Become a Thane : V

» Mon Jun 18, 2012 6:50 am

How on earth did i do to become a thane?

My first char ever i actually made it Thane in Solitude and purchased the house.. So i know the drill really.. BUT!

I wanna buy a house in Markarth for my other character.. Ive started the main quest and all.. Spoke to the Jarl about "I wanna purchase a house" when he replised "Help us out first.." pretty much.. So i started taking quest's from the Steward, the Jarl and the innkeeper but it does not get me anywhere.. I helped out citizens with their major and minor problems but nothing.. This applies to every city except Whiterun where you get Thane without much work..

I wonder how i did the first time?

» Mon Jun 18, 2012 2:49 pm

Check your quests, just to make sure that it shows the "people helped 3/3" thingy for the Thane quest from the Jarll.

I have heard of a glitch in Markarth where if you do a certain quest for them ( I think it was the one where you hunt down the assasin in the city,...too lazy to check) before you try to be a Jarll, it will not let you complete the Thane quest.

If it is just Markarth, search on wiki a bit to see if there are any reported glitches. You should not have the problem on other cities though, just make sure your quest log shows all of the people helped. If memory serves correctly (I got them all a while back), it shows under the misc.

» Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:33 pm

According to the Skyrim Wiki, you have to be level 20 to become Thane there.

Full Wiki exert about Markath:

Spoiler

To become Thane of http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Markarth_(City) the player needs to kill Forsworn for the Jarl and must be at least level 20. The total number of Quest are unknown, it may be random. Once complete the Jarl will ask you to retrieve his shield. The player must also help five citizens of Markarth and own property in Markarth. Then he'll make you Thane.
Alternatively, the player can side with the http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Stormcloaks, and blackmail http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Raerak. This will change the Jarl to http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Thongvor_Silver-Blood and the player will immediately be granted the permission to purchase property and become thane without doing the quest for http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Igmund's shield or helping out the people of Markarth. This is the easiest way to become thane of Markarth.

» Mon Jun 18, 2012 10:53 am

I tried to become thane of Riften but that got glitched. I bought Honeyside and was told to speak to the Jarl but no new dialogue is there.
So yeah, be careful with that one too.