Skyrim:Build Your Own Home

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Construct a house for yourself. ID: BYOHHouseFalkreath BYOHHousePale BYOHHouseHjaalmarch

A plot of land is available for sale.

Quick Walkthrough

1. Obtain permission to purchase land from the steward/jarl of Hjaalmarch, Falkreath Hold, or the Pale.
2. Purchase the land from the steward.
3. Visit your new property, and use the drafting table to begin building your house.
4. Use the carpenter's workbench to build the foundation of your house. Continue building your home to your liking.

Detailed Walkthrough

Laying the foundations

Once you've obtained the favor of the Jarl of Hjaalmarch, Falkreath Hold, or the Pale, you will be given the right to purchase a piece of land in the hold. In Morthal, you will need to see the steward about obtaining permission; in Falkreath and Dawnstar, it is the jarl who grants permission. After receiving permission, you may purchase the land from the relevant steward for 5,000 gold. The plot will then be marked on your map.

Upon arriving at your new property, you will be instructed to use the drafting table to begin building your house. Your only option will be the Small House Layout. After selecting the plans, you will be instructed to use the carpenter's workbench to build the foundation of your house. This requires one sawn log and ten quarried stone.

Having done this, the quest concludes. However, there are many more construction and furnishing options to choose from. See the construction article for more information.

Achievements

Two achievements are unlocked while completing the three versions of this quest:

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Notes

• If you achieve level 9, and have not yet started the Falkreath version of this quest or the Falkreath thane quest, then a letter will be sent to you from the current Jarl of Falkreath by courier. Opening it and reading it will set the Falkreath version of this quest to stage 15. If Siddgeir is still Jarl, then when you go to him to try and curry his favor he will not require you to get him a bottle of Black-Briar Mead but will instead want you to deal with a bandit for him.

Bugs

• If you've started or completed this quest in one of the other two holds, Siddgeir will treat you as if you'd read the letter, not offer you Rare Gifts, and treat you as a friend.

Quest Stages

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Objective 15: Speak to the Jarl of Falkreath

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Objective 17: Speak to the Jarl of Falkreath

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Objective 30: Speak to the Steward of Falkreath about the land for sale (if not already done)

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Objective 100: Visit your new property in Falkreath hold

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Objective 110: Use the Drafting Table to begin building your house

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Objective 120: Use the Carpenter's Workbench to build the foundation of your house

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Objective 30: Speak to the Steward of Morthal about the land for sale (if not already done)

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Objective 100: Visit your new property in Hjaalmarch hold

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Objective 110: Use the Drafting Table to begin building your house

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Objective 120: Use the Carpenter's Workbench to build the foundation of your house

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Objective 30: Speak to the Jarl of Dawnstar about the land for sale (if not already done)

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Objective 100: Visit your new property in The Pale hold

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Objective 110: Use the Drafting Table to begin building your house

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Objective 120: Use the Carpenter's Workbench to build the foundation of your house

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Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry

• The following empty quest stages were omitted from the table:
  • BYOHHouseFalkreath: 10, 12, 20, 50, 130, 1010, 1020, 1030, 1040, 1050, 1060, 1070, 1080, 1090, 1100, 1110, 1120.
  • BYOHHouseHjaalmarch: 10, 15, 20, 50, 130, 1010, 1020, 1030, 1040, 1050, 1060, 1070, 1080, 1090, 1100, 1110, 1120.
  • BYOHHousePale: 10, 15, 20, 50, 130, 1010, 1020, 1030, 1040, 1050, 1060, 1070, 1080, 1090, 1100, 1110, 1120.

 

Notes

• Any text displayed in angle brackets (e.g., <Alias=LocationHold>) is dynamically set by the Radiant Quest system, and will be filled in with the appropriate word(s) when seen in game.
• Not all Journal Entries may appear in your journal; which entries appear and which entries do not depends on the manner in which the quest is done.
• Stages are not always in order of progress. This is usually the case with quests that have multiple possible outcomes or quests where certain tasks may be done in any order. Some stages may therefore repeat objectives seen in other stages.
• If an entry is marked as "Finishes Quest" it means the quest disappears from the Active Quest list, but you may still receive new entries for that quest.
• On the PC, it is possible to use the console to advance through the quest by entering setstage BYOHHouseFalkreath
BYOHHousePale
BYOHHouseHjaalmarch stage, where stage is the number of the stage you wish to complete. It is not possible to un-complete (i.e. go back) quest stages, but it is possible to clear all stages of the quest using resetquest BYOHHouseFalkreath
BYOHHousePale
BYOHHouseHjaalmarch.