I can't get into Arcadia's Cauldron

[Klai21]

I can't get into Arcadia's Cauldron i can only get inside by using picklock and then she says that i should't be there, then she calls guards and they lock me in prison. How can i fix that issue?

[Ilja]

Leave the area for a while. Visit another hold, or something. Area will reset itself.

[Doggy Friend]

Make sure you are trying to get in there between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.
These are business hours in Skyrim.

Going inside during any other time means you are trespassing.

[Da_Higg]

What time is it in game? you may be outside of the shop's opening hours

[worm_master]

I get something similar in Solitude, in Radiant Raiment, sometimes i go in during "open hours" and the doors unlocked, when i go inside, she yells I shouldent be here and threatens to get the guards...

When this happens, i wait for a day, works every-time. It's that bloody common, at least as far as me an Solitude go.

[Ihateeverybody]

FYI, don't stand and wait outside their door at 7:55 or so. If you are there at opening time it won't open.....so either go somewhere else and come back (preferbly with a cell change) or be farther away.

Least that happens for me.

[Altbert]

Yes, this happened to me also. I always make sure to enter a city a quarter or half an hour after opening times. The option to wait for an hour doesn't always help either. Did you perhaps change the timescale? Any timescale below 6 will mess up opening and closing hours.

[Morgan Fun Gamer]

Did you wait until day time it usally opens and sometimes for me when i wait until day time it still says locked but I fix this by waiting a 2 or 3 more hours in game that usally fixes it this usally happens to me at belethors general goods the shop next to arcadias cauldron and if you did wait in game for day time are you playing with mods or playing with no mods because aksing this could help with this shop bug.

[The Great Cornholio]

sometimes stores dont open properly during the day, just fast travel somewhere and come back

[R4ndomG4mer]

Originally posted by Ihateeverybody:

FYI, don't stand and wait outside their door at 7:55 or so. If you are there at opening time it won't open.....so either go somewhere else and come back (preferbly with a cell change) or be farther away.

Least that happens for me.

I'm not sure why, but this has something to do with how the game tracks the time and how it interacts with NPCs. I've found that if I wait until an hour before a shop is supposed to open, exit the waiting menu, then wait again for another hour, the shops will open at the correct time. For some reason, though, if I try to wait directly until the appropriate time, the game bugs out and the shops won't open until I leave the area and come back.

[Steelfleece]

I've had something similar happen a few times. Mostly in Whiterun, either her store or Belethor's. I think the NPC's script gets caught up or something and they just stand in place. As said by others, leave the area and let the cell unload from memory by doing a bit of traveling, then come back in a day or so and it'll usually be sorted out.

Originally posted by Ihateeverybody:

FYI, don't stand and wait outside their door at 7:55 or so. If you are there at opening time it won't open.....so either go somewhere else and come back (preferbly with a cell change) or be farther away.

Least that happens for me.

It will open. It's just that if you're staring at the door, it'll continue to say 'locked' until you look away then look at it again.