The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered Is Once Again Offering Paid Horse Armor DLC

In 2006, Bethesda was riding precocious connected the occurrence of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. In an effort to support fans coming backmost to Cyrodiil, the developer started releasing tiny paid DLC packages for the game. Little did the institution cognize that it was galloping headlong into contention erstwhile it dropped its archetypal DLC battalion that April: equine armor.

Even if you weren't pursuing games astatine the time, you've apt heard of the equine armor controversy. Though DLC surely existed pre-horse armor, Oblivion's Horse Armor Pack (which outgo 200 Microsoft Points connected the 360 Marketplace, astir $2.50 astatine the time) truly caused a disturbance owed to the armor being fundamentally useless.

Now, successful 2025, cosmetic upgrades specified arsenic this are commonplace, which has allowed Bethesda to beryllium a spot cheeky successful its merchandise of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered and erstwhile again complaint players other for equine armor. As a portion of today's uncover and shadow-drop of the remaster, we learned that Oblivion Remastered volition see some a basal variation and a deluxe edition. For an other $10 connected apical of the basal crippled price, deluxe variation buyers volition get caller quests for unsocial armors, other limb options, a integer artbook and soundtrack app... and yes, equine armor again. Two sets, to beryllium precise.

For the astir part, fans look to beryllium taking this successful their stride. We're astir 2 decades distant from a clip erstwhile cosmetic DLC similar equine armor was a shocking happening to introduce, and players astatine this constituent are utilized to shelling retired wealth for purely cosmetic upgrades. As Circana expert Mat Piscatella pointed retired connected BlueSky, video crippled consumers successful the U.S. spent implicit $10.4 cardinal connected PC and console video crippled integer add-ons successful 2024. "Horse Armor walked truthful Battle Passes could run."

In fact, astir radical conscionable find it comic that Bethesda seems comfy poking amusive astatine what was erstwhile a monolithic scandal.

PAID HORSE ARMOR DLC. OBLIVION IS TRULY BACK. pic.twitter.com/1DJFIPzHB0

— Many A True Nerd (@ManyATrueNerd) April 22, 2025

Honestly I person to respect it. New players won't cognize this, but releasing the equine armor arsenic paid DLC again is simply a subtle notation to erstwhile they singlehandedly ruined the manufacture by selling it the archetypal clip around. I kneel, Todd. https://t.co/BGwBwL3VYX

— UGS | Ajay (@AJ34_SSB) April 22, 2025

£10 for Horse Armor successful #OblivionRemastered ??? There's nary mode that's gonna drawback connected pic.twitter.com/E1jqpPZFYr

— Olive_Meister (@Olive_Meisterr) April 22, 2025

Oblivion Remastered doesn't conscionable person equine armor, it already has mods. A fistful of assemblage mods made their mode to fashionable website Nexus Mods conscionable hours aft Oblivion launched, though these mostly magnitude to tiny customization options.

While we hold for much mods to drop, you tin work up connected wherefore immoderate players deliberation today’s merchandise is much remake than remaster and wherefore Bethesda opted to springiness it that “Remastered” sanction successful the archetypal place.

We've got a broad usher to everything you'll find successful Oblivion Remastered, including an expansive Interactive Map, implicit Walkthroughs for the Main Questline and each Guild Quest, How to Build the Perfect Character, Things to Do First, and overmuch more.

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