Please help me with this glitch!
It’s my fist time playing Oblivion and I’ve been loving it. I’m 95 hours in and level 31- I’m the Grey Fox, Arch Mage, Listener of the Dark Brotherhood, Master of the Fighter’s Guild, the Divine Crusader. I’ve done so many side quests but only a few main story missions.
A few hours ago I finished the Malacath quest where you have to release the trolls or ogres, whatever they are. I just snuck past the Bleak Mine guards, released the trolls and went back to the shrine. Everything was fine. I then played another 4 hours or so and went to the arena. I was waiting at the arena and like 4 Bleak Mine guards showed up and started talking to me, like automatically and I couldn’t get away. Eventually they stopped initiating conversation long enough that I hit one of them. They didn’t attack me back but the city guards caught me. I paid the fine, and the game crashed. I reloaded at the arena, waited, and the Bleak Mine guards were back, again wouldn’t stop talking to me. I figured if I killed them all then they couldn’t keep spawning in. I killed maybe 4 but had to resist arrest so I could finish killing them. So then of course the city guards are after me. I ran to Armond’s house and got him to clear my bounty, only the combat music won’t go away and any city I enter the guards attack on site. I’ve tried going into various caves and dungeons but all enemies are instantly alerted. I’ve tried reloading different saves but apparently the only save I have before all this is from yesterday, so about 8 hours of playtime ago… I really don’t know what to do. Has anyone else encountered this?
Posted Feb 15, 2026, 8:39 PM UTC