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Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition Guide Training Training Part 5: Hearthfire: Adoption

Part 4: Animal Adoption

Hearthfire Animal Adoption

An added benefit of adoption is that your children can take care of your animals. There are two types of animals they can “adopt”: animal companions and pets.

Animal Companions

Bring home a four-legged friend and your child will love him and hug him and squeeze him....

If you bring home an animal companion (such as a dog), your children may ask if they can keep it. You have three options at this point:

  • If you agree, then later dismiss your animal companion, they will return to the house your children are living in and wait for you there. You can ask them to rejoin you at any time.
  • If you decline, your children won’t ask again for at least 15 days.
  • If you put your foot down and say no pets, your children will never ask again and will never try to adopt a house pet, either.

You can adopt only one animal companion at a time. If your adopted animal companion is killed, you can adopt a replacement.

The following animal companions are available for adoption by your children:

  • Common dogs: Vigilance, Meeko, Stray Dog.
  • Dawnguard Huskies: Bran or Sceolang.

Pets

Meet Samuel’s pet mudcrab, Mr. Snapper. He was recently saved from the cooking pot.

You’re not the only one with a plan to bring home an animal; your children may also be spotted playing with a stray and (as mentioned previous) may ask you whether they can keep them. Your decisions are as follows:

  • You can agree, and the animal lives in your house, following your child around.
  • You can refuse, and your child sends the animal away. They won’t try to adopt another pet for at least 15 days.
  • You can refuse with vigor, saying “no pets” firmly. Your child never asks again and won’t show interest in adopting an animal companion either! Fine, be like that!

The following pets are available for adoption if your children brings one home:

  • Hares (girls only)
  • Mudcrabs (boys only)
  • Red foxes (girls only)
  • Skeevers (boys only)
  • White foxes (girls only)