Which follower can carry the most skyrim

Accepted Answer. Followers do have a maximum weight limit. However, they cannot become over-encumbered reduced to walking pace. This is a glitch you can exploit: Drop the items that you want you follower to carry on the ground no more than 4 at a time , then tell them to pick them up.

Followers can hold an infinite amount of weight this way and still travel at a normal pace. To get items back, simply ask to trade items with them. It is possible for this glitch to bug the followers carrying weight to a point where you cannot add any weight by talking to them; the exploit will still work even in this case. User Info: VT Other Answers.

Sign Up for free or Log In if you already have an account to be able to ask and answer questions. Question Status My carrying weight is way off.? Install Steam. Store Page. Global Achievements. I think once you get to end game, that becomes the most important stat in a follower as you can just solo almost anything else the game throws at you.

I'd like to know who holds the title of having the highest carry weight limit so I can give them my pack mule armor set to them. Showing 1 - 5 of 5 comments. Qwesar View Profile View Posts. Maybe Frea? I tested it on Lydia, normally shes carryweight is , then I added carrying enhancment items and she shoud have been able to carry but still she could only carry I dont know does the other enhancement items effect on followers attributes.

Try it: loot a dungeon or cave and drop items. Tell her to pick them up and they will be in her inventory. Glitch: If you have her remove any items from containers or pick up from inside merchant zones they will be tagged as stolen. Sign up to join this community.

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Learn more. How much can my follower carry? Ask Question. Asked 9 years, 11 months ago. Active 9 years, 9 months ago. Viewed k times. Improve this question. I didn't know that was even possible, so thanks for asking! I believe it's around your own weight, possibly or so — Domocus. Domocus - That's my guess too, I'm just hoping someone knows exactly or at least how it's calculated.

Presumably, the follower should also benefit from armor with the Carry Weight enchant. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Short Answer In terms of what they can carry, it's anything that's not a quest item. Improve this answer. Community Bot 1.

You should probably send this info to Bethesda, I'm sure some developer will be happy to get this much info : — Holger.

MattTrapp You are now my favorite person - thanks for going to all this trouble. Even if we still don't have a definte answer, at least I know not to switch between them if I want to basically use them as a pack horse : Thanks!

Ladies and Gents, this is science.. I have a sneaking suspicion that they both have a 7-weight item that is mistakenly being added to their personal inventory each time they join you. Give me a couple min and I'll confirm.

Show 15 more comments. I found the cause of mentioned by Mark Trapp. This is clearly a bug. So, this is the cause of the problem: The developers wanted to make sure your followers always have default items on them to make sure none of them walk around naked.

Ben Blank Peter Peter 2 2 silver badges 2 2 bronze badges. Testing this, it looks like at least in Lydia's case , it isn't her entire invenory being duplicated — just her bow. Based on her, I am assuming with no concrete evidence armours are fine, but we need more tests to prove this. I don't have access to the console PS3 version , but I started a new game, and Faendal's carry weight topped out at , which would be 7 weight to account for his bow.

Have anyone tested if this bug still exists with the latest patches applied? I just tested this in the "current" Steam version and… Lydia has 3 bows and one of each of the rest of her default items.