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    Dušan KrstićBy Dušan KrstićMay 18, 2023319 Views
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    In the world of Skyrim, building your own homestead provides a sense of accomplishment and personalization that many players find deeply satisfying. One key component to constructing various elements of your dream Skryim home is straw – a seemingly simple item that can prove surprisingly elusive.

    With the Hearthfire DLC, straw becomes an essential resource for crafting items like archery targets, beds, and practice dummies. If you’ve been struggling to locate this humble yet indispensable material, worry not!

    In this article, we’ll guide you through the best places to find and get straw in Skyrim and share tips on how to stock up efficiently, ensuring that your homestead construction goes smoothly and without any hiccups. Let’s dive in and turn those straw-finding woes into a thing of the past!

    What You Need to Get Straw

    The Hearthfire DLC may not be as flashy as Dragonborn with its dragons, bosses, and vampires, or Dawnguard with its story, but it has a cozy atmosphere that you can be proud of when you finally build your homestead.

    In order to harvest straw in Skyrim, you need to have the Hearthfire DLC.

    Straw Locations Around Skyrim

    Straw can be used to make many things, beds, apiaries, trophies, and practice dummies. The best way to get straw is to buy them in general-purpose stores like Belethor’s General Goods in Whiterun.

    The Riverwood Trader is a good way to get early straw, too. Any of the holds where you decide to make a homestead will have a trader where you can get straw. To be precise, every general goods store will have them; it is just usually more convenient to buy straw at the nearest city.

    If the straw does not appear for you at the start of the game, you need to wait a few days for stores to restock, and you should see it. The same is true if you bought all of their supply of straw; you need to wait a few days for a restock.

    Finding straw in Skyrim can be a tedious process, as you essentially just wait for the next restock. Fortunately, you don’t need much of it; one or two trips are usually enough for a while since it is a common item and there is plenty in stock.

    Even though it is a pretty common item, you cannot get it anywhere else than from traders, so keep that in mind.

    Final Thoughts

    In conclusion, straw is an essential resource in Skyrim’s Hearthfire DLC for building a personalized homestead and crafting various items. To obtain straw, players should visit general-purpose stores like Belethor’s General Goods in Whiterun, the Riverwood Trader, or traders in any hold where they decide to build their homestead.

    Although finding straw can be a tedious process due to waiting for store restocks, it is a common item, and one or two trips to a nearby trader are usually sufficient. Remember that straw can only be obtained from traders, so always keep an eye out for them during your adventures in Skyrim, especially if you are interested in getting more straw to embellish your home.

    With this guide, you’ll have all the straw you need to create the perfect homestead and fully immerse yourself in the world of Skyrim. We hope you have found it to be helpful.

    Please let us know if you have any other questions. If you are just getting started on your homesteading journey, you may want to also check out our guide on how to find the location of the Lakeview Manor in Skyrim, as it is often considered the nicest place to build your home in Skyrim.

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