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Ectoplasm Location in Oblivion Remastered

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May 18, 2025

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Enemies That Drop Ectoplasm

If you’re on your journey to become a master alchemist in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, you may want some extra ingredients. Ectoplasm is a great source of effects for potions. It can provide Shock Damage, Dispel, Fortify Magicka, and Damage Health for potions, and despite how rare it may seem, there are quite a few areas where you can encounter the enemies you need to take down to gain the ingredient.

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Enemies That Drop Ectoplasm

You’ll need to hunt down the Ethereal Undead to get your hands on ectoplasm.

While it may seem like a daunting task to track down Ethereal Undead to get some ectoplasm, it is quite easy to find them. Essentially, every type of these undead can drop the ingredient. This will include Ghosts, Wraiths, and Spectral Sailors. There are going to be multiple types of these ethereal figures as well. You have the Ancient Ghosts, Faded Wraiths, Gloom Wraiths, and Sanctified Dead as a few examples. Spots that will house these undead are typically Undead Dungeons, with some having a decent chance of appearing within Necromancer Dungeons as well.

Undead Ruins Locations

These dungeons all have the greatest chance of encountering the Ethereal Undead.

Ruin Name	Location	Related Quest
Anga	Between the Imperial City and Bruma.	Namira Daedric Quest.
Anutwyll	Northwest of Bravil.
Bawn	Southeast of Bravil.
Culotte	Southeast of the Imperial City.	The Collector.
Elenglynn	Between Chorrol and Skingrad.
Fanacasecul	West of the Imperial City.
Garlas Agea	Between Kvatch and Anvil.
Hame	Southeast of Cheydinhal.
Kemen	East of Cheydinhal.
Lindai	A medium-sized Ayleid ruin east of Chorrol.	Secrets of the Ayleids.
Mackamentain	Northeast of Bravil.	The Collector.
Miscarcand	Between Skingrad and Kvatch.	Miscarcand.
Nagastani	Between the Imperial City and Cheydinhal.
Nenalata	East of Bravil.	Secrets of the Ayleids.
Nenyond Twyll	South of the Imperial City.	Liberation or Apprehension
Niryastare	Northwest of Kvatch.
Nornal	Southwest of Cheydinhal.	Vampire Cure.
The Old Way	Underneath the Imperial City.	The Ultimate Heist.
Ondo	Far to the east of Bravil.
Piukanda	Between the Imperial City and Bruma.
Rielle	Northwest of Bruma.
Silorn	Southeast of Skingrad.	Ambush
Trumbe	Northwest of Kvatch.
Vahtacen	South of Cheydinhal.	Vahtacen’s Secret
Vanua	Southeast of the Imperial City	Priory of the Nine The Shrine of the Crusader
Vilverin	Northeast of the Imperial City.	The Collector.
Welke	East of Bravil.	The Collector.
Wendelbek	East of Bravil.	The Collector.
Wendir	Between Chorrol and Skingrad.	The Collector.
Wenyandawik	Northwest of Bravil.	The Collector.

While Necromancer ruins will have a high chance of Ethereal Undead appearing, the Conjurer ruins will not have this same effect. The Conjurer ruins were filtered out here, but keep this in mind for any future expeditions to ruins and dungeons. One solid location for some quick ectoplasm, in particular, will be Rielle. These ruins are available relatively early on in the game, and do not require a quest to get into the other sections of them.

While not a large set of ruins, it is still a medium-sized one with plenty of loot to gather on top of your ectoplasm ingredient. Rielle is just to the west of the Cloud Ruler Temple, which the main quest will also take you to, making it very easy to find. It should be noted that all variants of the Wraith will drop ectoplasm, but some ghosts aren’t going to drop it. The Nether Lich, for example, may look like a ghost in-game, but it will not drop the ingredient.

When exploring these dungeons, looking for ectoplasm, you will be able to come back within 72 in-game hours to explore them once again to farm the ingredients. Some of these ruins are going to be filled to the brim with enemies, while others are smaller with fewer enemies overall, but also less of a chance of things going sideways for you.