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Skyrim: Guide | Hearthfire
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DLC Information
Release dates:
Xbox: 4/9/12 (UK)
9/4/12 (US)
PS3: TBC
Prices:
Xbox: 400 MSP (4.25 British Pounds)
PS3: TBC
Activating the quest:
When you purchase the DLC, a courier will come to you and give you a letter. The letter basically explains that the Jarl of Dawnstar has a plot of land available for purchase. This plot of land costs 5000 gold. *NOTE* May be a different Jarl.
Description: Hearthfire allows you to buy land (Plot of land) in fixed locations.
Once you have bought a plot of land, you can then start to build foundation, walls, supports and roof.
You start off building a small house with materials in a chest on the construction site.
Once this has been done, you then move on to build a main hall(The centre of the house).
In addition to the main hall, you can also add 3 wings. A western wing, an eastern wing, and a northern wing. With each wing, there are three option you can choose to create. E.G. On my eastern wing, I have a library, on my western wing, I have bedrooms, and on my northern wing, I have a trophy room. In addition to these wings, you can also construct a cellar.
Added features:
The ability to purchase a/several plot(s) of land.
The ability to adopt children
The ability to adopt pets
The ability to hire a coach driver to take you to destinations
The ability to hire staff to maintain your house
Plots available: The first one is Dawnstar. You can purchase a plot from the Jarl of Dawnstar for 5000 gold. The house is called Hjaalmarch hall (as its located in Hjaalmarch in the pale.
A plot is also available to purchase from the steward in falkreath. It is also 5000 gold and will be called Lakeside Manor.
The DLC adds new items such as armour, weapons, books and jewellery.
The DLC adds new NPCs
The DLC adds new quests
Building
The first thing that you build is a small house.
Then the main hall.
Then your 3 wings of choice.
Northern Wing includes:
Trophy Room
Storage Room
Alchemy Tower
Western Wing includes:
Enchanting Tower
Bedroom
Greenhouse
Eastern Wing includes:
Armoury
Kitchen
Library Tower
Materials
You need various materials for you house.
Straw
Glass
Goat Horns
Clay
Quarried Stone
Straw: Easily bought from general traders: Riverwood Traders.
Glass: Easily bought from general traders: Riverwood Traders.
Goat Horns: Easily bought from general traders: Riverwood Traders.
Clay: You can get an unlimited supply on the ground by mining it next to your first house.
Quarried Stone: You can get an unlimited supply on the ground by mining it next to your first house.
*Not sure about the other houses*
Smithing Items:
Hinges (2): 1 Iron Ingot
Iron Fittings: 1 Iron Ingot
Lock: 1 Iron Ingot, 1 Corundum Ingot
Nails (10): 1 Iron Ingot
In addition to the Wings and main hall, you can also get exterior items.
Stable
Smelter
Garden
Grindstone
Armour Workbench
Animal Pen
Note: You can purchase animals from the steward you appoint.
Adopt a Child
You can adopt 2 children (Possibly more)
With adopting your children, you can give them toys and buy them apparel.
For a boy you can buy a tunic. (Red, Green, Blue, Grey and Yellow)
For a girl you can buy a dress. (Red, Yellow, Blue, Grey)
For a girl you can buy a doll
For a boy you can buy a wooden sword
You can adopt a orphaned child from the orphanage in Riften.
Added Activities
With this expansion comes new activities.
Those activities include:
Fishing
Baking
Farming
Beekeeping
Defending Your Home
Although your house sustains no physical damage from mobs, Bandits, Skeevers and Giants can spawn at your location. Killing them makes good as it will increase you skills and you can loot the bodies and sell their gear.
My Review
For 400msp, it is absolutely worth it. You can build, create, customise and upgrade your house. It is very enjoyable.
Id rate it 10/10
What do you rate this DLC?
Bugs (Some/all may have been patched)
Dialogue may not show up to purchase land in The Pale.
Dialogue may not show up to purchase land in Falkreath.
Possible massive system freeze in the Falkreath and Morthal house.
Stewards may not actually furnish rooms when paid to.
Stewards may tell you that you don't have enough gold when you attempt to furnish rooms, even when you do.
When placing items in rooms, sometimes items that you've already created appear available on the workbench, and you can attempt to remake them (taking resources to do so), but will get nothing new.
Hiring a bard doesn't always bring the bard to your residence.
Followers may abruptly leave your service when appointing a steward.
Your stewards, housecarls, companions and children may all find it's better to sleep in your master bed, leaving your spouse to sleep in the kids room.
After purchasing the main hall in Falkreath Hold the left wall may disappear upon entering, allowing you to fall out of the world. After reloading the area the wall returns with everything on it.
After downloading Hearthfire you may get a greatly increased rate of frost dragon attacks.
After downloading Hearthfire a barrel under the stairs in Proudspire will be missing.
Even if you have a Pickaxe in your inventory you may be unable to interact with the stone quarry or clay pit.
You many not be able to adopt children after failing to to have a room for them the first time.
Best Source of Iron
For building houses, you need a lot of iron for Fittings, Hinges, and Nails. So I think this way is the easiest.
1: Go to Whiterun
2: Go to the Smithy on the right
3: Talk to the women and invest in her business (Speech Required) (Optional)
4: Buy all the Iron Ingots and Iron ore from her inventory
5: Go inside the shop (Warmaidens I think)
6: Talk to the man and buy all his Iron Ignots and Iron Ore.
7: Press wait and select 24 hours.
8: Immediately after pressing A, press the xbox guide button (It will speed up the wait)
9: Do the same again for 24 hours.
10: And again once more.
Repeat the above.
List of Exact Materials Needed For Fully Furnished Wings
Alchemy Tower:
34 Nails
20 Sawn Log
12 Iron Fittings
8 Hinge
7 Goat Horns
7 Iron Ingots
6 Steel Ingots
4 Lock, 3 Glass
2 Mudcrab Chitin
1 Leather Strips
1 Quicksilver Ingot
Armoury:
63 Nails
48 Sawn Log
25 Iron Fittings
9 Goat Horns
8 Hinge
8 Leather Strips
8 Quarried Stone
6 Glass
4 Iron Ingots
4 Straw
2 Horker Tusk
2 Sabre Cat Tooth
1 Bear Pelt
1 Lock
1 Sabre Cat Pelt
1 Wolf Pelt
Bedrooms:
60 Nails
38 Sawn Log
10 Iron Fittings
10 Leather Strips
9 Hinge
4 Lock
4 Straw
3 Steel Ingots
2 Glass
2 Goat Horns
2 Iron Ingots
2 Mudcrab Chitin
1 Bear Pelt
Enchanter's Tower:
21 Nails
16 Sawn Log
6 Iron Fittings
5 Iron Ingots
4 Hinge
3 Glass
1 Goat Hide
1 Goat Horns
1 Gold Ingot
1 Grand Soul Gem
1 Leather Strips
1 Lock
1 Quarried Stone
1 Refined Moonstone
Greenhouse:
56 Nails
32 Sawn Log
18 Clay
12 Iron Fittings
6 Glass
6 Goat Horns
6 Hinge
6 Quarried Stone
4 Iron Ingots
4 Leather Strips
4 Mudcrab Chitin
2 Goat Hide
Kitchen:
34 Nails
20 Sawn Log
10 Iron Fittings
9 Iron Ingots
7 Goat Horns
7 Quarried Stone
2 Clay
2 Horker Tusk
2 Leather Strips
1 Large Antlers
Library:
44 Nails
23 Sawn Log
7 Goat Horns
4 Hinge
4 Iron Fittings
2 Iron Ingots
2 Lock
Main Hall:
22 Nails
15 Sawn Log
8 Iron Fittings
6 Leather Strips
4 Sabre Cat Tooth
3 Goat Horns
2 Deer Hide
2 Glass
2 Hinge
2 Large Antlers
1 Bear Pelt
1 Iron Ingot
1 Sabre Cat Pelt
1 Sabre Cat Snow Pelt
Small House Layout:
20 Nails
11 Sawn Log
4 Iron Fittings
4 Leather Strips
2 Goat Horns
2 Iron Ingots
2 Straw
1 Glass
1 Hinge
1 Quarried Stone
Storage Room:
59 Nails
35 Sawn Log
10 Hinge
9 Iron Fittings
4 Glass
4 Iron Ingots
3 Leather Strips
3 Lock
2 Goat Horns
2 Mudcrab Chitin
1 Goat Hide
1 Wolf Pelt
Trophy Room:
30 Nails
24 Sawn Log
10 Clay
7 Iron Fittings
7 Quarried Stone
4 Goat Horns
3 Hinge
2 Horker Tusk
2 Iron Ingot
2 Leather Strips
1 Glass
1 Goat Hide
1 Lock
Trophy Room Options:
On the large plaque:
Bear Straw, 2 Bear Claws, Cave Bear Pelt
Bear Alternative Straw, 2 Bear Claws, Bear Pelt
Chaurus Straw, 3 Chaurus Chitin
Cow Cow Hide, Straw
Deer Deer Hide, Large Antlers, Straw
Deer Alternative Deer Hide Large Antlers, Straw
Dragon Skull Dragon Bone
Draugr 5 Bone Meal, Ancient Nord Sword, Straw
Dwarven Sphere 5 Dwemer Scrap Metal
Falmer Falmer Sword, 2 Falmer Ear
Frost Troll Troll Fat, Troll Skull, Straw
Frostbite Spider 2 Frostbite Venom, Straw
Horker 2 Horker Tusk, 2 Straw
Sabre Cat Sabre Cat Pelt, 2 Sabre Cat Tooth, Straw
Snow Bear Snow Bear Pelt, 2 Bear Claws, Straw
Troll Troll Skull, Straw, Troll Fat
Wolf Wolf Pelt, Straw
Small plaque:
Draugr 5 Bone Meal, Ancient Nord Bow, Straw, 6 Ancent Nord Arrow
Dwarven Spider 2 Dwemer Scrap metal, Petty Soul Gem
Falmer Falmer Sword, 2 Falmer Ear
Goat Goat Hide, 2 Goat Horns, Straw
Hagraven 2 Hagraven Claw, 6 Hagraven Feathers, Straw
Ice Wolf Ice Wolf Pelt, Straw
Mudcrab 3 Mudcrab Chitin
Skeever Skeever Tail, Charred Skeever Hide, Straw
Skeleton Skull, 5 Bone Meal, Ancient Nord Bow, Ancient Nord Arrow
Slaughterfish Straw, 3 Slaughterfish Scales
Spriggan Sawn Log, Taproot
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