Trainer ( Oblivion ) Trainers increase certain skills in exchange for gold . Training can be used five times per level only . Training a skill in this way costs 10 x " current skill level " ( i . e . , raising a skill from 24 to 25 costs 240g ) . Note that " current skill level " for the purpose of the payment is calculated after modifiers from i . e . enchanted armor . Therefore , it is cheaper if skill - boosting gear is unequipped before entering a training session . Mechanics . Drain " Skill " also affects the amount of gold paid to a trainer . Through use of potions , poisons , spells or enchantments it is possible to reduce a skill temporarily to 0 , or as low as your character can manage . Doing this will allow you to train one level for free ( or a reduced cost ) . It is possible to train 5 times at no charge if one reapplies the Drain Skill between each free training session . So long as the player ' s current skill level is 0 the game will not charge for training . If only one application of Drain Skill is done then the next level will then cost 10 and so on adding to a total of 100g for 5 levels in that skill if reduced completely to 0 . When the Drain effect wears out your skill will return to its actual level plus however many you trained . This method can save quite a bit of gold , effectively reducing the cost of training a skill by up to 900 or more gold per level . Drain Skill effects from two separate sources are required to lower skill to zero when it is naturally 101 – 200 . It is very useful to increase the 100 first points of the major skill without leveling , and then train 5 points per level in that skill . In that way , full stats and very high level is possible . Master - level training . There is one master trainer for each skill and a number of either apprentice , journeyman , or expert trainers scattered throughout the country . In order to be trained by the master trainer a quest needs to be completed , a quest given by one of the expert trainers in the skill . The quest will involve finding the master trainer and then doing something for them . Only a journeyman / an expert level trainer can give you the requisite training quest , and will only do so once you have achieved level 70 in the appropriate skill . Business hours . Like merchants ( including spell merchants ) , skill trainers are only " open for business " at certain times of the day . So , you may find yourself talking to one of these people without the training icon showing up . This will happen if they are busy as well ; for example , some trainers may train from sunrise to sunset , but if they visit the chapels they will not train during prayer . In such cases you will have to wait it out and possibly follow them around . Masters , at least , appear to offer training at all times , and also stay in the same place . The only master that does not stay in the same place is Alawen , the Master marksman trainer . She will go a little NE of her camp and stand there till later on in the day and come back to her camp . Alchemy Trainers . < nowiki > * < / nowiki > You will have to bring him both a bottle of Tamika ' s Vintage 399 wine and a bottle of Surilie Brother ' s Vintage 399 wine . Armorer Trainers . < nowiki > * < / nowiki > You have to be a member of the Fighters Guild . < nowiki > * * < / nowiki > You have to read The Armorer´s Challenge . Gin - Wulm can also be found in The Feed Bag at dusk . Athletics Trainers . < nowiki > * < / nowiki > She will only train you if you have found 30 locations on the world map . < nowiki > * * < / nowiki > Only able to train from 2 – 5am in the Fo ' c ' s ' le . Blade Trainers . < nowiki > * < / nowiki > He will only train you if either your fame or infamy reached 20 . < nowiki > * * < / nowiki > Must be a member of the Fighters Guild to receive training . Block Trainers . < nowiki > * < / nowiki > You ' ll have to pass a test of blocking before she ' ll train you . Blunt Trainers . < nowiki > * < / nowiki > Required 50 NPC kills . Conjuration Trainers . < nowiki > * < / nowiki > Must have the " Summon Faded Wraith " spell . Destruction Trainers . < nowiki > * < / nowiki > Requires 20 bear pelts . Hand - to - Hand Trainers . < nowiki > * < / nowiki > You have to give him a nice little beatdown . Heavy Armor Trainers . < nowiki > * < / nowiki > Requires four Silver Glasses and one Silver Pitcher . The Chorrol Mages Guild has all of these items , and you can grab them without stealing once you ' ve joined the Mages Guild : one of each lies on the table next to the entrance door , 2 of each on a shelf of the first floor library and an additional silver glass on a side table nearby . You can also find them in any Chapel , in the lower areas on the shelves ; taking them is still not considered stealing . Or simply go to the Imperial City Market District and buy the items from Jensine ' s " Good As New " Merchandise Three Brothers Trade Goods , or The Copious Coinpurse . It may require you to go to more than one of those stores , but you ' re guaranteed to get the Silver Pitcher and 4 Silver Glasses and he gives you the money anyway plus a tip . Illusion Trainers . < nowiki > * < / nowiki > Requires 10 Welkynd Stones . Light Armor Trainers . < nowiki > * < / nowiki > Requires an Elven Cuirass . Marksman Trainers . < nowiki > * < / nowiki > Requires an Elven Bow . Mercantile Trainers . < nowiki > * < / nowiki > You must have 10 , 000 gold before receiving training . Mysticism Trainers . < nowiki > * < / nowiki > Close at least three Oblivion Gates . Restoration Trainers . < nowiki > * < / nowiki > Marz dies in the Nature ' s Fury quest if the official expansion is downloaded . She is replaced by Apprentice level trainer Beem - Kiurz , however he does not provide information that directs the player to Oleta . < nowiki > * * < / nowiki > Ohtesse dies in the The Sword of the Crusader if the " Knights of the Nine " official expansion is downloaded . She is replaced by Kinther , but like Beem - Kiurz , he does not direct the player to Oleta . Therefore , if Marz and Ohtesse dies , then all hopes of achieving Master Restoration training is lost if the player has not done so yet . < nowiki > * * * < / nowiki > Will train for helping to save Kvatch . Security Trainers . < nowiki > * < / nowiki > You must retrieve a message from S ' Krivva in Bravil . Sneak Trainers . < nowiki > * < / nowiki > You must successfully steal a coin from her pocket to be able to train . Speechcraft Trainers . < nowiki > * < / nowiki > Requires talking to all the beggars in all the cities