Ascension Remastered - Vanilla-Plus Loot and Balance

Ascension Remastered

The Glory of Cyrodiil

Requirements:

None

Introduction

Ascension aims to create the definitive vanilla-plus Oblivion Remastered experience. Loot has been thoroughly overhauled so that rare equipment is actually rare, dungeons feel rewarding, enemies and loot no longer stop spawning at higher levels, underused gameplay aspects are made more worthwhile, and difficulty has been subtly increased overall. The sense of progression you receive from levelling up and journeying through the world of Oblivion should feel much greater with this mod installed.

Please note: this version of Ascension is a port of the original mod for Oblivion. Care has been taken to test the changes with the remaster to ensure that things work as intended. Due to changes in the remaster, some features could not be transferred over. However, as modding develops, I hope to update this mod so that we can have the Oblivion experience we always wanted!

Description

The full list of changes this mod makes are too numerous to mention here, but a definitive list is provided in the Docs section for those who wish to read it. Below is a quick overview of some highlights.

Light armor is made from fur, leather, chainmail, mithril, elven or glass. Mithril, elven and glass are exceedingly rare and are only found in ancient ruins and remote tombs.... Blacksmiths can forge heavy armor from iron, steel, dwarven, orcish, ebony or daedric. Iron and steel plate mail can be found in most any blacksmith's shop. The other materials are rare and armor made from them is only found in ancient treasure hoards hidden deep underground.

Manual of Armor

The quote above is taken from an in-game book. Lies! Once you get to a certain level in vanilla Oblivion, almost every wilderness bandit wears Ebony, Elven, Glass, and even Daedric armor.

No more. Ascension overhauls the loot system and changes how items are distributed throughout the game world. The items carried by NPCs and in loot are now capped at a certain level appropriate to the character and location. You won’t see bandits wearing anything above Chainmail armour, and generic loot has also been capped at Mithril and Orcish material. The best loot has been transferred to the boss chests located at the very end of dungeons, and only ancient tombs and ruins have a chance of concealing the highest level Glass, Elven, and Ebony gear. To find Daedric gea