born2beagator wrote: »

Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but on the alt I play right now I only have 15K by level 25
I don't spend on anything except the occasional repair, and I sell anything that is not green or above

It took me to around level 40 to have just around 45k saved up. I tend to buy crafting improvements fairly often so that can be a pretty large money sink

- marcusstratus's wife speaking -

We got the Imperial edition, so we've been able to use the white horse from the beginning. However neither of us actually uses a horse all that often because we stop to harvest materials all the time and it's too bothersome to get on and off, or because we're just simply enjoying the scenery and taking our time wandering around. The only place where he ever felt he truly needed a horse was Cyrodil because it is so vast, though it was handy for getting across boring stretches of the Alikir Desert, and if you're trying to hurry from one quest marker to the next to just 'get it done'.

My husband keeps saying he's going to save up for a horse and has had enough gold to buy the cheapest one only about twice since we started playing during early access (he's now level 48), but bank space and repairs have always taken precedence (and so far it's been a better deal than the space that could be added by a horse), and he's never had enough gold for one of the more expensive ones. My husband mainly plays solo though he sometimes does dungeons with friends, and has been focusing on doing every single quest available in each zone (since completing quests seems to be the main way to acquire gold). I think he was somewhere in the 30's level-wise when he had finally saved up enough to buy the cheapest horse, and then chose bank-space instead. Though an important point is that because he does crafting he deconstructs a lot of loot rather than selling it, and he does always repair his armor. I myself am still around level 10 (being indecisive about which character I really want to commit to) but even though I sell everything I pick up aside from the stuff I harvest for crafting, and never buy anything, by level 10 I've barely accumulated enough to get 3 bag upgrades which I think comes to 7,400.

I myself was asking him how in the world people could afford things like horses, or those rare motifs people advertize for 90k in zone chat. He said 'that's your answer - they sell stuff to other players like those motifs'. It seems like he's probably right, considering that my penny-pinching method certainly doesn't seem to be resulting in much.

I got my first 42K horse on my main(not funded by high level alts) around level 25.

AngryNord wrote: »

Imperial at level 3, palomino at 10

You can use the palomino at level 3, same as the Imperial. Of the alts I have made, the first place I go after skipping the tutorial is the mages guild. The reward for joining them is 20 something gold, then I go straight to the stable and buy the palomino for 1g.

Ur-Quan wrote: »

Yeah, Imperial Edition and Palomino aside, it's pretty easy to have enough gold to buy a horse by the time you hit level 20. If you harvest every node you come across and sell the refined materials you get from them, sell the dropped gear that you get instead of deconstructing it, don't buy inventory/bank upgrades past the cheapest ones, and don't waste too much money on repairs... You'll easily be able to afford a horse. Heck, if you do that you can probably afford a basic horse by about level 12-15.

So basically don't do any crafting, and you can get a horse much earlier, um thanks for the info, but I'll enjoy the crafting and wait.

Usually they have alts if it is one of the 40k horses.

For me, I have the Imperial edition so I had a horse by level 3 (when I left coldharbor).

But it took me till 36 or so just to afford the 40k horse. Was not happy about that.

But that was also before they raised the gold dropped from 1 per mob to 2+ per mob. So I am sure I could get a 40k horse by level 20 now.

Around lv 35-40

Arizona_Willie wrote: »

I see people riding around that are level 16 and have a horse already. I'm lucky to have 3,000 gold at level 16 cause I die so much and spend so much on repairs.

Of course, I'm playing solo. I join people sometimes but mostly play single which makes it much more difficult.

I'm wondering if they were able to save up 14,000 gold for their horse by level 16 or if they were able to do it because they played in groups or if friends loan them the gold.

Oh yeah, forgot, they maybe BOUGHT their gold to get their horse.

Just wondering if I'm that bad of a player or if they are they good that they can accumulate 14,000 by level 16.

a) People might have the Imperial edition. The white horse costs 1g then. All my alts have one at level 3 from day 1. (March 30th).


b) They are alt of another character, and money was transferred.

Nashaan wrote: »

AngryNord wrote: »

Imperial at level 3, palomino at 10

You can use the palomino at level 3, same as the Imperial. Of the alts I have made, the first place I go after skipping the tutorial is the mages guild. The reward for joining them is 20 something gold, then I go straight to the stable and buy the palomino for 1g.

Really? That's not what the online store says:

The Elder Scrolls® Online
Palomino Horse

$14.99CAD

Item
Product Details

Online store exclusive!
Usable at level 10 or above
Provides standard mount speed bonuses
Requires The Elder Scrolls Online

Upgrade to Imperial Edition and you can get one right after the tutorial / right away if you skip that.

How many visual upgrades can you get again with the horses? ive forgot,is it two?

My horse both have a helmet and fetish straps. Is there more then that?