Skyrim:Honeyside

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House: Honeyside (view on map)
# of Zones	1
Respawn Time	Never (storage is safe)
Console Location Code(s)
RiftenHoneyside
Region
The Rift
Location
Riften
Special Features
# of Alchemy Labs	1
# of Arcane Enchanters	1
# of Tanning Racks	1
# of Cooking Pots/Spits	1

Honeyside

Honeyside is a pleasant two-story house in the northwest corner of Riften.

This house, the second-least expensive home that can be obtained, becomes available for purchase during a quest for the Jarl of Riften. The quest can be started at the Fishery outside Riften; look for an Argonian woman, Wujeeta, working inside the Fishery. However, you need not contact her at the Fishery to start the quest since she can be contacted outside work hours to initiate the quest as well.

Note that the Jarl will not even mention selling the house until you have completed the associated quests Helping Hand, The Raid and Supply and Demand, and also built a reputation with Riften citizens by doing a few general quests for the people of the town (see I Done Got Thaned! for details). Honeyside must be purchased from her steward Anuriel in order to complete the quest and receive the title of Thane of Riften.

Alternatively, if you give Riften to the Empire during Season Unending, Honeyside can be purchased from Hemming Black-Briar without having to complete or begin the quests for the Jarl.

Honeyside is a small two-story house, with access from within Riften and from the docks just outside the city. The house comes with a basic kitchen, bedroom, basement with housecarl's quarters, and a dock. A housecarl, Iona, will be employed when the house is purchased, provided you have become a Thane of Riften. The garden will regrow after spending 30 in-game days outside of Riften and all its buildings including Honeyside.

NPCs Living Here

Residents
Iona

Costs and Upgrades

Honeyside
Home and Upgrades purchased from	Anuriel or Hemming Black-Briar		Price to purchase home	5,000 to 8,000	Housecarl	Iona
			Total cost of all upgrades	4,300
Upgrades
Bedroom	Kitchen	Alchemy Laboratory	Enchanting Area	Garden	Porch	Child's BedroomHF	Housecarl's Quarters
600 gold	500 gold	1000 gold	1000 gold	800 gold	400 gold	550 gold	Become Thane of the Rift
1 Bed 1 Chair 1 Wardrobe 1 Chest 3 End Tables 1 Bookshelf	2 Chairs 1 Table 1 Cooking Pot 1 Cupboard with shelving 1 Shelf stand Harvestable plants: 2 Garlic 2 Dried Frost Mirriam 1 Dried Elves Ear Harvestable fish: 3 Salmon Harvestable animals: 1 Pheasant 1 Rabbit	1 Alchemy Lab 1 Bookshelf 2 Shelf stands 1 Table	1 Arcane Enchanter 1 Weapon rack (4 slots) 4 Weapon plaques 2 Mannequins 1 Desk	2 Chickens 1 Wheelbarrow Harvestable plants: 7 Potato 4 Leek 3 Cabbage 2 Gourd 2 Spiky Grass 1 Deathbell 1 Dragon's Tongue 2 Nightshade 2 Snowberries 2 Blue Mountain Flower 2 Purple Mountain Flower 1 Red Mountain Flower 1 Lavender 2 Tundra Cotton 2 Jazbay Grapes	1 Tanning Rack 1 Fishing Boat 2 Rugs 2 Chairs 1 Table 2 Fish Barrels Harvestable fish: 8 Salmon	(?)	1 Bed 1 Wardrobe 1 Dresser 1 End Table 1 Chair 1 Table

†	5000 gold minimum to purchase. However the steward will take your full gold amount at the time of purchase, up to 8000.

‡	Child's Bedroom only available if Hearthfire is installed. Choosing this upgrade will replace the enchanting laboratory.

Notes

• While the purchase price is officially 8,000 gold, the jarl's steward will accept anything over 5,000 gold (if you have between 5,000 and 8,000 gold the steward just takes whatever you have).
• Any outdoor containers (not inside the building) eventually respawn and delete anything that you may have placed in them. This includes the fish barrel on the deck.
• Some of the staged objects obtained when purchasing decorations can't be moved by you (such as forks).
• If Wujeeta dies prior to your completing the quest Helping Hand, and the start of the quest The Raid, Honeyside will never become available, as these quests are pre-requisites.
• This house has a unique back porch entrance which allows you to access the house from outside the city, which can be handy for avoiding guards while you have a price on your head. It's also incredibly helpful if you're encumbered and have a horse. You can hop on your horse, fast travel to the Riften stables, and then literally ride your horse right up to the back door for easy loot unloading.
• If you are a thane (by immediately speaking to the jarl before visiting the house, see bugs entry), there are three containers available downstairs in the housecarl's room next to the lab.
• If you own the house, the trio of red weapon plaques can be used to remove quest-marked weapons from your inventory. This is useful for removing the duplicate Red Eagle's Bane that may be generated from a bug or weapons from quests you decide not to do, such as Nettlebane (confirmed only with those two weapons in unpatched game).^{[verification needed — Needs testing for other weapons]}
• A copy of the Enchanting skill book Enchanter's Primer can be found in a shelf in the basement.
• The Alchemy room has four potion recipes on a table, and one on the Alchemy lab. Also there are many ingredients.
• Adopted children living here will have unique dialogue comments about Riften:
  • Maramal said I could visit the temple whenever I wanted. (girls)
  • There are lots of scary people here, Mama. Promise you'll keep me safe? (girls)
  • I wanna go swimming, but the guards keep yelling at me. The canal's not that dirty... (boys)
  • Mister Brynjolf said he could teach me a lot of neat things when I'm older. (boys)

Bugs

• There are a few bugs which affect all houses, see the bugs section of the Houses page for details and fixes.
• Visiting the house for the first time before becoming a thane of Riften may prevent you from ever being able to be a thane, and you won't get a housecarl.
  • This bug is fixed by version 1.4 of the Official Skyrim Patch.
  • After purchasing the house, immediately speak with the jarl before doing anything else to avoid this bug.
• Accessing the bookshelves in another home (e.g. Breezehome) may cause the bookshelves at Honeyside to appear empty when activated. Any books that were inside the 'empty' shelf may have been deleted.
  • This bug is fixed by version 1.4 of the Official Skyrim Patch.
  • Books can be rescued by removing them individually.
• Switching the enchanting room in Honeyside for a child's bedroom will cause you to lose any equipment stored on the mannequins.
  • This bug is fixed by version 1.0.1 of the Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.
• After purchasing all the upgrades, your inventory may no longer show the gold you're carrying, even after subsequently obtaining more gold. The gold in your inventory should reappear once you are outside of the house. ^?
• It might happen that once you buy the garden, the rest of options will be removed from the steward's dialogue making it impossible to buy anything else. ^?
  • To avoid this, purchase the garden upgrade last when buying upgrades.

Gallery

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  Main Bedroom

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  Main Bedroom

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  Kitchen Area

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  Kitchen and Bedroom Area

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  Alchemy Lab

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  Arcane Enchanter

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  Guest Bedroom

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  Stairs to Guest Bedroom

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  Child's Bedroom