Katixas Ciderhouse Restaurant
⚪ Last updated 2016⚠️ Install Order · 3 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 5.0% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #3 of 14 Mercantiles (shops, stores, inns, taverns, etc) mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Allows you to run your own ciderhouse restaurant. Read further to get into details. It's not difficult once you know the basics, but content is complex and needs explanation and understanding.
Introduction to Ciderhouse
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SKYRIM SPECIAL EDITION CONVERSION (by SilentQuim)
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Thanks to SilentQuim for porting this to SSE.
Conversion available here:
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/14174
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You can click version number (next to endorsements) for full list, or the version number on the Files section. Also, a plain text changelog is available here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l843anqqg0651fr/KatixasCiderhouseChangelog.txt
MAIN FEATURES
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- Brew your cider, cook, and earn money with customers.
- Serve the food yourself to each customer, or hire a waitress
- Apple trees to gather fruits.
- 9 cider barrels, each one with its own fermentation process.
- Bottling machine.
- Ability to open or close the ciderhouse to customers.
- Notebook with your personal notes for tracking barrel status and other information.
- Place orders for meat, fish, bottles, etc...
- Get orders to sell bottled cider (jarls, tavers, citizens...).
QUICK START
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The Ciderhouse is located right outside Whiterun, next to the Battle-Born farm area. Inside the ciderhouse you will find a journal. It will explain a bit the ciderhouse history, and some basics of how the system works. After this, you will get to control it. Keep in mind that until you read this journal, you can't place orders, receive orders, or open the ciderhouse to customers, as it's not yours.
CIDER BREWING
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First need apples. You can use green or red apples. You can get them harvesting your own trees (each one gives 8 apples per day), or get them adventuring around (shops, dungeons, etc.).
Apples will need to be placed in the apple press. You will need a minimum of 100 apples to be able to activate the press, but can place as many as you want. When activated, it will create apple juice. This process takes one day. After this is completed, you can move the juice to the decanter. The decanting process takes 2 days. Once finished, you can move the liquid to fermentation. To do this you will need to open the barrels.
Also, keep in mind that once the press is empty (liquid has been moved to decanter) you can again store and press apples. You won't be able to mo
Katixas Ciderhouse Restaurant lets you run your own ciderhouse restaurant business in Skyrim. With 2,384 endorsements and 47,548 downloads, it's a well-received player home/business mod. The description is thin, so details are limited, but it's a solid choice for players wanting a unique entrepreneurial experience.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 2,384 endorsements—clearly a lot of players enjoy this one.
- 47,548 downloads show it's been tried and tested by a big chunk of the community.
- Adds a unique business-running gameplay loop that's not in vanilla Skyrim.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2016—might have compatibility issues with newer Skyrim versions or mods.
- Description is super thin, so you'll have to dig into the mod page or comments to figure out what it actually adds.
- No mention of dependencies or requirements, so you might need to troubleshoot if something doesn't work.
For Skyrim players who want to add a new layer of roleplaying and business management to their game. If you enjoy owning shops or taverns in other mods, this is right up your alley. Skip if you're looking for combat or quest mods—this is purely a business/player home addition.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since it's an older mod, check the comments for any known issues with your Skyrim version before installing.
- If you use a mod manager, install it manually or via your manager and make sure it's loaded after other mods that edit similar locations.
- Look up a YouTube video or the mod page's images to see what the ciderhouse looks like before you commit.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim LE Mods
- Author
- Katixa
- Version
- 1.6.0
- Downloads
- 47,548
- Endorsements
- 2,384
- Category
- Mercantiles (shops, stores, inns, taverns, etc)
- Created
- 4/29/2012
- Updated
- 4/8/2016
🔗 Required By 1 Mod
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