The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition – All Skill Books Location Guide

Light Armor Skill Books:

Ice and Chitin

• Location: Markarth – In the Guard Tower, on a table hidden behind a pillar in the sleeping area.
• Location: Windhelm – On a table in the guard room under the bridge that leads to the city’s south gate.

Jornibret’s Last Dance

• Location: Fort Neugrad – On a table in the Fort Neugrad library.
• Location: Autumnwatch Tower – On a small wooden crate atop the smaller of the two towers.

Rislav the Righteous

• Location: Fort Greymoor – On the podium in the second-floor training room.
• Location: Cracked Tusk Keep – On a bench in one of the side rooms in the Cracked Tusk Keep Vaults.

The Rear Guard

• Location: Solitude – In Castle Dour, on a table downstairs in the barracks.
• Location: Druadach Redoubt – On a shelf near the fire pit, at the back of the cavern.

The Refugees

• Location: Solitude – In the Solitude Blacksmith’s shop, atop the high wall shelf in the second-floor bedroom.
• Location: Blind Cliff Cave – Sitting atop the chest in an alcove on the collapsed tower.

Lockpicking Skill Books:

Advances in Lockpicking

• Location: Riften – In the Ragged Flagon Cistern, atop a barrel in the training room.
• Location: Riften – When escaping from Riften Jail through the sewers, on a barrel in a dark nook behind where you enter the sewers.

Proper Lock Design

• Location: Markarth – In Cidhna Mine, on a shelf next to the Evidence Chest and Prisoner Belongings Chest.
• Location: Faldar’s Tooth – Make your way through the keep to reach the ramparts, then climb the tower to reach the shack on top. On a table near the shack.

Surfeit of Thieves

• Location: Wreck of the Winter War – On a crate on the second level of the War Winter.
• Location: Riften – On the end table near the bed in the Jarl’s Chambers.

The Locked Room

• Location: Morthal – Inside Highmoon Hall, on the top shelf of Joric’s bedroom on the second floor.
• Location: Alftand – In the Animonculory’s locked treasure room, in a locked alcove next to a skeleton.

The Wolf Queen, v1

• Location: Dawnstar – In Dawnstar Jail, in a corner of the jail cell, behind a wooden pillar.
• Location: Cragslane Cavern – Underneath the bar in Cragslane Cavern.

One-Handed Skill Books:

2920, Morning Star, v1

• Location: Northwatch Keep – On the shelf behind the bar in the bar area.
• Location: Lost Echo Cave – On the altar in the ruins chamber.

Fire and Darkness

• Location: Folgunthur – On the lower level of the large central chamber, next to a corpse.
• Location: Riften – In Esbern’s room in the Ratway Warrens.

Mace Etiquette

• Location: Orotheim – On a crate near the grindstone.
• Location: Fort Greenwall – In the Fort Greenwall Captain’s Quarters, on a shelf in the bedroom.

Night Falls on Sentinel

• Location: Swindler’s Den – During Favor: Rare Item Hunt for Rustleif in Dawnstar, you can find this copy on the a crate overlooking the cave’s dining area.
• Location: Bandit Camp: Ilinalta Foothills – On a small shelf in one of the tents.

The Importance of Where

• Location: Markarth – In the Guard Tower, on a stone table to one side of the sleeping area.
• Location: Chillfurrow Farm – Inside the farmhouse, on a dresser in the bedroom.

Pickpocket Skill Books:

Aevar Stone-Singer

• Location: Morthal – In Thonnir’s House, on a shelf in the corner, hidden beneath a basket.
• Location: Lost Valkygg – On the floor in the south holding cell, which is opened by a lever.

Beggar

• Location: Riften – In the Ratway, on a table near the entrance to the Ragged Flagon.
• Location: Riften – In Haelga’s Bunkhouse, on the dresser in the nook on the top floor.

Purloined Shadows

• Location: Duskglow Crevice – On a table in the junk room in Duskglow Crevice.
• Location: Riften – In Honorhall Orphanage, tucked between the end table and bed in Constance’s small bedroom.

Thief

• Location: Windhelm – In the Argonian Assemblage; on the edge of a dresser.
• Location: Bleak Falls Barrow – Inside the barrow, on the stone table near the chest just beyond the first glyph puzzle.

Wulfmare’s Guide to Better Thieving

• Location: Fort Sungard – At the bottom of the Fort Sunguard Oubliette.
• Location: Mara’s Eye Pond – Inside the cave, mixed in with other books in a small crate near the watery pond.

Restoration Skill Books:

2920, Rain’s Hand, v4

• Location: Morthal – On the bedside table in Falion’s house.
• Location: Markarth – In the Hall of the Dead, on a stone shelf above the bed.

Mystery of Talara, v 2

• Location: Ustengrav – On a stone shelf in the small room that’s filled with urns.
• Location: Frostflow Lighthouse – On a dresser in the Lighthouse’s Master Bedroom.

Racial Phylogeny

• Location: Morthal – In the Moorside Inn, hidden in a woven basket that sits atop a dresser in one of the two small rooms.
• Location: Falkreath – In Corpselight Farm, mixed in with other books on the shelf.

The Exodus

• Location: Winterhold – In the Frozen Hearth, hidden among a collection of crates and sacks in the cellar.
• Location: Stendarr’s Beacon – Lying on one of the bedrolls inside the tower.

Withershins

• Location: Whiterun – In the Temple of Kynareth, on the shelf next to the chest.
• Location: Arcwind Point – On a pedestal at the top of the tower at the end of Arcwind Point.

Smithing Skill Books:

Cherim’s Heart

• Location: Dawnstar – In Quicksilver Mine, hidden in a small crate on the ground floor of the deepest mine cavern.
• Location: Morvunskar – On a table in the room with the forge.

Heavy Armor Forging

• Location: Silent Moons Camp – On a broken stone table within the domed ruin at the top of the camp.
• Location: Gloombound Mine – On a table in the open-air hut just outside the mine entrance.

Last Scabbard of Akrash

• Location: Fort Sungard – In the Fort Sungard Muster, on a small table in the armory.
• Location: Gallows Rock – On a table in the room with the large fireplace near the sleeping quarters.

Light Armor Forging

• Location: Falkreath – On a barrel in the basement of Lod’s house.
• Location: Embershard Mine – On a table in the forge area.

The Armorer’s Challenge

• Location: Mor Khazgur – On the shelf near the Blacksmith’s Forge.
• Location: Whiterun – On the low platform next to the Skyforge.

Sneak Skill Books:

2920, Last Seed, v8

• Location: Raldbthar – In the large chamber with Alain, on the long counter under the metal bars.
• Location: Redoran’s Retreat – Lying on a crate in the back cavern with the large chest.

Legend of Krately House

• Location: Nightgate Inn – In the cellar, on the end table near the large bed.
• Location: Black-Briar Lodge – On a shelf in the upstairs master bedroom.

Sacred Witness

• Location: Deepwood Redoubt – In Deepwood Vale, on a shelf in the tent with the Alchemy Lab.
• Location: Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary – On the counter in Babette’s room.

The Red Kitchen Reader

• Location: Frostmere Crypt – Inside the ruins, on a bookshelf pedestal in the hall just before the dining room.
• Location: Windhelm – In the New Gnisis Cornerclub, tucked between the barrels beneath the stairs on the first floor.

Three Thieves

• Location: Snow Veil Sanctum – During Thieves Guild Quest: Speaking with Silence, on a shelf in the room filled with hanging rattles.
• Location: Honningbrew Meadery – During Thieves Guild Quest: Dampened Spirits, lying on the chest near the Alchemy Lab in the basement cavern.

Speech Skill Books:

2920, Second Seed, v5

• Location: Stonehills – In Sorli’s House, atop the fireplace mantel.
• Location: Windhelm – In Sadri’s Used Wares, on the shelf under the counter.

A Dance in Fire, v6

• Location: Meeko’s Shack – On a barrel inside the shack.
• Location: Falkreath – In Dead Man’s Drink, on the shelf under the counter.

A Dance in Fire, v7

• Location: Markarth – In Arnleif and Sons Trading Company, on a crate near the counter.
• Location: Riften – In Beggar’s Row, lying on the ground in a nook, partially covered by a red fern.

Biography of the Wolf Queen

• Location: Solitude – In the Blue Palace, on a shelf in the Jarl’s bedchamber upstairs.
• Location: Whiterun – In Belethor’s General Goods store, on the cupboard shelf near the counter.

The Buying Game

• Location: SolitudevIn one of the Bards College second floor classrooms, mixed in with a short stack of other books on the highest tier of a tall shelf.
• Location: Shrine to Peryite – On the table near the Alchemy Lab.

Two-Handed Skill Books:

Battle of Sancre Tor

• Location: Old Hroldan – On an end table in the large bedroom.
• Location: Dustman’s Cairn – On a table in the entry chamber.

King

• Location: Dragon Bridge – In the Penitus Oculatus Outpost, on a bedside table.
• Location: Bleakwind Bluff – Inside the tower, lying on the ground next to the cairn.

Song of Hrormir

• Location: Solitude – On the first floor of Jala’s House, lying on the ground in some hay.
• Location: Whiterun – In Jorrvaskar, on the table with the map in Kodlak’s study.

The Legendary Sancre Tor

• Location: Northwatch Keep – On a crate in the bedroom on the lower level of the large central chamber.
• Location: Falkreath – In the Barracks, atop a chest in the sleeping area upstairs.

Words and Philosophy

• Location: Lost Knife Hideout – On the table on the central wooden lookout in the large, watery cavern.
• Location: Riften – On a dresser on the second floor of the Barracks.