Ever noticed that forts often have little nooks containing a bucket and a stool? For example, there's one on the top floor of the southern Valtheim tower.

Seems obvious what they're for. Sometimes there's even a book on a shelf (presumably for those times when a bandit knows it'll take a little time)...

i wouldent consider a bucket and a stool a toilet, better then a hole in the ground i guess.

In a medieval sense, or in fantasy without plumbing, it certainly is.

Both are common ways of toilet... In wartime helmets are (were) popular as well, though only if there is a water supply of course. Plus it's not that hard to make a makeshift toilet from wood. Take a strong branch, tie it between two trees as the "seat" and dig a hole in the ground under it. Voilà!
Holes on ground are surprisingly common in modern world. My mother visited East Germany in the 80's and told their hotel had such "toilets".

I thought it was a nice touch that a bunch of necromancers had the 'Yellow Book of Riddles' next to their bucket. What they wouldn't give for the Black Horse Courier to help the time go.

I still defecate in a whole in my backyard. I usually go do my business while my dog is doing his.

Hehe, I must shamefully confess that I had not noticed that (Right off to have a look)

Well, to answer the question in the topic title, no. Daggerfall had the buckets too. I didn't notice this until I was in a guy's house one day for a quest. I thought he was sitting on a log in the middle of the room. On closer inspection I noticed he was sitting in a bucket, reading a book. I had a good laugh at that. He invited me in and he's just sitting there in a bucket with his book. That NPC sprite is fairly common in the houses of Daggerfall.

Ive just completed revealing the unseen for the mages college on my ps3 and returned to the college. After the explosion i was tasked to find savos arens bosy and when i found it nothing happened. Everybody just acts normally and Ancano walks around as if nothing has happened, what do I do??? sorry, i know this is out of topic

In the early 70s, while stationed in Germany with the US Air Force, I took a 3-day trip to France using the European train system.

On the way back (after I left the hotel by taxi) I had to really go to the bathroom. So, as soon as I arrived at the train station in Paris, I went hunting for the men's room.

I walked into a large, round room and immediately noticed there were no stalls. That was a dealbreaker right away for me, I like my privacy.

Then, I noticed that along the wall there were holes in the floor, spaced at regular interval all around the room. On the left and right side of each hole, there was a footprint embedded in the cement.

The last thing I saw before I turned and hastely left that room, were several men, squatting on the floor, doing their thing, having a smoke.

Never went back there.

Interesting. That`s how the ancient Romans did their thing too. It was quite public. It was seen as a natural occurence so why hide from something we all do? And to be honest people didn`t have the luxury have separate closed toilets like we have now.

I`m always fascinated by the ancient ways and cultures and often find them truer and honest than our somewhat conceited ways and personal issues today. Not saying I want to be in an open French toilet like that... But I would adapt if need be.

Most "Bedrooms" have a pot in the dresser or nearby... a 'pisspot' the english called them.

I don't think any such toilets survived the 40 years that passed since that story occurred though.

No, there's a few in Continental Europe. I spied one in Iceland, too.

I had no idea. I thought that stuff died with the ancients like 2000 years ago. Amazing how so much of the present is like the past.

Squat toilets like that are everywhere in Asia. If you don't want to use one in China you might find yourself holding it until you get back to your hotel. In Japan they are also very common, but you often find western toilets too. I found a handy trick was to use the handicapped stall or go to the camera stores. The camera stores always had those high-tech toilets with seat heaters, bidets, soothing music, etc.

The reverse happens sometimes for people who are only used to squat toilets. They sometimes stand on toilet bowls to use them. Looks dangerous to me.

Anyway, there are loads of options for toilets in a place like Tamriel. I suspect the buckets are favoured because they leave room for the squeamish not to notice them at all.

I never figured them to be for using the bathroom, but now it makes sense.

I thought they were just buckets.

I once found an eaten loaf of bread and a lockpick in one of those buckets

actualy speaking in medical terms a hole in the ground is better for your ...."butt" muscles.

humans were not meant to poop while sitting on thrones

and yes its nice they DID make "bathrooms" this time around, though I would like to think the empire had better facilities (like the romans) for the upper classes anyways

I was mostly talking about those in France though.