How To Join The Thieves Guild Guide For ESO

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Any thieving act such as opening a Thieves Trove or looting a Treasure Chest will open the Thieves Guild skill lines to you in ESO (Elder Scrolls Online). Looting a Treasure Chest will specifically open up the Legerdemain skill line which can be seen as a part of the Thieves guild and stealing from a Thieves Trove will specifically open up the actual Thieves Guild skill line.

You can only acquire the Thieves Guild skill line though if you either own the Thieves Guild DLC or if you have ESO Plus. That's also the only way you can pick up the Main Story Quest of the Thieves Guild and this guide will help you to show how you do this.

In order to start with the Thieves Guild though and effectively leveling your skill line, you will have to play through the Thieves Guild and fulfill dailies.

For this you can open your Collections tab and go to the Zone DLC section. There you will find the Thieves Guild option. If you accept the quest it will ask you to find someone named Quen in any Outlaws Refuge.

Outlaw Refugees have this special sign and you can basically find them in any city.

As soon as you enter the Outlaws Refuge, you should be able to spot Quen pretty easily. She will have the Story Quest marker above her head.

She will ask you to come on a journey with her and to bring some lockpicks. Since they sell them in the Outlaws Refuge, this shouldn’t be any problem if you don’t own them already.

You are then asked to meet her at the docks, from which you will start the quest and somewhat of a tutorial. You will have to sneak and best is also if you already have the Blade of Woe so that you have a much easier time. Visit this tutorial on How to join the Dark Brotherhood to find out how to get the Blade of Woe.

Once you are done with this intro, you will be brought to Abah’s Landing in Hew’s Bane. There you will have to talk to the Thieves Den Guildmaster.

As soon as you have spoken to her you will officially be a part of the Thieves Guild!

We hope you enjoyed the How to join the Thieves Guild guide for ESO (Elder Scrolls Online)!

Achievements related to this guide

2 Achievements

Thieves Guild Skill Master	Reach the max rank of the Thieves Guild skill line.
Welcome to the Thieves Guild	Join the Thieves Guild by completing quest "Partners in Crime" in Hew's Bane.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions from other players How do you join the Thieves Guild in ESO? You join the Thieves Guild by accepting the quest from the Collections - Stories - Zone DLC tab. You either need to own the DLC though, or have ESO Plus. Is the Thieves Guild worth it in ESO? Thieves Guild is definitely worth it if you want to play the game in a sneaky thievery way! It makes life a lot easier if you want to fence or launder items! Is the Thieves Guild free in ESO? No, the Thieves Guild is not free in ESO. You have to either purchase it through the Crown Store in the DLC section, or have ESO Plus in order to be able to play it and level the skill line. How do you start Thieves Guild in ESO? You need to have either ESO Plus or own the DLC in order to start the Thieves Guild in ESO. From there you go to Collections - Stories - Zone DLC and choose "Thieves Guild". How long does it take to finish Thieves Guild in ESO? It takes around 10-12 hours to finish the Thieves Guild in ESO if you want to do all achievements. Should I join the Thieves Guild or the Dark Brotherhood in ESO? The good part is, you can do both! So feel free to join the Thieves Guild and the Dark Brotherhood in ESO and get the benefits of both guilds! Do the Thieves Guild missions ever end in ESO? No, the missions, or Daily Quests, are endless and you can do them even after you have reached max level in the Thieves Guild. Which also means that you can always get the rewards.

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