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Hjerim

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Location	North west portion of Windhelm
Initial Cost	12,000
Upgrade Cost	9,000
Total Cost	21,000
Housecarl	Calder
Acquisition	Complete Blood on the Ice and Liberate Falkreath Hold or Capture Windhelm for the Empire

Hjerim is a purchasable home in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Description

Hjerim is a large house in Windhelm located in the Valunstrad quarter of the city. Hjerim has two floors, spacious rooms, and a secret chamber. Hjerim also has a large armory with mannequins, display cases, shelves, and weapon and shield racks.

The secret chamber, located behind a ground-floor wardrobe, is where The Butcher kept the parts of his victims with which he intended to reanimate his dead sister. Purchasing the cleanup package will clean it, buying the needed upgrades will transform it into an Alchemy and Enchanting workshop.

Acquisition

The house is available for 12,000 . Purchasing all upgrades costs an additional 9,000 . Completing Rescue From Fort Neugrad or the full Civil War Questline are necessary to purchase this house. Upon Becoming Thane of Eastmarch, the Dragonborn will receive a housecarl, Calder, for Hjerim.

A part of the quest Blood on the Ice takes place here, the quest must be completed in order to purchase the house. The quest is automatically gained when entering the house for the first time, if not previously started. When completing the quest, talking to the Steward allows the Dragonborn to buy upgrades for Hjerim.

Advantages and disadvantages

Hjerim is a large well organized home with spacious rooms.

It contains both an Arcane Enchanter and an Alchemy Lab, (once upgraded), is in close proximity to Smithing amenities, a Smelter, and the Windhelm fence, all of which are closely grouped with zero transitions. Niranye, the Windhelm fence, is located outside in a market stall, whereas many other fences require at least one additional transition to reach or are hard to track down.

Its main disadvantage is the poor storage facilities in the enchanting/alchemy area. There is no closed storage in the Alchemy/Enchanting room, ingredients, attire, (fortify alchemy), potions, (fortify enchanting), and Soul gems must be stored in other parts of the house. Storage in the master bedroom is also less than that found in either Proudspire Manor or Vlindrel Hall, consisting of only 6 containers (2 endtables, 1 wardrobe, 3 small sacks).

Upgrade packages

Name	Description	Cost
Armory	4 Weapon Plaques 1 Shield and Weapon Plaque 3 Sword Display Cases 2 Dagger Display Cases 3 Mannequins 5 Weapon Racks 2 Bookshelves	2,000g
Enchanting laboratory	Arcane Enchanter 3 Weapon Plaques 2 Bookshelves Variety of Soul Gems	1,500g
Alchemy Laboratory	Alchemy Laboratory Variety of Alchemy Ingredients	1,500g
Living room	2 Wardrobes 1 Barrel Large Table Multiple Small and Large Sacks 2 Bookshelves Various smaller tables and shelves Variety of Food, Ingredients, and Miscellaneous Items	1,500g
Bedroom	King Sized Bed 2 End Tables 1 Wardrobe 1 Shield and Weapon Plaque 2 Dagger Display Cases 4 Bookshelves 2 Small dining tables and multiple shelves 3 Small sacks Various Food and Miscellaneous Items Chest is bugged at sometimes, see bugs below. Note that the small wardrobe will be removed and All Items* stored inside will be lost.*	1,000g
Kitchen	Cooking Pot Fireplace and firepit 2 Bookshelves 2 Dining tables and multiple shelves Multiple Small and Large Sacks Various Food and Miscellaneous Items	1,000g
Clean up	A clean up after the quest "Blood on the Ice" Removes the stone altar, blood on the floor, mutilated body parts, bones, and bloody storage chest Note that it is recommended to purchase this upgrade first* to avoid bugs*	500g

Item displays

7 Weapon Wall Plaques
2 Weapon & Shield Wall Plaques
3 Sword Display Cases
5 Weapon Rack
3 Mannequins
4 Dagger Display Cases
12 Bookshelves (holding a total of 132 books)

See Windhelm Home Decorating Guide for detailed descriptions.

Guest room

Although the Windhelm Home Decorating Guide lists a Guest Room, it cannot be purchased; it is automatically installed when Calder, the Housecarl, moves in to serve the thane.

Trivia

This house was used by The Butcher for his necromantic rituals.
Although this house can be purchased, the player can find the key to the house by either pickpocketing or killing Tova Shatter-Shield.
There are a few high value potions in the chamber and a few soul gems that can be sold to cover some of the expense of buying the home and furnishings.
The table in the small room appears to have Shadowmarks on it that refer to "Empty" and "Danger."

Bugs

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PC 360 PS3 Storing staves in upstairs weapons cases cause them to be stored suspended in the middle of the room. The staff is still able to be retrieved, and a second weapon can be stored in the case. This can be exploited to store multiple staves in midair. This reportedly works for all staves; at least for as many as three large cases. Hevnoraak's staff has reportedly broken a display case, however. PS3 The torso armor first placed on the nearest mannequin up the stairs may clone and equip itself over any other armor already on the mannequin. PC 360 PS3 The option to buy and upgrade the house may not be in the speech list. This only happens in the same sitting as killing Ulfric. Saving and resetting the game will fix this. PC 360 PS3 Some helmets may not appear on the Mannequins. PC 360 PS3 When purchasing the Enchantment/Alchemy table upgrades for the "hidden" room, there will be no light inside the room, making it very hard to see in it. Placing torches will "fix" this issue, (they will be lit when returning after leaving Hjerim). PC 360 PS3 Sometimes, when a dagger is placed on a weapons rack here, it will not be retrievable. It is not reccomended to place unique daggers, e.g., Mehrune's Razor, in a rack. PC 360 PS3 Purchasing the Clean-up upgrade replaces all the house's containers, removing stored items. Thus, it is not recommended to use them for storage before getting the upgrade. PC 360 PS3 When buying the house from Jorleif, even though he says the house is 12,000 septims, it can be purchased with only 8,000 septims. Sometimes when purchasing all the upgrades except for the one removing the mess from The Butcher, it will not be possible to purchase it later. There is a random wooden stick poking through the floor behind the bed. There is a shelf on the left of the staircase (looking at it). Placing books there deletes them (both from the shelf and inventory.) After switching armor out on one of the Mannequins it will put the armor taken off of it and put it back on and duplicate a set of armor. 360 PS3 When placing a dagger in the bedroom's lower dagger display case, it may become unretrievable. The option "Activate Display Case" remains even if a dagger is already placed. If another dagger is equipped when selecting this option, it will place the second dagger on top of the first, both remaining un-retrievable. Placing unique or valuable daggers in the lower case is not advised. PS3 360 In the Enchanting/Alchemy room, selecting "Activate Bookshelf" on the upper shelf of bookshelf may result in a random amount of books disappearing. They will no longer appear on the bookshelf, or in the inventory. Re-loading the last SaveGame or AutoSave will correct this each instance. Red Eagles Fury may not be stored properly and will be spawned on the ground. With the Dawnguard Add-on installed, the chests in the house may not appear. Sometimes, the mannequins, their armor, any displayed weapons/books, and/or anyone in the house (including you) will be invisible. This is fixable by leaving Hjerim then entering it again. (confirmed on xbox)

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Behind the scenes

Unless otherwise stated, the information above was obtained from in-game play or from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Creation Kit. ^[1]

Appearances

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (First appearance)

References

↑ The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Creation Kit

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