical aspects

The Elder Scrolls: Skyblivion requires the games The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Game of the Year Edition Deluxe and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition to run.