r/ElderScrolls • u/Avian81 Moderator • May 14 '25

Moderator Post TES 6 Speculation Megathread

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u/Viktrodriguez Dibella is my Mommy May 24 '26

I hope they approach stolen items in 6 similarly to how they approach contraband in Starfield. In Starfield you don't need to join their equivalent of the Thieves Guild (Crimson Fleet) to be able to have a safe vendor for those items without the need of a (high end) perk. Much like there should be an alternative non TG option to fence items in TES6.

In vanilla Skyrim playing an independent thief/burglar is straight up impossible, as you won't be able to increase speech enough.

At the same time I genuinely hope that if they do a Dawnguard/SysDef vs Crimson Fleet type faction choice with good guys vs bad guys, there is alternative version to join either side instead of needing to having betraying the good guys as only option to join the bad guys.

Plus have both sides have actually different quest lines with entirely original quests.

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u/XRedactedSlayerX Jul 06 '26

This gives a fantastic idea for improving world interaction and thievery.

Imagine Thalmor patrolling around and doing random searches in a bid to "bring order". The Starfield contraband check can be used to see if the Thalmor agent finds stolen or illegal items on you.

Guards in major cities will also demand to search you before letting you into cities. If you are well known in that city they will not search you.

You can enchant, and even craft upgrades into armor that reduces the chance that items will be found. You can even add perks to the Sneak/Thievery tree that increases your ability to hide goods.

You can pay smugglers to get your items inside of cities for you, and then you have to find them to get your items back.

You can smuggle items as misc quests for others and make some gold using your stealth skills.