Part 3: Building Components

Part 3: Measure Twice, Cut Once

Gathering supplies to turn into building components.

Raw materials are the vital and literal building blocks for your homestead. So it is important to source them. The four main types are quarried stone, clay, sawn logs, and Iron and Corundum Ingots.

Quarried Stone: Fortunately, your house is located near an inexhaustible supply of stone. Of course, you’re the one who has to chip away at the stone quarry with a pickaxe to gather the stone you need. Quickly place the stone into your chest so you aren’t encumbered.

Clay: The grounds of your dwelling are nestled on clay soil. This is fortunate, as you also need to unearth clay in large quantities for much of your house’s structure. This is also quarried using the pickaxe. Quickly place the clay into your chest so you aren’t encumbered.

Sawn Logs: You aren’t equipped to fell trees, so you must source your supply of logs from a lumber mill. This can be done when prompted or at any time. Any settlement with a lumber mill has logs for your needs, but actual mills are perfect:

• Windstad Manor is reasonably close to Solitude Sawmill.
• Heljarchen Hall is in the middle of nowhere! The nearest mill is Anga’s Mill in Eastmarch, though it’s quite a distance up the road.
• Lakeview Manor is close to Half-Moon Mill (especially handy if you’re a vampire!).

Visit the proprietor of the lumber mill, and request they provide you with logs. Twenty sawn logs cost 200 gold, so carry your coin purse with you. These are automatically added to the log pile at your dwelling.

Iron and Corundum Ingots: All of your basic hinges, fittings, locks, and nails require Iron Ingots, while a lock also needs a lesser metal called corundum. Just like before, these are sources from ore deposits scattered throughout the realm. Fortunately, there are a couple of iron ore veins around Lakeview Manor (Falkreath), while Heljarchen Hall has a corundum deposit nearby. When those run out, locate what you need from vendors or mines.