

At any point during the game, you can go back and readjust the difficulty (even in the middle of a fight if you want). This is not considered cheating, and the game does not keep track of what difficulty levels you have played at. Some players also advise finding the game difficulty setting under the Options menu, and setting it to the easiest value, because they believe that for first-time players, even the default "medium" difficulty setting can be overwhelming. Although many links are provided to pages with more information, you do not need to read those linked pages at first.
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The premise of this page is that at first, it is most important to spend as much time as possible playing, and as little time as possible reading. When you're starting out, don't worry about making mistakes, and don't worry about playing efficiently. The most important piece of advice is: Play the game! Stop reading this wiki, and just go have fun enjoying the game. This page will provide just the key, basic information to get you started. There is a lot of advice on this website for how to play the game, which can be overwhelming at first. Firstly, welcome to Oblivion! This page is intended for people who have just started playing the game, and in particular for those who haven't played any of the previous Elder Scrolls games.
