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Gaunter O'Dimm Oct 8, 2017 @ 8:28am
Lockpicks gone | FIXED!
Hey there,

my lockpicks are gone. I don't know why.
I don't only mean that they're not in my inventory, there are no lockpicks in the entire game.

When I try to add some by console (player.additem 0000000A 5) it just says " (5) added".
No merchant (not even Tonilia) sells them, no bandit has some.

They're just... gone.

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Last edited by Gaunter O'Dimm; Oct 16, 2017 @ 2:44am
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Originally posted by mfriday:
I have had this on a fresh start, ENG Skyrim SE, quite a few mods.

I know how to solve/workaround it in general (seems to work so far) and what the issue is, but not why it has happened.

This is when, for some reason, translation strings are simply not there. This may well explain why people with language patches seem most affected.

The way to solve it is to replace the string files, which live in the Special Edition/Data/Strings folder, with ones that contain all the strings. Bear in mind these may not be present for everyone, ymmv etc;
I used a mod called English Strings for Skyrim SE- this replaces all the original strings with new files, and this solved the issue.

Obviously, for you people playing in non-ENG, this might not be a great solution but it does work. You may need to manually replace these files, download the mod again but non-ENG skyrim is not something I know about.

As to what has caused it- who knows? I know this has occurred previously, and it seems suspicious that it is new issue coinciding with the patch.
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Lifeisagame Oct 8, 2017 @ 9:06am 
cant read it fully but if the thief skills rebalance is that one:
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/28418/?
there you go i quote:
]Fewer lockpicks - lockpicks have been removed from many of the merchants and leveled lists in the game, making lockpicks rarer and increasing the value of the Wax Key perk (which allow you to craft lockpicks). This has been done selectively, for example: Fences will still sell lockpicks, but general merchants will not. Bandits will still occasionally have lockpicks, but draugr and dwemer automatons will not.
Seems that mod removes the Orginal Lock picks and replaced them so you need to get that wax key perk - or simple type in the console "help lockpick 0" to look if there is another id around now
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Gaunter O'Dimm Oct 8, 2017 @ 9:23am 
No, the thief skill rebalancer is the one from Ordinator.

I didn't make any changes in my mods lately. The lockpicks just disappeared at some point.
Last edited by Gaunter O'Dimm; Oct 8, 2017 @ 9:26am
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jancawa55 Oct 8, 2017 @ 9:31am 
small a, I have had that happen too, but magically come back later on, I add 50-100, then it turns into 650 in a while.
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Gaunter O'Dimm Oct 8, 2017 @ 9:53am 
I can't add them, there no lockpick around
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Gaunter O'Dimm Oct 11, 2017 @ 8:54am 
I noticed that lockpicks aren't the only items effected, several beverages such as Noard mead and alto wine aren't around anymore too.
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Zaciss Oct 11, 2017 @ 1:14pm 
Similar problem....Locpicks disappeared from game (I have them in inventory, i can pick locks, but cant see them). I have noticed MANY items in dungeons and such are untargetable - pointing at them won’t show me name of item and I cant pick them up.
Wouldnt be problem if it was just this but somehow this affected Nightingale armor - I get the armor from the stone but I can’t see it in my inventory (I see my weight goes up tho, so I know I have it) and when i use player.placeatme command to place new nightingale armor to me, it is untargetable as well...

I don’t use any mods
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Gaunter O'Dimm Oct 11, 2017 @ 1:38pm 
The Fine Radiant Raiment clothes are broken too. I can't see them in my inv and therefore can't equip them and finish Taarie's quest. But they are definetely in my inv, since player.drop works, but as Zaciss said, it's untargetable then.

But kinda glad that you don't use mods and have the same problem, so as I suspected, doesn't look like it's caused by any mod, maybe some recent update.
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edabass Oct 11, 2017 @ 5:55pm 
I figured it was a levelled list issue or something with all my mods- I've had the exact same problem. First the Nightingale armor went ethereal, now it's lockpicks. The lockpicks just went missing tonight- had plenty yesterday. Now they're compeltely gone form the game. No REFID, nothing.
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Gaunter O'Dimm Oct 11, 2017 @ 6:04pm 
Since we already start to collect multiple reports of the problem, does anyone know a way to fix this issue?
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edabass Oct 11, 2017 @ 6:20pm 
Well, I just tried it with all my mods switched off. Sat through the opening scene, and still no dice. Validating fils turned up nothing amiss. I suspect it has something to do with something that slipped in with the Survival Mode patch, but darned if I know what or how to find or fix it.
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Gaunter O'Dimm Oct 11, 2017 @ 6:22pm 
Here's the funny thing: For some reason I don't even have the latest patch, although it says in Steam that my game is on the latest versions and that there are no updates available. Still, there is no CC in my main menu.
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edabass Oct 11, 2017 @ 8:29pm 
Looking to see if the new version of the Unofficial patch fixes any of this.
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edabass Oct 11, 2017 @ 8:36pm 
Nope. Stuff's still missing.
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edabass Oct 12, 2017 @ 7:58am 
Well, a clean reinstall fixed the lockpick thing. Still can't get the NIghtingale armor to show in inventory, but that may be b/c of quest scripting. Console says it's add3ed it, but it's not there.
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Gaunter O'Dimm Oct 12, 2017 @ 9:39am 
Are you playing on English or some other language edabass?
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