leveling up archery quick

Tired of missing every shot and watching your arrows tickle enemies? Wanna be Legolas but with better armor? Let’s fix that.
This guide is a quick and dirty method to power-level your Archery skill (Marksman) early on, using the Imperial City Arena and a little bit of parkour cheese. Perfect for stealth builds, assassins, or anyone who loves ranged combat.

🔥 Step 1: Gear Up

• Before heading to the Arena:
  
• Equip a bow (even a rusty one will do for now).
  
• Bring a solid stack of arrows (steel or better).
  
• Pro tip: Enchant your bow later for big gains once you’re more lethal.

🏟️Step 2: Head to the Arena District

• Make your way to the Imperial City Arena.
  
• Talk to Owyn and join the Arena ranks.
  
• Start doing arena fights.

🧱 Step 3: Break the System (In a Good Way)

Here’s where it gets fun.

• Once you’re in a fight:
  
• Look around the arena for the fire braziers (those large metal fire bowls).
  
• Run to one and jump up on it. You may need to wiggle a bit to get up there.
  
• From the fire bowl, jump onto the spiked ledges that ring the arena walls. These are usually just high enough to reach.
  
• Now you’re perched like a smug hawk.

📌 Why this works:

• Melee enemies with swords, maces, and daggers CAN’T REACH YOU.
  
• Only archers or mages pose a threat now and even then, their AI often struggles to land good hits.
  
• This gives you plenty of time to shoot, reposition, and grind those sweet skill gains.

🧠 Pro Tips:

• Use Alchemy to craft agility or stamina potions to keep your shots frequent and your movement quick.
  
• Mix in some Sneak attacks for bonus damage and faster leveling.
  
• Keep an eye on fatigue it affects your accuracy.

🏆 Summary

This method is:

• Safe for low-level characters.
  
• Easy to pull off with basic acrobatics.
  
• Effective for farming Archery without running through endless dungeons.

🔥 Go get those kills, archer. From zero to sniper god, one fire bowl at a time.

[HellSlayer]

Thats cool but is archery even viable endgame? Does it do any good damage?

[Gojira.]

Another way:
1. Go to Bravil
2. Go East until you find Peryites Shrine (just follow Silverfish River)
3. Use the 5 unconscious followers to level anything you want

The 5 followers of Peryite are stunned. You can do anything to them, they wont care. You can level sneak, destruction, blade, marksman, almost all skills.

Only works until level 10 because Peryites Quest unlocks at level 10.