Oblivion:Game Manual

Release Date	20 March, 2006
Publisher	Bethesda Softworks
Pages	Varies on version
Game	Oblivion

The Oblivion Game Manual is the instruction manual included with The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The manual gives basic instructions to gameplay mechanics. It can be downloaded here.

Table of Contents

• Getting Started
• Gameplay Controls
• Introduction to Oblivion
• Installing the Game / Staring Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine
• Main Menu
• Gameplay Controls
• The Game Screen
• Compass and Activation Icons
• Journal and Stats Menu
• Stats Menu
• Inventory Menu
• Magic Menu
• Maps and Quests
• Races
• Attributes
• Derived Attributes
• Skills, Mastery Levels, and Skill Perks
• Classes
• Increasing your skills and leveling up
• The Arts of Combat
• The Arts of Magic
• The Arts of Stealth
• Crime and Punishment
• Dialogue
• Horses, Houses, Books, Containers
• Options and Preferences
• Xbox Live

The back cover of the manual is a copy of the Gameplay Controls page in the manual.

Notes

• The PS3 version of the manual is slightly different; in its table of contents it categorises several subsections of the above table of contents as their own separate section.
• Varying versions of the manual, depending on each released version of Oblivion and their region, will have different back pages.
  • The version of the manual that came with the Collector's Edition^{[verification needed — base retail release too?]} had pages advertising Oblivion merchandise at the now defunct Oblivion Store website, the first edition of the Prima Game Guide, and the mobile version of Oblivion.
  • The PC and Xbox versions of the manual that are available to download via the link above have a page advertising the GOTY Edition of the Prima Game Guide.
  • The PS3 version of the manual available to download via the link above has a blank page used for taking notes.
• The Fifth Anniversary Edition of the manual is significantly shorter, excluding about 1/3 of the sections listed above.
• Screenshots in the manual shows the player-character is an Imperial named Bendu Olo.