Save your arrows for bandits, giants, wolves, Frost Spiders, and the like. Forget about those archery targets scattered around Skyrim - they look nice with their painted bulleyes, but shooting at these circle targets won’t increase your Skyrim archery skill one bit. To gain experience with the bow you must shoot at live targets that take damage. Want to become an expert marksman? Follow these proven strategies. Unfortunately, leveling your archery skill can be a slow, frustrating process at times, and training does take effort. Whether you want to become an expert huntsman, or a master thief or assassin, you’ll want to increase your Skyrim archery skill as quickly as possible.
High level archers deal a devastating amount of damage in the game. Increasing your archery skill is a surefire way to create a powerful character in Skyrim.