My character can’t run

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My character can't run. Is it because he is carrying too much weight? Is there a work through on this as I have to make a leap and can't leap far enough to get to where I need.

Best Answer

There is a carry limit in Skyrim, which you can see when you open your item inventory.

Some temporary solutions to decrease how much you're carrying are:

  • Give some heavy items to a follower
  • Sell items if you're near a merchant
  • Discard useless items
  • If a merchant is somewhat nearby, use whirlwind spirit then wait 1 hour (in-game) and use it again to get closer to the merchant. Repeat until you're at the merchant.

You can do a number of things to increase the carry limit:

  • When you level up, upgrading Stamina increases this limit by 5
  • The Steed Stone blessing increases your carry limit by 100 and any equipped armor no longer adds to your carry weight.
  • The Extra Pockets perk in the pickpocket skill tree increases the carry limit by 100
  • Completing the basic Thieves Guild quests will give you an armor set, one piece of this set increases your carry limit.
  • There are many potions (such as Potion of Strength) that temporarily increase your carry limit.

There are many more ways to increase the limit, see here for a full list.

Getting on a horse will dispel your overencumbrance, and allow you to ride the horse at full speed and even quick travel.

Lastly, if playing on a PC you can open the console with the ~ key and type

player.modav carryweight x

where x is any number you want to increase your carry limit by (1,000 for example). This is considered "cheating" but it's entirely up to you.