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The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered

Best Pilgrim Build

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The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion - Pilgrim Class

This is a guide on the best Pilgrim build in The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered. Find out the best build for the Pilgrim class, the best identity and birthsign for the Pilgrim, and how to play as a Pilgrim!

Best Pilgrim Build

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Skill Priority Best Weapon Types Best Identity Best Birthsign

Skill Priority for Pilgrim

Blunt Skill
Blunt
Light Armor Skill
Light Armor
Mercantile Skill
Mercantile
Speechcraft Skill
Speechcraft

Since a Pilgrim focuses mainly on exploring, bartering, and interacting, prioritizing Blunt, Light Armor, Mercantile, and Speechcraft best suits its natural attributes.

Blunt improves the pilgrim's combat proficiency, particularly with blunt weapons.

Light Armor allows the pilgrim to wear armor without a penalty to its mobility, which is useful for exploration and combat.

Mercantile allows the pilgrim to get better deals when buying or selling items.

Speechcraft improves the pilgrim's interactions with other characters, making the pilgrim more likeable and persuasive, which can be useful for gathering information and other social interactions.

Best Weapon Types for Pilgrim

Primary Mace
Alternative War Axes

Mace is the best weapon type for the pilgrim simply because it greatly benefits from the Blunt skill. War Axe is also a great choice since it's also a blunt weapon.

However, any blunt weapon would work for the pilgrim in general thanks to the Blunt skill. The pilgrim isn't necessarily a combat-focused class, so selecting a specific blunt weapon wouldn't be much of a big deal.

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Best Identity for Pilgrim

Best Race Best Origin
Imperial Imperial Nibenay

Imperial is the best race for the pilgrim due to their innate high Personality attribute, making them more persuasive during interactions like trading and information gathering, which is in line with the pilgrim's gameplay.

Choosing the Nibenay origin gives +10 more points to Speed compared to Colovia, which is an attribute that's more beneficial for the pilgrim.

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Best Birthsign for Pilgrim

Best Birthsign Description
The Thief The Thief Those born under the sign of The Thief benefit from increased Agility, Speed and Luck.
・ Fortify Agility: Increases Agility by 10 points.
・ Fortify Luck: Increases Luck by 10 points.
・ Fortify Speed: Increases Speed by 10 points.

The Thief is the best birthsign for the pilgrim due to the increase in Luck and Speed. Luck allows the pilgrim to influence events to its favor more often. Meanwhile, Speed simply makes the pilgrim move faster, which is useful not only for exploration but also for outrunning enemies.

Best Birthsigns Tier List

Pilgrim Class Info

Attributes and Specialization

Specialization Favored Attributes
Stealth Personality
Endurance

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Pilgrim Major Skills

Skill Unlocks
Armorer Image Armorer Base: You cannot repair magic items.
Lv. 25: You can now repair magic items.
Lv. 50: Your Repair Hammers last twice as long.
Lv. 75: You can repair items beyond their maximum durability. Improved weapons deal more damage, improved armors protects more.
Lv. 100: Your Repair Hammers never break. One hammer lasts a lifetime.
Block Image Block Base: Your shield or weapon loses durability when you block an attack.
Lv. 25: Your shield or weapon no longer loses durability when you block an attack.
Lv. 50: Blocking an attack consumes slightly less Fatigue.
Lv. 75: Blocking an attack consumes even less Fatigue. You can perform a Shield Bash while blocking with a shield.
Lv. 100: Blocking an attack consumes almost no Fatigue. Your Shield Bash deals much more damage.
Blunt Image Blunt Base: You have no particular perk.
Lv. 25: Your Power Attacks deal more damage, and Blunt weapons are more durable.
Lv. 50: Your Power Attacks temporarily grant you Shield.
Lv. 75: Your Regular Attacks have a slight chance to silence your opponents.
Lv. 100: The Shield granted by your Power Attacks is even stronger.
Light Armor Image Light Armor Base: Light Armor you wear degrades much faster.
Lv. 25: Light Armor you wear degrades at a normal rate.
Lv. 50: Light Armor you wear degrades much more slowly.
Lv. 75: Light Armor you wear no longer encumbers you at all.
Lv. 100: While wearing exclusively Light Armor, your protection is greatly increased.
Mercantile Image Mercantile Base: The value of items you sell is reduced if the item is in poor condition.
Lv. 25: The value of items you sell is no longer reduced if the item is in poor condition. Merchants may also offer better items.
Lv. 50: You can buy and sell any item to any vendor. Merchants may also offer even better items.
Lv. 75: All merchants have more gold available. You can invest in a shop to permanently increase that merchant's available gold.
Lv. 100: You always buy and sell items at the best price possible. Merchants offer the best items they have.
Security Image Security Base: Up to four tumblers will fall when you fail and break a lockpick.
Lv. 25: Up to three tumblers will fall when you fail and break a lockpick.
Lv. 50: Up to two tumblers will fall when you fail and break a lockpick.
Lv. 75: Only one tumbler will fall when you fail and break a lockpick.
Lv. 100: No tumblers fall when you fail and break a lockpick.
Speechcraft Image Speechcraft Base: You have no particular perk.
Lv. 25: Disposition decreases more slowly over time when trying to persuade a character.
Lv. 50: You can rotate once for free when trying to persuade a character.
Lv. 75: Bribes cost much less.
Lv. 100: Disposition no longer decreases over time when trying to persuade a character. Disposition is also less impacted by the most disliked action.

Major skills receive a starting bonus of an initial +20 levels and they increase more rapidly.

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Stealth Classes
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