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The Dark Brotherhood QuestsBy Stephanie Lee, Hector Madrigal, Brendan Graeber, +162.5k moreupdatedJul 27, 2022

The Guild known as The Dark Brotherhood is a secret society of assassins. You do not find them; they find you. If you're wondering how to begin your quest and join the this Skyrim Faction, our guide will tell you everything you need to know.

How to Join the Dark Brotherhood

To start this quest line, you need to speak with Aventus Aretino in Windhelm, or before you head to Windhelm you can go straight to Riften & to Honorhall Orphange & kill Grelod the Kind to see a different reaction from Aventus Aretino.

After completing the first quest, Innocence Lost, you will have to wait 24 hours before the Dark Brotherhood contacts you again. Sleep in a bed and the Brotherhood will abduct you and take you to a strange shack, with 3 hostages and an Assassin named Astrid. All you need to do is kill one of the hostages and you're in. If you choose to kill Astrid instead, this will automatically triger the Destroy the Dark Brotherhood questline.

Quests

• Innocence Lost
• With Friends Like These...
• Sanctuary
• Mourning Never Comes
• Whispers In The Dark
• The Silence Has Been Broken
• Bound Until Death
• Breaching Security
• The Cure For Madness
• Recipe for Disaster
• To Kill An Empire
• Death Incarnate
• Hail Sithis!

Contract Quests

• Contract: Kill Beitild
• Contract: Kill Narfi
• Contract: Kill Ennodius Papius
• Contract: Kill Lurbuk
• Contract: Kill Hern

Dark Brotherhood Radiant Quests

• Cicero's Loyalty
• The Dark Brotherhood Forever
• Destroy the Dark Brotherhood!
• Where You Hang Your Enemy's Head
• Contract: Kill Anoriath
• Contract: Kill Deekus
• Contract: Kill Ma'Randru-Jo
• Contract: Kill Agnis
• Contract: Kill Maluril
• Contract: Kill Helvard
• Contract: Kill Safia

Looking for more side quests in Skyrim? We've got you covered with a guide to Thieves' Guild Quests, Daedric Quests, and more!

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