After many hours of looting then repairing and selling items my armourer skill is at the point that i can now repair weapons/armour to 125% health,
This is fine if i wish to wear or sell the items but not so if i wish to store them in a container as there is a bug in oblivion where if you store many items repaired above 100% health in the same container they start to disapear. The items are still there they're just not listed.

Is there a way to stop my character from repairing above 100%? i have tried 'Drain Skill armourer on self' etc but it didn't work.

i have searched on here and on uesp etc but can't find a solution.

PS: I'm on the 360 so no mods or console commands.

Dumb question (but I gotta ask). Are you storing these in containers that don't respawn?

:blush2: sorry i should have specified that i'm storing in 'safe' containers.

It's a known bug in the game, just need a way to 'drain' my armourer skill back below the point where i can repair to above 100% as although 'drain skill armourer' does indeed drain the skill (according to the stats) it does NOT remove the perks/abilities gained at expert level (75)

Try using summons or scrolls and whack at them untill the weapons health drops below 100%.
Minor soulgems and cheap enchantments will also reset the health I think.
Or try commiting a minor crime and seeing if armourer comes up in the skills lost roll, reload if it does not.

Sorry-- as you noted, there's no way to lose the perk once you've gained it. You can drain your armorer skill back below 75, but the perk has already been recorded and there's no way to get the game to unrecord it.

It's a shame too, since you can't repair items to exactly 100%, then just leave off there. :shrug:

If you're looking for an easy way to make items safe to store-- take anything you want to store to a smith. Have one item in your inventory that's below 100% (if you don't have one, the easiest thing to do is buy a cheap bow and fire it at a target-- one shot should be enough to drop it to 99%). Have the smith repair your gear and choose "Repair All." You'll only be charged for the one item that's below 100%, but when s/he's done, every item in your inventory will be at 100%.

They only sometimes disappear from an inventory list, compounded by the fact that you may have that chest stuffed to the gills. If I take all, it's there in my own inventory. They only disappear from view.

Thank you, i will try that.

If you store items repaired to above 100 (ie 125) in a safe container they sometimes disappear from the inventory list of a safe container. They may cause other items to disappear from the list as well. This is a known bug, and is unpredictable in behavior. This cannot be fixed through mods. Only Bethesda can fix it, and they have said no more Oblivion patches.

However the good news is that the items are still there. They are just gone from the inventory list. You can get them back by simply selected the "Take All" button on the container. You may be overencumbered at that point but all your items should be in your characters inventory and you can put things back in the container.

This sounds a little like the ID bug which is fixed in a game patch. Have you patched your game to the current level?

I have the patch from xbox live, the bug was never fixed in any official patch.

Correct. That bug was not fixed in any official patch, and is not possible to fix in any unofficial patch (ie mod).

But it's not game-breaking (like the abomb for example) since like I say above, you can still get all your stuff by using "Take All".