Skyrim:Speech

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Skill: Speech
Specialization: Stealth

The Speech skill allows you to more effectively persuade people and to barter with shopkeepers. Perks in this skill allow you to get better deals when trading, buy and sell any kind of item to any merchant, and make it more likely for a persuasion or intimidation attempt to succeed. The Speech skill tree has a total of 9 perks, requiring a total of 13 perk points to fill.

In-game Description: The skill of persuasion can be used to get better prices from merchants, and persuade others to do as you ask.

Skill Perks

Haggling

Allure

Merchant

Investor

Fence

Master Trader

Bribery

Persuasion

Intimidation

Speech Perk Tree

Perk	Rank	Description	ID	Skill Req.	Perk Req.
Haggling	1	Buying and selling prices are 10% better.	000be128
	2	Buying and selling prices are 15% better.	000c07ce	20 Speech
	3	Buying and selling prices are 20% better.	000c07cf	40 Speech
	4	Buying and selling prices are 25% better.	000c07d0	60 Speech
	5	Buying and selling prices are 30% better.	000c07d1	0 80 Speech
Allure		10% better prices with the opposite sex.	00058f75	30 Speech	Haggling
Merchant		Can sell any type of item to any kind of merchant.†	00058f7a	50 Speech	Allure
Investor		Can invest 500 gold with a shopkeeper to increase his available gold permanently.‡	00058f7b	70 Speech	Merchant
Fence		Can barter stolen goods with any merchant you have invested in.	00058f79	90 Speech	Investor
Master Trader		Every merchant in the world gains 1000 gold for bartering.¥	001090a5	100 Speech	Fence
Bribery		Can bribe guards to ignore crimes.	00058f72	30 Speech	Haggling
Persuasion		Persuasion attempts are 30% easier.	001090a2	50 Speech	Bribery
Intimidation		Intimidation is twice as likely to be successful.	00105f29	70 Speech	Persuasion

^† The Merchant perk also allows you to buy any item from a merchant's inventory. One implication is that various bugged alchemy ingredients that normally cannot be purchased become available, making some ingredients much easier to find.

^‡ Some merchants have the dialogue allowing you to Invest with them, but doing so does not result in any permanent change in the merchant's available gold. This bug is noted on the pages of individual merchants for whom it applies.

^¥ The Master Trader perk increases nearly all merchants' gold by 1000. Some merchants are not affected by this perk.

Skill Usage

Your Speech skill determines the chance of successfully being able to get information out of an NPC using intimidation or persuasion. These Speech Challenges will be provided as options during certain dialogues.

Special dialogue options include:

• Persuade: influence someone by reasoning with them. Chances of success depend solely upon your Speech skill.
• Intimidate: influence someone by threatening them. Chances of success depend upon your Speech skill and your overall level.
• Bribe: influence someone by giving them money. Factors influencing chance of success are unknown.

Your Speech skill also affects merchant prices; prices can be further improved using some of the Speech skill perks, barter potions or enchanted equipment.

The base rate for buying/selling is based solely on your Speech skill and any perks or Fortify Barter effects are applied to prices afterwards.

Persuasion Options

What follows is a list of all persuasion attempts that can be made in Skyrim. Spoilers in this list are intentionally kept very minor. All speech challenges fall into one of five categories: Very Easy, Easy, Average, Hard, and Very Hard. Their skill requirements to pass are 10, 25, 50, 75, and 100, respectively. Possessing the Persuasion perk reduces the requirements on all but Very Easy challenges by 30%, dropping them to 10, 18, 35, 53, and 70, respectively. Wearing the Amulet of Articulation allows you to succeed at any persuasion check in the game regardless of skill.

Very Easy (10)

• Persuading a shakedown bandit to leave you alone for 50 gold.
• During The Forsworn Conspiracy, getting Margret to reveal information.
• Getting a free sample from the attendant at Redwater Den.^DG
• Persuading Lorius to help Cicero during Delayed Burial.
• Getting Lod to pay you 25 gold before searching for the dog during A Daedra's Best Friend.

Easy (25/18)

Quests 

The Black Star, convincing Nelacar that a priestess of Azura sent you. Caught Red Handed, getting the Mark of Dibella from Hofgrir Horse-Crusher. Compelling Tribute, getting gold from Anuriel. Compelling Tribute, getting gold from Raerek. A Cornered Rat, convincing Esbern to open his door. Diplomatic Immunity, Getting the Thalmor guard to leave his post. The Forsworn Conspiracy, getting information on Weylin from Mulush gro-Shugurz. The Forsworn Conspiracy, getting Weylin's Key from Garvey.

Good Intentions, getting the Augur of Dunlain's location from Mirabelle Ervine. The Mind of Madness, getting the key to the Pelagius Wing from Erdi. No One Escapes Cidhna Mine, getting skooma from Duach. Promises to Keep, getting Sibbi's key. The Raid, getting Wujeeta to reveal where she gets skooma. Season Unending, convincing Ulfric to join the peace talks. The Taste of Death, getting Brother Verulus to follow you. Tending the Flames, the first persuasion option when rewriting King Olaf's Verse.

Other 

After A Night To Remember, convincing Deep-In-His-Cups to accept a lower payment. Cooling down Dirge when talking about his name. Convincing Irnskar Ironhand to forgive Octieve San's gambling debt. Convincing Mikael to leave Carlotta alone. Convincing Mulush gro-Shugurz to treat his workers better. Convincing Ranmir to pay his dept to Haran. Convincing Riften's guard jailor that you're allowed to be wandering the jail. Convincing Roggi Knot-Beard to accept Iddra's charity. Convincing Torbjorn to pay his argonian workers better wages.

Convincing Captain Aldis to provide information about Angeline Morrard's daughter. Convincing Vittoria Vici to wave the fee for Evette. Getting Erik's father Mralki to purchase armor for his son. Getting Ghorbash the Iron Hand to join you as a follower. Getting information from Maul. Getting information on the meadery from Ungrien. Getting the Riften guards at the main gate to let you in. Having Lynly Star-Sung in Ivarstead play you a song for free. Selling Elder Scrolls to Urag gro-Shub for 3000 gold. DG

Average (50/35)

Quests 

Buy Dwarven artifact, getting Calcelmo to pay you more. Caught Red Handed, convincing Indaryn to give you the Mark of Dibella. Caught Red Handed, convincing Bolli to give you the Mark of Dibella. Diplomatic Immunity, convincing Elisif the Fair to create a distraction. Diplomatic Immunity, convincing Igmund to create a distraction. Diplomatic Immunity, convincing Ondolemar to create a distraction. Diplomatic Immunity, convincing Siddgeir to create a distraction. Diplomatic Immunity, convincing Vittoria Vici to create a distraction. The Fallen, convincing the Jarl of Whiterun to let you use Dragonsreach to capture a dragon. A False Front, getting the innkeeper to tell you where the Imperial Courier is. A False Front, getting the innkeeper to tell you where the Stormcloak Courier is. The Forsworn Conspiracy, getting the key to Margret's room from Kleppr or Frabbi.

The Forsworn Conspiracy, getting Borkul the Beast to let you in to see Madanach. The Forsworn Conspiracy, getting Rhiada to let you in to see Thonar Silver-Blood. Hitting the Books, convincing The Caller to let you take the books and leave. The House of Horrors, convincing Logrolf that Boethiah sent you. The Lover's Requital, getting Lynly to admit her true identity. A Night To Remember, getting Senna to reveal your next destination without cleaning the temple. A Night To Remember, getting Ysolda to reveal your next destination without getting her ring back. Sanuarach Mine, convincing Atar to leave Karthwasten. Sanuarach Mine, convincing Ainethach to sell the mine. Season Unending, convincing General Tullius to join the peace talks. Tending the Flames, the second persuasion option when rewriting King Olaf's Verse. Convincing Sapphire to forgive Shadr's debt during Stabilized.

Dawnguard Quests 

Hunting the Monster, convincing a friend to help you find a vampire. Lost to the Ages, convincing Katria you are strong enough to handle Arkngthamz.	A New Order, convincing Sorine Jurard to join Dawnguard without getting her a gyro. Prophet, getting a carriage driver or innkeeper to give you information on the priest for free.

Other 

Convincing Borgakh the Steel Heart to join you as a follower. Convincing Drahff and Hewnon to leave you alone in the entrance of the Ratway. Convincing a random thief to leave you alone.	During a random encounter with a would-be mage, convincing him to give you his staff. During a random encounter with a mercenary, convincing them to give you the location they were heading to.

Hard (75/53)

Quests 

During A Cornered Rat, getting Dirge to tell you the location of Esbern. During A Cornered Rat, getting Vekel the Man to tell you the location of Esbern. During A Cornered Rat, getting Brynjolf to tell you the location of Esbern. During A Night To Remember, convincing Ennis to reveal your next destination without finding his goat. During Dampened Spirits, getting Sabjorn to pay you half before the job. During Hard Answers, tricking Calcelmo into giving you the key to the museum. During Loud and Clear, getting the key from Aringoth.

During Missing In Action, getting information on Thorald Gray-Mane's location from Idolaf Battle-Born. During Onmund's Request, convincing Enthir to give you the amulet for free. During Pieces of the Past, getting the hilt from Jorgen. During The Pursuit, convincing Vald to leave his guard post. During Season Unending, convincing your favored side to accept a minor hold. During Scoundrel's Folly, getting information from Gulum-Ei. During Summerset Shadows, getting Niranye to tell the truth.

Other 

Convincing a guard to ignore minor crimes. Convincing Markarth guards to leave you alone, but even then you will still be taken to Cidhna Mine; it is one of the few speech checks in the game that always fails regardless of skill.	During a random encounter with an adventurer who calls you a milk drinker, backing away from the fight.

Very Hard (100/70)

• Convincing Faralda to let you join the College of Winterhold without taking a test.

†	Very Easy speech challenges are unaffected by the Persuasion perk and have no failure dialogue. If you actually found a way to drop your Speech skill below 10, they would simply not appear in dialogue to even attempt.

‡	This persuasion challenge was cut from the game. These NPCs are instead always hostile to you.

Prices

Prices are computed by the following:

The Base Price Factor is calculated by your skill level (fBarterMax default is 3.3, fBarterMin default is 2.0):

price factor = (fBarterMax * (100 - skill) + fBarterMin * skill)/100

The Modified Price Factor depends on perks and Fortify Barter bonus:

sell price modifier = (1 + Haggling %) * (1 + Allure %) * (1 + Fortify Barter from potion) * (1 + the sum of Fortify Barter from equipment + Fortify Barter from Blessing of Zenithar)

buy price modifier = (1 / (1 + Haggling %)) * (1 / (1 + Allure %)) * (1 - Fortify Barter from potion) * (1 - the sum of Fortify Barter from equipment - Fortify Barter from Blessing of Zenithar)

The final price combines the two Price Factors and rounds to the nearest whole number:

sell price = ([ value of item ] / base price factor) * sell price modifier
buy price = [ value of item ] * base price factor * buy price modifier

• At 0 skill and no perks, the final price factor is 3.3.
• At 100 skill and no perks, the final price factor is 2.
• At 100 skill and all perks the final price factor is 1.42857.
• Trade price cap: (max sell price = value * 1.00), (min buy price = value * 1.05).

Skill levels over 100 have no effect.

Investor

Investing 500 gold into a business with the Investor perk immediately increases their current gold by 500. Investing is as simple as speaking to a merchant NPC and selecting the 'I want to invest in your business' option. This can only be done at the same time of day as they would normally allow sales.

All merchants who are available for investments are identified in the notes column on the Merchants article.

Skill Increases

Character Creation

The following races have an initial skill bonus to Speech:

• +5 bonus: Breton, Nord

Trainers

• Dro'marash with the Khajiit Caravans (Common)
• Revyn Sadri in Windhelm (Common)
• Ronthil^DG in Volkihar Keep (Common)
• Ogmund in Markarth (Expert)
• Giraud Gemane of the Bards College in Solitude (Master)

Skill Books

• 2920, Second Seed, v5
• A Dance in Fire, v6
• A Dance in Fire, v7
• Biography of the Wolf Queen
• The Buying Game

Free Skill Boosts

• +1 Speech reward (as well as +1 to all other Stealth skills) from Inge Six Fingers (Bards College) for completing the quest Finn's Lute.
• +1 Speech reward from Malur Seloth (Winterhold) for completing the quest Some Light Theft
• +1 Speech reward from Ysolda (Whiterun) for completing the quest Rare Gifts
• +2 Speech reward from Azzadal for jumping off of Bard's Leap Summit. Jump from opposite the Word Wall in Lost Valley Redoubt off the bridge that extends over the waterfall for Azzadal to appear.
• +5 Speech reward (as well as +5 to all other stealth skills) by selecting "The Path of Shadow" from the Oghma Infinium after completing the quest Discerning the Transmundane.

Gaining Skill XP

• Trading with merchants will increase the Speech skill. The amount of skill progress gained is based on the base value of the item being bought/sold and is not limited by the merchant's available gold. However, if you trade multiple units of an item in one transaction, you will only gain experience equivalent to trading a single unit; for optimal leveling, sell each item one at a time, and sell expensive items.
• Successful Persuade, Intimidate, and Bribe attempts in conversations will also increase the skill.
• Barter with skill trainers that sell items (trainer-merchants). At higher levels (51 and up) buying 5 training sessions from a trainer-merchant will cost a minimum 8,200 gold. This will temporarily buff the amount of gold that the trainer-merchant has on hand by the amount of gold used for training sessions. Then the player can sell items to the trainer-merchant. At the highest levels the player can trade 28,000 worth of items in a single visit if they have saved a level up prior to training (this allows 5 training sessions, a level up, then another immediate 5 sessions). This can require a lot of gold on hand and the player should avoid allowing the trainer-merchant to accumulate more than 32,767 gold due to a bug with merchant banks.
• One method for those who have a very large amount of money is to don your best haggling apparel (e.g. Guild Master's Hood and a Necklace of Haggling), go to the local fence and sell/rebuy your most expensive weapons (e.g. a pair of Legendary Blades of Woe) repeatedly until your skill increases to the desired level.^{[verification needed — see talk page]} As you will lose money (the amount varies based on perks and equipment) with every sell/buy cycle, the merchant will end up with a vast quantity of gold if you continue the exercise for long enough. At this point you can sell all your more expensive items (i.e. those items which will normally cost the merchant most of their gold) as well as any others to the merchant until they are back down to 0 gold, or you have run out of items to sell.
• One way to train this skill without spending money is to commit a crime with a very low bounty, such as trying to pick a lock one time or stealing an item with a value of less than 10 gold. When your bounty is 5 gold or less, guards may ignore such crimes unless you speak to them. In dialogue, you may get a Persuasion option for the guard to overlook your crime. If you fail the persuasion check with such a low bounty, the guard may ignore the crime anyway. By speaking with and persuading every guard you encounter (except the one who witnessed the crime), your Speech will go from 50 to 100 in 10-15 visits to the town. A bounty of 10 gold may be too high to use this technique. Take note, however: this requires at least 53 Speech (with the Persuade perk) to work; alternately, if you have the gold to spare, you can bribe the guards repeatedly for the same benefit. ^{[verification needed]}
• If you are trying to level Speech as quickly as possible, do not use magic items or potions which fortify Speech, and do not give money to beggars. Anything which boosts your Speech skill directly will make your progress slower. Fortify Barter effects do not have this effect. ^{[verification needed — see talk page]}
• The Fortify Restoration or Fortify Alchemy/Enchanting exploit can be used to acquire items of extremely high value, which when sold will grant immense boosts to the Speech skill.
• Speech is one of two skills which has a different console ID than the name, the other being Archery. The actual console ID for Speech is "speechcraft". For example, the console code for improving Speech is AdvancePCskill Speechcraft <#>.

Achievements

Achievements related to the Speech skill are:

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Dialogue

When you reach a high level in this skill, guards will sometimes comment:

• "Don't think you can barter with me like I'm one of those damned shopkeepers."
• "Heard about you and your honeyed words."

Bugs

• If you raise a merchant's gold to 32,768 it will freeze. It will continue to allow you to sell your items, but you will not receive any gold.
  • To reset, wait the 48 hours for an inventory refresh. You can also save, attack the merchant, and load; this refreshes their inventory, and is much faster.
• Some of the merchants may "forget" that you invested in their shop and lose the option for having extra buying gold. This appears to affect female alchemy merchants much more than male merchants or merchants of general goods stores (e.g. Angeline's Aromatics in Solitude will never remember an investment).
  • PC Only This bug is fixed by version 1.1 of the Unofficial Skyrim Patch.
• Selecting the Fence perk may allow you to sell stolen goods to any merchant, not just those you have invested in as the perk description states.
• When resetting your Speech skill, you still retain your ability to invest in merchants, without having to have that perk or having a speech skill high enough to be able to get this perk. This is also true for Master Trader—all related merchants will still have 1000 more gold even after you lose the perk.
• During Stabilized, Sapphire has speech options, but none of them perform the proper checks to see if the player could succeed. This makes persuading her always succeed by default; no matter what level of Speech the player has.
  • PC Only This bug is fixed by version 2.0.4 of the Unofficial Skyrim Patch.