Trainer (Skyrim)

Trainers are NPCs that help increase proficiency in certain skills in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The cost of training a skill up to level 51 is 10*[skill level]+50, but from level 51 onwards the training cost triples to 30*[skill level]+50.

Adepts can train players to level 50, Experts to level 75, and Masters to level 90. Once your level reaches higher than a trainer, the option for training disappears. Unlike Oblivion, there is no means to be trained all the way to level 100 in a skill.

This can be somewhat exploited and give you free training if your follower is also a trainer. Here is how. There are only six trainers who are known to be followers, though. They are: Aela the Huntress (Archery Expert), Njada Stonearm (Block Expert), Farkas (Heavy Armor Master), Vilkas (Two-Handed Master), Athis (One-Handed Expert), and Faendal (Archery Adept).