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The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered

How to Join the Thieves Guild

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The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion - How to Join the Thieves Guild

The Thieves Guild is a major faction in The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered. Read on to learn how to join the Thieves Guild early, and find out who you need to talk to trigger their questline.

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Thieves Guild Quests How to Join Thieves Guild

How to Join the Thieves Guild

1 Commit a Crime and Get Arrested
2 Talk to Myvryna Arano after waiting 4 hours
3 Go to Garden of Dareloth
4 Talk to Armand Christophe
5 Complete the May the Best Thief Win Quest

Commit a Crime and Get Arrested

To join the Thieves Guild, the first step is to get arrested and jailed. In order to get arrested, players must commit a crime first, which will cause guards to be summoned and make the arrest. Players will then need to choose the Go to Jail option.

Although any crime will trigger the arrest, stealing is perhaps the simplest crime to commit. When stealing, it's important to note that the item must have a red text in order to trigger the arrest.

Serve Your Time to Get Out Fast

Once inside the jail cell, interact with the bedroll by selecting Sleep. A message will then pop out asking players, 'Do you just want to serve your time?'. By choosing Yes, they will be able to get out of jail quickly.

Talk to Myvryna Arano

Myvryna Arano

Once released from jail, players will have to wait for Myvryna Arano to show up, and then talk to her. She will give a mysterious note to players to read, which will trigger the Finding the Thieves Guild quest.

It's best to use the Wait Timer mechanic and set it to at least 4 hours instead of just waiting for Myvryna Arano.

Go to Garden of Dareloth in the Imperial City Waterfront at Midnight

In the mysterious note that was given, it is inviting players to go to the Garden of Dareloth in the Imperial City Waterfront at midnight for a meetup. It's best to go to the location first, then use the Wait Timer mechanic to fast foward the time to midnight.

Talk to Armand Christophe and Start the Initiation

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Once it's midnight, two NPCs will appear in the area, Armand Christophe and Methredhel. Talk to Armand Christophe and select the Mysterious Note dialogue option. Afterwards, the Join the Thieves Guild dialogue option will be available, which will start the initiation process.

Initiation Won't Start Until Amusei Arrives

Amusei

Although players can choose the new dialogue option, the initiation won't start until Amusei shows up. Players will just have to wait for a while for the NPC to show up before starting the initiation process.

Complete the May the Best Thief Win Quest

To get inducted to the Thieves Guild, players must complete the May the Best Thief Win quest. The quest has players compete against Methredhel and Amusei to find and steal Amantius Allectus' Diary. Whoever steals it first, will be inducted to the guild.

After stealing the diary, talk to Armand Christophe again and choose the Thieves Guild Test dialogue option to finish the initiation and be inducted to the Thieves Guild.

How to Complete May the Best Thief Win Quest

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