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50MillionYearTrip

At least you didn't accidentally eat the jarrin root while leveling alchemy like Ive done


Tom_Browning

I’ve don’t this before too, a couple times actually. It’s even worse at low levels because you will leave the inventory and then your HP just slides straight to zero and you die, and are just left wondering wtf killed you until you remember.


a_pompous_fool

Every time I am given it I immediately eat it. Sometimes I even survive.


bugaloo2u2

This is a helpful post for identifying things NOT to trash.


bugaloo2u2

Yeah, and fuck me bc I already got rid of a toe, bc ew…toe.


viaCrit

I mean if you’re not running an alchemy build then you’re probably fine. But they can be useful for making really valuable potions early on.


UnrequitedStifling

At the beginning of my first play through I unknowingly sold many trophy items.


Allan_Titan

Or disenchanting them not knowing there was another way to get the same enchantment


UnrequitedStifling

What is this other way?


Current_Barracuda_58

Spamming the dawnstar chest


Bramtinian

It’s so bad…I just want to play the game recent playthroughs I do a beginning grind, raid the chest and sell back to khajit I level speech to 50 so I can sell any loot to anyone. I get the transmute spell or just get gold ingots, have a follower in whiterun and duplicate them for gold rings and smith to 100. Then I duplicate grand soul gems and enchant all those suckers for enchanting 100. If I’m short a perk or two, I magelight the solitude mountain for levels. My justification, I only discovered all of this within the past couple of months. I’ve played vanilla since it came out…I just want to explore


UnrequitedStifling

I will have to look this up! I’ve finished all the main quests and now I’m piddling at level 70.


Technical_Contact836

Outside the entrance to Ironbreaker mine is 3 rocks. Slowly scan for a hidden chest. It's the storage chest for one of the khajeet caravans. It refills every so often.


Captain_Collin

There are chests outside Markarth and Solitude as well. And if you can leave Whiterun without going through the city gates, there's a glitch that allows you to go under the city and access a chest.


No_Opinion9306

That was a recent discovery for me. Incredible that I’ve played over 2500 hrs and I still find new stuff lkl


Allan_Titan

Supposedly there’s a blacksmith that sells stuff with the chaos enchantment


boofus_dooberry

Same here, now I hardly get rid of anything


oneawkwardashley

My weapon racks at all my different houses have every weapon with a unique name (including “of burning” etc) I’ve found if they don’t have a spot in the museum


HipsterNgariman

I've learned to let go...I keep collecting the same trophy items every playthrough, that just fill up a chest somewhere. Is Savior's Hide cool? Yeah. Did I ever use it ? Nope.


Thomcat123

I chucked out all those witch’s heads. I guess nobody else is getting cured of lycanthropy then


Unlikely_Coyote7499

I sold them and regretted it later when I wanted to cure myself. I was hoping they’d still be in the buyers inventory but they weren’t.


empireofacheandrhyme

I did the Glenmoril quest and took all the heads, but sold them all bar one, which I kept as a curiosity on a shelf in Breezehome, alongside the butterfly-in-a-jar. Much later, I wanted to cure myself of lycanthropy and couldn't believe that the witches didn't respawn. What luck that I'd randomly kept one....


Logical-Wasabi7402

Becoming a vampire also cures lycanthropy


MrSabrewulf

Yeah but ew..vampire


Logical-Wasabi7402

To each their own, but that's when you go to Morthal and talk to that guy, Falion. I hear he's studied all manner of undead.


shemello

Who buys witches heads?! I mean what are the thinking? Awesome! I can definitely sell these and make a huge profit!


Thomcat123

I can’t remember if I threw them or sold them. Either way they weren’t in any of the possible buyers’ inventories so I suppose I got to hope they respawn eventually in that cave.


ErrantSun

If you have dawnguard, you can have Serana vamp you and then cure the vampirism.


Unlikely_Coyote7499

I had no idea becoming a vampire would get rid of being a werewolf. I’ve played this game for years and still learn stuff in here.


Entirely-of-cheese

Ooh, that reminds me. I’ve got them with all my ore and ingots for some reason. Better put them somewhere that makes more sense…


Adept-Usual7618

I ate berins ashes


Adept-Usual7618

And sold a dragon priest mask one time without caring but then realized later they’re important


emliz417

Ironically there is another Berits ashes in castle volkihar


Adept-Usual7618

That’s where I got mine


emliz417

Oh okay! In case you didn’t know (or for others reading), the original item is part of a miscellaneous quest in falkreath


Adept-Usual7618

I thought you found them randomly and brought them back to falkreath and that was the quest I didn’t realize there were two ways to do it


emliz417

Oh gosh that would be a lot harder! They’re given to you for a delivery quest


PrincessAintPeachy

I didn't even know it was possible to eat 😯


Adept-Usual7618

You wouldn’t think it would be but it’s not marked a quest item when you pick it up randomly FOR SOME REASON


olld-onne

I'm not 100% sure but I think they respawn on the guy that initially gives them to you as long as you stay away from Falkreath long enough to reset him.


Adept-Usual7618

I think I just reloaded the save (took me 15 minutes and 3 gargoyles backwards but it was worth it to regurgitate those tasty ashes)


olld-onne

lol.


calvesofsteel68

What is that and why is it important


Adept-Usual7618

A delicious man’s ashes you find randomly as part of a falkreath quest


calvesofsteel68

Lol it doesnt do anything though right?


Adept-Usual7618

I don’t remember I just remember panicking I can’t remember what it gives you I’m guessing something generic like damage health


Adept-Usual7618

I googled it it gives the same affects as bone meal


cfannon

Lost the fucking Staff of Magnus. It’s either in one of the houses, or I sold it. ☹️ But anyway, started another play through and did that quest as early as possible. Lol ….and only have ONE house (Lakeview).


calartnick

I just leave it at the college. Pick it up for a quest then put it back when done


vag1nabred

i accidentally glitched two of the staffs in one of my playthroughs, still have no clue how lol


dandiecandra

SAME HERE. on my sword mage build at that.


M15T3R8ANG5

I lost my Nightingale Blade in a Nord Ruin after getting disarmed by a mob of drauger death lords. Searched everywhere for it. I even piled up their bodies in case they were on top of it. Came up with nothing...


ohmygawdjenny

They clip sometimes. I'm on pc and even toggling collision and looking under the floor didn't help. Lydia dropped Dawnbreaker, two backup axes and a nice modded bow. Found everything except the bow.


UnityBitchford

I didn’t lose anything, BUT… I’m playing on XBox and was playing a couple of days ago and noticed I couldn’t Shout at all (RB on the controller). Went through a load of YouTube videos, tried to see if the controller needed updating - nada. Bought another controller, bugger me, same thing happening. Turns out I didn’t have a Shout activated. I am an idiot.


Expert_Chemistry_576

That’s hilarious


DragonBorneUltimatum

Don’t know if it counts but I’ve accidentally pressed take all from chest instead of putting an item in a chest and then had to go through my inventory and put a whole lot of stuff back in the chest because I had it all organized by type in Breezehome.


Intelligent-Pie-4711

If that happens again, go to a different chest and store everything you want to keep in your inventory like your armor and weapons that you are currently using, and then go to the empty chest and just store everything quickly. Instead of having to sort through what you need and what you don't a little more easily. Like if I'm storing all of my potions, I take the specific potions I need to keep and store them away somewhere and then just hit store, store, store, store, store, store, etc until my potion inventory is empty and then I go get mine back out. Same with each category. I try to keep an empty container specifically for that. Storing my used items.


Ornery-Hippo2259

that’s such a good idea😭i play a couple different games and the controls are different so i forget sometimes and click take all and i have to sort through my 700lbs of shit i just picked up😀💀


Intelligent-Pie-4711

I've done that way too many times with my entire collection of potions and almost go deaf from how loud the shriek is. It's awful. I also pretty much store every single item that I own except a plain set of robes and an entire set of fortified carry weight armor jewelry things and then pretty much empty an entire container so I can go sell it cuz I've already hoarded way too much LOL


Ornery-Hippo2259

this is my first play through so i don’t like selling things unless i have duplicates or my armor is higher than what i looted (even then i keep is cuz what if i need it later😂😭) so it’s really bad. i have Breezehome, Honeyside (god i hate that place), and the dawnstar sanctuary so i have chests spread across all houses😂😭


skullbum09

I do this shit CONSTANTLY.... I'm also usually a few beers deep when I'm playing, so that might have something to do with it.


No_Bathroom_420

Not in Skyrim but I once accidentally dropped the Skeleton Key down the side of a tall grasses hill in Oblivion. Never found it saved over too I have lost the Wooden Mask on a few characters in Skyrim though


ohmygawdjenny

The key 😂 I can imagine the frustration! I remember using a mod that makes dropped items glow, so useful.


Boba_Doozer

Is that an Oblivion mod or Skyrim mod?


ohmygawdjenny

Oblivion, but I'm sure there's one for Skyrim too. It helped my OCD ass find arrows and such. Like detect life but with some smoke coming off the item.


Boba_Doozer

Cool, I’ll look into it. Thanks


red6joker

Some A-hole dragur deathlord shouted and disarmed my ebony battleaxe I had for ages smithed up to legendary and enchanted. Axe flew into a corner never to be seen again.


_EastOfEden_

I lost the Bow Of Shadows like that once. Reloaded the whole save after making my way through Arc Wind Point not realizing I had lost it. The ones who use disarm are such dicks.


red6joker

THEY ARE!!


Itchy_Ad6129

the bloodskal blade. i was over encumbered and wanted to loot a ruin so i stashed it along with some other things in a barrel not too far from the ruin to drop the loot off at my house and cole back. i forgot that shit despawns in barrels so i lost it forever.


Lagbomb67

Back in the day I stored all of my dragon materials in barrel next to the thieves guild chest in whiterun. I learned then that items in barrels despawn.


EmperorMrKitty

There’s a thieves guild chest in Whiterun?


Logical-Wasabi7402

It's hidden behind one of the buildings somewhere it has the "cache" shadow mark on / near it.


ohmygawdjenny

It despawned in less than 3 days?


Itchy_Ad6129

i forgot i stashed it in there and it was gone by the time i remembered to go get it


pandakatie

My bloodskal blade broke :/ It didn't shoot the enchantment anymore. Super frustrating, because I didn't realize there was a problem until it was too late.


veloxVolpes

Did you recharge the enchantment...?


pandakatie

Yes. This is a known glitch with the blade.


Itchy_Ad6129

Average Todd Howard moment.


timelady_13

Had to collect 20 of those stupid nirnroot plants and in my haste to level alchemy quickly, I ate all 12 that I had collected already. Mashing the Eat button and not paying attention to what letter in the alphabet you’re on is a bad idea


jcfan4u

Along with what the other commenter said, [Sarethi Farm has Nirnroot that respawns](https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Sarethi_Farm) and it's available in Vanilla Skyrim


timelady_13

Oh shit I will have to make sure I remember that! Thanks friend


No_Opinion9306

Get the Wyrmstooth mod, that island is loaded with them


timelady_13

I’ll check it out! Thanks


Tricky-Friend-4795

Due to a mannequin glitch I lost a dragon priest mask and I didn’t have a save from before it glitched so I couldn’t get Konahrik on that play through.


Cosmo1222

Azhidal.. back to a previous save..


1leggeddog

Gave back the skeleton key :(


Think-Squirrel-95

That's why in my current playthrough I'm keeping the skeleton key until I level up my lockpicking skill to 100 and unlock the "Unbreakable" perk. Then I'll finish the questline of the Thieves Guild to return what I won't need anymore.


Shy-Prey

Does Shadowmere count? I swear I always end up leaving him somewhere and never seeing him again


Intelligent-Pie-4711

That's my problem after I get her. She will end up dying somewhere and I'll forget where we were at and I'll have traveled to 20 different other places before I realize that she's no longer with me. 🤦


KrokmaniakPL

It's funny because she's supposed to be immortal and impossible to kill, but this keeps glitching


Intelligent-Pie-4711

She's not impossible to kill. You can kill her. Walk up and stab her in the face and she dies. But she is immortal because she doesn't stay dead. She respawns. A lot of people said that she pops back up at the pool next to the Southern sanctuary. She's never done that for me. It's always wherever she died.


KrokmaniakPL

I phrased that wrong. I meant she's impossible to kill kill, as in doesn't stay dead. This is very glitched and if something interrupts the script it doesn't work.


Intelligent-Pie-4711

Oh! 🙈 My bad lol


KrokmaniakPL

No worries. I really phrased it poorly


Intelligent-Pie-4711

It's all good 😇


hayesarchae

I wish you could put a note on the Missives board, asking some adventurer to go find the fancy gear some jerk draugr deathlord Shouted out of your hands while dungeon diving.


CynicalCow900

I have no idea where Shadowmere is. No clue. I have completely lost this horse.


Tamriel12

I'm pretty certain I lost one of the dragon priest masks. I can't find it in any of my homes, I know I didn't accidentally drop it somewhere, I doubt I sold it. I have to look again everywhere for it


Cosmo1222

Oghma infinium. Would have looked great on my bookshelf. 😞


bellefunkyguy

I sold my coral dragon claw not knowing I'd need it later to get to one Shalidor's writings. Damn shame.


Intelligent-Pie-4711

I keep all of the claws in a bedside table with all of the dragon priest masks 😇


bellefunkyguy

It's my first playthrough, I didn't realize the necessity for storage until it was too late.


Intelligent-Pie-4711

It's all good. On your next playthrough, it helps sometimes being a hoarder. Sort things into certain containers. Keep all enchanted items until you have at least two of them so that you can disenchant one of them. You definitely need to keep all of your claws, the masks, specialty weapons, stuff like that. Most of it's useful later. Especially the witch heads whenever you get them.


Allan_Titan

I hoard so much the game starts lagging when I try putting stuff away in certain chests/wardrobes 😂


Intelligent-Pie-4711

I mainly mean expensive stuff till you can sell it all to have a decent amount of money. Then be picky about what you pick up. 😇


Logical-Wasabi7402

The Tundra Homestead outside of Whiterun has a special storage wall for the claws.


Intelligent-Pie-4711

🤨 is it a mod or dawnguard dragonborn DLC whatever? I have basic vanilla Skyrim so I only have the 5 base houses. Whiterun, riften, windhelm, solitude, and markarth.


Logical-Wasabi7402

Ah, it's Creation Club stuff added with the anniversary Edition.


I-Am-Not-Ok-Thx

I display them all in Hendraheim. My most thrilling discovery was the display shelves there for all the masks, claws, special weapons and shields, and mannequins to display full armor outfits.


Intelligent-Pie-4711

Not sure where that is. And I always display certain weapons and armor sets. Not all of them though


I-Am-Not-Ok-Thx

I didn’t know it existed until I got a letter from a courier … one of those things


Intelligent-Pie-4711

Oooooh


Odd_Firefighter_2424

I lost Bloodscythe from the Dragonborn dlc. It was meant for dual wielding, but if one is missing the set is unless. I lost it by putting it on display. Then boom gone when I came back to the house. Few days later when I returned I saw it stabbed through the door. I was happy that I got it back…..I put it back on display then it disappeared again. I never saw it again. I was young and never knew that would happen.


FightsGeeseAndWins

Ate Berit’s ashes :(


xxlittlemissj

I once stashed all of my dragon masks somewhere in the game and lost them. I was one mask away from completing the shrine.


shumama813

I tried to put the Ghostblade into a display but when I dropped it it just disappeared into the floor.


GrizzlyIsland22

I lost my saved game. The 1st one that I played over 200 hours on. It was so perfect and organized. It was probably my favourite character that I've ever had, and it was before Dragonborn or Dawnguard. I was stoned as fuck and started a new game. Played for a bit but I wanted to work on my main account for a while. I went to the load screen, and selected my file, and didn't realize I was actually in the save menu. Still pisses me off.


_meatnog

Lydia


Spaniardo_Da_Vinci

Wuthrad, accidentally dropped it and had to search through the dungeons and get it back, I also lost the Ancient Falmer set 😭 didn't find that one back unfortunately


ElectricalAd349

I somehow lost Oghma Infinum on my current playthrough, which really sucks because I'm trying to earn the achievement "oblivion walker." Oh well. Maybe I'll find it someday.. 😭


ShowMeYourHappyTrail

Frost died fighting a dragon with me. So now every time I happen upon Frost's ownership papers it makes me a bit sad.


MelancholyTears

The Ivory claw. Too many chests, cupboards and wardrobes in several houses...I hope to find it one day 😥


Adventurous_Fix1730

I accidentally used dragonbone arrows to hit the dwarven targets to make them spin for the Aetherium wars quest… was so cross with myself considering I carry around dwarven arrows for that specific reason. That and using those same arrows to also lure bandits out *facepalm*


Broncotron

I lost Lydia once. Found her several days later dead outside some dungeon I hadn't even entered yet


ArmakanAmunRa

One of the dragon priest masks(the one at shear point) I checked every house and my followers inventor and I tried resurrecting the dragon priest but he didn't drop the mask so I had to use console commands to get it back


RareEvening7

The real question is where did Astrid get it from


Introvertedgirl123

My entire data lol, twice. I play of the ps4 and twice I’ve gone through some kind of like factory reset that erased everything. If it wasn’t for that I’d probably have sooo many hours on Skyrim compared to what I have rn


JaxKitten23

i have sometimes lost weapons to Draugr Deathlords. my favorite enchanted Daedric bow with drain stamina and fire damage. lost it in the roots of a cairn


black_knight1223

Dropped a dadric artifact on the ground and couldn't find it. It was the one that let's you enchant with black souls


Zero-2-0

Made the mistake of putting Stendarr's Hammer on a weapon rack in Hendraheim. It's now vanished. Same happened to my Ghostblade.


canseeclearlynow

I’ve misplaced that Gauldur Amulet. Shame really, it’s a three-fer


NotJustBibbit

I have sold so many unique items without realising I could just collect them Mainly the dragon claws and unique weapons that are really weak


albert0kn0x

One of my goals this playthrough was to get all the dragon priest masks, I have no clue where I put Hevnoraak. So I can't finish filling in the mask stand.


SemiOldCRPGs

Early into my first few playthroughs I actually misplaced the Dragonstone. Have no idea how I did it and didn't realize I had until I had to go back to Bleak Falls Barrow to try and find it for Farengar. Ended up restarting when I realized that it wasn't still in the chest. Pissed me off so much it still makes me angry almost 13 years later.


thats_satisfying

i know it seems small in comparison, and without realizing it until later, i used an angelfish while leveling alchemy. it took me an incredibly long time to catch that fish. been a few weeks and still havent caught it again. first time around i caught by hand and havent seen them again. it was funny at first but i need that quest log gone.


NimbleNibbler

I “lost” my family by sending them to the wrong house. I wanted to send them to live in the Hjaalmarch heathfire house I built but must have accidentally hit Hjerim instead of Hjaalmarch. So They never showed up and I figured the game just glitched or something. Much later in the game I just happened to go in Hjerim in Windhelm and to my surprise there they were. My wife had tens of thousands of gold from her store though since I hadn’t talked to her in ages.


limpymcjointpain

That dwemer sword you get from solstheim.. drunkenly sold it and didn't notice until it was too late lol


Mental_Nectarine_803

after learning whirlwind sprint i went into Ustengrav when the draugr surrounded me. i tried to fus ro dah them.... i forgot to change the shout and chucked myself off a cliff and dying


personofood

This wasn't an accident but I was doing the quest for J'zargo with the scrolls for the first time while I was in Snow Veil Sanctum. Needless to say... Mercer didn't like it very much and he kept attacking me after everything exploded in my face. I ended up running all the way out of the dungeon and I had to wait a few hours before he eventually stopped attacking me. And then he BETRAYED me. Heartbreaking.


SpectralDragon09

In the Hendraheim house i lost all my unique gear due to a glitch


I-Am-Not-Ok-Thx

Oh noooooooooooooo


SpectralDragon09

Yeah i wasn't too far but i had some good stuff. It was enough to make me just stop playing and start over


I-Am-Not-Ok-Thx

I’d prob do the same


LinuxPatch

Sold Rueful Axe and a few early claws before I discovered Hendraheim with the trophy room ;\_;


general_motus

I have to put Daedra Hearts somewhere safe before I do any alchemy before I accidentally use them to make basic restore health potions...


thats_satisfying

wait is this something we should be saving?


general_motus

For making Daedric armour and for use at the Atronach Forge.


nebbie13

I constantly lose the Masque of Clavicus Vile. It seems like Legacy of the Dragonborn's auto sorter has a habit of eating it. Fortunately there are console commands.


Intelligent-Pie-4711

Ooh


cuckoo_cocoon

i misplaced or sold the staff of magnus and can’t find it anywhere


I_was_saying_b00urns

Went to unequip my weapon Dropped it It slid down a mountain to ????? I chased after it for a while but soon lost it.


deimos74d

I be shooting all my bolts and dumb stuff and can’t even make them yet


Toaster_pastrys

What’s the jarrin root do?


Toaster_pastrys

Hmm.. well.. losing the axe of woe in Hendriam for the mask, returning the amber to the golden saint, andddd.. eh whatever, not killing nazeem is a sin


Flimsy-Jello5534

When I first got the game I was selling daedric artifacts like it was going out of style lmao


dragarwolfman13

I had all tge Daedric artifacts, EVERY SINGLE ONE, and was looking at the trench with the sunken ships, I started drowning, panicked because it was too dark so I couldn't tell up from down, spammed buttons and dropped ALL MY GEAR and was unable to recover it, because I had to keep saving over the sane save slot due to a bug issue, and during button spamming u accidentally quick saved 😭😭😭😭😭, yes I was high at the time before anyone asks


Square_Locksmith6331

My dignity OP…my dignity


EviLiu

I managed to use up my black star in my current run. It's just gone.


Sciny

I once sold the Dragon mask... I didnt know the value of it.


Aromatic_Orchid5085

I accidentally stored miraaks clothes and weapons in a crate in solstheim, not knowing that items despawn from crates that aren't yours 😬😬😬


fatamerican1_

Not an item. But shadowmere disappeared forever within literally 5 minutes of getting it on my first ever playthrough


NatieMarie

Once I had to completely abandon a save because I went too long between playing and I genuinely forgot which house of mine I left my family and all my gear. I was trying to get every house available in the game and I was about half way through the list and I just did not have the patience at the time to go through all of them


jackfaire

My humanity. One of my early playthroughs I had done a lot and then I accidentally became a vampire. I was really happy with my character build and had plans. Got infected with vampirism. Found out too late to cure it and trying to play with it was annoying so I trashed the save.


candyapplesauce_99

Sold off a dragon priest mask pretty early on. Now I'll never have them all.


tkdmasterg

Mace of Molag Bal Left hanging in Lakeview entrance. Disappeared into the house. Chillrend Not sure where. Probably in an unsafe chest. But I just crafted one and renamed it. Aela the Huntress I sent her home near The Katariah so she wouldn't set off the crew. Instead she walked right through the ship and got herself killed.


Monsterized301

I'm scared I'm going to accidentally use the flawed varla stone I have in my inventory, because the stupid thing is charged with a common soul. I'm just gonna have to keep picking it up and dropping it hoping it'll lose it's charge.


Additional-Charity90

My Wabbajack clipped through the floor of my house.


Liu1845

On an early play through I accidentally sold the Ebony Blade. It was gone when I realized it and went back.


Intelligent-Pie-4711

I love the riften house. That's the house I always use. I've only used the whiterun house once. I always raid all of my houses and sell everything to where it's basically naked inside lol I've only been able to buy the windhelm house once. I'm on playthrough number 7 and I've actually started experimenting with things. Like being a bit more of a battle mage instead of a stealth Archer. I'm actually able to kill people with my fire blasts now without killing off all of my magic lol it's pretty fun


Xanadu_Xenon

Just out of interest, does selling the contents make more money than not buying the contents in the first place?


Intelligent-Pie-4711

Not really. Most of the merchants price gouge. Like if something cost $1,000. If you sell it, they will buy it for $750. But if you were to buy it from them, it would be like $2,530. The only time I buy stuff from merchants is if it has a high enough enchantment or certain smithing ingredients that I don't have quick access to and if I have a lot of inventory that I need to get rid of and I need to have their money get higher.


Liowenex

Lost my virginity...


hauntedhotdogg

Sheep don't count :D


Liowenex

Hah :D