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willderyes Feb 20, 2020 @ 12:25pm
Stealing Bandits Horse
I killed some bandits who attacked me. Can I steal their horse and not be labeled a thief?
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Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:
No, stealing from a theif is still theft.
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alexander_dougherty Feb 20, 2020 @ 12:29pm 
No, stealing from a theif is still theft.
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Docsprock Feb 20, 2020 @ 3:56pm 
It is not worth it since the horse will just leave and return to where you found it.
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DrNewcenstein Feb 20, 2020 @ 4:08pm 
You can open the console, click on the horse, type setownership, and the horse is yours.

However, it will still return to where you found it.
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Hobo Misanthropus Feb 20, 2020 @ 4:12pm 
The only exception to this rule is Frost, the unique horse acquired from "Promises to Keep"

You can steal the horse, from the horse thief, who ends up being you by proxy, and then threaten the original horse thief to let you keep the horse you just stole and now he's yours.
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willderyes Feb 20, 2020 @ 4:36pm 
Thanks! All good to know info. Haven't played in years and now I'm falling in love all over again!
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Dova Sos (Banned) Feb 20, 2020 @ 4:43pm 
Originally posted by Hobo Misanthropus:
The only exception to this rule is Frost, the unique horse acquired from "Promises to Keep"

You can steal the horse, from the horse thief, who ends up being you by proxy, and then threaten the original horse thief to let you keep the horse you just stole and now he's yours.
If you don't see that guy in the next 48 hours maybe the thugs might visit you ?
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Dova Sos (Banned) Feb 20, 2020 @ 4:47pm 
There is one horse behind Whiterun, in a bandit cave or sort of. I think that horse is not a steal but returns to its place.
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willderyes Feb 20, 2020 @ 6:18pm 
Yep, that there is the one I referring to...
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Dova Sos (Banned) Feb 20, 2020 @ 6:59pm 
Originally posted by willderyes:
Yep, that there is the one I referring to...
That horse is safe. Just make sure to kill the bandits there.

The horse is flagged as "steal" but I think in Skyrim if the owners are dead then no matter the flag it will be safe to take. For example Calixto is like that. After he dies you can safely take all his items in his shack even though they are being flagged as "steal"
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Hobo Misanthropus Feb 20, 2020 @ 8:24pm 
Originally posted by Dova Sos:
Originally posted by Hobo Misanthropus:
The only exception to this rule is Frost, the unique horse acquired from "Promises to Keep"

You can steal the horse, from the horse thief, who ends up being you by proxy, and then threaten the original horse thief to let you keep the horse you just stole and now he's yours.
If you don't see that guy in the next 48 hours maybe the thugs might visit you ?

Just one Thug I think, but he's leveled and can be pretty brutal depending on your build.
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ƎϽ∀ƎԀ Feb 20, 2020 @ 11:01pm 
Originally posted by Hobo Misanthropus:
Originally posted by Dova Sos:
If you don't see that guy in the next 48 hours maybe the thugs might visit you ?

Just one Thug I think, but he's leveled and can be pretty brutal depending on your build.

Just one or 2 until you open the chest.
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FauxFurry Feb 20, 2020 @ 11:31pm 
Stealing from a thief is still theft much like murdering a murderer is still murder or punking out an anal assaulter is still full rear assault.
Last edited by FauxFurry; Feb 20, 2020 @ 11:32pm
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alexander_dougherty Feb 21, 2020 @ 2:54am 
Originally posted by Dova Sos:
Originally posted by willderyes:
Yep, that there is the one I referring to...
That horse is safe. Just make sure to kill the bandits there.

The horse is flagged as "steal" but I think in Skyrim if the owners are dead then no matter the flag it will be safe to take. For example Calixto is like that. After he dies you can safely take all his items in his shack even though they are being flagged as "steal"
No, and if you owned the game you would know that ownership isn't unflagged when the owner dies.
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Docsprock Feb 21, 2020 @ 4:46am 
There is one horse in the game that can be obtained and owned for free. It is North of Snow Veil Sanctum in an abandoned hunter camp. Just hop on and ride.
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Dova Sos (Banned) Feb 21, 2020 @ 7:57am 
I tested to see if the thugs will appear after stealing the horse. I didn't even kill the bandits. I took the horse and went to Whiterun stables. I waited there 10 days and they never appeared.

Then I thought let's steal something else and see if they will appear at all. So I stole one leg of a goat from the Whiterun market and went outside to wait again for 10 days. They never appeared.

I even went to Windhelm thinking that maybe I have to change the area. And waited there and waited and the only thing that appeared was a dragon. I killed the dragon and waited few more days but Thugs never showed.

Could be different reasons why they don't show anymore. Maybe I am too high a level and they stop after a certain threshold ? Or maybe I am member of the thief's guild and they stop showing ?
Last edited by Dova Sos; Feb 21, 2020 @ 7:58am
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