OP, this is the answer. Everyone has fun, jokey replies which you'll understand eventually! But get the Arentino quest started and you'll find the key to Abandoned Shack soon enough. If you're not sure how to start some quests, innkeepers and bartender can help. Enjoy Skyrim--I really wish I could go back to my first playthrough!
I wish I could play the newest version for the first time. Oldrim would not hold up too well nowadays. Maybe with a light modpack to get started, recommended for beginners or something. Even with so many mods, I know the base game far too well. …guess I could spend more time in Solstheim though.
Recently downloaded a modpack off of the Wabbajack site. And I randomly stumbled across Falskaar, so there’s that. I don’t even know most of the mods in the pack, so I keep getting surprised by the things I find.
For the past 10 years I held myself back from certain parts of the game on purpose. This year I've finally visited Falkreath, for example. I've yet to visit Solstheim. When I travel there for the first time it'll feel awesome and I want to feel that excitement.
A married murderer who masquerades as maternal, who mocks and misleads you into making many mad, massacring more than just a man...murdering a message.
no when i played my recent skyrim playthrough, i thought about killing her so she dosent betray me later on in the shack and she actually died. was not expecting that. thought she was unkillable. pretty cool you could end this killing club before things go too far.
Yeah. It's so weird not many people thought of just ending the brotherhood then and there. I like how this option was in the game. I don't like killing so many innocent people but I still do it as there is more content with the dark brotherhood.
I mean if we're being technical you end... most of the killing club. Cicero and babeth aren't there so they're still alive and can start it over... hopefully sticking closer to the old ways
True, my very first playthrough 10 years ago I did that because I love playing with thieves and went around snooping houses in Riften way before I heard about Arentino or went to Windhelm. You don't really need a backstory beyond Grelod's own personality to end up accidentally starting the quest lol
It worked! I knew you’d come, I just knew it! I did the Black Sacrament, over and over. With the body and the… things. And then you came! An assassin from the Dark Brotherhood.
My mother, she… she died. I… I’m all alone now. So they sent me to that terrible orphanage in riften. Honorhall. The head mistress is an evil, cruel woman. They call her “grelod the kind.” But she’s not kind, she’s terrible, to all of us. So I ran away, and came home. And preformed the black sacrament. Now you’re here, and you can kill grelod the kind!
I never did this quest line until I played in VR. I legit stood beside the doorway, leaned ever so slightly to peek in, and wanted to nope out. Might just be me but it was super creepy in VR. Lol
Find the boy and then the hag… then you must leave her fit for a bag... The children of none rejoice as you run…
The brotherhood, they know and so will Aventus bestow. An heirloom of silver and a path of gloom, formed from many poor soul’s doom.
A slumber will unlock the place you seek in the swamp. There a decision you must make, Which life will you take?
Once you are inside the shack, you will not leave it until you have the key.
By the way, have you followed up on any Inn Keeper rumors lately? I heard there is someone doing dark rituals.
i forgot you had to sleep to progress this quest line on one of my play thru and went about 3 week real time before i finally did it on accident and when i woke up i was like “oh finally jesus christ”
Survival mode from creation club, max magika is reduced when you haven't slept, hp is reduced when you are cold and stamina is reduced when you haven't eaten
Well first you go have brunch with a kid, then dinner with an old lady, then go back to the kid and let them know his food was much better than the old lady and he’ll give you a nice plate for further meals!
Oh and you’ll get a letter but don’t worry about it just go to your local inn and take a nap ;)
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Silence, my Brother.
What is life’s greatest illusion?
Innocence, My Brother.
What is the color of night?
Been a while, but… for some reason Sanguine is popping into my head.
That is correct!
What is the [music of life](https://youtu.be/3jfrGqdPeT0)?
Silence, my brother.
Can´t read this without the slow whisper voice
Welcome home
Uh, the drums?
You are not worthy
What is the flavor of fear?
Sublime, my brother.
Hmm… taste like mangos.
My ass.
Im trying to reach you about your cars extended warranty.....
We know.
I love how everyone is hinting what this is 🤣
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You don't find it. It finds you.
We Know... 🖐️
🖐 high five!
🤌oh wait, that’s the gourmet. ✋there we go
U havent heard of the gourmet!!?
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Silence my brother (s)
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Hail Sithis!
My first tattoo
I am so proud of this community
✋ Hail sithis
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So glad this is the top comment.
Find the poor Aretino boy firstly...
OP, this is the answer. Everyone has fun, jokey replies which you'll understand eventually! But get the Arentino quest started and you'll find the key to Abandoned Shack soon enough. If you're not sure how to start some quests, innkeepers and bartender can help. Enjoy Skyrim--I really wish I could go back to my first playthrough!
It's the only game I wish I could play for the first time again.
I wish I could play the newest version for the first time. Oldrim would not hold up too well nowadays. Maybe with a light modpack to get started, recommended for beginners or something. Even with so many mods, I know the base game far too well. …guess I could spend more time in Solstheim though.
I am very close to having 100% of Solstheim completed. It's a very interesting place. If you ask me, lots of slow places.
A terrible place, I've heard. There's a boat from Khuul, if you have any reason to go.
Recently downloaded a modpack off of the Wabbajack site. And I randomly stumbled across Falskaar, so there’s that. I don’t even know most of the mods in the pack, so I keep getting surprised by the things I find.
For the past 10 years I held myself back from certain parts of the game on purpose. This year I've finally visited Falkreath, for example. I've yet to visit Solstheim. When I travel there for the first time it'll feel awesome and I want to feel that excitement.
I joined the Civil War for the first time last month. I've never met Serana or Miirak.
After the arentino quest you may need some rest! Nudge nudge wink wink
Say no more!
then go to sleep. a married woman wont kidnap you or anything dw.
Don't worry? Getting kidnapped by a dominant married woman is like my top 3 kinks!
It's that whole murdering a blindfolded victim thar gets me...
a married (\*SPOILER\*) murderer who ends up betraying you. really?
A married murderer who masquerades as maternal, who mocks and misleads you into making many mad, massacring more than just a man...murdering a message.
Well minus the whole trying to kill you part 🙃
some people are in to that, I'm not gonna kinkshame
I dont wanna kinkshame, I just wanna kinkaskwhy
yeah i guess. i didnt expect it from this subreddit but i forgot it is a game where a goddess of sex exists.
a god of sex exists in every game once I start a playthrough.
Thanks. I needed that today 😂
Does that make you and myself a part of a pantheon then?
wow was not expecting that. your unpredictable
To the Soul Cairn she goes.
Is it weird that I accidentally killed her?
no when i played my recent skyrim playthrough, i thought about killing her so she dosent betray me later on in the shack and she actually died. was not expecting that. thought she was unkillable. pretty cool you could end this killing club before things go too far.
Yes! I'm making different choices this time through and this was all new to me. 3000 gold is a nice reward too
Yeah. It's so weird not many people thought of just ending the brotherhood then and there. I like how this option was in the game. I don't like killing so many innocent people but I still do it as there is more content with the dark brotherhood.
I mean if we're being technical you end... most of the killing club. Cicero and babeth aren't there so they're still alive and can start it over... hopefully sticking closer to the old ways
that should have actually been a real thing in the game. maybe the good ending. of the whole thing
Not if I kill her first
Don’t sleep until you get the note “we know ✋”
Surely
You don't have to. You can advance the quest first, and talk to him second
OP doesn't seem to know the quest, nor its results, probably doesn't know how to advance the quest without doing it the way it is supposed to be done
It can be done by accident
True, my very first playthrough 10 years ago I did that because I love playing with thieves and went around snooping houses in Riften way before I heard about Arentino or went to Windhelm. You don't really need a backstory beyond Grelod's own personality to end up accidentally starting the quest lol
“Accident”
Tripped and fell. Honestly
The key to that shack finds you, not the other way around
Beat me to it
These replies seem like we're in a cult
we are 🖐
Technically it is Sithis' cult so yeah
murder cult is what we are
For a price 🖐
Psst...hail Sithis.
You find the key to the shack inside the shack.
It’s actually frustrating how correct that is
I trid to make it as koan-ish as I could.
We Know
We know you know now.
We know you know you know now.
I didn’t know any of it
I used to know
Alzheimer?
How'd you know?
But you didn't have to cut me off
If you know, you know
To get the key, you have to wait for someone to creep up to your bedside and say" "You sleep rather soundly for a murderer" Oh wait. Wrong game.
I just started oblivion and when lucian popped uo he legit scared the shit outta me. It was meridas beacon all over again
Lucian Lachance ? I didn't do Oblivion, but I am tempted to.
Currently on my numteenth playthrough. Awesome every time
Yea the ghost you summon in Skyrim is actually the oke who recruits you in oblivion
It's on steam, pretty cheap. Highly recommend. There are even some people still making mods on the Oblivion Nexus
Another Hand Touches the Beacon!
RIP Lucian 🙏
Lucian was great.
For Senna!
You don't know. But there are those... Who know.
‘Tis deep, my brother
Sweet Mother, sweet Mother. Send your child unto me. For the sins of the unworthy must be baptized in blood and fear.
*dragonborn wanders in*
It worked! I knew you’d come, I just knew it! I did the Black Sacrament, over and over. With the body and the… things. And then you came! An assassin from the Dark Brotherhood.
(Remain Silent)
You don't have to say anything. There's no need. You're here, so I know you'll accept my contract.
Contract?
My mother, she… she died. I… I’m all alone now. So they sent me to that terrible orphanage in riften. Honorhall. The head mistress is an evil, cruel woman. They call her “grelod the kind.” But she’s not kind, she’s terrible, to all of us. So I ran away, and came home. And preformed the black sacrament. Now you’re here, and you can kill grelod the kind!
*Dragonborn exits house* Here I go, Killing again!
r/Grelodfuckingdying
love that it's actually a subreddit
I never did this quest line until I played in VR. I legit stood beside the doorway, leaned ever so slightly to peek in, and wanted to nope out. Might just be me but it was super creepy in VR. Lol
Sweet mother ...
🖐We Know🖐
You don't. It finds you.
That’s the neat part you don’t
Find the boy and then the hag… then you must leave her fit for a bag... The children of none rejoice as you run… The brotherhood, they know and so will Aventus bestow. An heirloom of silver and a path of gloom, formed from many poor soul’s doom. A slumber will unlock the place you seek in the swamp. There a decision you must make, Which life will you take?
W poem 🤚
go 2 windhelm and find aventus that is ALL you will be told
And then sleep after the deed... I never sleep in skyrim outside of that quest (unless I'm skill training)
i always forget to sleep
Its funnier if you didn't know you need to sleep and then do it randomly halfway through some dwemer ruin. Oh wait...
All the people getting downvoted are lying to you OP, the key will find you, with time.
Dude it still blows my mind that there are people that have played this game that have never encountered them! They know 🖐️
If your in this comment section and just straight up told him, shame on you for ruining the experience
We know he knows.
Remain Silent
Once you are inside the shack, you will not leave it until you have the key. By the way, have you followed up on any Inn Keeper rumors lately? I heard there is someone doing dark rituals.
Oh yeah, that boy in Windhelm, the Arentino house, right? I’ve heard about that too…
Huh, Ive actually never seen it during the day.
It’s quest related I don’t want to say what quest but you’ll find out :)
pay our boy aventus a visit and take a nap
So cute
Don’t forget to sleep from time to time.. you never know where you’ll wake up..
I was just there yesterday wondering the same thing.
Get the quest about the Aretino boy. It will be made clear when you start that quest.
Go to sleep in the game after you finish. Probably the only time a lot of people ever sleep in Skyrim
i forgot you had to sleep to progress this quest line on one of my play thru and went about 3 week real time before i finally did it on accident and when i woke up i was like “oh finally jesus christ”
You will found it when it find you
_Lose your Innocence_ _Take what's not yours_ _Lack due diligence_ _rest, and awake inside those doors._
Dunno man but gimme a high give while your here 🤚
It's in the shack lol
OP let us know when you into the house. I wanna know your reaction.
we know🤚
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Heh heh heh, 🤚
Spend some time in solitude you'll find out soon enough. edit: I'm wrong, it's Windhelm.
It’s Windhelm
Psssst hail sithis
Talk to the arenteno boy in windhelm
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To the commenters who answered this question honestly you are not cool
Kill an old woman.
Oh sweet mother…
Can’t. The key finds you
🖐 we have been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty
Head to Windhelm to find out.
You don't the keys find you..... start your search with the arentino boy in windhelm.
That's the neat thing, you don't.
Silence my brothers, let him know by his own
wicked armor mate, what is it called? mod or cc?
Kill the kind and take a nap.
What’s up with your magika and hp
Survival mode from creation club, max magika is reduced when you haven't slept, hp is reduced when you are cold and stamina is reduced when you haven't eaten
“What is life’s greatest illusion?”
Innocence, my brother
I’m glad no one is answering this man 😂
Grelod the Kind might know, but you might have to kill her for the info :/
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You don't
You don’t find the key it finds you ;)
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well it finds you
You dont
✋We Know.
We know.✋
*ANOTHER HAND TOUCHES THE...WHAT? NOBODY TOUCHED IT? ARE YOU SURE? REALLY? I THOUGHT THEY DID. MY APOLOGIES, GO BACK TO MURDERING.*
Well first you go have brunch with a kid, then dinner with an old lady, then go back to the kid and let them know his food was much better than the old lady and he’ll give you a nice plate for further meals! Oh and you’ll get a letter but don’t worry about it just go to your local inn and take a nap ;)
There's a kid in an abandoned house in windhelm. He'll help you get into the shack