Summary
- Oblivion fans have spent the last 20 years waiting for a chance to see Cyrodil again.
- They’ve finally got the opportunity with The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered.
- However, one player is actually trying to get out of Cyrodil and has managed to go out-of-bounds.
A particularly sneaky Oblivion Remastered player has already figured out how to leave Cyrodil by going out of bounds, and their current goal is to somehow reach the Summerset Isles.
As if 2025 wasn’t already busy enough, Bethesda decided to drop a massive bombshell (well, ignoring the months of rumours and leaks) on Elder Scrolls fans this week by releasing a remaster of Oblivion. As the massive Steam player count suggests, the remaster has been a big success so far, with both complete newcomers to the game and hardened veterans taking the time to revisit Cyrodil.
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One of the things that players like the most about the Oblivion remaster is that it’s pretty much the same game but with polished visuals and some smaller quality-of-life improvements. That means the classic Oblivion jank is just as present as it’s always been, something that players have been messing around with – which brings us to one player’s successful attempt to escape Cyrodil.
Oblivion Remastered Player Has Already Escaped Cyrodil, And The Out-Of-Bounds Map Is Apparently Quite Detailed
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Over on the Oblivion subreddit, one of the most popular posts over the past few days comes from Redditor GnoblinXD, who has somehow managed to escape Cyrodil already. They shared their journey on the subreddit, which started with them walking along Skingrad’s Strid River, where they jumped across to Valenwood near Kvatch.
This is, of course, out of Oblivion’s proper map, so you’d expect that not to be possible. GnoblinXD proved that isn’t the case and found that the map’s “landmass” was in-tact and explorable, even if it wasn’t properly filled out. To their surprise, the Summerset Isles seemed to have explorable land, despite not being visible from the playable area.
This made the Summerset Isles a natural landmark to aim for, but GnoblinXD sadly hasn’t had any luck reaching it so far, since the water surrounding the area isn’t actually filled out and is just a void. As you can see from their images on the Reddit post, they actually made it a fair distance out-of-bounds, which makes you wonder just how much of the map is actually explorable.
GnoblinXD ended their post by noting that they might try to reach Summerset Isles again at a later date, which should hopefully prove if it’s possible or not. Of course, modders can like get out of Cyrodil and fly around with ease, but it seems that this is an easy way to get out-of-bounds naturally and see how the world is mapped out.
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