This is a glitch I found yesterday. I have not been able to find this method online, so I assume it is new. If it is not, please let me know who figured this glitch out first so I can credit them!

This worked for me, but I haven't tested it on every Skyrim version ever made. Please test it out, and let me know if it works or not so I can update the guide!

Below will be an updated list on the versions of Skyrim the glitch works on.

• Works on the latest patch
  
• Should work on all patches (?)

Thanks to Releros for testing this.

• Works on the latest patch
  
• Should work on all patches (?)

• Works on the latest patch
  
• Should work on all patches (?)

You do not need a lot for this glitch, all you need is:

1. A follower that you can give commands to. (Armored Trolls, War Dogs, Ect will not work)
   
2. The unique item you want to duplicate
   
3. A place to duplicate in peace. I recommend Whiterun's Bridge to the castle.

That's it, you're ready to go.

So in this guide I will be duplicating Harkon's Sword[elderscrolls.fandom.com] however I have also duplicated Mehrunes' Razor and the Shield of Ysgramor.

1. Drop the item on the ground
   
2. Command your follower to pick it up
   
3. As soon as the item is gone from the ground press TAB, to stop commanding them and then instantly make a quicksave with F5.
   
4. Press F9 to load the quick save
   
5. As soon as you see the game load, load the quick save again (press F9)
   
6. if the item has been duplicated, you can command your follower to pick it up and repeat steps 3-5 as many times as you want.
   
7. Once you have duplicated the item as many times as you want, pick up the item yourself. (This is to properly remove it from the cell)

Note: You need to load the quick save TWICE, it will NEVER show up on the first load.

Please don't get upset if it doesn't work first time, the timing on the quicksaves and quickloads are extremely precise. It took me 6 tries to get it for the video below, so please just keep trying and it should work.

So the timing on this is quite finicky, so I have some tips to make things a bit easier.

• This glitch is slightly easier with items the companion will not equip. If your companion equips the item (like with Mehrune's Razor) the timing becomes very precise. So it may take more attemps.
  
  
• DO NOT do this glitch in interiors, specifically city interiors. The glitch can make it so the item is set as "owned" by the faction, meaning if you pick it up it counts as stealing. It is best to do this in city exteriors.
  
  
• If you are doing this in Whiterun, DO NOT do it near the entrance. This is because there's a child NPC who will pick up valuable items and return them to you. If she is marked by the game as 'ready to pick up the item' the glitch will not work. (at least in my testing)
  
  
• When quick saving, it is best to wait roughly a second before loading the quickload. This isn't set it stone, meaning you don't need to wait exactly 1 second, however it does seem to make the odds of the glitch working higher.
  
  
• When loading, you must wait for the game to start showing before quickloading again. However you shouldn't wait too long as that seems to ruin the glitch. I use the "fade in" as my marker. So when it starts to "fade in" I will quick load.
  
  
• When duplicating a Two-Handed weapon, the time you need to wait between the first quick load and the second quick load is a little longer. I suggest watching the Voldndrung Duplication Video to get a better idea. You wait until the "fade in" is almost complete.

If you do this glitch and find any tips, please leave a comment so I can update the guide.

As more people do the glitch, it should improve and become easier as people find tips.

If you find any tips / tricks, please comment! Or If you have a problem with the guide, and have a way for me to improve it I'd love to hear from you.

So giving credit to a glitch, is really difficult since you can't really know who was the first; so I've decided to go for who was the first to upload / teach / talk about anything about a dupe glitch. Thanks to Asalis in the comments for pointing out the origins as it made it **a lot** easier to find the, hopefully, original videos.

The oldest video for a mannequin dupe I can find, and here's the thread it came from [gamefaqs.gamespot.com]

The video is from a user sladex_13[gamefaqs.gamespot.com], and I cannot find another user who uploaded this glitch before he did; so for now I'm going to say that sladex_13 was the person who first found the mannequin glitch, on Nov 14, 2011.

The follower glitch is a little bit more confusing. The oldest thread I could find talking about a potential follower dupe was Weapon Dupe and Follower Glitch[gamefaqs.gamespot.com] which links to a, now privated, YouTube video which potentially showed this glitch for the first time.

Since I can't confirm the contents of that video I've decided to go for the next oldest video that I could find. Which is skyrim ANY ITEM duplication glitch (commentary) by gamerbadazz

This is the oldest video that I can find showing off the glitch, and it pre-dates any forum posts I could find.

So for now, I am going to say the person who figured out the follower duplication glitch first was gamerbadazz, on Dec 8, 2012.

(I really need a life)