Gold making tips?

IIIMPIII · July 2015

I can never seem to have a substantial amount of gold? any tips? Do set gear pieces sell for a lot?

Turelus · July 2015

Some ways I have done it in my time playing, all of these are helped by being in a major or strong trade guild.

Harvest all materials you see and sell them as raw stacks or if you have the refining skills at max refine then and sell the purple/gold upgrade materials.

Farm Nirncrux in Upper Craglorn

Play content in areas which drop sets/items people want then sell them.

Market trading (where I made the most) find out what items are worth, then run around traders buying low and selling high. Best deal I ever got was paying 250g for an item worth 160k g.

If you're on PC there are some add-ons which help by giving you market data.

TheShadowScout · July 2015

I found that any feeling of gold shortage tends to evaporate once you start questing around the veteran ranks. By then one usually has the major gold sinks filled (backpack, mount, perhaps even bank), and you get a strong steady income from just selling loot without even trying hard.

...before that... crime often pays, if one is careful and avoida getting caught. Burglaring houses to steal stuff to sell nets a nice daily profit, especially when getting lucky with something neat to launder and sell in a guild store.

Farming rare stuff also is an option, and while going to craglorn to try cour hand at nirncrux gathering may be veteran rank stuff, dwemer ruins to scour for motiv pages and dwemer scrap are often available for lower levels too (unless you play in AD lands).

And finally... those who already have some seed money supposedly can increase that quite a bit just through smart trading.

In the end, remember this game doesn't really have much in the way of goldsinks (unless you pay for a guild trader), so at a certain point you will stop spending it in meaningful ways, and just amass more and more gold in your bank without even making an effort.

Brrrofski · July 2015

Collecting raw materials and refining. Dropped 6 dreugh wax (among rosin and alloys) after about an hour of farming. Sold 4 for 6.25k each and have two still on the guild store for that much. Also two kuta for 5k each. Some denotas/jejutas/hemming\embroidery too.

Easy funny, assuming you know where to go and want to spend an hour or so. Do it every few days for some spending money

Tan9oSuccka · July 2015

I keep my pockets pretty full and still have max bank and backpack upgrades already.

Pick up drinks, foul hides etc. Sell them. No need to cheese pigs, plenty of money to be made. Especially in Dwemer ruins looting urns.

Always use the wayshrines. My friend never uses them and is always broke because he pays 200 gold everytime he goes somewhere.

Sallington · July 2015

Sell every piece of gear you find that isn't an upgrade while leveling.

Gather every resource node you come across, sell the mats in guild stores.

Sausage · July 2015

Gold tannings like Dreugh Wax should be easy money.

NewBlacksmurf · July 2015

IIIMPIII wrote: »

I can never seem to have a substantial amount of gold? any tips? Do set gear pieces sell for a lot?

The basic way IF gold is the only concern....go do quests and oor grind mobs within your level range (4 levels).
Fill your bags, then sale everything...rinse and repeat.

While doing the above, open all chests, cupboards,sacks, etc....sale to vendor and or Guild AH
rinse repeat

amgame308_ESO · July 2015

I joined 3 trade guilds and started selling everything. I didn't realize how much stuff is junk for me but needed by other players. Almost back to a million gold. The hirelings help Lot and keep me stocked up on mats to sell.

Kupoking · July 2015

Get to know what is valuable and sell em to other players.

Example: baits are selling well so its an easy way to get cash if you are leveling.

If you pvp sell your AP or sell valuable v14 set items (might be obsolete now though).

My guess is with IC around the corner, gold mats will sell for lots.

jackiemanuel · July 2015

Sell the stuff you loot in guild stores. I've made 600k since launch on xbox just selling crafting mats, recipes, motifs, etc. To make it easier and more profitable i got keen eye in all the crafting skill lines and metal extraction, unraveling, and wood extraction to get better mats from deconstruction. Right now on xbox NA alchemy reagents and provisioning ingredients are selling as fast as i put them in the store. There's some extra work involved but each night when i log in after work and check my email i'm depositing between 15-30k gold in my bank. This allows me to not think twice about dropping 20k on mats to make all purple glyphs for my weapons and armor. Plus i find the trading game highly addictive. I'm in 4 trade guilds.

nordsavage · July 2015

If you fence and only sell the greens (100G) and blues (250g) you can easily make 20-30k in less than an hour guaranteed. Just be careful and learn the ropes.

leepalmer95 · July 2015

Join 3~ trading guilds and sell things, look at the general price on the guild store first.

Picking a consumable crafting such a provisioning or alchemy is a great way because people will always need consumables.

When your higher vet level 9~ , you can farm dragon star arena and get the dropd from there, footman/healer etc... drops there, i made 150k in a run yesterday.

IIIMPIII · July 2015

im currently a vet 10 and only have about 40k gold

IIIMPIII · July 2015

ill probably just take an hour or two and steal stuff today lol

Bleakraven · July 2015

IIIMPIII wrote: »

I can never seem to have a substantial amount of gold? any tips? Do set gear pieces sell for a lot?

Never recall to wayshrines, just walk to one and teleport for free from them

Join trading guilds and sell extra materials you deconstruct - pick up everything while questing.

Liptrot · July 2015

Go fishing

on the trade guild I'm with perfect roe is selling for 89k

milkbox · July 2015

All good points here- only tip I haven't seen is selling white "intricate" items... I've maxed out all my crating, but get a handful of these every day. They go for at least 200 a piece and sell almost immediately.

I also found that using the Master Merchant add-on really stepped up my selling game. I hit the 1 million gold mark, last month, and never overpriced a single item.

Join 2 or 3 trading guilds, get a merchant add-on, then quest, writ and farm as normal. You'll be swimming in it and wondering what the heck to spend it on.

jkemmery · July 2015

If you're low level, the best way is to steal things. Some people say only steal green and above items, but in my experience, it can take a LONG time to fill your inventory with these items as they do not drop that often. Find a place where you can steal weapons in bulk. They sell for a good price and you can spent 10 - 15 minutes per day and net a couple K gold in that time frame. And no, I'm not going to reveal my favorite looting areas for fear they will become nerfed.

mrskinskull · July 2015

IIIMPIII wrote: »

I can never seem to have a substantial amount of gold? any tips? Do set gear pieces sell for a lot?

I get a lot of loot from PvP.

Monsters are all your level so a kill usually gives loot.

Best of luck.

Azurulia · July 2015

If you're a lower level (or a vet looking for easy gold.) I suggest looking into a life of crime. It is extremely profitable, however it requires a lot of patience, awareness, and the ability to mentally record and remember things. (Such as npc patrols, where guards are and where they can or will stop, blind spots, etc.)

I'll just say this. Chances are if you are good at math, you will probably be a very good thief; as all theft is, is critical thinking and a lot of problem solving. Only instead of numbers and letters, you are working with npc's, probability, and timing.

For an idea of how much you can make, (And lose) take a glance at my sig. That's in roughly three weeks time, with the vast majority of it being in the past week after a bit of trial and error and finding some sweet spots.

Keep in mind, my highest level is level 32.

I plan to make a thieving guide post or something along those lines within the next day or two.

mrskinskull · July 2015

IIIMPIII wrote: »

I can never seem to have a substantial amount of gold? any tips? Do set gear pieces sell for a lot?

Have you tried stealing anything not nailed down?

OzJohnD · July 2015

Never buy stuff, don't repair while leveling, loot stuff and sell, steal stuff and fence

Keiro · July 2015

As previously mentioned, stealing items does add up, and by items, I mean the treasures found in pretty much any sack, desk, wardrobe, crate and especially lockboxes. Sell them in the outlaws refuge to fences. Also never buy/repair anything whilst levelling, armour and weapons quickly become redundant.
If you're not already in one join a trade guild or two! Finding out what's in high demand through trade guilds helps alot and also gives you a means to sell your wares.
Perfect roe from filletting common fish is selling easily at the moment. Personally I have beenselling them at 27.5k through a number of trade guilds, but I've also seen some go for more. Although I think 89k as mentioned previously is way too much to expect and if I priced mine at that I'd guess they'd just sit on the guild shelves.
Baits are currently at a premium too, with the introduction of the perfect roe.
Motifs are good sellers, usually I sell around 2k-2.5k for blue motifs, between 10k-15k on dwemer and upwards of 30k on primal, barbaric, ancient elf and daedric.
Crafting materials are always selling although I do tend to bank all of mine as am levelling crafting.
Recipes sell well, greens I price around 150-250 gold, blues around 350 and purples around 1000 upwards depending on what recipe it is.
It basically all boils down to how long you want to spend making money.EDIT I play on PS4 and am basing these suggestions on this platform though. Hope any of this helps and good luck, it's tough to begin with but learn the markets and you'll earn money easily very soon.