With item durability a major consideration in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, players will find themselves shelling out vast sums to NPC smiths in order to restore their equipment to full functionality. Fortunately, there is an alternative, in the form of Repair Hammers which can be acquired in various ways.
This guide is everything you need to know about getting and repairing Repair Hammers in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered.
Where To Find Repair Hammers
Repair Hammers are free for the taking, within the various containers you will stumble upon throughout the game world. The Imperial City’s Market District has many of these chests, crates, and barrels to be looted, usually without consequence.
Additionally, Repair Hammers can be purchased for the low, low price of 10 gold at both general and equipment specialist stores. Whether you loot them or buy them, you will necessarily need a large number of them in the early stages due to the particular mechanics of repairing in the game.
How To Use Repair Hammers
The first thing to know is that while Repair Hammers are multiple-use items, they can and will eventually break. This is largely based on the Armorer Minor Skill which affects your ability to maintain weapons and armor at maximum efficiency. Broken weapons and armor are less effective.
At the Novice rank for Armorer, you will not be able to repair magic items. Apprentice unlocks that at 25 points. Journeyman makes Repair Hammers last twice as long at 50 points. Expert at 75 points, buffs repairs beyond the maximum durability of an item, increasing damage or defense. Finally, Master will let you hold on to just a single Repair Hammer forever.
Paradoxically, it will be necessary to actively use Repair Hammers on damaged equipment in order to raise your Armorer level in the first place. This means that early on, you will have to sacrifice a number of Repair Hammers to get going.
From your inventory, select Miscellaneous, then the Repair Hammer in your possession. On this repair screen, only damaged items will appear in the list on the left side. Selecting each one will display the likelihood that the Repair Hammer will break. Restoring an item to 100 will remove it from the damaged list.
A good strategy to employ early on, is to practice repairs on low-tier, low-risk loot even if you have no intention of keeping or using that equipment, thus avoiding wrecking your preferred items. Seek out an Armorer skill trainer to get you as close to the Journeyman rank as possible.
Until you unlock the Apprentice rank, you will be unable to repair magical items, but NPC smiths can serve to temporarily resolve this for you.
The Armorer Minor Skill and Repair Hammers are undoubtedly critical to conserving the player’s gold resources.
That is all there is to know about Repair Hammers in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered.
