43 OBLIVION GATES !?? Isnt it supposed to be 60 in total?

[Auratios47]

sooo i am closing all oblivion gates before finishing the main quest.

i shut down 42 oblivion gates and i couldnt find any more in the game, so i CHEATED

i saved my game and used a command tmm 1 to show me all map markers.
doing so it showed me all the oblivion gate locations and so i found one more i didnt discovered, so i loaded the game and shut the 43th oblivion gate THAT with the Great SIGIL stone gate and we are at 44 Oblivion gates.

i rechecked the map and crossed all the gates one by one and its indeed all the gates there are.

Am I missing something!?? is my save bugged? please tell me whats wrong.

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did you count the main story related ones?

[Auratios47]

I counted all of them that they appear on the map. Plus the great gate that doesn't.

That's 44 gates in total

[Sourjack]

Considering oblivion gates shows up in the starting area after exting the sewers when they werent supposed to on my second and third character id bet theres something bugged with gates.

[Auratios47]

So, should i finish the main quest then?

I guess i am done?

[Auratios47]

I got Martin waiting for me at my house ready to light the dragon fire

[EQOAnostalgia]

I was bored after the 5th.

[Morgian]

They do not open all at once if I remember right. And be thankful you don't have to close each one :)

[psychotron666]

Originally posted by Morgian:

They do not open all at once if I remember right. And be thankful you don't have to close each one :)

This is true, but op says they're at the point of lighting the dragon fires which is the end. at that point it should be the most amount of oblivion gates opened as possible.

[R3sistance]

The maximum is 60 but 60 is not guaranteed. In total there is 20 fixed gates and up to 40 random gates, the 40 random gates aren't guaranteed and the number actually changes throughout the main quest.

After completing find the Heir, up to 15 random gates can open 25% chance when getting close
after Dagon's Shrine this can increase up to 40 with a 50% chance when getting close
after Paradise is drops to 20 at a 25%.
The total of random gates can never exceed 40.

Thus the ideal time to look for gates is between Dagon's Shrine and Paradise

[Auratios47]

oooohhhh i did the paradise quest, thats why they are less??

[Silenzeio]

Originally posted by Auratios47:

oooohhhh i did the paradise quest, thats why they are less??

Yep, Paradise basically closes off Gate chasing.

[devil_505]

It reduces the number of maximum open gates to 30. 10 for the mainquest and Allies for Bruma and 20 random gates.

There is a really nasty glitch where the game closes all gates and also opens no new ones. Even the mainquest is broken if that happens.

[Auratios47]

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