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Whats the best was to make gold ingame?

mann9753b16_ESO
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Yeah, simple Question, without an Auction House, whats the best was to make gold in ESO?
  • the_man_of_steal
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    link items in chat - trade.
  • brandonv516
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    Without an auction house?
    Advertise farmed materials, weapons, armor, etc. in chat.

    Without any social interaction?
    Pick up everything and sell to vendors.
  • imnotanother
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    Put on the Nordic Bath Towel and do the Redguard on top of the table...

    Usually works for me.
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  • Thybrinena
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    Ask for a loan from a really rich player and then buy a Manor in February. Then rent the rooms and their facilities out to different players ingame and bam - millionaire.
  • jedtb16_ESO
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    Yeah, simple Question, without an Auction House, whats the best was to make gold in ESO?

    just out of curiosity how would you make gold if there was an auction house?

    edit to add: i have no problem making gold. i farm and harvest and sell stuff that people want to buy.
    Edited by jedtb16_ESO on January 4, 2017 10:34PM
  • IcyDeadPeople
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    Yeah, simple Question, without an Auction House, whats the best was to make gold in ESO?

    Spend a couple hours going around to all the traders in remote spots shopping for underpriced stuff, then resell it at high traffic traders in Rawl'kha, Mournhold, Elden Root, Wayrest etc.
  • Karkian
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    Join a guild or sell in chat. Most of my gold I got from selling motifs, alchemy mats, psijic fragments from Writs, and glyphs.
  • zuto40
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    rob guild banks
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  • disintegr8
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    Sell stuff in guilds that people want - purple and gold improvement tempers/alloys, top end alchemy/provisioning ingredients, top end food and potions, crafting materials, etc.

    Sure you might get a lucky drop that you can sell for a few hundred thousand gold but it might sit in the store for a couple of weeks before someone comes along who wants that item. All of the above stuff can be farmed or obtained from doing daily writs or deconstructing looted items and they are all needed by most people.

    I try and keep a stock of more than 20 items listed in each of the two trading guilds I am in and even though I do not sell too many items over 10k, I have enough stock turning over to donate back to the guilds and make at least 100-200k a week.
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  • FriedEggSandwich
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    If you don't have a trading guild and don't like spamming zone you can earn gold by grinding mobs and selling all the drops to vendors. This will get you about 5k gold per hour of grinding assuming you're efficient. You can also use the blade of woe to go on a killing spree and then fence the stolen wares for a similar return in gold per hour, just don't get caught.
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  • Ghettokid
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    Refine ore and sell temp alloys. Do the same on woodworking stuff. And while collecting ore and wood, try to also find some kuta.

    Or go to IC, buy stuff with tel war stones, and then sell them on guild trader.
    Edited by Ghettokid on January 4, 2017 11:08PM
  • Bryanonymous
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    Join trading guilds who maintain active players and raise enough funds to keep a kiosk in a decent location. Buy and farm max level raw mats, refine and sell the gold mats. Use the refined mats to craft max level set pieces, and sell those. Sell anything else of value that you find in the game.
  • Pandorii
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    The people who have the most gold buy unrefined mats from gold sellers, usually leather, at an incredibly low price, and then they sell the refined mats plus wax in bulk at lower than trader price.

    For those of us with a bit more integrity, but a little moral ambiguity, we find things that are underpriced on traders and up sell.

    The most honest business is making things that other people cannot make or do not have time to make: food, glyphs, crafter armor, etc.

    Lastly, there's farming, with takes real time. Some farm raw materials, bis overland set gear, tel var, reagents, fishing, etc.

    *some people buy gold with real money, so I never try to compare my wealth to anyone. I'm no longer surprised when someone tells me they have 100m, because you never know how they got it and if you would find that practice moral or acceptable for yourself.
    Edited by Pandorii on January 4, 2017 11:28PM
  • driosketch
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    Ways I make gold:

    -Small guild stores, not the best traffic, but I sell what I can at a deal, or a particular item I know players will look for, eg recipes from tier 2-5, or set pieces with good traits in the BWB campaign level range. Not a lot but a few hundred here or there, and occasionally a few thousand from a motif page. Most ever was a few hundred k for a gold ring, but that was before one Tamriel.

    -Quests, in particular dailies where I also vendor all the blue or lower loot I pick up.

    -Running dungeon pleges or trials, vendor the junk as well.

    -Stealing. You have a daily fence limit, use it.

    -Tips, gratuites, from crafting items for other people.

    -Farming mats, pick the land clean as you go. While this will give you more stuff to sell, more importantly it'll save you funds if you don't need to buy mats later. (Craft bags really help here)

    -Grinding. Remember, don't repair that out leveled gear, strip nude and vendor it. Then craft new gear.

    Hope that helps. I sitting on over a millon currently, but bank, horse, and bag upgrades alone have cost me well over 2mil since I started the game.
    Edited by driosketch on January 5, 2017 1:09AM
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  • wayfarerx
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    driosketch wrote: »
    -Stealing. You have a daily fence limit, use it.

    To expand on this, I like running the Thieves Guild pickpocket/lockbox quests to fill up my daily fence limit. It's a bit of a pain going back and forth from Hew's Bane but you will get loads of counterfeit pardon edicts that save your gold when you get caught and the occasional motif page that can pull in some extra cash.
    @wayfarerx - PC / North America / Aldmeri Dominion
  • Fly666monkey
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    Thievery, my friend. Not only can you make good money fencing items, but you can also steal weapons and armor that's just lying around (Davon's Watch is great for this.), break them down, then sell the mats at the local guild trader. Plus, while out thieving you can run into rare crafting books that sell for a hefty chunk of change. I found the Imperial Crafting Motif book in an empty house 2 days ago, laundered it, put it on the GT, walked away 60K richer.

    If your goal is to swim in gold Scrooge McDuck style, thievery is the way to go.
    "Let's be honest, I... don't always think my decisions through." -Sanguine
  • KingYogi415
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    I find selling tears I collect on the forum to be the best way.

    Of course I did made my first mil power farming motifs.

    Cheers!
  • Jeremy
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    Yeah, simple Question, without an Auction House, whats the best was to make gold in ESO?

    just out of curiosity how would you make gold if there was an auction house?

    You would sell things on it.

    That's how.
  • driosketch
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    Jeremy wrote: »
    Yeah, simple Question, without an Auction House, whats the best was to make gold in ESO?

    just out of curiosity how would you make gold if there was an auction house?

    You would sell things on it.

    That's how.

    People sell certain Glass motif pages for 9,000 gold. That doesn't mean they're making money. :P
    Main: Drio Azul ~ DC, Redguard, Healer/Magicka Templar ~ NA-PC
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  • Narvuntien
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    Join a trading guild and sell them materials.
    Particularly alchemy mats.

    Stealing seems quite effective as well and fun.
  • kieso
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    Ask for a small loan of a million gp..
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