BotW House Guide: How to Buy the Hateno House and All 14 Upgrades

In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Link can buy a house of his own in Hateno Village. This is the side quest Hylian Homeowner: Bolson Construction is about to demolish an old house nobody has lived in for years, and Bolson, the company president, agrees to sell it to you cheap. This page covers what the house costs, all 14 upgrades and a sensible order to buy them. For the house you build yourself in Tears of the Kingdom, see TotK Home on Arrange.

Where is the house and how do you start?

The house is at the edge of Hateno Village, with Bolson and Karson sitting behind it (Show on map). Talk to Bolson, ask “What’re you doing?”, then pick “I can buy it!” and the quest starts.

Bolson explains that the house has been empty for years, so the villagers voted to tear it down and are paying Bolson Construction 50,000 rupees to do it. If you want it, you’d have to pay 50,000 rupees. Then he offers a special deal:

• 3,000 rupees,
• plus 30 wood bundles, delivered first.

Even if you really do have 50,000 rupees and insist on paying it, Bolson still gives you the same 3,000 rupees plus 30 wood bundles deal, so there’s no need to save that much.

What do you need to buy the house?

Wood bundles: cut a tree down with any bladed weapon (a Remote Bomb works too), then hit the fallen trunk and it turns into wood bundles. Hateno Village is surrounded by trees, so 30 bundles go quickly.

3,000 rupees: early on, the easiest way is to sell ore and gems you mine. See BotW rupee farming.

What upgrades are there and how much do they cost?

Once you’ve paid and Hudson has left, talk to Bolson again. He first offers to handle “furniture, or the exterior, or anything really, for 5,000 rupees”, then immediately changes his mind: “Let’s start at 100 rupees.” The menu has three groups:

That’s 14 upgrades for 1,400 rupees. With the 3,000 rupees for the house, the total is 4,400 rupees.

How do the weapon, bow and shield mounts work?

With every mount bought, the house holds three weapons, three bows and three shields, nine items in total. Equip the item you want to display, walk up to an empty mount and interact with it to hang it up. Interact again to take it back.

The mounts are a good place for gear you don’t need right now but don’t want to sell, such as the Champions’ weapons or the Hylian Shield, and they free up inventory space. The weapon mounts are also part of a well-known duplication trick; see BotW glitches.

What happens when you buy all 14 upgrades?

When the last upgrade is bought, Bolson is amazed that you got everything and adds some furniture free of charge to celebrate, which makes the house look properly lived in. Hylian Homeowner is then complete.

What order should you buy things in?

1. Wood bundles first, then the 3,000 rupees. The wood is right there; the money can come later.
2. Talk to Hudson as soon as you own the house. He heads to Akkala and From the Ground Up begins, which pays three diamonds at the end.
3. Buy the useful upgrades first: the bed and the bow, shield and weapon mounts. The bed gives you a place to rest at home; the mounts take weapons off your hands.
4. Finish with the door, lighting, sign, flowers and trees. They’re cosmetic, but Hylian Homeowner won’t complete until you have all 14.

How does it connect to other quests?

• From the Ground Up: Hudson only offers it after you’ve paid for the house. It rewards three diamonds. See Tarrey Town.
• Both quests are listed in the Hateno region section of the BotW side quest list.
• In Tears of the Kingdom the Hateno house is still there, but Zelda lives in it now. The new Link’s House is one you build near Tarrey Town; see TotK Home on Arrange.