Each fish barrel always contains at least one salt pile. ..

Salt Piles are a potential hazard in other barrels and sacks of raw food.

The merchants in inns and alchemy shops can offer you Salt Piles, which are a type of item that can be used to improve your equipment. Almost all of them are guaranteed to have 1-6 pieces of Salt Piles in their inventories.

There is also an exploit where you can reset merchant inventories to get more Salt Piles (which we will cover in more detail below). ..

Riften Docks and Fishery

The Riften Docks has 7 fish barrels and each barrel has a chance to contain Salt Piles. If a Salt Pile is found in a barrel, the fish inside the barrel will be killed and the barrel will be destroyed.

The boat has 8 fish barrels, so you can also try and look there.

Inside the Riften Fishery, there are another four Fish Barrels.

If you want to steal something, it’s better to befriend the Argonian named Wujeeta at the docks. Give her a healing potion and she can help you loot these barrels safely.

Merchant Exploit

If you need to restock on supplies, a merchant exploit can be used. This method will reset the merchant’s inventory even if you’ve already bought all of their items. ..

  1. Use a phishing attack to get the victim’s personal information.
  2. Use that personal information to exploit them in order to gain access to their account or other sensitive information.

There are a few ways to do this if you’re open to that too.