The Cost of a Mistake - Increased Guild Fines
🟡 Updated this year⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.1% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #5 of 11 Guilds/Factions mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Description
This mod increases the fines that you have to pay to be reinstated to the Dark Brotherhood, College of Winterhold and Thieves Guild after committing a crime against a guild member. It complements mods that make the economy more harsh, increase prices, bounties, etc.
The vanilla fines are:
Dark Brotherhood
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[]500
[
]If your're the Listener: 300
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[]First time: 250
[
]Second time: 500[]Third time and thereafter: 1000
- []1000
Dark Brotherhood
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[]DBEvictionGold (FExxx800)
[
]If the player is the Listener - DBEvictionGoldListener (FExxx801)
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[]For the first time - MGRejoinGold1 (FExxx804)
[
]For the second time - MGRejoinGold2 (FExxx805)[]For the third time and thereafter - MGRejoinGold3 (FExxx806)
- []TGBanGoldTotal (000B03A6)
Compatibility
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[]Conflicts with mods that change the reinstatement quests and these fines. Of course, other mods must not overwrite this one, otherwise it won't work.
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]Compatible: Trade and Barter, Economy Overhaul and Speechcraft Improvements, Reparations - No More.[]SkyRem - Eve changes the Thieves Guild fine to 10000. If you prefer the value from my mod, place my mod after SkyRem Eve. If you prefer the one from SkyRem Eve, place it after my mod.
[]Already included: Thieves Guid - Reparations Quest Costs More.
Check my other mods:
No Fast Travel | CC Fishing - No Free Scaled Armor | Longer Jailtime | Non-Instant Investment | Thief Road Encounter Improvements | and more
This mod increases the fines required for reinstatement to the Dark Brotherhood, College of Winterhold, and Thieves Guild in Skyrim, with customizable values. It's a small quality-of-life tweak for players who want more consequence for faction expulsion, backed by 244 endorsements and recent updates.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Simple tweak that adds weight to getting kicked out of factions—no more slap-on-the-wrist fines.
- Customizable fines mean you can set the punishment to match your playthrough's difficulty.
- Community-approved with 244 endorsements and a solid download count (198k).
⚠️ Cons
- Only affects three factions—if you wanted fines for other guilds, this won't cover them.
- May conflict with other mods that alter faction or crime systems, so check your load order.
- It's a niche tweak—if you never get expelled, you'll never see its effects.
For Skyrim players who roleplay hard and want real consequences for faction screw-ups. If you're a completionist who never gets kicked out, you won't notice it. Skip if you're looking for gameplay overhauls—this is a focused tweak.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2 to install and manage this mod easily.
- If you're on Skyrim Special Edition, make sure you grab the correct version for your game.
- Test the fines by getting expelled from a faction to see the new costs in action.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- lilebonymace
- Version
- 3.2
- Downloads
- 198,348
- Endorsements
- 244
- Category
- Guilds/Factions
- Created
- 7/13/2021
- Updated
- 2/19/2026
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