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    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    Game » consists of 30 releases. Released Nov 11, 2011

    The fifth installment in Bethesda's Elder Scrolls franchise is set in the eponymous province of Skyrim, where the ancient threat of dragons, led by the sinister Alduin, is rising again to threaten all mortal races. Only the player, as the prophesied hero the Dovahkiin, can save the world from destruction.

    Earliest safe place to store stuff?

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    #1  Edited By louis0nfire

    Yeah, I'm guessing it'll be save to store stuff in Riverwood right?

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    #2  Edited By PepitoneConQueso

    I believe the only "safe" place to store stuff would be a chest in a property.

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    #3  Edited By Matfei90

    @PepitoneConQueso said:

    I believe the only "safe" place to store stuff would be a chest in a property.

    This. First property you can buy is in Whiterun for 5000 gold.

    You also get a room when you join the College of Winterhold, and access to barracks when you join the Companions. I stored some of my early game stuff in my room in the College for a few ingame days and it was still there when I came back, not sure about the barracks though. Only way to be 100% sure in the end is to buy a house and use the chest there.

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    #4  Edited By mr_faraday

    The first place i know of that you can purchase is bravehome(sp?) in Whiterun but i cant seem to figure out where to go to purchase it.

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    #5  Edited By Matfei90

    @Mr_Faraday said:

    The first place i know of that you can purchase is bravehome(sp?) in Whiterun but i cant seem to figure out where to go to purchase it.

    Breezehome. Buy it from the Jarl's assistant.

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    #6  Edited By TheDudeOfGaming

    I'm pretty sure you can place items in any container that doesn't respawn items. The problem is finding one. If you don't have the coin to buy a house, find a container, loot it, put a few items in there and wait for a couple of days to see if the items are still there. Just save before you do it.

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    #7  Edited By Kieweefication

    @TheDudeOfGaming:

    Without spoiling anything, I've gotten to a part in the quest line where you talk to an old blades member in Riverwood,

    ----- There's a chest in the private meeting place which will later be used for your stuff anyhow. It should be empty and as far as I can tell, it doesn't delete your items, I've left them there for over 4 game days. It's in the Inn, she'll open a secret passage and the chest is the one on the left. -----

    I'm really really sorry if this spoils anything by talking of the blades member. Not my intention at all.

    This quest line takes a little while to get to but if you can hold on you'll be 5,000 gold better off for not buying the house. The room is very useful, it has an enchanting station and an alchemy station too!

    Kieran,

    P.S. email me at kiesie@hotmail.com if you're confused about anything in game (PC version), I'll try to help out as far as I can. (no tech support tho, apart from the buzzing noise, I know how to fix that one).

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    #8  Edited By Thule

    Warning, tiny early gamne spoilers.

    I think you can safely store stuff in Mirmulnir, the first dragon you kill following the main quest line. In haven't actually stored anything in him because I haven't had any storage problems yet, but everything I see his corpse, all the stuff I left in it is still there. And dragon corpses are supposed to stay around forever, so...

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    How about that house in Riverwood?  I put it in a treasure chest and it seems fine so far....  Goddamn, I dont want to buy my own house

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    #10  Edited By BasketSnake

    I bought the house in Whiterun. From past experience (oblivion) is it safe to just leave things on the floor or will that get lost? I also upgraded the house all the way..it's quite nice. Can you store an infinite number of things in chests?

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    #11  Edited By McShank

    @Thule said:

    Warning, tiny early gamne spoilers.

    I think you can safely store stuff in Mirmulnir, the first dragon you kill following the main quest line. In haven't actually stored anything in him because I haven't had any storage problems yet, but everything I see his corpse, all the stuff I left in it is still there. And dragon corpses are supposed to stay around forever, so...

    iv been using him till i got my house since when he died i took all his bones and scales but was left with to much weight.. left some armor on him. went back and grabbed to sell. now he is just my potion mule :D

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    #12  Edited By biomajor09

    I just use my companion as a pack mule.

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    #13  Edited By MikkaQ

    I found a cupbord in the Companions' mead hall basement as a member, and nothing's been stolen so far. Just bought the house though.

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    #14  Edited By c0kemusheen

    I just bought the house, but before I did I noticed at the top of High Hrothgar there is an offering chest that is empty, im sure you could store stuff in there for the time being. It's right in front of the entrance

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    #15  Edited By britg

    I put some heavy stuff (namely the Dragon Bones and Scales) in the chest at the foot of the bed in Riverwood. Gerud's house. Has anyone experienced things missing from her house yet?

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    #16  Edited By ABritishNerd

    @biomajor09 said:

    I just use my companion as a pack mule.

    This. If you follow the main quest you'll come across Lydia to use as a follower if you help out the Jarl of Whiterun.

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    #17  Edited By Kanden

    You could always marry someone. I married Ysolda (sp?) in Whiterun and I get to live in her house and she gives me 100 gold a day.

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    #18  Edited By rynbeed

    If your not up for buying a house, make your way up to the Mage college and enroll with them. Straight away they give you a dorm room that you can put stuff in.

    Or just marry someone and use their house.

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    #19  Edited By finstern

    I probably shouldn't have but southwest of Riverwood there is a little old lady's hut, she has an enchantment/potion racket going on in her basement and tried to knife me when I found it. So I wasted the bitch and claimed her property.

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    You don't need your own property. Wardrobe in Companions bedroom is never reset and keeps your stuff safe.

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