Skyrim Player Finds Weird Item in Shop

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The world of Skyrim has many wonders in it, and nearly as many oddities. One player recently came across one of these strange things, amusing and puzzling the Skyrim fan community in the process.

There are quite a few development secrets hidden away in Skyrim that can be accessed by glitching, through console commands, or by complete accident. This Skyrim player came across one of the elements that helps merchants do business behind the scenes, but it's something most players will never see during their normal playthroughs.

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Redditor kavog shared an image and a quip with the Skyrim subreddit revealing an item simply referred to as 'Do Not Delete.' The item appears as a small chest when looking at it an inventory, with a value of 142 gold and a weight of 0.5. Understandably, the title of the item puzzled the player, so they took to Reddit to share their amusement and to detail the answer behind the mysterious Skyrim object.

The 'Do Not Delete' item is one of the peculiarities of the way Skyrim is programmed. As some players may know, there are hidden treasure chests located in areas where players aren't supposed to be able to access, containing the inventory that merchants have to sell. 'Do Not Delete' is similar, but it contains nothing within it. Instead, the item is basically a bit of code that tells the game how much gold a merchant should have, with a few variations of the 'Do Not Delete' item existing depending on how much the developers wanted each merchant to possess.

Clearly, the 'Do Not Delete' item was never meant to be seen by players. The name of it was presumably placed there to make it clear to devs that the item needed to be left in place, as removing or