Oblivion:Bear

A Brown Bear encountered within the Jerall Mountains

Bears are large, hostile creatures that will attack you if found infringing on their territory, and can typically be found in the wilderness or in caves. They are impressive creatures, much larger than the average adventurer, especially when standing up on their rear feet. Bears also have two main types of attack: biting, or standing up on the rear legs and mauling you with their paws. They are also not terribly fast in speed or agility. All variations of bears have a 20% resistance to frost and also have a 10% chance to transmit the Yellow Tick disease, which deducts both your speed and strength attributes.

Bear Variations

While the stronger bear variants will not appear until after you've reached the levels shown, you will continue to meet low-level versions even at high levels. You can still encounter all variants at least two levels earlier as boss-leveled creatures.

Black Bear

A Black Bear

Black Bears are typically the first variant of bear encountered within Cyrodiil, starting at level 9. They can typically be found inside of caves or deep within forested regions. Unlike their counterpart, the Brown Bear, they are smaller in appearance and are significantly weaker. However, they can also be summoned by nearby Spriggans and can be looted for their pelts if encountered in the wild.

Creature	Lvl	Drops		Sta.	Attacks	Soul
Black Bear 00097A15 Standard	7	Bear Pelt	150	200	22pts, Melee	Common
Black Bear 000CA002
Black Bear 000C8BCC		None

^aThis variant may be invisible when encountered near Fort Caractacus.

^bThis variant may only be summoned by Spriggans (see notes for further information)

Brown Bear

A Brown Bear

Brown Bears are encountered as early as level 16, and unlike their earlier variation, are much stronger and larger in comparison. Apart from caves and forested regions, they are found in areas of snow and higher altitudes, such as in the Jerall Mountains. Brown Bears cannot be summoned by nearby Spriggans, but they can still be looted for their pelts.

Creature	Lvl	Drops		Sta.	Attacks	Soul
Brown Bear 00097A16 Standard	14	Bear Pelt	330	240	44pts, Melee	Greater
Bear 0003D799

^aThis variant may be a possible opponent in the Arena Grand Champion matches at level 14.

West Weald Bear

West Weald Black Bear Cub

West Weald Brown Bear Cub

The West Weald bear variations can also be encountered as either Brown Bear or Black Bear variants, but are confined to the West Weald region and can only be looted for their bear fangs during the related quest.

Creature	Lvl	Drops		Sta.	Attacks	Soul
West Weald Black Bear Cub 0018AE3A	1	West Weald Bear Fang	20	100	6pts, Melee	Petty
West Weald Brown Bear Cub 0018AE3B	4		75	185	12pts, Melee	Lesser
West Weald Black Bear 0018AE38	7		150	200	32pts, Melee	Common
West Weald Black Bear Den Hunter 0018AE3D	10		250		45pts, Melee
West Weald Brown Bear 0018AE39	14		400	275	55pts, Melee	Greater
West Weald Brown Bear Den Hunter 0018AE3E	17		550	325	70pts, Melee

Notes

• If you are wearing the Boots of the Crusader^KotN, only standard Black Bear and Brown Bear variations will no longer attack you. All other variations will still attack as usual.
• Usually only Spriggans have the ability to summon Black Bear variants. However, with the Spell Tomes download, it makes this spell available to you as well.