Online:Crime Pays

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ON-icon-misc-Coin Bag.png Crime Pays
Type Exploration Achievements
Points 15
Extort gold from merchants across Tamriel.

Crime Pays is an achievement related to a random roadside encounter. In each of the 15 Alliance zones, there are specific locations where one of three random encounters can occur: Crime Pays, Give to the Poor, and Lightbringer. They do not happen every time, and you can get the same one multiple times in a zone, so it can take a while to complete all three of them in each zone. Completing all of them once each in all 15 zones awards you with one of these three achievements.

For this achievement, you must find the encounter where a merchant appears at a location with a horse. Often the horse will appear first, so if you see a horse standing around, you might want to wait a few seconds to see if its owner shows up. You can talk to the merchant, and above the usual option to trade with them, you will be given the option to rob them instead. This option can only be chosen if you have the Fighters Guild Intimidating Presence passive. If you choose to rob them, they will put a backpack on the ground which contains some random loot (not gold, despite the achievement's description and much of the associated dialogue). They will then sit down next to the horse and sulk. If you meet the same merchant again, they will remember you, and you can rob them again, though this does not progress the achievement. You will earn a small amount of experience every time however.

Locations[edit]

Zone Locations NPCs
Aldmeri Dominion
Auridon Erinquen
Grahtwood Trader Rabamak
Greenshade Quentyn
Malabal Tor Teldryni
Reaper's March Bilaira
Daggerfall Covenant
Alik'r Desert Ila
Bangkorai Redvayn
Glenumbra Trader Renko
Rivenspire Maladdak
Stormhaven Ohtarona
Ebonheart Pact
Deshaan Evien
Eastmarch Sahaz
The Rift Anirione
Shadowfen Sefra
Stonefalls Selenor