Shivering Isles is the DLC of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. It comes preinstalled in the 2025 Remastered version for PS5, Xbox Series S/X & PC. Here’s how to start the DLC:
Step 1: The Shivering Isles DLC can be started immediately after the prologue when entering the open world for the first time (after exiting the sewers dungeon). No other game progress is needed. You must go to the middle of the big lake “Nidon Bay” at the town “Bravil”. There you find an unmarked island with a purple portal on it.
Step 2: Approach the portal, you will get a new quest “A Door in Niben Bay”. An NPC called Belmyne Dreleth comes out of the portal and starts attacking a guard. After the fight, talk to the guard, exhaust all dialogues. Then interact with the purple portal. The portal will ‘talk’ to you. In the top left it will say “This door will not yet open to you” but this is a false warning to confuse the player. Just keep interacting with the portal repeatedly, after about half a minute you can enter!
Step 3: Once inside, sit in the chair and talk to Haskill. Exhaust the dialogues with him. He will eventually end the dialogue. You can immediately talk to him again, say “I’ll do it”. Then you are teleported to the Shivering Isles DLC area and the first DLC trophy/achievement unlocks.
This expansion takes place on its own separate map. You can return to the main game map anytime by going through the purple portal again. You can track the new DLC quests in the journal, starting with “Through the Fringe of Madness”. All objectives will be marked just like in the main game.
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