What is the fastest way for a solo player to make 10k ?

vpy

I am looking for ideas to make 10k gold in the game.
Even if it is a bit long I am fine as long as it remains a steady source of income.
Any ideas mates ?

SilentRaven1972

Steal stuff from the 2 ships in Glenumbra's main city.

Runs

Farm stuff and sell it.

Offer Skyreach runs when able to.

Voice ERP sessions if female.

Buy cheap/steal/take in Hollow City provisioning mats and make food, sell to vendor. Make sure you have the passives that allow you to make 4 at a time.

Do some WB/Ashlander daily quests in Vvardenfell till you get a motif, sell it.

MLGProPlayer

Farm mats for about 5-10 minutes and sell them. Since you're probably a new player and aren't geared for farming, it might take you a bit longer (maybe 30 minutes?).

You can also make about 5-6k just selling all the crap you get from doing pledges (in fact, you can probably reach the full 10k if you list all the grain solvents/mastics you get from deconning the purples).

Iyas

Runs wrote: »

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Voice ERP sessions if female.
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morrowjen

vpy wrote: »

I am looking for ideas to make 10k gold in the game.
Even if it is a bit long I am fine as long as it remains a steady source of income.
Any ideas mates ?

Motifs are a great way to make money. As the poster above mentioned Ashlander stuff is good but any new or hard to find motif works. D

Narvuntien

You can sell raw materials for good prices, even the level 1 stuff sells well.
Follow water sources for nirnroot.

Stealing is actually quite profitable I have heard.

Avnr

guild store , check MM and sell 15% less (worked well for me yesterday)

Dracindo

Following options are based of the fact that you are CP 160.

I make 10k within an hour, running certain public dungeons. Though it seems very overcrowded nowadays. Must be because those exams are over...
Anyway, Vile Manse is the best, so long as it isn't over crowded. I'm going to another dungeon if it is (not sharing it though, I want a large house someday).

Another way is to simply farm raw crafting materials and sell them to players in guild stores. One day of farming should get you at least 1 stack of raw silk, ore and wood.

Options if you are NOT at CP 160 yet, or even just started:

Stealing helps. Do you daily crafting writs.
And most importantly: Quest, quest, quest. Get gold, levels, some skillpoints and equipment. If the gear you get is useless, either research or deconstruct it.

But you shouldn't worry about gold if you aren't CP 160 yet. Level up and get some decent gear. It's easier for a guy at CP 630 to earn 100K in a day, while a lv 5 guy could spend a month gathering that much gold.

troposphere

Just farm in NW Craglorn and try to find Potent Nirncrux. Sometimes I find it from the first node.

RaddlemanNumber7

Pick pockets. Sell the stuff to a fence. Half-an-hour, 10k no problem.

Do daily crafting writs. 3 sets of daily writs at max level will get you more than 10K, plus all the other goodies that come in the reward crates. Half-an-hour a day, no problem.

fgoron2000

If you have 3 level 50 chars, then do the 6 crafting writs on each. 12K in 20-30 minutes...

Betsararie

Narvuntien wrote: »

Stealing is actually quite profitable I have heard

IMO, it's not.

Stealing is the most overrated way of making money in this entire game. You can make waayy more money in certain overland locations steamrolling them, looting, and selling it. You can also make more from 4 man dungeons.

Additionally, pretty much any of the other common methods will make more than stealing.

Stealing sucks. lol

Keep_Door

Equip all prosperous gear and farm public dungeons.

I got a full prosperous set of necro and spinners for my Msorc and im rolling in the dough now. You can find these pieces cheap in guild traders got mine for like 500g each, already had purple jewelry and gold staves.

Tannus15

Crafting writs.
You get 650gold per writ. (max level character, crafting skill is irrelevant)
6 writs per character.

3 characters and you're done. Can be done daily in about 20 minutes, plus you get other stuff while you're at it.

Tannus15

Keep_Door wrote: »

Equip all prosperous gear and farm public dungeons.

I got a full prosperous set of necro and spinners for my Msorc and im rolling in the dough now. You can find these pieces cheap in guild traders got mine for like 500g each, already had purple jewelry and gold staves.

I'm pretty sure prosperous gear is a total waste of time. Someone did the same thing with impen gear and the money saved on repairs was greater than the extra money made on the gold drops.

drakhan2002_ESO

Blanco wrote: »

Narvuntien wrote: »

Stealing is actually quite profitable I have heard

IMO, it's not.

Stealing is the most overrated way of making money in this entire game. You can make waayy more money in certain overland locations steamrolling them, looting, and selling it. You can also make more from 4 man dungeons.

Additionally, pretty much any of the other common methods will make more than stealing.

Stealing sucks. lol

Yes stealing sucks, but you can do it almost anywhere and it can provide a steady stream of gold. That is a something that can help the OP who asked the question on how to make money -- while perhaps the best way to farm gold, it is easily understood and reliable.

However, with due respect, you state nothing to help the OP by stating:

You can make waayy more money in certain overland locations steamrolling them, looting, and selling it. You can also make more from 4 man dungeons.

Why not contribute to the thread and the larger community by indicating locations you refer to? Perhaps a 4 man dungeon that is especially good? (they are instanced so no competition if that's your concern).

Cavedog

vpy wrote: »

I am looking for ideas to make 10k gold in the game.
Even if it is a bit long I am fine as long as it remains a steady source of income.
Any ideas mates ?

Ten minutes of steamy RP with a rich khajiit should earn ya about 10k gold I should think.

Seriously though, the guild dailies pay off fairly well, can be done by a newbie toon, and don't take very long. They'll also get you going to all the areas of the game, which is a pain at first, but needs to be done so you can play normally later. The guild dailies can be picked up in the faction capital cities mage, undaunted and fighters guilds.

Betsararie

drakhan2002_ESO wrote: »

Perhaps a 4 man dungeon that is especially good? (they are instanced so no competition if that's your concern)

Any of them. It doesn't matter.

The strategy:

1) loot (literally) everything
2) sell all intricates in guild store for >200 each. Sell all glyphs in guild store for ~100.
3) deconstruct purple items you don't need
4) sell everything else to a merchant

Rinse and repeat. Be sure to do the random dailies and after that, repeat the aforementioned steps.

I'm not saying it's a good way to make gold, but it's better than stealing. Stealing is such an overrated bad way to make gold.

drakhan2002_ESO

Blanco wrote: »

drakhan2002_ESO wrote: »

Perhaps a 4 man dungeon that is especially good? (they are instanced so no competition if that's your concern)

Any of them. It doesn't matter.

The strategy:

1) loot (literally) everything
2) sell all intricates in guild store for >200 each. Sell all glyphs in guild store for ~100.
3) deconstruct purple items you don't need
4) sell everything else to a merchant

Rinse and repeat. Be sure to do the random dailies and after that, repeat the aforementioned steps.

I'm not saying it's a good way to make gold, but it's better than stealing. Stealing is such an overrated bad way to make gold.

Awesome added to that post. This helps! (everyone).

vyndral13preub18_ESO

Usually can make between 1k-40k gold a day just doing the daily quest in morrowind. The motifs are still new enough to be selling for around 20k if one drops. And if you get a decent item the can be another 10k. No motif and crappy gear can be much less tho.

Enslaved

Need XP -kill dreugs
Need gold -kill dreugs
Dreugs are love, dreugs are life.

Dracindo

Blanco wrote: »

Narvuntien wrote: »

Stealing is actually quite profitable I have heard

IMO, it's not.

Stealing is the most overrated way of making money in this entire game. You can make waayy more money in certain overland locations steamrolling them, looting, and selling it. You can also make more from 4 man dungeons.

Additionally, pretty much any of the other common methods will make more than stealing.

Stealing sucks. lol

I second this. If you've just started and you can't find decent raw mat farming locations (because nodes are always farmed), then this stealing is a good choice. But so far, I have only once found a purple item.
- When selling 50 items per day, and asssuming you are limited to finding white up to blue items, you can earn 2.000-12.500 gold (max. value comes from 50 blue items. GL). 5.000 gold full greens.
- If you have the passive Trafficker IV, you could sell 70 items, so 2.800-17.500 gold. 7.000 gold full greens.
- If you have the Thieves Guild passive Haggling IV, the range becomes 3.080-19.250 gold. 7.700 gold full greens.

So IMO, stealing can be profitable, but you'll be spending alot of time on a day getting nothing but blue and purple. You could add the greens to it, but you'll earn less. You'll also spend 8 skill points for max potential, and even more: Keep in mind, if someone spotted you, you get a bounty. If you screw up once, you could lose alot of gold AND all stolen items AND you may die, damaging your armor, which also costs gold to repair.

Also, unlike the methods in the quote, this is only a 'once every day' way of making money. I can run a public dungeon for 2 hours to reach 19.250 gold (repair costs included).
With stealing, I need to invest in alot of TG (and DB) passives and have a lot of patience. Stick with greens, profit from blues, but I don't have 50-70 items within an hour (unless I don't care about having a +10k bounty).

vyndral13preub18_ESO

Dracindo wrote: »

Blanco wrote: »

Narvuntien wrote: »

Stealing is actually quite profitable I have heard

IMO, it's not.

Stealing is the most overrated way of making money in this entire game. You can make waayy more money in certain overland locations steamrolling them, looting, and selling it. You can also make more from 4 man dungeons.

Additionally, pretty much any of the other common methods will make more than stealing.

Stealing sucks. lol

I second this. If you've just started and you can't find decent raw mat farming locations (because nodes are always farmed), then this stealing is a good choice. But so far, I have only once found a purple item.
- When selling 50 items per day, and asssuming you are limited to finding white up to blue items, you can earn 2.000-12.500 gold (max. value comes from 50 blue items. GL). 5.000 gold full greens.
- If you have the passive Trafficker IV, you could sell 70 items, so 2.800-17.500 gold. 7.000 gold full greens.
- If you have the Thieves Guild passive Haggling IV, the range becomes 3.080-19.250 gold. 7.700 gold full greens.

So IMO, stealing can be profitable, but you'll be spending alot of time on a day getting nothing but blue and purple. You could add the greens to it, but you'll earn less. You'll also spend 8 skill points for max potential, and even more: Keep in mind, if someone spotted you, you get a bounty. If you screw up once, you could lose alot of gold AND all stolen items AND you may die, damaging your armor, which also costs gold to repair.

Also, unlike the methods in the quote, this is only a 'once every day' way of making money. I can run a public dungeon for 2 hours to reach 19.250 gold (repair costs included).
With stealing, I need to invest in alot of TG (and DB) passives and have a lot of patience. Stick with greens, profit from blues, but I don't have 50-70 items within an hour (unless I don't care about having a +10k bounty).

While I agree stealing is a bit slower, if you are dedicated to the cause, there are several places around the world you can steal/assisinate your way to glory with no fear of guard intervention. So you have no fear of loss. Just a question of finding them.

Lusty

Blanco wrote: »

Narvuntien wrote: »

Stealing is actually quite profitable I have heard

IMO, it's not.

Stealing is the most overrated way of making money in this entire game. You can make waayy more money in certain overland locations steamrolling them, looting, and selling it. You can also make more from 4 man dungeons.

Additionally, pretty much any of the other common methods will make more than stealing.

Stealing sucks. lol

worked out pretty well for me

taiji2078

Daily writs for your professions. 5 / char, I have 3 chars so it's about 11k gold in 15 minutes every day, with minimum effort. Why only 5 and not 6 ? Because Alchemy is a bit difficult to get all the resources and do it daily.

Betsararie

Dracindo wrote: »

Blanco wrote: »

Narvuntien wrote: »

Stealing is actually quite profitable I have heard

IMO, it's not.

Stealing is the most overrated way of making money in this entire game. You can make waayy more money in certain overland locations steamrolling them, looting, and selling it. You can also make more from 4 man dungeons.

Additionally, pretty much any of the other common methods will make more than stealing.

Stealing sucks. lol

I second this. If you've just started and you can't find decent raw mat farming locations (because nodes are always farmed), then this stealing is a good choice. But so far, I have only once found a purple item.
- When selling 50 items per day, and asssuming you are limited to finding white up to blue items, you can earn 2.000-12.500 gold (max. value comes from 50 blue items. GL). 5.000 gold full greens.
- If you have the passive Trafficker IV, you could sell 70 items, so 2.800-17.500 gold. 7.000 gold full greens.
- If you have the Thieves Guild passive Haggling IV, the range becomes 3.080-19.250 gold. 7.700 gold full greens.

So IMO, stealing can be profitable, but you'll be spending alot of time on a day getting nothing but blue and purple. You could add the greens to it, but you'll earn less. You'll also spend 8 skill points for max potential, and even more: Keep in mind, if someone spotted you, you get a bounty. If you screw up once, you could lose alot of gold AND all stolen items AND you may die, damaging your armor, which also costs gold to repair.

Also, unlike the methods in the quote, this is only a 'once every day' way of making money. I can run a public dungeon for 2 hours to reach 19.250 gold (repair costs included).
With stealing, I need to invest in alot of TG (and DB) passives and have a lot of patience. Stick with greens, profit from blues, but I don't have 50-70 items within an hour (unless I don't care about having a +10k bounty).

Kudos for breaking it down in a far more detailed way than I cared to. lol

First of all, lets look at the max amount of money you can theoretically make per day by stealing.

12,500 from 50 blues. I am not going to mention purples because they simply don't show up.

The problem is, 50 blues is simply not possible. It is very infrequent that a blue treasure item shows up, let alone 50. So you will never reach the 'theoretical' highest amount of gold.

The more realistic goal is 50 greens, or maybe about 45 greens and 5 blues.

50 greens gets you 5000, which isn't all that much. And that is after a lot of work, time and RNG. It also isn't enjoyable in any way.

Getting 50 greens will take multiple hours. I've never gone for the full 50 greens because it would simply take far too long, but this is something that takes a serious amount of time. I have done more than enough stealing to know how long it would take. It would take far less time to simply get 50 ornates and sell those. Any of those ornates sell for more than a green treasure anyway. And that's not to mention all the other stuff you'll get along the way.

So I just don't see stealing as an effective means of spending time to obtain gold. The theoretical high isn't even that high, and you'll never reach the theoretical high anyway given the RNG, the fact that many things have already been looted, etc.

And then comes the factor that there is a possibility of getting caught stealing.

When you get caught, there is a risk of

1) dying and damaging your armor which costs gold to repair
2) dying and losing all the stolen items in your inventory
3) accruing a very high bounty which takes gold to pay off

In addition, the things that are most likely to yield green or blue stolen items are safeboxes, which have (by far) the highest chance of getting you caught looting them.

So, I will never recommend stealing. Dungeons of all the types are a better non-guild store way of making gold, and are also more enjoyable.

That said, running dungeons is not my primary way of making gold, and not the reason that I have made a lot of gold. But I am just saying even that is better than stealing, plus you will have more fun playing the game.

danno8

Dracindo wrote: »

Blanco wrote: »

Narvuntien wrote: »

Stealing is actually quite profitable I have heard

IMO, it's not.

Stealing is the most overrated way of making money in this entire game. You can make waayy more money in certain overland locations steamrolling them, looting, and selling it. You can also make more from 4 man dungeons.

Additionally, pretty much any of the other common methods will make more than stealing.

Stealing sucks. lol

I second this. If you've just started and you can't find decent raw mat farming locations (because nodes are always farmed), then this stealing is a good choice. But so far, I have only once found a purple item.
- When selling 50 items per day, and asssuming you are limited to finding white up to blue items, you can earn 2.000-12.500 gold (max. value comes from 50 blue items. GL). 5.000 gold full greens.
- If you have the passive Trafficker IV, you could sell 70 items, so 2.800-17.500 gold. 7.000 gold full greens.
- If you have the Thieves Guild passive Haggling IV, the range becomes 3.080-19.250 gold. 7.700 gold full greens.

So IMO, stealing can be profitable, but you'll be spending alot of time on a day getting nothing but blue and purple. You could add the greens to it, but you'll earn less. You'll also spend 8 skill points for max potential, and even more: Keep in mind, if someone spotted you, you get a bounty. If you screw up once, you could lose alot of gold AND all stolen items AND you may die, damaging your armor, which also costs gold to repair.

Also, unlike the methods in the quote, this is only a 'once every day' way of making money. I can run a public dungeon for 2 hours to reach 19.250 gold (repair costs included).
With stealing, I need to invest in alot of TG (and DB) passives and have a lot of patience. Stick with greens, profit from blues, but I don't have 50-70 items within an hour (unless I don't care about having a +10k bounty).

Trafficker 4 gets you 140 items per day. So you can double your estimate.

Linaleah

Blanco wrote: »

drakhan2002_ESO wrote: »

Perhaps a 4 man dungeon that is especially good? (they are instanced so no competition if that's your concern)

Any of them. It doesn't matter.

The strategy:

1) loot (literally) everything
2) sell all intricates in guild store for >200 each. Sell all glyphs in guild store for ~100.
3) deconstruct purple items you don't need
4) sell everything else to a merchant

Rinse and repeat. Be sure to do the random dailies and after that, repeat the aforementioned steps.

I'm not saying it's a good way to make gold, but it's better than stealing. Stealing is such an overrated bad way to make gold.

this literally requires you to be able to solo 4 man dungeons (contrary to popular belief, no its not something everyone can do). and/or pug.

stealing is the easiest, most reliable method of quick 10k that can be done on character any level, any gear, any cp (or no cp) and any skill level and don't even need dlc's/ESO plus. and you don't have to get caught by stealing on already mentioned 2 ships at the docks of daggerfall, because there is no one there to catch you. and the most important passive, the one that doubles the amount of items you can fence, you get on day 2, with legerdemain 3. everything else, while helpful (especially more points in trafficker, that you get naturally as you keep stealing) , is not as essentially. also.. there is always a possibility of stealing occasional motif and/or furnishing recipe. of course for those you MUST join a trading guild, and/or sell in chat.

purple-magicb16_ESO

10k? Steal it. Thieving is a very quick way to earn smaller amounts of gold. Steal stuff then sell it or fence the bigger sale items like motifs and post them on guild trader. Stealing is not as efficient for the longer term though( i.e. bigger sums of gold, like if you were looking at 100k).

ofSunhold

Steal. Farm treasure chests. Go to a delve and kill all the things and vendor all the stuff they drop (repeat as necessary).