Containers Oblivion

A chest of drawers in Oblivion.

For other uses, see Containers.


Most storage containers in the game are subject to reset, that is, they clear out all the contents after a certain period of time and are reset to their initial state. Most containers reset after about a week of game time, however, examining the contents of the container causes the countdown to start over. A container could be made to never reset simply by opening it once every 5–6 days or so. Any item a player has left in a container that has reset is lost.

Styles and usual contentsEdit


The Punished and The Forbidden are containers unique to Oblivion.

  • Drawers — usually contains various clothing and sometimes armor. Can also contain useless items, such as an iron pot.

Notable chestsEdit

Please list any unusual chests or chests containing rare items here.

  • Under a variety of shops, including the Lonely Suitor Inn in Bravil and The Best Defense in the Market District in Imperial City, there are locked chests that can only be reached via console commands. It is unknown why they are there or what they contain, but it's speculated that they facilitate merchants in the game: when you sell an item to them, the item goes into the chest, and when you go to buy that item back, it leaves the chest and enters your inventory, hence why that item won't be found on the shopkeeper if you kill them.

List of non-resetting containersEdit



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