by Elendil / Redshift » Sat Feb 04, 2023 12:10 pm
Game areas are "reset" every in game week. This includes containers but not plants (you can however buy alchemical ingredients).
Well, they aren't reset every week. They are reset after you have been away for at least a week. So if you check back at a place frequently enough, it won't be reset and you won't lose anything, even things on the ground. It's not exactly convenient or safe though.
There is an exception for this. "Permanent" storage spaces. This is how the storage works in your house too. Usually there is no indication which storage is "permanent" and which is not. There is however a surefire way to know. If you find a quest item in a container, it's a permanent container.
There is a quest near the first town where you have to go underground where there is a permanent container (with a nice hint about its special status even).