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Slay everyone at Knifepoint Ridge stealthily.
1 of 8: See the Falkreath section of the World Map Exploration Guide if you need directions to Knifepoint Ridge. If you're going to try to be sneaky (which is helpful but not required), bring along lots of Invisibility potions and arrows.
2 of 8: The first thing to do is kill off all the outdoor bandits. There are a bunch of them, so you'll want to use some stealth while fighting them to avoid being overwhelmed.
3 of 8: After they're all dead, follow the quest arrow to the door to the Knifepoint Mine area.
4 of 8: Sneak forward and ignite the oil spill near the first bandit to quickly kill her, then move on to find another bandit in a side area with an alchemy lab.
5 of 8: Go down the passage past that until you reach an area where a bandit is near both an oil spill and a gas hazard. Stay back and use the Flames or Firebolt spell to detonate both at once.
6 of 8: Immediately retreat back to the alchemy lab's side area, or all the way back to the mine's entrance, to avoid being detected. If you remain unseen, the bandits may attack the Champion of Boethiah for some reason. That won't weaken him, but it will get a couple of bandits disposed of in a safe and amusing way.
7 of 8: Another way to accomplish that is to go up to the gap in the boards that are to the left of the locked barred door, then fire an arrow toward the shack that's on higher ground in the back of the large cavern.
8 of 8: After the Champion has killed all of the other bandits, sneak-attack him, then finish him off to get the next objective.