Skyrim: How To Get The Skeleton Key (And What It Does)
Nocturnal must really like meddling in the affairs of Mundus, as they have more Daedric artifacts in Skyrim than any of the other Daedric Princes (at least, with Skyrim Anniversary Edition content included in the mix). Among the artifacts of the Daedric Prince of Darkness is a deceptively powerful tool that can be used to unlock anything: the Skeleton Key.
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The Skeleton Key is technically not an item that players are meant to have forever, though it's so easily exploitable that it might as well be. It's a relic protected by the Nightingales, a cult dedicated to Nocturnal, and the only way for the Dragonborn to get it for themselves is to become a full-fledged member.
The Skeleton Key is essentially an unbreakable lockpick that players can use without maxing out Perks in the Lockpicking skill tree. Its blue swirling pattern on a spherical base is very befitting of the Daedric Prince of Night's realm of the Evergloam, a shadowy plane of Oblivion seen in Elder Scrolls Online. In lore, the Skeleton Key can unlock a lot more than just entrances, as players see Nocturnal using it to access Sotha Sil's mind during the final parts of ESO's Clockwork City DLC. In Skyrim, though, it's just an improved lockpick.
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Aside from this, though, there's not much that's special about the Skeleton Key. It's an incredibly useful tool for non-thieves to have, as they won't focus on leveling Lockpicking to get the "Unbreakable" Perk. However, it's only acquirable at the end of the Thieves Guild questline, a faction that most non-stealth-based players avoid.
To get the Skeleton Key players need to progress almost all the way through the Thieves Guild questline until they complete
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