The open world of Skyrim allows you to do nearly anything you want to do in the game. Something you can do in the game is marry certain characters you encounter during your adventures. You can only start to do this by obtaining the Amulet of Mara, which you can acquire from Maramal for 200 gold. You can find them in two locations: the Temple of Mara or the Bee and Barb, which is a tavern. Both of these locations are in Riften.
When you want to marry someone, make sure you are always wearing the Amulet of Mara. You can verify this from your equipment page in your inventory.
Following this, you need to form a bond with a character in the game. Traditionally, before this happens, you need to do a quest for them, and after you complete the task, you bring up a dialogue tree with them to have a marriage. There’s a wedding ceremony that happens with several other characters connected to the two show up to celebrate the occasion.
These are the characters you can marry in the game, and their requirements:
| Name | Requirements |
| Aela | The quest Glory of the Dead |
| Aeri | Chop wood for her |
| Ainethach | Make the Silver-Blood henchmen leave their mine |
| Angrenor | Give them a gold piece |
| Anwen | The quest The Heart of Dibella |
| Argis | Become the than of Markarth |
| Athis | Complete the Glory of the Dead |
| Avrusa | Give them 20 Jazbay Grapes |
| Balimund | Give them 10 fire salts |
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| Belrand | Hire them |
| Benor | Defeat them in a brawl |
| Borgakh | Pay their dowry or have them leave their house |
| Brelyna | The quest Brelyna’s Practice |
| Calder | Become thane of Eastmarch |
| Camilla | The quest The Golden Claw |
| Cosnach | Defeat them in a brawl |
| Derkeethus | Rescume them |
| Dravynea | Give them Frozen Salts |
| Farkas | Complete the Glory of the Dead |
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| Filnjar | Complete the Mine or Yours |
| Gat | Complete the favor for Pavo Attius and liberate Kolskeggr Mine |
| Ghorbash | Pay their dowry or make them leave |
| Ghorza | Give them The Last Scabbard of Akrash |
| Gilfre | Chop wood for her |
| Hilund | The quest Retaking Thirsk and collect 50 Riekling Spears |
| Halbarn | Complete the Retaking Thirsk and Halbarn’s Supplies |
| Iona | Become the thane of The Rift |
| Jenassa | Hire them |
| Jordisa | Become the thane of Solitude |
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| Lydia | Become the than of Whiterun following the death of Mirmulnir. You must also purchase Breezehome. |
| Marcurio | Hire them |
| Mjoll | Retrieve the sword from Grimsever from the Dwemer ruins of Mzinchaleft |
| Morwen | Free the Skall following the return of their mother’s amulet |
| Moth | Bring them a Daedra Heart |
| Muiri | The quest Mourning Never Comes, and both targets have to die from the affection |
| Njada | The quest Glory of the Dead |
| Octieve | Help them pay off their debts |
| Odfel | None |
| Omluag | Talk to Mulush in markarth about the smelter workers |
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| Onmund | Recover the amulet from Enthir |
| Orla | The quest The Heart of Dibella |
| Pavo | Complete their favor for Kolskeggr Mine |
| Perth | Clear Soljund’s Sinkhole of Draugr |
| Quintus | Complete the Repairing the Phial |
| Rayya | Become the thane of Falkreath and buy the Lakeview homestead |
| Revyn | Bring back the stolen ring from Viola Giordano |
| Ria | Complete the Glory of the Dead |
| Roggi | Recover their family’s shield |
| Romlyn | Deliver black-briar mead keg from Wilhelm |
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| Scouts-Many-Marshs | Speak to Torbjorn Shatter-shield regarding the Argonian dock workersq |
| Senna | Complete the Heart of Dibella |
| Shahvee | Give her the Amulet of Zenithar, before the quest of Blood on the Ice |
| Sondas | Deliver the note to Quintus Navale |
| Sorex | Deliver the kegs of Stros M’Kai Rum to Falk Firebeard at the blue palace |
| Stenvar | Hire them |
| Sylgja | Give her father the satchel in Darkwater Crossing |
| Taarie | Complete the Fit for a Jar. Make sure you have the investor perk in the Speech Tree and invest in Radiant Raiment |
| Temba | Give them 10 bear pelts |
| Torvar | Complete the Glory of the Dead |
| Uthgerd | Defeat them in a brawl |
| Vilka | Complete the Glory of the Dead |
| Viola | Start Revyn Sadri’s favor, but rat out what they’re doing to Viola |
| Vorstag | Hire them |
| Wilhelm | Complete the investigation of Shroud Hearth Barrow |
| Ysolda | Give them a Mammoth tusk |
