
Aela the Huntress – Archery, up to level 75. There are only seven trainers who are followers: Upon completion of a training session, the option to trade items with a follower can be selected to access their inventory and the player can then recover the amount spent on training. They function much like skill books and are treated in the same way as regular skill increases.įree training can be exploited if a follower is also a trainer. There are several quests or tasks available that grant free skill increases as a reward. Once the Dragonborn's skill level is greater than or equal to the trainer's level, the option for training disappears as there is no more that can be learned from this person.įree training Main article: Free Skill Training (Skyrim)
Master trainers can train up to level 90. Expert trainers can train up to level 75.
Adept trainers can train up to level 50. The gold can also be pickpocketed back from the trainer, albeit difficult if it is a large amount. One can easily recover gold spent on training by selling them items. Trainers that are also merchants, such as Arcadia in Whiterun, add the gold paid to them for training into their inventory. It is thus best to remove relevant equipment before training. So for example, Speech training while wearing an Amulet of Dibella will be priced at a level 15 points higher than the raw skill level. This cost is based on the skill level after all modifications. The cost of training a skill up can be calculated as follows: The more advanced the training session is, the higher it will cost. One thing that carried over from Oblivion is that trainers will only train up to five skill levels per character level. Unlike Morrowind and Oblivion, there are no means to be trained all the way to level 100 in a skill. There are skill trainers in Skyrim labeled as "Common" trainers this is incorrectly labeled, as the trainers offer their services up to the Adept level. In previous games, trainers offered Apprentice-level and Novice-level training. Unlike The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, trainers in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim only offer skill leveling from Adept upwards. After you pay the trainers you can pickpocket them for your money back. Gold is automatically subtracted from the inventory when a training session is accepted. All training requires that a fee be paid.
Skills can only be trained five times per level, until the skill level exceeds the level of the trainer. Most trainers offer their services from the start of the game, but some require certain tasks to be performed first. Trainers are NPCs who help increase proficiency in skills in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.