How to Activate Under New Management
To activate Under New Management, you must first complete all four special assignments and five normal assignments given by Vex or Delvin in each of the main cities: Whiterun, Windhelm, Markarth, and Solitude, as well as complete the entire Nightingale questline. Once these prerequisites are met, the Under New Management quest will start automatically, allowing you to restore the Thieves Guild to its former glory and assume the title of Guild Master.
Understanding the Thieves Guild Questline
The Thieves Guild questline in Skyrim is a complex and engaging storyline that requires players to complete various tasks and quests to progress. To start this questline, players must speak to Brynjolf in Riften, who can be found wandering in the streets, the marketplace, or in the Ragged Flagon and its extensions.
FAQs
1. How Do I Start the Thieves Guild Quest in Skyrim?
To start the Thieves Guild questline, speak to Brynjolf in Riften, who owns one of the market stands in the center of town and can be often found wandering in the streets, the marketplace, or in the Ragged Flagon and its extensions.
2. What Are the Prerequisites for Under New Management?
The prerequisites for Under New Management include completing all four special assignments and five normal assignments given by Vex or Delvin in each of the main cities, as well as completing the entire Nightingale questline.
3. Can I Marry Vex in Skyrim?
No, it’s not possible to marry Vex in Skyrim.
4. How Do I Restore the Thieves Guild?
To restore the Thieves Guild, complete five small jobs in each city prior to restoring the guild, keeping in mind that these jobs are random.
5. What Happens If I Don’t Return the Skeleton Key?
If you don’t return the Skeleton Key, you won’t be able to complete the Thieves Guild questline, but you can still keep the key and use it to unlock doors without picking locks.
6. Should I Return the Skeleton Key in Skyrim?
Perhaps you should keep the Skeleton Key until your lockpicking skill is at a sufficiently high level, around level 90 or so, at which point you really won’t have much trouble picking even Master locks.
7. Can I Keep the Skeleton Key and Still Complete the Quest?
You get to keep the Skeleton Key but the quest can’t be completed until you return it, and there’s no punishment for it, you just can’t take your place as the leader of the guild.
8. How Many Jobs Does It Take to Restore the Thieves Guild?
Overall, you will need to complete five small jobs in each city prior to restoring the Thieves Guild, and these jobs are random.
9. Can I Marry Any Character in Skyrim?
You’re free to marry anyone of any gender or race in Skyrim, including male Orcs and female Dark Elves, female Bretons and female Redguards, and male Imperials and male Argonians.
10. Who Are the Best Marriage Candidates in Skyrim?
Some of the best marriage candidates in Skyrim include Muiri, Aela The Huntress, Brelyna Maryon, Sylgja, Mjoll, Camilla, Senna, and Lydia.
11. Can I Marry a Jarl in Skyrim?
No, it is not possible for a player to marry Jarl Balgruuf in Skyrim, regardless of the player character’s gender.
12. What Happens If I Lose the Skeleton Key?
If you lose the Skeleton Key, you won’t be able to use it to unlock doors without picking locks, but you can still complete the Thieves Guild questline.
13. Is There an Unbreakable Lockpick in Skyrim?
The Skeleton Key is essentially an unbreakable lockpick that players can use without maxing out Perks in the Lockpicking skill tree.
14. What Happens If I Take the Skull of Corruption?
The Skull of Corruption lets players steal dreams from NPCs and amp its damage output, and is a unique staff unlike any other players can find in Skyrim.
15. Can I Marry Serana After Curing Her?
While it is possible to turn your spouse into a vampire in the Dawnguard expansion, once you yourself have become a vampire, it isn’t possible to marry someone who is already a vampire, like Serana.