Chests and containers

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Chests and other containers can store nearly unlimited amounts of items. However, most chests in the game reset, that is, they clear out all the contents after a certain period of time. Most chests reset after about a week of game time, however, examining the contents of the chest causes the countdown to start over. A chest could be made to never reset simply by opening it once every 5-6 days or so.

[edit] Styles and usual contents

• Chest – The standard
  • Ayleid Chest, Cask, Coffer, Reliquary – Usually found in elven ruins and contain various loot
• Barrel, Crate, Small Crate – Found everywhere and usually contains generic, unusable items, such as an inkwell, shovel, folded cloth, or paintbrush
• Coffin – Usually found in caves and fort ruins where undead or vampires roam they contain clothing, armor, gold and jewelry.
• Counter – Usually contains jewelry or apparatuses
• Cupboard, Sack – Often contains food or potions. Cupboards in bedrooms usually contain clothing.
• Desk, Lectern – Occasionally contains books, parchment, or an inkwell
• Display Case – Not a full container per se, but can hold a few items and doesn't reset. Items are literally dropped into it and the case is closed.
• Drawers – Usually contains various clothing and sometimes armor
• Fleshy Pod, The Punished – The containers of Oblivion contain weapons, armor, gems, scrolls, and gold
• Jewelry Box – Usually contains jewelry, precious gems, or gold
• Urn – Circular containers, sometimes locked, found only in the Shivering Isles.

[edit] List of non-resetting containers

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There are some containers that never reset and can hold an unlimited amount of items.

• All chests and containers inside purchasable houses
• The armory chest in Cloud Ruler Temple.
• The drawers in the Aleswell Inn. (After completing the quest Zero Visibility)
• All of the Dark Brotherhood Member's chests in the Cheydinhal Sanctuary

Most unique chests like "Captain Tussaud's Booty" on the pirate ship in the Waterfront District ...