Follower's inventory doesn't show up for trade

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I came across this disturbing problem. I have Mjoll the Lioness as a follower, and I wanted to trade some things with her. I go to the "I want to trade a few things with you" dialog, and she responds "I can carry a good bit of gear", but the inventory doesn't show up at all.

I try the console command "openactorcontainer" but still her container won't show up. I can trade with other followers and the console command works on them but not to Mjoll.

How can I make her inventory show up??

Thanasis Ioannidis · Accepted Answer

What i did is, I opened the console, clicked on Mjoll and typed 'removeallitems player'. With this, I removed all of her items and added the to my inventory (so I don't lose anything I had given her).

After that I spoke to her and told her she was naked. She immediately wore her default armor. After that I could be able to trade with her again. I don't know which part of this process solved my problem, or if it was random.

By having her stuff, she had her default armor in 5 copies (cuirass, helmet, etc etc). This is due to a bug in the game where each follower, if dismissed, and aquired again, will add the default items in his/her inventory (instead of adding just the missing ones, or the ones that there is no replacer). If you dismiss and aquire the follower 5 times, he would have his initial armor five times in his inventory.

galacticninja · Answer

You can use the Ultimate Follower Overhaul mod to make sure that all items that your follower has in their inventory is viewable (and removable).

It has a feature that can "convert unmovable, invisible outfit follower has to regular gear that can be removed so followers will wear whatever player places in their inventory".

I believe it works for all items, not just outfits. It is commonly used to fix the issue where the follower insists on equipping a particular weapon or wearing a particular armor, which is not viewable and removable in a follower's inventory.

A usual occurrence of this issue is the 'invisible' Hunting bow that some followers also prefer to use, despite being given a better bow. The Unofficial Skyrim Patch (USKP) fixes that issue.

All followers will no longer have invisible Hunting Bows that can't be removed from them that they would use even in preference to much better bows they were given; they will now be visible and can be removed from the follower normally

Full USKP changelog

Astromormy · Answer

I had the same problem and I managed to fix it (with a whole butt load of work.) I figure that the inventory only opens once appropriate dialogue has been audibly spoken, meaning that subtitles don't count. By appropriate dialogue I mean the words followers say when you ask to trade with them like the infamous "I am sworn to carry you burdens."

If you have any mod that messes with follower dialogue then that might be the culprit. All it took for me was an uninstall and the problem was solved (after 3 days of torture.)

Follower's inventory doesn't show up for trade

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