Oblivion Remastered persuasion wheel guide

I don’t know about you, but I love the persuasion system in The Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion. Although it took me a while to figure it out when I first played the original, I enjoyed watching my Speechcraft increase with every character I talked to.

Fortunately, despite Oblivion Remastered changing the persuasion wheel’s appearance, its core mechanics remain the same. Let’s dive into how persuasion works and its main purpose.

How does persuasion work in Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion Remastered?

Oblivion Remastered’s persuasion wheel minigame lets you raise an NPC’s disposition by choosing pie slices depending on their size and the character’s feelings toward the action. There are four actions to choose from in each minigame:

• Admire
• Joke
• Coerce
• Boast

With each action comes a corresponding reaction, as detailed below:

• Hate
• Dislike
• Like
• Love

You can tell how an NPC feels by watching their facial expressions as you hover over options. A small smile or large grin indicates they like and love it, respectively, while slight and noticeable frowns reveal their distaste for the interaction. These changes are subtle, so it may take a few persuasion attempts to fully learn them, especially as you talk to characters with different facial structures.

Persuasion minigame

As you select each pie slice, your disposition will increase or decrease. Each pie slice will also rotate clockwise, requiring you to carefully plan out each move so you don’t accidentally upset someone. Your ultimate goal is to end the minigame with a higher disposition than when you started by matching the large pie slices with persuasion actions that make the NPC happy and selecting small ones for disliked and hated options.

Throughout the minigame, the NPC’s disposition toward you will slowly drain. You’ll need to act quickly, selecting options resulting in the lowest reductions possible and the highest wins. Sometimes, that requires sacrificing a liked option or getting a slightly higher score in a disliked category to earn the maximum score on a loved persuasion action.

Every NPC has different preferences, so your strategy will shift slightly in accordance. Overall, your core strategy of matching pie slices to each outcome will remain the same, but you’ll have to plan your rotations slightly differently each time.

Bribery

Alternatively, if you’re not a fan of the persuasion minigame or reached your maximum disposition with someone, you can bribe an NPC to increase it further. Doing this lets you pay a small fee to raise their disposition by a set amount, bypassing the minigame as long as you have the money to pay for it. Doing this is optional but can help you raise their score slightly if you reach their limit or just want to finish the job quickly.

How to make persuasion easier in Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion Remastered

The key to making your persuasion attempts easier in Oblivion Remastered is to raise your Speechcraft. While novices have no noticeable perks when persuading others, raising this skill will give the following benefits:

• Level 25 (Apprentice): Disposition decreases more slowly over time when trying to persuade a character.
• Level 50 (Journeyman): You can rotate once for free when trying to persuade a character.
• Level 75 (Expert): Bribes cost much less.
• Level 100 (Master): Disposition no longer decreases over time when trying to persuade a character. Disposition is also less impacted by the most disliked action.

Right away, Apprentices in Speechcraft gain a solid advantage by having NPC disposition decrease slower, giving you more time to think about what you’ll say next. Over time, the perks improve further, including a free pie rotation at level 50 to make it easier to align your options. If all else fails, you can use Oblivion’s console commands to make Speechcraft level farming easier.

How to raise your Speechcraft in Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion Remastered

As the name suggests, raising your Speechcraft in Oblivion Remastered is all about talking to NPCs. While trading with NPCs raises your Mercantile skills, persuading them influences your Speechcraft. You’ll gain experience in this skill regardless of whether your disposition increases or decreases.

Fastest ways to raise Speechcraft

Remember that disposition limit from earlier? Normally, this prevents you from persuading an NPC, making it harder to train your Speechcraft. Below are some tips for circumventing this:

• Swap between lowering and increasing the NPC’s disposition with every persuasion attempt.
• Draw your weapon before talking to an NPC to lower your disposition by 10.
• Don’t put any points into Personality when leveling up. Your disposition with NPCs will increase as you do so, making it easier to reach the point cap.
• When selecting the wedges, pick them quickly and randomly to make the process quicker at the risk of evening out the disposition score.

Although getting the same disposition score as you started won’t increase your EXP in Speechcraft, lowering or raising it will. If you keep maxing out your disposition and run out of NPCs to talk to, draw your weapon before lowering their disposition slightly. That way, you’ll be below the cap, letting you infinitely repeat the minigame until you reach your desired level.