Crime system, can you wait it out?

[Donttouchmyhohos]

Is that possible at all?

[MrMuffinz]

They can lose sight of you and stop pursuing, but they will remember your face, and other people who witnessed might not want to talk to you until you solve it.

[Donttouchmyhohos]

Originally posted by McLovinz ʕಠᴥಠʔ:

They can lose sight of you and stop pursuing, but they will remember your face, and other people who witnessed might not want to talk to you until you solve it.

by solve, you mean go to a guard. So the crime wont vanish until its solved in that manner?

[James0124]

According to Codex, yes you can.

[Donttouchmyhohos]

Originally posted by JamesAMD:

According to Codex, yes you can.

Yes i can what? That is a vague response.

[James0124]

"wait it out".

"Once enough time goes by, people will forget about the stolen item even at the scene of the crime"
Don't know if this works with murders though.

[Donttouchmyhohos]

Originally posted by JamesAMD:

"wait it out".

"Once enough time goes by, people will forget about the stolen item even at the scene of the crime"
Don't know if this works with murders though.

Thanks for the info, do you know any info on how long the crimes roughly last?

[missmi]

I'm currently Wanted, someone caught me lockpicking, but I ran and hid, I'm not sure how long can last this status.

[Roccondil]

Yeah, I think it's definitely roughly two in-game days until the crimes disappear, at least for minor crimes like pickpocketing/lockpicking/brawling, etc. More serious crimes like being accused of murder I wonder how long those last.

[Dusk]

So far I've been able to wait out all the crimes, even murdering a guard I accidentally insane-lucky headshot while goofing around trying to see what happens if you shoot close to them from far away. Nobody saw, but some peasants were shouting detective work like "Where'd he go!?" "What's that!?"

For theft crimes, I've gotten caught at night, waited a bit for the witness to go back to sleep, knocked em out, stole the rest. Robbed another town while waiting the 2 days.

I don't know if this is a glitch, but I've had one guy I knocked out and took everything from come running at me in underwear days later after I returned back to his town.

Also some guards seem to get random search requests for you, even if nobody has caught your crimes.

Even stranger, I've had a random encounter where all the bandits were sitting unable to move and everyone else was already dead. StrangeAF but ..... Toook....everything.

Also some chests refill with goods like clothing boxes outside your room at the INNs. Wait for everyone to sleep - woop, they just keep losing those clothes...

[ZombieHunter]

You can wait out all of your crimes. Eventually the icon next to the towns disappears. Then it is safe to go there without the guards harassing you.

[Malpherian]

This is not true, just because the bounty goes away does not mean its safe to reenter the area. I have guards come after me all the time in areas with no bag. As far as "Crime" I do not think it ever goes away unless you pay a guard or serve time. At least I cant figure out a way to do it.

[Unn4m3d (♥AUT♥)]

Originally posted by Malpherian:

This is not true, just because the bounty goes away does not mean its safe to reenter the area. I have guards come after me all the time in areas with no bag. As far as "Crime" I do not think it ever goes away unless you pay a guard or serve time. At least I cant figure out a way to do it.

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[Adam]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.