Fixing the paralysis warp softlock bug in Oblivion Remastered

April 11, 2026

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Oblivion Remastered has a frustrating bug where getting paralyzed will cause you to warp through the map and remain permanently paralyzed. It’s caused by the curse of the Gauntlets of the Crusader in the Knights of the Nine questline. The curse causes stamina loss when moving and you’ll collapse if it fully depletes. If you collapse into water, you will not recover and you’ll somehow be linked with that part of the world map. If you’re paralysed again, you’ll warp to that spot and be softlocked again, and again, and again…

I saw this post by /u/norish97 on reddit:

I know this is an old thread. But for anyone experiencing this bug like I just did, the steps in this video fixed the problem for me!

https://youtu.be/GwSy8X6n7pI?si=Sxc6KCalNAkLwUWx

Salvation indeed lay within.

The fix

• Gain access to an altar of spellmaking

• Possess a paralysis spell (you can buy one from Ita in the basement of the Bravil Mage’s guild)

• Craft a spell of paralysis on self with 1 second duration

• Go to Kvatch and enter the city gates. You don’t need to have closed the Oblivion gate to enter the city.

• Cast the paralysis spell on yourself

• When your character is transported away, fast travel to another location

• Save your game and reload your save

That should be it. The video didn’t mention reloading your save but my character couldn’t move after fast travelling. @isos29 in the youtube comments provided the final step:

for anyone watching this, i got the bug and you just need to go into kvatch and wear out your stamina and then fast travel (i was frozen in place after traveling, quick saved and loaded the save and wore out my stamina again and no more glitch) you don’t need the self paralyze potion. anyways thanks especially for the beginning part of the video it really spoke to me emotionally god bless