Skyrim:Lydia

Lydia (RefID: 000A2C94)
Home City	Whiterun
House	Breezehome
Race	Nord	Gender	Female
Level	PC×1 (range=6-50)	Class	Warrior
RefID	000A2C94	BaseID	000A2C8E
Other Information
Health	100+(PC-1)×11.7
Magicka	50
Stamina	50+(PC-1)×3.3
Primary Skills	Heavy Armor, One-handed, Archery, Block
Class Details	CombatWarrior1H
Moral.	Any Crime	Aggress.	Aggressive
Marry	Yes
Follower	Yes
Faction(s)	HousecarlWhiterunCrimeFaction; PlayerFaction; PlayerHousecarlFaction; PotentialFollowerFaction; TownWhiterunFaction

Lydia in the Dragonsreach main hall.

Lydia is a female Nord living in Whiterun. She is likely to be the player's first housecarl, and she becomes housecarl after you are titled Thane of Whiterun upon completion of the Dragon Rising quest. If she is not following you, she resides in the main hall of Dragonsreach, although if you purchase Breezehome, she will move there. Lydia starts with steel armor with a steel sword and shield, but will change into any better equipment you give to her later on. You cannot take the starting armor and weapons from her.

If she is automatically replaced as your follower, for example by Farkas during the Companions quest line, she will return to Dragonsreach, or, of course, Breezehome. When Lydia is dismissed or replaced by another follower, she will keep all the items you put in her inventory, and you can access them when you've asked her to follow you again. When Lydia returns home, she will dress in her default armor and equip her default weapon. Give or take a single piece of armor or weaponry from her inventory, and she will once again equip the best available gear.

Related Quests

• Dragon Rising: Investigate a Dragon sighting near Whiterun.
• The Bonds of Matrimony: Find someone in Skyrim to marry.

Bugs

• Although Lydia is in the PotentialMarriageFaction, she must be added to that faction manually with a console command addfac 19809 1 in order to enable the marriage dialog.
  • This bug is fixed by version 1.5 of the Official Skyrim Patch.

• When in Breezehome, she sometimes gets stuck in a loop of sitting down in the chair in the bedroom and then standing up. You can break this loop by sitting in the chair yourself when she gets up, or asking her to follow you when she stands up.

• When dismissed after completing the Civil War quest (Stormcloaks) Battle for Whiterun, Lydia will not appear at Dragonsreach again.

• If Lydia is recruited by the Blades, she may reappear in Whiterun (wearing Blades armor) during the Battle for Whiterun Imperial quest. She then returns to her residence from before she was recruited.