What are all the ways to get Speech bonuses in Skyrim? I want to maximize the amount of gold I get when selling to a vendor.
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Do you want to know which actions (i.e. selling items, bribing guards...) increase the Speech, or rather the temporary bonuses, such as buffs?– Martin MelkaNov 20, 2011 at 15:44
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Selling items and persuading people does (I've leveled up Speech on doing those). Not sure about others. It seems like a reasonable question to ask if you want answers from the wider community. I did a search and didn't see it so you wouldn't be duplicating an existing question.– Red_TractorNov 21, 2011 at 16:50
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I know of the following ways to get bonuses:
- Blessing of Zenithar (Pray at one of his shrines 10%)
- Charity (Give a gold to a begger for an 8 hour buff)
- A potion of speech called elixir of glibness (Gives +40 speech for 60 seconds)
- Items with Fortify Speech enchantment (marked "of Haggling" or similar, Max modifier is 40 and can only be enchanted on necklaces)
- Haggling (5-30% price improvement) and Allure (10% better prices with opposite sex) perks under speech skill.
- The thieves guild hoods (regular, improved, and grandmaster) all come with enchantments that improve prices. This is the only way to get this enchantment on headgear.
- Potions of fortify barter can be made via alchemy.
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8@Magicmaster No it shouldn't: it's an actual answer to the question, and self-answering is encouraged here.– user3389Nov 20, 2011 at 15:48
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1@MarkTrapp I supposed he wants to know other possible bonuses. But you are right, pardon me. Nov 20, 2011 at 15:56
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2Yes, I'm looking for other bonuses I don't know about. It feels weird answering your own question, but I read somewhere it's actually encouraged on the site. Plus I thought what I already know would help get a relevant answer and maybe help others. Nov 21, 2011 at 4:51
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on the main quest you need to enter the Thalmor embassy as a guest and someone there asks you to bring him some wine. the wine can be taken from the bar-man there just take many for yourself and they give you boost of better prices.