How do you guys save up tons of gold?

BozzyTheDrummer

What are your methods? I am asking as someone who has saved up to be what I think may be a decent amount (around 100k) and was able to buy some things that I wanted, and now am back to saving.

Something I do, when I accumulate gold, I have this rule that I keep 1000 on me at all times as I am out questing. Before I get off for the day, or if I reach a point where I take a break, I will stop at the bank and deposit all the gold I have acquired and again, leave only 1000 on me.

What ways to acquire gold works for you guys?

CyrusArya

By being friends with rich people and being gifted copious sums of money. I got a million gold for a res once, lol.

Hurtfan

Guild trader.

Me personally, I'll buy gold items that are bind on equip from the golden vendor in PvP and sell them in PvE. Also sell duplicate items too, motifs mainly.

But not sure this answers your question, but when I spend said gold I like to keep at least 10K around, never spend it all. Mainly to buy food or potions for PvP, or buy gold mats for upgrades (and sometimes gear but I usually farm it). But I can craft both food and potions, so I buy those only when I'm out of reagents for potions, always seem to have plenty of ingredients for food.

teiselaise

Weeeelll, i can't put words in how bad I am at saving gold, highest I have had was around 400k I think, but I tend to always need something so I never get more than 60-100k at the time. I'm furnishing my house, buying motif pages for my outfit and rebuilding my main. The way I stack up gold when I do is pretty much just random when my income is high a couple weeks and I can't find what I'm looking for in the guild stores, u got no real tactic. I haven't logged in in 2 months btw, so you might want to consider taking this with a grain of salt.

Shanjijri

Someone wanted to give to me 2k for sharing a quest. I said no. I like to be poor.
I run a lot of dungeons, but stealing NPC is a good way to make money too (also to increase Legerdemain).

MajesticHaruki

I am saving up for famine. Zos might increase the cost of corn by 1million %

Enemy-of-Coldharbour

I have a rule to keep 10 million on me at all times. Seriously.

PTS is your friend when it comes to making gold. When testers are theory crafting and showing off what will be the new flavor of the month put that on your list for what to farm for and how to get it. Never mind playing the new content for awhile, just get to farming because the lazy whales will buy your wares as fast as you can post them. Make sure you are in at least two good trading guilds with kiosks in decent non-DLC locations.

BozzyTheDrummer

CyrusArya wrote: »

By being friends with rich people and being gifted copious sums of money. I got a million gold for a res once, lol.

Shoot, where do I sign up???

starkerealm

Running quests and vendoring the trash is usually pretty good money. Also most dailies will put a couple grand in your pocket. After that, it's just about persistence. You don't suddenly get handed 1m gold from someone, you just do your writs, plug the money in your bank, do some other dailies, run a random dungeon or two, and end the day 10-15k richer than you started.

lihentian

by not spending... if you don't spend gold they only goes in never goes out...

Diabolus1989

I sell everything that I don't use. 5 guilds - so 150 items listed, the money soon adds up. The fact that I'm quite frugal probably helps too. If I want to purchase, say, some flax, I'll search at least 30-40 guilds to find the cheapest one.

Looting everything helps me too, everywhere I go I'll search every nook, node and cranny for items. I'm sitting on tons of items I know I won't use, including a stockpile of gold mats. Sell them bit by bit and the gold will keep trickling in.

It also helps when you find a really expensive motif/mat to sell, but that doesn't happen as often as I'd like.

Nestor

Too many people spend money they earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people that they don’t like. – Will Rogers

jedtb16_ESO

do writs

do quests

trade

don't buy anything you can make or farm yourself.

and if you can make or farm it you can probably sell it.

Ley

Writs, thieving, farming resources, making smart investments, and then not spending all the gold I make. I sustain my bank by doing the first three things I listed, but I make big leaps in wealth by making smart investments. I'm also mindful of how easy it is to spend a lot of gold on random junk, so I try not to do that.

jedtb16_ESO

Ley wrote: »

Writs, thieving, farming resources, making smart investments, and then not spending all the gold I make. I sustain my bank by doing the first three things I listed, but I make big leaps in wealth by making smart investments. I'm also mindful of how easy it is to spend a lot of gold on random junk, so I try not to do that.

this bit.... this is the important bit. don't spend unless you absolutely have to.

and no ..... impulse buy =/= absolutely have to

klowdy1

Farm motifs and sell them.

PlagueSD

BozzyTheDrummer wrote: »

What are your methods? I am asking as someone who has saved up to be what I think may be a decent amount (around 100k) and was able to buy some things that I wanted, and now am back to saving.

Something I do, when I accumulate gold, I have this rule that I keep 1000 on me at all times as I am out questing. Before I get off for the day, or if I reach a point where I take a break, I will stop at the bank and deposit all the gold I have acquired and again, leave only 1000 on me.

What ways to acquire gold works for you guys?

Easy...Just make sure your incoming cash flow exceeds your outgoing cash flow.

For me, easiest way to make gold is stealing. Steal/pickpocket green and above items and fence them. Helps if you have the passive from the thieves guild so you get extra gold from fencing. Also, don't decon white weapons/armor. SELL them to the vendor. it may only be 20-45g per item, but selling a bag full adds up FAST.

Minno

Save 20% of your inventory gold everytime you visit a bank.

I did this during the anniversary event and had saved 150k from all the motifs I sold.

Also, do BGs and spend your AP on wizard reposte swords. 20k a pop for 12k AP which is basically two matches lol.

Amadis001

Spend less than you earn each day. I keep 100K on each of my toons, and the rest goes in the bank. I (almost) never borrow from my bank. Hence my gold hoard is a non-decreasing function of time, currently at around 4 million. I'm certain that I've earned that much many times over the 1.5 years I've played the game. I probably spend 50K or more a day on crafting supplies, motifs, recipes, furnishing plans, etc. So my 4M is a really small fraction of my take. But I have managed to hang on to at least that much of my income, and it goes up slowly over time.

Ley

Almost forgot, and this may offend someone (sorry?).

Be or pretend to be a female and charm/seduce people into giving you free stuff. It's not what I would do but it works.

kargen27

I quit buying houses and furniture recipes and my gold shot up to over three million in just a couple of weeks. I'm probably going to spend that and more soon though as I have 17 houses to decorate.

Loralai_907

I am super bad at holding on to gold. But I am trying to see how long I can go without buying nonsense and how high I can get my gold up before I go on a spending rampage. The last event helped a lot. And I'm doing writs on 11 characters now, that helps as well. I'm in 2 trading guilds and I always keep them full, even if all I have is gear from less desirable sets (people need gear to decon or research traits with). Sometimes I farm for specific things. Stealing isn't really my thing, but I see lots of people doing well with that.

krachall

Farm more; buy less.

pdebie64b16_ESO

Its simple, do something for the items you want instead of buying it, it saves you alot of gold, mostly because almost every item in game is overpriced on traders.

Now its easier for veteran players who are allready maxed out in crafting and have there sets complete, but they needed to put some effort in that to.

I do:

Thieving, crafting writs, trading and it gives me more gold then i actualy need.

AlnilamE

I try to get stuff myself instead of buying them with gold.

But I do deposit most of my gold into the bank at the end of the day, with the exception of my character who knows motifs. She gets to keep 100k for when I go shopping.

BozzyTheDrummer

It'll take too long to reply to each one of you, but thank you all for the information, this is actually helping me understand a lot more to save gold.

Also, by seeing the replies of spending less, I really need to correct my habit of fast traveling from my map, and utilize way shrines more so I don't waste gold.

pattyLtd

I just dont spend much and i have this rule never go below 2M and i dont pay the hyped prices if want something. Got to my first million after more then a year from selling campaign rewards and rest from just playing.

Have 4 million now and would spend some on missing motifs if the guild kiosks where more user friendly.
Tbh its not that usefull imo but at least im rich on something haha

@Ley I am also female but i never accepted or got offered large amounts of gold and never would.
Dont need anyone thinking i owe them something lol.

Malacthulhu

BozzyTheDrummer wrote: »

What are your methods? I am asking as someone who has saved up to be what I think may be a decent amount (around 100k) and was able to buy some things that I wanted, and now am back to saving.

Something I do, when I accumulate gold, I have this rule that I keep 1000 on me at all times as I am out questing. Before I get off for the day, or if I reach a point where I take a break, I will stop at the bank and deposit all the gold I have acquired and again, leave only 1000 on me.

What ways to acquire gold works for you guys?

I also keep about 1000 gold on my toons cept mule/crafter dude. Usually enought to post whatever in guild stores.

ArchMikem

Get all your spending done asap until youve reached a point where you have decent gear and builds, then just dont spend a single coin. Bank EVERYTHING. It steadily adds up overtime.

Though winning a guild raffle and getting 250,000 did help double my balance.

MilwaukeeScott

Sell everything. Buy nothing.

Making gold is not hard. Keeping it is!

Integral1900

Selling surplus from crafting writs, stack it high and sell it cheap