Hi Eksekk
Yup, Stat Barrels (and Cauldrons). Example, Smugglers Cave. First time I wreck the place there are 10 Barrels (5 either side of the second, erm, room) and further on another 4 (2 each side).. even further 7 or 8 in the 'room' with the Annointed Potion chest. After the Cave resets (6 months?) there might be 5 or 6 in the second room, 1 further on, and 3 in the chest room.
When you're NOT using Cauri, Ithilgore, etc.. you "Need" those Barrels for your rag-tag team of 5. Similarly, Cauldrons are so scarce it makes no sense (to me) that they're empty the majority of the time. Again, first time I get the bejeezers knocked out of me (and get cursed to high heaven) in the Ogre Raiding Fort in Alvar there are always 9 Barrels in the 3 rooms left of the Jail. The following year I'm lucky if there's 5. It's not like you can abuse the darned things given that most games take less than 2 years without even trying to rush the game. I simply want to mod my own game (or I did) so that Barrels and Cauldrons are always (in the former) there and (in the latter) always full. Call it a cheat if you like but I play games for my own personal satisfaction (it's not like there's an on-line leaderboard) and I'm no longer satisfied - which is why I deleted the game.
Anyway, it's taken me a good few hours to get the controls to my liking using MM6Controls.exe (many thanks Sergroj) and I'm now enjoying MM6 - Patched of course.

But thanks for being the first to respond fellow gamer.