Adopt a Child in Skyrim

Skyrim is a video game available on PS3, Xbox, and PC. It is based is a role playing game based in a fantasy world where your character is expected to fulfill quests, discover artifacts, and fight against enemies. When you purchase the Hearthfire expansion, you gain the ability to adopt children to live at your home.

Steps

Furnishing Your House

  1. Purchase and install the Hearthfire DLC. In order to adopt children, you will first have to install the Hearthfire DLC; this will add the adoption content to your Skyrim game.
    • If you are playing the PC version, you can install mods that allow you to adopt children without having to purchase the DLC. These mods often have more option than
  2. Obtain suitable lodgings. Purchase a house with a child's room, or purchase a homestead furnished with a bed and a chest.
  3. Talk to your house steward or to the Jarl's aide. Select the option "I'd like to decorate my home," and the aide will give you choices you can purchase. Select the option "Children's Bedroom." Selecting this will allow you to purchase a room for your kids.
    • Options may have slight variations, depending on which of the Jarl's aides you're speaking to.

Killing Grelod

  1. Take the "Innocence Lost" quest. While this isn't necessary to kill Grelod, it can give you some extra experience in the process. You can start the quest by talking to Aventus Aretino in the town of Windhelm.
    • Picking the lock to the Aretino Residence is the fastest way to get to Aventus and start the quest.
  2. Head to Honorhall Orphanage. Head to Riften. Once there, cross the bridge that leads to the front door of Bee and Bard, and then turn left you'll see a small marketplace. Continue walking forward, past the market. Stop when you see a set of stairs that lead up to Mistveil Keep. Turn right. You'll see a small house called Honorhall Orphanage. Enter through the door and you'll see a lot of children, and you'll be met by a small scene with Grelod the Kind.
  3. Kill Grelod. You won't be reported by the children if you kill Grelod, so feel free to slay her as soon as you meet her. Make sure to not kill Constance Michel, or you will receive a bounty in The Rift.
  4. Leave the orphanage. Soon after, you'll receive a letter informing you that there's a new headmistress in the orphanage.

Adopting a Child

  1. Head back to Honorhall Orphanage. Talk to Constance Michel, the new headmistress. Select the option to adopt a child, and she'll ask you a series of questions.
  2. Answer appropriately. Reply that you're the Dragonborn, Arch-mage at the College of Winterhold, or Harbinger of the Companions, and that you have a suitable house and bedroom for the child you're going to adopt. Constance will congratulate you and send you to the next room.
  3. Choose a child and pick the option "I can adopt you, if you want." The child you chose will be sent over to your home.
  4. Adopt a homeless child. You can find several children roaming the streets throughout Skyrim that can be adopted. Talking to these children after you have met all the adoption requirements will allow you to adopt.
    • Alesan - Dawnstar
    • Blaise - Katla's Farm in Solitude
    • Lucia - Whiterun near Gildergreen
    • Sofie - Windhelm in the Gray Quarter
  5. Adopt a child from a dead NPC. Children whose parents are killed by the player or by other NPCs will eventually appear in the Honorhall Orphanage. See the table below to find out which NPCs need to die to make a child available. You cannot be caught killing the parent, or the child will not be adoptable by you. [1]
  6. Use the console to force the adoption. If you are playing the PC version, you can use the console to change the behaviour of a child so that you are allowed to adopt. Open the console and select the child so that you can see the ID. Then, enter the following commands:
     setrelationshiprank 4
     setrelationshiprank player 4
     addfac 3004290 1

Tips

  • Aventus Aretino cannot be adopted even after going through all the requirements for adopting a child.

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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Adoption
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