The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is one of the most popular games to ever be released. With so many areas to explore and so many quests to do, it can keep players busy for hours. Plus, there are so many perks that allow players to customize their characters with whatever kind of build they want.
The Thief perks can be a little challenging to navigate, especially since there's so many perks to choose from. It can be a little overwhelming for players to figure out where their points should go. Here are ten perks that players should invest points into.
10 Treasure Hunter: Finding Special Treasure Is A Treat
Treasure Hunter gives players a higher chance of finding special treasure. Weapons, armor, or tomes are considered special treasure and finding these can help players in many ways. Finding weapons or armor can be a great way to upgrade armor without having to make it. They also sell for a decent amount of coin and be a great way to get extra gold.
9 Gold Touch: Because There's No Such Thing As Too Much Gold
The Gold Touch perk allows the player to find more gold in chests. Getting gold can be tedious and receiving a little more gold is always welcomed. The cost of getting materials to make weapons and armor can add up very quickly. Buying rare alchemy ingredients and tomes to learn spells can also out a huge dent in a player's coin purse.
Plus, the cost of the houses in Skyrim and buying the materials to make items or upgrade them can be costly. Every single gold counts, so this perk is great to have while travelling around Skyrim.
8 Extra Pockets: The Larger The Pocket, The More Can Be Carried
Being able to carry a lot of items can come in handy since it allows players to carry a lot more items. With so many quests to do, this perk is useful when the quests revolves around getting one item or multiple items. The Stones of Barenziah might weigh 0.5 lbs each, but 24 stones are needed to complete the quest which means that's 12 pounds the player has to carry. It still might not sound like a lot of weight, but the weight of weapons, potions, poisons, and many other things add up.
This perk will help diminish that problem and give the players larger pockets. Being able to carry more is always nice when there's no followers around to carry extra weight.
7 Haggling: Buy At Low Prices And Sell For More
The first perk in the Speech tree is one of the best perks to have. It lowers the prices of items sold by merchants and the player can sell their items for a little more money. The great thing about this skill is that it can be leveled up five times. This means that the prices for selling and buying will be better for players because they can save and earn money easier.
6 Stealth: Sneaking Around Unnoticed
The first perk of the Sneak skill line comes in handy if players are doing the Thieves Guild questline. This skill can be leveled five times and make it easier to sneak up on enemies or sneak by anyone. It can come handy if players are doing jobs for Delvin Mallory or Vex. Stealth is a very important perk to have and will make pickpocketing, lockpicking, and other tasks a lot easier.
5 Deadly Aim: A Sniper's Best Friend
For anyone wanting to go with a stealthy assassin build with a bow, this perk is a must-have. This increases makes the damage from a bow three times stronger. This can be useful for Dark Brotherhood quests when taking out targets if players want complete them from a safe distance. It's also useful when wanting to bring down a strong opponent's health significantly. Add this perk with other perks like Poisoner and being a sniper can possibly take out enemies with one hit.
4 Locksmith: A Hint Is Always Nice
If there is one that can be annoying while playing Skyrim, it's the lockpicking. Trying to find the opening position can be very tedious, especially on Master-level locks. If the Lockpicking tree isn't leveled up high enough, lockpicks will be used up trying to find the right spot. With this perk, the lockpick will start off near the opening position. This make unlocking chests a lot easier for players.
Instead of spending minutes to try and find the right spot, the lock will begin near it. This will be a timesaver when trying to open difficult chests.
3 Merchant: Sell Anything To Any Merchant
This perk allows players to be able to sell any item to any merchant. Merchants tend to buy items that they sell. Blacksmiths will buy ingots, ore, weapons, and armor. Alchemists will buy potions and ingredients. With this perk, players will be able to sell armor to mages or alchemists or sell books and other items to blacksmiths. If players are wanting to make money quickly, this perk will definitely help when one merchant doesn't have enough gold. They can go to another merchant to finish selling their items.
2 Green Thumb: Extra Ingredients Are Always Welcomed
One tree that can be tedious to level is the Alchemy tree. Players have to go looking for ingredients out in the massive open land of Skyrim. When players pick up alchemy ingredients or food out in the open world, instead of receiving one the player will receive of the ingredient or food they pick up. This is very handy when trying to level up the Alchemy tree since it means receiving more ingredients.
More ingredients means more potions or poisons can be made. A must-have perk for those who wish to make their potions and poisons instead of spending a lot of gold.
1 Assassin's Blade: The Dagger Can Be Mightier Than The Sword
Another perk that is useful if players want to go with for a stealthy assassin build. This perk increases sneak attacks from a dagger fifteen times normal damage. While daggers aren't the strongest one-handed weapon, this perk make them just as deadly, if not more, than the other one-handed weapons. The Orc passive Berserker Rage can also stack up with this perk and make it 30 times stronger.
If players have the Shrouded Gloves, the enchantment from them can also increase the power of this perk. Add this with the Orc passive, and it's possible to take out bosses with one hit.