Adding a Trainer NPC to Skyrim

Overview

This tutorial shows all the main steps you need to follow to add a trainer NPC to Skyrim. In this tutorial I am using an existing merchant (created following the tutorial Adding a Merchant NPC to Skyrim) and expanding the services he offers by adding training lessons.

Required tools

• Creation Kit: available on Steam (Menu option View -> Tools and then select Creation Kit)

Add a Trainer NPC

The main steps for adding a trainer to Skyrim are:

1. Edit an exising NPC
2. Assign the right class to your NPC
3. Assing the right factions to your NPC
4. Add the training dialogue

Edit an existing NPC

First we are going to load the esp file that contains the merchant NPC we want to edit. To do this:

1. Launch the Creation Kit
2. Select the menu option File -> Data ...
3. Check the flag at the left side of the esp file that contains the NPC to edit (for example MyMerchant.esm)

   Note: If you want to edit the existing esp file, just press the button Set as Active File while having your esp file selected. If you want to create a new esp file, then don't set the esp file as the active file

4. Press the OK button and wait until the CK has finished uploading everything

   Note: the CK has a bad habit of showing lots of warning messages. When the first one appears click on the Cancel button and you won't see more of these warnings.

Related pages

• Adding a Merchant NPC to Skyrim