Thieves' Guild

The Thieves' Guild is a guild released on 28 April 2010. It is owned and established by Darren Lightfinger. There are no skill requirements to enter the Thieves' Guild, but to use its proper facilities, it requires the quest Buyers and Cellars to be completed.

The guild is an excellent area to train Thieving even without the quest, and once the cellar is fully renovated it has a bank, general store, and an enlarged area. It is very useful compared to some other guilds.

Funds are raised for the guild's expansion and initial opening by illegal activities and capers. Yet, the money gained is very large, as it has paid for a massive expansion to the guild's facilities and size.

Location
The Thieves' Guild is located under Samuel's house just north of the Lumbridge furnace. It can be accessed via the trapdoor just outside of the house's north wall. The guild is not labelled on the map except by the quest symbol on the map. The location makes it convenient as a banking facility (once all capers are completed) for Smithing, feather collecting, etc. To reach the guild, options include:
 * Lumbridge Home Teleport takes you just south of the furnace. Exit the courtyard of the palace to the east and walk north on the path.
 * Lumbridge Teleport (Requires 31 Magic).
 * Cabbage teleport using Explorer's ring 3 then run east on the path towards Lumbridge.
 * Amulet of Glory to Al Kharid then walk west to Lumbridge.
 * Amulet of Glory to Draynor Village then walk east to Lumbridge.
 * Combat bracelet to the Champions' Guild then walk south to Lumbridge.
 * Teleport to Varrock then run south to Lumbridge.
 * Exiting the shed in Lumbridge Swamp and heading north.

Buyers and Cellars
Darren Lightfinger seeks to build the Thieves' Guild, where those of his profession can meet together and enjoy their passion. Enlisting the help of an adventurer, he directs the player to Chief Thief Robin in Lumbridge. Robin informs the player about the Golden chalice. It is currently in the hands of a priest in the Lumbridge swamp. The priest is very alert, so to distract him the player lights a fire outside the house. The old man becomes off guard and the adventurer steals the chalice from Father Urhney. Darren thanks the player and sells the highly valued, gold object. With the money from the sale, Darren pays for the basic facilities of the guild, opening the unregistered Thieves' Guild. Masters of thieving move in and buildings begin to be constructed. Yet, Darren has further plans for his new centre of business.



From Tiny Acorns
Darren again enlists his fellow guild member, the adventurer, on another caper to expand the guild and raise more money. He is paying for a toy dragon made of rubies to be made by Urist Loric, yet is scamming him to make more money for the guild's expansion. He asks the adventurer to steal the toy and then ask the dwarf to give Darren his money back due to no product being available for Darren. After talking to the local guard, the player finds out the dwarf is obsessed with his strange talisman. The player drops the dwarf's talisman, and being obsessed with it, the dwarf moves away from the stall to grab it. After swiftly distracting the guard, the player runs over to the dwarf's stall and steals the toy. As part of the scam, demanding the money from the dwarf and giving it to the guild, Darren manages to expand the guild's training facilities. Volunteers and more thieving masters move in, and another area is constructed. Also, the dwarf opens a new stall selling crafting equipment.

Lost Her Marbles
Darren seeks to expand the guild more, still not seeing its full potential. He hears that a magician blew herself up in a scientific explosion, turning herself into pure crystal fire, and that the blast radius was massive. The magic in these expensive crystallized flame fragments is worth loads of money, and people are searching for them. He asks the player to find all 32 fragments before others do. He informs that people around RuneScape have found these and picked them up, and the player must steal it from them. The player searches far and wide, in Al Kharid, the H.A.M. Hideout, the Dark Warriors' Fortress and even north of Ardougne. After stealing up to 6 flame crystals from each of the groups, the player returns them to Darren. He sells them, gives the player a share, and pays for more expansion. A new General store opens up, more people move in and more buildings are made. The player also becomes more skilled at Thieving.

A Guild of Our Own
Darren wants the guild to be registered as an official guild so that they get funding and full benefits. He also wants the expensive bonds that are located in the registration office. He enlists the now heavily trusted player on another caper to use trickery, theft, or whatever skills necessary to register the guild as official. The player makes a Vial of stench, which makes people more gullible, under Darren's orders. The player travels to Ardougne to visit the Registrar. After stealing her key, the player uses it to gain access to a room to distract her. The player then swiftly blackjacks the guard in the room to obtain a vault key and runs to the trapdoor. The player enters the vault room. After picking the lock on the gates and passing traps, the player steals bonds from the vault. The player then talks to the Registar again to get the guild registered. With the money from Registration and the bonds, Darren manages to complete the Thieves' Guild. A new bank opens, more buildings are constructed and the final people needed in the guild moves in.

Capers
After completing the Buyers and Cellars quest, the player can access a small version of the guild. The guild can be expanded by doing a series of three miniquests called capers, there are currently three. To start a caper, talk to Guildmaster Darren Lightfinger. Completing each caper will result in an a larger version of the guild with more activities to do in it, a thieving experience reward, and other rewards. The three capers are:
 * From Tiny Acorns
 * Lost Her Marbles
 * A Guild of Our Own

After the last part is complete, you can talk to the Guildmaster and ask to use the dummy again. After you offer to show him your tricks you will gain another 2,000 exp.

Facilities
The Thieves' Guild is very large once fully expanded, or even when partially expanded, with many facilities and rooms to offer. These can be used for training, for banking, for shopping and for a few other purposes

Foyer
Here can be found Darren Lightfinger and Chief Thief Robin who run the guild together. The quest Buyers and Cellars can be started here, a pickpocketing dummy is here, the entrance to the surface and back and some storage boxes. Three miniquests called Capers can be started here. This is what initially starts out as the Thieves' Guild before the Chalice is retrieved. The dummy can be used to train Thieving to around level 5.

Central Hall/Training Room
This is the central room, where most of the people in the guild are and where most of the training tools and equipment is found. All the expansions of the guild connect from here. Four pickpocketing dummies are always in the centre. As you progress through the capers people such as Pickpocketing volunteers, Trainers, Coshing Volunteers and Advanced Trainers move in. These can be pickpocketed for experience. The Hall becomes bigger and nicer as the capers go along.

Practice Chest Area
There are six jail cells with a practice chest in each of them. The southern ones require a lockpick for the doors and the chests, but the northern ones don't. These can be used for training and Hanky points. These require at least From Tiny Acorns. These give very good experience. They are easy to do, but the southern ones can be annoying for the need of a lockpick.

Locked Office
North of the Training Room is the office, with some desks, a massive vault with a gold symbol on it. It is unknown what the purpose of the vault is yet. The office is locked, with some practice chests inside. This is probably the Main office where guild matters and other things are dealt with. Whenever the door is attempted to be opened a Guild member stares at you. This may lead to a further caper or quest involving the vault.

Dodgy Derek's Dirty Deals
This little General store is more like a thieving black market vendor. Requires completion of Lost Her Marbles to be built. It sells lockpicks, blackjacks and other thieving tools useful in the guild. It is similar to Martin's store in the Thieves' Den. Note: No General store items are sold here, only thieving equipment and tools. However, Derek will buy things like any other General store. This store is probably used to generate money for the guild via sales.

Bank
This is a branch of the Bank of Runescape. Requires completion of A Guild of Our Own to be built. It is opened due to the guild being officially registered at the Registrar. It runs all the features of any bank outlet. This bank can be useful for banking for food due to damage being taken at the training area, or for a convenient bank in the north of Lumbridge. This bank is probably also used to store a lot of the guild's money and items.

Trivia

 * On the day of release, the system update happened, but there was no Thieves' Guild or anything else included in the update. Many players stood outside of the guild, trying to dig for a trapdoor. Shortly after the 'false' update, another update was released containing the proper content.
 * Although Ardougne is generally associated more with crime and is known as the "city of thieves", the Thieves' Guild is located in Lumbridge.
 * Some players have reported to have received the Quest Complete interface over and over, re-receiving the experience reward. This has not currently been fixed.
 * When coshing the cosh trainers one of the lure quotes is "Look behind you! A three-headed monkey!", a direct quote to Lucas Arts Monkey Island series.
 * After knocking out a cosh trainer they fall on the ground and say "Blarg!". This is a reference to the NES title "River City Ransom".
 * Another quote is "That's the third-biggest platypus I've ever seen...", a possible reference to the Get Smart TV series and maybe the Monkey Island series; "That's the second biggest monkey head I've ever seen."
 * German worlds were not loadable after the update. This was fixed after 10 minutes.
 * This is the only guild which needs no skill requirements to enter, though it does require a variety of levels to access it in its entirety.
 * Players are unable to enter the locked room, however inside the room there are chests with the option to loot. There is also a door that can't be examined or clicked in the room. It has, what appears to be, a locking mechanism on it, suggesting it could be a vault. It may be part of a future update.
 * On release, when pickpocketing the female Pickpocketing volunteers, it will say "You attempt to pick the man's pocket." When you fail also, it says "You fail to pick the fellow's pocket." Man and fellow have now been changed to volunteer and staff member respectively.
 * Before the Thieves' Guild was added to the game, the Rogue's Den was widely accepted as the unofficial Thieves' Guild.
 * When you open and search any of bureaus in the bedrooms, it says "Either someone has been practicing their forgery or the Duke is a guild member."
 * When you pickpocket the Mark 1 dummy, some cameo references occur. "It's the eye of the kyatt, it's the will of the heist." is a reference to the song "Eye of the Tiger".
 * When pickpocketing the Mark 1 dummy, a quote from the famous musical "Oliver" is said: "Oom-pah-pah-oom pah... oh wait, that's in the second act!"
 * When stunned through the blackjack section, you can run toward another target and start luring it even though you're stunned. This has yet to be fixed.
 * Even though this is a Guild, it is not in the Milestone part in the Thieving Section. This is due to the fact that there is no level requirement to start Buyers and Cellars.