STAGE · Your first town
The Dark Brotherhood
Draft — Draft: checked against the game source, not yet read through end to endAvailable from the startHow the Brotherhood invites you, what its sanctuary trains, and which potion, soul-gem and spymaster services open at rank.
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How you get in
The Dark Brotherhood has no application desk. Its tally counts murders; at 15, it stamps an invitation letter. A murdered townsperson counts as 5 and a guard as 1. The initiation starts only while you are outside, and the tally freezes while a letter is pending. It never fires twice. Joining reveals the sanctuary on the town map.
The letter is a crime-guild invitation, not a courier questline letter. Online the wait is shorter than the classic three-day delay. Thievery covers the tally and the law.
Rank and services
Ranks run from 0 to 9 under the same reputation-and-skill law as the other guilds. Online personal rank stops at 7; 8 and 9 are chapter seats. Earned promotions apply when you open the sanctuary's services.
| Service | What it does | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Training | Raise one guild skill | Member; 100 × character level a session |
| Quests | Brotherhood contracts | Open |
| Buy Potions | Buy stocked potions | Rank 1 |
| Make Potions | Mix carried ingredients | Rank 3 |
| Buy Soulgems | Buy empty or filled traps | Rank 5 |
| Spymaster | Open an information conversation | Rank 7 |
| Spells, magic items, summoning, teleport | Not offered | Use a temple or the Mages Guild |
The sanctuary trains Archery, Backstabbing, Climbing, Critical Strike, Daedric, Destruction, Dodging, Running, Short Blade, Stealth, Streetwise and Swimming, up to skill 50. A session takes three game hours and is limited by the shared 12-game-hour cooldown. The NPC guilds covers the price formula.
Common mistakes
Grinding murders for the tally; the crime leaves a lasting mark.
Trying to apply at the sanctuary.
Expecting potion making at rank 1 or the spymaster at rank 0.
Looking for spellmaking or teleport here; those are Mages Guild services.
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Sources & checked facts
upstream/snapshot-e4f093166/src/systems/crimeGuilds.js:DARK_BROTHERHOOD_TALLY_TARGET, tally weights and invitation handling.upstream/snapshot-e4f093166/src/systems/guild/guildServices.js:brotherhoodCanAccessService,TRAINING_SKILLS.upstream/snapshot-e4f093166/src/systems/guild/guildHallReveal.js: hall reveal.handbook/content/town/thievery.md: murder tally and the law.