In Oblivion my Magicka does not replenish, When I sleep it does not refill. Can someone help me?

Before going further, what Birthsign are you? Errrr is your character?



**Edit, NOT a cheap pick-up line**

If you have the Atronach birthsign your magicka does not replenish.

Alternatively, you could have caught the Astral Vapors disease from a Dread Zombie. Annoying things.

LOL.



::EDIT: Yes, that's right. I had to edit a post that contained only three letters and a period. *sigh*

When born under the Atronach your mana does not replenish.
you will need to drink manapotions ->

Those can be bought at many shops in many towns, their effect is INSTANT (usefull)

if you not want to BUY these I suggest making your own potions :

for ingredients to use look here :
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Alchemy_Effects

potions you make yourself have an effect over time, takes getting used to, but I find the effect good (if you drink one just before going into battle your mana keeps growing back, during battle, and when it's effect runs our, just tab, and drink a fresh one)

Alternative sources of magic for you are welkynd stones (though they are limited, almost 700 of them can be found in the entire game, would use them as a backup for pots and not your prime source though):
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Welkynd_Stone

There are wells providing a free recharge of your mana :
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Ayleid_Well

Also you can buy an absorb mana spell (so you can leech the many of monster you fight, works quite good)
enchanting your gear with spell absorbtion (to boost further the abolity for that) could also work well.

I think the orignal poster is coming from playing Morrowind since he said, Magika doesn't replenish from sleeping. So my guess is then he choose the Atronach birth sign thinking he can sleep and get replenised that way, or picked it up by accident.

Here is a guide for making your own manapotions :

Novice :

Effect potion : restore mana
ingredients :
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Bog_Beacon_Asco_Cap
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Withering_Moon
*
in case you do not have shivering islands use instead of withering moon :
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Flax_Seeds

Weight of potion : 0,2 (perfect)

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Aprientice :

*restore mana + shield
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Bog_Beacon_Asco_Cap
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Withering_Moon
*
in case you do not have shivering islands use instead of withering moon :
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Summer_Bolete_Cap

weight potion : 0,2 (perfect)

*restore mana + fortify mana (can only be made in SI at this level)
Ingredients :
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Blister_Pod_Cap
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Watcher%27s_Eye
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Withering_Moon

Weight 0.4 (not perfect)
*if you want a version with halve the weight, use :
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Blind_Watcher%27s_Eye
instead of normal watchers eye
it has NO weight, making your potion just 0,2 (perfect)
however as you can see only 3 of these plants excist, so it's a more rare pot to make.

*restore mana + fortify mana + shield (also only to be made in SI)
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Blister_Pod_Cap
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Watcher%27s_Eye
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Withering_Moon
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Summer_Bolete_Cap

Weight 0.5 (still very good)
just like thhe restore mana+fortify mana potion :
you can replace watchs eye for blind watchers eye, to reduce weight.
(if you use that instead this pot will weight 0.3)

(potion recepy's for higher levels later)

Journeyman pots :

Effect potion : restore mana + shield
ingredients :
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Bog_Beacon_Asco_Cap
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Withering_Moon *
*in case you do not have shivering islands use instead : http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Flax_Seeds

Weight : 0.2 (perfect)

Effect potion : restore mana + fortify mana
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Columbine_Root_Pulp
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Blister_Pod_Cap **
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Withering_Moon **
**In case you dont have SI, better skip this potion and make restore mana+fortify mana+shield instead.

weight 0.3

Effect potion : restore mana + fortify mana + shield
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Columbine_Root_Pulp
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Flax_Seeds
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Blister_Pod_Cap **
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Withering_Moon **
** in case you do not have SI, replace those two for
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Ectoplasm
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Bog_Beacon_Asco_Cap

Weight of potion 0.4 for SI version (ok, yet not perfect), weight 0.5 for vanilla version

Effect potion : restore mana + fortify intelligence + shield
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Bog_Beacon_Asco_Cap
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Carrot
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Clouded_Funnel_Cap
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Withering_Moon *
*in case you do not have shivering islands use instead : http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Flax_Seeds

Weight : 0.5 for both versions
I really suggest making some of these in this version, as you cannot make "fortify intelligence" pots at master level, without a negative effect.

Effect potion fortify intelligence (separate potion)
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Carrot
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Clouded_Funnel_Cap

weight : 0,3
(having some of these as a separate potion can be handy as well)

Or he went to the Shivering Isles and got the Fork of Horripilation.

Expert level :

Effect potion : restore mana + shield
ingredients :
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Bog_Beacon_Asco_Cap
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Withering_Moon *
*in case you do not have shivering islands use instead : http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Flax_Seeds

weight 0.2 (perfect)

Effect potion : restore mana + fortify mana (SI only, in case of vanilla, use t
ingredients :
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Water_Hyacinth_Nectar
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Blister_Pod_Cap*
*in case you do not have shivering islands use instead :
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Bog_Beacon_Asco_Cap
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Columbine_Root_Pulp
weight of SI version 0.2 (perfect) weight of vanilla version 0.3

Effect potion : restore mana + fortify mana + shield
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Columbine_Root_Pulp
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Flax_Seeds
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Blister_Pod_Cap **
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Withering_Moon **
** in case you do not have SI, replace those two for
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Water_Hyacinth_Nectar
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Bog_Beacon_Asco_Cap

both versions will weight 0.4

Effect potion : Restore mana+ fortify mana + shield +Cure poison + Cure disease (SI only, not possible to make this in vanilla)
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Hunger_Tongue
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Flax_Seeds
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Ginseng
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Withering_Moon

Weight 0.4, same as the version without cure

***it is at expert no longer possible to make fortify intellige without the negative damage endurance effect.

Option 1 : (ignores the negative endurance effect)
Effect potion : restore mana + shield + fortify Intelligence + damage endurance
ingredients :
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Bog_Beacon_Asco_Cap
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Carrot
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Clouded_Funnel_Cap
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Withering_Moon *
*in case you do not have shivering islands use instead : http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Flax_Seeds

weight of both version 0.4

Option 2 : (ignores the negative endurance effect)
Effect potion : restore mana + fortify mana + fortify Intelligence + damage endurance
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Cinnabar_Polypore_Yellow_Cap
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Carrot
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Water_Hyacinth_Nectar
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Blister_Pod_Cap*
*in case you do not have shivering islands use instead : http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Void_Salts

weight 0.4, weight vanilla version 0.7


Option 3 : counter it by it's opposide effect
Effect potion : fotify intelligence + damage endurance + restore endurance
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Tiger_Lily_Nectar
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Cinnabar_Polypore_Yellow_Cap
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Carrot
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Clouded_Funnel_Cap

weight 0.4 (twice that of the version you make as a journeyman)

At master level it is also possible to make potions with ONE ingredient, cutting the weight back to only 0.1
but adding ONLY the restore magic effect.

Possible ingredients for this are :
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Withering_Moon (SI only)
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Steel-Blue_Entoloma_Cap
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Flax_Seeds
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Bog_Beacon_Asco_Cap

it is not possble to make a 1 ingredient version of fortify magica or fortify intelligence.

(that was in fact a lot of work..

but having a standardlist for magic potions helps all.
(I used ingredients that were both lightweight AND abundant)