Summary
Let’s face it, there’s no bigger heartbreak in a video game than leaving loot behind because you’re overencumbered. Even inThe Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, you’re forced to choose between the most valuable pieces of loot if you get overencumbered; and it’s worsewhen it happens in a dungeon.
Sure, you can use spells and potions to ensure that you can carry everything, but sometimes you run out of ingredients, orthere’s just so much lootthat it doesn’t work. It’s frankly the worst feeling in gaming. Even if it’s just an un-enchanted longsword, I want to get value for my effort by selling it. It seems some players have found a loophole.
I Can’t Carry It For You, But I Can Carry You
As demonstrated byLeyvaiathanon Reddit, you may simply load all the loot onto a corpse and pick up the corpse instead. Picking up an item, or a corpse, in this case, doesn’t add to your carry capacity. So, you can just load them up with all the loot you’ve scavenged from the dungeon and hold the interaction key to pick them up and move them.
The reason OP went with a Storm Atronach is because they crumble into pieces upon being defeated. Learning how to summon one is key. You can then pick up one small piece loaded with loot instead of a whole unwieldy, flailing body. This is a great way to get all the loot out of a dungeon, after which you can use spells and potions to increase your carry capacity and fast-travel to the market.
It seems not many players realised that this was a legitimate strategy, especially for all you loot goblins. “Wow this is genius hahaha!” said one comment “I kept running back to the dungeon door and dropping shit outside to grab on my way out.” While that is a sound technique, it’s not as seamless as this one.
So, the next time you’re overencumbered in a dungeon, you can simply summon a Storm Atronach, shatter it to pieces, stuff a piece of its corpse with all your loot, pick it up, and go on your merry way.
