Skyrim:Hearthfire
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Add-on: Hearthfire |
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Released | 4 September 2012 (Xbox 360) 5 October 2012 (PC) 19 February 2013 (PS3, US) 20 February 2013 (PS3, English-speaking EU) |
Size | 140 MB (PC) / 75.8 MB (Xbox) / 84.7 MB (PS3) |
Availability | |
PC | Available fromSteam($4.99/€4.99/£3.49/¥599/$6.29 AUD) |
Xbox 360 | Available fromXbox Marketplace ($4.99 US & Canada, was 400 MS Points) |
PS3 | Available from the Playstation Store (¥600) |
Other | Included withSpecial Edition,Switch Edition,Skyrim VR,andAnniversary Edition |
Requirements | |
Patch | Xbox:1.7.13.0.6 |
Hearthfireis the second majorofficial add-onforSkyrim.The add-on allows the player tobuild(from scratch) up to three unique homes. The add-on also introducesadoption,allowing the player to adopt orphaned children.
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Gameplay Information
- Hearthfire Creatures— New creatures added by the add-on
- Hearthfire Items— New items added by the add-on, including apparel, books, building materials, weapons, and more
- Hearthfire NPCs— New NPCs added by the add-on
- Hearthfire Quests— Quests added by the add-on
- Construction— Details on building your home
- Furnishing Options— A list of pages detailing the furnishing options for each part of your home
Features
- Ability to build and customize your own house.
- You must purchase the land and use raw materials at a drafting table and carpenter's workbench to create rooms and furniture for your house.
- Equip your home witharcane enchanters,armories,forges,gardens, libraries,shrines,stables, taxidermy, and more.
- Three plots of land are available for purchase, inFalkreath Hold,Hjaalmarch,andthe Pale.
- The structure of each house consists ofstone,clay,andwood.
- Ability toadoptup to two children, who will move into your house.
- Interact and play games to raise your new family.
- Allow your child to keep a pet after it follows them home. Somecreature followerscan also be kept as a pet.
- If you wish to adopt children without moving into a new home, you may add a child's bedroom to an alreadypurchased homein a major city.
- Ability to hire staff:
- Turnfollowersintostewards,who can supply you with housebuilding materials, furnishings, and staff.
- Acarriage driverwho can take you to smallsettlementsas well as majorcities.
- A personalbardto perform at your home.
- New activities, such asbaking,beekeeping,farming,andfishing.
- Requirement to protect your house from various enemies such asbandits,giants,skeevers,and more.
Available Houses
All three of the new pieces of property can be purchased for 5000 gold.
- Heljarchen Hall— Located inthe Pale,this plot of land may be purchased from theJarlofDawnstarinthe White Hall.You will have to complete the questWaking Nightmare,and then the favor questKill the Giantbefore being allowed to purchase the property ifSkaldis still jarl. (Note: This favor has a prerequisite of being level 22.) If you arethaneof the hold, you will be appointed ahousecarlnamedGregor.It is located in the south of the Pale, not far north ofWhiterun(you can seeDragonsreachfrom the house); the closest landmarks are theTower of Mzark,Loreius Farm,andBlizzard Rest.
- Lakeview Manor— Located inFalkreath Hold,this plot of land may be purchased from thestewardofFalkreathin theJarl's Longhouse.You will have to complete the questKill the Bandit Leaderbefore being allowed to purchase the property ifSiddgeiris still jarl. If you are thane of the hold, you will be appointed a housecarl namedRayya.It is located directly north ofPinewatchand very close by.
- Windstad Manor— Located inHjaalmarch,this plot of land may be purchased from the steward ofMorthalatHighmoon Hall.You will have to complete the questLaid to Restbefore being allowed to purchase the property ifIdgrodis still jarl. If you are thane of the hold, you will be appointed a housecarl namedValdimar.It is located in the north of the hold, not far south of Solitude; the closest landmarks areUstengravand theAbandoned Shack.
Notes
- Five new achievements can be earned after installingHearthfire,listed onthis page.
- Four new loading screens are added after installingHearthfire,listed onthis page.
- Hearthfirewas subject to a 30-day exclusivity deal with Microsoft, where it was only available on the Xbox 360. As it turned out, it was released for the PC after 30 days, but due to severe performance issues, it wasn't until February 2013 that it was released for the PS3.
- Display cases are not the same as the ones in other houses, so they do not allow you the "place weapon" option.
- All areas of the player-built homes will reset to their original furnishings; only the storage containers and any items you drop from your inventory will be left as is. This allows storage in containers to be safe while respawning resources (e.g., the greenhouse) can replenish their stocks.
Bugs
- Mannequins may experience duplication issues, regardless of which plot of land the home is built on.
- TheUnofficial Hearthfire Patch,version 1.0.1, fixes this bug.
- Sleeping in beds will not grant theWell Restedbonus, although if you have a spouse and/or children they will confer theLover's ComfortandMother's/Father's Lovebonuses.
- TheUnofficial Hearthfire Patch,version 1.0.1, fixes this bug.
- A cooking pot inProudspire Manorwas removed.
- TheUnofficial Hearthfire Patch,version 1.0.1, fixes this bug.
- Mannequins will occasionally be displaced from their pedestals.
- TheUnofficial Hearthfire Patch,version 1.0.3, fixes this bug.
- This can be fixed by placing an item on the mannequin. It can then be taken off, and the mannequin will remain in place.
- When firing your bard they may not leave but stop playing and hang around your house.
- TheUnofficial Hearthfire Patch,version 1.1.1, fixes this bug.
- Objects in some rooms may fail to render at certain camera angles if you have built a large percentage of the improvements for that room. They're still there, but just invisible.
- TheUnofficial Hearthfire Patch,version 1.1.2, fixes this bug.
- Wolf attacks may not work properly due to missing property settings in the game data.
- TheUnofficial Hearthfire Patch,version 2.0.0, fixes this bug.
- 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.
- Exiting the menu may resolve this.
- Crafting items, such asglass,goat horns,andstraw,may disappear from general merchants' inventory completely.
- The containers in the houses will not show stolen items in red, like all other containers. The only way to tell if an item in a container is stolen is to take it. It will show the usual marker in the inventory menu.
- Even if you have a pickaxe in your inventory, you may be unable to interact with the stone quarry or clay deposit.?
- Huskiesanddeath houndsmay vanish from the house after becoming pets and will not show up at their original areas.?
- Using theforgeat your home may cause thegrindstonesandworkbenchesto become unusable.?
- Reloading a save prior to using the forge will solve this.
- Dropping items from your inventory in some of the rooms will sometimes result in them disappearing completely.?
- You may lose the option to hire a bard for your homestead if you purchase all of the other improvements first.
- TheUnofficial Hearthfire Patch,version 1.1.2, fixes this bug.
- This can be solved by killing yourhorseorcow,entering your home (and going back outside if your steward is outside). This should restore the option to hire a bard and buy replacements for your dead livestock. Note that it is advisable to hire the bard first, or you may once again lose the option to do so.