Oghma Infinium

A Training Station

What does it do?

It's just like training with a trainer, but without all the non-sense:

Open the Oghma Infinium
Select a path
Select a skill to train in exchange for gold

Features

Train as much as you want

You're not limited to 5 training sessions per level anymore, there's literally no limit.

Training cost has been smoothed out

You won't find any 3x or 5x multiplier when training your skills past level 50.

Train your skills up to the game engine limit

100 for normal games, greater than 100 if you use the Skyrim-Community-Uncapper.

No forced path for training

You're not forced to join any particular faction to access the right trainer.

Portable training station

It's just a time saver, you don't need to run around Skyrim to find master trainers anymore.

Problem free

Your gold will be taken away only if your skill increased, not before like normal trainers do.

This is to prevent the bug where a trainer takes your gold but your skill doesn't increase. Even if this mod uses a different method entirely, it still protects you from this kind of bug.

This mod also prevents you from training from skill 100 to 101 without the Skyrim-Community-Uncapper.

Limitations

The "old" Oghma Infinium is gone

You won't get 5 free skills in a chosen path, now you pay for each training session.

You need to finish the Oghma Infinium quest

You could add the book with the console, but you won't be able to use it before the quest is completed.

You get a time saver, not a free pass...

If you already used the Oghma Infinium, it will be added back to your inventory automatically (wait 5 seconds after loading a save, time spent in menus doesn't count).

Training cost formula

Training cost = SkillTo * SkillTo * 0.5 + 54

Formula variables
Variable	Value
`SkillTo`	level of the skill after training

For example, if you train Destruction from 50 to 51 the cost will be:

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51 * 51 * 0.5 + 54 = 1355 gold

Cost Comparison

Average and total cost comparison
Metric	Trainer	Oghma	Difference
Average	2015	2016	+1 gold
Total	173 250	173 333	+83 gold

Detailed Cost Comparison

Detailed Cost comparison
Level	Trainer	Oghma
15	200	167
16	210	182
17	220	199
18	230	216
19	240	235
20	250	254
21	260	275
22	270	296
23	280	319
24	290	342
25	300	367
26	310	392
27	320	419
28	330	446
29	340	475
30	350	504
31	360	535
32	370	566
33	380	599
34	390	632
35	400	667
36	410	702
37	420	739
38	430	776
39	440	815
40	450	854
41	460	895
42	470	936
43	480	979
44	490	1022
45	500	1067
46	510	1112
47	520	1159
48	530	1206
49	540	1255
50	550	1304
51	1580	1355
52	1610	1406
53	1640	1459
54	1670	1512
55	1700	1567
56	1730	1622
57	1760	1679
58	1790	1736
59	1820	1795
60	1850	1854
61	1880	1915
62	1910	1976
63	1940	2039
64	1970	2102
65	2000	2167
66	2030	2232
67	2060	2299
68	2090	2366
69	2120	2435
70	2150	2504
71	2180	2575
72	2210	2646
73	2240	2719
74	2270	2792
75	2300	2867
76	3850	2942
77	3900	3019
78	3950	3096
79	4000	3175
80	4050	3254
81	4100	3335
82	4150	3416
83	4200	3499
84	4250	3582
85	4300	3667
86	4350	3752
87	4400	3839
88	4450	3926
89	4500	4015
90	4550	4104
91	4600	4195
92	4650	4286
93	4700	4379
94	4750	4472
95	4800	4567
96	4850	4662
97	4900	4759
98	4950	4856
99	5000	4955
100	5050	5054
Average	2015	2016
Total	173,250	173,333

Highlights:

No sudden price hike non-sense (see highlighted lines)
Average cost per level difference between trainers and Oghma Infinium is only 1 gold
Total cost difference from 15 to 100 between trainers and Oghma Infinium is only 83 gold

Installation

Requirements

Latest version of Skyrim, Original or Special Edition.

Install (auto)

For an automatic install without risk of errors, I suggest you use the NexusModManager or Vortex.

Install (manual)

For a manual install, extract the files from this mod and copy them to the appropriate folders.

Uninstall

Simply uninstall the mod.

Compatibility

Compatible with everything that doesn't explicitely modify the Oghma Infinium.

FAQ

Known Issues

Some people have reported the Oghma Infinium isn't added back automatically to their inventory if they read the book before installing this mod.

After some tests, I found the game doesn't always register correctly that you read the book. I use that test to avoid duplicates, if you finished the quest and didn't read the book that means it's still in your inventory or somewhere in the world (container, on the ground, etc.).

If this happens to you, simply open the console and type this command to add the book manually:

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player.additem 1A332 1

Do you use scripts?

There seems to be a lot of FUD about scripts so let me explain a couple things:

Scripts are part of the game, without them vanilla Skyrim wouldn't work at all
All vendors and trainers are purely scripted
Most quests wouldn't work without scripts
There's countless other scripted things in that game that you would never think about

Scripts aren't inherently bad, inexperienced mod authors are.

Because mod authors used badly explained functions in the past, which is the Creation Kit wiki's fault, scripts have been pointed as the cause for all the problems in the world...

Like most things in life, clueless people will mess things up, but those that do know how to work with them can do wonders.

As a professional developer myself, I make sure to the best of my knowledge that all my scripts:

won't corrupt your savegame
can be stopped at anytime
are upgradable
are extremely fast to execute
are packaged with their source so you can check for yourself

With that said, yes there are scripts in this mod.

In fact there are 2:

The first script will execute once and add the Oghma Infinium to your inventory
The second script replace Oghma Infinium's original script to offer the training station instead

Stop worrying your world's gonna implode and enjoy the mod.

Download

Available on Nexusmods.com

Also available on Bethesda.net