Guide: How To Get Skyrim Quarried Stone

Skyrim Quarried Stone Guide

Quarried Stone in the game serves no purpose apart from being a component in house building. It cannot be used for any other crafting, and it has virtually no use until you purchase the land for your homestead.

Key Takeaways

Quarried Stone is an essential building material in Skyrim that is only used as a component in house building and does not have any other purpose.
The three available plots in Skyrim which become available after the completion of relevant quests are Heljarchen Hall, Lakeview Manor, and Windstad Manor.
After building a small house, the option to appoint a Steward, who can perform different tasks and defend your homestead, becomes available.
After appointing a Steward, you can request supplies for the house and select Quarried Stone from the options, after which it will get delivered to a chest.
If you want to mine some Quarried Stone by yourself, each Stone Quarry contains 4000 units of it.
In each homestead, three nodes are found where you can easily acquire some Quarried Stone.
The list of these homesteads includes Battle-Born Farm, Bilegulch Mine, Black-Briar Lodge, Darkwater Crossing, Dawnstar, and many others.

There are a total of three of these plots in the game, each of which can only be unlocked by completing their relevant quests. You also have to talk to the Jarl, whose hold the land is located within, and become Thane before you’re allowed to make the purchase. We’ll briefly go over each of these below:

Heljarchen Hall – Purchase from the Jarl of The Pale after completing the quests ‘Waking Nightmare’ and ‘Kill the Giant.’
Lakeview Manor – Purchase from the Jarl of Falkreath Hold after completing the quest ‘Kill the Bandit Leader.’
Windstad Manor – Purchase from the Jarl of Hjaalmarch after completing the quest ‘Laid to Rest.’

Do not confuse these objectives with the ‘Blood on The Ice’ quest in Skyrim, which is required to unlock the Hjerim house in Windhelm. That is a home that already exists within the base game.

Now that the initial requirements have been established, there are two main ways through which you can get Skyrim Quarried Stone in the game.

How To Purchase Quarried Stone?

Once you have purchased land and built at least a Small House, the option to appoint a steward becomes available. This is a character that can perform a number of tasks for the player and defend the homestead if it comes under attack.

Multiple different NPCs in the world can become stewards.

Aela the Huntress
Njada Stonearm
Ria
Vilkas
Agmaer
Beleval
Celann
Durak
Rayya

Ingjard
Brelyna Maryon
Onmund
Calder
Gregor
Iona
Jordis the Sword-Maiden
Lydia

Valdimar
Adelaisa Vendicci
Annekke Crag-Jumper
Belrand
Eola
Erik the Slayer
Faendal
Ghorbash the Iron Hand

Golldir
Illia
Lob
Marcurio
Ogol
Roggi Knot-Beard
Sven
Talvas Fathryon
Uthgerd the Unbroken

Once you’ve recruited any one of these, talk to them and mention that you require supplies for the house. Choose Quarried Stone from the options, and the materials should be delivered to the chest next to the Carpenter’s Workbench.

Deliveries are made in 20 Skyrim Quarried Stone units, which will cost you a total of 100 gold. If you’re short on currency, you can always check out our ‘How To Make Gold With The Transmute Spell‘ guide for ways to make money quickly.

For those who don’t want to waste their hard-earned money, let’s move on to how you can mine this resource by yourself.

How To Find Quarried Stone?

With the release of the Hearthfire DLC, multiple different veins of Skyrim Quarried Stone were added to the world. Unlike regular resource nodes however, these do not run out after a handful of seconds.

Each ‘Stone Quarry,’ as they are known in the game, has a total yield of 4000 units of Quarried Stone.

Three nodes are found at each of the homesteads mentioned above. We will go over the rest of the locations below:

Area	Quarry Location
Battle-Born Farm	This location is found in Whiterun. To find the quarry, search the natural vertical rock formation behind the farm.
Bilegulch Mine	The mine is located in the southwest of Fort Sungard in the Falkreath Hold. Look to the left of the entrance.
Black-Briar Lodge	You will find the lodge to the east of the city of Riften. Search behind the building across from the guard tower entrance.
Darkwater Crossing	A settlement in southern Eastmarch. Look behind the boxes near the smelter.
Dawnstar	Capital of The Pale. Search next to smelter near the Iron-Breaker Mine.
Dragon Bridge	Village located in the middle of Markarth and Solitude. Look to the left of the Dragon Bridge Lumber Camp.
Embershard Mine	Embershard Mine is located in the southwest of Riverwood. Search to the left of the entrance for the Skyrim Quarried Stone vein.
Falkreath	The capital of Falkreath Hold. Two veins can be found in the rock surface behind the Barracks buildng.
Half-Moon Mill	Lumber mill to the north of Falkreath. Look behind the mass of uncut logs.
Hall of the Vigilant	Isolated building in the south of Dawnstar. From the bottom of the path leading to the house, search the area to the right.
Hlaalu Farm	A small farm to the east of Windhelm. There is a vein next to the wheat field near the grindstone.
Ivarstead	This is a small community to the east of Riverwood. Look for the quarry behind Narfi’s shack.
Karthwasten	Small town to the northeast of Markarth. Search behind the miner’s barracks.
Katla’s Farm	Stables leading to the city of Solitude. The vein is behind the goat pen.
Kynesgrove	Mining settlement in the south of Windhelm. You will find the quarry behind the inn on the left.
Markarth	Capital of The Reach. Search directly above the Left Hand Mine for the vein.
Morthal	The capital of Hjaalmarch. Look behind the building known as the Guardhouse.
Northwind Mine	A mine to the northwest of Riften. You should search the right side of the entrance.
Riverwood	Starting village in the south of Whiterun. One vein is in the rock face behind the Sleeping Giant Inn, while a second is behind Faendal’s House.
Rorikstead	Village in the far west of Whiterun Hold. A quarry can be found behind the wheat field.
Sacellum of Boethiah	Daedric Shrine to the east of Windhelm. While walking up the path to the location, search the area on the left.
Shor’s Stone	A small settlement to the north of Riften. Look in the area to the right of the path near Sylgja’s House.
Whitewatch Tower	Guard tower to the northeast of Whiterun. Search the area next to the banner on the side of the structure with the roofed tower.
Winterhold	Capital of Winterhold. Look behind the Jarl’s home. at the base of the mountain.