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One with the Shadows achievement in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

One with the Shadows

Returned the Thieves Guild to its former glory

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How to unlock the One with the Shadows achievement

  • HeraizenHeraizen
    17 Dec 2016 17 Dec 2016 23 Mar 2021
    JOINING
    To join the Thieves Guild, travel to Riften and come into contact with Brynjolf, who can be found at the market stalls during the day, or the Bee and Barb tavern during the night. Brynjolf will approach you and question your wealth before inviting you to help him with a little plot. This begins the first quest, A Chance Arrangement, in which you must steal a ring and plant it on another person.

    After joining there are a few requirements before you can unlock this Achievement. These include completing the Main Quest, Tonilias Two Misc Quests and all 4 Special Jobs.


    MAIN QUESTS
    The first requirement is completing the main Quest line:

    A Chance Arrangement

    Taking Care of Business

    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special EditionTaking Care of BusinessThe Taking Care of Business achievement in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition worth 15 pointsJoin the Thieves Guild


    Loud and Clear

    Dampened Spirits

    Scoundrel's Folly

    Speaking With Silence

    Hard Answers

    The Pursuit

    Trinity Restored

    Blindsighted

    Darkness Returns

    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special EditionDarkness ReturnsThe Darkness Returns achievement in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition worth 20 pointsComplete "Darkness Returns"



    MISCELLANEOUS QUEST
    Tonilia will also occasionally have some Miscellaneous quests. You should complete these to avoid any issues, specifically after completing Scoundrel's Folly, as you will be offered the Miscellaneous quest: Speak to Tonilia about exchanging a piece of armor.

    If you do not complete this quest, she will not talk to you about any other quests, including giving you Guild Master Armor and blocking you from progressing later.

    You must keep at least one piece of Guild Armor to upgrade it, if you already got rid of all your Armor, you can find pieces near the beds in The Ragged Flagon - Cistern area, or more specifically in the North East Training Area, also in the Cistern.


    SPECIAL JOBS
    The other requirement is completing all 4 Special Jobs (otherwise known as City Influence Quests).

    After joining the Guild, Delvin and Vex will offer you unlimited radiant quests, known as "Jobs".

    You must complete five jobs in one region (Whiterun, Windhelm, Makarth or Solitude) to unlock that regions Special Job (Note: Riften is not required). In total you would be completing 20 of these jobs across the 4 regions.

    The easiest jobs to complete in my opinion are Numbers and Shill. For efficiency you can receive a job from Delvin and Vex at the same time, completing them both before returning to minimise travel. Delvin and Vex can give you details about the other kinds of jobs if you wish to learn more.

    If you receive a quest for a region you don't require (such as Riften or for an area you have already done 5 jobs and the Special Job) you can simply just talk to the quest giver again and choose to quit the job, and then receive a new one.

    After completing 5 jobs in the same region, Delvin will talk to you about a "Special Job". The 4 required Special Jobs are for the Major Holds of Skyrim:

    Imitation Amnesty in Whiterun

    Summerset Shadows in Windhelm

    Silver Lining in Markarth

    The Dainty Sload in Solitude


    MISCELLANEOUS QUEST
    The other Miscellaneous quest from Tonilia should also be completed Deliver Moon Sugar to Ri'saad, which is given after completing three special jobs for the Guild.


    ADDITIONAL INFO
    You can complete these in any order you wish, I finished all 4 Special Jobs before completing the Main Quest. I also upgraded my armor after completing the Main Quest.


    BECOMING GUILD MASTER
    After all these requirements are done, speak to Brynjolf and a new quest should start called Under New Management. Complete the ceremony, then talk to Brynjolf again. He will tell you to retrieve your Guild Leader Armor from Tonilia (Note: For this step you do not require to already have a piece of Guild Armor).

    Upon receiving your Master Guild Armor the achievement should pop!


    QUICK CHECKLIST
    A quick overview of what is required to begin the Under New Management Quest.

    Main Quests
    A Chance Arrangement
    Taking Care of Business
    Loud and Clear
    Dampened Spirits
    Scoundrel's Folly
    Speaking With Silence
    Hard Answers
    The Pursuit
    Trinity Restored
    Blindsighted
    Darkness Returns

    Small Jobs
    5 in Whiterun
    5 in Windhelm
    5 in Markarth
    5 in Solitude

    4 Special Jobs
    Imitation Amnesty - Whiterun
    Summerset Shadows - Windhelm
    Silver Lining - Markarth
    The Dainty Sload - Solitude

    Two Misc Quests
    Speak to Tonilia about exchanging a piece of armor
    Deliver Moon Sugar to Ri'saad

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    NamelessxDreadWait, do the small jobs in Riften not count toward anything?
    Posted by NamelessxDread on 07 May 23 at 05:13
    I MulligaN ISapphire is required to be in the Thieves Guild before becoming Guild leader. complete the following quest before engaging the New management quest. https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Stabilized
    Posted by I MulligaN I on 23 Jul 23 at 22:18
    xTexasRavenxOk I'm about 4 hours in on just doing the Small Jobs, I have completed 3 of the Holds Special Jobs but have yet to be offered even 1 job in Windhelm? What am on I doing wrong?
    Posted by xTexasRavenx on 29 Jul 23 at 23:41
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  • Killjoy KaitlinKilljoy Kaitlin
    26 Nov 2016 15 Nov 2016
    Before we start I want to point out this should be done after completing the main story line of the thieves guild.

    You need to do quests for both Delvin and Vex. What you want to do is do bedlam and sweep make sure that both the quests are in a town that you haven't done a special quest that gains influence for the thieves guild. This is simple with the shadowcloak ability. Make sure that you have the sweep quest marked to follow and not the bedlam one. To make sure they are in the same town just keep quitting the quest until they are in the same town. Go break into the the house and start stealing the items you need to steal. By stealing two of the items you will finish the bedlam quest go and steal the third to finish the sweep quest. Go return the quests and you will then be asked to start a special quest.

    Go complete the special quest then rinse repeat. The four towns you need to gain influence are Riften, Markath, Whiterun, and Solitude. Also remember if you have done a special quest in that town don't go and do any side quests for that town its kind of a waste of time.

    Edit: Its not Riften because you get that quest from Maven early on in the thieves guild its Windhelm. So Sorry for the confusion. :)

    Credit to: IceWolfOfAlaska
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    LeXXuzThat may be true. But this guide helped me to get the achievement. And I got all the information I needed without too many spoilers. Therefor thumbs up from me.
    Posted by LeXXuz on 27 Jan 17 at 09:28
    E vee dubInstead of adding another paragraph explaning the correction of the original description... just edit the original description! That puts us reading both the incorrect and correct guide, causing the confusion.
    Posted by E vee dub on 15 Feb 17 at 15:04
    TanogrusThere's a glitch to not getting any Solitude quests. If you did the Civil War questline first, you MUST remember to go back to either Castle Dour or the other ending castle to listen to the speech they will shout. Once that's done, the quest completes 100%. Then you'll get the jobs for the specific town.
    Posted by Tanogrus on 12 Aug 17 at 20:29
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