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Contents

  • Changelog
    • Updates
  • Training
    • Advice for New Adventurers
    • Races and Factions
      • Overview
      • Factions
      • Character Races
      • Classes
        • Overview
        • Dragonknight
        • Nightblade
        • Sorcerer
        • Templar
        • Warden (New Class)
          • Overview
          • Green Balance
          • Winter’s Embrace
    • Leveling
      • Leveling
    • Attributes
      • Overview
      • Active Effects
      • Buffs and Debuffs
        • About the Buff/Debuff System
        • Aegis
        • Berserk
        • Brutality
        • Empower
        • Endurance
        • Evasion
        • Expedition
        • Force
        • Fortitude
        • Gallop
        • Heroism
        • Intellect
        • Mending
        • Prophecy
        • Protection
        • Resolve
        • Savagery
        • Slayer
        • Sorcery
        • Toughness
        • Vitality
        • Ward
        • Applying Debuffs
      • Mundus Stones
    • Champions
      • The Champion System
      • Passive Effects
        • About Passive Abilities
        • Constellation Group: The Thief
        • Constellation Group: The Mage
        • Constellation Group: The Warrior
    • Curses: Vampires and Werewolves
      • Overview
      • Vampirism
      • Lycanthropy
      • Obtaining Curses
      • Removing Curses
    • Skills
      • Overview
      • Weapon Skill Lines
        • Overview
        • Two-Handed
        • One Hand and Shield
        • Dual Wield
        • Bow
        • Destruction Staff
        • Restoration Staff
      • Armor Skill Lines
        • Overview
        • Light Armor
        • Medium Armor
        • Heavy Armor
      • World Skill Lines
        • Soul Magic
        • Legerdemain
        • Vampire
        • Werewolf
      • Guild Skill Lines
        • Fighters Guild
        • Mages Guild
        • Undaunted
        • Thieves Guild
        • Dark Brotherhood
      • Alliance War Skill Lines
        • Assault
        • Support
        • Racial Skill Lines
        • Craft Skill Lines
    • Archetypes
      • Overview
      • Magicka DPS
        • The Mage
        • The Flameblade
        • The Bloodmage
        • The Fanatic
        • The Naturalist
      • Stamina DPS
        • The Assassin
        • The Beastmaster
        • The Depraved
        • The Tempest
        • The Zealot
      • Tanks
        • The Crusader
        • The Dragonscale
        • The Stormshield
        • The Icebreaker
        • The Reaper
      • Healers
        • The Devoted
        • The Druid
        • The Invoker
        • The Flamekeeper
        • The Shadowpriest
  • Combat, Crafting, and Activities
    • Combat
      • Initial Combat Tactics
      • Additional Combat Tactics
      • Damage Types and Potency
      • Crowd Control: Vulnerabilities and Death
    • Stealth and Sneaking
      • Sneaking
      • Stealth Combat: Sneak Attacks
    • Group Activities
      • Winning Friends
      • Influencing People (Know Your Role)
    • Player Guilds
      • About Player Guilds
    • The Alliance War (PvP)
      • About the Alliance War
      • Joining a Campaign
      • Alliance Border Keeps
      • Alliance Points and Rankings
      • Campaign Score
      • Alliance Bonuses
      • Exploring Cyrodiil
      • Capture Points
      • Siege and Defend
      • Temples and the Elder Scrolls
      • Types of Quests
      • Imperial City DLC
    • Morrowind: Battlegrounds (PvPvP)
      • Overview
      • Game Modes
      • Battlefields
      • Rewards and Medals
    • Crafting
      • Crafting Professions
      • Seeking Inspiration
      • Certification and Crafting Writs
      • Traits
      • Crafting Sites and Sets
      • Morrowind Crafting Motifs and Sets
    • Crafting Professions
      • Overview
      • Alchemy
      • Blacksmithing
      • Clothing
      • Enchanting
      • Provisioning
      • Woodworking
      • Equipment Professions: Your Gear’s Life Cycle
      • Power-Leveling
    • Homestead
      • Obtaining Your First Home
      • Example Costs and Sizes of Homes
      • Morrowind Homes
      • Furnishing Your Home
      • Homestead Visiting and Visitors
    • Other Activities
      • Exploration
      • Material Gathering
  • Adventuring Across Tamriel
    • Introduction
    • Currency and Holiday Events
    • Merchants and Services
      • Banks and Moneylenders
      • Crafting Stations
      • Dye Stations
      • Fences
      • Merchants
      • Navigators
      • Shrines
      • Stables
    • Making Money
      • Ways to Earn Money
    • Crime and Punishment
      • The Crimes
      • Infamy Meter
      • Stealth
      • Pickpocket
      • Lockpicking
      • Breaking and Entering
      • Theft
      • Safeboxes
      • Killing Livestock
      • Smuggling Contraband
      • Assault and Murder
      • Aiding in a Crime
      • Tamriel Guards: Paying Your Bounty
      • Outlaws Refuge
      • Treasure
      • Thieves Troves
      • Helpful Skills
    • Mounts
      • Mounts and Stables
    • Items of Note and Interest
      • Item Storage
      • Currency
      • Weapons
      • Apparel
      • Consumables
      • Crafting Materials
      • Miscellaneous
    • Factions (Major and Minor)
      • Major Guilds
      • Minor Factions
    • Locations
      • Provinces and Zones
      • Cities
      • Wayshrines
      • Housing
      • Navigators (Boatswains and Caravans)
      • Merchants
      • Crafting Stations
      • Crafting Sets
      • Guild Traders
      • Banks
      • Stables
      • Dye Station
      • Outlaws Refuge
      • Guild Halls
      • Shrines
      • Striking Locales
      • Settlements, Groves, Towns, Campfires
      • Museums
      • Dungeons
      • Group Bosses
      • Special Events
      • Dolmens (Dark Anchors)
      • Ayleid or Aetherial Wells
      • Mundus Stone
      • Cyrodiil Locations
      • Imperial City Locations
    • Dark Anchors (Dolmens)
      • About Dark Anchors
    • A Trove of Tamriel Tips
      • Skyshards
      • Tips
      • Glossary
  • Quests
    • Quest Map
    • Quest Types
      • Introduction
      • Main Story Quests
      • Aldmeri Dominion Story Quests
      • Daggerfall Covenant Story Quests
      • Ebonheart Pact Story Quests
      • Alliance War Quests (PvP)
      • Cyrodiil Quests (PvE)
      • Imperial City Quests (DLC)
      • Dark Brotherhood Quests (DLC)
      • Fighters Guild Quests
      • Mages Guild Quests
      • Thieves Guild Quests
      • Undaunted Quests
      • Aldmeri Dominion Side Quests
      • Daggerfall Covenant Side Quests
      • Ebonheart Pact Side Quests
      • Coldharbour Side Quests
      • Craglorn Quests
      • Wrothgar Quests
      • World Encounters
      • Crafting Quests
      • Holiday Events
      • Miscellaneous
    • Vvardenfell Main Story Quests
      • Broken Bonds (Tutorial)
      • Divine Conundrum
      • Divine Inquiries
      • Divine Delusions
      • Divine Intervention
      • Divine Disaster
      • Divine Restoration
      • Divine Blessings
    • Morag Tong Side Story Quests
      • Fleeing the Past
      • Of Faith and Family
      • A Purposeful Writ
      • Family Reunion
    • Telvanni Side Story Quests
      • A Hireling of House Telvanni
      • Rising to Retainer
      • Objections and Obstacles
      • The Magister Makes a Move
      • The Heart of a Telvanni
    • Vvardenfell Quests
      • A Melodic Mistake
      • Hatching a Plan
      • Haunted Grounds
      • Reclaiming Vos
      • At Any Cost
      • Ancestral Ties
      • If the Spell Fits
      • Bound by Love
      • The Memory Stone
      • Ancestral Adversity
      • Like Blood from a Stone
      • Nothing to Sneeze At
      • The Scarlet Judge
      • Breaking Through the Fog
      • An Armiger’s Duty
      • A Web of Troubles
    • Vector Quests
      • About Vector Quests
      • Ashlander Relations
      • A Friend in Need
      • A Late Delivery
      • For Glory!
      • To Tel Fyr
      • Crafting Consumables Certification
      • Crafting Equipment Certification
      • A Call for Aid
    • Daily Quests
      • Ald’ruhn Daily Relic-Preservation Quests
      • Ald’ruhn Daily Beast Hunt
      • Consumables Crafting Writs
      • Equipment Crafting Writs
      • Vivec City Group Boss Daily Quests
      • Vivec City Delve Daily Quests
    • Vivec City Museum Quests
      • The Ancestral Tombs
      • The Lost Library
    • Guild Quests
      • Fighters Guild: Anchors from the Harbour
      • Mages Guild: Long Lost Lore
      • Dark Brotherhood: Voices in the Dark
      • Thieves Guild: Partners In Crime
    • Delve Quests
      • A Smuggler’s Last Stand
      • A Hidden Harvest
      • A Dangerous Breed
    • Public Dungeon Quests
      • Echoes of a Fallen House
      • Forgotten Wastes Group Event
      • The Heart’s Desire
      • Nchuleftingth Group Event
    • Trial Quests
      • Forging the Future
      • Unique Monsters
      • Boss Fight 1: Hunter-Killer Fabricants
      • Boss Fight 2: Pinnacle Factotum
      • Boss Fight 3: Archcustodian
      • Boss Fight 4: Refabrication Committee Reactor, Reclaimer, and Reducer
      • Boss Fight 5: Assembly General
  • Interactive Maps
    • West Gash
    • Grazelands
    • Bitter Coast
    • Ashlands
    • Azura Coast (North)
    • Molag Amur
    • Ascadian Isles
    • Azura Coast (South)
  • The Atlas of Morrowind
    • Overview
    • Bitter Coast
      • Region Overview
      • Bitter Coast Collectibles Map
      • Bitter Coast Quest Map
      • Bitter Coast Fishing Map
      • Arenim Manor
      • Mallapi Cave
      • Aleft
      • Addadshashanammu
      • Ashalmimilkala
      • Hlormaren Stronghold
      • Ashurnibibi
      • Ahemmusa Camp
      • Shulk Ore Mine
      • Rethan Manor
      • Fishing Hovel
      • Zainsipilu
      • Firemoth Island
      • Sarys Ancestral Tomb
      • Andrano Ancestral Tomb
      • Seyda Neen Wayshrine
      • Seyda Neen
    • West Gash
      • Region Overview
      • West Gash Quest Map
      • West Gash Fishing Map
      • Yasammidan
      • Arkngthunch-Sturdumz
      • Ald Velothi Harbor House
      • Ashalmawia
      • Urshilaku Camp
      • Urshilaku Camp Wayshrine
      • Mysterious Ruin (Bethamez)
      • Maelkashishi
      • Drivam’s House (Gnisis)
      • Gnisis
      • Gnisis Wayshrine
      • Berandas
      • Salothan’s Council
      • Dushariran
      • Veloth Ancestral Tomb
      • Ashimanu Cave
      • West Gash Wayshrine
      • Randas Ancestral Tomb
      • Ularra
      • Khartag Point
      • Red Exile Camp
      • Hleran Ancestral Tomb
      • Ald’ruhn Wayshrine
      • Ald’ruhn
      • Mallapi Cave Back Tunnels
      • Ramimilk
      • Red Exile Tent
      • Kudanat Mine
      • Redoran Garrison
      • Nilthog’s Hollow
      • Assarnatamat
      • Boundary Bridge
      • Balmora
      • Balmora Wayshrine
    • Ascadian Isles
      • Region Overview
      • Ascadian Isles Collectibles Map
      • Ascadian Isles Quest Map
      • Ascadian Isles Fishing Map
      • Vassir-Didanat Mine
      • Foyada Quarry (INACCESSIBLE) (Arkngthand)
      • Fishing Lodge
      • Amaya Lake Manor
      • Mistress Dren’s Residence
      • Amaya Lake Docks
      • Ruined Ancestral Tomb
      • Quarry Bridge and Dam
      • Bal Ur
      • Suran Wayshrine
      • Suran
      • Inanius Egg Mine
      • Master Kharekh’s Residence
      • Ald Sotha
      • Vivec City Wayshrine
      • Vivec City
    • Ashlands
      • Region Overview
      • Ashlands Collectibles Map
      • Ashlands Fishing Map
      • Ashurnabitashpi
      • Ald Carac
      • Llando Ancestral Tomb
      • Falasmaryon
      • Valenvaryon
      • Ebernanit
      • Forgotten Wastes
      • Indaren Ancestral Tomb
      • Zergonipal
      • Valley of the Wind Wayshrine
      • Cavern of the Incarnate
    • Grazelands
      • Region Overview
      • Grazelands Collectibles Map
      • Grazelands Quest Map
      • Grazelands Fishing Map
      • Kushtashpi
      • Northern Farmstead
      • Poacher’s Treehouse
      • Vos
      • Tel Mora Wayshrine
      • Nchuleft
      • Scavenger’s Ruin
      • Pyroclastic Flow (Zainab Camp)
      • Dubdil Alar Tower
      • Zainab Camp
      • Sethan Ancestral Tomb
      • Aralen Ancestral Tomb
      • Pulk
      • An Unfortunate Experiment
      • Rubble-Filled Door
      • The Shoreline Farmstead
      • Falensarano Ruins
    • Molag Amur
      • Region Overview
      • Molag Amur Collectibles Map
      • Molag Amur Quest Map
      • Molag Amur Fishing Map
      • Library of Andule
      • Gimothran Ancestral Tomb
      • Zalkin-Sul
      • Mzanchend
      • Dulo Ancestral Tomb
      • Galom Daeus
      • Missir-Dadalit Egg Mine
      • Nchuleftingth Wayshrine
      • Nchuleftingth
      • Tusenend
      • Camp and Pyroclastic Flow
      • Sulipund Grange
      • Foyada Quarry
      • Ashunartes
      • Marandus
      • Vandus Ancestral Tomb
      • Erabenimsun Camp
      • Mountain Pass Tent (Mount Kand)
      • Alas Ancestral Tomb (Mount Kand)
      • Mountain Pass Ravine (Mount Kand)
      • Lower Mountain Arches (Mount Kand)
      • Inanius Egg Mine Back Entrance
      • Telasero
      • Red Exile Campsite
      • Dreudurai Glass Mine
      • Helan Ancestral Tomb
      • Molag Mar
      • Molag Mar Wayshrine
    • Azura’s Coast
      • Region Overview
      • Azura’s Coast (North) Map
      • Azura’s Coast (South) Map
      • Black Snail Smugglers’ Isle
      • Tel Mora
      • Esutanamus
      • Pinsun
      • Hanud Tower
      • Vassamsi Grotto and Mine
      • Hlervi Ancestral Tomb
      • Yansirramus
      • Tel Aruhn
      • Sadrith Mora
      • Sadrith Mora Wayshrine
      • Sadrith Mora Dock and Slave Field
      • Anudnabia
      • Halls of Fabrication (Tel Fyr)
      • Dreloth Ancestral Tomb
      • Kaushtarari
      • Tel Galen
      • Andalen Ancestral Tomb
      • Matus-Akin Egg Mine
      • Holamayan Monastery
      • Shashpilamat
      • Nchardumz (North)
      • Nchardumz (Southeast)
      • Almurbalarammi
      • Barilzar’s Tower
      • Red Exile Rock Camp
      • Grave Marker
      • Shrine of Azura
      • Mzahnch
      • Lady Laurent’s Camp
      • Bal Fell
      • Red Exile Toadstool Camp
      • Zaintiraris
      • Hlaalu Ancestral Tomb
      • Mawia
      • Abebaal Egg Mine (Abandoned)
      • Marvani Ancestral Tomb
      • Shipwreck Cove
      • Tel Branora Wayshrine
      • Tel Branora
      • Beran Ancestral Tomb
  • Bestiary
    • Overview
    • New Base Mob Enemies
    • Daedric Shrine Special Enemies
    • Vvardenfell Quest Enemies
    • Delve Quest Bosses
    • Public Dungeon Quest Enemies
    • Ald’ruhn Daily Beast Hunt Enemies
    • Delve Bosses
    • Forgotten Wastes Public Dungeon Champions
    • Nchuleftingth Public Dungeon Champions
    • Public Dungeon Group Event Enemies
    • Group Bosses
  • Appendices
    • Collections
    • Crafting Motifs
    • Crafting Sets
    • Equipment Sets
    • Furnishing Plans
      • Overiew
      • Furnishing Blueprints
      • Furnishing Designs
      • Furnishing Diagrams
      • Furnishing Formulas
      • Furnishing Patterns
      • Furnishing Praxes
    • Quest Rewards
    • Rare Fish
    • Survey Reports
    • Treasure Maps
    • Ancestral Tombs
    • Daedric Ruins
    • Housing
    • Merchants and Crafting Stations
    • Sermons
    • Shrines of the Seven Graces
    • Skyshards
  • Achievements
    • Overview of In-Game Achievements
    • Main Story Quests
    • Vvardenfell Quests
    • Ald’ruhn Daily Quests
    • Explore Vvardenfell
    • Public Dungeons
    • Ancestral Tombs Hunter
    • Tribunal Preacher
    • Morrowind Master Angler
    • Morrowind Skyshard Hunter
    • Morrowind Crafting Styles
    • The Pilgrim’s Path
    • Daedric Explorer
    • Strider Caravaner
    • Cliff Striders’ Bane
    • Group Bosses
    • Halls of Fabrication
    • Savior of Morrowind
    • Battlegrounds
    • Achievement Furnishings
    • Battlegrounds Achievement Furnishings
    • Console Achievements and Trophies
    • Xbox One Challenges
  • Concept Art
    • Locations
    • Vivec Statues
    • Dwarven Colossus
    • Armors and Weapons
    • Enemies

The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind Guide › Training › Skills › Guild Skill Lines

Thieves Guild

Maximum Rank: Thieves Guild Rank 12

Maximum Investment: 11 Skill Points

Unlocking and Progressing Thieves Guild

The skill line is unlocked when you open a Thieves Trove or enter Hew’s Bane (both actions require access to the Thieves Guild DLC pack).

Progress the skill line by finishing Thieves Guild quests, completing heists, and committing crimes posted within the Thieves Guild hideout.

The Thieves Guild skill line contains six Passive Abilities. Swiftly Forgotten and Haggling each offers four ranks. Remaining abilities are single-rank Passives.

Finders Keepers, which allows you to open Thieves Troves, doesn’t require a Skill Point; it becomes active as soon as the skill line is unlocked.

Appropriately, the Thieves Guild skill line focuses on making criminal activities less risky and more profitable. The Passives have little effect outside of crime and the Justice System, but they’re very useful bonuses for anyone who relies on less savory sources of income.

Passive Requirements

Once you invest in a Thieves Guild Passive Ability, its benefits are always active.

Thieves Guild Passive Abilities

Name Effect
Finders Keepers (Default Passive) Thieves Troves are caches located all over Tamriel. They can only be opened by members of the Thieves Guild.
Swiftly Forgotten Bounty is decreased by up to 115 after three minutes. Heat is decreased by up to 64 after three seconds.
Haggling Stolen items sold at a Fence are worth up to 10% more. This value does not apply to laundering.
Clemency When a guard accosts you, you may use Clemency once per day. If used, the guard will not arrest you or take your money and stolen goods. Additionally, guards will not attempt to accost you for one minute after you use Clemency unless you commit other crimes.
Timely Escape When you have Bounty and are in combat, you have a chance to spot a “Footpad” in a town with an Outlaws Refuge. Interacting with the Footpad will transport you safely into the nearest Refuge.
Veil of Shadows Decreases detection range of witnesses and guards by 10%. Witnesses are thus less likely to notice crimes, while guards won’t challenge until they get closer.

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