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Skyrim Character Building

The Speech Skill's Greatness

You may view Speech as an unnecessary skill for your characters. You may believe perks placed in Speech are wasted. Well you are wrong on both accounts! In this post I will tell you about the benefits of the Speech skill, tell you what you can do with these benefits and even let you know how to level this skill to 100 in no time!

Crime and Corruption

Criminals can benefit greatly from the Speech skill. The first perk that helps a thief comes when Speech hits level 30 and you can take the Bribery perk. This perk opens a dialogue option with Hold Guards. You will be able to bribe the guard to ignore the crime he is trying to arrest you for. You will still have your bounty. Guards will say "Wait, I know you" when you walk by and may try to arrest you if your bounty is high. You can bribe the other guards too but each guard can only be bribed once. If a bribed guard catches you committing another crime he will arrest you or attack if your crime is serious enough. Guards will "reset" in 2 days meaning you can bribe them again after they reset.

Bribing guards makes crime much more simple. You can get away with pickpocketing, lockpicking, assault or outright theft without having to do the dumb old "save before you steal" routine. Unless you want to go to jail often you will need to take the bribery perk!

The size of the bribes you have to pay is dependent on two things. Your character level will raise the price of the bribes while your Speech skill level will lower the price. I have been unable to find specific equations for the cost of bribery but  James has confirmed for me that it is somehow dependent on these 2 factors.

You can pickpocket your bribe money back from a guard. To "mark" the guards I have bribed and pickpocketed I will steal their arrows along with their money. This lets me check their inventory before I commit a crime near them. If their arrows are gone I know I cannot bribe them again and I wait for another guard to be nearby. This lets the second guard "catch" me and take my bribe.

Once your Speech skill reaches level 75 you can persuade guards to ignore minor crimes! This is a big upgrade from bribing guards. The bribery option conversation option will still be available but there will be a new "persuade" option. This works the same as bribery but instead of paying off the guards you just talk them into leaving you alone.

As said above, you can persuade guards when your Speech skill reaches level 75 but there are ways to get it earlier. Giving gold to a beggar will add a temporary +10 to your Speech skill. An Amulet of Dibella will add +15 to your Speech skill. The Masque of Clavicus Vile will add +10 to your Speech skill. The Blessing of Dibella, gotten from a Shrine of Dibella (one is in Riften), will add +10 to your Speech skill. The Amulet of Articulation can add a +5 up to +35 to your Speech skill depending on your character level when you get it. You will get the Amulet of Articulation later in a playthrough and by that point you will most likely not need the Speech boost it gives.

By giving money to a beggar, gaining the Amulet of Dibella (can be bought at Radiant Raiment in Solitude) and taking the Blessing of Dibella you will gain a total of +35 to your Speech Skill. This means you can persuade guards when your Speech skill is only at level 40.

The Persuasion Perk will lower the skill level required for all persuasion attempts by 30%. You can persuade away guards who catch you committing crimes at level 53 with the perk. The Persuasion perk requires a Speech skill level of 50 which means you can "persuade" guards long before you get the perk by using the method above.

Make sure to note that fortify haggling is not the same as fortify speech. Fortify haggling will give you better prices for items bought and sold but it does not affect your Speech skill level. You must have the items that fortify your Speech skill, not "haggling" enchantments and potions.

Everyone knows the Speech skill will lower prices for bought items and raise prices for sold items. Some details are not widely known.

The Merchant Perk is very handy, allowing you the ability to sell any non-stolen item to any vendor. This is a huge advantage for people who have a lot to sell and do not want to waste time selling these things to specific vendors. An Alchemy or Enchanting based character can use this perk to sell their creations to any vendor which cuts down on the amount of travel time required to empty your stash of pricy items. This perk also unlocks the vendors' personal inventory and makes it easier to find some items that normally are not widely available (alchemy ingredients).

The Fence Perk is better than it's description. It is said to allow you the ability to barter stolen goods with merchants you have invested in but that is wrong. This perk allows you to barter stolen goods with ANY merchant in the world! Because you have taken the Merchant Perk to get the Fence Perk you will be able to sell anything you have to any merchant out there regardless of stolen tags or who the merchant is.

Another benefit to having a very high Speech level is the items sold by certain vendors. I have noticed that the College of Winterhold vendors will sell better high level scrolls when my speech level is very high. I can buy scrolls for Blizzard and other spells that are not common with a low Speech level.

When you take the Master Trader Perk and later reset your speech skill after defeating Miraak (in the Dragonborn DLC) the affect of the Master Trader Perk will not reset. This means even though you reset the Speech skill you will still find merchants have 1000 extra gold. This does not work if you reset the skill by making it "Legendary". Making a skill Legendary uses the game's engine routines to reset the skill and will cancel all perks previously taken.

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I am guilty of abusing quicksaves on every pickpocket character I play, but next time I think I'll give speech a go. I never bothered with the right branch because I thought those perks were useless.

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This page details an overview of the Speech skill in Skyrim, including recommended perks, leveling tips, and where to find Speech trainers.

Speech, Skyrim.

Speech Overview ¶

Speech determines the prices you get when buying and selling things, and determines your chances of success when attempting to persuade, bribe, or intimidate others. Speech perks also allow you to sell items to merchants who don’t peddle those wares, invest in a shop to increase their available gold, sell stolen items to merchants you’ve invested in, and even increase the money available to every merchant in the game.

Recommended Perks ¶

As Speech is pretty much all about making more gold, you don’t necessarily need to spend any perks to increase combat effectiveness. But let’s not be hasty, I hear you say; what about the story and quest sides of Speech? Well… sadly even with a Speech score of 0 there was not a single situation where a Speech option was possible that couldn’t be overcome. Now, even with a score of 100 some characters will be unmoved by one attempt or another, but a character that isn’t moved by a Persuade attempt might be Intimidated, or failing that, Bribed. Since every quest can be done without spending any perks, why bother wasting perks? You’ll get enough gold without blowing perks in the Speech skill, and improving your Persuade/Bribe/Intimidate chances aren’t necessary.

Leveling Tips ¶

There are really only two ways to level up Speech; succeed at Persuade/Intimidate/Bribe checks, or sell items. There are plenty of options to do the former throughout Skyrim, but aside from joining the Thieves Guild, committing minor crimes and getting caught, bribing your way out of trouble is the only somewhat reliable way to grind them, and even that’s limited.

Fortunately, you’ll generate tons of loot to sell when you’re performing the radiant quests for Vex and Delvin, and while leveling up the crafting skills. Just sell the items you steal or craft to Tonilia in the Thieves Guild (preferably after completing some of the quests to upgrade the Thieves Guild to increase her funds) to increase your Speech. Do so one item at a time, as this gets you more Speech experience than selling in bulk.

Speech Trainer Locations ¶

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Speech is a character's ability to carry a conversation and how charismatic or persuasive he or she can be to others. Obviously, the higher the Speech skill , the more likely that things can be settled through diplomacy and non-violent means.

Speech dictates the Value of an item or weapon. The higher your speechcraft, the more an item is potentially worth. That value is then filtered once more through the Haggling perk, which determines the buy/sell value with vendors.

Each NPC has a Speech skill check when it comes to persuasion or intimidation . If you don't meet the hidden requirement, the NPC will dismiss either avenue of dialogue. With a skilled tongue, you could potentially open up new methods of completing tasks and things of that nature.

These are the Perks available in the Speech perks tree.

Leveling Tips

Free speech points.

At the summit of the Lost Valley Redoubt ruins , southeast of Markarth , is a giant waterfall and wooden plank overhang. If you carefully walk the plank you will discover the Bard's Leap. It's best to save here since you will be jumping -- possibly to your death. There is a pool at the bottom that will break your fall if you manage to hit it correctly.

Use Whirlwind Sprint Shout to propel your character far away from the rocks below and into the pool. Become Ethereal works, too. Once you emerge from the pool you should see a Phantom Bard with a lute. Talk to him (this may take several tries since you may get the notice that "This person is busy."). He will tell you how he tried and failed and then resume his playing. Nothing may seem to happen for a few seconds, but if you wait around you will recieve a free level of Speech training .

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This TES V: Skyrim World Atlas page describes Speech skills . These skills are associated with the thief and persuasion master archetypes. Our tutorial in addition to describing the skills will tell you how to develop them, and what related best features are worth unlocking.

How to increase skill : This skill can be increased by successfully convincing other people to change their minds, by successfully threatening them and by selling items to local vendors. The growth of the skill depends on the "difficulty level" of the conversations and on the value of the items being sold to merchants.

Main purpose of developing this skill : Better chances to convince other people to the main character's point of view and receiving better prices (buying and selling) when visiting vendors.

Available perks : 13 .

Best perks : Haggling, Merchant, Master Trader.

MASTER TRADER

Intimidation.

This perk has five ranks and each time you unlock a new rank it gets better.

Comments : Make sure to unlock the first perk from this group at the beginning of the game, so you'll have a much easier job getting richer and acquiring supplies needed for the upcoming journeys. Unlocking four remaining perks isn't a priority, however a 30% discount can make a difference when you're buying or selling extremely precious artifacts.

Requirements : Speech skill increased to at least 30 points. Unlocked Haggling perk (rank 1).

Description : Negotiated prices are 10% better (buying and selling goods) if the merchant is a person of the opposite sex.

Comments : This perk is very useful if you're playing as a woman, because the majority of merchants in Skyrim are men. It doesn't mean that it won't be useful to a male character, but you'll probably won't use the bonus too often.

Requirements : Speech skill increased to at least 50 points. Unlocked Allure perk.

Description : Ability to sell any kind of good to any merchant.

Comments : This perk is extremely helpful, because it prevents you from wasting precious time trying to find the merchants that deal only with certain types of goods. Make sure to combine this perk with the other ones from this skill category to make the vendors richer and as a result to achieve a better combined effect.

Requirements : Speech skill increased to at least 70 points. Unlocked Merchant perk.

Description : Possibility of investing 500 gold coins into a single merchant, resulting in that person having more gold for the rest of the game.

Comments : This perk has its pros and cons. The biggest advantage is that you'll be allowed to sell more items to a single merchant without having to visit several of them. The biggest disadvantage is that you will have to manually invest into each merchant and to pay 500 gold coins from your own pocket. As a result this an interesting proposition only if you have your favorite merchants and if you want to improve the quality of trading with them. Otherwise Master Trader is a much better perk for you.

Requirements : Speech skill increased to at least 90 points. Unlocked Investor perk.

Description : Possibility of selling stolen goods to all the merchants the main character has invested in.

Comments : This perk is created for a thief. If you're playing as such a character you'll be allowed to sell stolen goods to all members of the Thieves Guild, so this perk isn't great and you'll need it only if you're selling really valuable things and trading with the guild members isn't enough.

Requirements : Speech skill increased to 100 points. Unlocked Fence perk.

Description : Every merchant in Skyrim receives 1000 additional gold coins for trading purposes.

Comments : This is a MUCH better perk than Investor, because you won't have to visit any of the merchants and share some of your own gold with them. Make sure to unlock this perk as soon as you've fully developed Speech skill.

Description : Possibility of bribing guards so that they ignore crimes comitted by the main character.

Comments : This is a rather useless perk. You should avoid any contact with the law enforcement even if you're playing as a thief or an assassin. The worst thing about this perk is that a bribe is used only to get rid of a guard that has noticed the main character. It doesn't erase the list of comitted crimes, so you may as well be bothered by other guards and you'd have to pay them as well.

Requirements : Speech skill increased to at least 50 points. Unlocked Bribery perk.

Description : 30% easier to persuade someone.

Comments : This is also a useless perk, especially since even a failed persuasion attempt doesn't mean the end and you can always bribe the other person with gold.

Requirements : Speech skill increased to at least 70 points. Unlocked Persuasion perk.

Description : Twice as easy to intimidate someone.

Comments : This perk is very similar to the previous ones, so you should avoid it. Even if you fail at trying to intimidate someone you'll most likely have a chance to use persuasion or bribery. Spend the skill point(s) on something better.

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The skill of persuasion can be used to get better prices from merchants and persuade others to do as you ask.

Speech is a skill in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and is one of the six skills that falls under The Thief playstyle. This skill is a combination of both Speechcraft and Mercantile skills of previous Elder Scrolls games and replaces them. Speech may also help with quests by unlocking special dialogue interactions, including Intimidate, Persuade, Bribe, Mock, Brawl , and more.

Governing Guardian Stones : The Thief Stone

• 1.1 Types of Speech
• 4.3 Trainers
• 5.1 Bribing guards
• 5.2 Persuading guards
• 5.3 Learning bonuses
• 5.4 Repeatedly buying and selling
• 5.5 Persuade the toll road bandit
• 5.6 Persuade and intimidate Calcelmo
• 6.1 Ahkari's merchant inventory
• 6.2 Intimidate Anton Virane
• 6.3 Intimidating Sabjorn
• 6.4 Intimidate Nelacar
• 6.5 Persuade Ungrien
• 6.6 Persuade Ulfric Stormcloak
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Usefulness and function

Speech directly affects the prices paid when buying from and selling to merchants , even without the assorted perks . At 0 Speech, merchants sell items for 3 times their base price, and buy for a third of their base price. At 100 Speech, merchants will sell items for twice their base price and buy them for half as much. Alternatively, Speech can be used to persuade people into doing things or divulging crucial information. Bribes made are also governed by Speech. There are 65 male and 45 female merchants in Skyrim, so Dragonborns interested in Allure have an advantage if they choose to be female.

Types of Speech

• Barter (buy/sell)

The following are the perks that become available to select as the skill is leveled up:

† The way Investor seems to work is that the 500 gold ends up in the shopkeeper's personal inventory rather than the store inventory. Also, it seems like any gold in the shopkeeper's personal inventory is added to the store gold when calculating how much they can buy. This means two things:

Prices are computed by the following:

• At 0 skill and no perks the price factor is 3.3
• At 100 skill and no perks the price factor is 2
• At 100 skill and all perks the price factor is 1.42857.

Skills over 100 have no effect.

The speech skill increase depends on the base value of the item traded or the difficulty of the bribe or persuasion. When selling items, it is not actually required to receive any gold, only that the transaction takes place. The skill increase only occurs once per transaction. In order to optimize leveling, expensive items in groups of 6 or more should be sold individually, rather than all at once.

The following books provide a permanent one-time increase to the Dragonborn's Speech skill. See each book's page for a list of possible locations.

• Biography of the Wolf Queen
• 2920, Second Seed, v5
• A Dance in Fire, v6
• A Dance in Fire, v7
• The Buying Game
• Oghma Infinium – choosing the Path of Shadow increases all Thief skills, including Speech, by five.

The following quests increase or help to increase the Speech skill:

• Tending the Flames for the Bards College awards the Dragonborn with the ability , Gift of the Gab , which increases the experience gained in Speech by 15%.
• Steal the Staff of Arcane Authority for Malur Seloth in Winterhold .
• Collect a Mammoth Tusk for Ysolda from Whiterun .
• Jump from Bard's Leap Summit at Lost Valley Redoubt south of Rorikstead, survive, and speak to the Bard's Ghost at the bottom.
• Retrieve the Finn's Lute for Inge Six Fingers at the Bards College in Solitude. This also increases the Light Armor , Sneak , Lockpicking , Pickpocket , and Alchemy skills.
• Revyn Sadri (Common): Sadri's Used Wares , in the Gray Quarter of Windhelm
• Dro'marash (Adept): Khajiit Caravans
• Ogmund (Expert): Markarth , can be found inside the Silver-Blood Inn
• Giraud Gemane (up to 90 – Master): Bards College , Solitude
• Ronthil (Expert) Castle Volkihar

Leveling tips

Bribing guards, persuading guards.

Similar to the above method, after progressing far enough into the Thieves Guild questline, the Dragonborn can commit a minor crime, such as failed pickpocketing or stealing. Once the crime has been committed, the Dragonborn can go up to a guard and initiate the "Wait, I know you." dialogue. Any option (aside from resisting or submitting to arrest) should be available to persuade them to overlook it. Though the guards says they will not let it slide the next time, they will never attack or arrest the Dragonborn (unless the submit or resist dialogue option was chosen).

Note: This will not remove the bounty, it will just stop the conversation peacefully, while slightly improving Speech. This can then be done to all of the guards in a Hold , but it should not be repeated on the same guard, as this can cause the option to go away. Instead, all the guards should be cycled through with the dialogue. This is especially useful at medium-high levels, since nothing has to be paid or sold, and the risk is practically zero.

Learning bonuses

Wearing the Aetherial Crown , obtain the blessings from the Lover Stone and the Thief Stone , and combine with Gift of the Gab and any rested bonuses (remove crown/lover stone before resting) will make leveling up Speech even faster (65% with the rested lover's comfort bonus, 60% with well rested). Note that only the Lover and Thief Stones, and Gift of the Gab may be used if the Dragonborn is infected with lycanthropy , as werewolves do not benefit from resting bonuses.

Repeatedly buying and selling

To increase the efficiency of this method get all the learning bonuses above, sell items in groups of 6 or more individually, get a necklace with the Fortify Barter enchantment or an Amulet of Zenithar , activate the Shrine of Zenithar , get The Gift of Charity and take a Haggling potion .

Get a large amount of high value items, in total the value should be tens of thousands of Septims or more. Stolen items are fine. If you have a large pile of otherwise useless items as the result of levelling Alchemy , Enchanting , Pickpocketing or Smithing that is perfect. Keep in mind that you will sacrifice these items to level Speech. Find a merchant who accepts your items. If your items are stolen this should be a fence and if you get better prices from the opposite sex make sure your merchant is. Now sell them items until the merchant runs out of gold. Now buy one or two items back. You will probably pay several times more than they gave you for it, but the seller has gold again. Sell the merchant some more items until they run out of gold again. Repeat this until you run out of items. This allows you to work around the otherwise limited gold merchants have because you are effectively giving it to them.

Persuade the toll road bandit

Persuade and intimidate calcelmo.

Those who deliver a Dwemer item to Calcelmo may both persuade/intimidate for a better deal and exit the conversation before selecting either, "Sold. Here you go. (Gain ___ gold)," or, "Not good enough. I'll hold onto this. You'll need to find another one." Intimidation requires 40 Speech to be successful; persuading requires 50. Each option can be performed once per item brought to him.

Leveling tips (glitches)

Ahkari's merchant inventory.

In Dawnstar , Ahkari's merchant inventory can be accessed through a glitch (see page for details). After placing all gold in the chest, all the items in inventory can be sold to the merchant. Doing this will give back the gold put into the chest. Afterward, the items can be retrieved from the chest and the process repeated forever. The net is no change to gold or items, but an increase in Speech skill.

Intimidate Anton Virane

During the Dark Brotherhood quest " Recipe for Disaster ," Anton Virane can be intimidated repeatedly to level Speech. This can be accomplished by:

• When talking with him, after saying, "For the Dark Brotherhood, that can be easily arranged. (Intimidate)," he will respond, "The Dark Brotherhood?."
• If the conversation is immediately exited, the Dragonborn can begin to talk to him again and quickly skip through most of the conversation.
• Exiting the conversation at the same time as before increases Speech.

This can be repeated forever.

Intimidating Sabjorn

During the " Dampened Spirits " quest, the Dragonborn can loop a conversation with Sabjorn to quickly level Speech. To do this:

• A conversation with Sabjorn can be started (this must be during the quest).
• When Sabjorn says that the Dragonborn will not be paid until the job is done, the intimidate option can be chosen.
• The conversation should be immediately exited when he begins his sentence (PC = Esc or Tab).
• This can be repeated as needed.

Intimidate Nelacar

During the Daedric quest "The Black Star," the Dragonborn can continually intimidate Nelacar in the Inn in Winterhold. When he asks "Who sent you?" choose the Intimidate option and immediately exit the conversation. This can be repeated indefinitely.

Persuade Ungrien

At anytime the Dragonborn can enter the Black-Briar Meadery where you will encounter the shop attendant Ungrien . Confront him and then repeatably persuade him to tell the truth about how he feels about his employer Maven Black-Briar. This glitch can be repeated indefinitely.

• You must have at least a Speech level of 25 to make him cough up the truth, if not then you can use the bribery option until persuasion is effective. If persuasion is not effective then Speech is not increased.
• This bug has been apparently fixed by means of version 1.9, however, if in offline mode on Xbox 360 or you have neglected to accept this patch or any before it. Then the glitch will be operational.

Persuade Ulfric Stormcloak

During the quest " Season Unending ", Ulfric Stormcloak can be persuaded to attend the peace council. If immediately left in dialogue following the persuasion attempt, the option can be used again.

Some items increase the Speech skill or bartering. These include:

• Amulet of Dibella
• Amulet of Articulation
• Masque of Clavicus Vile
• Glibness potions (+20 to +50 Speech for 60 sec)
• Haggling potions (10% to 25 better prices for 30 seconds)
• Thieves Guild Hood (prices are 10% better)
• Guild Master's Hood (prices are 20% better)
• Daedric Armor (wearing a full set raises the chance of successful intimidation checks by 10%)
• Volsung (Mask) (prices are 20% better)
• Jester's Clothes / Cicero's Outfit
• Amulets of Haggling (12% to 25% better prices)
• Amulet of Zenithar (10% better prices)

In addition, two blessings can be granted:

• The Shrine of Dibella grants +10 Speech for 8 hours
• The Shrine of Zenithar grants 10% better prices for 8 hours

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• - reworded a few options
• - added an option to make npcs flee in combat speechcraft options (suggested by FishBiter)
• - removed chance to flee when requesting help
• - rewrote combat help script (should be more consistent now)
• - added an option to receive training from npc (suggested by luvandfeelins)
• - added appropriate facial animations where applicable
• - added exception to the helmet rule for the masque of clavicus vile (suggested by AshenShugarII)
• - removed assault alarm from fight option (suggested by Thoragoros)
• - fixed a condition which may have prevented speechcraft options at very low levels (suggested by VasMere)
• - renamed all script fragments to prevent conflicts with other mods (suggested by d81)
• - rebalanced speech gains
• - added very minor speech gains when initiating speechcraft (suggested by GalerionTheMystic)
• - removed ability to initiate speechcraft and mugging while in combat
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• Fixed Begging. Should work as intended.
• Removed some debug text.

• Follow: NPC will follow you. (farther based on skill)
• Barter: Initiate trade.
• Command: NPC will allow you to issue commands for a short time.
• Gift: NPC will receive items at no cost to them.
• Beg: Receive a small amount of gold. (must be wearing ragged or cheap clothes)
• Trick: Cause NPC to stop and bend over.
• Fight: Force the NPC to attack you.
• Train: NPC will increase player skill for a price. (NPC must have a high skill)
• Comment on the weather.
• There may bee one more option...
• Upon success, player will receive gold and is able to take items from the NPC at no cost.
• NPC may ignore you, initiate combat or flee.
• Help: NPC will assist the player in combat.
• Flee: NPC will run away
• NPC may ignore these requests.
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Skyrim Thief Skills - how to max Sneak, Speech, Pickpocket and Lockpicking

The best, fastest ways to level 100 in Skyrim's stealth-based Thief skills.

Always seen as the dark arts of Elder Scrolls games, Thief skills are, in fact, surprisingly applicable to most playthroughs in Skryim , and maxing your Lockpicking, Pickpocket, Sneak and Speech skills - or at least quickly levelling them to a certain perk you have your eye on, like Extra Pockets, can be massivley helpful.

Here, we'll be talking you through the best ways to max your Thief skills in Skyrim as quickly and efficiently as possible - but we also strongly recommend you take a look at our Skyrim power-levelling hub page and our Crafting skills guide in particular, for some extremely helpful tips for speeding up the process.

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The fastest way to max level Lockpicking and Pickpocketing

The fastest way to max level sneak and speech.

How to reach level 100 Lockpicking

Lockpicking and Pickpocket are two skills which often go hand-in-hand - probably because, to gain access to locked doors, there's normally a choice available to the player: lockpick the lock, or pickpocket the key.

• Lockpicking experience is granted for two things: succesfully opening locks, whereby experience is levelled according to the difficulty of the lock, or by breaking lockpicks, which gives a smaller, flat amount of experience regardless of the lock difficulty.
• To level Lockpicking then, you can either head to a location which has a large number of difficult locks to open, such as the Dwemer Museum in Markarth, or you can simply find a lock where the starting position won't open it, buy a huge amount of lockpicks, and get breaking.
• Breaking huge numbers of lockpicks is, we believe, the slightly faster option overall. You can buy lickpicks from Thieves Guild members and fences, or alternatively you can in fact use the Skeleton Key, awarded from a latter quest in the Thieves Guild storyline - which we explain how to start in our Faction quests guide - which is unbreakable, but still awards experience for 'failed' attempts to pick a lock.

How to reach level 100 Pickpocket

Pickpocket is one of the harder skills to power-level, but it's also one of the fastest to level up in terms of the experience you gain from each attempt... if you get it right.

• The amount of experience gained from pickpocketing and item is based on that item's value, rather than anything like weight or percentage chance of success.
• Bearing that in mind, the most efficient items to steal are gems and jewelry, as they're high in value but low in weight - which means a higher chance to steal, as weight determines difficulty.
• One mini-exploit for levelling Pickpocket is to repeatedly steal the Strange Amulet from Calixto Corrium, during the quest Blood on the Ice, as you can immediaely re-sell the amulet to Calixto for 500 gold - which is also one of several great ways to earn gold in Skyrim.
• Another slightly cheesy way to level Pickpocket is to use the age-old exploit of purchasing Pickpocket training from a trainer, and then stealing your money back. This levels the skill in two ways at once, but will slow down significantly at higher levels.

How to reach level 100 Sneak

Sneak is another tricky one to level up without an exploit, but fortunately there are a few things to bear in mind which can make it a little easier for you.

• Sneak experience is awarded for being undetected in sneak mode, and for landing sneak attacks. Sneak attacks grant the most XP, based on the damage dealt, whilst sneaking near hostile enemies or NPCs with items they own nearby will level you faster than sneaking near a friendly or neutral NPC.
• The fastest way to level, then, is to fully land a sneak power attack combo on a durable NPC like Shadowmere.
• You can also level your Sneak to 100 during the game's tutorial section - although this will leave you drastically under-levelled for combat against your enemies - by walking into a wall near the bear in the tutorial cave. The good ol' fashioned rubber band trick, or a weight on your W key, can let you do this while AFK if you really want to.
• Goldenglow Estate's external area, which is full of guards - providing you don't kill them during the Thieves Guild quest - is a great area to sneak around amidst multiple holstile enemies. Forts occupied by bandits or the Thalmor are another option.

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How to reach level 100 Speech

Finally, yet another difficult to grind skill, Speech. Formerly Speechcraft, Speech is based on your verbal interactions with NPCs. Fortunately again, we've managed to gather a few tricks for levelling it up with relative ease.

• Speech is levelled by buying and selling items, and successfully using the Persuade, Indimidate, and Bribe dialogue options.
• Buying and selling items levels Speech according to the item's value, and will only every grant you experience for one item per transaction - meaning you should always sell items one at a time if you want to raise your Speech level.
• One method is to buy training from trainer-merchants, who also buy and sell goods, and who will then have far higher gold reserves for buying your more expensive items.
• If you have a large amount of gold saved up, you can sell and re-buy your most expensive items, which, bearing the markups in mind, will leave the merchant with a massively increased stash of gold for puchasing. Then, you can sell huge amounts of items - remembering to do so one at a time - to level up your Speech. This complements your Enchanting skill levelling particualrly well, as with that method you'll have huge numbers of enchanted items to sell, too.
• Finally, there is a Speech exploit involving a dialogue loop with a shop-keeping in Riften. Head to the Black-Briar Meadery just north of the town and talk to Ungrien. Select the "Tell me about Maven Black-Briar" dialogue option, and after heading through all the chit-chat the "Come on, get the truth off your chest. (Persuade)" option, which will soon take you back to the start of the conversation and round in an infinite loop. This is, probably, the fastest way to level the skill, although technically an exploit rather than an intentional mechanic.

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Where can I get trained in Speech?

I want to increase my speech skill in Skyrim so that I can sell any item to any merchant. Where can I find someone who will train me in the Speech skill?

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• Related: What is the fastest way to level up my speech skill? –  galacticninja Commented Nov 23, 2014 at 5:45

There are many places all over the world of Skyrim where you can be taught speech.

Information about speech can be found on the wiki here .

One of the methods of gaining speech as written on the wiki:

Method Two During the Dark Brotherhood quest, "Recipe for Disaster", Anton Virane (the Chef of the Understone Keep in Markarth) can be intimidated repeatedly to level Speech. This can be accomplished by: When talking with him, after saying "For the Dark Brotherhood, that can be easily arranged. (Intimidate)", he will respond "The Dark Brotherhood?". If the conversation is immediately exited, the Dragonborn can begin to talk to him again and quickly skip through most of the conversation. Exiting the conversation at the same time as before increases Speech. This can be repeated forever.

Check that wiki page though, too much to explain here, it shows EVERYTHING on it.

Speech Trainers

Adept --- Dro'marash --- Khajiit Caravans (Travels between Riften and Dawnstar) Adept --- Revyn Sadri --- Sadri's Used Wares in Windhelm Adept --- Ronthil --- Castle Volkihar (Only available with The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard) Expert --- Ogmund --- Markarth (Can be found in the Silver-Blood Inn) Master --- Giraud Gemane --- Bards College in Solitude

• Not a problem. Happy to help. –  user92092 Commented Nov 24, 2014 at 20:03
• Revyn Sadri's a common trainer(to lvl 50). He's a general goods merchant, so will buy anything. Handy if you're leveling crafting skills and looking for somewhere to sell the debris. You will need to do a small task for him first before he'll train you. You need to covertly return a ring to its owner's house(master locked. Best to make a save and try pickpocketing the key from the owner. Reload and try again if you get caught, but since keys weigh nothing and are worth nothing you shouldn't have much trouble). After that, you can pay for training and get even more xp in sales to get gold back. –  Jtenorj3 Commented Mar 17, 2017 at 18:28

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Every Trainer In Skyrim (And Where To Find Them)

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Skills are the bread and butter of Skyrim , the one thing that truly defines a character. The skills in Skyrim can be roughly divided into three: Mage, Warrior, and Thief . While you can make your own mix of whatever skills you'd best like to use during your adventures, specializing in a certain skill category is always more beneficial in the long run.

In order to progress in your skills , you need to actually practice them. For players who want to train skills and level up faster, there are tons of Skyrim trainers in the mainland, Solstheim, and beyond, all willing to teach what they know in exchange for coin.

Updated January 19, 2024 by Erik Petrovich : Finding all Skyrim skill trainer locations can be tedious, as trainers of various skill ceilings are spread throughout the deeps and reaches of Skyrim (and some are locked behind DLC and questlines). But before worrying about finding all Skyrim skill trainers, it's a good idea to get a feel for what each skill actually contributes to a build. There's no point focusing on Illusion magic if you want to paralyze enemies and transmute items, and there's little use in training Block as a dual-wielding maniac. Each section in this guide to all trainers in Skyrim now includes some examples of what to expect from each skill tree, as well as more distinct groupings for each trainer's location.

There are a few things to keep in mind when it comes to using Trainers in Skyrim , especially if you plan to use them to max out a skill as fast as possible. Skills cost increasing amounts of gold to train as players level up, to the point that training one or two Skill Points can cost more than 10,000 gold.

However, this is also when leveling skills is most difficult as there is more XP required to rank up. Try to avoid training your main skills until at least after level 50, and instead use Trainers to level the skills you won't use too often but still come in handy, like Lockpicking or Block.

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Additionally, there is a limit to the number of times you can train at every level. Players can only use the services of a Trainer five times every level, which carries over across NPCs and skills. This means you can't get five skill-ups for every Skill at every level.

However, leveling up a skill with a Trainer still counts towards overall player level progression. Because of this, leveling up while training skills is a very common occurrence, essentially letting you improve a skill 10 times in a single session if you're close enough to the next player level.

Alchemy allows you to brew powerful poisons or useful cures and potions. A high Alchemy skill lets players brew better potions and poisons, brew greater numbers at once, use rarer materials for more exotic effects, and more.

Arcadia in Whiterun not only runs an ingredient store but also gives Expert level training.

In Morthal, Lami can give you Adept level training.

If you're an assassin of the Dark Brotherhood , young vampire Babette can teach you at Expert level. Owners of the Dragonborn DLC can head to Raven Rock and speak to Milore Ienth for Expert level training, too.

Alteration is the art of bending reality , through magical armor or candlelight spells. Players who use the Alteration school of magic are able to cast defensive and utility spells for themselves, alter the physical properties of enemies (to cause Paralysis, for example), and even transmute items. Only two experts in Skyrim can train you in this school.

If you're at the college, you can simply speak to Tolfdir who can train you at Master level.

You can also head to Kynesgrove and talk to Dravynea, who can train you in Alteration at Expert level.

Archery will serve any ranged fighters well, as it's the primary skill that Bows and other ranged weapons rely on. A high Archery skill unlocks the ability to zoom and slow time, deal extra damage with different types of shots, and grant a higher chance to recover ammo. Four trainers can be found in Skyrim , not counting Angi at Angi's Camp who gives a special quest related to Archery.

In Riverwood, Faendal can give you Adept level training.

For Expert level training, head over to Whiterun and seek out Aaela the Huntress among the Companions.

Niruin in Riften, in The Ragged Flagon, provides you with Master level training.

Finally, Sorine Jurard located in Fort Dawnguard will give you Master level training if you happen to own the Dawnguard DLC.

Block is the art of using your shield to defend against attacks . It's a simple skill, with upgrades that improve players' ability to mitigate damage and unlock Shield-related special abilities. There are only two trainers in all of Skyrim, but they're easy to find.

Njada Stonearm in Whiterun, a member of the Companions, will provide you with Expert level training.

Larak, found in Mor Khazgur, will also give you Master level training, however, you'll need to access the Orsimer strongholds by proving yourself.

If you'd like apparitions from other planes to assist you in battle, Conjuration is for you. This school lets players summon a Daedric companion, usually tied to an element, which can be extremely powerful for combat. But it's also a good school for those looking to improve their defenses as it lets a mage summon Bound Weapons and Bound Armor, temporarily.

Runil in Falkreath will give you the basics at Adept level.

After that, join the College of Winterhold to speak with Phinis Gestor, who will train you at Expert level.

In Morthal, Falion can also train you at Expert level.

If you own the Dragonborn DLC, Talvas Fathryon in Tel Mithryn can train you at Master level.

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Destruction magic consists of devastating, elemental spells. Your typical fireballs, frostbolts, lightning bolts, and other spells that deal direct HP damage tend to fall under the Destruction school. It's an important one for almost every mage to level up.

In Windhelm, Wuunferth the Unliving, found within the Palace of Kings, can train you at Adept level.

Owners of Dawnguard can speak to Garan Marethi in Castle Volkihar for Expert level training. In Solitude's Blue Palace, Sybille Stentor can also train you at Expert level.

Finally, members of the College can speak to Faralda, who can train you at Master level.

Enchanting allows you to add powerful boosts to your weapons and gear. Improving Enchanting lets players put better Enchants on their gear, use different materials for Enchanting, and generally improve their proficiency with this profession.

If you're a member of the College, Sergius Turrianus can train you at Expert level.

In Markarth, Hamal can train you at Master level.

Finally, owners of the Dragonborn DLC can head to Tel Mithryn and speak with Neloth who can train you at Master level.

Heavy Armor is great for blocking tons of damage at close range . Improving the Heavy Armor skill improves one's ability to maneuver while wearing a full set, improves defenses outright, and even reflect enemy's melee attacks back against them.

You can find an Expert level trainer Gharol in Dushnik Yal. After completing the quest Proving Honor, Farkas in Whiterun becomes a Master level trainer.

If you have the Dawnguard DLC, Isran in Fort Dawnguard is a Master level trainer.

Alternatively, if you own the Dragonborn DLC, Kuvar located in Bujold's Retreat is a Master level trainer as well.

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Illusion is a school of magic focused on tricking the enemy's mind and senses. Different from Alteration, Illusion is meant to confuse or bewilder targets, not necessarily actually change properties about them. An Illusionist, then, can scare enemies into submission, encourage their allies, and turn themselves "invisible". Only two trainers exist in Skyrim, and are not necessarily easy to access either .

If you're a member of the College of Winterhold, Drevis Neloren can teach you at Master level.

Alternatively, if you have access to Orsimer strongholds, you can speak to Atub at Largashbur for Expert level training.

If speed is your thing and you want to be light on your feet, Light Armor is ideal for you. Improving Light Armor improves one's ability to maneuver in a variety of ways, and its ultimate skill grants the wearer a chance to totally avoid melee attacks with a full set equipped.

Outside of Windhelm, you'll find an Argonian named Scouts-Many-Marshes who can give you Adept level training.

In Riften, Grelka offers Expert level training should you head to the marketplace.

If you're already part of the Dark Brotherhood, you can also seek out Nazir, who'll be happy to train you at Master level.

No doors or chests will remain inaccessible should you invest in Lockpicking. Easy enough to level on its own due to how many locked chests there are in the world, only two trainers exist in all of Skyrim.

Vex from the Thieves Guild will train you at Master level, provided you're a member of the Guild.

If you happen to come across a Khajiit caravan, a Khajiit named Ma'jhad will also offer Expert level training.

If you'd like to overwhelm your enemies with speed, One-Handed is perfect. Two-Handed weapons can overwhelm a foe, but the One-Handed tree is more focused on speed and dextrous attacks, especially for Dual Wielding. This tree increases attack speed, reduces Stamina, and unlocks a few special attacks for One-Handed weapons alone.

In Whiterun, Amren can provide you with Adept level training.

Still in Whiterun, Athis, a member of the Companions, can give you Expert level training.

If you have access to the Orsimer strongholds, you can head over to Dushnik Yal and seek Master level training from Burguk.

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Other people's belongings are now yours, through Pickpocketing. A higher Pickpocketing skill gives players a variety of bonuses to the minigame, like outright increased chance to succeed, but also the ability to pickpocket things onto your target, like poisoned apples. But it's risky to practice, and it's also hard to find someone who'll actually train you.

In Windhelm, you can ask Silda the Unseen to train you at Expert level. She'll usually be wandering around Candlehearth Hall.

In the Thieves Guild, Vipir the Fleet will train you at Master level.

Restoration is defensive, healing magic that can support you and your companions in battle. Though Skyrim isn't multiplayer, focusing on Restoration can still be helpful for supporting a group of summons, followers, or other "party" members – including friendly NPCs in scripted events. You can, of course, heal yourself very effectively with this school of magic, too.

For Adept level training, you can either speak to Keeper Carcette in Hall of the Vigilant or Aphia Velothi in Raven Rock if you own the Dragonborn DLC.

At the College, Colette Marence can train you at Expert level.

In Whiterun, Danica Pure-Spring in the Temple of Kynareth will train you at Master level after completing the quest The Blessings of Nature. Additionally, in Fort Dawnguard in the Dawnguard DLC, Florentius Baenius will train you at Master level.

Smithing allows you to create better armor and weapons in a variety of ways. Improving the skill unlocks more smithing options and the ability to make better gear, usually by unlocking a branch of smithing entirely – like Orcish weapons, Ebony armor, Glass gear, and more.

There are four Smithing trainers in all of Skyrim. Ghorza gra-Bagol is Adept level, and found in Markarth.

In Riften, you'll find Balimund, who's Expert level.

In Whiterun, Eorlund Gray-Mane is a Master level trainer for those who are members of the Companions. In Fort Dawnguard in the Dawnguard DLC, Gunmar is another Master level Smithing trainer.

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An ideal skill for those who prefer to travel the shadows, Sneak is a staple for thieves. Improving one's ability to Sneak directly improves your ability to stay out of NPCs' sight and alert range, but also unlocks some new moves and th ability to deal extra damage with Sneak Attacks. Later on, high Sneak players can avoid triggering traps and even disappear from combat.

If you happen to catch a Khajiit caravan, try and find a Khajiit known as Khayla, who can train you in Sneaking at Adept level.

In Markarth, seek out Garvey who can give you Expert level training.

Head over to Riften's Ragged Flagon and speak to Delvin Mallory, who can train you at Master level.

Speech is the art of influencing others with your words, which in Skyrim means bartering and passing dialogue checks. By leveling Speech, one improves their ability to sell items for the right value, gains the ability to invest in stores, can sell more thanks to extra money at merchants, and improves your chance to succeed with Persuasion and Intimidation checks. While Speech is easy to level up by bartering with vendors, there are also five trainers in Skyrim to help you.

In Windhelm, Revyn Sadri can train you at Adept level. If you find a Khajiit caravan, seek out a Khajiit named Dro'marash, who can also train you at Adept level.

In Markarth, Ogmund from the Silver-Blood Inn will train you at Expert level, and owners of the Dawnguard DLC can ask Ronthil in Castle Volkihar to train them at Expert level too.

Giraud Gemane in Solitude's Bards College can train you at Master level.

Two-Handed swords are a classic choice for a fighter. While One-Handed weapons are made for fast, rapid attacks, nothing quite compares to the crushing might of a heavy Two-Handed weapon. Leveling this skill will increase damage, cause new effects, and unlock new attacks.

To level up fast, you can find Torbjorn Shatter-Shield in Windhelm who can provide you with Expert level training.

In Whiterun, Vilkar, a member of the Companions, will also train you at Master level.

Owners of the Dawnguard DLC can find Fura Bloodmouth in Castle Volkihar for Master level training and those with the Dragonborn DLC should find Wulf Wild-Blood in Skaal Village for Master level training.

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