Oblivion:Marauder

Marauder at Fort Wooden Hand

This article is about the NPCs. For the class, see Marauder (class).

Marauders are aggressive, blade-wielding NPCs. They are always hostile towards the player and will attack you on sight. Marauders are regularly found in fort dungeons, though you may find them occasionally in other types of dungeons as well, as summarized at Marauder Dungeons.

There are three basic varieties of Marauder.

• The most common variety is identified simply as Marauder, and is blade-weapon melee fighter of Marauder class
• Next most common variety is the Marauder Archer, a Marauder Archer-class NPC equipped with a bow.
• The least common marauder is the Marauder Battlemage, a spell-casting marauder of the Marauder Mage class.

Marauders are also frequently accompanied by dogs, who may actually appear in place of a marauder; this is usually to the player's benefit, as the dog is much easier to kill than a marauder.

In addition, Marauder Warlords are the marauder bosses, and are only found in dungeons. Eight dungeons have a single Marauder Warlord, typically as the final enemy you will encounter. Despite having Destruction as major skill, they do not possess Destruction spells.

Lastly, you may encounter Dead Marauders. One Orc and one Nord marauder have been killed by other denizens of their homes before you ever arrive. You can find them in Dasek Moor, Fort Blueblood (×2), Fort Coldcorn and Fort Urasek.

All marauders are members of the Marauder Faction, which gives them a slight liking for Creatures and a pathological hatred of bandits.

There are several specialized types of marauders, who take part in a series of Mages Guild, Dark Brotherhood and Miscellaneous quests. These include:

• Six non-respawning Marauders (1 Marauder, 2 Battlemages, 2 Archers and 1 Warlord) are encountered in Fort Blueblood during the Leyawiin Recommendation quest.
• The Mercenaries in Fort Sutch, who are part of the Marauder faction
• Some of the contenders in Boethia's tournament
• Bjalfi the Contemptible who can be found in Fort Strand and who is part of the Marauder faction
• Kylius Lonavo, found at Greyland is also part of the Marauder faction
• Black Rock Pirates from Black Rock Caverns

Name	Race(s)	Level	Armor (all Heavy)	Weapon	Other
Dead Marauder 00065643 00065E39	Nord Orc	1	Boots Cuirass	(none)	Pants
Marauder 0003DC62 0003DC64 0003DC61 0003DC63 0003DC60 0003DC5D 0003DC5F 00069AD8	Orc Nord	-2 to -4	Boots Cuirass Gauntlets (25%) Greaves (25%) Shield (25%)	Long Blade*	Repair Hammer (25%) Pants
Marauder (Fort Blueblood only) 0003FB81	Nord	-1	Boots Cuirass Shield (25%)	Blade	Pants
Marauder Archer 00035FD2 00035FD3 00035FD4 00035FD5 00069AD9	Imperial Argonian	-2 to -4	Boots Cuirass	Bow*† Arrows* 1 Iron Arrow Dagger	Repair Hammer (25%) Pants
Marauder Archer (Fort Blueblood only) 0003FB83 0003FB86	Imperial Argonian	-2 to -3	Boots Cuirass	Bow Arrows Dagger	Pants
Marauder Battlemage 00035FDC 00035FDD 00035FD6 00035FD9 00069AD6	Altmer	-2 to -4	Light Armor Boots Cuirass	Dagger Staff (10%) Multiple spells	0-3 Restore Health Potion** Pants
Marauder Battlemage (Fort Blueblood only) 0003FB84 0003FB85	Altmer	0	Light Armor Boots Cuirass	Dagger Multiple spells
Marauder Warlord 00035FDE 00035FDF 00035FE0 00035FE1	Imperial Nord	0	Boots* Cuirass* Gauntlets* (25%) Greaves* Helmet* (25%) Shield* (50%)	Long Blade*	2 Repair Hammers (25% each) Pants Shoes
Marauder Warlord (Fort Blueblood only) 0003CD2B	Orc	+2	Boots Cuirass Gauntlets (25%) Greaves (50%) Helmet (25%) Shield (50%)	Long Blade	Pants Shoes Fort Blueblood Key

* This item may be enchanted. The long blades (Longswords or Claymores) of melee Marauders and the bows and arrows of Marauder Archers may be enchanted starting from level 4, with the likelihood increasing after level 9. The respective percentages for levels 4-9 and for levels 9 and above are 7% and 12% for long blades, 4% to 8% for arrows, and 2% to 4% for bows. The long blades of Marauder Warlords may be enchanted starting from level 3, with the likelihood rising from 25% to 40% at level 6 and to 50% at level 9. Marauder Warlord armor may also be enchanted from level 3, with the likelihood rising from 20% to 25% at level 7 and 30% at level 9.

** The number of possible potions received and the chance of how many changes depending on your level, as does the quality of the potions. Potions are always strongest possible for each level. Individual Restore Health potions have a 25% chance of appearing.

† There is a 20% chance the Marauder Archer may be carrying two bows, one of which may be enchanted (see above for likelihood).

Level: This is the NPC's level relative to your character

Inventory

• All items without a percentage next to them are guaranteed to be present on an NPC.
• Items with a percentage will only appear randomly.
• The quality of armor is determined by the Armor Leveled List; for weapons see the Weapons Leveled List. Only the Cuirass and Greaves of Marauder Warlords are always the strongest possible level.
• Marauders always carry heavy armor.

Marauder Battlemage Spells

Battlemages have a very large amount of magicka, as they possess three birthsigns: the Mage and Atronach birthsigns also available to the player, plus the Marauder Mage birthsign which adds another 25 Magicka. Taken alongside their Altmer bonus, this means that they have +325 maximum magicka. It is therefore highly recommended that you use a silence spell or silence enchanted weapon against them to prevent the use of spell casting. Damage Magicka is generally not useful at all due to the repeated casting it would take to reduce the marauder's magicka to zero.

Each Battlemage will know how to cast four randomly selected spells: two Destruction, one Conjuration and one Restoration spell. In each case, the effect is randomly determined from the following list; the strength of the spell is randomly determined based on the battlemage's skill level. The possible effects for each school are:

• Conjuration (minor): Bound Armor (Boots, Gauntlets, Greaves or Helmet), Bound Weapon (Axe or Dagger) or Summon (Ghost, Scamp, Skeleton or Zombie).
• Destruction (minor and major): 1 Damage Health, Drain Health, Fire Damage, Frost Damage or Shock Damage (the damage spells may all be on touch or on target) and a second, more powerful, one with same effects plus Disintegrate Weapon and Armor.
• Restoration (major): Absorb Fatigue, Absorb Health, Absorb Magicka, Absorb Skill (all on touch; except Acrobatics, Alchemy, Armorer, Athletics, Mercantile, Security, Speechcraft) or Restore Health.

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  Female Nord Marauder

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  Male Nord Marauder

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  Female Orc Marauder

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  Male Orc Marauder

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  Female Argonian Marauder Archer

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  Male Argonian Marauder Archer

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  Female Imperial Marauder Archer

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  Male Imperial Marauder Archer

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  Female Altmer Marauder Battlemage

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  Male Altmer Marauder Battlemage

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  Female Imperial Marauder Warlord

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  Male Imperial Marauder Warlord

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  Female Nord Marauder Warlord

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  Male Nord Marauder Warlord

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  Male Nord Dead Marauder (Fighter's Stronghold)

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  Male Orc Dead Marauder (Fighter's Stronghold)