Best Birthsign in Oblivion Remastered

While escaping the Imperial Sewers with Emperor Uriel Septim and his Blades in Oblivion Remastered, your majesty sees potential in you. He tells you that he charts a course for the stars while serving the Nine and provides an option for you to choose your Birthsign at the start of the game.

Each Birthsign in The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Remastered offers unique advantages. The game spoils with a myriad of choices, but you might be confused about selecting the best one for yourself because the decisions are permanent for the rest of the game after leaving the Sewers, and you’ll need to load up another save to play with a different Birthsign.

What is the best Birthsign in Oblivion Remastered?

While choosing your Birthsign in Oblivion Remastered, the best one might vary from player to player based on their playstyle and choices of race and class in the game. If you love getting your hands dirty while fighting enemies, then the obvious best choice for you is the Warrior and the Lady. The Warrior gives you strength points, and the Lady focuses on willpower, while both of them also help with your endurance.

If you’re a fan of casting spells and don’t want any major downsides to play it safe, you can choose the Mage Birthsign, giving you an extra 50 Magicka to start your journey. You can also live your life dangerously and choose the Apprentice, which gives you double the Magicka, but comes with a major side of being weak to magic, so you’ll need to be extra careful around mages. And if downsides don’t stop you from taking the absolute best Mage birthsign, you’ll love the Atronach, which gives you the highest Magicka points, but you won’t have a Magicka bar. You’ll need to absorb the Magicka from the enemies and use it against them. 

We’d recommend the Atronach and Apprentice as the best Birthsigns for the mages out there, but if you want a simple start in the game, you can’t go wrong with the Mage. For my sneaky assassins, Thief is a no-brainer for increased luck, agility, and speed. But the best starsign for the stealth-loving players is the Shadow, which gives you Invisibility for a long time. It is great for sneaking around in high-level areas and avoiding fights. If you’re someone who likes to tank the enemies’ attacks, the Lord Birthsign is the best for you. But if you like healing yourself while scaring the enemies, choose the Ritual Birthsign. 

Lastly, there are a few ones which could be the best choice according to the situation. You can probably choose these Birthsigns when you replay the game after some time playing it. These are the Tower, Steed, Lover, and Serpent Birthsigns, which can complement your playstyle. The best part about these Birthsigns is that you don’t need to stick to a particular category of class, allowing you to make hybrid builds. 

All Birthsigns in Oblivion Remastered

Here is a table describing all the existing 13 Birthsigns in Oblivion Remastered: 

Birthsign	Benefits
The Warrior	Increases Endurance and Strength by 10 points.
The Mage	Increases Magicka by 50 points.
The Thief	Increases Luck, Agility, and Speed by 10 points.
The Steed	Increases Movement speed by 20 points.
The Apprentice	Increases Magicka by 100 points but increases vulnerability to magic by 100 percent.
The Shadow	Use Invisibility once a day for 60 seconds.
The Ritual	Heal yourself for 200 points a day, and also use 40 Magicka to make the undead flee for 30 seconds.
The Atronach	Increases Magicka by 150 points and allows you to absorb 50 percent of spells cast at you. Your Magicka no longer refills.
The Tower	Open average difficulty locks once a day. You can reflect five percent of the incoming damage for 120 seconds once a day.
The Lord	Increases Armor rating by 15 and Magic Resistance by 15 percent.
The Lady	Increases Endurance and Willpower by 10 points.
The Lover	Paralyze enemies for 10 seconds and reduce the caster’s fatigue by 120 points once per day.
The Serpent	Deal three points of damage for 20 seconds by poisoning the enemies. You can also cure poison and get 90 points of health back. But it can only be used once a day, and it also gives the player fatigue of 100 points.

Next up, you can read our guides to learn about mod support and performing the duplication glitch in Oblivion Remastered.