How to Level Up As Quickly As Possible In Skyrim: A Player Guide

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Get more out of Skyrim’s leveling-up system with these simple tips

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Last Updated: December 10, 2025 Fact Checked

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In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the only way to power up your character is to develop their skills. Every time you raise a skill level, you make progress toward reaching the next character level, so the faster you improve your skills, the faster you’ll level up. It can take a while to hone your skills if you play by the rules, so we’ve made a comprehensive list of tricks and clever cheats to help you get ahead of the game. Read on, and we’ll show you how to max out your skills, level up quickly, and become an all-powerful Dragonborn ready to take on any challenge!

What’s The Quickest Way to Level Up in Skyrim?

Use leveling exploits to gain XP fast. You can do this early on in Helgen by sneak-attacking Hadvar or Ralof. Try shortcuts to get extra skill XP, such as summoning creatures, casting Muffle or Clairvoyance, or fast-traveling with Telekinesis. Try to improve multiple skills simultaneously for the fastest level gains!

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Leveling Up Exploits in TESV: Skyrim

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   Cast Muffle or Clairvoyance repeatedly to buff your Illusion skill. While there are many low-level illusion spells in Skyrim, some (like Fury, Fear, or Calm) can cause NPCs (the other non-player characters in the game world) to attack you. So, purchase the Muffle or Clairvoyance spells and cast them on yourself over and over to quickly raise your skill in Illusion magic.

   • Buy Muffle from Farengar at Dragonsreach in the city of Whiterun.
   • Buy Clairvoyance from Lucan Valerius at the Riverwood Trader in Riverwood.
   • When you run out of magicka (the power source that lets you cast spells), use the “wait” function for 1 hour to recharge your magicka and start casting spells again.
   • At higher levels, use the Harmony spell instead. Harmony is a Master-level spell, so you need to level up and become a master of illusion magic to cast it. However, using it will help you further level up your Illusion skill.
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   Use Helgen’s infinite leveling exploits. As the tutorial level of the game, Helgen is full of opportunities to level yourself up without getting killed. The beauty here is that in the tutorial level, events in the game won’t proceed until you do, so you can take your sweet time in leveling up skills. Here are a few skills you can level up in Helgen:

   • Crouch in the corner of the burned-down tavern to Sneak. There’s a corner of this building that faces the spot where Alduin lands near Hadvar and Haming. In that corner, crouch and hide; this will level up your Sneak skill.
   • Cast Destruction spells in the Helgen Keep. Once you follow either Hadvar or Ralof inside, they’ll remove your bindings and tell you to pick up a weapon. Instead of doing that, use the Flames spell on them. They won’t move until you pick up a weapon, so you can keep casting (and leveling up your Destruction skill) indefinitely.
   • Sneak attack Hadvar or Ralof in the bear cave. When you and Hadvar or Ralof are approaching the escape tunnel, you’ll have to sneak past a bear. You can take this opportunity to sneak attack your companion continually, since they’re immortal (marked essential), raising your One-Handed and Sneak skills.
   • Sneak attack the Torturer. If you side with Hadvar, the Torturer in the keep will be friendly to you, so he won’t attack you unless you perform three quick attacks. To avoid this, grab an iron dagger and sneak attack him with normal attacks to raise your One-Handed and Sneak skills.
   • Attack Ralof in the kitchen. If you side with Ralof, he’ll be friendly to you and unkillable. In the kitchen room (right before the Torturer), you can attack Ralof with spells or weapons before retrieving the key to unlock the door; he’ll keep standing there until you do.
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   Summon and banish creatures to increase your Conjuration magic skill. At low levels, the Conjuration skill isn’t super useful, so level it up quickly using the Conjure Flame Atronach spell repeatedly. After casting the spell, immediately send it back where it came from using the Banish Daedra spell. Then, repeat until your Conjuration skill levels up. Alternatively, use the Conjure Familiar spell to repeatedly summon creatures.

   • Find the Conjure Flame Atronach spell by traveling to the College of Winterhold and speaking to Faralda; she’ll automatically give you the spell.
   • Buy the Banish Daedra spell from Phinis Gestor (at the College of Winterhold) or Calcelmo (in Understone Keep, Markarth).
   • Buy the Conjure Familiar spell from Phinis Gestor, Farengar (in Whiterun), or Sybille Stentor (in the Blue Palace, Solitude).
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   Cast the Detect Life spell in busy locations to raise your Alteration skill. Learn the Detect Life spell and visit a highly-populated area (including any of the major cities, like Whiterun or Markarth, or a busy inn). Then, cast Detect Life over and over until you run out of magicka. Rest for a couple of hours until our magicka refills, and start casting it again until you raise your Alteration magic enough to level up.

   • There are a few different ways to obtain this spell:
     • Find it as random loot on enemies.
     • Purchase it from Tolfdir (at the College of Winterhold) or Wylandriah (in Mistveil Keep, Riften).
   • Get the spell as a reward for completing the “Infiltration” quest from Stalleo at Treva’s Watch.
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   Use the Telekinesis exploit while fast-traveling. Telekinesis can help you carry heavy objects around when you’re exploring, such as barrels, urns, or even food! Keep carrying the objects around via Telekinesis until you’ve completely cleared a dungeon, and your Alternation will level up quickly. Alternatively, fast travel somewhere on your world map while casting Telekinesis to gain a huge skill increase.

   • Because you’re casting the spell while fast-traveling, the game thinks your character has been casting it for hours and hours of in-game time—and rewards you accordingly.
   • Obtain Telekinesis from several locations:
     • Buy it from Tolfdir (at the College of Winterhold) and Wylandriah (in Mistveil Keep, Riften) after you reach Alteration Level 40.
     • Find it in Proudspire Manor’s chest (in Solitude, after buying Proudspire for 25,000 gold).
     • Find it in a variety of chests around the world, including Uttering Hills Cave and Labyrinthian.
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   Alternate using Equilibrium and Fast Healing repeatedly. The Equilibrium spell deals 25 damage to you and restores 25 magicka—so, essentially, you’ll be using it to hurt yourself (and it also raises your Alteration skill). Then, when you’re hurt, use the Fast Healing spell to heal yourself, which raises your Restoration skill. Keep repeating this process (without accidentally killing your own character) until you run out of magicka!

   • Find the Equilibrium spell in the Labyrinthian Chasm.
   • Purchase the Fast Healing spell from Farengar (in Whiterun) or Colette (at the College of Winterhold).
   • If you don’t want to use the Equilibrium method, simply make a habit of healing yourself with magic anytime your character gets hurt!
     • Use the basic healing spell you get automatically at the start of the game, or Fast Healing as your skill increases.
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   Cast spells on Dark Brotherhood prisoners. Once you complete the Dark Brotherhood’s "Hail, Sithis!" quest, you'll be able to start "Where You Hang Your Enemy's Head" by speaking with Nazir and purchasing a torture chamber for the Dawnstar Sanctuary. Attack prisoners in the chamber with Destruction spells, but don’t kill them (because they won’t respawn). Then, heal them, and attack again until your Destruction and Restoration skills are maxed out.

   • It’ll take about an hour of real time to max out your Destruction skill this way (but you don’t have to do it all at once, either).
   • Try enchanting your equipment with Destruction cost reduction enchantments as well, which will lower the Magicka required to cast the spells.
   • Keep in mind that the torture chamber costs 5,000 gold to build—so plan accordingly!
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   Use the Soul Trap spell on bodies. The Soul Trap spell raises your Conjuring magic skill. Once you have the Soul Trap spell, kill a non-human creature—it could be any animal you find out in the wild, like a deer, wolf, or frostbite spider, for example. Then, cast Soul Trap repeatedly on the body; each time you cast the spell, you’ll raise your Conjuring skill. If you run out of magicka, rest for an hour and then continue casting!​​

   • Snag the Soul Trap spell from Farengar (in Whiterun) or Phinis Gestor (at the College of Winterhold).
   • Once you have a bunch of trapped souls from the spell, use them to refill the enchantment on any soul trap weapons you have—which then levels up your Enchantment skill.
     • For example, one popular soul trap weapon is the Mace of Molag Bal, which you’ll find in Markarth after finishing “The House of Horrors” quest.
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   Use an Alchemy-boosting enchantment and craft a Fortify potion. You can use this alchemical exploit to level up one particular skill of choice very fast! First, put an enchantment that boosts your Alchemy skill on a ring, necklace, pair of gloves, or helmet. Wearing that boosted item, craft a Fortify Restoration potion (or Fortify Smithing, or Enchanting). Drink the potion, then unequip and re-equip your boosted gear; this will increase that fortification effect even more!

   • Do this several times, and the effects of your potions will be boosted to an insane degree, way beyond the norm.
   • Once you’ve done this, use the fortified skill (Enchant an item, cast Restoration spells, build Smithing items at a forge, and so on) to raise your skill levels super fast.
   • You can also use this exploit to Enchant an item to boost your Alchemy skill in turn, thus allowing you to craft abnormally powerful potions even at lower levels—and quickly raise your Alchemy skill from its minimum to 100.
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    Attack Shadowmere the horse. Fighting Shadowmere can boost your melee and Archery skills. Shadowmere is a potential mount in Skyrim, but it’s special among other horses because it can’t die and has a much larger amount of health. So, if you deal a lot of damage, Shadowmere will simply regenerate and reappear. Attack Shadowmere to improve any kind of fighting skill, from One-Handed or Two-Handed melee skills to Archery.

    • To get Shadowmere as a mount, complete the Dark Brotherhood assassin questline in Skyrim. Then, you’ll be able to summon the horse whenever you want!
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    Attempt (and fail) to pick locks to improve your Lockpicking skill. In Skyrim, practice really does make perfect! The easiest way to level your Lockpicking skill isn’t actually to succeed right away every time you pick a lock—but rather, to fail a few times first. Every time you fail to pick a lock and break your pick, your Lockpicking skill increases a bit. So, try repeatedly breaking into a single chest or door and failing to raise your skill.

    • Gather a ton of lockpicks before attempting this so you won’t run out!
    • To try this trick without upsetting an NPC, join the Thieves’ Guild in Riften and spend some time picking locks on the many practice chests there.
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How to Speed Up Skill Leveling in TESV: Skyrim

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   Rob NPCs as they sleep to raise your Pickpocket skill. There’s really no trick or cheat behind enhancing your Pickpocketing skill; just keep stealing small trinkets until it improves! To make this as easy as possible, try visiting a town or city and waiting until everyone goes to sleep. Then, break into their homes and pickpocket them while they’re sleeping (so it’s easier to creep up on them unnoticed).

   • This strategy also lets you level up your Sneak and Lockpicking skills (since most homes are locked at night in Skyrim).
   • You’re less likely to get caught when you steal light items (like gold coins), so try sticking to the lighter, smaller things until you gain a little more skill.
     • After that, start aiming for more high-value steals (like jewelry).
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   Sneak attack unkillable NPCs. Sneak-attacking an NPC improves your Stealth and One-Handed skills—but you may not want to go around stabbing every NPC in sight! Practice your fighting skills on an NPC that can’t be killed instead; as we’ve already mentioned, the first NPCs of this type are Hadvar or Ralof, who appear in the tutorial level of Skyrim. However, any unkillable NPC will work; for example, you can also travel to High Hrothgar and sneak attack a meditating Greybeard.

   • Be sure to save your game first, just in case!
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   Let yourself take damage in light or heavy armor. The quickest way to raise your Light Armor and Heavy Armor skill levels is to simply equip one of these armor types and then take damage. If you want to do this safely, let weaker enemies (like wolves or mudcrabs) attack you, since they won’t do damage very quickly, and your character is less likely to die accidentally. The more damage the armor absorbs, the more your skill will increase!
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   Deflect attacks with your shield to raise your Block skill level. In Skyrim, your Block skill determines how effectively you can use shields, and the quickest way to level up your Block skill is to let enemies hit you while blocking them with a shield. Let your character go up against a tough enemy that can hit hard (like a giant, for example). Start blocking their attacks, and keep doing it until you max out your Block skill.

   • Giant camps are located all over Skyrim, from Bleakwind Basin (west of Whiterun) to the Broken Wind Camp (on the edge of the hot springs in Eastmarch).
   • It may take around 30 minutes to get your Block skill all the way to 100, so make sure you have enough healing potions and spells to keep your character alive!
   • This strategy is also effective for raising your character’s Armor skills.
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   Be stealthy in crowded areas to improve your Sneak skill. Travel to a location filled with other people (like a major city or town) and start crouching to sneak around. It’s okay if people see you; the goal is simply to use your sneaking skill around as many people as possible. With every person you sneak past, whether or not they notice you, your Sneak skill will improve!

   • To make this as easy as possible, try sneaking up behind someone stationary, like a shopkeeper.
   • Then, keep backing into the wall behind you indefinitely (so the game registers that you’re moving). This lets you boost the Sneak skill with little effort.
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   Raise your Smithing skill by using a blacksmith forge as much as you can. Start small; collect or buy iron ingots and leather strips to make daggers (since they’re simple, requiring only 1 ingot and 1 leather strip). Do this until your Smithing skill improves enough to work with other metals, like dwarven ingots (which can be made from scrap metal in Dwemer ruins). Use them to make dwarven bows, which will further improve your Smithing skill.

   • When you’ve reached high levels of Smithing, the best way to keep leveling is to purchase armor from blacksmiths and then upgrade it.
   • Then, use items like the Necklace of Haggling to sell the upgraded armor back to a blacksmith and make a hefty profit. Keep upgrading armor to reach Smithing level 100.
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   Make jewelry from altered gold to raise your Smithing and Alteration skills. Mine as much iron ore as you can while out adventuring, and then use the Transmute Mineral Ore spell to turn the iron into gold and silver ore (which will raise your Alteration magic skill). With that, you’ll have plenty of materials to make jewelry with, which in turn will raise your Smithing skill. Plus, you’ll be able to sell the jewelry for a profit!

   • Find the Transmute Mineral Ore spell at the Halted Stream Camp, northeast of Whitewatch Tower in Whiterun Hold.
   • It’s easy to find iron ore veins in mines around the game world, including Lost Prospect Mine (in the Rift), Mor Khazgur Mine (in Haafingar), and Darkwater Crossing (in Eastmarch).
   • Keep any jewels you find or get as rewards for completing quests; you’ll be able to put those gems in your crafted jewelry, which makes it more valuable (so you’ll get more money for it).
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   Use valuable enchantments on weapons to raise your Enchantment skill. Applying quick enchantments to nonmagical weapons in Skyrim is a great way to make money, but there’s also a way to maximize your Enchanting skill. Valuable enchantments (meaning the ones that sell for more money once applied) boost your Enchanting skill more, so try applying the most valuable enchantments possible to your armor and weapons.

   • Some of the most valuable enchantments for armor include:
     • Fortify Destruction
     • Fortify Sneak
     • Fortify Archery
   • Valuable enchantments for weapons include:
     • Banish Daedra
     • Paralyze
     • Absorb Health
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   Craft high-value potions. The more valuable the potion, the higher your Alchemy skill will get. Just like enchantments, valuable potions are also worth more in terms of leveling up your Alchemy skill. So, the next time you’re at an alchemy station in Skyrim, focus on creating the most valuable potions possible and quickly increase your character’s Alchemy skill. The most valuable potions (and potion recipes) include:

   • Fortify Carry Weight
   • Invisibility
   • Slow
   • Regenerate Health (or Stamina/Magicka)
   • Any potion made with the Giant’s Toe ingredient (because it makes them longer-lasting and more potent, thus worth more money).
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    Wear the Amulet of Articulation to level up your Speech skill. Luckily, this amulet is not too hard to find; while the Amulet of Articulation is unique, it’s a reward given to your character when you complete the Thieves’ Guild quest “Under New Management.” So, simply join the guild, complete the quest, and equip the amulet to gain a bonus to your Persuasion checks—plus a 5-35% bonus to Speech.

    • With the bonus to your Persuasion checks, you’ll be able to succeed on almost any check, which in turn levels up your Speech skill much faster!
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    Ask an NPC to train you. Tired of running around Skyrim, spamming spells, and pickpocketing everyone in sight? Just ask a trainer to help you! Certain NPCs around Skyrim are trainers, meaning they’re especially good at a particular skill and can train your character in it for a fee. Find a trainer who specializes in the skill you want to improve, pay them, and instantly level up that skill. For example:

    • Niruin, in the Thieves’ Guild (in Riften), is a trainer who teaches Archery.
    • Farkas, in the Companions (in Whiterun), is a trainer who teaches the Heavy Armor skill.
    • Giraud Gemane, in the Bard’s College (in Solitude), is a trainer who teaches the Speech skill.
    • Nearly every teacher in the College of Winterhold (including Phinis Gestor, Faralda, Tolfdir, Drevis Neloren, and Colette Marence) specializes in teaching a particular school of magic.
    • If you hire a trainer who is also a permanent follower (Aela, Athis, Farkas, Faendal, Njada, Vilkas, or Talvas Fathryon), you can pay them to train you, and then just open their inventory and take the gold back.
      • Alternatively, you can pay a trainer to train you and then pickpocket the gold back!
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    Activate a Guardian Stone. The Warrior, Mage, and Thief Stones each give different skill bonuses. Unfortunately, you can’t get all 3 bonuses at once, but you can get a 20% bonus in leveling all mage skills, warrior skills, or thief skills (which means they increase 20% faster). Choose a Guardian Stone based on the skills you most want to hone, and focus on leveling them. When you decide you want to focus on a different set of skills, simply return and activate a different stone!

    • The Warrior Stone grants a 20% leveling bonus to the Block, Heavy Armor, One-Handed, Two-Handed, and Smithing skills.
    • The Mage Stone grants a 20% leveling bonus to the Alteration, Conjuration, Destruction, Enchanting, Illusion, and Restoration skills.
    • The Thief Stone grants a 20% leveling bonus to the Archery, Sneak, Alchemy, Light Armor, Pickpocket, Speech, and Lockpicking skills.
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    Sleep in bed with a spouse. The Lover’s Comfort perk grants a bonus to skill increases. After you get married in Skyrim, you can opt to sleep in the same bed as your in-game partner—and gain the Lover’s Comfort perk as a result. When you have the Lover’s Comfort perk, all of your skills increase 15% faster than normal, making it easier to level up any skill you want to hone.

    • Consider stacking the Lover’s Comfort perk with the bonus you get from one of the Guardian Stones.
    • For example, if you had the Thief Stone bonus and the Lover’s Comfort perk, you’d learn all Thief abilities a whopping 35% faster—which is a decent bonus!
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    Track down skill books. Skill books can increase a skill with no effort on your part. In Skyrim, one of the easiest ways to improve your skills (and eventually level up) is to find skill books out in the world. They’re simply books that, when read by your character, automatically level up a single skill, regardless of your character’s current progress in that skill. Look for skill books to improve your skills effortlessly! For example:

    • Herbalist's Guide to Skyrim (found in Arcadia’s Cauldron, Whiterun) increases your Alchemy skill.
    • The Black Arrow, v2 (found in Valtheim Towers or the Drunken Huntsman in Whiterun) boosts your Archery skill.
    • Horror of Castle Xyr (found in the Glenmoril Coven or Rannveig’s Fast) increases your Destruction skill.
    • Enchanter’s Primer (found in Carlotta Valentia’s house in Whiterun or Honeyside after purchasing it in Riften) boosts your Enchanting skill.
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    Hone many skills simultaneously. Regardless of which skills in Skyrim are your favorites, the easiest way to level up (especially at lower levels) is to boost several skills at once, rather than just focusing on one. Lower-level skills level up faster, and every leveled-up skill contributes to your overall character level, which is why it’s often easiest to use as many skills as possible early in the game.

    • For example, sneaking around at night and pickpocketing people while they sleep boosts your Lockpicking, Sneak, and Pickpocketing skills simultaneously, making it easy to level up!
    • Similarly, attacking an enemy with your sword while wearing light armor, holding a shield, and healing yourself when you get hurt is a great way to boost your One-Handed, Block, Light Armor, and Restoration skills.
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Cheat Codes & Mods for Leveling Up Fast

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   Use the “player.AdvSkill” command to raise your skills. On the PC version of TESV: Skyrim, open the command console via the backtick (`) key. Type player.AdvSkill <skill> <#> into the console, and press Enter. In the brackets, enter the name of the skill you want to increase and the amount of XP (experience points) you want to give that skill, respectively. The code-names for each skill are:

   • Alchemy: alchemy
   • Alteration: alteration
   • Archery: marksman
   • Block: block
   • Conjuration: conjuration
   • Destruction: destruction
   • Enchanting: enchanting
   • Heavy Armor: heavyarmor
   • Illusion: illusion
   • Light Armor: lightarmor
   • Lockpicking: lockpicking
   • One-Handed: onehanded
   • Pickpocket: pickpocket
   • Restoration: restoration
   • Smithing: smithing
   • Sneak: sneak
   • Speech: speechcraft
   • Two-Handed: twohanded
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   Use mods on any version of Skyrim to level up faster. Unlike console commands, there are mods available for most devices and versions of Skyrim—you just have to know which version you’re using. The only platform with no official mod support is Skyrim for the Nintendo Switch; otherwise, you can use the Creations tab on the title screen to add mods to your game.

   • For instance, there’s a Fast Leveling mod available for PC and Xbox, as well as a ported version of the mod for PlayStation.
   • If you mod Skyrim manually (outside of Creations) on your PC, there are also plenty of mods you can download via Nexus Mods—such as Super Fast Leveling, or Immersive Cheat Menu, which lets you edit skills and add perks.
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How does gaining levels work in TESV: Skyrim?

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   Leveling up in Skyrim is based on accrued experience points. There are two basic types of experience points (XP): skill XP and character XP. Using a skill increases your XP for that skill alone, and when you gain skill XP, your level in that skill will increase. With each new skill level, you’ll also earn character XP—so, with enough skill level increases, your character will level up. Leveling up your skills is the only way to level up your character in turn.

   • The amount of character XP required for leveling up increases with each new level.
   • The amount of skill XP you’ll get from using a skill is constant, but the amount of skill XP required for leveling up will steadily increase.
   • At lower skill levels, you’ll earn smaller amounts of character XP for skill increases. As your skills get better, you’ll gain more character XP per skill level increase.
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   Certain skills will only increase under the right circumstances. Basically, you can just use skills and expect them to level up no matter what—you have to create the right conditions to gain skill XP. The prerequisites for gaining skill XP vary by skill:

   • Sneak: You must be within range of creatures and crouched (sneaking). You don’t need to move, but moving (or completing more difficult actions) will boost your skill faster.
   • Restoration: You must actually be replenishing health with a Restoration spell for your skill to improve; casting the spell when you (or other creatures) aren’t wounded won’t do anything.
   • Pickpocketing: The more valuable the item you steal, the more skill XP you’ll get.
   • Smithing, Alchemy, Enchanting: Skill XP is granted based on the item or enchantment you craft.
   • Alteration: When casting Detect Life, you’ll only get skill XP if the spell actually detects life forms.
   • Conjuration: Casting Raise Zombie or Bound Weapon will only grant skill XP if the summoned creature (or weapon) joins combat.
   • Destruction: You must cast your Destruction spells on a valid creature or NPC to gain skill XP.
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   New levels grant perk points and attribute increases. Each time you level up, you’ll get one perk point—which you can spend on a perk from the Skill Tree—and you’ll be able to increase an attribute (Health, Magicka, or Stamina) by 10 points. You don’t need to use perk points right away; you can always save them for later if you’re trying to unlock the minimum requirements for a particular perk.

   • Attribute choices are permanent, unless you use cheats to undo them.
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Does TESV: Skyrim have a maximum level?

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   There’s no effective level cap in the latest version of Skyrim. Originally, the game’s level cap was 81. As of Patch 1.9, the “Legendary” skill system was added, allowing you to reset skills once they reach 100 and keep gaining levels indefinitely. Technically, the new level cap is 252, but you can actually keep earning perk points after that; there’s just no real benefit to doing so, because you’ve pretty much already reached the peak of power in Skyrim.

   • There’s no restriction to the number of times you can reach level 100 in a skill and reset it to “Legendary,” which is what allows for infinite leveling.
   • However, after 252, you’ll have earned every possible perk, which is why there’s really no point in leveling further (aside from increasing health, stamina, and magika).

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• Gather everything when out exploring. Mixing random ingredients ups the alchemy skill, and they make good money, too. If you get enchanted armor, it can be disenchanted to learn the enchantment and up your enchantment skill. Even junk you find can be sold to someone for low gold. Every interaction ups your speech skill, which is one of the hardest skills to level up.
• To level Sneak, go to a Guard Barracks. I go to the back room of the barracks behind Whiterun. Except during shift change, when the sleeping guards wake up to leave for work, and the previous shift comes in, there are 6 guards: 5 sleeping and one awake. Just sneak back and forth between the two rooms with sleeping guards.
• With the black market black book ability, you can raise the speech skill by selling the Dremora merchant items.
• Try focusing on forging jewelry. The more expensive, the faster you'll level up.

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