Questions About Respawning

[WarKirby3333]

I know that respawning happens every 3 game days, but I am unclear on exactly what respawns, so I have a few questions.

 

1. If I leave an Item lying on the ground, will it disappear?

 

2. If I take an item that was already there will it reappear

 

3. If I move an item, will It revert to its original position?

 

4. If I pickpocket an NPC will the stuff in their Inventory reappear?

 

5. If while pickpocketing I put something into an NPC inventory (if that's possible) will it disappear?

 

6. Will dead enemies be respawned?

 

7. Will bodies disappear?

 

Thanx

 

WarKirby

[Switch]

1. No, I don't think so. The only time this happens is if you leave an item in town, and an NPC picks it up.

 

2. If it was outside a container, no, I don't think so. The exception to this appears to be ingredients, which do seem to respawn regardless of containers from what I've heard. Or at least it happened with the berries from a bowl I had in an early version of my Willowvine Cottage mod...

 

3. I don't think so...

 

4. No idea.

 

5. No idea.

 

6. Yes, but I think (like containers) you can set them not to.

 

7. Yes.

[WarKirby3333]

Thanks. That helps. Especially the answer to number 2 as I was hoping ingredients would respawn. Can anyone confirm this as Switch sounds unsure.

[Vagrant0]

From what I've seen...

 

1. Not entirely sure, but you could probably try this one by visiting somewhere NPCs don't normally go, dropping an item, then coming back in a few days. I know that most NPCs don't go picking up equipment and stuff off the ground though. They would need a package to do this.

 

2. I believe most food items do come back. But you could probably test this on your own by stealing some food, plates, and other junk from someone, then coming back in a few days to see if it gets replaced.

 

3. I'm fairly sure that this is the case, atleast in shops. Dunno how many times I've entered somewhere only to hear objects suddenly flying all over the place. But again, you could probably test this yourself by pulling out your weapon and smacking some items off a table or something.

 

4. NPC inventory will only reappear if they're set to respawn, like guards. Some NPCs might have packages that have them replace stolen money or food, but fairly sure that someone you strip naked would be naked next month too. Of course I could be wrong here too. Know respawning NPCs get their stuff back atleast.

 

5. This is only possible with 0 weight items. However, as long as that NPC isn't set to respawn and gets killed, they should still have that item on them.

 

6. Some things are set to respawn, others aren't. Most of the NPCs with generic names, bandits, guards, and the people inside the arcane university, do respawn. Most the other people in cities will not.

 

7. Corpses will disappear unless the owner is marked as being part of a quest. If this wasn't the case, you'd be tripping over bodies in the wilderness after awhile.

 

I wish I could provide better info. Since I play with a 1 to 1, or 5 to 1 timescale it is usually a few days of playing IRL (2-3 hours at a time, I have a life, it is called modding) before 1 in game day passes, so keeping track of what was dropped where, what was taken when, and such isn't so easy. I might be able to test a few of these out better in the next month or so, depending on how much time I have, and what progress I make in my mod.