The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Trainer

For other uses, see Trainers.

Trainers are NPCs who help increase proficiency in skills in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Most trainers offer their services from the commencement of the game, but some require certain tasks to be performed outset. Skills tin can but be trained five times per level, until the skill level exceeds the level of the trainer. All training requires that a fee be paid. Gilded is automatically subtracted from the inventory when a training session is accustomed. After you pay the trainers y'all tin pickpocket them for your coin back.

Changes from previous games

Unlike The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, trainers in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim only offer skill leveling from Skillful upwards. In previous games, trainers offered Apprentice-level and Novice-level training. There are skill trainers in Skyrim labeled as "Common" trainers; this is incorrectly labeled, as the trainers offer their services up to the Practiced level. Different Morrowind and Oblivion, at that place are no means to be trained all the way to level 100 in a skill. One thing that carried over from Oblivion is that trainers will but train up to five skill levels per grapheme level.

Toll

The more avant-garde the training session is, the higher it will cost. The cost of training a skill upward can be calculated as follows:

Levels 15–50: x * [skill level] + l

Levels 51–75: 30 * [skill level] + 50

Levels 75–90: 50 * [skill level] + 50

This cost is based on the skill level after all modifications. So for case, Speech training while wearing an Amulet of Dibella volition be priced at a level xv points higher than the raw skill level. Information technology is thus best to remove relevant equipment before grooming.

Trainers that are also merchants, such equally Arcadia in Whiterun, add together the gold paid to them for preparation into their inventory. 1 can easily recover gold spent on preparation by selling them items. The gold can likewise be pickpocketed back from the trainer, admitting difficult if information technology is a big amount.

Proficiencies

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The proficiency of trainers varies:

Practiced trainers tin railroad train up to level 50.
Skillful trainers can train up to level 75.
Master trainers can train up to level xc.

Once the Dragonborn's skill level is greater than or equal to the trainer's level, the selection for training disappears as there is no more that can be learned from this person.

Free training

Main article: Free Skill Training (Skyrim)

There are several quests or tasks available that grant free skill increases as a reward. They function much like skill books and are treated in the same way as regular skill increases.

Exploits

Gratis grooming tin can exist exploited if a follower is also a trainer. Upon completion of a grooming session, the option to trade items with a follower can be selected to access their inventory and the thespian can so recover the corporeality spent on training.

There are only seven trainers who are followers:

Aela the Huntress – Archery, upwards to level 75
Athis – One-Handed, up to level 75
Farkas – Heavy Armor, up to level 90
Faendal – Archery, up to level fifty
Njada Stonearm – Block, upwardly to level 75
Vilkas – Ii-Handed, upward to level 90
Talvas Fathryon^DR – Conjuration, up to level 90

Additionally, gilt can be pickpocketed back later training sessions, but this becomes impossible at higher levels (even with maximum Pickpocket and Sneak skills) as the amount of gilt paid is often in the thousands. This can be surmounted by knocking down the trainer in some way, and so pickpocketing the gold back while they are on the basis. Yous tin pickpocket annihilation in a knocked down character's inventory with no compensation, even if the chance of success appears to be 0%. To knock down a grapheme, employ Unrelenting Forcefulness with all 3 words of ability, do a power attack with a two-handed weapon (you may receive a compensation), or, with the "Poisoned" perk, reverse-pickpocket a paralysis poison into their inventory. The thespian tin likewise use Ice Form on the trainer so heal the character, then while the person is recovering, quickly admission that trainer's inventory to recoup the toll. Information technology is possible to prevent a offense being charged against the Dragonborn by showtime joining the faction that the trainer belongs to.

Trainers

Alchemy

Level	Trainer	Location	Notes
Practiced	Lami	Morthal
Practiced	Arcadia	Arcadia's Cauldron in Whiterun
Skillful	Milore Ienth	Raven Rock	Only available with The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn
Master	Babette	Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary	Must exist a fellow member of the Dark Brotherhood

Amending

Level	Trainer	Location	Notes
Practiced	Dravynea	Kynesgrove
Master	Tolfdir	Higher of Winterhold	Must have joined the College

Archery

Level	Trainer	Location	Notes
Adept	Faendal	Riverwood	Potential follower
Proficient	Aela the Huntress	Jorrvaskr in Whiterun	Must be part of Companions, Potential follower
Master	Niruin	The Ragged Flagon in Riften	Must have joined the Thieves Guild
Principal	Sorine Jurard	Fort Dawnguard after completing "A New Order"	Merely available with The Elderberry Scrolls V: Dawnguard
N/A	Angi	Angi's Army camp	Related to the quest "Composure, Speed, and Precision"

Block

Level	Trainer	Location	Notes
Practiced	Njada Stonearm	Jorrvaskr in Whiterun	Potential follower
Main	Larak	Mor Khazgur

Conjuration

Level	Trainer	Location	Notes
Good	Runil	Falkreath
Expert	Phinis Gestor	Higher of Winterhold	Must have joined the College
Master	Falion	Morthal
Main	Talvas Fathryon	Tel Mithryn	Only available with The Elder Scrolls 5: Dragonborn. Potential follower

Devastation

Level	Trainer	Location	Notes
Adept	Wuunferth the Unliving	Windhelm	Located up the stairs in the Palace of the Kings.
Expert	Garan Marethi	Castle Volkihar	Merely available with The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard
Expert	Sybille Stentor	Blue Palace in Solitude
Master	Faralda	College of Winterhold	Must have joined the Higher

Enchanting

Level	Trainer	Location	Notes
Expert	Sergius Turrianus	College of Winterhold	Must have joined the College
Primary	Hamal	Markarth	After The Heart of Dibella
Master	Neloth	Tel Mithryn	Only available with The Elderberry Scrolls V: Dragonborn

Heavy Armor

Level	Trainer	Location	Notes
Skillful	Gharol	Dushnikh Yal
Master	Farkas	Jorrvaskr in Whiterun	But later on Proving Honor. Potential follower
Master	Isran	Fort Dawnguard	Only available with The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard
Primary	Kuvar	Bujold's Retreat	But bachelor with The Elder Scrolls 5: Dragonborn

Illusion

Level	Trainer	Location	Notes
Practiced	Atub	Largashbur
Master	Drevis Neloren	Higher of Winterhold	Must accept joined the College

Light Armor

Level	Trainer	Location	Notes
Adept	Scouts-Many-Marshes	The docks exterior of Windhelm
Expert	Grelka	Riften Marketplace
Main	Nazir	Nighttime Brotherhood Sanctuary	Must be fellow member of the Dark Alliance

Lockpicking

Level	Trainer	Location	Notes
Expert	Ma'jhad	Khajiit Caravans	Travels between Windhelm and Solitude.
Master	Vex	The Ragged Flagon in Riften	Must be a member of the Thieves Guild

One-Handed

Level	Trainer	Location	Notes
Adept	Amren	Whiterun
Practiced	Athis	Jorrvaskr in Whiterun	Potential follower
Master	Burguk	Dushnikh Yal

Pickpocket

Level	Trainer	Location	Notes
Practiced	Silda the Unseen	Windhelm, exterior of Candlehearth Hall
Master	Vipir the Fleet	The Ragged Flagon in Riften	Must be a fellow member of the Thieves Guild

Restoration

Level	Trainer	Location	Notes
Skillful	Keeper Carcette	Hall of the Vigilant	Is killed if The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard is installed.
Proficient	Aphia Velothi	Raven Rock	Only available with The Elderberry Scrolls V: Dragonborn
Adept	Colette Marence	College of Winterhold	Typically in The Arcanaeum and must have joined the College
Primary	Danica Pure-Bound	Temple of Kynareth in Whiterun	Only afterwards The Blessings of Nature
Master	Florentius Baenius	Fort Dawnguard	Only bachelor with The Elderberry Scrolls Five: Dawnguard

Smithing

Level	Trainer	Location	Notes
Adept	Ghorza gra-Bagol	Markarth
Expert	Balimund	Riften
Master	Eorlund Gray-Mane	The Skyforge in Whiterun	Must be part of the Companions
Master	Gunmar	Fort Dawnguard after completing A New Order	Only bachelor with The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard

Sneak

Level	Trainer	Location	Notes
Adept	Khayla	Khajiit Caravans	Travels between Whiterun and Markarth.
Expert	Garvey	Markarth
Principal	Delvin Mallory	The Ragged Flagon in Riften

Speech

Level	Trainer	Location	Notes
Adept	Dro'marash	Khajiit Caravans	Travels between Riften and Dawnstar.
Skillful	Revyn Sadri	Sadri's Used Wares in Windhelm
Expert	Ronthil	Castle Volkihar	Simply available with The Elder Scrolls 5: Dawnguard
Good	Ogmund	Markarth	Can be found in the Silver-Claret Inn
Master	Giraud Gemane	Bards College in Solitude

2-Handed

Level	Trainer	Location	Notes
Expert	Torbjorn Shatter-Shield	Windhelm
Primary	Vilkas	Jorrvaskr in Whiterun	Potential follower
Primary	Fura Bloodmouth	Castle Volkihar	Only bachelor with The Elderberry Scrolls V: Dawnguard
Master	Wulf Wild-Blood	Skaal Village	Only available with The Elderberry Scrolls Five: Dragonborn

Trivia

The Official Skyrim Game Guide incorrectly lists three NPCs equally trainers, they are:
- Melaran (Alteration)
- Hermir Strong-Heart (Heavy Armor)
- Ahkari (Pickpocket)

Bugs

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Trainer dialogue may disappear at random intervals, without explanation, making information technology impossible to train.

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