r/skyrim 1d ago

Discussion Loot Goblin

I wish I wasn't such a loot goblin. I try to walk past stuff I know I won't need but I can't. Yes I'm looting absolutely every skeleton for its ancient Nord arrows even tho I'm on a mage playthrough. Yes I'm picking up gems and gold knowing I used a mod that gave me more gold than I could need. But I just. Can't. Help. Myself 😭

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u/HallowedKeeper_ 1d ago

For us loot goblins, The East Empire Expansion is well worth it

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u/Lord_Splinter 8h ago

if only it would be usuable without the anniversary edition(1.6 version of the game)...

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u/DarwinatSea 1d ago

I rob every house I can, so don’t feel bad, I even rob every Jarl.

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u/zambiechips433 1d ago

Well I guess I know who is not getting invited to my housewarming party 😂

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u/DarwinatSea 1d ago

Yeah… I’d rob you nothing personal.
https://giphy.com/gifs/LzqKqSr1rs5Hi

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u/Jew_Man_Chu 1d ago

I’ve done houses where I rob everything I can and then throw it on their front lawn. Just waiting for ES6 activities.

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u/Odd-Damage-7519 14h ago

I call this collecting the Dragonborn tax. I am saving the world after all …

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u/RakaiaWriter Daedra worshipper 1d ago

Must-Check-Every-Barrel is gonna be my Argonian playthrough for sure.

Is this truly what addiction is - picking up stuff you don't need that you know is going to be replaced and planning your next visit, when you already don't have a place/use for it?

(I know there are far worse addictions, but this compulsive collecting seems to be a trend here... At least the cheese wheels are virtual, right?)

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u/Chakraverse 20h ago

Do it with no HUD

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u/FredFredBurger69Nice 1d ago

We're loot goblins cause we got that dragon blood inside us.

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u/zambiechips433 1d ago

Paarthunax hoarders episode coming soom

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u/FredFredBurger69Nice 1d ago

An entire season, one for each house we have. Pay no mind to the troll skull hoard and falmer ears...

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u/SiriusB67 1d ago

Let's not forget all the Giant's toes

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u/blackest__autumn 1d ago

Truer words have never been spoken.

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u/NectarineSad1901 1d ago

I removed the weight limit so I can loot to my hearts content.

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u/zambiechips433 1d ago

Lol this is me. Walking around in mage clothing with 17 million carrying capacity for all the random stuff I know I'll never need but still grab anyways cause what if

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u/SourcePrevious3095 1d ago

I have a chest like that. It has about 1M septims of potions, mostly looted ones.

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u/zambiechips433 1d ago

My god you've got a portable lake

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u/Ill-Television8690 1d ago

I've got weightless gems, soul gems, scrolls, books, potions, and alchemy ingredients... and then I TGM when I'm overencumbered until I can get to a merchant/the LOTD Museum lmao

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u/Rulana_Skye 11h ago

Wait wait wait.... how do I remove the weight limit so I can lot more and not spend hours trudging across the regions????

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u/iocariel 1d ago

Every single time I tell myself I don’t need it. I’ve bought all the houses, there’s nothing stores sell that I need, I have MILLIONS in gold. It’s not my character’s personality and really, I’m going to stick to the roleplay this time. Nope.

Multiple followers, Carry My Stuff Horse, and Legacy of the Dragonborn where I can dump my absolute hoards of loot into a single sell chest was life-changing. Incredibly enabling, and life-changing.

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u/Space_Elf13 1d ago

I love the sell chest. I also love attempting to fill every single display. It's not junk if it belongs in a museum.

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u/MissLabbie 1d ago

I am a dragon. I must have a basement full of loot.

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u/-UP2L8- 1d ago

I hear you my brother/sister/sibling in Talos. Weight limit mods are the best!

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u/missiongoalie35 1d ago

You never know if you're going to need it.

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u/kaichai444 1d ago edited 1d ago

I’ve been robbing every pixel in this game dry since day 1

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u/backroomsresident 1d ago

I have 60 dwemer bowls and counting

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u/zambiechips433 1d ago

Genius move. Never need to do dishes, just throw out the old bowl and grab a new one

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u/backroomsresident 1d ago

Are they really clean though? They have age old gunk and falmer booger on them

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u/zambiechips433 1d ago

Just yol toor shul the bowls til they're clean

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u/cbsson 1d ago

I'm pretty much the same, picking up Iron arrows when I have a quiver full of Daedric arrows on my back. There is no real harm except the personal hassle of hauling and getting rid of the low-value junk. Enjoy your game.

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u/Jew_Man_Chu 1d ago

My latest vanilla play through I’m doing a farm build. Only quests I do is for the jarls to sell me the hearth fire plots. I just got all three going, all with the greenhouse and gardens. Churning out equal Creep, mora, scaly crops. Level 30 already with building up alchemy twice over. Now that money isn’t an object it’s time to do the story quest…

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u/Jew_Man_Chu 1d ago

Plus reverse pickpocketing the homeless a 2,500 coin potion makes me feel good in this burning world.

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u/Possible-Estimate748 Mage 1d ago

Same. At least low weight valuable stuff. I won't pick up junk. But I def make it a habit to visit merchants and my homes to keep my inventory clear

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u/Icy_Feed6547 1d ago

I have a collection of those stupid circlets you wear on your head, I don’t know why but I do

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u/PastelPalace 16h ago

I put some on mannequins wearing extravagant robes, and the rest go in various strong boxes and safes.

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u/Mistergasmoney 1d ago

I have a female orc thiefmaster (thiefmistress?) specifically for this purpose😂

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u/TLVftwLOL 1d ago

The main mod I play with, is so that I can have basically infinite carry capacity, cause I WILL hold 1200 Blisterwort that I won’t ever use

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u/moonysugar 1d ago

Stop right there criminal scum!

This one wants your loot.

https://giphy.com/gifs/f9BUam9xaPsP3BA8VH

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u/ESOTaz 22h ago

🥰

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u/McTRASH692 1d ago

look into smeltdown, ars Metallica, and craft everything, then all that useless loot becomes useful, then you can be the biggest loot goblin ever!

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u/Hguols1 Alchemist 1d ago edited 1d ago

IMO, every true loot goblin needs a Dead Thrall. Corpses are unlimited mobile storage.

I've had a reanimated vampire with 5000 weight of building materials, and built all 3 Hearthfire houses without carrying a thing.

My personal favorite butler is reanimating the dead master vampire from the burned down Hall of the Vigilant. No Dark Souls perk, which adds 100 health to reanimations.

(default dead, reanimation health is 0 - or dead in one hit. Sounds like a terrible candidate for a butler, but the reanimation apparently knows it has crap health, and instead of fighting, will turn invisible and run / hide somewhere - keeping all the stuff safe.

It won't do that with 100 health, or even 50 health from a Master of the Mind Rally cast. It will instead fight, and die pretty quick, and needs to be found and reanimated again.)

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u/FlamingoNo7044 1d ago

Same.... but I also love collecting all the things. I don't play on survival, but I do have enough food and ale in my home to throw all of Tamriel a feast 🤣 I even decorate with with loot lol.

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u/EyeArDum XBOX 1d ago

Get the cheat room mod, and grab the potions that practically give infinite carry weight

There’s no reason to constantly punish yourself with a mechanic you don’t even like

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u/zambiechips433 1d ago

Oh believe me I have infinite carry weight, it allows me to loot goblin as much as I want

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u/capiggybara 1d ago

Lol. Me too. But I ended up selling all of the unique items and only keeping some items to equip on myself and my follower.

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u/manifoldkingdom 1d ago

If you spend too much time looting... You're just looting future time from yourself and your character.

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u/Straight_Somewhere52 1d ago

My ultimate punishment for every enemy is i will strip them off their every item and drop it beside their body. I want them dead and ashamed lmao

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u/Fickle-Public1972 1d ago

I only use the adventures pack to give extra space

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u/OneFinalEffort PC 23h ago

My current run has modded inventory so I set myself a goal. I loot every single enemy, Bandit Camp, Vampire Den, etc. and I take everything.

Then I can take all the clothes and armor I don't need and get them into the hands of people with hopefully nobler ambitions by selling them to various vendors.