I had a Nord-Greatsword character with over 40 hours played. He was level 35 and his Two-Handed Skill was at level 82 with no Two-Handed buffs. The next time I went to check his skills(I was very near leveling up), the Two-Handed skill was highlighted in Red and was at 25, which is the default skill level for a Nord's Two-Handed. When I went into the Skill Tree it still said it was at 82. The fact that the overall skill number was highlighted in Red implied that something was hindering my charcter. I checked my active effects, nothing. I unequipped all my armor and waited an In-Game week. Still no change. And it's not just a glitch on the menu the damage of my Two-Handed weapons dropped a noticeable amount(enough to make them inferior to One-Handed). I was playing on my Khajiit charcter today(level 16) and the same thing happened to his archery. For no reason, when I checked the skill menu, Archery was highlighted in Red and set at 20(again, the default). Skill tree was the same, and I did the exact same thing I did with my Nord. Once again, it did not solve the problem. Can someone please tell me if they have encountered this in their game and if they know of anyway to fix it, because I'd go as far as to say this is almost a game-breaking glitch when the skills you are working on are randomly set back to their default and from what I know, cannot be raised.

I play on XBOX 360, and posted this on the its issue forum, but I need to know if this has happened to anyone else.

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What happens when you visit a shrine?

Yes, this has happened to some people. It seems to be an unpredictable glitch, which are the hardest to find the solution for. If you're on XBox, I can't really think of a solution for you either...sorry. Try sending beth an email?

Try visiting a shrine maybe?

That happened to me. It goes away once that skill increases. So, if it's at 82, once it gets to 83, it'll go back to normal.

I also play on Xbox.

Check your Magic -> Active Effects

Look for some text colored in red... if present, drink a Cure Disease potion or go see a shrine of one of the Nine Divines.

If red colored text is not found, go here: http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/forum/181-xbox-360/.

Try clearing your cache, its worked for me with a few graphics glitches and dragon glitches as well. If that doesn't help try Beth support...

when a skill is performed with perfection it increases faster. For example using a sheild willy nilly will increase that skil but it will be slow, using perfect timing so weapon contacts sheild with precision causes that skill to level faster. doing multiple damage while sneaking raises skill faster then just sneaking around

I can confirm this works.

I had the same issue and the next time it leveled up for example 50 to 51, it went back to normal. It's a known glitch that randomly occurs.

I suggest visiting a trainer.