Is it more efficient to wait or is there an efficient distance to travel?

For the purposes of resetting NPCs and respawning items, it can take—at most—up to 30 days (720 hours) of in-game time.

There is an option to wait and there is an option to fast travel. Each passes time. If I want to expedite the passage of time, such as in order to respawn a location, is it more efficient to wait or fast travel? If the latter, between whence and whereto? Between which two places is the most efficient?

I guess hard drive speed factors in.

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Best Answer

The longest fast-travel route, Markarth-Riften, takes 24 hours wearing light armour.

Which is quicker depends on how long the loading screen lasts. Waiting 24 hours takes about 30 seconds so if you can open the menu, fast travel and get through the loading screen faster, it's faster to do that.

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How long does it take to wait 24 hours Skyrim?

Waiting 24 hours takes about 30 seconds so if you can open the menu, fast travel and get through the loading screen faster, it's faster to do that.

Is there a way to speed up wait time in Skyrim?

To Skip the waiting: type tfc into the console and wait/sleep as you normally would. The clock will go from x to 1 in a second.

How much time passes when you fast travel in Skyrim?

Fast Travel is a method of travel in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It is a way of quickly "teleporting" to any previously discovered location. The travel takes place almost instantaneously in real-world time through a loading screen, but in game time will still pass by as if the Dragonborn had walked there.

How do you wait in Skyrim?

If you don't have a bed handy nearby, you can choose to wait instead. If you're on PC, press the T button to bring up the time window. On Xbox One or Xbox 360, press the Back button. On PS3, press the Select button.

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