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Date Posted: 28 Jun, 2015 @ 3:11am

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DarthDonut [developer] 28 Jun, 2015 @ 3:11am

Version 1.1 - Concept Board

The next update v.1.1 will contain a purchase quest. The basic idea is that when you first visit the castle it will look like a rundown fort ruin with crumbled walls, dead treas and cobwebs everywhere. After defeating some enemies you will have to rebuild the castle. You can repair the walls, hire guards and merchants. After investing in the castle it will give you an income from the shops and the mine.

Quest

The quest will start with a letter you receive from the jarl of witherun. He gives you the castle as a reward for your services. Problem is that the castle is haunted and fallen into ruin long ago. So the quest will be in short: Clear it from monsters and rebuilt it.

Current purchasing ideas:

After successfully killing every foe you can buy the following upgrades/repairs for the castle:

Rebuild the castle
The castle wont be in good condition when you first visit it, but you can repair it. With this purchase you can repair all crumbled walls, towers and buildings. This will be the most expensive part of the rebuilding.
Take the forge back into operation
You can take the forge back into operation after you have rebuilt the castle. When you hire a blacksmith you can ask him to forge new armors for your guards. Furthermore you can buy crafting supplies from him. The forge will give you an income after you reopened it.
Take the alchemy store back into operation
An alchemist will open a store where you can buy alchemy stuff. Like the forge the alchemy store will give you an income after you reopened it.
Take the tavern back into operation
You can renovate the tavern so your guards will have a place to drink in the evening. The tavern increases the income from other shops because it attracts travelers.
Take the mine back into operation
The entrance to the mine is blocked by a lot of rubble. After this purchase you can enter it to clear it from any monster that might still live in there. When the mine is save you can hire miners to work in it. The miners will produce an income in form of ores that you can collect.
Hire guards
If you want some guards to protect your castle you can hire some.
Rebuild the player house
This will basically work similar as the vanilla player houses. You can buy furniture for your home, divided into bedroom, library, alchemy and enchanting room, office, treasury, display cases, dinning room, wine cellar, kitchen, throne hall, servant rooms...
...

I don't know when I will come to adding all this but I don't think the update will come this summer. If you have ideas related to the purchasing system you can post them below.

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Last edited by DarthDonut; 3 Sep, 2015 @ 1:42pm

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Epic iPro

7 Jul, 2015 @ 4:06am

I think this is wonderful. Hearthfire really could have used something less generic. If this castle could be improved and built from the ground up/ruins I will totally even use it as my primary dwelling. It definitely gives a sense of accomplishment and invests the player into the location.

del14

22 Jul, 2015 @ 2:17pm

was muss man machen ? runtergeladen hab ich es und jetzt ?

DarthDonut [developer] 22 Jul, 2015 @ 2:37pm

Abwarten ;-)
Das Ganze mit der Quest und dem Wiederaufbau ist noch lange nicht fertig und wird es auch nicht vor September.

Caveman1514 has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

26 Jul, 2015 @ 12:57am

I think that a quest is a great idea. And that it could be even better if it tied to the main story line like if maybe its an ancient castle that has housed all the previous dragonbornes and you dont get the quest until after the grey beards name you dragonborne a courier brings a letter from angeir saying to go to the location of the castle and learn of the secrets past or something like that would be really cool.

Last edited by Caveman1514; 26 Jul, 2015 @ 1:03am

DarthDonut [developer] 26 Jul, 2015 @ 5:20am

Originally posted by Caveman1514:
I think that a quest is a great idea. And that it could be even better if it tied to the main story line like if maybe its an ancient castle that has housed all the previous dragonbornes and you dont get the quest until after the grey beards name you dragonborne a courier brings a letter from angeir saying to go to the location of the castle and learn of the secrets past or something like that would be really cool.

That goes pretty much in the direction what I am trying to implement currently. After killing the Dragon in Witherun the jarl sends you a letter that tells you of a haunted stronghold that has fallen into ruin. After lifting the curse that lays on it you can rebuild it step by step.

DarthDonut [developer] 27 Jul, 2015 @ 3:22pm

'Final' list of purchases with price

Rebuilding of the castle

Rebuild walls, towers and gates (10000)
Rebuild the tavern (3000)
Rebuild the forge (5500)
Rebuild the alchemy store (3500)
Rebuild the stables (500)
Rebuild the barracks (2000)
Rebuild follower barracks (3000)
Take the mine back into operation (2500)

=> total: 30000

Decorating the player home

Throne hall (2500)
Servant rooms (1500)
Mage tower (1500)
Bedroom (1500)
Library (2000)
Enchanting room (3000)
Alchemy laboratory (3000)
Office (1500)
Display cases, weapon racks and mannequins (1500)
war room (500)
private dinning room (500)
guest rooms (500)

=> total: 20000

Caveman1514 has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

27 Jul, 2015 @ 7:52pm

Originally posted by DarthWayne:
'Final' list of purchases with price

Rebuilding of the castle
Rebuild walls, towers and gates (10000)
Rebuild the tavern (3000)
Rebuild the forge (5500)
Rebuild the alchemy store (3500)
Rebuild the stables (500)
Rebuild the barracks (2000)
Rebuild follower barracks (3000)
Take the mine back into operation (2500)
=> total: 30000

Decorating the player home
Throne hall (2500)
Servant rooms (1500)
Mage tower (1500)
Bedroom (1500)
Library (2000)
Enchanting room (3000)
Alchemy laboratory (3000)
Office (1500)
Display cases, weapon racks and mannequins (1500)
war room (500)
private dinning room (500)
guest rooms (500)
=> total: 20000

99.99999% of people will most likey use console commands to get the gold to buy this lol

Daglez

28 Jul, 2015 @ 12:01am

@Caveman1514 so what?

DarthDonut [developer] 28 Jul, 2015 @ 12:36am

If people want to cheat let them. In my opinion a price around 50,000 gold is justified for a castle. The most expensive vanilla house costs around 30,000 i think. Maybe the 10,000 for rebuilding the walls are a bit to much though...

Caveman1514 has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

28 Jul, 2015 @ 1:10am

Originally posted by DarthWayne:
If people want to cheat let them. In my opinion a price around 50,000 gold is justified for a castle. The most expensive vanilla house costs around 30,000 i think. Maybe the 10,000 for rebuilding the walls are a bit to much though...

Originally posted by Daglez:
@Caveman1514 so what?

so nothing. i was just making a statement

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Asylum

29 Jul, 2015 @ 8:06pm

Wow man thanks, this is a really nice setup.
Thanks for your effort and time.

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Epic iPro

7 Aug, 2015 @ 9:29am

I think the pricing looks good. Can't wait to dump all my excess gold!

#12

KFC Bread Rolls has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

14 Aug, 2015 @ 9:38pm

Great looking concept dude, you should do something like a recruiting system for workers and guards etc, just a suggestion

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DarthDonut [developer] 17 Aug, 2015 @ 1:35pm

Originally posted by ☼☼HAILS☼☼ IS BAE:
Great looking concept dude, you should do something like a recruiting system for workers and guards etc, just a suggestion

I thought about that to. But in this case there would be just to many purchasing options with many dependencies within them. Therefore I decided to combine recruiting and rebuilding. Purchase the barracks and you will although get the guards, forge and blacksmith and so on. Plain and simple.

#14

banana

23 Aug, 2015 @ 9:43am

Perhaps what you could do to keep it interesting is that bandits can overrun the castle and will attack. That means if you spend too long without checking back on the guards/ your guards are too weak you will get a letter stating you have to reclaim your castle from them.

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