How to cure any disease in Oblivion Remastered

How do you cure diseases in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered? Cyrodiil, it turns out, is a veritable cesspool of diseases, and many of its inhabitants are just itching (literally in some cases) to pass it onto you wherever you set foot in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered. Fortunately, whether you're struck with Brain Rot, Ticklebritch, or a nasty case of the Collywobbles, the antidote is always the same: the aptly named "Cure Disease" effect.

In the guide below, we'll walk you through how to cure any disease in Oblivion Remastered, and all the different ways in which you can apply the "Cure Disease" effect upon yourself, from potions and wortcraft to the Restoration school Spell and from whom it can be purchased.

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How to cure disease in Oblivion Remastered

Almost all diseases in Oblivion are cured in the same manner: by consuming an ingredient or food item, drinking a Potion, or casting a Spell with the "Cure Disease" effect. Doing this will instantly cure you of any disease that currently ails you.

The only exception to this rule is Vampirism. The Cure Disease effect will remove Porphyric Hemophilia, the disease that gives you Vampirism; but it has no effect on Vampirism itself. For more information on that, view our guide on how to cure Vampirism. (We also have a guide on how to become a Vampire, if that's more your thing.)

All items with the Cure Disease effect

There are several items and spells which can provide you with the Cure Disease effect. The easiest method is to simply eat an ingredient or food item which has Cure Disease as its primary effect. These ingredients are:

• Mandrake Root
• Root Pulp
• Clannfear Claws
• Shepherd's Pie

With high enough Alchemy, you can also create a Potion of Cure Disease with any ingredient that has Cure Disease for any of its effects, not just its primary effect. So in addition to the above four ingredients, you can also create a Cure Disease Potion from the following:

• Elf Cup Cap
• Hunger Tongue
• Red Kelp Gas Bladder
• Withering Moon

Unusually, wortcraft (the act of eating raw ingredients instead of making them into Potions) is actually better in the case of curing disease, because the Cure Disease effect is always the same, and cannot be made any stronger through Alchemy. So you might as well just nibble on some Mandrake Root, as it has the same effect as making a full Potion of Cure Disease, and it's less wasteful to boot!

How to get the Cure Disease Spell

Once you gain access to the Cure Disease Spell, then you have the ability to immediately remove any disease from your character at your fingertips forevermore. So, how do you get the Spell?

The Cure Disease Spell is a Journeyman-level Spell from the Restoration school. To get it, you must purchase it from one of the following magical vendors for 140 Gold:

Once you have access to the Cure Disease Spell (and have reached Journeyman level in the Restoration school), you can also add the effect to brand new Spells that you create using an Altar of Spellmaking. But again, the Cure Disease effect doesn't get any stronger or weaker in different forms, so you might as well just use the bogstandard Cure Disease Spell.

How to cure disease using console commands

If you don't mind bending the rules a bit, then you can easily cure any disease using the console in Oblivion. If you're afflicted with any disease, then simply open the console with the tilde key (next to the "1" key on your keyboard), and paste the following console command:

This command will give you a Potion of Cure Disease, which you can find in your inventory. Drink it, and all your diseases will be cured!

There are also console commands which can remove specific diseases. This is useful if for whatever reason you want to get rid of certain but not all of your diseases; but if you want to just purge yourself of all diseases, the easiest way is to use the above command to give yourself the Cure Disease Potion.

Below is the full list of all commands for removing specific diseases:

• Astral Vapors:
  player.removeeffect 00098533Copied!
• Ataxia:
  player.removeeffect 0009840BCopied!
• Black-Heart Blight:
  player.removeeffect 00098407Copied!
• Blood Lung:
  player.removeeffect 00008B71Copied!
• Bone Break Fever:
  player.removeeffect 00008B77Copied!
• Brain Rot:
  player.removeeffect 00008B72Copied!
• Brown Rot:
  player.removeeffect 00098409Copied!
• Cannibal's Prion:
  player.removeeffect 00002729Copied!
• Chanthrax Blight:
  player.removeeffect 00098408Copied!
• Chills:
  player.removeeffect 0009840ACopied!
• Collywobbles:
  player.removeeffect 0009840CCopied!
• Dampworm:
  player.removeeffect 0009840DCopied!
• Droops:
  player.removeeffect 0009840ECopied!
• Elytra Hatchling Disease:
  player.removeeffect 0004418BCopied!
• Feeble Limb:
  player.removeeffect 0001CE5CCopied!
• Greenspore:
  player.removeeffect 0009840FCopied!
• Helljoint:
  player.removeeffect 00098410Copied!
• Porphyric Hemophilia:
  player.removeeffect 0003DB3DCopied!
• Rattles:
  player.removeeffect 00098411Copied!
• Red Rage:
  player.removeeffect 00008B74Copied!
• Rockjoint:
  player.removeeffect 00098412Copied!
• Rust Chancre:
  player.removeeffect 00098413Copied!
• Scalon Blight:
  player.removeeffect 0004292CCopied!
• Scalon Fever:
  player.removeeffect 0004292BCopied!
• Scalon Sunburn:
  player.removeeffect 0004292DCopied!
• Serpiginous Dementia:
  player.removeeffect 00098414Copied!
• Shakes:
  player.removeeffect 00098422Copied!
• Swamp Fever:
  player.removeeffect 00098415Copied!
• Ticklebritch:
  player.removeeffect 000CB5F5Copied!
• Tunnel Cough:
  player.removeeffect 00002728Copied!
• Witbane:
  player.removeeffect 00098416Copied!
• Wither:
  player.removeeffect 00098404Copied!
• Witless Pox:
  player.removeeffect 00008B78Copied!
• Yellow Tick:
  player.removeeffect 00098405Copied!

All Diseases which can be cured

Here's the full list of all Diseases in Oblivion which can be cured using the Cure Disease effect from an ingredient, Potion, or Spell:

As mentioned above, the only exception to this is Vampirism. While the Disease which gives you Vampirism (Porphyric Hemophilia) can be cured by the Cure Disease effect, if you leave the disease for 72 hours it will become true Vampirism, which is the only "disease" that you cannot cure using the Cure Disease effect.

That's everything you need to know about how to cure any type of disease you become afflicted with during your exploits throughout Cyrodiil in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered. If you're about to start a new Oblivion playthrough, our guides on the best class, best race, and the best birthsign in Oblivion might be helpful. It can't hurt to learn how to close an Oblivion Gate either!