Skyrim:Hired Thug

A hired thug

Hired Thug
Race	Radiant	Gender	Radiant
Level	Radiant (6-28)	Class	Bandit
RefID	N/A	BaseID	00035B5E
Other Information
Health	Radiant (155-497)
Magicka	25
Stamina	Radiant (95-258)
Morality	No Crime	Aggression	Aggressive
Faction(s)	WIThugFaction

Hired Thug
Race	Imperial	Gender	Male
Level	Radiant (6-28)	Class	Bandit
RefID	N/A	BaseID	000D783C
Other Information
Health	Radiant (155-497)
Magicka	25
Stamina	Radiant (95-258)
Morality	No Crime	Aggression	Aggressive
Voice Type	MaleCommoner
Faction(s)	WIThugFaction

Hired Thug
Race	Nord	Gender	Male
Level	Radiant (6-28)	Class	Bandit
RefID	N/A	BaseID	000D783B
Other Information
Health	Radiant (155-497)
Magicka	Radiant (25-40)
Stamina	Radiant (95-258)
Morality	No Crime	Aggression	Aggressive
Voice Type	MaleNord
Faction(s)	WIThugFaction

Hired Thugs are groups of three NPCs who may appear after you steal an item or kill another NPC (whether or not you get caught). They approach with weapons sheathed, declare their intention to teach you a lesson, then initiate combat; there is no way to yield to them.

They always carry a contract. If they intend to avenge a theft, the contract will identify the victim; if the crime is murder, it will come from a relative of the victim.

Hired thugs will always wear a set of leveled heavy armor, including the cuirass, a pair of boots, a 50% chance of a pair of gauntlets, and a 50% chance of a helmet (all up to steel plate in quality). They will always carry a leveled dagger (up to elven in quality), a leveled heavy shield (up to ebony in quality), and 50-250 gold, dependent on level. In addition, they will carry either a leveled two-handed weapon or a leveled one-handed weapon plus an additional leveled heavy shield (all up to ebony in quality).

Related Quests

• Revenge, Hired Thugs: Experience the consequences of killing someone. (radiant)
• Steal, Thugs hunt player: Experience the consequences of stealing from someone. (radiant)

Notes

• Hired thugs who witness you killing a dragon in or near a town will become non-hostile members of the admiring crowd. Once you leave their presence, however, they will resume their pursuit. If other enemies are present, they will fight them off, but will continue pursuing if you flee.
• Hired thugs can find you even if you are in sneak mode and the eye is fully closed. However, if you see the thugs before they have a chance to confront you and hit one of them with a ranged weapon or magic, only the thug you hit will become hostile, allowing you to deal with them one at a time.
• The three hired thugs used in Revenge, Hired Thugs all have the base ID 00035B5E.
• Steal, Thugs hunt player uses one hired thug of each base ID on this page.
  • The hired thug with the base ID 000D783C has the unique dialogue line: "This'll teach you not to take things that don't belong to you!"
  • The hired thug with the base ID 000D783B has the unique dialogue line: "We're here to teach you a lesson."
• The thugs will follow you into buildings, such as stores, and they will follow you into walled cities or dungeons. Alternatively, you can stay on horseback outside of walls, but once you get off of the horse they immediately become hostile and attack.

Bugs

• Although thugs are supposed to have leveled equipment, they may only wear steel armor (not steel plate) and use up to Orcish quality weapons (not ebony), no matter what level you (and subsequently they) are when you trigger their appearance. ^?