Skyrim:Trainers

Trainers can provide lessons that increase your skill level in their area of expertise—almost always in exchange for gold. You may train up to five times per level only, and trainers cannot raise skills past 90- you must earn the last ten points yourself.

You will find all trainers in Skyrim here, except for those added by the Dragonborn expansion, which you can find here.

Trainers

- Common (1-50), - Expert (1-75), - Master (1-90)

Lvl	Trainer	Location	Other Services
Alchemy Training
	Lami	Morthal	Merchant (Apothecary)
	Arcadia	In her Whiterun store Arcadia's Cauldron	Merchant (Apothecary)
	Babette	The Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary; you must join the Dark Brotherhood to use her services	Merchant (Apothecary)
Alteration Training
	Dravynea the Stoneweaver	Kynesgrove
	Tolfdir	College of Winterhold	Spell Merchant (Alteration)
Archery Training
	Faendal	Riverwood	Follower
	Aela the Huntress	Inside Jorrvaskr in Whiterun	Follower
	Niruin	Thieves Guild
	Sorine Jurard(DG)	Fort Dawnguard; you must have the Dawnguard plug-in for her to be available
Block Training
	Njada Stonearm	Inside Jorrvaskr in Whiterun	Follower
	Chief Larak	Mor Khazgur
Conjuration Training
	Runil	Falkreath
	Phinis Gestor	Inside the College of Winterhold	Spell Merchant (Conjuration)
	Falion	Morthal, inside his house	Spell Merchant (General)
Destruction Training
	Wuunferth the Unliving	Windhelm, Palace of the Kings Upstairs	Spell Merchant (General)
	Sybille Stentor	Solitude, Blue Palace, near the throne	Spell Merchant (General)
	Faralda	Gate of the College of Winterhold or the Hall of Countenance	Spell Merchant (Destruction)
Enchanting Training
	Sergius Turrianus	College of Winterhold, within the Hall of the Elements or the Hall of Countenance
	Hamal	Markarth, usually found in the Temple of Dibella
Heavy Armor Training
	Gharol	Dushnikh Yal
	Farkas	Inside Jorrvaskr in Whiterun; you must be on or past the mission where he becomes your Shield-Brother	Follower
	Isran(DG)	Inside Fort Dawnguard; you must have the Dawnguard plug-in for him to be available
Illusion Training
	Atub	Largashbur	Apothecary
	Drevis Neloren	College of Winterhold, within the Hall of Countenance	Spell Merchant (Illusion)
Light Armor Training
	Scouts-Many-Marshes	The docks outside of Windhelm
	Grelka	Riften Market from 8am to 8pm, stays at Haelga's Bunkhouse at night	Merchant (General)
	Nazir	The Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary
Lockpicking Training
	Ma'jhad	Ma'dran's Khajiit caravan—travels between Solitude and Windhelm	Merchant (Fence)
	Vex	Thieves Guild
One-handed Training
	Amren	Wanders inner Whiterun during the day, near the market at 6pm
	Athis	Trains at Jorrvaskr in Whiterun during the day, stays in the Jorrvaskr living quarters in the evening; you must be a member of the Companions to receive training from him	Follower
	Burguk	Dushnikh Yal
Pickpocket Training
	Silda the Unseen	Windhelm, outside of Candlehearth Hall or Blacksmith Quarters	Beggar (Blessing of Charity)
	Vipir the Fleet	Thieves Guild
Restoration Training
	Colette Marence	College of Winterhold, inside The Arcanaeum	Spell Merchant (Restoration)
	Keeper Carcette	The Hall of the Vigilant within The Pale
	Danica Pure-Spring	Whiterun, Temple of Kynareth; you must complete The Blessings of Nature to use her services
	Florentius Baenius(DG)	Fort Dawnguard; you must have the Dawnguard plug-in, and recruit him for him to be available	Merchant (Apothecary)
Smithing Training
	Ghorza	Markarth	Merchant (Blacksmith)
	Balimund	Riften, just outside The Scorched Hammer	Merchant (Blacksmith)
	Eorlund Gray-Mane	Whiterun, at the Skyforge; you may have to join the Companions to use his services	Merchant (Blacksmith)
	Gunmar(DG)	Fort Dawnguard; you must have the Dawnguard plug-in, and recruit him for him to be available	Merchant (Blacksmith)
Sneak Training
	Khayla	Ri'saad's Khajiit caravan—travels between Markarth and Whiterun
	Garvey	Markarth
	Delvin Mallory	Thieves Guild
Speech Training
	Dro'marash	Ahkari's Khajiit caravan—travels between Dawnstar and Riften
	Revyn Sadri	Windhelm, Sadri's Used Wares	Merchant (General)
	Ronthil(DG)	Volkihar Keep; you must have the Dawnguard plug-in for him to be available	Merchant
	Ogmund the Skald	Markarth
	Giraud Gemane	The Bards College in Solitude
Two-handed Training
	Torbjorn Shatter-Shield	Windhelm
	Fura Bloodmouth (DG)	Inside Volkihar Keep at Castle Volkihar; you must have the Dawnguard plug-in for her to be available
	Vilkas	Inside Jorrvaskr in Whiterun	Follower

Notes

• Angi will offer you free practice at her home. You can increase your Archery skill by up to six levels if you accept.
• The list of trainers in the Official Game Guide incorrectly identifies several people as trainers: Ahkari (Pickpocket), Hermir Strong-Heart (Heavy Armor), and Melaran (Alteration) do not provide training.
• The cost for having a skill trained is calculated using the below formulas. price adjustment effects, such as speechcraft level, persuasion level, and enhancements such as Fortify Persuasion and Fortify Barter, do not affect trainers' rates.
  • For advancement of skills smaller than or equal to 50:
    • n(10b + 5n + 45)
  • For advancement of skills greater than 50:
    • n(30b + 15n + 35)
  • For advancement of skills greater than 75:
    • n(50b + 25n + 25)
  • Where n is the number of times you wish to train and b is the current level of the skill. E.g.: If you wish to train a particular skill from level 20 to 50 (b = 20 and n = 50-20 = 30) the combined cost (250+260+270+...+540) would be 30(10*20 + 5*30 + 45) = 11850.
• Training benefits from Sleeping and Standing Stone bonuses, though the XP so acquired will never result in advancing more than one level.
• If you are ready to level up, but do not do so, the "Times Trained This Level" stat, accessible through the Journal, will not reset.
• Trainers that double as followers can train you for "free". They will still charge you, but you can get back the gold you spent by checking their inventory.
  • This exploit is no longer possible as of version 1.2.6 of the Unofficial Skyrim Patch.
• Trainers who are also merchants add the gold you pay them for training to the gold they use to barter with.
• Some trainers will continue to offer the dialogue option to train even if you've passed the skill level at which they can train you. Choosing this dialogue option in this circumstance will cause them to say things such as "You already know all that I know."

Bugs

• If you have an active Fortify Skill effect, the cost of training will appear to be for the increased skill. However, the trainer will only take the price for training at your actual skill level. ^?
• If a skill has some progress toward its next level, the training progress bar will fill and then empty. However, checking the Skills menu shows the initial progress was not lost. ^?
• If a skill is at 0% progress to its next level before you start training it, a purchased level may fail to actually increase the skill even though you paid for it and it used up one of your five training opportunities.
  • You can use, for example, advskill block 1 to get your proper Block level.