Skill books | Listings TES V: Skyrim Guide
Last update: 05 December 2019
This page of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim World Atlas includes the list of skill books. You will learn why they are important to develop your character. We have prepared a list of locations of the skill books. This should greatly facilitate finding them.
Basic information
There are a lot of skill books hidden in Skyrim, however each book raises only one skill and only by one point. The game will of course inform you about which skill has been increased and it will also count towards progress to the next experience level. Each skill book can increase your skill only once, so once the process is finished it becomes useless to you. It's possible to sell the books, but this is a good idea only at the beginning of the game, because the books weigh a lot and you won't receive tons of gold for them from the merchants.
List of skill books
Important - In order to understand what the numbers from the third and fourth column mean you must consult the World Maps chapter of this guide. Here's an example: [sector 5, number 36] means that you must look at the map of sector 5 and find a location marked with 36. The books have been placed in an alphabetical order of the skill categories and location names.
SKILL CATEGORY | LOCATION | SECTOR | NUMBER |
Alchemy | Anise's Cabin | 8 | 02 |
Alchemy | Clearpine Pond | 1 | 21 |
Alchemy | College of Winterhold - Midden Dark | 3 | 05 |
Alchemy | Evergreen Grove | 7 | 06 |
Alchemy | Honningbrew Meadery | 5 | 36 |
Alchemy | Markarth - The Hag's Cure | 6 | 08 |
Alchemy | Nightcaller Temple | 2 | 07 |
Alchemy | Solitude - Bards College | 1 | 24 |
Alchemy | Whiterun - Arcadia's Cauldron | 5 | 31 |
Alchemy | Windhelm - New Gnisis Cornerclub | 3 | 26 |
Alteration | Brandy-Mug Farm | 4 | 05 |
Alteration | Cragwallow Slope | 4 | 25 |
Alteration | Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary | 7 | 14 |
Alteration | Ilinalta's Deep | 7 | 08 |
Alteration | Markarth - Nchuand-Zel Excavation Site | 6 | 08 |
Alteration | Snow-Shod Farm | 9 | 24 |
Alteration | Solitude Lighthouse | 1 | 14 |
Alteration | Understone Keep | 6 | 07 |
Alteration | Winterhold - Kraldar's House | 3 | 06 |
Alteration | Yngvild | 2 | 09 |
Archery | Anga's Mill | 3 | 24 |
Archery | Dawnstar Sanctuary | 2 | 05 |
Archery | Froki's Shack | 8 | 32 |
Archery | Hunter's Rest | 7 | 04 |
Archery | Knifepoint Ridge | 7 | 02 |
Archery | Mixwater Mill | 4 | 15 |
Archery | Solitude - Fletcher | 1 | 24 |
Archery | Valtheim Towers | 4 | 08 |
Archery | Whiterun - The Drunken Huntsman | 5 | 31 |
Archery | Wreck of the Brinehammer | 2 | 03 |
Block | Broken Tower Redoubt | 6 | 05 |
Block | Falkreath - Jarl's Longhouse | 7 | 15 |
Block | Fort Kastav | 3 | 22 |
Block | Fort Snowhawk | 1 | 48 |
Block | North Skybound Watch | 8 | 04 |
Block | Palace of the Kings | 3 | 25 |
Block | Stillborn Cave | 3 | 16 |
Block | Tolvald's Cave | 4 | 45 |
Block | Traitor's Post | 3 | 30 |
Block | Whiterun - Hall of the Dead | 5 | 31 |
Conjuration | Dawnstar - The Mortar and Pestle | 2 | 06 |
Conjuration | Falkreath Watchtower | 7 | 12 |
Conjuration | Fellglow Keep | 5 | 23 |
Conjuration | Labyrinthian - Shalidor's Maze | 5 | 06 |
Conjuration | North Brittleshin Pass | 5 | 43 |
Conjuration | Reachcliff Cave | 6 | 35 |
Conjuration | Rimerock Burrow | 1 | 16 |
Conjuration | Sunderstone Gorge | 5 | 41 |
Conjuration | Understone Keep | 6 | 07 |
Conjuration | Windhelm - Belyn Hlaalu's House | 3 | 26 |
Destruction | Dawnstar - Quicksilver Mine | 2 | 06 |
Destruction | Dawnstar - The White Hall | 2 | 06 |
Destruction | Glenmoril Coven | 7 | 01 |
Destruction | Haemar's Shame | 8 | 25 |
Destruction | High Gate Ruins | 2 | 02 |
Destruction | Lower Steepfall Burrow | 1 | 02 |
Destruction | Rannveig's Fast | 5 | 04 |
Destruction | Ravenscar Hollow | 1 | 08 |
Destruction | Windhelm - Aretino Residence | 3 | 26 |
Destruction | Winterhold - Birna's Oddments | 3 | 06 |
Enchanting | Dawnstar - The White Hall | 2 | 06 |
Enchanting | Glenmoril Coven | 7 | 01 |
Enchanting | Hob's Fall Cave | 2 | 18 |
Enchanting | Ilinalta's Deep | 7 | 08 |
Enchanting | Kynesgrove - Steamscorch Mine | 4 | 19 |
Enchanting | Morthal - Falion's House | 1 | 49 |
Enchanting | Roadside Ruins | 7 | 13 |
Enchanting | Serpent's Bluff Redoubt | 6 | 27 |
Enchanting | Treva's Watch | 9 | 02 |
Enchanting | Whiterun - Carlotta Valentia's House | 5 | 31 |
Heavy Armor | Darkwater Crossing | 4 | 30 |
Heavy Armor | Dushnikh Yal | 6 | 36 |
Heavy Armor | Fort Dunstad | 2 | 26 |
Heavy Armor | Hall of the Vigilant | 2 | 25 |
Heavy Armor | Morthal - Guardhouse | 1 | 49 |
Heavy Armor | Palace of the Kings | 3 | 25 |
Heavy Armor | Rift Watchtower | 9 | 31 |
Heavy Armor | Stone Hills | 2 | 22 |
Heavy Armor | Understone Keep | 6 | 07 |
Heavy Armor | Whiterun - Jorrvaskr | 5 | 31 |
Illusion | Bloodlet Throne | 8 | 15 |
Illusion | Broken Fang Cave | 5 | 26 |
Illusion | Darklight Tower | 9 | 21 |
Illusion | Dragonsreach | 5 | 30 |
Illusion | Falkreath - Falkreath Barracks | 7 | 15 |
Illusion | Markarth - Nepos's House | 6 | 08 |
Illusion | Markarth - Temple of Dibella | 6 | 08 |
Illusion | Pinemoon Cave | 1 | 20 |
Illusion | Shroud Hearth Barrow | 8 | 07 |
Illusion | Windhelm - The White Phial | 3 | 26 |
Light Armor | Autumnwatch Tower | 8 | 31 |
Light Armor | Blind Cliff Cave | 6 | 14 |
Light Armor | Cracked Tusk Keep | 7 | 11 |
Light Armor | Druadach Redoubt | 1 | 37 |
Light Armor | Fort Greymoor | 5 | 28 |
Light Armor | Fort Neugrad | 8 | 23 |
Light Armor | Markarth - Guard Tower | 6 | 08 |
Light Armor | Solitude - Castle Dour | 1 | 24 |
Light Armor | Solitude - Solitude Blacksmith | 1 | 24 |
Light Armor | Windhelm | 3 | 26 |
Lockpicking | Alftand | 2 | 19 |
Lockpicking | Cragslane Cavern | 4 | 36 |
Lockpicking | Dawnstar - Dawnstar Barracks | 2 | 06 |
Lockpicking | Faldar's Tooth | 9 | 09 |
Lockpicking | Markarth - Cidhna Mine | 6 | 08 |
Lockpicking | Mistveil Keep | 9 | 14 |
Lockpicking | Morthal - Highmoon Hall | 1 | 49 |
Lockpicking | Riften - The Ragged Flagon | 9 | 13 |
Lockpicking | Riften - The Ratway Vaults | 9 | 13 |
Lockpicking | Wreck of the Winter War | 3 | 18 |
One-Handed | Chillfurrow Farm | 5 | 35 |
One-Handed | Folgunthur | 1 | 46 |
One-Handed | Fort Greenwall | 9 | 06 |
One-Handed | Ilinalta's Deep | 7 | 08 |
One-Handed | Lost Echo Cave | 1 | 18 |
One-Handed | Markarth - Guard Tower | 6 | 08 |
One-Handed | Northwatch Keep | 1 | 01 |
One-Handed | Orotheim | 6 | 06 |
One-Handed | Riften - The Ratway Warrens | 9 | 13 |
One-Handed | Swindler's Den | 5 | 25 |
Pickpocket | Bleak Falls Barrow | 5 | 45 |
Pickpocket | Duskglow Crevice | 2 | 28 |
Pickpocket | Fort Sungard | 6 | 40 |
Pickpocket | Lost Valkygg | 2 | 33 |
Pickpocket | Mara's Eye Pond | 4 | 14 |
Pickpocket | Morthal - Thonnir's House | 1 | 49 |
Pickpocket | Riften - Haelga's Bunkhouse | 9 | 13 |
Pickpocket | Riften - Honorhall Orphanage | 9 | 13 |
Pickpocket | Riften - The Ragged Flagon | 9 | 13 |
Pickpocket | Windhelm | 3 | 26 |
Restoration | Arcwind Point | 8 | 27 |
Restoration | Falkreath - Corpselight Farm | 7 | 15 |
Restoration | Frostflow Lighthouse | 2 | 17 |
Restoration | Markarth - Hall of the Dead | 6 | 08 |
Restoration | Morthal - Falion's House | 1 | 49 |
Restoration | Morthal - Moorside Inn | 1 | 49 |
Restoration | Stendarr's Beacon | 9 | 30 |
Restoration | Ustengrav | 2 | 11 |
Restoration | Whiterun - Temple of Kynareth | 5 | 31 |
Restoration | Winterhold - The Frozen Hearth | 3 | 06 |
Smithing | Dawnstar - Quicksilver Mine | 2 | 06 |
Smithing | Embershard Mine | 8 | 17 |
Smithing | Falkreath - Lod's House | 7 | 15 |
Smithing | Fort Sungard | 6 | 40 |
Smithing | Gallows Rock | 4 | 12 |
Smithing | Gloombound Mine | 4 | 24 |
Smithing | Mor Khazgur | 1 | 27 |
Smithing | Morvunskar | 4 | 03 |
Smithing | Silent Moons Camp | 5 | 11 |
Smithing | Whiterun | 5 | 31 |
Sneak | Black-Briar Lodge | 9 | 17 |
Sneak | Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary | 7 | 14 |
Sneak | Deepwood Redoubt | 1 | 28 |
Sneak | Frostmere Crypt | 2 | 24 |
Sneak | Honningbrew Meadery | 5 | 36 |
Sneak | Nightgate Inn | 2 | 40 |
Sneak | Raldbthar | 4 | 01 |
Sneak | Redoran's Retreat | 5 | 10 |
Sneak | Snow Veil Sanctum | 3 | 17 |
Sneak | Windhelm - New Gnisis Cornerclub | 3 | 26 |
Speech | Blue Palace | 1 | 26 |
Speech | Falkreath - Dead Man's Drink | 7 | 15 |
Speech | Markarth - Arnleif and Sons Trading Company | 6 | 08 |
Speech | Meeko's Shack | 1 | 45 |
Speech | Riften - Beggar's Row | 9 | 13 |
Speech | Shrine to Peryite | 6 | 03 |
Speech | Solitude - Bards College | 1 | 24 |
Speech | Stone Hills | 2 | 22 |
Speech | Whiterun - Belethor's General Goods | 5 | 31 |
Speech | Windhelm - Sadri's Used Wares | 3 | 26 |
Two-Handed | Bleakwind Bluff | 6 | 22 |
Two-Handed | Dragon Bridge - Penitus Oculatus Outpost | 1 | 30 |
Two-Handed | Dustman's Cairn | 5 | 09 |
Two-Handed | Falkreath - Falkreath Barracks | 7 | 15 |
Two-Handed | Lost Knife Hideout | 4 | 28 |
Two-Handed | Mistveil Keep | 9 | 14 |
Two-Handed | Northwatch Keep | 1 | 01 |
Two-Handed | Old Hroldan | 6 | 24 |
Two-Handed | Solitude - Jala's House | 1 | 24 |
Two-Handed | Whiterun - Jorrvaskr | 5 | 31 |