Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Can I secretly kill every guard in a town?

Question

Is it possible to kill all the guards in a town? Ideally, I'd like to do it secretly, so the entire town doesn't see my deeds and give me a bounty.

Edit: Currently I was questing in Markarth and was told by a guard to back off and stop being nosy.. I didn't and then I went to the Shrine of Talos and was set up and a bunch of gaurds started attacking me. So now I have a huge bounty on me and had to sneak and kill my way out of the city. Everytime after I killed a group of guards the bounty was reduced by 1000, but I still have a 30,000 bounty.

I know I haven't even been through 1/3 of the city yet and know there has to be a lot of quests, so what do I do? The only solution seems to kill every single guard (and inhabitant)?

Answer

So, this is a classic case of asking the wrong question. Guards will respawn, and unless you want to give up on the Reach for good, you'll need to resolve this. You can't slaughter your way out of this one. Well, at least not without letting them haul you in first.

After finishing The Forsworn Conspiracy quest, being arrested is the only real resolution. This triggers the quest No One Escapes From Cidnha Mine, which is short, offers some great rewards, and will clear your bounty in Markarth.

If guards in Markarth will no longer accept a yield, your best bet will be to reload a save prior to the wholesale slaughter of innocent militiamen.

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