Locked Chests Have Keys

There are hundreds of locked chests in Skyrim, but the big majority of these don't have a key. How can the bandits access their valuables without a key? Do they have to pick the lock each time they want to get something out of the chest?

This mod aims to change this by giving many of the locked chests in Skyrim a key. This key will be well hidden nearby. You don't have to find this key if you're capable of picking the lock, but hey, if you find it... you can save yourself the trouble and just use the key.

Not all keys are as easy as this one, believe me.

• []Most locked chests in vanilla now have an actual key that can open them.

  []If the key already existed, the mod uses this key and connects it to the chest, otherwise it adds a new key to the world.

  []The new key will be hidden nearby. Sometimes they're quite easy to find, sometimes it'll be VERY difficult to find it.

  []No need to find the key to open the chests, chests can be lockpicked just in like vanilla.

  []Minimal edits to the world: 99% of the edits add a single well-hidden key to the location.

  []A couple of boss chests that were not locked in vanilla will now be locked, but there's always a hidden key nearby to open them.

  []Different mesh model per type of key: bandit chests, dwemer chests, metal strongboxes have a visually different type of key.

  []DLC chests covered too. Expect around 300 chests that now have keys.

  Video Showcase:

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  Compatibility:

  - Let other mods overwrite this mod. Locked Chests Have Keys makes very small edits to cells (adding a single key to a cell in most cases), so even if another mod edits the same cell, everything will be fine as long as the other mod takes priority. Place my mod as high as possible in your loard order, so the other mods can do their thing.

  Also: a bunch of patches can be found here. If you let the other mods take over (higher prio) the patches shouldn't really be necessary, but the keys will obviously not work in these locations. So not a big deal, but you might want to grab them to have it all working nicely.

  Huge thanks to Slarur

  Slarur came up with a pretty similar idea 10 years ago now

  and kindly allowed me to use parts of his mod here. Thank you, you rock!

  〜Andrew, Ares, Macpherb, Red Nick, Vesku〜

  & everyone who is supporting me on Patreon or via other means

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