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Well, that is basically what I have done haha. I am only at around 200 hours and probably 90% of those hours I have checked back on time to see new stuff and buy up crafting materials and items from every rare item generating merchant as well as almost all civilians in Cyseal over a period of time for crafting materials. I have only progressed in this run through (my third from previous bugs I ran into which made me restart after each patch) until Silverglen road. It is only at that time that the game consistently crashes when I load Silverglen for the first time.

Firstly, what are ways I could reduce the item count if I were to still go about crafting, in an efficient manner.

For example, I used blacksmithing as a primary means of money because of its increasing value and reusable crafting materials. I would obtain the ores/bars and turn them into the +1 action point item (this could mean I crafted the item, then furnaced it again because it wasn't +1 action point, and this could happen many times). Does this mean in the process of making one item I could use up multiple item handles? Furthermore I will pickpocket/slay a merchant for the weapons back and then start over again. So one bar could take up many item handles then? A better way of crafting might be to use the best crafting material at a later level which gives a consistently high value, or just accept what I have made from bars?

Secondly, what are ways to reduce item generation during game play?

For example, if I do not open up baskets, and caskets and corpses then will that avoid item generation as well? Generally what I receive from those containers is worthless. I know some corpses need to be opened for quest materials, but if I know which ones then I could just open those.

Also I have a question about consumables like arrows, potions, ingredients and food. Do these count towards the 64k item generation? If I turn wheat into flour and then into bread (with water bucket) does this actually involve 4 (or more) item handles being used up? Crafting staves from wood, does this take 5 or more (wood, then 2 branches and shavings [which then could go further into mush then paper then scroll], then staff).

I noticed with the previous crash before patch 1.06 that if I ate food or potions that I held off the crashes (almost like it was taking away the items) but maybe this was because it had to do with another inventory issue and not the max 64k item handles thing.