Oblivion:Trainers

This page provides a list of all the skill trainers in the game of Oblivion. Each of these NPCs can be paid to train a character in the specified skill. This is one of several ways that skills can be increased.

Trainers

- Basic (0-40), - Advanced (0-70), - Master (71-100)

Acrobatics

Lvl	Trainer	RefID	FormID	Location	Other Services
	Acrobatics Training
	Ida Vlinorman	0001C4C5	0001605D	Northeastern quadrant of the Imperial City Elven Gardens District
	Quill-Weave	0000BC69	0000A2A0	Main Drag in Anvil
	Ganredhel	00003636	000034DB	Ganredhel's house in southeast Cheydinhal
	Tsrava	0003599A	00034E78	J'Bari's house in south-central Leyawiin
	Torbern	000613B9	000613B8	Aerin's Camp northeast of Cheydinhal

Alchemy

Lvl	Trainer	RefID	FormID	Location	Other Services
	Alchemy Training
	Felen Relas	0002D06C	0002D019	Anvil Mages Guild
	S'drassa	000314E4	0002D026	Leyawiin Mages Guild
	Ardaline	0002F080	0002D01B	Bravil Mages Guild
	Brotch Calus	0003628C	0002991E	A house east of Bruma's Great Chapel of Talos
	Sinderion	0003E92C	0003E92B	Skingrad's West Weald Inn wine-cellar

Alteration

Lvl	Trainer	RefID	FormID	Location	Other Services
	Alteration Training
	Deetsan	0002E5E4	0002D021	Cheydinhal Mages Guild
	Dovyn Aren	0001C4C6	0001605C	Near Ida Vlinorman in the Imperial City Elven Gardens District
	Abhuki	000389B9	000389B8	Faregyl Inn south of Imperial City
	Athragar	00023506	000234BA	Chorrol Mages Guild
	Tooth-in-the-Sea	0003C166	0003C165	Swimming off the Niben Bay coast north of Bravil

Armorer

Lvl	Trainer	RefID	FormID	Location	Other Services
	Armorer Training
	Eitar	000359C2	00034E82	The Dividing Line in Leyawiin
	Tadrose Helas	0000A118	0000A096	Bravil Fighters Guild
	Rasheda	000234FC	000234AF	Fire and Steel in Chorrol
	Rohssan	0001D15A	0001C14C	A Fighting Chance in the Imperial City Market District
	Gin-Wulm	0003E92E	0003E92D	The Best Defense in the Imperial City Market District  (also wanders the Market and Elven Gardens Districts)

Athletics

Lvl	Trainer	RefID	FormID	Location	Other Services
	Athletics Training
	Mahei	00132AFA	00034E7F	Leyawiin
	Uuras the Shepherd	00028E83	00028E84	Southwest corner of Skingrad
	Hauls-Ropes-Faster*	000976C8	0000A297	The Fo'c'sle in Anvil, wanders the waterfront at night
	Honditar	000C8B80	000234B9	Lives just southwest of Chorrol, but spends his days walking around the great oak in Chorrol.
	Rusia Bradus	0000BC70	0000A29F	Lives in Anvil next to the Abandoned House
	Note: Hauls-Ropes-Faster does not offer training in the unpatched version, but may be fixed in the construction set.

Blade

Lvl	Trainer	RefID	FormID	Location	Other Services
	Blade Training
	Naspia Cosma	000055F2	000034CB	Castle Cheydinhal
	Right-Wind	00036273	00035EC1	Bruma Fighters Guild
	Rhano	0000BC89	0000A290	Anvil Fighters Guild
	Sherina	0003598E	00034E73	Leyawiin Fighters Guild
	Alix Lencolia	0018D2B5	0018D2B4	Faregyl Inn south of Imperial City

Block

Lvl	Trainer	RefID	FormID	Location	Other Services
	Block Training
	Fadus Calidius	0002F759	000293DB	Skingrad Fighters Guild
	Huurwen	0000BC8D	0000A294	Anvil Fighters Guild
	Ambroise Canne	00028E76	00028E75	Southwest corner of Skingrad
	Lum gro-Baroth	0002350E	000234BF	Chorrol Fighters Guild
	Andragil	0000A131	0000A10B	Above Dro'shanji in the north part of Bravil

Blunt

Lvl	Trainer	RefID	FormID	Location	Other Services
	Blunt Training
	Bugak gro-Bol	0003E214	00037C33	Southern Books in Leyawiin
	Vigdis	0000BC88	0000A28F	Anvil Fighters Guild
	Azzan	00035743	00024166	Anvil Fighters Guild
	Christophe Marane	0002DC05	0002DC04	Brina Cross Inn northeast of Anvil
	Irene Metrick	0001C4BE	00016058	Northwest quadrant of the Imperial City Elven Gardens District

Conjuration

Lvl	Trainer	RefID	FormID	Location	Other Services
	Conjuration Training
	Fathis Aren	0000A11F	0000A090	Castle Bravil
	Sulinus Vassinus	000293E8	000293ED	Skingrad Mages Guild
	Alberic Litte	000234DC	000222B8	Chorrol Mages Guild
	Arentus Falvius	0003626A	00035EB9	Bruma's Great Chapel of Talos
	Olyn Seran	0005D52F	00026B4D	Molag Bal's shrine located in the Great Forest

Destruction

Lvl	Trainer	RefID	FormID	Location	Other Services
	Destruction Training
	Chanel	0002BA87	000222BA	Castle Chorrol
	J'skar	0001CEF1	0002D01E	Bruma Mages Guild
	Delphine Jend	0002CB2E	0002CB2D	Bravil Mages Guild
	Marc Gulitte	0002D06D	0002D01A	Anvil Mages Guild
	Bralsa Andaren	0018B121	0003E92F	Near the Wayshrine of Kynareth, southwest of Weatherleah and the Wayshrine of Julianos

Hand to Hand

Lvl	Trainer	RefID	FormID	Location	Other Services
	Hand to Hand Training
	Nahsi	0000A119	0000A095	Bravil Fighters Guild
	Rufrius Vinicius	0000BC8A	0000A291	Anvil Fighters Guild
	Davela Hlaren	0003AB4F	0003AB4E	Imperial Bridge Inn
	Ra'qanar	000A9781	000034CE	Castle Cheydinhal
	Helvius Cecia	0003628B	00035ED0	Southeast corner of Bruma

Heavy Armor

Lvl	Trainer	RefID	FormID	Location	Other Services
	Heavy Armor Training
	Brodras	0003598F	00034E72	Leyawiin Fighters Guild
	Bumph gra-Gash	0006740A	00035EC2	Bruma Fighters Guild
	Varnado	0001D210	00015EAD	The Best Defense store in the Imperial City Market District
	Pranal	000389BE	000389BD	Roxey Inn on the Red Ring Road, north of Lake Rumare
	Note: Valus Odiil does not offer training, but he will provide the recommendation for Heavy Armor master training once your skill reaches 70.

Illusion

Lvl	Trainer	RefID	FormID	Location	Other Services
	Illusion Training
	Esbern	xx001CEF	xx000F5E	Cheydinhal's Great Chapel of Arkay (with Knights of the Nine only)
	Hil the Tall	0000364C	000034C6	Cheydinhal's Great Chapel of Arkay
	Jantus Brolus	00036284	00035EC9	Istrius Brolus' house in Bruma
	Carahil	0002D06A	0002CD1E	Anvil Mages Guild
	Martina Floria	00034EB9	00034EB5	Arcane University's Chironasium
	Note: Kud-Ei does not offer training, but she will provide the recommendation for Illusion master training once your skill reaches 70.

Light Armor

Lvl	Trainer	RefID	FormID	Location	Other Services
	Light Armor Training
	Dul gro-Shug	0001C4B1	00016056	Southwest quadrant of the Imperial City Elven Gardens District
	Olfand	00036266	00035EB5	Nord Winds in Bruma
	Ahdarji	000359BC	00034E87	Leyawiin just west of the Castle
	Luciana Galena	0000A130	0000A10A	South Bravil (right above the house for sale)
	J'bari	00035999	00034E77	South-central Leyawiin

Marksman

Lvl	Trainer	RefID	FormID	Location	Other Services
	Marksman Training
	Edla Dark-Heart	0003628A	00035ECF	Regner's house in south Bruma
	Shameer	000294BB	000294B7	West of Skingrad's Great Chapel of Julianos
	Melliwin	xx00EE14	xx002F9F	Dunbarrow Cove (with Thieves Den official plug-in only). Trains to 75 rather than 70.
	Pinarus Inventius	0000BC72	0000A29D	Anvil
	Reman Broder	000294A1	000294A2	Southwest corner of Skingrad
	Alawen	0003C160	0003C15F	Troll Candle Camp east of Anvil

Mercantile

Lvl	Trainer	RefID	FormID	Location	Other Services
	Mercantile Training
	Foroch	0003AB52	0003AB51	Gottshaw Inn west of Kvatch
	Mach-Na	00003641	00023FEA	Mach-Na's Books store in Cheydinhal
	Khafiz	xx00EDE4	xx00348F	Dunbarrow Cove (with Thieves Den official plug-in only). Trains to 75 rather than 70.
	Margarte	000359C1	00034E81	East of Leyawiin's Great Chapel of Zenithar
	Seed-Neeus	000234FD	000234B8	Northern Goods and Trade store near Chorrol's South Gate
	Palonirya	0001D207	00015EA8	Divine Elegance in the Imperial City Market District

Mysticism

Lvl	Trainer	RefID	FormID	Location	Other Services
	Mysticism Training
	Angalmo	00023508	000234BB	Chorrol Mages Guild
	Druja	000293EF	000293EE	Skingrad Mages Guild
	Boderi Farano	00034EBB	00023EB1	Arcane University's Mystic Archives
	Ita Rienus	0001EE38	0002D01C	Bravil Mages Guild
	Dagail	000314E3	0002CD22	Leyawiin Mages Guild

Restoration

Lvl	Trainer	RefID	FormID	Location	Other Services
	Restoration Training
	Cirroc	00036269	00035EB8	Bruma's Great Chapel of Talos
	Marie Palielle	00028F9E	00028F9F	Skingrad's Great Chapel of Julianos
	Beem-Kiurz	xx001BFF	xx000F60	Bravil's Great Chapel of Mara (with Knights of the Nine only)
	Kinther	xx001CF0	xx000F5F	Cheydinhal's Great Chapel of Arkay (with Knights of the Nine only)
	Marz	0000A125	0000A08B	Bravil's Great Chapel of Mara
	Ohtesse	0000364D	000034C7	Cheydinhal's Great Chapel of Arkay
	Oleta	00090AB4	00090AB3	Chapel of Akatosh in Kvatch; after Breaking the Siege of Kvatch, she can be found in the refugee camp south of the ruined city
	Note: Beem-Kiurz and Kinther do not provide the reference necessary to start Restoration Master Training, making it impossible to complete Master Training after completing The Sword of the Crusader. The Unofficial Oblivion DLC Patches address this by making the quest start automatically once Restoration reaches 70.

Security

Lvl	Trainer	RefID	FormID	Location	Other Services
	Security Training
	Malintus Ancrus	000234C9	000222A6	Southwest corner of Chorrol
	Samuel Bantien	0001FC59	0001FC52	Imperial City Talos Plaza District
	Dro'shanji	0002CA3B	0002CA36	Dro'shanji's house in north-central Bravil
	Mandil	0001C4C2	00016060	Othrelos' house in the Imperial City Elven Gardens District
	Tahm Blackwell	xx00EE09	xx00348B	Dunbarrow Cove (with Thieves Den official plug-in only). Trains to 75 rather than 70.
	J'baana	00093470	0009346E	In a tent inside the Imperial Prison complex in the Imperial City

Sneak

Lvl	Trainer	RefID	FormID	Location	Other Services
	Sneak Training
	City-Swimmer	0000A12E	0000A109	Above S'Krivva's just southwest of Bravil City Gate
	Glistel	000234C8	000222A3	Southwest corner of Chorrol (Malintus Ancrus' House)
	Rowley Eardwulf	xx003288	xx003286	Wawnet Inn west of the Imperial City (with Vile Lair only). Trains to 50 rather than 40.
	Kovan Kren	xx00EE0E	xx002FA1	Dunbarrow Cove (with Thieves Den official plug-in only). Trains to 75 rather than 70.
	Mirabelle Monet	0000BC85	0000A295	Fo'c's'le boarding house (the private room) at Anvil Waterfront
	Othrelos	0001C4C3	0001605F	Northeast part of the Imperial City Elven Gardens District
	Marana Rian	0001DA97	0001D353	Northwest part of the Imperial City Temple District

Speechcraft

Lvl	Trainer	RefID	FormID	Location	Other Services
	Speechcraft Training
	Alga	0003627F	00035EC4	Honmund's house in Bruma
	Eris Senim	xx001C00	xx000F61	Bravil's Great Chapel of Mara (with Knights of the Nine only)
	Uravasa Othrelas	0000A127	0000A08A	Bravil's Great Chapel of Mara
	Gruiand Garrana	0000364F	000034C9	Cheydinhal's Great Chapel of Arkay
	Inius Colus	xx001CEE	xx000F5D	Cheydinhal's Great Chapel of Arkay (with Knights of the Nine only)
	Jak Silver	xx00EC8D	xx003492	Dunbarrow Cove (with Thieves Den official plug-in only). Trains to 75 rather than 70.
	Varon Vamori	0002F082	0002991C	His house in Bravil
	Tandilwe	00015407	000153B9	Temple of the One in the Imperial City Temple District

Dialogue

When you open the training window, you will hear one of the following lines of dialogue, regardless of whether or not the character is still able to train you:

"Let's see if we can't teach you a thing or two."

"I'm willing to teach, if you're willing to learn."

"There's much I can show you."

"Let's get to training."

"You've got a lot to learn."

"I can show you some new things."

"Good that you want to get better."

"Pay attention, and you can learn a lot."

"Knowledge is the key to success in any endeavor."

"Knowledge is power."

In addition, there are three unused lines you will never hear due to faulty conditions. The first two were meant for Fighters Guild trainers refusing you service if you were not a member while the latter was for Mages Guild trainers:

"If you want my help, you'll need to join up. Fighters Guild members only."

"My services are only for Fighters Guild members. Nothing personal."

"No service for the likes of you. Take a hike."

Use Limit

You are limited to purchasing at most five skill increases per level. This limit applies regardless of if you get 1 skill point from 5 different trainers or 5 skill points from 1 trainer. Once you reach your limit, you cannot purchase any further training until you level up. If you attempt to do so, you will get the message: "You have reached your training limit for your current level."

• The character statistics/skill menu shows how many times training has been purchased at the character's level (e.g., it will show 0/5 if no training has been purchased).
• The five per level limitation is counted using your character's actual level (i.e., you can purchase five training lessons between times that you sleep to level up). The effect of the training, however, is applied based upon the level that you would have if you had slept. In other words, if you purchase training after the icon indicating that you are ready to level up appears, the attribute bonuses are applied to the next level (and do not appear the next time you sleep to level up). One implication is that it is actually possible to purchase all ten major skill increases for one level (purchase five after receiving the level up icon, but before sleeping, and the other five after sleeping). However, this is only possible if you forego all training at the first level (i.e. don't train until the level up icon appears) so you receive zero training at one level, and ten at the next.
• If all your attributes are 100 or more and you don't increase them during level up, "Perfection cannot be improved upon. Your attributes are as high as they can go" pop-up shows instead, you will not have your training limit reset. If you had reached training limit before sleep, training will still be unavailable, until you increase your attributes while leveling.

One can create a simple mod using the Construction Set to effectively remove this limit by altering the ITrainingSkills variable from 5 to be some large number. This may be advantageous when a character has reached their maximum level.

Notes

• The cost of training is 10 gold per point of your current rank in the skill. Both the cost to train and the limit on whether your skill has surpassed the trainer do take into account any Fortify Skill magical effect currently on your character. Wait for any spells to expire and remove any magical gear that increases your skill before training it.
• You can apply Drain Skill effects to yourself to lower your skill so trainers will train your skills for lower cost, or so lower level trainers will train you. The ranks learned while training will still be added to your base skill level. For example, a custom made Drain Skill 100 points for 1 second effect would render master trainers unnecessary and give your character free training.
  • This can be used to train your skills over 100, all the way up to 255. Drain Skill effects from two separate sources are required to make this free from 101-200 and effects from three separate sources are required to make this free from 201-255.
• There are at least: two basic (0-40, green), two advanced (0-70, blue) and one master (71-100, red) trainer for each skill (without mods).
  • Athletics, Heavy Armor, and Illusion are exceptions: each only has one advanced trainer, instead of the usual two.
  • Several official plug-ins add additional trainers, most of whom do not fit into the standard basic/advanced/master categories. For example, some plug-in trainers will train from 0-75, instead of 0-70. If the maximum level for training is different, that value is specified in the table.
• Once you get to 70 in a skill, you should have a Training topic when you talk to either of the two advanced level trainers. Asking about that topic will direct you to the master trainer who will probably have a short quest for you to complete before they will train you.
• Training can prove be an extremely tedious affair, as many trainers will only offer training during a certain time period, on certain days, or in certain locations. They often roam around the various cities, hanging out in locked buildings, and sometimes taking entire journeys across Cyrodiil making them near impossible to find. Check the individual NPC page for each trainer for any known information on the times when they are available to offer training services. The most reliable trainers are merchants, who can always be found at their respective location during business hours, and guild members, who rarely if ever leave their respective guild halls.
• A lot of trainers are not essential, so be careful when you are around them and make certain that there are no enemies around your trainers before you leave them.

See Also

• Master Training: List of all master trainers, and requirements for their services.
• Increasing Skills: General tips on how to improve your skills semi-naturally.
• Skill Books: Books that increase skill levels when read.
• Free Skill Boosts: Bonus increases that are available by completing various quests.