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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Hints

Minor Skill-Increasing Quests

  • * Alchemy +1 => "Find Ring of Pure Mixtures inside Forsaken Cave" Dawnstar miscellaneous quest
    * Alchemy +1 => "Bring one Song of the Alchemists to Lami" Morthal miscellaneous quest

    * Alteration +1 => "Bring some Frost Salts to Dravynea" Windhelm miscellanous quest

    * Block +1 => "Find Roggi's Ancestral Shield inside [random location]" Windhelm miscellaneous quest
    * Block +1 => "Bring Hjalti's Sword to the Ghost of Old Hroldan" Markarth miscellaneous quest
    * Block +1 => "Find Amren's Family Sword inside [random location]" Whiterun miscellaneous quest
    * Block +1 => "Steal the Dragon's Breath Mead for Olda" Solitude miscellaneous quest

    * Heavy Armor +1 => "Kill the leader of [random bandit lair]" Windhelm miscellaneous quest (for Brunwulf Free-Winter)

    * Illusion +1 => "Kill the leader of Pinemoon Cave" Solitude miscellaneous quest

    * Light Armor +1 => "Kill the leader of [random bandit lair]" Windhelm miscellaneous quest (for Annekke Crag-Jumper)
    * Light Armor +1 => "Find Shahvee's Amulet of Zenithar inside [random location]" Windhelm miscellaneous quest

    * Lockpicking +1 => "Find Shahvee's Amulet of Zenithar inside [random location]" Windhelm miscellaneous quest

    * One-Handed +1 => "Bring Hjalti's Sword to the Ghost of Old Hroldan" Markarth miscellaneous quest
    * One-Handed +1 => "Find Amren's Family Sword inside [random location]" Whiterun miscellaneous quest

    * Smithing +1 => "Bring the Last Scabbard of Akrash to Ghorza" Markarth miscellaneous quest
    * Smithing +1 => "Bring one Night Falls on Sentinel to Rustleif" Dawnstar miscellaneous quest
    * Smithing +1 => "Find Queen Freydis's Sword inside [random location]" Windhelm miscellaneous quest

    * Sneak +1 => "Steal the Double-Distilled Skooma for Stands-In-Shallows" Windhelm miscellaneous quest
    * Sneak +1 => "Find Noster's Helmet inside [random location]" Solitude miscellaneous quest

    * Speech +1 => "Steal the Staff of Arcane Authority for Malur Seloth" Winterhold miscellaneous quest
    * Speech +1 => "Bring one Mammoth Tusk to Ysolda" Whiterun miscellaneous quest

    * Two-Handed +1 => "Talk to Irnskar about Octieve" Solitude miscellaneous quest


    There's also the "Shalidor's Insights" College of Winterhold side quest that can supposedly give magic skill increases as a random reward, though I've never been able to get them.