In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, there are some tricks to help you level Alteration a little quicker than normal. Sure you can run around casting Candlelight over and over, but that won’t get you any skill points very quickly.
For any of these tips, I suggest equipping as much Magicka Regeneration equipment as you can, as well as items that reduce the cost of Alteration spells. The cheaper and faster you can cast spells obviously, the faster you’ll level up.
If you’re ok using a rather “cheap” method to level Alteration extremely fast, then simply find an Alteration skill trainer, buy a skill point, then pickpocket the money back. Tolfdir in The College of Winterhold is an Alteration trainer. Leveling up towards the end, after level 60 becomes really grindy. I am also building a character that I want to be proficient in all three schools. The thing is obtaining perks becomes really difficult after a certain point. I really don't want to glitch or do something boring to just level up to get perks. This mod vastly changes the speed of levelling skills in Skyrim. Skills have been given anywhere from a 2x to a 6x boost in order to make levelling feel both faster and more natural to your playstyle. Levelling now feels more natural and fluid, without breaking the game. You’ll level up Conjuration extremely fast. You don’t need any empty soul gems to make it work. Once you run out of magicka, just wait for one hour to replenish it and continue. You should be able to level yourself from your starting Conjuration level (25 if you chose Breton as your race) to 100 in less than half an hour. Fast travel between towns and buy up all of the ingredients. If you enjoy hunting giants, combining a giant's toe with wheat yields a potion that can be sold for 1,000+ gold depending on your level. As more valuable potions give more experience, this is fantastic for multiple reasons.
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Level Alteration With Spell Stasis
There is a spell book you can find in Labyrinthian called Equilibrium. Labyrinthian can be found south-east of Morthal, on the path from Whiterun to Morthal. Equilibrium depletes your health and turns it into magicka. If you equip Equilibrium in one hand, and Healing in another creating a stasis where your health is going down about as much as your magicka is going up. You’ll be gaining skill points in both Alteration and Restoration at the same time. Alternatively you can use Equilibrium while striking with a weapon enchanted with Absorb Health for a similar effect.
Level Alteration With Certain Spells
Detect Life is a good way to level up Alteration as well. Go to a well populated area, like an inn at night, or the market area in Whiterun during the day and cast the spell. The more life is detected by the spell, the more you gain toward your skill points.
Continually casting Telekinesis on objects works for getting quick skill points. You can even hold an object in the air with Telekinesis to gain skill points, though it may not be as effective as the above methods.
Casting Oakflesh and the like kind of armor spells while you’re out adventuring is a good way to level up your Alteration as well, though it only applies to your skill if you’re in combat. There is a caged wolf in Tolvald’s Cave that you can cast spells near to get credit for them. Tolvad’s Cave can be found in the mountains north-east of Shor’s Stone, which is North of Riften.
Level Alteration With Pickpocketing
If you’re ok using a rather “cheap” method to level Alteration extremely fast, then simply find an Alteration skill trainer, buy a skill point, then pickpocket the money back. Tolfdir in The College of Winterhold is an Alteration trainer.
This trick is only effective up to 51 skill points unless you have a pickpocketing skill of 100, since after 51 skill points the cost is increased by 1000 gold, making pickpocketing much more difficult.
Skyrim Special Edition is out now for PS4, Xbox One, and PC leading to an influx of brand new players for the five year old game. While The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was hugely popular in its time, Skyrim Special Edition looks to still be adding a bunch of newbies anyway. So, with new players come a lot of old questions, and with everyone just starting out their adventures in Skyrim, the biggest on on everyone’s mind is how to level up fast in Skyrim Special Edition.
First, some notes. Leveling up fast in Skyrim Special Edition might seem enticing, but it can also impact the game in a number of ways. Most enemies are at fixed levels, so if you jump a ton of levels they will be super easy. You may enjoy this though. However, a few enemies, including some dragons, level up with you. This means that as you level up, they still remain a threat. Also, the way Skyrim has you leveling up, you need to focus on specific attributes in order to boost that stat. We’ve broken down this guide into those specific stats with a tip for how to level it up fast. Some of these require other things, so if you have any questions, let us know in the comments.
How to Level Up Fast in Skyrim Special Edition
Magic:
First up are the Magic stats, be sure to go to set the Mage Stone as active if you’ve discovered that location. If you’re married, you’ll also want to sleep with your wife to trigger an XP bonus. If you’re not, check out this guide on how to get married in Skyrim Special Edition.
Illusion: Once you have the Muffle spell (buy it from Farengar at Dragonsreach in Whiterun) simply use it constantly. It should always be active on your character. If you run out of Magicka just wait an hour or so to refill it.
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Alteration: Obtain the Detect Life spell through any of a number of ways (check the shop at Winterhold). Find a highly populated area, such as an Inn, and cast the spell. Do this until you run out of Magicka, then head to a bed and rest. Just repeat this process.
Restoration: Head to the Labyrinthian Chasm to obtain the Equilibrium spell. This deals damage to yourself. Set your healing spell on your other hand and cast both over and over again, making sure not to kill yourself.
Destruction: This one requires you to be a little mean. Do the Dark Brotherhood questline to the point where you can purchase a Torture Chamber. Then you can use Destruction magic spells against the prisoners there. Be sure not to kill them, using healing spells if necessary. Repeat this process.
Conjuration: Obtain the Soul Trap spell. Once you have it, just find some random, wild animal. Kill it, then continue to cast Soul Trap on its dead body.
Enchanting: The only real trick here, other than constantly enchanting weapons, is to find a weapon that can trap souls on its own, along with Azura’s Star (a soul gem that will not disappear upon use). Killing animals and enemies with the weapon will recharge Azura’s Star, which you can keep using to recharge your weapon.
Combat:
Be sure to head back to the stones and select the Warrior Stone.
One-handed and two-handed weapons: Complete the Dark Brotherhood questline and you’ll get Shadowmere, an invincible horse. Now you can just spam attacks against him with whichever type of weapon you want to level up.
Light and Heavy armor: These also just require constant use. If you want, find a giant or a guard tower, somewhere where you can take a ton of damage in a relatively short amount of time. Keep an eye on your health, equip the armor you want to level up, and start taking punches.
Smithing: There are a few ways to do this one. My favorite is to use Iron Ingot and Leather Strips to creat as many Iron Daggers as you can, selling them off and using the proceeds to buy more Iron and Leather. You can also kill a bunch of animals to get leather, using just that to make Hide Bracers. Just craft as many small, easy to make items as you can and your smithing ability should level up fast. However, this was nerfed by an update at some point. It’s still helpful, but not nearly as much.
Thief:
Activate the Thief Stone for these.
Sneak: Find large groups of people, then sneak around them. Some might notice you, but the ones that don’t will feed your XP for your Sneak stat.
Lockpicking/Pickpocket: Another one of those that has little trickery to it. To level these up just do them as often as possible. For pickpocket, maybe focus on cheaper items.
Archery: Another one where Shadowmere is helpful. Just fire as many iron arrows at him as you can. It’s OK, he can’t die.
Alchemy: Become a hoarder. Every flower or other ingredient that you see, pick it up. Head to an alchemy table and create as many cheap potions as possible.
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Hopefully this helps you out in your quest to level up fast in Skyrim Special Edition. The game has been out for a while, and updates change some stuff. I tried to investigate whether these still worked, but if I missed anything please shout it out in the comments. If you have a method that you think is better, please let me know as well.
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- This article was updated on:November 18th, 2017