
Had to struggle against mobs for a few levels, but in the end it all levelled out again. But my other abilities stayed roughly the same, so I was too high a level for my abilities. Alteration is a major skill for me, and by "power-levelling" it, it also raised my character level. Before you stab, crush, punch or crisp them, it might be useful to maximize your difficulty. You'll level up that school in no time.ĭon't do the same mistake as I did though. So this means if you attack your skill will go up. Just cast a defensive spell over and over till magicka bar is empty, wait 1 hour, empty your bar again. I levelled Alteration while I was waiting. On a side note, you can "power-level" your way up into any magic school. You can retrieve it after you completed the quest. Under Leveling - avoid the leveling problem by not leveling up. Efficient Leveling - gain highest parameters at the cost of restricting your gameplay style freedom. Increasing Skills - tips on how to quickly get better at the various skills. You'll get the spell "Buoyance" which allows you to breathe underwater for 30 secs and feathers you for a few points) If you do get encumbered while taking the ring, just reload a quicksave and leave most of your equipment near the well. Increasing Attributes - tips on how to increase your Attributes. If you level up a bunch but let your stats be awful, the game will become unplayable in a hurry.Actually, you don't really need an extre spell to survive in the well (when you are retrieving the ring of burden). You can just do +5/+5 and put your third point for +1 Luck.)

(There are no Luck skills, so thankfully there's no grinding Luck skills either. I think without the mod you'll have to level skills for the desired stat ten times, instead of one, to get +5 since leveling major skills ten times levels you up, if you want to add +5 to two different stats you'll also have to grind a bunch of your minor skills to make up the differnce.

Note that even with Plus 5 Always installed, you MUST level up a skill with your desired stat at least once, you can't just level no Strength skills at all and expect to choose +5 Str. If you have been playing for five hours but not leveled up your class skills enough, you won't be ready to level up yet.ĮDIT: Also for goodness' sake be sure you either install the Plus 5 Always mod or level your non-class skills in between actually leveling up, so that you will have good stat gains (you can see which skill boosts which stat in your skill menu). Once the bar is maxed out you'll get that on-screen notification and it'll be time to sleep. There will be a red bar along the bottom - this bar fills up a little every time you level up one of your selected class skills.
