Do items that are dropped on the ground despawn?

[Mink]

I want to drop some items of at Caius Cosades' house, can i just drop them on the ground?

[psychotron666]

No they're not despawned, yes they will stay there forever

[Turtleswatter]

Yep, safer than crates. Crates will eventually reset but littering lasts forever.

[Mink]

Originally posted by psychotron666:

No they're not despawned, yes they will stay there forever

Originally posted by Turtleswatter:

Yep, safer than crates. Crates will eventually reset but littering lasts forever.

Thanks guys

[HoBoMiKe]

Originally posted by Turtleswatter:

Yep, safer than crates. Crates will eventually reset but littering lasts forever.

if only real life worked that way, people would never litter and just put things in despawning trash cans and dumpsters

[Two Bears High Fiving]

Not sure about the PC version as I've not dumped literal metric tons of crap on the ground, but on the old xbox, once you drop enough items it'll form a loot bag. Everything dropped after a certain point will go into the bag. Everything before will stay where it was dropped.

[thegrimeyone]

Originally posted by Turtleswatter:

Yep, safer than crates. Crates will eventually reset but littering lasts forever.

I have been storing stuff in the crates outside the Mage's Guild in Balmora for years and never lost a thing.

[Turtleswatter]

Originally posted by thegrimeyone:

Originally posted by Turtleswatter:

Yep, safer than crates. Crates will eventually reset but littering lasts forever.

I have been storing stuff in the crates outside the Mage's Guild in Balmora for years and never lost a thing.

I did the same thing in the Balmora Council Club after I cleared it out. Put all my alchemy stuff in three crates in the back room. Played the game almost clean through with no trouble and one day ...... everything gone. Oh how I spat my dummy out :D

Edit: Just noticed on another thread that Balmora Mages Guild is safe storage as long as you're a member. Maybe that applies to the crates outside too.

[Mr. Goblin]

Crate contents reset after a while???
I have been playing this game forever; and never noticed.

How about House Chests? I prefer putting all my things into Chests, in houses. Do those also reset over time? Yikes! If so.

[Conkwer]

Originally posted by Mr. Goblin:

Crate contents reset after a while???

Some chests are reset, like in Balmora, Mages Guild (that contain potions and scrolls for guild members).
Old stuff are removed from the chest, and new potions are added.
There also a rare bug when items are despawn (same for Skyrim, bzw). The most safe place to hold items are permanent corps like Ralen Hlaalo. As a quest item this corpse never disappear or reset.

OpenMW have no this bug, I believe. So it safe to put items on the ground and in crates (that are not reset)

[SeɌɌi Chenbox]

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[Apocalypse]

I have lived in all sorts of things from abandoned shacks to bandit caves, houses and towers and have always stored my stuff there in both containers and on the ground/shelfs and have never lost one item in 2k hours. Maybe I am just lucky