Falkreath Secret Cottage Update History: August 5, 2026
Added a merchant's hut to the Falkreath Secret Cottage grounds.
For now, I wanted to avoid unnecessarily inflating the mod's file size, so I built a little backstory around it: "The hut actually has an entrance to a secret basement containing private living quarters—complete with storage, warm rooms, a bath, and a toilet. During the cold winter months, the merchant and her guard sleep downstairs in their fully heated underground space."
I could have gone all-out and fully built the interior for this update, but since it isn't an urgent feature, I decided to keep it as lore for now.
Merchant Routine & Behavior Update:
Bath items are sold by the merchant Arail Acornrun (Bosmer). Previously, she stayed full-time at Dead Man's Drink in Falkreath, but she now travels between two locations:
- Weekdays: Stays at the hut within the Falkreath Secret Cottage grounds.
- Weekends: Spends her time resting at Dead Man's Drink in Falkreath.
- Schedule: Departs the cottage around 8:00 AM on Saturday (or as soon as she wakes up), and leaves the inn around 7:00 AM on Monday (or as soon as she wakes up).
With this update, if she is at the tavern on a weekday, she will naturally begin traveling back to the Falkreath Secret Cottage.
Technical Note: Her initial placement/spawn point remains set to Dead Man's Drink. Re-placing her directly into the cottage hut could cause a critical bug where she vanishes from the game if a player currently has her as a follower.
Added Escort Guard: A dedicated guard has been assigned to escort her between Falkreath and the cottage. The guard follows close behind—though if the merchant wakes up first and leaves while the guard is still asleep, you might see them hurriedly running to catch up.
Children's Room Remodel & Bed Replacement:
Expanded and remodeled the children's room to ensure broad compatibility with bed replacer mods.
Removed the bunk beds and expanded the bedroom floor space from one grid/section to two.
All beds were completely re-placed as newly created objects to prevent positional save-data persistence bugs (where furniture coordinates revert or glitch out).
Multiple Adoption & PS4 Compatibility Notices:
Hearthfire Multiple Adoption: If you are updating on a save where you have already cast the "Bless Home" spell, the game's internal data may still reference the old beds. If your children do not sleep in the new beds after updating, please recast "Bless Home" to refresh the home's anchor points.
[PS4] Relocate NPC - Your new home: If you used this mod to assign bed locations to your children and they refuse to sleep in the new beds after the update, try adjusting the waiting position of the House Fairy.












