Is there a cool off period on items that have been stolen?
There is but it appears to be random
I stole items from the executioner all at the same time, half of them have cooled off so that I can now use and sell them but the other half are still marked as stolen so i’m not sure exactly how it works
I think it depends on the value of the item
low value Items have short cool of while it can take long for high valued items.
It’s a bit buggy. I was able to remove the “stolen” tag from some items by putting them in my storage chest at the rattay mill and then taking them out again.
Dude the stolen items cooldown is insane. I took some stuff off a DEAD GUARD and it’s been a week in-game time and they still aren’t not-stolen marked. Come on.
And I didn’t even kill the guard. I’m putting my items in the chest in the castle with the room you are awarded eventually in the game at Rattay.
I think it takes longer to cool based on who you steal from. The higher up you go, the longer it takes. Thats my theory for now
I always set a personal quest of collecting every item in the game. The chest became too much to manage so i set my collection in the seperate chest/armoire in the room at Sasau. This works great. To the point I have items from the beginning that are still marked as stolen. You need to keep the stolen items on you for the cool down to work, the horse inventory counts as well. You can see on the stolen item where you stole it from (item info). If you wait near the place you stole it from the cool down will be much slower, if at all. Get far far away, wait, and it’s yours for the keeping. I believe the reason for the cool down not to work in the chest is because there is a chest in every major city, causing your items to be “everywhere at once”.
After further testing I’ve taken my entire stash and rode out to the Talmberg quarry from Sasau. Most items cooled down after 2 game-days. I still have some stolen items: Axes, arrows, and food. Food items don’t seem to cool down at all. The more expensive/quality items take much longer. I rode futher to the NE “corner” of the map after 7 days of waiting I still have a few quality items stolen but most completed. After another 7 days the few quality items are still stolen along with those axes and food.
I’ll say any item will loose it’s noriety 1-7 days if it’s far from where you stole it. If it doesn’t, sell it to your favorite fence. I hope this helps.
It’s based off the price of the item how long it takes to cool down.