Crime Overview

Several actions in Oblivion are classified as crime, and will, if witnessed, invoke the punishment of the law via guards. These actions include:

1. Trespassing
   • Entering or remaining in an owned space when you are not permitted to be there
2. Picking Pockets
   • Removing items directly from an NPC's personal inventory
3. Stealing
   • Removing items from the owned space of an NPC
4. Assault
   • Attacking a friendly NPC (defending yourself is not a crime)
5. Murder
   • Killing a friendly NPC (defending yourself is not a crime)

Guards & Arrest

NPCs whose class is flagged as guard will attempt to arrest the player after a crime is committed. They will give the choice of paying the fine, going to jail, or resisting arrest.

Disposition Modifiers

Witnessing a crime will lower an NPC's disposition toward the criminal. The game settings below determine how the disposition is modified. If the NPC is a victim of a crime the disposition modifier is multiplied by fCrimeDispPersonal.

• fCrimeDispAttack
• fCrimeDispMurder
• fCrimeDispPickpocket
• fCrimeDispSteal
• fCrimeDispTresspass

Fines

Actors caught perpetrating crimes will have a fine added to their total bounty (assuming they are reported to the guards). The game settings below determine the fines for various crimes.

• iCrimeGoldAttack
• iCrimeGoldJailBreak
• iCrimeGoldMurder
• iCrimeGoldPickpocket
• iCrimeGoldStealHorse
• iCrimeGoldTrespass