JOININGTo 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 QUESTSThe first requirement is completing the main Quest line:
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
MISCELLANEOUS QUESTTonilia 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 JOBSThe 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 QUESTThe 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 INFOYou 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 MASTERAfter 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 CHECKLISTA quick overview of what is required to begin the Under New Management Quest.
Main QuestsA 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 JobsImitation Amnesty - Whiterun
Summerset Shadows - Windhelm
Silver Lining - Markarth
The Dainty Sload - Solitude
Two Misc QuestsSpeak to Tonilia about exchanging a piece of armor
Deliver Moon Sugar to Ri'saad