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7. Thieves Guild - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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Honour among thieves? Nonsense. The Thieves Guild's Skyrim branch clearly disagrees, too, because it has no qualms with letting recruits steal from their brothers and sisters on a whim. Still, while there's technically no time gate preventing immediate abuse of the lackadaisical followers of Nocturnal, following the group's questline through to its conclusion will make your grand heist immeasurably easier thanks to a certain Daedric artifact.

Once Mercer Frey hands over the Skeleton Key — lord knows why — the first point of order is to rob every last one of your guildmates' belongings. They won't care, either — having max reputation means NPCs will acknowledge you yoinking their stuff without ever growing violent. Best of all, everything you lift can then be sold directly back to the person you stole it from, making for easy money.

No playthrough of Skyrim is complete without going on an uncontested shopping spree in the Ragged Flagon and stripping it clean of every valuable. Just make sure you don't accidentally complete 'Darkness Returns'. Doing so requires you to return the key to its rightful owner and once lost, it's gone for good.

 
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