Learn how to duplicate items, gold, and potions in Oblivion Remastered using the most powerful glitch in the game. This guide walks you through every step of the duplication process on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation, including how to safely stack items, duplicate gold, and avoid crashes. Whether you want infinite lockpicks, soul gems, or high-value potions, this guide has everything you need.
1. How the Duplication Glitch Works in Oblivion Remastered
The duplication glitch uses a container-based inventory exploit. By placing a single copy of a stackable item into any container and then activating a stack from your inventory with the correct input combo, the item will be duplicated into your inventory. This method works on all platforms and relies on syncing errors between your inventory and the container UI.
2. What Items You Can and Cannot Duplicate
The glitch only works on stackable items:
- Arrows
- Lockpicks
- Torches
- Potions
- Soul Gems (filled or empty)
- Ingredients
- Scrolls (e.g. Chameleon Scrolls)
Quest items, stolen items, and most unique gear cannot be duplicated. Items must appear with a number stack in your inventory.
3. How to Duplicate Items Using Scrolls
Chameleon Scroll
The scroll duplication glitch in Oblivion Remastered lets you copy almost any item by using high-quantity scrolls as a duplication trigger. This guide walks you through every step of the scroll-based method, confirmed to work on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation.
3.1. What You Need to Duplicate Items Using Scrolls
You’ll need at least two scrolls of the same type in your inventory. The more you have, the more duplicates you can create. For example, using 50 Chameleon scrolls allows you to duplicate another item 50 times in one go.
3.2. Best Items to Duplicate with Scrolls
This method works on any item that can be dropped, including:
- Weapons
- Armor
- Potions
- Soul gems
- Ingredients
It does not work on quest items, stolen items, or most unique items. Make sure the item is not flagged as essential or bound to a quest.
3.3. How to Perform the Scroll Duplication Glitch
Follow these steps on any platform:
- Make sure you have a stack of scrolls (e.g., 20+).
- Open your inventory.
- Highlight and equip the scroll stack (selecting it does not use the scroll).
- Immediately after, drop the item you want to duplicate.
If done correctly, the item will drop in a stack equal to the number of scrolls in your inventory. For example, dropping a Potion of Feather after equipping 30 Chameleon Scrolls results in 30 potions on the ground.
3.4. Tips for Successful Scroll Duplication
- Save before attempting — duplication can fail if the item is incompatible or the scroll is bugged.
- Use common scrolls like Chameleon or Flare that appear in stacks from vendors or loot.
- Items dropped this way can be picked up, sold, or stored like normal duplicates.
3.5. Best Places to Find Scrolls in Quantity
Visit the Mystic Emporium in the Imperial City Market District. Aurelinwae often sells scrolls in stacks. You can also loot them from mages guild chests or buy from other magic vendors in Bruma, Chorrol, or Cheydinhal.
3.6. How to Use Duplicated Items
Use duplicated soul gems for enchanting, potions for gold, or rare ingredients for alchemy leveling. Combine this glitch with Frostcrag Spire‘s Altar of Spellmaking for custom magic builds. Selling duplicates to high-cap vendors like Aurelinwae ensures efficient gold gain.
3.7. Warnings and Glitch Limits
Duplicating too many items (e.g., 500+) in one drop can cause frame drops or crashes. Keep batches under 100 for safety. This glitch was still working as of the latest update, but may be patched in the future.
4. How to Trigger the Duplication Glitch on Each Platform
4.1 Xbox
- Open a container and move one copy of the item inside
- Highlight the full stack in your inventory
- Press RB slightly after pressing A
- When the quantity prompt appears, double-tap A quickly
4.2 PlayStation
- Same steps as Xbox, but use R1 + X instead
4.3 PC
- Place one item in the container
- Click and drag the rest of the stack into the container pane
- Press Enter twice quickly
5. Why You Should Use Weightless Items to Duplicate
Torches and lockpicks are the best duplication items because they have zero weight. This allows you to duplicate thousands without becoming overencumbered. These also stack infinitely without triggering carry weight limits.
6. How To Duplicate Potions In Oblivion Remastered
Potion of Sorcery
Potions are some of the most valuable and versatile items in Oblivion Remastered. With the duplication glitch, you can mass-produce restore fatigue, health, and custom alchemy potions for gold or combat use. This section covers the most efficient methods to duplicate potions using containers and high-quantity stack items on all platforms.
6.1. How Potion Duplication Works in Oblivion Remastered
To duplicate potions, you need to exploit the container-based glitch using any accessible storage like a barrel, crate, or corpse. The process involves using a large stack of a duplicate-compatible item (e.g. arrows, lockpicks, or torches) to copy potions directly into your inventory. This method is confirmed working on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation.
6.2. What Potions Can Be Duplicated
- Restore Fatigue Potions
- Restore Health Potions
- Custom Alchemy Potions
- Feather Potions
Most non-quest potions can be duplicated. Some unique or scripted ones may fail due to internal item flags.
6.3. How to Set Up Potion Duplication Step by Step
- Find a container (barrel, chest, or corpse)
- Open it and activate Search to see both inventory screens
- Place one copy of the potion you want to duplicate into the container
- Highlight a large stack of items (e.g. 30 arrows) in your inventory
- Use the following input depending on your platform:
- Xbox: Press A, then RB, then tap A twice
- PlayStation: Press X, then R1, then X twice
- PC: Drag the item stack onto the potion and press Enter twice
The potion should duplicate based on your stack count (e.g. 30 arrows = 30 potions).
6.4. Best Potions to Duplicate for Gold
Restore Fatigue potions are ideal for duplication because:
- They can be crafted easily from grapes and tomatoes
- They stack and sell for good value at low weight
- Vendors buy them in bulk and they’re universally useful
These are especially effective when sold to Aurelinwae at the Mystic Emporium.
6.5. Where to Duplicate Potions Safely
The Imperial City Market District is ideal:
- Multiple barrels and crates just outside Mystic Emporium
- Close to high-gold merchants
- No hostile NPC interference
Duplication can be done outside, then the items sold immediately without fast travel.
6.6. Selling Duplicated Potions for Maximum Profit
- Split your potion stack into batches of 5–10
- Sell them to Aurelinwae (2500 gold cap) or The Main Ingredient vendor
- Use Speechcraft or Fortify Mercantile to raise prices
Refresh merchant gold by waiting 3 days after selling out. You can also restock ingredients by revisiting food vendors.
7. Where to Perform Duplication Safely
Market District
Duplicating items in Oblivion Remastered is easy to learn, but where you do it makes a huge difference. Performing the glitch near the right container and vendor location saves time, reduces risk of encumbrance, and improves your gold-per-minute.
7.1. Best Place to Duplicate Items in Oblivion Remastered
The most recommended and consistent place to perform duplication is in the Imperial City Market District. This area offers:
- Multiple accessible containers like barrels and crates
- Close proximity to high-capacity merchants like Aurelinwae at the Mystic Emporium
- Fast travel access from anywhere in Cyrodiil
The western courtyard of the district contains a cluster of barrels and crates that are perfect for glitch setup. You can duplicate arrows, potions, soul gems, or lockpicks and walk directly into a shop to sell them.
7.2. What Containers to Use for Item Duplication
You can use any of the following containers:
- Barrels
- Crates
- Chests
- Enemy corpses (for gold duplication)
These containers do not need to be empty. However, clearing them first avoids visual clutter and input errors during duplication.
7.3. How to Set Up Containers for Duplication Glitch
Once you’ve selected a container, follow these setup steps:
- Open the container and press RS (console) or F (PC) to activate dual inventory view
- Transfer one item of the target stack into the container
- Hover over the full stack in your inventory
- Use the correct duplication input (e.g. RB + A or R1 + X)
The container interface must remain active during the confirmation prompt. If the inventory panel is selected instead, the glitch won’t trigger.
7.4. Best Merchants to Sell Duplicated Items
After duplicating, you’ll need to offload your loot. The best vendor to use is Aurelinwae at the Mystic Emporium:
- Located inside the Market District
- Buys potions, scrolls, and soul gems
- Has a maximum gold transaction limit of 2,500 per sale
You can sell duplicates like Feather Potions or Grand Soul Gems here in batches of 5–10 for best results. Adjust your stack sizes based on her available gold to avoid rejected sales.
7.5. Alternative Locations to Perform Duplication Glitch
If the Market District is too crowded or you need an alternate spot, try:
- Chorrol Mages Guild basement – private and full of barrels
- Anvil docks – outdoor crates with no guards nearby
- Frostcrag Spire interior – great if you’re duplicating soul gems for spellmaking
These backup locations may lack nearby high-cap merchants, but they’re quiet, safe, and effective for high-volume duplication sessions.
8. Best Input Timing Tips for Successful Duplication
On consoles running Performance Mode, press A or X first, then RB or R1 with a 0.1-second delay. Too fast and it won’t trigger; too slow and it cancels. On PC, always use the container pane to drag and double-tap Enter.
9. How to Detect If the Duplication Worked
When the prompt appears, the container tab should remain selected and not your inventory tab. This indicates a successful duplication setup. You’ll also hear a sound or see the stack count increase immediately after the confirm tap.
10. Fastest Way to Duplicate Using Take-All-But-One Method
Store your entire item stack in the container, then remove all but one. Use the duplication input on the single item. This lets you use a large external stack as the duplication source, letting you double thousands of items rapidly.
11. How to Duplicate Gold from Corpses or Containers
Gold
Duplicating gold directly from corpses or containers is the fastest way to become rich in Oblivion Remastered. This method doesn’t rely on item resale—you’re creating raw gold instantly using the duplication glitch.
11.1. How the Gold Duplication Glitch Works
This method lets you duplicate gold directly from corpses, lootable containers, or bribed NPCs. It requires a stackable, weightless item like lockpicks or torches. You’ll use this item as the duplication base to clone the visible gold in the target’s inventory.
11.2. What You Need Before Duplicating Gold
- A large quantity of lockpicks or torches (weightless and stackable)
- Access to a container or corpse that contains gold
- Knowledge of the duplication input for your platform (RB + A on Xbox, Enter x2 on PC)
You do not need a vendor or scrolls for this method. The gold appears directly in your character’s balance after duplication.
11.3. How to Duplicate Gold from a Corpse
Follow these steps:
- Kill any creature or NPC that has gold on them (e.g., goblins, bandits, or a bribed NPC)
- Loot the corpse and remove everything except the gold
- Activate the Search command to open the dual-inventory screen
- Transfer one lockpick into the corpse’s inventory
- Highlight your full stack of lockpicks and use your platform’s duplication input:
- PC: Drag the stack over the gold, press Enter twice
- Xbox: Press A, then RB 100ms later, then tap A twice
- PlayStation: Press X, then R1, then X twice
This will instantly duplicate the gold into your wallet. Some corpses let you repeat this 2–3 times per setup.
11.4. How to Duplicate Gold from Bribed NPCs
To avoid gaining a bounty or attacking civilians:
- Find a non-essential NPC and use the Persuade → Bribe option
- Give them any amount of gold
- Pickpocket or kill them to access their inventory
- Remove all items except the bribe gold
- Perform the duplication glitch on the gold using your stack of torches or lockpicks
This is a clean way to set up gold duplication and works on any NPC who accepts bribes.
11.5. How to Duplicate Gold from Chests (Arena Method)
There is a guaranteed gold source in the Arena District of the Imperial City:
- Wait until nighttime so no NPCs are nearby
- Unlock the very hard-locked chest behind the stands
- Loot the 500 gold, then exit and save your game
- Reopen the chest, activate Search, and duplicate the gold using the same method
This method is confirmed to work consistently and is safer than using NPCs.
12. Where to Find a Guaranteed Gold Chest in the Arena
Go to the Arena District in the Imperial City. At night, open the very hard-locked chest behind the stands. Inside is a guaranteed 500 gold. Use duplicated lockpicks to unlock it and duplicate the gold afterward.
13. Using Duplicated Items for Spellmaking at Frostcrag Spire
Frostcrag Spire
Purchase Magetallow Candles from Aurelinwae to unlock the Altar of Spellmaking and Altar of Enchanting at Frostcrag Spire. You can duplicate filled soul gems and ingredients to create overpowered custom spells and gear.
14. How to Prevent Crashes When Duplicating Items
Do not duplicate more than 500,000–1.5 million items. Exceeding this range may crash the game or corrupt your save. Always save before mass duplication, especially when cloning gold, soul gems, or potions.
