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• To step
• Part 1 of 3: Decorating your home
• Part 2 of 3: Killing Grelod
• Part 3 of 3: Adopting a child
• Tips

Skyrim is a video game available for PS3, Xbox and PC. It is an RPG (Role Playing Game), set in a fantasy world where your character is expected to fulfill quests, discover artifacts and fight enemies. When you buy the Hearthfire expansion you will be given the option to adopt children to live in your home.

To step

Part 1 of 3: Decorating your home

1. Buy and install the Hearthfire DLC. In order to adopt children, you must first install the Hearthfire DLC; this will add the adoption content to your Skyrim game.
   • If you play the PC version you can install mods that allow you to adopt children without having to buy the DLC.
2. Buy a suitable residence. Buy a house with a nursery, or buy a farm that is at least furnished with a bed and a chest.
3. Talk to your superintendent or a servant of the Jarl. Click on the phrase "I'd like to decorate a home" and the clerk will give you a choice of things to buy. Select the phrase "Childrens Bedroom." By clicking on this you can purchase a room for your children.
   • The options may change slightly depending on which Jarl attendant speaks to you.

Part 2 of 3: Killing Grelod

1. Do the "Innocence Lost" quest. While this is not necessary to kill Grelod, it can give you some extra experience while doing the quest. You can start the quest by talking to Aventus Aretino in the village of Windhelm.
   • Cracking the lock of the Aretino Residence is the fastest way to get to Avenus and start the quest.
2. Travel towards Honorhall Orphanage. Travel to Riften. Once there you have to cross the bridge that leads to the front door of Bee and Bard, after which, if you turn left, you will see a small market place. Keep walking straight ahead, past the market. Stop when you see a few steps leading to Mistveil Keep. Go right. You will see a small house called Honorhall Orphanage. When you enter through the door you will see a lot of children and there is a short scene where you meet Grelod the Kind.
3. Kill Grelod. You won't be reported by the kids if you kill Grelod, so feel free to kill her as soon as you meet her. Be careful not to kill Constance Michel or you will end up with a prize in The Rift.
4. Leave the orphanage. A short while later you will receive a letter stating that the orphanage has gotten a new principal.

Part 3 of 3: Adopting a child

1. Go back to Honorhall Orphanage. Speak to Constance Michel, the new principal. Click on the option to adopt a child and she will ask you a few questions.
2. Give the correct answers. Say you are the Dragonborn and that you have a suitable home and sleeping area for the child you will adopt. Constance will congratulate you and send you to the next room.
3. Choose a child and select the option "I can adopt you, if you want."The child you have chosen will be sent to your home.
4. Adopt a homeless child. You can find several children scouring the streets all over Skyrim who can be adopted. By talking to these children, after you have met all the conditions for adopting a child, you will be able to adopt them.
   • 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 have been killed by the player or other NPCs will eventually appear in the Honorhall Orphanage. See the list below to find out which NPCs must die to make a child available. You must not be seen killing the parent or you cannot adopt the child.
   

   Name	Location	NPCs That Must Die
   Aeta	Skaal Village	Oslaf, Finna
   Braith	Whiterun	Amren, Saffir
   British	Rorikstead	Lemkil
   Clinton Lylvieve	Dragon Bridge	Azzada Lylvieve, Michel Lylvieve, Julienne Lylvieve
   Dorthe	Riverwood	Alvor, Sigrid
   Eirid	The Frozen Hearth	Haran, Dagur
   Erith	Left Hand Mine	Daighre
   Frodnar	Riverwood	Hod, Gerdur
   Gralnach	Heartwood Mill	Grosta
   Hrefna	Darkwater Crossing	Tarmir, Sondas Drenim
   Knud	Katla's Farm	Katla, Snilling
   Minette Vinius	The Winking Skeever	Sorex Vinius, Corpulus Vinius
   Sissel	Rorikstead	Lemkil
   Skuli	Old Hroldan	Eydis, Leontius Salvius
   Svari	Solitude	Greta, Addvar

6. Use the console to enforce the adoption. If you are playing the PC version, you can use the console to change a child's behavior so that you can adopt it. Open the console and select the child so you can see the ID. Then enter the following commands:

   setrelationshiprank childID 4
   setrelationshiprank player 4
   addfac 3004290 1

   
   

Tips

• Aventus Aretino cannot be adopted even after you have met all the conditions to adopt a child.