

Once you have him, cast a Destruction spell at him of your choosing (I recommend a fire spell due to Magicka cost). This is the only method that requires a lenghty bit of questing, which is why I saved it for last. From my experience, this levels up Sneaking much quicker than One-Handed. Don’t worry, he won’t become hostile if you let him regenerate health and you don’t do too much damage. Once there, sneak up behind a Greybeard and hit him with a power attack with your daggers. Make sure that these daggers also have low damage. Make sure that you don’t have any perks in One-Handed or a damage increasing perk in Sneaking. Method #3: Sneaking / One-HandedĮquip yourself with two daggers. Again, if it does not, you have my permission to yell at me in the comments.

This should bring up your Sneaking and Illusion. I found the Hall of Attainment to be the most effective area. You need to get the Courage spell and keep casting it on random NPCs until you are able to get Invisibility. This will very quickly raise your Alteration and is possibly the quickest method in this guide, albeit for only increasing one skill. You want to constantly use that spell on objects and hold that object as long as possible. Once you have Telekinesis, go to an area with a lot of objects you can interact with (I chose The Arcaneum). There is a Telekinesis spellbook in that cell. In the Dawnguard DLC, there is a point where you are imprisoned by vampires. As long as you are able to obtain the Telekinesis spell, this method is possible.

Method #1: Alterationīefore you try this method, you may want the Dawnguard DLC installed but it won’t matter. If you find any of these leveling methods to be obsolete or ineffective, you can yell at me all you want in the comments. This will always apply unless your damage output is high enough to keep enemies at bay. If you specialize in leveling up one skill, enemies will have a significant advantage over you in combat. Magic doesn’t seem to level with your character, so once useful spells become completely worthless by the end, and more powerful enemies will always take at least half a dozen attacks, even on the easiest difficulty.Before you read too far ahead, consider that leveling up quickly in Skyrim will make the enemies much more difficult. The over-time damage from fire is one of the most consistent forms of damage in Skyrim. Flames is the first spell any destruction mage has and should be using. Which destruction magic is best in Skyrim? Firstly, you can cast Rally on NPCs without turning them hostile, meaning that spamming it in heavily-populated areas is a fast way to level.

There are a couple of ways to very quickly level Illusion, particuarly with the above enchantments fortifying the skill. The fastest way to level Illusion and Restoration. What is the fastest way to level up illusion?
