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Master Architect

Master Architect

Build three houses

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How to unlock the Master Architect achievement in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition - Definitive Guide

Update: Just a warning from @Karnivore12

For anyone still trying to get this, be safe and don't do the quest Boethiah's Calling before getting the land for Falkreath. It will glitch the Kill Raider Leader quest at Knifepoint Ridge and you won't be able to buy the land. Also, don't progress through the Dark Brotherhood quests, as there is a quest that will reduce your favor to the Jarl of Falkreath. Basically, don't be like me and have to create a third save game to be able to unlock this achievement.

Solution:

1. Become thane for falkreath, dawnstar and morthal (NOT REQUIRED, I initially thought it did but it is not, READ UPDATE BELOW) I'll leave this just for anyone interested in being thane but if you dont really care just read Heraizen's comment and proceed to step 2

To become thane you have to go the jarls of each area and they will give you a quest. After doing the quest you then have to speak to the jarl again to get another quest which you have to help 3 residents of the 3 respective areas.

Morthal
Sell iron ore to Gestur
Sell firewood to Jorgen
Fist fight Benor

Falkreath
Sell firewood to Hert (she is not in falkreath but somewhere northwest from it, near the lake)
Retrieve berit's ashes to Runil
Sell potato to Mathies

Dawnstar
Give karl an alcoholic drink
Sell quicksilver ore to Leigelfe
Sell iron ore to Beithild

Above is the list of easy ways to help them.

2. After becoming thane on each area you can buy a pot of land (5000 gold) for 3 different areas go the areas and you have to build the houses. They will provide you with some materials in the chest but you will still need a lot of sawn logs(bought in lumber mills or you can get them by cutting lumber, note : not chopping wood ), iron ingot, corundom ingot and quarried stone.

3. Build the houses with the materials and you HAVE TO BUILD THE THREE WING EXTENSIONS OF EACH HOUSE and on the last house you are trying to build, MAKE SURE TO MAKE AN EXTRA SAVE BEFORE BUILDING IT because i had an issue where it didn't pop so i reloaded my autosave and i got it by doing the same thing.

Good luck and welcome back to Skyrim.


Update : Credits to OSSISS, Heraizen and Kennyannydenny for confirming, you don't have to be thane.

according to Heraizen :

For those confused why you can't buy land, often the option will be to buy a house, after selecting this option they will tell you that there is no house available and then offer you land.

Also I can confirm you do not need to be Thane.

Dawnstar - Complete the quest "Waking Nightmare" and then a radiant "Kill the Giant" quest for the Jarl of Dawnstar.

Falkreath - The quest from Jarl Siddgeir to bring him a bottle of Black-Briar Mead and then another radiant quest to kill a Bandit Leader.

Morthal - Complete the quest "Laid to Rest" for the Jarl of Morthal (who is different depending on which faction you sided with in the Civil War quest-line).
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31 Oct 2016 22:33

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You don't have to be thane for Falkreath.
I don't even think you have to be thane of Morthal or Dawnstar.
Will update.

Update: Nope, sure didn't have to become thane for any of the holds. Was able to purchase the land outright.
Without doing a single thing.
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By OSSISS on 15 Nov 2016 11:35
i have the three houses but i the achievement didnt pop up
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By slayerpaladin on 12 Jan 2017 05:41
Built last wing of 3rd manor but it didn't pop. So went back to a previous save, will try later.
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By thomaskorat on 02 Jul 2017 22:04
been 24 hours and hasn't popped yet also. then again this game is filled with bugs and glitches
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By on 21 Jul 2017 10:41
I can also confirm, I bought all three plots of land without becoming thane.
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By Kennyannydenny on 23 Oct 2017 20:25
This isn’t unlocking for me after completing it
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By ThrowingManx600 on 29 Apr 2018 15:29
throwingmanx600, load up the closest save you have previously, like an autosave try again. it happened to me and i reloaded to do it again and it unlocked. be careful and hope you get it bro
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By WolframX25 on 29 Apr 2018 19:43
For anyone still trying to get this, be safe and don't do the quest Boethiah's Calling before getting the land for Falkreath. It will glitch the Kill Raider Leader quest at Knifepoint Ridge and you won't be able to buy the land. Also, don't progress through the Dark Brotherhood quests, as there is a quest that will reduce your favor to the Jarl of Falkreath. Basically, don't be like me and have to create a third save game to be able to unlock this achievement.
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By Karnivore12 on 04 Jul 2018 22:59
will add it to the solution, thanks @karnivore12 :D
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By WolframX25 on 18 Jul 2018 02:11
I just did this the other day before reading this solution. I completed the Boethiah's quest before even looking into the Falkreath hold but I couldnt get the Jarl to give me the quests. In the end I realised that it was because I already had one of the "radiant gift" quests active in my 'other' quest tab. If anyone else is struggling to get the Jarl to give them the quests, perhaps try clearing out other 'kill raiders' or 'fetch x item' ones as this worked for me :)
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By Mattricus on 12 Aug 2018 17:18
Really great solution! I needed to know whether or not the extensions were required, as I'm saving up gold. But you gave a ton of extra info. laugh
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By NicoleRenee00 on 05 Mar 2019 13:56
happy to help :D @nicolerenee00
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By WolframX25 on 05 Mar 2019 17:14
thanks!!!
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By TheAlterPlace on 12 Aug 2020 04:54
you're welcome :D
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By WolframX25 on 12 Aug 2020 06:44
Build 3 houses but no achievement..
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By Big Rob on 28 Aug 2020 12:26
@Bob RooRsmoker reload save and build your third house again, that happened to the me the first time I did it as well
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By WolframX25 on 28 Aug 2020 12:38
@WolframX25 done and no achievement .....
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By Big Rob on 28 Aug 2020 15:22
Sorry I couldnt be much of help @BoB RooRsmoker
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By WolframX25 on 28 Aug 2020 16:15
Got it!!!!!
Done in this way: Build 3 House’s then build three wings on each house
Only the small house not count
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By Big Rob on 30 Aug 2020 19:08
Congrats :D
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By WolframX25 on 31 Aug 2020 17:54
I have built 3 houses, 3 wings on them all but no achievement.
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By hitman04 on 30 May 2021 16:27
I did a wing on each house one at time so they were all being built up together it and it popped exactly like it was supposed to.
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By SpoolinChaos on 01 Nov 2021 23:38
I had to build all wings of all houses for the achievement to pop.
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By Cheese Touch on 03 Jan 2022 09:21
do you have to build everything for the house or just the house itself
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By BIue Cam on 26 Jan 2022 05:32
Okay so apparently my save didn't save, I built my last house and I didn't get the achievement. I have saves that are they're when I'm building sections of the house went back to those saves did it again. Still no achievement. If I go back to even before I start building it'll push me back I believe over 5 levels. Anyone got a idea on how I can fix this?
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By Shortygaming100 on 31 Jul 2022 16:25
Confirmed that this is buggy. Save your game before doing the last upgrade and then keep trying if it doesn't pop. It will eventually. Took me 2 tries.
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By Saw3d 0ff on 18 Sep 2022 01:42
It seems like the location where the jarl in falkreath (Siddgeir for me) sends you to kill the bandit leader is random. In my case it was the embershard mine. So if you have done the "Boethia's calling" quest, but have not accepted the jarl's quest yet, you can maybe save before accepting the quest and reset until you get a target location other than knifepoint ridge (or whichever bandit leader you have already killed).
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By NZT21 on 09 Dec 2022 21:12
this unlocked while building the 3rd wing of the 3rd house but it wasnt fully completed lol
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By S GT on 29 Mar 2023 03:54
For those confused why you can't buy land, often the option will be to buy a house, after selecting this option they will tell you that there is no house available and then offer you land.

Also I can confirm you do not need to be Thane.

Dawnstar - Complete the quest "Waking Nightmare" and then a radiant "Kill the Giant" quest for the Jarl of Dawnstar.

Falkreath - The quest from Jarl Siddgeir to bring him a bottle of Black-Briar Mead and then another radiant quest to kill a Bandit Leader.

Morthal - Complete the quest "Laid to Rest" for the Jarl of Morthal (who is different depending on which faction you sided with in the Civil War quest-line).
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By Heraizen on 17 Dec 2016 01:52
@BoB RooRsmoker , then i guess the game is probably glitching out or your xbox achievements hasnt synced in yet. The only recommendation I can give is redo the whole process again because after reading the other solution for xbox360
The Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimMaster ArchitectThe Master Architect achievement in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim worth 23 pointsBuild three houses


@Arbyx Farrow said :
My goodness this is extremely glitchy. I quicksaved before my last house was complete and had to complete the house 4 times before the achievement finally unlocked. Just reload and try again until the game finally coughs it over
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By WolframX25 on 28 Aug 2020 15:46
I unlocked the achievement by building additional wings on all 3 houses. The 1st house I added 3 wings and the Architect achievement popped. Then I went on to built the other 2 houses but only made the house itself and the main hall, no achievement. After adding 3 wings on the other 2 houses it popped like it should. I recommend making new saves on different slots after building portions of the houses. Since sometimes the achievements in this game glitch and don't unlock after you complete something, if that happens to you you can reload your last saved game, do a quick misc quest or side quest of your choosing then retry building the last section/wing of the house again. That worked for me when a story related achievement didn't pop after I completed the quest. I reloaded an old game, did some misc and side quests then retried the main quest and the achievement unlocked.
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By LERISBILLSALOVE on 05 Jul 2022 06:07
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Houses for building are in falkreath, markarth, and morthal
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Falkreath, Morthal, and Dawnstar are the locations to buy properties in Skyrim.
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By Its Nebula on 12 Mar 2024 16:31
This achievement requires that you are up to a specific spot in the Hearthfire questline, and have a ton of building materials. Use the commands below to achieve this.
 
  • setstage byohhousepale 100
  • setstage BYOHHouseHjaalmarch 100
  • setstage BYOHHouseFalkreath 100
  • player.additem 03003043 1000
  • player.additem 0300306c 1000
  • player.additem 03005A69 1000
  • player.additem 0300300e 1000
  • player.additem 03003011 1000
  • player.additem 03003035 1000
  • player.additem 03003012 1000
  • player.additem 0300300f 1000
Once you have all these items, you can use the commands below to go to each of the locations available to build, and start by building the "Small House" and then add on three different wings of any type.
 
  • coc BYOHHouse1Exterior
  • coc BYOHHouse2Exterior
  • coc BYOHHouse3Exterior
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Build three wings in three houses.
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Not necessary. I had duplicate wings, but they still gave me the trophy.
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By Misanthrope1991 on 06 May 2020 18:42
It's not just about building three houses with three wings. Each of the three extensions must be unique for all three houses. Three sections with three different wings and the achievement is yours
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By chif-o on 27 Oct 2018 15:53
There are 3 estates in total:
Helyarken Hall in Dawnstar
Windstad in Morthal
"Ozernoye" in Falkreath
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By Nek-94 on 02 Feb 2018 18:05
Possible only after fulfilling the conditions of the Land Baron achievement (buy three plots of land)
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By Asp767 on 03 Jan 2017 12:43
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