no more Thieves guild jobs in Markarth

[Hugh Jazz]

i've done 5+ small jobs for all the other cities except for Markarth, because i can't get anymore jobs for it from Delvin and Vex. I already finished the Nightingale main quest, but ever since no more small jobs trigger for Markarth.

The strange part is that i've counted the number of missions i did and i have already exactly 5 jobs done for Markarth, but didn't get any special job from Delvin for that city. Is my game bugged somehow ? or am i just unlucky ? i've spent the last 2 hours reloading after conversation with Delvin or Vex just before the quest triggers to get the job to appear immediately after each load, but still nothing.

I'm at my wits end here, anyone got a suggestion ?

[alexander_dougherty]

Save before you talk to Delvin or Vex.
Speak with them to get thieves guild jobs.
If jobs aren't in Markath the load the save you made and repeat.

It takes a while, I once loaded ten times or more before I got the job for the city I wanted, but if you are persistant it does happen.

[Eternie]

Or you could get a mod which changes how you get the jobs from Delvin / Vex.
Like "The Thieves guild for good guys" where you can select which city you want jobs in then when you next talk to delvin / Vex the jobs are in that city. Also you can select all the job types for that city such that you may only need to do one visit to get all the jobs done.

Of course you would have to restart Riften to get that all of that to pay out properly, and like with all mods no removing a mod during a play through.

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by Darkbento:

i've done 5+ small jobs for all the other cities except for Markarth, because i can't get anymore jobs for it from Delvin and Vex. I already finished the Nightingale main quest, but ever since no more small jobs trigger for Markarth.

The strange part is that i've counted the number of missions i did and i have already exactly 5 jobs done for Markarth, but didn't get any special job from Delvin for that city. Is my game bugged somehow ?

If you have done 5 jobs for markarth, you should have gotten the special job for Markarth it involved chasing down some silver moulds for a member of the Silverblood family
If you haven't, and ypu have definitely done 5 jobs in markarth, then your game is bugged.

You might want to load an older save and see if it repeats, or possibly start over with a new game (if you can't live without finishing this bit of the thieves guild).

Eternie's mod would be a good idea, if you restart the game

[Eternie]

@Alexander wasn't the Markarth special job for the Redguard family rather than the silverbloods?
I know the place where the silver molds can be found does vary ... but for me it usually appeared in the treasure pile in Pinemoon? bandits lair next to Lakeside.

The dam silverbloods already controlled too much of Markarth :D

Anyway I hope Darkbento finds his answer whether he can get another couple of markarth jobs ... or is prepared to go back and reload a previous save.

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by Eternie:

@Alexander wasn't the Markarth special job for the Redguard family rather than the silverbloods?
I know the place where the silver molds can be found does vary ... but for me it usually appeared in the treasure pile in Pinemoon? bandits lair next to Lakeside.

The dam silverbloods already controlled too much of Markarth :D

Anyway I hope Darkbento finds his answer whether he can get another couple of markarth jobs ... or is prepared to go back and reload a previous save.

Now you have me questioning... I thought it was a member of the silverbloods, but he could have been an agent of theirs... or I could be misremembering it entirely.

[Valden21]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Originally posted by Eternie:

@Alexander wasn't the Markarth special job for the Redguard family rather than the silverbloods?
I know the place where the silver molds can be found does vary ... but for me it usually appeared in the treasure pile in Pinemoon? bandits lair next to Lakeside.

The dam silverbloods already controlled too much of Markarth :D

Anyway I hope Darkbento finds his answer whether he can get another couple of markarth jobs ... or is prepared to go back and reload a previous save.

Now you have me questioning... I thought it was a member of the silverbloods, but he could have been an agent of theirs... or I could be misremembering it entirely.

The Markarth job's not for the Silverbloods at all; it's for a Redguard named Endon, who happens to be a silversmith. The mold he wants is a specific one, and it's always found in Pinewatch, not Pinemoon. Pinemoon's part of a Falkreath quest.

[Eternie]

Thanks Valden21 ... you must be younger than both of us with a better memory still ... or you looked it up ... which I should have done before responding!

[Valden21]

Originally posted by Eternie:

Thanks Valden21 ... you must be younger than both of us with a better memory still ... or you looked it up ... which I should have done before responding!

Younger? Not sure. Better memory? Again, don't know. But I HAVE done that quest a bunch of times, so it sticks in my mind. I do remember that there was something about Endon working for the Silver-Bloods that didn't sound right to me, as I remembered him as being independent. A check on UESP confirmed what I thought.

[Hugh Jazz]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Save before you talk to Delvin or Vex.
Speak with them to get thieves guild jobs.
If jobs aren't in Markath the load the save you made and repeat.

It takes a while, I once loaded ten times or more before I got the job for the city I wanted, but if you are persistant it does happen.

I loaded over THOUSANDS of times before i quit trying so that definetly wasn't the issue, my game was certainly bugged, probably because of a Dark Brotherhood quest i did in Markarth or maybe it was due to finishing the nightingale quests inbetween 2 jobs, idk.

Originally posted by Eternie:

@Alexander wasn't the Markarth special job for the Redguard family rather than the silverbloods?
I know the place where the silver molds can be found does vary ... but for me it usually appeared in the treasure pile in Pinemoon? bandits lair next to Lakeside.

The dam silverbloods already controlled too much of Markarth :D

Anyway I hope Darkbento finds his answer whether he can get another couple of markarth jobs ... or is prepared to go back and reload a previous save.

I have resorted to loading back a very old save, lost about 10hours of gameplay but in the end it fixed my issue with the small jobs, i made sure to only focus on thieves guild quests until i got all 4 cities then proceeded to finish the nightingale questline. Everything worked out fine in the end although i'm still confused as to how this bug could have triggered in the first place.

In any case thanks for your replies guys, really appreciate the help even if i ended up solving it on my own.