But there's a better, more reliable solution, particularly if you don't want to leave the area just yet.Д«uy a horse. If on foot, and your potion is still effective, you can fast travel back to your house or a village to sell your wares. but if you're on foot, this won't be enough to get you back to a village to sell your items. This will give you plenty of time to hightail it out of the cave back to Skyrim. When completed, go and pick up all the items you dropped and knock back a Potion of Strength. In a dungeon or cave, drop all your heavy items somewhere that has been cleared of creatures.

Potion of Strength - Find or create a few bottles of this potion which will fortify your strength (load carrying capacity) usually for about 300 seconds. If your follower isn't over encumbered, just use the 'I want to trade something with you' selection to move items from your inventory into theirs. If you want your follower to be able to carry AN ENDLESS amount of items, without worrying about weight and without using a cheat (I don't use cheats as it defeats the object of the game), simply drop whatever item you want them to carry and instruct them to pick it up using the 'talk' menu and selecting 'There's something I want you to do for me'. but at least I could start again! F5 (quicksave) and F9 (quickload) are a Skyrimmer's best friends! too many times I've stumbled over the body of my faithful follower after a serious confrontation. Always save your game before getting into a chaotic battle. Make sure you use your 'courage' spell to help them recover if they're knocked down. I've used Faendel and Lydia and they're rather useful mules who can carry as much as you, but DON'T let them die! To prevent them from dying, equip them with the best weapons, armour, enchanted items and give them some restoration and fortification potions, which they will use in one of those long, tough battles where enemies are relentless. Most importantly, Get yourself a follower. none of these tips are spoilers, they will simply make your Skyrim experience that much more enjoyable or less frustrating (depending on whether you're a glass half-full or half-empty type :-) ) but, where there's a will, you will find a way! Here are some handy tips for the hoarding junkies like me: It pains me to leave something behind in a cave or dungeon after hours of battle and scavanging for treasure, rare ingredients, weapons etc. These are the ones that come to mind right now. All of them are ridiculously light compared to their value. The same goes for enchanted necklaces, rings, and robes.Search for gems and soulstones! They weigh almost nothing and are usually decently valuable.But carrying around 50 or so books (there are a lot in Skyrim!) takes up at least a good fifth or your carrying capacity - for little to no value. Store your books somewhere! At least I picked up every book that I could find, promising myself to read them one day.They are among the most heavy objects in the game, while usually not having a very high value. Get rid of dragon bones! Although selling them might be a bad idea, since you can craft dragon bone armor if you get deep into the smithing skill tree.In the end game, light armor will give you the same protection as heavy armor does, but it is. If you don't want to invest perk points in armor trees, get light armor.Well, lacking a precise formula (even though there certainly is one, the problem can be nailed down mathematically since the only variables are the weight of items, the value of items, and the total amount that you can carry), all I can do is give you some tips:

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