Endurance in Oblivion is a key character attribute that primarily affects your health and fatigue. Specifically, it:
- Determines your base health, calculated as twice your Endurance value.
- Influences how much your health increases each time you level up, with the health gain per level being roughly one-tenth of your Endurance (rounded down).
- Affects your maximum fatigue, which impacts how long you can perform strenuous activities.
- Governs the skills Block, Armorer, and Heavy Armor, improving your ability to block attacks, repair armor, and benefit from heavy armor protection.
- Increases health regeneration rate when out of combat.
Because of these effects, leveling up Endurance early and consistently is crucial to maximizing your health pool and survivability. Increasing Endurance as you level not only raises your health gain per level but also recalculates your base health, compounding the benefit. There is no point of diminishing returns on Endurance for health gains; the higher it is, the more health you get
. Additionally, certain birthsigns and quest rewards can permanently boost Endurance beyond the usual maximum, further increasing your health potential
. In summary, Endurance is vital for:
- Maximizing health and fatigue.
- Improving health regeneration.
- Enhancing Block, Armorer, and Heavy Armor skills.
- Increasing underwater breathing duration.
For optimal gameplay, prioritize raising Endurance early to gain the most health and survivability benefits
