How to recharge weapons in Oblivion Remastered

Need to recharge a weapon in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered? The best way to travel through Cyrodiil is with an enchanted weapon by your side. With effects like 'absorb magicka' and 'drain strength' addded to your attacks, no goblin, ghost, or gloom wraith will stand a chance. There's just one problem: enchanted weapons need recharging. If you're hoping to use your enchanted blades and clubs more than once - and we bet you do - this guide will explain exactly what you need to do to recharge your weapons in Oblivion Remastered.

On a side note, you only need to recharge your enchanted weapons, as enchantments on armour will always remain active. If you don't have any enchanted items yet, you can buy them or create them using an altar of enchanting.

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How to charge weapons in Oblivion

In The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, enchanted weapons are marked by a small grey-ish dot in your inventory. Enable 'show details', click on an enchanted weapon, and select the star-like button on the right side of the screen (the central one in a row of three) to see the weapon's effects, charges, and uses. Whenever you hit an enemy with an enchanted weapon, you will inflict the listed effects and consume charges. The number of charges consumed per hit depends on the enchantments.

The 'uses' will tell you how often you can use the weapon before its charges run out. Let's say you have a fully charged enchanted weapon with 500 charges and 29 uses. If striking an opponent consumes 17 charges, the first hit will reduce the remaining charges to 483/500 and the remaining uses to 28.

Of course, 29 strikes isn't that much when you're exploring wildlands full of enemies, so it's important to recharge your weapons. There are four ways to replenish enchantments:

• Use Soul Gems. Some merchants sell filled Soul Gems, but they're quite expensive, so it's better to buy empty ones and fill them yourself. All you need to do is keep some empty Soul Gems in your inventory, cast a Soultrap Spell on an enemy, and kill that enemy. If you don't have a Soultrap Spell yet, you can buy it from a Mages Guild Hall. Beware that stronger enemies require larger Soul Gems (such as a 'Greater Soul Gem' rather than a 'Petty Soul Gem'). Once it's filled with an enemy's soul, interact with a Soul Gem to recharge your weapon - single use only.
• Use Azura's Star. Sick of buying empty Soul Gems? Then complete Azura's Daedric Quest to obtain Azura's Star, a reusable Soul Gem capable of trapping Souls of all sizes. It works the same as a normal Soul Gem, but it won't break after use.
• Use Varla Stones. Unlike Soul Gems, Varla Stones fully recharge every weapon in your inventory rather than a single one, so it's best to save them for the mid to late game, when you carry more weapons with more powerful enchantments, and wait until all of them are nearly empty. You can loot Varla Stones from Ayleid Ruins.
• Pay a recharger at a Mages Guild Hall or Arcane University to recharge the weapon. Rechargers usually double as vendors or trainers. Beware that recharging is very expensive, so this method isn't recommended.

And that's how to recharge weapons in Oblivion Remastered. Now that you've learned how to recharge enchantments, perhaps you should look into spellcrafting next. Like enchanted weapons, this will help you boost your Attributes, but you can also use it to cure diseases and more.