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How long does it take for stolen goods to stop being considered hot? I'm talking about that little red icon near the items. Normally, I would just sell the item to a fence but this is a key I'm talking about. I've waited and I've slept but the icon has yet to leave.

They never go away. The only way to get rid of them is to sell them to a fence and buy it back (although it costs a lot). Items never cease to be "hot". Although it doesn't really matter unless you are trying to sell them to honest merchants. You can parade in a fully stolen outfit in front of guards or the owner of those items and they won't say anything.

Sorry, but it will never stop being considered stolen

Welcome to the forums, BTW

For some reason whenever I have something hot in my inventory, I can't enter any towns without a guard approaching me and trying to arrest me.

Welcome to the forums, BTW

Thanks!

Guards wont approach you if you only have stolen goods. They only aproach you if you have a bounty. Check on the statistics page. The only way to get rid of it is to do what the guards say, befriend one so he pays the fine for you, or get armand or skrivva from the thieves guild to get rid of it for you.

That should only happpen if someone sees you steal.

Hail and well met.

Why are you still carrying a stolen key around???

Where is the statistics page? I'm on the Xbox 360.

Why are you still carrying a stolen key around???

I wanted to check out his house.

If you check your stats, I think you'll see that you have a bounty on your head. You'll get a bounty if you murder someone in cold blood, or if someone catches you stealing. You can pay your bounty to the guards or go to jail. You can also make the thieves guild doyens take care of it for you, for half the price.

I found the stats. Thanks everyone, I'm off to find a doyen.

You know the character page? It's the first page in your journal, where you see your name and class and level and etc... The first tab of the journal is divided into four (or five) smaller tabs. The last one is the statistics page. It keeps track of random statistics like highest bounty, items stolen, jokes told, etc. Scroll down on that and it will show you your bounty somewhere.

Or talk to a guard. Your current bounty will display in the top left corner in gold letters.

No problem

Vesna wrote:Or talk to a guard. Your current bounty will display in the top left corner in gold letters.

Unfortunately, that usually results in being arrested. I guess you could just quicksave, though.

u can also enchant them and they aren't considered stolen items anymore

i own the gun show wrote:u can also enchant them and they aren't considered stolen items anymore

Really? Awesome!

i own the gun show wrote:u can also enchant them and they aren't considered stolen items anymore

Yeah, but if the culprit in this case is a key, then I don't think you have the option to enchant. Good info to have, though.

For 0 gold items, chances are that they will be considered stolen forever, unless it is something you can enchant. If you try and "give" those to a fence, you won't be seeing that item anymore as they won't sell it back.

If it was me i would place the key in my house or a bin of some sort, then go pay my fine or get arrested. After they let me out, I would hurry back to get the stolen item.

You can always get your stuff back from the evidence chest. I mean, it is only a "very easy" lock and the guard almost never looks at you.