I'm collecting items in Skyrim, and I need to know if low level items, such as minorly enchanted weapons/armor (Blessed Iron Dagger, Steel Battleaxe of Dismay) or base unenchanted items (Iron Sword, Leather Armor), will start to become very rare if not dissapear at higher levels.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Do Low Level Items Become Incredibly Rare at High Levels?
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Best Answer
No.
Shop keepers do not end up with an entire inventory of Daedric/Glass equipment when you reach high levels.
The list simply expands, with bias towards low/mid range, with the rarer items still actually being rare.
Before a certain level, they simply will not exist. The Paralysis enchantment for example. It is level locked. However, after you reach a certain level, it is simply available, but is still rare. Shop hunting for that Water Breathing enchantment is something you do have to do if you want it bad enough.
Even at late game, enemies are not loaded to the brim with top tier gear (unlike Oblivion... where random Bandits will have couple pieces of Glass gear).
Also, not all areas scale fully to your level. The starting area's bandit cave will not, for example, contain Daedric stuff just because you reached the appropriate level. It has a maximum level that it can scale to, so it limits the quality of items it can contain.