[LE] Help making an item stop being sold after one purchase

[link182]

So I made a key and originally added it to the merchant chest but didnât want it to be something you could buy again.

 

I was advised to simply add the item to the merchants inventory instead however, the key isnât showing up in the list of items for sale and is only shown when I try to pickpocket them. Whatâs the easiest solution to all this?

[foamyesque]

Put it in a levelled list with a global variable controlling the ChanceNone, and then set that global via script, maybe?

[Galcyon]

Make a new container for it, set it up like a merchant container, but make sure that it doesn't respawn. Either that or just add it loose in their shop (under their ownership)? I'm not 100% sure since I don't have access to the CK right now, but I think both methods might wotk.

[foamyesque]

Actually, I am a bit embarrassed: There's a very simple answer that a number of vanilla things use.

 

Put the merchant chest in an alias. Add whatever you want them to sell to the alias's inventory list. It will be preserved through resets until removed.