Ways to make gold other than crafting

Cirantille

Or with limited crafting (i.e. with a few chars)

Dont get me wrong I love crafting and I did it with 18 chars so far

But time wise it is becoming problematic, I cant find enough time

Especially considering I play on 2 servers now I cant spare time on it as much

What are other tips and tricks to make gold ?

How do you make gold?

Is it as fast as crafting?

Seraphayel

Farm popular overland sets, especially Jewelry, and sell them. Necropotence or Mother‘s Sorrow, for example.

HappyDan

Farming furniture plans especially in new released zones is really good money maker if you can find a nice spot with tons of cupboards.
Farming for dungeon masks/motifs
Selling carry runs.
Flipping stuff on market

Tandor

Most ways other than stealing and selling to the fence are based around the trading system. However, if you aren't into trading then the likelihood is that you don't buy much if anything from the traders in which case there's no need to have loads of gold in the first place.

I'm in that category. I have two accounts and run them both on the PC EU and NA servers. I have no interest in this game's trading system. Each roster of characters has something over half a million gold in the bank from basic adventuring and login rewards. There's nothing for them to spend it on so there isn't a problem.

zaria

As other say farming stuff, if you are in an group who can farm newer vet dlc HM you can get plenty of gold selling styles.
But priced went down because of the event.

I say crafting writs got an serious buff as much as the master writs sell for.

Cirantille

Tandor wrote: »

Most ways other than stealing and selling to the fence are based around the trading system. However, if you aren't into trading then the likelihood is that you don't buy much if anything from the traders in which case there's no need to have loads of gold in the first place.

I'm in that category. I have two accounts and run them both on the PC EU and NA servers. I have no interest in this game's trading system. Each roster of characters has something over half a million gold in the bank from basic adventuring and login rewards. There's nothing for them to spend it on so there isn't a problem.

You have a point
If you can't play much you dont need to spend much anyway

SickleCider

Level antiquities! You can only get the purple and single gold treasure once, unfortunately, but you can dig up the greens and blues forever. It's a good way to make some quick cash. You can sell the runes you sometimes get as bonus treasure in the guild stores, too.

Starlock

Step 1 - don't have ESO+

Step 2 - sell everything you don't need that needlessly clutters your inventory to vendors or on the guild trader

Step 3 - profit

zaria

Versispellis wrote: »

Level antiquities! You can only get the purple and single gold treasure once, unfortunately, but you can dig up the greens and blues forever. It's a good way to make some quick cash. You can sell the runes you sometimes get as bonus treasure in the guild stores, too.

Yes, now I would run that until level 7 and go to hollow city pick flowers until I got an void crystal, dig up that and repeat until 10, outside of farming artifacts.
Leave the rest to alts, the treasure chest passive is very nice

phileunderx2

I usually farm motifs, gear and style stones. I do this on my accounts that do not have eso plus.

Cirantille

Versispellis wrote: »

Level antiquities! You can only get the purple and single gold treasure once, unfortunately, but you can dig up the greens and blues forever. It's a good way to make some quick cash. You can sell the runes you sometimes get as bonus treasure in the guild stores, too.

zaria wrote: »

Versispellis wrote: »

Level antiquities! You can only get the purple and single gold treasure once, unfortunately, but you can dig up the greens and blues forever. It's a good way to make some quick cash. You can sell the runes you sometimes get as bonus treasure in the guild stores, too.

Yes, now I would run that until level 7 and go to hollow city pick flowers until I got an void crystal, dig up that and repeat until 10, outside of farming artifacts.
Leave the rest to alts, the treasure chest passive is very nice

How much you can make on this one approximately?

Jaimeh

Motif farming is a big one, esp if you are already running vetHM dungeons or trials anyway. Also, just by simply spamming normal dungeons you can make quite a bit, and gain mats as well from the decon, though that's not the fastest. In the past, when there was a trait that increased gold accummulation, people would go and farm imperial mobs because they dropped more gold, but even now there's a new CP perk for gold gained, however, I'm not sure how useful that method would be though. Thieving and selling the loot: blue/purple things make more, and there's skill passives to augment thievery, as well as new CP. Farming furnishing plans, not fast at all, but if you find a rare one, they can sell for quite a bit. Buying low/selling high in the market, which I see a lot of people do in zone chats, though I personally don't like that, because some players might not know the current prices of things, or monitor traders to find low priced stuff that's in demand, and then sell them for more. Another controversial one is carry runs, but you need a pre-organized group for that. And also, crown-selling, via the gifting system.

Brrrofski

I mean, you just missed the easiest gold earning period of the year.

Seeking motifs and housing items has netted me about 5 mil.

ThorianB

Item flipping is probably going to be one of the fastest. Buy low sell high.

Viewsfrom6ix

ThorianB wrote: »

Item flipping is probably going to be one of the fastest. Buy low sell high.

Definitely this. I'm a pretty casual trader. I spend around 30 - 45 mins a day flipping usually when I'm queuing for BG or dungeons and I've made 21mil since the start of April.

Cirantille

Viewsfrom6ix wrote: »

ThorianB wrote: »

Item flipping is probably going to be one of the fastest. Buy low sell high.

Definitely this. I'm a pretty casual trader. I spend around 30 - 45 mins a day flipping usually when I'm queuing for BG or dungeons and I've made 21mil since the start of April.

Teach me master

AlnilamE

I only do writs on one character and a half outside of the Jubilee event.

Other than that, I just do whatever I feel like doing and vendor everything green and below, unless it's a valuable set item, and decon everything blue or purple.

With the Jubilee event, I'm going to have a backlog of motifs and furnishings to sell, so no worries about keeping slots filled for a while, but if I run out, selling some of the mats in my craft bag helps me move along.

Also, another thing I'm doing on a daily basis right now is a heist, because I want to fill out the Sticker Book for Hew's Bane. That's a TG motif per day as well.

Everest_Lionheart

Viewsfrom6ix wrote: »

ThorianB wrote: »

Item flipping is probably going to be one of the fastest. Buy low sell high.

Definitely this. I'm a pretty casual trader. I spend around 30 - 45 mins a day flipping usually when I'm queuing for BG or dungeons and I've made 21mil since the start of April.

I intentionally sell cheap because I know flippers are gonna buy and resell. I’ve also got a farming loop in Deshaan full chests and thieves troves that hits a couple dolemans. Load up my trader with bargain MS jewely and it sells within the hour. I profit double from selling all the trash I pick up from the overland mobs as well. An hour of farming can net me 50K-100k gold after selling items plus a couple of CP without boosting.

Xargas13

I am a bad trader, so I just steal stuff and do some scrying for gold. Scrying in small zones is awesome, as you don't have to move a whole lot, I'm not making as much as traders would, but still, it's a nice alternative.

Viewsfrom6ix

Cirantille wrote: »

Viewsfrom6ix wrote: »

ThorianB wrote: »

Item flipping is probably going to be one of the fastest. Buy low sell high.

Definitely this. I'm a pretty casual trader. I spend around 30 - 45 mins a day flipping usually when I'm queuing for BG or dungeons and I've made 21mil since the start of April.

Teach me master

I got pretty lucky with some deals. I won't go into the details because it would create competition for me The idea is to use AwesomeGuildStore add-on and use their filter for popular items/mats. Go around and buy all the underpriced ones and resell.

Another thing to use to find deals is TTC's website.

WiseSky

Cirantille wrote: »

Or with limited crafting (i.e. with a few chars)

Dont get me wrong I love crafting and I did it with 18 chars so far

But time wise it is becoming problematic, I cant find enough time

Especially considering I play on 2 servers now I cant spare time on it as much

What are other tips and tricks to make gold ?

How do you make gold?

Is it as fast as crafting?

A lot of people I buy crowns from make Millions.

Crafting for 45 Mins nets me around 300K

Working in RL for 1 hour and selling crowns for gold can net me minimum of 2M gold

So the most cost efficient way to make gold in the game is to work In RL and sell crowns for gold.

Cirantille

WiseSky wrote: »

Cirantille wrote: »

Or with limited crafting (i.e. with a few chars)

Dont get me wrong I love crafting and I did it with 18 chars so far

But time wise it is becoming problematic, I cant find enough time

Especially considering I play on 2 servers now I cant spare time on it as much

What are other tips and tricks to make gold ?

How do you make gold?

Is it as fast as crafting?

A lot of people I buy crowns from make Millions.

Crafting for 45 Mins nets me around 300K

Working in RL for 1 hour and selling crowns for gold can net me minimum of 2M gold

So the most cost efficient way to make gold in the game is to work In RL and sell crowns for gold.

Seems I have no other time-friendly option anyway, I liked the options people listed but they take as much time and hard to fit in a work schedule
I was always suspicious of the safety of this option, but will look for a crown-trading discord, I guess you can also record/ss stuff to be secure

WiseSky

Cirantille wrote: »

WiseSky wrote: »

Cirantille wrote: »

Or with limited crafting (i.e. with a few chars)

Dont get me wrong I love crafting and I did it with 18 chars so far

But time wise it is becoming problematic, I cant find enough time

Especially considering I play on 2 servers now I cant spare time on it as much

What are other tips and tricks to make gold ?

How do you make gold?

Is it as fast as crafting?

A lot of people I buy crowns from make Millions.

Crafting for 45 Mins nets me around 300K

Working in RL for 1 hour and selling crowns for gold can net me minimum of 2M gold

So the most cost efficient way to make gold in the game is to work In RL and sell crowns for gold.

Seems I have no other time-friendly option anyway, I liked the options people listed but they take as much time and hard to fit in a work schedule
I was always suspicious of the safety of this option, but will look for a crown-trading discord, I guess you can also record/ss stuff to be secure

I would suggest World Crown Exchange or Tamrial Crown Exchange,

WCE is a free market.
TCE is a closed market.

Kurat

You get plenty of gold by just playing the game. I've never flipped anything or farmed and I have millions in bank. The problem is that theres nothing to spend it on. I've bought some motifs and that's about it. Overland gear once in sticker book, can be reconstructed infinite amounts, also I'm master crafter, can do any content so not buying and carries, good houses are all crowns only. I'm interested to know what are people doing with all their gold.

zvavi

Kurat wrote: »

You get plenty of gold by just playing the game. I've never flipped anything or farmed and I have millions in bank. The problem is that theres nothing to spend it on. I've bought some motifs and that's about it. Overland gear once in sticker book, can be reconstructed infinite amounts, also I'm master crafter, can do any content so not buying and carries, good houses are all crowns only. I'm interested to know what are people doing with all their gold.

I know what I am doing with my gold. Buying trial dummies.

Kurat

zvavi wrote: »

Kurat wrote: »

You get plenty of gold by just playing the game. I've never flipped anything or farmed and I have millions in bank. The problem is that theres nothing to spend it on. I've bought some motifs and that's about it. Overland gear once in sticker book, can be reconstructed infinite amounts, also I'm master crafter, can do any content so not buying and carries, good houses are all crowns only. I'm interested to know what are people doing with all their gold.

I know what I am doing with my gold. Buying trial dummies.

Lol, what for? The 21 mil is the only one you need and that's crowns only.
They need to make more stuff available for gold.

zvavi

Kurat wrote: »

zvavi wrote: »

Kurat wrote: »

You get plenty of gold by just playing the game. I've never flipped anything or farmed and I have millions in bank. The problem is that theres nothing to spend it on. I've bought some motifs and that's about it. Overland gear once in sticker book, can be reconstructed infinite amounts, also I'm master crafter, can do any content so not buying and carries, good houses are all crowns only. I'm interested to know what are people doing with all their gold.

I know what I am doing with my gold. Buying trial dummies.

Lol, what for? The 21 mil is the only one you need and that's crowns only.
They need to make more stuff available for gold.

Yes. That one. Got 4. All bought with gold.

Oreyn_Bearclaw

If you have done crafting on 18 toons, then doing daily crafting writs on all of them is going to be about as efficient as you get with in game activities.

You can certainly play the flipping game, but that does take some skill, capital, and comes with some risk.

You can also look for trade partners if you have gold on one server but want it on another.

If your goal is really to be rich, a minimum wage job with the proceeds going to crown sales is admittedly hard to beat, but that seems a bit silly for a game if I am being honest.

bmnoble

To be honest the other options for making gold tend to be hit and miss and rely heavily on RNG, that is why a lot of us do daily crafting writs for a reliable income source that takes a bit over an hour a day.

If there was some easy time efficient way to make the same amount of gold we would all be doing it instead or as well.

Selling crowns is probably the fastest but only if your rich and feel like wasting some of your money.

Selling carry runs of various content anything from Skyreach for xp grinding, to group content which requires an organized group, selling carry runs for vet content for vast sums but you only get your share of that vast sum, which for some people a few runs can be enough to pay for what they need for a week or more.

Other than that farming popular overland sets no guarantee you will get a good piece and takes a lot of time investment.

Thieving either making money by fencing stuff on multiple characters or laundering motifs and furniture plans your lucky enough to find while pickpocketing.

Daily quests for the motif drops to sell usually the newest zones have the most valuable motifs early on, like that new Wayward guardian motif at the moment.

Converting AP into gold via buying gold rings, triune trait mat, PVP motifs.

Converting Tel var into gold by buying those alchemy satchels and selling the mats, selling the Hakejo runes.

Fishing for perfect roe.

Decon all gear you don't need or want to give away to group members, from group content, certain DLC style mats can be worth a lot especially the ones used in popular furniture.

Farm mats in overland, suppose to be a new mythic item coming that further increases the chance of a double drop might be worth looking into.

Can't really think of much else of the top of my head.

Cirantille

bmnoble wrote: »

To be honest the other options for making gold tend to be hit and miss and rely heavily on RNG, that is why a lot of us do daily crafting writs for a reliable income source that takes a bit over an hour a day.

If there was some easy time efficient way to make the same amount of gold we would all be doing it instead or as well.

Selling crowns is probably the fastest but only if your rich and feel like wasting some of your money.

Selling carry runs of various content anything from Skyreach for xp grinding, to group content which requires an organized group, selling carry runs for vet content for vast sums but you only get your share of that vast sum, which for some people a few runs can be enough to pay for what they need for a week or more.

Other than that farming popular overland sets no guarantee you will get a good piece and takes a lot of time investment.

Thieving either making money by fencing stuff on multiple characters or laundering motifs and furniture plans your lucky enough to find while pickpocketing.

Daily quests for the motif drops to sell usually the newest zones have the most valuable motifs early on, like that new Wayward guardian motif at the moment.

Converting AP into gold via buying gold rings, triune trait mat, PVP motifs.

Converting Tel var into gold by buying those alchemy satchels and selling the mats, selling the Hakejo runes.

Fishing for perfect roe.

Decon all gear you don't need or want to give away to group members, from group content, certain DLC style mats can be worth a lot especially the ones used in popular furniture.

Farm mats in overland, suppose to be a new mythic item coming that further increases the chance of a double drop might be worth looking into.

Can't really think of much else of the top of my head.

Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »

If you have done crafting on 18 toons, then doing daily crafting writs on all of them is going to be about as efficient as you get with in game activities.

You can certainly play the flipping game, but that does take some skill, capital, and comes with some risk.

You can also look for trade partners if you have gold on one server but want it on another.

If your goal is really to be rich, a minimum wage job with the proceeds going to crown sales is admittedly hard to beat, but that seems a bit silly for a game if I am being honest.

Yeah, I was just wondering if there is something faster
But I know what you mean
It is reliable at least, which is why I done it every day for the last year
I did find such a kind soul (I love ESO community really ) who brought me some money on NA (I gave on EU) so I built my crafting business there too

Viewsfrom6ix

Kurat wrote: »

You get plenty of gold by just playing the game. I've never flipped anything or farmed and I have millions in bank. The problem is that theres nothing to spend it on. I've bought some motifs and that's about it. Overland gear once in sticker book, can be reconstructed infinite amounts, also I'm master crafter, can do any content so not buying and carries, good houses are all crowns only. I'm interested to know what are people doing with all their gold.

Mine is rotting in my bank. I do spend a ton of gold on spell power potions since I chug them on CD.