Be rewarded for being on the wrong side of the law with this exciting new event!
Crime Pays (For a Limited Time)!
The criminals of Tamriel are becoming bolder (and richer!) during the new Crime Wave mini-event, now live and running from May 1 to May 6, 2025. During the event window, you will enjoy increased rewards for engaging with the Justice system by pickpocketing and murdering citizens of Tamriel, as well as stealing from Thieves Troves and Lockboxes. During the event, you'll gain:
- 100% increased Fence interactions
- 25% increased gold received for sales of stolen goods to Fences
These bonuses stack additively with other similar bonuses, such as from the “Haggling” or “Trafficker” Legerdemain passives.
What does an NPC need with all that gold anyways?
Ill-Gotten Gains
In addition, you’ll receive a Pouch of Ill-Gotten Goods for each Dark Brotherhood and Thieves Guild daily quest completed during the mini-event. Note that repeatable non-daily quests, such as “The Covetous Countess” from the Thieves Guild tip board, don’t grant this reward—perhaps the Countess is just too covetous to shell out extra payment for the occasion?
You also have a chance of acquiring a Pouch of Ill-Gotten Goods from any criminal activity you undertake, such as pickpocketing or looting a murdered citizen. These pouches are, as with other items acquired in this way, subject to confiscation by guards if you get caught. However, the chance of acquiring a pouch of Ill-Gotten Goods goes up along with your bounty. In other words, if you remain upstanding in the eyes of the law, you have a lower chance of getting these illicit rewards. The more crime you do, the more it pays—just be careful the guards don’t get their hands on you!
Pouches of Ill-Gotten Goods always contain sellable contraband, and may also contain any of the following:
- Furnishings obtainable through theft
- Several new furnishings
- Rogue’s Potions and Monk Disguise consumables
- A new tradeable consumable item that grants XP in the Legerdemain skill line
- Bounty pardons, including an extremely low chance of a pardon for one million gold. (What’d you do that the guards want you that badly?)
Don’t Get Caught!
Note that the Impresario is not participating in this illicit event, and there will be no Event Tickets awarded for your dastardly deeds—only the bonuses and items detailed above.
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