To get the Markarth house, you have to do the 5/5 quests to help people in Markarth. Okay, there are a few problems with this quest, and I think I hit all of them during my playthrough.

Lily Evans Posts: 3401 Joined: Thu 11:10 am but its easy to have a lot of side quests going and not noticing the ones you need to do in order to get the house, remember, straight to the jarl and do only the quests he sends you on first then you get the house, all the other markarth quests you can do after you live there. Its not that hard if you stay focused, the problem is most people lose track of the quests you need to do, don't mess around with any other markarth quests, go to the jarl as soon as you get to markarth, then talk to him, he sends you on a mission, you come back and he sends you on another mission to get the shield, after i think the 2nd or 3rd mission he sends you on you bring back the shield and he will offer for you to buy the house after you bring him the shield, killing people in the town isn't gonna work, or doing the other quests in the town aren't necessary, just the 2 or 3 missions he sends you on, i have the markarth house on my new character and i haven't done any of the markarth quests except the ones he sent me on.

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