Travel (Oblivion)

Cyrodiil is a vast land, estimated to be sixteen virtual square miles, and filled with mountains, forests, and expanses of grasslands. Traveling by foot can be an exhausting and time-consuming task, so there are several methods of quicker travel.

Walking/Running/Swimming
The main advantage of walking or running to a destination is that you can increase your skill in Athletics (and Acrobatics too, if you tend to jump around). In addition, you also have the experience of traveling through the beautiful environment, and may find dungeons or other points of interest along the way.

Swimming will also help increase your Athletics level at a faster rate.

Fast Travel
Fast Travel is a way of quickly "teleporting" to a main city, which are all already available on the map. However, time will still pass by as if the player had walked there. Any positive or negative effects the player had, such as poison, will still progress. So, using poison as an example, it may be that the player arrives dead at his intended location, if the poison lasted long enough and the player did not have enough health. Also, the amount of armor a player is wearing affects how much time passes during fast travel. You cannot fast travel while in any of the following conditions:


 * While enemies are close by/have spotted you
 * While you are taking health damage (e.g. Vampirism + Sun or Magic)
 * While at Fort Grief
 * While indoors
 * While guards are pursuing you
 * While you are over-encumbered
 * While you are in the Deadlands (Oblivion)

It is recommended to do more walking in the first parts of the game. Not only will you encounter enemies that help level up and help your athletics skill, you also find more locations on the map that you can fast travel to later on.

Fast travel also applies to other non-city locations, although in most cases, those locations must first be personally visited.

Mounts

 * For more information, see the main article: Mounts

The player can also travel by using mounts, which are horses. Horses can be bought or stolen from stables in one of the eight main cities and the imperial city, as well as in smaller settlements. Horses cannot technically enter any of the walled cities, although the horse will be sent to the stable for the player to later access. Mounted combat is not possible, although the player and horse can be attacked. You can buy the Horse Armor Pack from here as well from Xbox Live Marketplace on Xbox360.