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Skyrim Hearthfire Information
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The Hearthfire DLC gives you the ability to purchase a piece of land in Skyrim and build your own house. Within the custom living space you'll be able build kitchens, greenhouses, libraries, alchemy labs and trophy rooms
to show off your accomplishments.
How To Start
To initiate the Hearthfire content, you must travel to the cities of Dawnstar, Falkreath or Morthal and speak to the steward there. Ask about purchasing a house and they will prompt you with the 5000 gold fee, handing over a deed to your plot of land. You must remember that certain quests must be completed before the Jarl will like you enough to sell you the land, just like when attempting to purchase a house before the DLC. These are:
- Dawnstar: A Waking Nightmare, Kill the Giant (Radiant).
Falkreath: Fetch Black Briar Mead, Kill the Bandit Leader (Radiant).
Morthal: Laid to Rest.
Once you ahve purchased the land, you will want to follow your map marker to your new plot of land where a set of working fixtures and a book with the basics are waiting for you. Inside the chest are some materials, as well as a pile of logs behind you, enough to get you started on your house, creating a small shack with the raw materials. Additionally you can purchase lumber, stone, and clay from your Housecarl if you make him/her your steward once you have become the Thane for Dawnstar, Falkreath, or Morthal.
Extra Features
Hearthfire also has the option to adopt children, adding several orphaned child NPC's to the game, as well as sending the children of any slain NPC's to Honorhall Orphanage in Riften. You can build space in your Hearthfire house, or alternatively, talk to the Steward in any hold where you own a house, and they should have an option for making space for a child. Once in your stead, they can be ordered to do chores, go to bed, or go play outside, and be given gifts of clothing, toys, or even a dagger for protection. They will sometimes ask for allowance, if they can keep the baby Mudcrab that followed them home, or if they can stay up five more minutes.
You can also make a pet out of Follower animals, including Vigilance and Meeko.
Basics Of House Building
Building Materials
Lumber
A map marker should prompt you to the nearest mill, where you can purchase more lumber in cords of 20 for 200 gold.
- Dawnstar - Anga's Mill
Falkreath - Half Moon Mill
Morthal - Solitude Sawmill
Quarried Stone
Look around for a patch in the stone that looks different, and a pick axe leaning against. This is where you can mine an unlimited amount of stone for free.
Clay
Look around again for a tan colored patch of ground, where Skyrim supplies you with all you need.
Iron
Iron Ingots are required to create fittings, hinges, nails, and other items for your household.
Corundam
Corundum is required to make locks, which are part of every door in your home.
Leather And Animal Pelts
Leather strips and animal pelts are required to make mounted animal heads. Goat horns are required to make many light fixtures.
Glass, Straw And Goat Horns
Required to make display cases, alchemy labs, arcane enchanters, general lighting, stuffed trophies and beds in your home. You can buy these at any general store.
Building The House
Small House Layout
After buying your plot of land, it's time to build your house! There will be Materials shipped there for you to get started building your home. There is already enough for you to make the smallest version of what could be a great manor.
Drafting Table
This is where you draw out what you plan to build before actually building it. You'll want to start here by selecting the Small House, at which point a few stakes and a string marking where your house will appear in the land behind you.
Carpenter's Workbench
This is where you actually build your home. Gather the materials you need from the chest nearby; all the Quarried Stone, Iron and Corundum, and four (4) Clay. If you want to save time you should now enter the Anvil and divide the ingots as so:
- 3 Iron - 10 Nails each
1 Iron - 2 Hinges
1 Iron - 1 Fittings
1 Iron and 1 Corundum - 1 Lock
Now you will be able to make your first home. Enter the Carpenter's Workbench and lay the foundations. After the final component, the roof, is built, you will be able to make this your humble abode or convert it into an entryway after you add the Main Hall. If you do choose to furnish it now, be warned, converting the space into an entryway will remove any furnishings. So plan ahead. But if you prefer to live in a more modest home, heres what you'll need to furnish it:
- 11 Sawn Logs
1 Quarried Stone
9 Iron Ingots
4 Leather Strips
2 Goat Horns
2 Straw
1 Glass
Before beginning, you should smith most of those Ingots into these:
20 Nails
4 Iron Fittings
2 Hinges
Now that you have a house, several new exterior options become available for you via the Carpenter's Workbench.
- Garden - Materials Req - 1 Sawn Log
Stable - Materials Req - 3 Sawn Logs, 5 Nails
Animal Pen - Materials Req - 1 Sawn Log
Grindstone - Materials Req - 1 Quarried Stone, 1 Sawn Log, 1 Iron Fittings
Smelter - Materials Req - 2 Iron Fittings, 5 Iron Ingots, 6 Clay, 4 Quarried Stones
Armorer Workbench - Materials Req - 1 Sawn Log, 1 Iron Ingot, 2 Quarried Stones
Apiary (Falkreath) - Materials Req - 2 Sawn Logs, 1 Nails, 2 Straw
Fish Hatchery (Hjaalmarch (Morthal)) - Materials Req - 3 Quarried Stones, 3 Sawn Logs, 4 Nails
Mill (The Pale (Dawnstar)) - Materials Req - 2 Quarried Stones, 1 Iron Ingot, 1 Sawn Log
Steward
Once your home is built, you will have the option of making any follower into a Steward, who can then buy unique additions for you, as well as buy raw materials and help defend your domain. These are the additions they offer:
- Carriage (500 Gold)
Bard (1500 Gold)
Horse (1000 Gold)
Cow (200 Gold)
Chicken (25 Gold)
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