Haggle and Bargain like a Pro- How to Level up Speech Quickly in Skyrim?

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim has a unique world with multiple skills and abilities. The Dragonborn have to train and level up their skills to use them to their fullest potential. The Speech is one such skill in Skyrim. The traditional ways to level up Speech in Skyrim might be cumbersome and time-consuming.

The Speech skill is the one that helps with the bargaining when it comes to the Dragonborn selling their products to the merchants. (and getting the best value). So, what is the best way to level up speech? Even better if it can be done within the span of a single hour.

1. How to level up Speech quickly in Skyrim?

There are many ways to level up Speech quickly in Skyrim-

1. Sell Individual Items – When you sell individual items instead of stacks of them, Speech levels up faster.
2. Sell Items you have crafted – Unlike raw items/ingredients, the value of crafted items is higher, and selling them gives more EXP.
3. Sell Enchanted Items – Enchanted Items not only give you reasonable gold but the EXP also increases significantly.
4. Repeat transactions – When you sell a singular item or set of items again and again, the EXP of your Speech increases very quickly.
5. Commit Crimes – Committing minor crimes like picking a lock or stealing low-value items can provide opportunities for persuasion, intimidation, and bribery checks with guards.
6. Master Speech Trainer – Seek out The Master skill trainer Giraud Gemane at the Bards College in Solitude. Get advanced Speech training from him.
7. Thief Stone Blessing – Being a part of the Stealth skill set, the Speech skills get a 20% boost from the Thief Stone Blessing.

Leveling up skills can be fun, to an extent. Most players are focused on maxing skills and it might be better to do it efficiently. The main way is by selling to the merchants. Selling crafted and enchanted items is the best way to get more gold and Speech EXP.

The items should be sold individually (stacks of items sell for less because the merchants are poor and stingy). The other ways, outside of the merchant transactions, are while dealing with the guards. When you have the minimum Speech for Bribe and Persuasion- you can get out of minor crime penalties.

Being a part of the Stealth skill set, the Speech skills get a 20% boost from the Thief Stone Blessing. This will let you level up your skills much faster.

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2. How to optimize your transactions?

There are two ways to optimize and make the most of your transactions-

1. Using Items and Potions: You can use items and potions with Fortify Persuasion, which directly boosts Speech, or Fortify Barter, which helps improve merchant prices. You can hit the best prices: 100% buy value and 105% sell value.
2. Merchant Gold Reset: Merchants refresh their gold each day, allowing repeated transactions without losing significant amounts of money. For the best value.

A high Speech also has a lot of benefits. Sometimes, when you get caught in a sticky situation, players get chances to persuade, bribe, or intimidate characters into doing what they want. It is really satisfying watching the effect of Speech work its wonders.

Especially if your Speech tricks succeed, they can quickly complete quests or avoid dangerous combats. All of this makes Speech a very valuable skill for any build in Skyrim (we all need that gold).

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3. How to get a free level of Speech?

There is a way to get a free level of Speech in Skyrim. Head to the summit of the Lost Valley Redoubt ruins. This is located in the southeast of Markarth. You can spot a giant waterfall with a wooden structure after a while.

This structure is similar to a thin bridge or a walk-across plank. You will have to tread it carefully and reach the end to discover the Bard’s Leap. Be careful and take a leap (if you hit the water successfully, you will end up at the bottom).

You will be able to spot a Phantom Bard with a lute. Interact with him multiple times, and he will tell you how he tried and failed and then resume his playing. After a few seconds, your Speech will level up automatically.

4. What are the perks available in Speech?

There are many perks available for the Speech skill; they are-

Perk	Level	Description
Haggling	—	Buying and selling prices are 10% better.
Allure	30	10% better prices with the opposite sex.
Merchant	50	Can sell any type of item to any kind of merchant.
Investor	70	Can invest 500 gold with a shopkeeper to increase his available gold permanently.
Fence	90	Can barter stolen goods with any merchant you have invested in.
Master Trader	100	Every merchant in the world gains 1000 gold for bartering.
Bribery	30	Can bribe guards to ignore crimes.
Persuasion	50	Persuasion attempts are 30% easier.
Intimidation	70	Intimidation is twice as successful.

5. About The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was developed by Bethesda Game Studios for platforms like Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.

The plot of this role-playing action game takes players to the events that took place 200 years after the end of Oblivion.

Set in the land of Skyrim, the story involves Dovah-Kiin aka the Dragon Born who is on a crusade to defeat Alduin or else the entire world will be burned to the ground and be all demolished.