Hey guys. I decided to post what I know about power leveling various skills to help you guys out. Those looking to start new characters ought to find the information in here very valuable. Also, if I've missed anything as far as power leveling tips be sure to let me know down below.
- Sneak -
- Upon starting a new game follow Hadvar or Ralof through Helgen and grab the dagger on the table in the torture room. When Hadvar/Ralof crouches down and hands you a bow sneak behind them and strike them continuously with your dagger. You should notice Sneak start to level rapidly. This goes faster based on how much you've invested in sneak (more attacks will register as sneak attacks) and how strong your attacks are. Expect Sneak to go from start to 100 within minutes. If you have the Legendary Edition of the game you can continuously reset sneak and keep the levels coming.
- Smithing -
- Craft some cheap iron daggers until you're able to take the Dwarven Smithing perk at level 30. From there amass as many dwarven ingots as you can and craft dwarven bows. Various dwarven scrap can be smelted into ingots, and there's plenty of Dwarven lairs to raid. You can even raid the museum in Markarth for a hefty supply of materials. The reason for this method: Dwarven ingots are very easy to come by and Dwarven bows require the least dwarven material. Smithing experience is dictated by the quality of material used. Basically dwarven bows strike the perfect balance between quality, rarity, and required resources.
- Alchemy -
- Alchemy experience is dictated entirely by the monetary value of what you craft. The more expensive the resulting concoction the more experience you'll gain. The value of a concoction is largely determined by how many effects it bears. Invisibility potions are very easy to make and are pretty valuable in their own right. Nevertheless here are some potions whose ingredients are fairly common but their value is through the roof.
- Invisibility - Luna Moth Wing, Chaurus Egg, Vampire Dust, Nirnroot
- Poison of Ravage Stamina/ Slow - Deathbell, Salt Pile, Thistle
- Potion of Resist Fire/Restore Magicka/Magicka Regen/Fortify Illusion - Fire Salts, Dragon's Tongue, Dwarven Oil
- Resist Frost/Resist Fire/Restore Magicka/Regen Magicka - Fire Salts, Moon Sugar, Snow-berries
- Speech -
- Sell everything you can to raise your speech level until you can take the Bribery perk at Speech level 30. Once you've done that, bribe every guard that catches you committing a crime. You'll gain a full level and then some for every guard you bribe. Just remember that once bribed a guard cannot be bribed again for two in-game days.
- Illusion -
- Join the College of Winterhold and take on the Mystic Tuning Gloves quest from Drevis Neloran. Make sure you have courage as well as muffle. As you proceed through the mystic tuning gloves quest one of the fonts will grant you a buff that drastically improves your magicka regen. Keep in mind the buff will only last 2 real life hours. While you have this effect spam courage on any NPC until you have enough magicka or the illusion adept perk needed to cast multiple rounds of muffle before running out of magicka. Muffle is worth a ton of illusion experience. With muffle and the magicka regen perk you can level illusion from start to 100 in about 30 minutes.
- Conjuration -
- Conjuration levels whenever you cast a conjuration spell in the midst of combat, but there is a faster way through Soul Trap. Simply kill a living creature or humanoid or find a dead body and then repeatedly cast soul trap on it. Conjuration can be maxed out within an hour.
- Restoration -
- Your Restoration experience is based on how much missing health you heal. You'll need the following: Healing, Atronach Stone or perk, and a floor triggered fire trap. Stand on the floor trap, allowing your character to be burned and keep Healing casted. You'll absorb magicka as you're being burned which will enable you to keep healing, and thus gaining experience for healing injuries.
- Alteration -
- Acquire the Detect Life spell. A copy will be given to you by Stalleo upon completing his quest tied to Treva's Watch. Take the spell and head to a densely populated area (Best bet is Riften's town square in the afternoon). Cast Detect life as long as you can repeatedly. The longer you can hold it and the more people who are detected the more experience you gain. Waiting will reset your magicka. Do so as needed.
- If you have the power "Secret of Arcana" use it and then grab something with Telekinesis. Keep the spell cast and attempt to fast travel. However many in-game hours it takes to arrive to your destination is the number of real life hours the game will think you've held down that spell. Naturally this will level up Alteration to 100 instantly.
- Block -
- The more damage that you mitigate through blocking and block enchantments, the more experience you gain. Grab yourself a shield, preferably one with a fortify block enchantment. Outfit yourself with the best armor you can find and grab as many healing potions as you can. Find yourself a giant and single him out from any other giant and mammoths in the area. Allow the giant to strike you as you block his attacks. Heal and/or run away as needed. Start this out with the game on novice and raise the difficulty as your block level increases. You'll gain one whole level per attack blocked up until about level 65 or so. Going from start to 100 takes under an hour.
- One & Two-Handed -
- The principle behind leveling sneak also works for these two skills albeit at a slower pace. Hadvar/Ralof can be struck repeatedly with your weapon of choice to level up their respective skill tree. The same can also be done to Shadowmere, since he is all but immortal. Continuously strike him to level up your weapon skills.
- Archery -
- Straight out of Helgen you should visit Faendal in Riverwood and complete the love letter mini quest he gives you to his advantage. He will be recruit-able as a follower once you do. Have him train you in archery. Since he's your follower you can simply take back the money you spend on his training. He can train you up to level 50. Archery tends to level pretty fast if bows are your main source of damage, but it can drag on a bit as you hit your 90's in that skill. Find Angi in the mountains just South-east of Falkreath. She offers you training in the form of several target practice mini games. Do this and you get a skill level for each game completed.
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