Mannequins keep rejecting apparel

[FrozenWolf150]

I searched the web for this, but the only hits I got had to do with the mannequin duplication glitch. This glitch was supposed to have been fixed by the Unofficial Skyrim Patch. The problem I'm having is something slightly different, although I suspect it's related.

I've been using the mannequins in my Hearthfire home (currently Lakeview Manor) to store unique apparel, as well as custom enchanted armor I've made. However, after placing a set, I've noticed that any attempts to place additional pieces causes the mannequin to immediately reject them and return them to my inventory. At first I assumed this was because mannequins only have a limited storage capacity, but everything I looked up indicates they're supposed to have infinite space. So I tested this by stripping everything off the mannequin, and then replacing one item at a time. I gave it the enchanted dragonscale armor, no problem. But then when I tried to give it the dragonscale helmet, it rejected it. The mannequin only had ONE piece of apparel on it and it wouldn't let me place any more.

ETA: It's definitely related to the duplication glitch, as after I tried and failed repeatedly to give the mannequin certain items, I left and reentered my house and checked my inventory, only to discover that I was carrying base copies of the items I had tried to give it. Not wanting to cheat, I sold off the duplicates. I then had to look up several methods of bypassing the glitch just to get it to stop flooding my inventory.


I don't know what causes this glitch to occur, since on a couple of occasions the mannequins have behaved as though they had infinite capacity. This is particularly irritating, because now I seem to have broken it, and will have to find other places to store my old equipment. Has this happened to anyone else?

[PandaPo]

I seem to recall having a manny act like that - I'm using Dovahkiin's Hideout Continued. But that was sometime ago and I just shrugged it off as a temporary glitch. But tbh, I've not tried placing much armour on the mannys so it only happened that one time.
The more common glitch I encounter is where the manny wanders off its pedestal... and home related, the weapons rack bug where taking a weapon from the rack renders that slot unusable.

[PandaPo]

Frozenwolf, did you get to the bottom of this? I've had a situation where the mannequin rejects *any* apparel I try to put on it. It just gets returned to my inventory.

[FrozenWolf150]

Frozenwolf, did you get to the bottom of this? I've had a situation where the mannequin rejects *any* apparel I try to put on it. It just gets returned to my inventory.

Sort of. There are several workarounds to the apparel duplication glitch, but they're rather complicated. The best solution I've found has been to try to avoid the glitch at all costs. Quicksave before putting anything on a mannequin. Only put one of each kind of apparel on a single mannequin. If it starts rejecting a piece of apparel, do NOT keep attempting to place the same piece of apparel, or you might trigger the duplication glitch.

[PandaPo]

That's not the same duplication glitch is it, where you could get additional items by dropping, asking follower to pick them up, enter a cave/door, exit immediately?

[FrozenWolf150]

That's not the same duplication glitch is it, where you could get additional items by dropping, asking follower to pick them up, enter a cave/door, exit immediately?

Correct, that's a separate glitch / exploit. The mannequin glitch, obviously, only works on apparel. As far as I know, both still occur with the latest unofficial patch.