“The Speech skill is used to get better prices from merchantes and persuade, intimidate, or even bribe others.
— Game description
Speech is one of the eighteen skills that is available in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Speech is used to haggle, barter, persuade and intimidate. Speech is a skill all characters will use, unless actions are taken to avoid buying/selling or persuading.
- The Mercantile skill from the previous game was removed and combined with speechcraft, hence the skill speech.
Perks[ | ]
| Perks | Requirements | Description (Ranks) |
|---|---|---|
| Haggling | None | Buying and selling prices are 10% better. |
| Speech 20 | Buying and selling prices are 15% better. | |
| Speech 40 | Buying and selling prices are 20% better. | |
| Speech 60 | Buying and selling prices are 25% better. | |
| Speech 80 | Buying and selling prices are 30% better. | |
| Allure | Speech 30, Haggling | 10% better prices from opposite sex |
| Bribery | Speech 30, Haggling | Can bribe guards to ignore crimes |
| Merchant | Speech 50, Allure | Buy and sell from any merchant regardless of what they normally buy and sell |
| Persuasion | Speech 50, Bribery | Persuasion attempts more likely successful |
| Investor | Speech 70, Merchant | Invest in shops and increase available gold permanently in invested stores |
| Intimidation | Speech 70, Persuasion | Intimidation attempts twice as successful |
| Fence | Speech 90, Investor | Can barter stolen goods with any merchant you have invested in |
| Master Trader | Speech 100, Fence | Every merchant in world gains 1000 gold for bartering |
Trainers[ | ]
- Dro'marash, in a Khajiit Caravan
- Revyn Sadri, in Windhelm
- Ogmund the Skald, in Markarth
- Giraud Gemane, at the Bards College in Solitude
- Ysolda will increase Speechcraft for a Mammoth Tusk (one-time)
- Ronthil at Castle Volkihar, only in the Dawnguard DLC
Skill books[ | ]
- 2920, Second Seed, v5
- Biography of the Wolf Queen
- The Buying Game
- A Dance in Fire, v6
- A Dance in Fire, v7
Apparel[ | ]
There is also apparel for Fortify Barter.
Exploits[ | ]
- Talk to Ungrien, in Riften, in Black-Briar Meadery behind the front desk, say "Tell me about Maven Black-Briar." Then say "Come on, get the truth off your chest.(Persuade)" over and over until your speech is to 100. This has since been patched.
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