I'd like to be able to add my own notes and comments to locations in Skyrim – for example "There's a bandit leader here whom I couldn't kill yet – come back later to finish the job". How can I do that? Mods are an option.
How to make personal notes on the map
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Cast the Alteration spell, Detect Life, or use the Aura Whisper dragon shout (longer range than Detect Life) to try to find your horse. The horse will usually be within the range of Detect Life or Aura whisper, after a battle.
If that fails, you can fast travel to any nearby location. You should find your horse waiting nearby the fast travel spot (or in the nearest stable, if you fast traveled to a city).
Tip mentioned by agf: "Rather than fast travel to a far location, go to whichever icon is the least greyed out on your compass -- that's the closest location. Then you can fast travel to there from there and not lose any distance."
For those playing on the PC, there are mods like Horse Whisper, which will allow you to call or summon your horse.
I power-leveled a character to 81, and gave her a full complement of Stealth perks. Additionally, she has some perks added to Smithing and Enchantment.
Then, I began taking her on a crime spree. Pickpocketing, breaking and entering, burglary... whatever I could do to get her some stolen gold. Here's what I've gotten so far.
Stolen Gold Test
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Container Amount Marked? Notes
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Chest 32 No Whiterun - Ysolda's House
Pickpocket 9 No Whiterun - Olava the Feeble
Coin Purse 20 No Whiterun - Olava the Feeble's House (Cupboard)
Chest 17 No Whiterun - Olava the Feeble's House
Cupboard 14 No Whiterun - Uthgerd's House
Wardrobe 5 No Whiterun - Uthgerd's House
Chest 32 No Whiterun - Uthgerd's House
Cupboard 1 No Whiterun - Carlotta Valentina's House
Chest 32 No Whiterun - Carlotta Valentina's House
Chest 35 No Whiterun - Heimskr's House
Pickpocket 6 No Whiterun - Danica Pure-Spring
Pickpocket 46 No Whiterun - Nazeem
Wardrobe 8 No Whiterun - House Grey-Mane
Cupboard 7 No Whiterun - House Grey-Mane
Chest 11 No Whiterun - House Grey-Mane
Chest 9 No Whiterun - House Grey-Mane
End Table 5 No Whiterun - House Grey-Mane
Pickpocket 6 No Whiterun - Avulstein Grey-Mane
Pickpocket 13 No Whiterun - Amren
Pickpocket 11 No Whiterun - Ahlam
Cupboard 9 No Whiterun - Jorrvaskr
Coin Purse 28 No Whiterun - Jorrvaskr Living Quarters
Cupboard 8 No Whiterun - Jorrvaskr Living Quarters
Wardrobe 12 No Whiterun - Jorrvaskr Living Quarters
Wardrobe 6 No Whiterun - Jorrvaskr Living Quarters
Coin Purse 60 No Whiterun - Jorrvaskr Living Quarters (WITNESSED)
Coin Purse 56 No Whiterun - Jorrvaskr Living Quarters
End Table 6 No Whiterun - Jorrvaskr Living Quarters
Coin Purse 50 No Whiterun - Jorrvaskr Living Quarters
Chest 11 No Whiterun - Jorrvaskr Living Quarters
Coin Purse 22 No Whiterun - Jorrvaskr Living Quarters
Chest 21 No Whiterun - Jorrvaskr Living Quarters
Chest 21 No Whiterun - Jorrvaskr Living Quarters
Coin Purse 54 No Whiterun - Jorrvaskr Living Quarters
Coin Purse 32 No Whiterun - Jorrvaskr Living Quarters
End Table 5 No Whiterun - Jorrvaskr Living Quarters
Coin Purse 44 No Whiterun - Jorrvaskr Living Quarters
Where the Container is a Coin Purse, those are just coin purses lying about loose somewhere. For Containers marked Pickpocket, these are coins taken directly from an NPC via pickpocketing. See the Notes column for further details on all.
The Marked column denotes whether or not the gold ended up marked as stolen in my inventory. All of the gold documented above was marked in red, or flagged with the "Steal" action when I acquired it.
I've also done a bit of testing on some other suggestions.
- Pickpocket, die, reload, kill & loot does not seem to work.
- Reverse-pickpocket & re-pickpocket doesn't seem to do the trick.
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Best Answer
There is a mod that allows it indeed, you can download it from here:
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/38731/
The features list:
As you see, it is only available in English or Polish so this might conflict if your game is in a different language. However, you can instruct Steam to change the language of the game in the game's properties menu.