“Daring robbery” – the final quest of the guild of thieves in the elder scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered. Having gained three relics, the gray fox will finally reveal your plan of grandiose robbery. You will have to penetrate the heart of the white gold tower and steal an ancient scroll from there.
In this leadership, we will explain to you how to find the “Old Way”, get into the library of the imperial palace and pick up the ancient scroll.
Passing the quest “The impudent robbery” in Oblivion Remastered
as soon as You will deliver a gray fox the last item to fulfill its plan during the quest “Smaching Jack boots”, you will have to get 1000 coins , selling stolen things with guild buyers.
after that, as usual, go to the imperial city and wait a day to get the last message from the heads of thieves.
now a gray fox will wait for you to House of the Otrolos (othrelos' house) in the imperial city. Go to the elven district (Elven District) to learn about the grandiose plans of the patron saint of the thieves' guild.
the gray fox will offer you to steal an ancient scroll (Elder Scroll), located in the strictly protected territory of the Imperial Palace, and will state the following action plan:
- to activate the time of time to unlock the secret Imperial move
- to get into the “Old Way” in the sewer tunnels
- Open a secret passage in alleid ruins using an arrow of release
- get to the parameter’s library and get an ancient scroll
a thief will give you a note with a plan to check with it as the task passes. Your inventory will also be of the release arrow and fasteners of the fast -headed Jack.
Preparation for robbery
This quest will be long and quite complicated for an unprepared player. Before you go on a mission, get as much master as possible. Ideally, you can go through the Noktyurnal quest and get a skeletal key as an endless master keys.
as a reward.You will also come in handy for the following secrecy spells: chameleon, cover, ghost walk, shadow form, ghostly form and hug of shadows. The last, most powerful spell, you can get only at the maximum level of vampirism.
We advise you to a maximum to pump the secrecy and hacking of locks to simplify the passage of this mission.
Activate the time of the time
The first thing to get to the “old path”, you need to go to Imperial Palace (Imperial Palace) and go down to the basement . You can walk on the first floor of the palace, however, having reached the basement, be sure to go to secretive mode.
Hold the door and follow the marker on the computer to get to the vessel of time (Glass of Time). Be careful: any rooms in the white gold tower will always patrol the guards.
interact with the giant sand clock and leave the palace.
Go” Old Way “
Find the entrance to ” Old Way “ The dendrarium of the imperial city
(Arboretum District). The map will be marked with Southeast tunnel (South East Tunnel), where you will have to go down.
when you find yourself under the city, open the grate, using the key from the sewage system, which was previously given to you by a gray fox. Follow the catacombs, focusing on the compass, until you get to the hatch cover leading to the palace sewer (Palace Sewers).
interact with the hatch and run through the tunnels until you find yourself at the door leading to forgotten catacombs (The Lost Catacombs).
the very catacombs are classic alley ruins filled with undead. To open the door further, activate the two switches indicated on the screenshots below.
a little later you will find yourself in the eras (Hall of Epochs), where the secret entrance to the imperial palace is located.
Open a secret passage to the palace
in a huge hall you will find a large statue of a guard turned to you with your back. As soon as the task is updated, inspect the room.
the right point for activating the keyhole so far is inaccessible . In order to solve the riddle, you need to find a hidden switch and, activating it, remove the barrier.
the entrance to the rooms with switches will be in southern part of the hall. There, on the left you will find the first pressure block, which opens the passage to the main.
Go down the stairs and follow until you abundant a dead end, where the desired button will be located. Interact with her and go back to the hall of the eras.
Take a saggy that will be free from the walls of the barrier and stand on the pressure platform. Activating the next mechanism, the huge statue will turn to you face and open access to the keyhole. SRC = “/WP-Content/Uploads/2025/07/Derzkoe -ograblenie-V-Blivion-CAK-UKRAST-DRAST-DREVNIJ-SVITOK-F0BB3CD.WEBP” ALT = “DREAR Remastered: how to steal an ancient scroll ” />
equip onions and ordinary arrows to practice before using a quest object. When you find the optimal place of the shot, equip the arrow of release (Arrow of Extrication) and just in case, survive.
if you get into the keyhole, the task will be updated and the passage to the palace will open. However, two statues of guards guarding the door will come to life. You will have to fight them or pass by in secretly mode.
pick up an ancient scroll
a stone door that you will open with the help of an release arrow will lead directly to the rooms of the imperial guard (Imperial Guard Quarters). We advise you to steal the key to the imperial palace from any of the sleeping warriors to slightly facilitate the passage of the task.
leave the room and go out into a long corridor. Do not forget to persist more often, as you can easily fail the task by falling into the hands of one of the soldiers.
Pass the corridor and find the door to the library of ancient scrolls (Elder Scrolls Library). Go inside and activate the lever located on the right. Be careful, the lever and the entrance to the library itself will be protected by a blind priest that can easily hear you.
Although the gray fox gave you the right to kill those who prevent you from passing the task, any murder can complicate everything by causing a commotion.
by clicking on the lever follow the left part of the corridor, where the door of the reading room will be located. Enter inside and sit on a chair . The gray fox organized everything in advance and the priests will take you an ancient scroll, taking you for Camoran Celia.
as soon as a priest puts in front of you Ancient scroll (Elder Scroll), take it. You will be notified of the successful fulfillment of the theft of a century, but the quest will not end there. The return trip will be closed So you have to follow further.
on the ground floor of the reading room you can find objects that may come in handy. Two scrolls will lie on the book shelf – shadow (chameleon 50%) and excellent detection of life (120 feet per 1 minute).
Stand from a chair and go as quietly as possible to the second floor reading room. Stay so that in case of your detection, do not fail the final mission.
Leave the hall and follow the corridors further. Your goal is to get into the room of the Battle Imperial Magician (Imperial Battlemage's Chambers). Go inside, and in the bummer of the bedroom you will find the grate leading back to the “old path”.
before returning to the sewer, look around in the chambers of the Evangeline Beanik. In the windows you will find the sect , enchanted for the absorption of magic and many strong potions.
Before interacting with the gutter, equip the fasteners of the quick Jack (Boots of Springheel Jak), because you will have a decline from considerable height. However, with a landing, the enchanted item will be destroyed.
in any case, even without a boot after falling, you will have a little HP if you have a sufficient level of acrobatics and health. In the chambers of a combat magician you can take from the table bottles of wine that have the effect Imprinting health, and drink them before jumping.
when you find it back in the sewage, follow the marker on the compass to get out. The next way out will bring you to the basement of the Best Protection store.
Leave the store and run to the House of the Otralos to give the fox the received scroll. The head of thieves will praise you for impeccable work and ask you to complete another service: go to Anvil and transfer to Countess Umbrains Ring.
Take the ring to Countess Anvina
Run in Anvili Castle and start dialogue with Countess Millona (Millona Umbranox). She will report that this ring once belonged to her husband, who was missing 10 years ago, and will demand to explain where you got this thing from you.
at that moment, the” stranger “already known to you, always living in a large hall, is suitable for a countess, dressed in a jacket of a knockouturnal. It turns out that all this time a gray fox was an nameless master falsifier.
From the dialogue of the countess and the thief you will learn that the head of the guild was none other than the missing column Corvus Umbrains . Due to the curse of the mask, Nokturturnal, his name was erased from history, and he disappeared for a decade.
however, thanks to the ancient scroll, Corvus will be able to remove the spell and return to ordinary life. Now, after returning to his wife Millon, he will pass the gray hood to the protagonist.
Get the award
Now the mask of the gray fox with the key from the thieves guild will be in your pocket. Having received the title of a gray fox, you will have a new dwelling, located in the thieves' lair.
go to port district (Waterfront Distribt) and find the Darality House (Dareloths Home), penetrating into which penetrates into which penetrates into which penetrates into which You can through the basement. On the second floor there will be your personal room (Guildmaster's Quarters).
the resulting Gray hood Noktyurnal (Gray Cowl of Nocturnal) has the following enchantments: the constant effect of a livelihood of 120 feet, a constant “feather”, as well as a plus of 25 points to the skill of secrecy.
in this hood you will recognize the members of the thieves guild, as well as a city guard who will try to catch you.
on this chain of tasks of the thieves guild will be completed.
