On the road to Whiterun I came across 3-4 guards escorting a Stormcloak prisoner. I killed the guards and freed the prisoner. Then a couple of seconds later a guard turned up and tried to arrest me, giving me three choices:
- To pay a 40 gold fine
- To go to prison
- To resist arrest
I chose to pay the fine.
What would have happened if I had picked going to prison?
The guard said I'd go to prison and have my stolen items taken from me – however, I had an amulet I looted from one of the dead guards that I equipped and that didn't disappear. Are things really taken or not?
If I had resisted arrest and killed the new guard, would a new one have spawned ad infinitum?
Best Answer
When you go to jail, everything you have on you will be taken away and stored in a chest until you serve out your prison sentence.
However, you will always manage to sneak a single lockpick with you when you enter jail so you have a chance to break out. If you choose this method, you'll have to locate the chest with your equipment to reacquire it.
Should you choose to serve your sentence, just sleep in your jail cell. Keep in mind this has some consequences
The reason why the amulet was not taken is due to the fact that it was most likely not considered stolen. When you kill someone and take the stuff from their body, its not considered thievery.
Note, this is only for normal arrests/jail sentences. There is at least 1 quest that gets you sent to jail and that is treated differently.