Kal's Duskstalker: Bloodstalker - Nachtklinge Baue PvE - ESO

By combining the Night's Silence, Night Terror, and Vesture of Darloc Brae sets, you can eliminate the run speed penalty of sneak while also reducing your detection radius by 4 meters and the cost of sneak by 20%. When paired with 7 pieces of medium armor and key passive skills like Veil of Shadows, Spectral Assassin, and the Out of Sight champion skill, Khajiit characters can reduce the radius at which they can be detected to ZERO.

I also recommend leveraging the Swift trait on your jewelry to passively boost your run speed while hidden. As well as the Potion Boost enchant to extend the duration of potion effects like Essence of Invisibility.

Ultimately, this is just a refreshed take on older thief builds for 2026 that makes embracing a life of crime a little bit easier.