Can you get Mercer Frey's house?

To get his house key, you need to kill or pickpocket Vald, Mercer's house guard in the courtyard of Riftweald Manor. Vald has the key in his inventory, which will allow you to open the manor door after shooting down the staircase (the manor door at ground level is blocked off and cannot be opened).
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Can you get into Riftweald Manor without the quest?

It is possible to get into the manor without starting "The Pursuit" by jumping onto the roof of the Temple of Mara and then onto the roof of the manor. The expert locked door there can be picked to enter the house. Another way is to shoot gears on the platform hinge with an arrow.
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How do you get into Mercers room?

You need to knock down the support that holds the balcony so that it falls down. This way, the balcony will create a platform on which you can climb up to the door that leads inside Mercer's House. Now, you can use the key you recently recovered to enter the Mercer Frey mansion.
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How to discover evidence of Mercer's location?

Head to the kitchen and find the suspicious cabinet beside the barred door. Open it then open the false back panel to reveal a hidden passage. Continue through the trap-ridden path until you finally reach the room with Mercer's plans.
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Where can I find Mercer Frey in Skyrim?

Mercer Frey is a Breton rogue, and the initial guildmaster of the Thieves Guild. He can typically be found behind his desk in the Ragged Flagon Cistern. Mercer also owns Riftweald Manor in Riften.
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Why does Mercer betray you in Skyrim?

Mercer conciders you a threat to his dominance in the guild, and a risk to leave alive after hearing the conversation between him and Karliah. He wishes to continue to steal the wealth of the guild and with you alive that would be at risk. At least he thinks he can clean them out before anyone else can catch on.
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Why is Mercer Frey so strong?

The Skeleton Key can open any lock, and is used to open the Ebonmere, the portal connecting Nirn to Nocturnal's plane of Oblivion, the Evergloam; however, the Key is capable of unlocking more than just locks, with Mercer having used it's power to unlock his full potential, granting him greatly enhanced strength and ...
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How do you open the gate to locate Mercer Frey?

Locate Mercer Frey

Continue forth as you'll see Mercer in the other side of the ruins. Continue to the next area where you'll encounter Falmer Shadowmasters. The gate is closed and the only way to open it is to have the two gears rolling.
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What is the secret room in Riftweald Manor?

On the ground floor there is a "suspicious cupboard" which is in fact a secret passage leading to a series of underground tunnels and Mercer's secret room. A note, To The Owner, reveals structural work on the house, and a Shopping List adds some flavour.
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Can you keep the skeleton key in Skyrim?

The skeleton key is an unbreakable key that you have to return in order to continue with the Thieves questline. However, you can keep the skeleton key until you get the unbreakable pick perk, then continue the Thieves questline.
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How do you escape the room after killing Mercer Frey?

Escaping Irkngthand

After you have killed Mercer, take the Skeleton Key and Eyes of Falmer. The chamber that you are in will begin to fill with water. Although it may be scary, stay in the room until the water until a rock near the statue in the room falls, revealing an entrance to the Bronze Water Cave.
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Where can I find Mercers plans in Skyrim?

It is a miscellaneous quest item, and can be found inside Riftweald Manor during the quest "The Pursuit." It can be found in the same room as Chillrend and the Bust of the Gray Fox.
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How to get Mercer Frey's house?

To get his house key, you need to kill or pickpocket Vald, Mercer's house guard in the courtyard of Riftweald Manor. Vald has the key in his inventory, which will allow you to open the manor door after shooting down the staircase (the manor door at ground level is blocked off and cannot be opened).
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Can you own Riftweald Manor?

you can't buy his house, but there is a house you can buy from the jarl, eventually. you can't buy his house, but there is a house you can buy from the jarl, eventually.
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What do I do with the right eye of the falmer?

It is a highly valuable miscellaneous item just like its counterpart. Besides the name, the difference between the two is that the Right Eye is not a quest item and can be sold, dropped, or used as decoration for the player's house.
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How do you trigger the whispering door?

The quest The Whispering Door isn't available until your character is level 20 or higher. You must also have completed Dragon Rising. You can get this quest by first gathering rumors from the barkeep at the Bannered Mare in Whiterun and then asking the Jarl about his children.
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What does becoming a nightingale do in Skyrim?

Agent of Subterfuge (half moon)

They are granted the power of Nightingale Subterfuge which forces targets in the area of effect to attack anybody on sight, allowing the Agent to take advantage of the chaos to gain the upper hand.
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Why won't Mercer Frey unlock the door?

I think it can happen if you or a follower block his way to the door. If you can reload, if you have one take your follower home before starting the quest and don't get between Mercer and the door. The thieves questline is pretty buggy some saves to go back to can be useful.
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What did Mercer write on the wall?

In the room with the two Detect Life scrolls, there will be writing on the walls from Mercer Frey that says, "One Step Ahead - Mercer." The writing, however, is backwards. Travel through the other gate (be cautious for more bear traps), then through the door at the end of the corridor, which leads to a large hall.
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Where to sell Falmer eye?

Acquisition. It can be looted from Mercer Frey's body along with the Right Eye of the Falmer during the quest "Blindsighted" and its only use is to be sold to Delvin Mallory for gold. After it has been sold to Delvin, it will be on a bookshelf near the Thieves Guild vault in The Ragged Flagon - Cistern.
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How do I leave Mercer Frey after killing?

Wait for the place to flood and try to be near the head to the statue of irkngthand. Just as the water reaches the ceiling of the cave, a hole will appear just behind the head on the ceiling. Escape through there.
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Where did Mercer stash the loot?

The shelving behind Mercer's desk in the cistern slowly fills with trophies relevant to any exploits and larceny targets sold to Delvin Mallory, such as the Left Eye of the Falmer.
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How old is Mercer in Skyrim?

Is twenty-five years since the death of Gallus too long? I mean looking at Brynjolf, I put his age around 40, so that means that when the whole thing went down he would have been 15 and possibly a new recruit? Mercer looks around 50, so he would have been 25.
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