Pilferer's Handbook is a Maister tome for the Thief vocation. Reading it teaches Formless Feint, which lets the user evade all attacks, to the Arisen and the main pawn.
Ask Captain Brant about the false Sovran at The Stardrop Inn in Vernworth.
Enter the Nameless Village Depths beside the Old Noble Manor and cross the obstacle course.
Talk to Srail at the end to receive the tome.
After the quest The Nameless Village, the Nameless Village Depths can be entered from behind the Old Noble Manor. Srail waits at the end of its obstacle course and gives the handbook once all his dialogue has been heard.
Pilferer's Handbook Map Location and Quest Guide
The Nameless Village is a main quest given by Captain Brant in Vernworth. It starts on asking him about the false Sovran at The Stardrop Inn at night, after one of his earlier tasks. Srail hands over the Pilferer's Handbook at the end of the Nameless Village Depths.
Speak to Captain Brant at The Stardrop Inn at night and choose "Tell me of the false Sovran" to take the quest.
Travel to the Nameless Village at the eastern edge of Vermund.
Climb through the village to the Old Noble Manor at the top and speak to Flaude, the Thief Maister. Talk to him again to receive Legend's Opus.
Find the hole with a ladder beside the manor and climb down into the Nameless Village Depths.
Cross the obstacle course below by timing each jump with care.
Speak to Srail in the room at the end. He hands over Darragh's Bill of Arrest and the Pilferer's Handbook.
Return to Captain Brant at The Stardrop Inn at night and hand over the bill of arrest to complete the quest.
