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Shops and services — Buildings and shops

Better-quality shops can stock rarer items. Offline shops close on Sun's Rest; online shop counters are staffed around the clock. The hours below describe ordinary offline opening times.

Building	Kind	Open	Sells	Buys	Services	Crafting station	Notes
Alchemist	Shop	07:00-22:00	Gems Plant ingredients (northern) Plant ingredients (southern) Creature ingredients 1 Creature ingredients 2 Creature ingredients 3 Miscellaneous ingredients 1 Metal ingredients Miscellaneous ingredients 2	Gems Creature ingredients 1, 2 and 3 Plant ingredients Miscellaneous ingredients 1 and 2 Metal ingredients	Buy and sell ingredients Potion recipes (a quarter chance a shelf) Alchemy station (brew and transmute) Rest supplies Healing potions	Alchemy station, 25 gold a brew or transmutation	Every Alchemist's counter always holds a Basilisk Eye, a Unicorn Horn and a Pearl.
House for Sale	Residence	08:00-16:00	—	—	Buy the house (through the bank)	—	Buy through the bank. Online, each character can own up to three homes.
Armorer	Shop	09:00-19:00	Armor Weapons	Armor Weapons	Buy and sell armor and weapons Repair gear Forge station	Forge and anvil, 50 gold a smelt or craft	Repairs cost a third of DFU's price and take a day per thousand points of damage, at least a day. Every weapon-selling shop also carries a quiver.
Bank	Service	08:00-15:00	—	—	Deposit and withdraw (a separate account in each region) Loans Letters of credit (1% commission) Buy a house or a ship Marks conversion (online)	—	Named 'The Bank of' plus its region's name; online every bank is 'The Bank of the Empire'. Online the bank keeps shop-like round-the-clock service.
Bookseller	Shop	09:00-21:00	Books Maps	Books	Buy and sell books and maps	—	Books ride the quality ladder; books are priced off the book file.
Clothing Store	Shop	10:00-19:00	Men's clothing Women's clothing	Men's clothing Women's clothing	Buy and sell clothing Loom and tanning rack	Loom, 50 gold a craft, cure or weave	Stock swaps to the player's gender.
Furniture Store	Shop	10:00-20:00	Furniture	Furniture	Buy and sell furniture Workbench	Workbench, 50 gold a craft or saw	DFU's Furniture Stores stand with empty shelves; here they sell the Furniture group at the port's own chance. Not on DFU's where-is list; the port asks after it as 'Furniture stores'.
Gem Store	Shop	09:00-18:00	Gems Jewellery	Gems Jewellery	Buy and sell gems and jewellery Jeweller's bench	Jeweller's bench, 50 gold a piece	—
General Store	Shop	06:00-23:00	Weapons Men's clothing Books Miscellaneous goods Women's clothing	Books Men's clothing Women's clothing Jewellery Weapons Miscellaneous goods	Buy and sell general goods Repair gear Provisions and camping kit Mason's bench Materials Bag (online)	Mason's bench, 50 gold a cut, mix or carving	Always carries a full quiver of arrows that cannot be bought out, plus rations and a campfire kit. It no longer shelves or buys a horse, cart or wagon: the Stable and the Wagon Yard do.
Library	Service	09:00-23:00	—	—	Bookshelves to read (up to ten random books a shelf)	—	Named from the library list ('Athenaeum', 'Lyceum' ...). Online the library keeps round-the-clock service.
Guild Hall	Service	11:00-23:00	—	—	Join and rise in rank Fighters Guild: training, repair, quests Mages Guild: spells, magic items, identify, teleport, summoning, training, library Thieves Guild: training, quests, fence magic items, spymaster Dark Brotherhood: training, quests, potions, soul gems, spymaster Knightly order: quests, armor from the smith, a house from the seneschal	Mages Guild halls host the Alchemy station (25 gold) and the Enchanting station (50 gold); player-guild halls hold members' stations	Members with hall access anytime may enter outside hours. Named for the guild's faction. Online the hall keeps round-the-clock service; a player guild may buy one home as its own hall.
Pawn Shop	Shop	09:00-20:00	Armor Weapons Magic items Books Miscellaneous goods Paintings Gems Jewellery Religious items	Armor Books Men's clothing Women's clothing Gems Jewellery Religious items Weapons Miscellaneous goods Paintings	Buy and sell a wide mix Jeweller's bench Campfire kits and rations	Jeweller's bench, 50 gold a piece	Buys the widest range of any shop.
Weapon Smith	Shop	09:00-20:00	Armor Weapons	Armor Weapons	Buy and sell weapons and armor Repair gear Forge station Quiver of 50 to 100 arrows	Forge and anvil, 50 gold a smelt or craft	—
Temple	Service	Always open	—	—	Donate (a blessing) Cure disease (250 gold a disease before adjustments) Training for members and non-members Quests By god: potions, soul gems, spells, magic items, Daedra summoning for ranked members Library for ranked members	—	Named for the faction's first child. Cures are free on South Wind's Prayer, First Harvest and Second Harvest and half price on North Wind's Festival. Eight gods: Akatosh, Arkay, Dibella, Julianos, Kynareth, Mara, Stendarr, Zenithar.
Tavern	Service	Always open	—	—	Rent a room (7 gold a night, up to 350 nights) Meals and drinks from the region's menu Talk to patrons Card games	—	Menus are keyed by region or climate and by the tavern's quality tier. Heart's Day takes a night off a stay across it; New Life and Harvest's End bring free drinks.
Palace	Service	10:00-16:00	—	—	Court of the region's ruler Quests from nobles	—	Daggerfall, Wayrest Map and Sentinel Map give theirs a proper name. Every Palace is a seat online; a crown's castle is its holder's hall. Online the palace keeps round-the-clock service.
House1	Residence	Never open (locked)	—	—	—	—	Permanently locked: only a lockpick or a quest opens it.
House2	Residence	06:00-18:00	—	—	—	—	Open by day, unless it carries a faction: then it is members-only (the Thieves Guild's and Dark Brotherhood's houses).
House3	Residence	06:00-18:00	—	—	—	—	A residence, open by day.
House4	Residence	06:00-18:00	—	—	—	—	A residence, open by day.
House5	Residence	Locked	—	—	—	—	Not covered by any opening-hours rule, so it stays locked.
House6	Residence	Locked	—	—	—	—	Not covered by any opening-hours rule, so it stays locked.
Ship	Ship	Owner only	—	—	—	—	A moored ship opens only to the player who owns a ship.
Stable	Port's own yard	—	—	—	Buy and sell horses	—	Not a building: an open-air yard found through the town's talk directory, with no door hours. Every city and town stands one. Priced at a flat yard quality in every town.
Wagon Yard	Port's own yard	—	—	—	Buy and sell the Small Cart, Open Wagon and Caravan	—	Not a building: an open-air yard found through the town's talk directory, with no door hours. Every city and town stands one.
Carpenter's Yard	Port's own yard	—	—	—	Workbench	Workbench, 50 gold a craft or saw	A joinery. It trades nothing over a counter; its row is the bench.
Shipyard	Port's own place	—	—	—	Buy ships (Rowboat to Large Galley) Sell ships back Shipwright's work and refits Fleet book	—	Stands on a port town's seaward edge; the shipmaster is one of the town's own people. It never sells out.
Crew Hall	Port's own place	—	—	—	Sign hands on for any ship	—	Inside the shipyard's fence; the crewmaster signs hands on.
Lighthouse	Port's own place	—	—	—	The harbor's light	—	Named 'The' plus the town's name plus 'Light'; its keeper is the lightkeeper.
Docks	Port's own place	—	—	—	Ships made fast and cargo landed	—	The harbour's quays, found off the terrain; named after the town, plus 'Docks'.

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