You won't get a bounty for this particular killing. and, yes, you'll have to commit a murder.

The Innocence Lost quest will now take you to the orphanage in Riften that you might've delivered earlier.

Chatting to him about his dark tendencies will kick off the Innocence Lost quest. Aventus will be in his parents' home in Wildhelm. Either of these things will give you an objective to go find the boy.

Alternatively, head to the Honorhall Orphanage in Riften - the children there will talk about the boy's attempts to summon the Dark Brotherhood too.

Eventually, an innkeeper will give up information that will point you towards a boy in Windhelm (Aventus Aretino) who is trying to perform the Black Sacrament, a Dark Brotherhood ritual.

Go to any inn and ask for gossip from the innkeeper.

How to join The Dark Brotherhood in Skyrim

Here's how to get the Dark Brotherhood's attention and impress them enough that they decide they'd rather recruit you than kill you. That in turn makes it quite a bit more difficult for you to join them, but you thankfully have us to give you a hand. The problem with a secretive society of assassins, however, is that they really do their best to avoid being easily found or detected.

The Dark Brotherhood is one of the most popular quest lines in The Elder Scrolls, and for good bloody reason - who doesn't love a bit of the art of assassination? To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Here's how to join the Dark Brotherhood in Skyrim.įirst on Switch and in VR, and now on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S with the 10th Anniversary Edition, Skyrim remains as relevant as ever - so it's important to know who to pledge your allegiance to. And it's just a matter of time until they find you.

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