Thieves Guild (Skyrim)





The Thieves Guild is one of several factions that appear in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. They can be found in the Ratways beneath Riften. Their headquarters there is The Ragged Flagon.

In order to join the Thieves' Guild, you must complete an initiation quest given to you by Brynjolf in the Riften market - A Chance Arrangement. After completing this quest the player is given the quest Taking Care of Business to meet Brynjolf at The Ragged Flagon to officially join.

The player can also join by talking to Maul when first entering Riften. If the player already has an Unusual Gem in their inventory they can ask him: 'Got any dirt on this?', he will then send the player to Vex in the Thieves Guild, this starts the quest: No Stone Unturned (Skyrim) which will allow entry into the Thieves Guild.

Once a member of the guild, speak to Tonilia to receive your Thieves Guild Armor. She will allso upgrade one piece of your armor at a certain point, until the Dragonborn has done this, she will be unavailable as a fence. She will also be the first fence available to you.

After joining the guild, the Dragonborn will have the option to bribe city guards to ignore crimes. This will only clear the bounty for the current crime, the rest of the bounty will remain. Also, other thieves will not try to rob you if you tell them you are from the Guild.

Background
During the Fourth Era, the Thieves Guild has fallen on hard times. Originally a flourishing guild, it has dwindled in size so that only Riften remains a Thieves guild city. At the beginning of the storyline, the Thieves guild operates much like thugs, which is similar to how they operated in The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall

Thieves Guild Members
Members
 * Brynjolf
 * Cynric Endell
 * Delvin Mallory
 * Etienne Rarnis (If saved during "Diplomatic Immunity")
 * Gallus Desidenius - Former Guild Master (Deceased)
 * Garthar (Joins after completing three Special Jobs)
 * Karliah - Member in exile
 * Mercer Frey - Guild Master(until quest,speaking with silence)
 * Molgram Twice-Killed (Incarcerated)
 * Niruin
 * Ravyn Imyan (Joins after completing four Special Jobs)
 * Rune
 * Sapphire
 * Thrynn
 * Tonilia - Fence
 * Vipir the Fleet
 * Vex

Associates

 * Dirge - Bouncer at The Ragged Flagon
 * Maul - Former member, right-hand of Maven Black-Briar
 * Vald - Bodyguard for Mercer Frey
 * Vekel the Man - Proprietor of The Ragged Flagon

Merchants
As you complete Special Jobs and restore the Thieves' Guild to its former glory a variety of merchants will set up shop in the alcoves surrounding The Ragged Flagon and sell their wares. They bring with them all of the crafting stations except for the Tanning Rack, the Smelter, and the Arcane Enchanter.


 * Vanryth Gatharian Armorer with forge, anvil, workbench, and grindstone.
 * Syndus Bowyer and Fletcher
 * Herlium Lothaire Alchemist and Herbalist with Alchemy Lab.
 * Arnskar Ember-Master Blacksmith

Fences
Fences let you sell the goods that are marked "Stolen". When you join the Thieves' Guild you get Tonilia as your first fence. All of the other fences are unlocked through the completing Guild quests. Fences start out with 1000 for bartering and as you complete the Special Jobs they will increase their stockpile to 1500, 2250, 3000 up to a maximum of 4000 when you become Guildmaster. The fences also sell a small selection of goods including an ample stockpile of Lockpicks.
 * Tonilia - The Ragged Flagon, Riften (Starting fence)
 * Mallus Maccius- Honningbrew Meadery, Southeast of Whiterun (Unlocked by Guild main quest)
 * Gulum-Ei - The Winking Skeever, Solitude (Unlocked by Guild main quest)
 * Enthir - The College of Winterhold (Unlocked by Guild main quest) - Some consoles may be bugged
 * Niranye - Marketplace, Windhelm (Unlocked by Special Job Summerset Shadows)
 * Endon - Silver Blood Inn, Markarth (Unlocked by Special Job Silver Lining)
 * Any Khajiit Caravan Merchant (Unlocked by miscellaneous quest Deliver Moon Sugar to Ri'Saad)

Quests

 * A Chance Arrangement (Starts Thieves' Guild Main Questline)
 * Taking Care of Business
 * Loud and Clear
 * Dampened Spirits
 * Scoundrel's Folly
 * Speaking With Silence
 * Hard Answers
 * The Pursuit
 * Trinity Restored
 * Blindsighted
 * Darkness Returns
 * Deliver Moon Sugar to Ri'Saad (Unlocks Khajiit Caravans as Fences for Stolen Goods)
 * There is also the quest Reparations, this is unlocked when you break one of the Guild's rules, such as assaulting a member of the Guild. You will not be able to do any other quests or talk to any of the members until this quest is complete.

Special Jobs (Restore the Thieves' Guild)
In order to restore the Thieves' Guild to its former glory and assume the title of Guildmaster, you must perform small 'jobs' across the four major Holds of Skyrim - Whiterun, Markarth, Windhelm, and Solitude. You can receive jobs in Riften, but they don't count toward a special job. To get a job, talk to Delvin Mallory or Vex - you can have one active from each quest giver. Once you have completed 5 jobs in a particular Hold, Delvin Mallory will offer you a Special Job in order to increase the Thieves' Guild influence in that Hold. Once you have completed all four Special Jobs, you can talk to Brynjolf to officially assume the title of Guildmaster. Completing a Special Job also increases the Gold available to all of your fences up to a maximum of 4000.

Fast Tracking to Special Jobs
Not everyone who wants to complete the Thieves Guild missions is playing a thief character. Some may be playing a heavy melee or magic class that doesn't have any sneak, pickpocket, speech or lockpicking skills raised or perks invested in those trees and just simply wish to complete these Special Jobs to be able to sell more treasure to a single merchant instead of lugging it around. It can be frustrating having to bounce between towns and merchants just to sell off the wide variety of valuable possessions that clutter your inventory, so completing these quests can be very helpful for anyone.

The easiest way to acquire these special jobs, even if you lack any thief talents, is to do Delvin's Numbers Jobs. These jobs are straight in and out quests that have the player running into a random business establishment in one of the holds and activating a business ledger that, in most cases, is sitting out of sight from anyone in the area. This makes doing the quest easy even for a non-thief.

Shill Jobs given by Vex are also jobs that don't require high thief skills. It involves the player receiving a stolen item from Vex and planting it in a chest in someone's home or business. Combine these with Delvin's Numbers jobs for the quickest route to the Special Jobs.

Delvin Mallory's Jobs
(Note: These jobs are Radiant, and will change each time they are undertaken)
 * The Bedlam Job - Steal enough items or gold to reach a given value within the specific Hold assigned.
 * ​The Fishing Job - Pickpocket an item from a given character.
 * The Numbers Jobs - Modify the ledger book at a given business.

Vex's Jobs
(Note: These jobs are Radiant, and will change each time they are undertaken)
 * The Burglary Job - Steal an item from a house.
 * The Hiest Job - Steal an item from a business.
 * The Shill Job - Plant a stolen item in someone's home.
 * The Sweep Job - Steal three items from a house.

​Special Jobs

 * Imitation Amnesty (Whiterun)​
 * Silver Lining (Markarth)
 * Summerset Shadows (Windhelm)
 * The Dainty Sload (Solitude)

Final Quest

 * Under New Management

Larceny Targets

 * Larceny Targets are a series of unique items that can be sold to Delvin for an extra bit of coin.
 * Most are found in dungeons, houses, and keeps during the completion of the Thieves Guild main quest series, and during the Special Jobs.
 * Sometimes these items can become bugged, making it impossible to turn in. (PS3, 360 Confirmed)

Shortcut
Once you have joined the Thieves Guild, the player can use a shortcut to get in and out of the guild's Cistern quickly. This shortcut is the small insignia (the "Guild" shadowmark) representation of the Thieves Guild located on the coffin to which can be fast traveled from the world map.

Armor Sets
When completing quests in the Thieves guild, the player can obtain four different armor sets.
 * Thieves Guild Armor (Obtained after Taking Care of Business )
 * Nightingale Armor (Obtained during Trinity Restored )
 * Guild Master's Armor Set (Obtained after Under New Management )
 * Linwe's Armor Set (Obtained during Summerset Shadows )