Can you restore the Thieves Guild and keep the skeleton key?

During the penultimate quest of the Thieves Guild quest line you acquire the skeleton key. If you want to keep it you must hold off from doing the final quest, as to complete it you have to give the key back.
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Can you restore the Thieves Guild before returning the skeleton key?

If you are just looking to do the special takeover quests for Delvin Mallory that give the Thieves' Guild back its old prominence and control in the major holds, then yes, you can do that without completing the main Thieves' Guild questline and giving back the Skeleton Key.
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Is it possible to 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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Can you become Guild Master without returning the skeleton key?

Yes and no. Yes, you can absolutely keep it. The “no” part is that you have to leave its associated quest (“Darkness Returns”) incomplete, which means that you cannot become the Guildmaster of the Thieves Guild since its final quest won't trigger until “Darkness Returns” is complete.
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What happens if I don't return Skeleton Key?

The only way to have a functioning, unbreakable Skeleton Key is to recover it during "Blindsighted" and then refuse to return it. The Thieves Guild questline cannot be completed if the Skeleton Key is not returned, but that's really the only downside.
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All that remains is to return the Skeleton Key

Is there a way to keep Skeleton Key?

During the penultimate quest of the Thieves Guild quest line you acquire the skeleton key. If you want to keep it you must hold off from doing the final quest, as to complete it you have to give the key back.
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What if you keep the Skeleton Key?

You can't finish the Thieves Guild without returning it either. There's no option to just flip your middle finger to the Nightingales and keep the key, while still completing the questline. Lockpicking is easy anyways. Once you find the sweet spot, then you should be able to open the lock with less than 10 picks.
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Should I sell right eye of the Falmer?

Unlike the Left Eye of the Falmer the Right Eye isn't part of The Litany of Larceny quest and will not appear on the shelf behind Mercer Frey's desk in the Ragged Flagon Cistern after selling it to Delvin Mallory. So it is advised to keep it and instead display it in the museum.
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Can you ever talk to Brynjolf again?

After the Thieves Guild main questline, Brynjolf can be found wandering around the cistern and the flagon. Due to a bug, when spoken to, he will say that he has important things to do and will talk sometime later, rather than speaking his scripted post-quest dialogue.
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What happens when you fully restore the Thieves Guild?

Now that the Thieves Guild is now fully restored in Skyrim, you will be granted all the perks that the guild can offer its leader, from enchanted equipment to a small flow of loot.
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What can I do with right eye of 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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What do I do with the eyes of the Falmer?

You can pick up the Left Eye again and then sell it to someone else. Delvin won't take it twice. The Right Eye can be sold to anybody but Delvin IIRC.
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How do you keep the Skeleton Key and finish the quest in Skyrim?

Accepted Answer. You can't keep the key after you finish the quest. Unless you're on PC and you use a console command to spawn it in your inventory, it's not possible. You do have the possibility to train lockpicking with it by using the training chest in the Thieves guild cistern.
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How long can you keep the Skeleton Key?

The Skeleton Key can be used like a regular lockpick and can be kept indefinitely, provided it's never returned to the Twilight Sepulcher, during the mission "Darkness Returns." In addition, the Lockpicking skill will still increase when a lock is opened (removed in patch 1.4, back by 1.9).
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Who betrays you in the Thieves Guild?

Mercer Frey is the Breton leader of the Thieves Guild located in Riften and the primary antagonist of the Thieves Guild questline in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
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Is there a way to marry Brynjolf in Skyrim?

The only way to marry Brynjolf is to use mods like RDO relationship dialog overhaul.
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What happens if you quit too many jobs in the Thieves Guild?

You have no real responsibilities. The only downside to not doing more Guild jobs is that you won't get the rewards, like fences and caches in the major cities, improvements to the Ragged Flagon, the Guildmaster's Armor, or the Amulet of Articulation.
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Can you marry any Thieves Guild?

The following thieves guild members can be followers or marriage candidates: Dirge, Cynric, Niruin, Rune, Thrynn, Vipir, Garthar, Ravyn, Etienne.
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Who has the most gold in Skyrim?

The Riverwood trader is the only person in the game that will have more than 4k gold, so, if you are trying to sell big ticket items, and don't want to settle for only getting a small percentage of what it is valued at, he is your only option.
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Why does Delvin only take one eye of the Falmer?

One is a quest item the other is just sweet loot. He only takes one, cash in the other or use it as decor in your house.
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Why can't I give Delvin the eye of the Falmer?

Bugs. PC 360 PS3 Oftentimes when this item is looted from Mercer Frey's body, the quest to deliver it to Delvin may not activate, and he won't take it. When this occurs, the eye is not marked as a quest item, making it droppable, storable, or sellable, becoming just like the right eye.
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What is the unbreakable lockpick perk in Skyrim?

The Unbreakable perk will allow the Dragonborn to pick any lock without the fear of breaking the lockpick, though by the time this perk is unlocked, the Lockpicking tree has already been maxed out. Having this perk also renders the Skeleton Key redundant.
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How to get unlimited skeleton keys?

Once a Tiny Tina's Wonderlands player has disconnected from the internet, they can accept the Skeleton Key from their Mailbox and then quit to the game's main menu. Fans should then load into the game and go back to the Mailbox, where they will find that the previously-claimed Skeleton Key has returned.
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Should you give back the Skeleton Key?

In order to finish the tg questline, yes you must return the key. Theres a perk in the lockpicking tree that lets you make all lockpicks unbreakable - making this unique item useless once you get it.
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Why are skeleton keys illegal?

Generally, it is not illegal to own a skeleton key, and old homes in some areas may still have locks that require skeleton keys on their interior doors. However, locks that use skeleton keys go against building codes.
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