Sneak
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The sneak skill provides the opportunity to pick pockets and move unseen in the shadows. The skill plays an important part in stealth. While pickpocketing, you can plant objects on others in the same manner you put items in a container.
- Governing attribute: Agility
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[edit] Skill levels
- Novice: Attacks while undetected gain 4x bonus for one-handed weapons/hand to hand or 2x bonus for marksman.
- Apprentice: Attacks while undetected gain 6x bonus for one-handed weapons/hand to hand or 3x bonus for marksman.
- Journeyman: The weight of your boots no longer affect your sneaking ability.
- Expert: No detection penalty for moving while sneaking.
- Master: Attacks while undetected ignore the target's armor rating.
[edit] Tips for sneaking
The most important rule to remember is:
- To an extent, the majority of rules that apply to not being seen in real life, apply in Oblivion.
Many environmental factors influence your success at remaining an enigma in the eyes of your enemy:
- The light in the area plays an important factor. Hiding in the shadows is obviously more advisable than standing right underneath a fully-lit chandelier.
- If your stealth mission involves working outside, it is advisable to wait until nightfall when there are fewer citizens about to notice you, and more shadow cover.
- If you are unsure whether you can be seen, switch to third-person view and see how clearly you can see yourself. If you blend in relatively well, chances are the NPCs won't be able to see you, even if they walk directly past you. Your sneaking eye icon will tell you if you are hidden.
The clothes you are wearing can also play an important part in your not being seen:
- Whilst the color of your clothes seems to make no difference, some items of clothing are enchanted with a Chameleon spell which can make it harder for guards to notice you. It is possible to enchant an outfit to turn you fully invisible, once you reach or exceed 100% Chameleon.
- The Ring of Khajiiti offers 35% Chameleon with 10 pts to Speed.
- If you have NOT reached the rank of Journeyman (skill 50) in Sneak, the weight of your boots impacts your stealth. Light Armor boots or no boots at all are quieter than Heavy Armor boots.
How you move will also make a difference until you reach lvl 75 in sneak:
- Being stationary, sneaking, walking, running, and jumping all have varying levels of noise.
- Being stationary creates no noise at all and whilst not moving you are relatively safe from guards.
- Sneaking and to some extent walking are perfectly safe providing the enemy is looking the other direction.
- Running and jumping will normally cause an enemy to hear you which will immediately scupper your stealth attempts.
- If you have trouble keeping a slow pace you can take out your shield/weapon and hold block to maintain a reasonable speed.
Spellcasting has an impact:
- Casting a spell while nearby another person increases the chances of being noticed.
- Casting a light spell such as Starlight also increases the chances of being noticed.
- Casting chameleon or invisibility will make your character less noticeable. Invisibility will make you totally invisible that wears off when you perform an action while chameleon will give you partial invisibility for the duration of the spell.
Leveling Easily:
- If u have 100% chameleon (get from oblivion gates) go to town and find barracks or plase where guards sleep just sneak over plase!!!!
- If you have just one conjuration spell sneak and start moving which is the easiest way other than joining a guild and sneaking while they are asleep.
See Also : Cheats
[edit] Sneak combat
When undetected your melee and ranged attacks do far more damage to your opponent. Try to at least start every fight with an undetected ranged attack. If your sneak/chameleon is high enough, and the beast stupid enough, they might still not detect you if you back up a bit(even when running towards you, they often still can't see you so don't panic and run). With a decent marksmanship level, most humanoids go down in 3 undetected shots.
An attack with a short sword whilst undetected does even more damage. Try to sneak up into a dark corner behind your opponent and either go for it, and wait for him/her/it to come to you (this may take a while). Also, a power attack does the same amount of damage, so refrain from using it in stealth. Something to try is to force your opponent against the wall so he/she/it can't see you, or takes longer to, it will make the kill much easier.
Also, it is worth waiting to see if any opponents standing close together will eventually spread out. If you can hear them talking you can be almost assured that they will split after their short conversation and enable you to kill them separately.
With a very high sneak skill, it is possible to maneuver enemies by pushing them from behind (by walking into them), often into favorable positions (e.g. a dark corner). Enemies can be a bit slippery, but this can be very useful in applying the above strategy of melee sneak attacking that avoids detection.
[edit] Sneak trainers
- Sneak master who teachs for free is on at Bruma's walls just jump on roof of house and than try get to wall there are thease "towers" you will find guy named "Sneaky Snake" talk to him and say "I found you!"
NOTE: he has invisibility on!
- Refer to the Trainers page.
[edit] Books that permanently increase the Sneak skill
[edit] Leveling text
Apprentice-level text:
- Stepping softly, hiding in the shadows, you do everything in your power to remain undetected. You have become an Apprentice of Sneaking. When you are sneaking, you now do extra damage while attacking a character that does not detect you.
Journeyman-level text:
- Stepping softly, hiding in the shadows, you do everything in your power to remain undetected. You have become a Journeyman of Sneaking. The weight of your boots no longer affects your ability to remain undetected.
Expert-level text:
- Stepping softly, hiding in the shadows, you do everything in your power to remain undetected. You have become an Expert at Sneaking. You can now move silently. Running or walking no longer affects your ability to remain undetected.
Master-level text:
- Stepping softly, hiding in the shadows, you do everything in your power to remain undetected. You have become a Master at Sneaking. While sneaking, any attack on an opponent that does not detect you ignores their armor.
[edit] NPC Dialogue
When your sneak skill is 70 or higher, NPCs will say "You're a sneaky looking sort."
[edit] Usefulness
Many of the less aware opponents will allow you to get multiple Marksman sneak attacks on them before they discover your position. Close range sneak attacking is considered extremely useful when you have the Expert Armorer perk, the Master Sneak perk, and a Mace. This is because Maces are the most damaging one handed weapons in the game. Using the Mace/Armorer combo you can get a very powerful sneak attack.
