Part 1: Readying Your Home

Part 1: Readying Your Home

The prerequisites leading to an adoption are discussed here.

In order to house your rambunctious child, you’ll need to provide lodgings for them to sleep in and store their possessions. The amount of room needed depends on the type of house that you own:

City Dweller or Country Compound: The Property Owner’s Dilemma

Are you part of the landed gentry of Skyrim? Do you have an abode in the cities of Solitude, Markarth, Whiterun, Windhelm, or Riften? Then you receive a courier’s letter the next time you visit a settlement. The courier hands you a note written by the Steward of the Hold you have property in, advising you that you can purchase a children’s bedroom for each of the homes you own.

When you return to your dwelling, your House Decorating Guide has been updated and now lists the children’s bedroom as an option. The homes in Markarth, Whiterun, and Riften have the children’s bedroom as an alternative to an existing room. You can choose either room for the house but not both. You should clear out your old room before asking the Steward to convert it into a children’s bedroom. Items you leave in the room may be transferred over (typically to a chest), but some, particularly those on mannequins and wall plaques, may not be. You can swap back to your original room (by purchasing it again) if you don’t want to house a child in that home.

Hearthfire Homes: The Builder’s Choice

Are you designing and building your own manor in Skyrim? Then you can easily house a child in your new home, as long as you have the proper furnishings. Simply add a main hall and furnish the bedroom upstairs with two child-sized beds and a dresser. Optionally add the bedroom addition if you want more room.