Making gold - How do you do it?

WhoSlappedThePie
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Do you use any one method or switch it up due to boredom? I know what I use but I’m wondering what others do. You know, just for science.
"It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop."

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Making gold - How do you do it? 110 votes

Farming materials to sell I.e Wax/ Alloy
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ThelrynnlihentianBigevilpeterNarvuntienDanielMorraaaisoahoAzgaransimoxkrachallHighKinlady 10 votes
Farming motifs to sell
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ashenehb14_ESOanitajoneb17_ESOskriggeranothermeMRusso89lonestarrangerPuzzlenutsAraxyteMythrialDrowRoztlin45NoTimeToWaitMichaelkeirPhiathornsyldol 13 votes
Battlegrounds for AP
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ldzlcs065BetaPsychoWetshirt 3 votes
Farming Tel Var
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ApheriusTwistedThoughtzMarabornwingrionRash_TamaltinkilicExalted_GooseOblivionNWlionofjudah7 8 votes
Flipping items; buy low sell high
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fragas77b16_ESOfioskalSoul_MarrowlaksikusxilfxlegionSpiderCultistWarbow7MarcoPolo184Charliff1966SyncronautBodžicolossalvoidsdoctor_refuel 13 votes
Vet Trial Plunder Runs
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TostieeHamburglarjonestgrippa 3 votes
Get yo self a sugar daddy
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chess1ukb16_ESOFlynchHjelmerinarosendoichinoveb17_ESOPink_ViolinzTheValar85RunscheiShardan4968valkyrie93commdtCrystallizeLiquidfist 12 votes
Other, please explain
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Tabbycatdriosketchdaryl.rasmusenb14_ESOwenchmore420b14_ESOGythraljedtb16_ESORhazmuzSeptimus_MagnaFoxhuntsilvermistktralasub17_ESObottleofsyrupyiasemiAndyMacMemnockLeyMerenwen_812ZouniRastoricredspecter23Horker 48 votes
  • jedtb16_ESO
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    offer things for sale that people want to buy.
  • Pixel_Zealot
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    Run dungeons and sell all the extra loot.
    Dragonborn, huh? Was it your ma or your pa that was the dragon?
  • SpiderCultist
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    Flipping items; buy low sell high
    If only I could have my own bank on ESO...
    Edited by SpiderCultist on May 7, 2018 10:44AM
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    Ashlander and Mephala worshipper.
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  • Tabbycat
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    Thieving, questing, farming materials, selling some stuff on the guild trader. I find that if I do too much of one thing I get super bored even if it is good for making gold/collecting motif pages.
    Edited by Tabbycat on May 7, 2018 10:27AM
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  • TheValar85
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    Get yo self a sugar daddy
    i choosed this : Get yo self a sugar daddy Becasue its an awesoem option xd how every i dont have a sugar dady ehm... yet :D
    Edited by TheValar85 on May 7, 2018 10:27AM
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  • tgrippa
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    Vet Trial Plunder Runs
    vAA hm, easy gold. Also daily writs.
    PCEU
    heh.
    heh.
  • pod88kk
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    Daily crafting writs, on 14 characters.... For the last 2 years
  • Marabornwingrion
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    Farming Tel Var
    Damn, that sugar daddy option seems better than tel vars, I need to try it out
  • Asardes
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    Selling surplus items I get from other activities, for example more uncommon recipes, furnishing plans, and set items I get while questing, dungeon motifs from pledges on guild stores; rarely I list crafted items such as legendary glyphs, or surplus rosin - that gets used less since you only have staves to upgrade so I always have more than the others. Also I do writs on multiple characters, currently 14 for 4K gold each; those save gold in the long run since I get a steady stream of legendary upgrades I would otherwise have to buy, as well as vouchers from master writs that are in turn used to buy other items, some for resale. The price of materials for doing writs is not that high, since I buy refined in bulk, at steep discounts, from more remote guild kiosks. Regarding master writs, those can be profitable as well. For example when Dragonbones released I bought the coffers then I also bought a bunch of purple Morrowind envelopes and sold the duplicate furnishing plans for 65-100K apiece, before the price declined, presumably because lots of people were doing the same. I never flip items intentionally, the only instance I had to was when I was searching for my last page of Ebonshadow, and for some reason the game didn't mark it as learned, so I ended up buying a duplicate by mistake; I didn't make a profit, but at least I didn't waste those 10K, since I sold it for 10.5K :)
    Beta tester since February 2014, played ESO-TU October 2015 - August 2022, currently on an extended break
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  • yiasemi
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    Sell everything i don't want through the guild and do crafting dailies on 6 crafters in Rahwl'ka for a certain 30000 every two days. Every time I hit 5000 on any character I bank it. In real life I put 1/6 of my earnings every month into private pensions and buy more shares in stocks that weather anything short of the end of the world in Hong Kong where I live.
    Other, please explain - Sugar mommy pls (I'm a sugar mommy too, let's double the sweetness!) :#
    Edited by yiasemi on May 7, 2018 10:39AM
  • Exalted_Goose
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    Farming Tel Var
    1) Upcoming Double-AP/Tel Var event.
    2) Farm Tel Var when your Alliance owns all/most of the Districts.
    3) Grind for about an hour, then go back to your Home Base and bank it all.
    4) Get ganked outside your Alliance's Home Base and lose 1/2 of it.
    5) Leave IC.
    6) Find 3 Skyshards.
    7) Unlock Magelight.
    8) Find the ganker, and exact your revenge.
    9) Farm more Tel Var.
    10) Return to your Alliance's Home Base.
    11) Don't get ganked.
    12) Buy a metric [snip]-ton of Alchemy Satchels.
    13) List all reagents/ingredients at just under the MM price in all of your Guild Stores.
    14) ?????
    15) Profit.

    [Edited to remove profanity]
    Edited by ZOS_KatP on May 8, 2018 5:28PM
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  • Aeeeek
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    Fishing! for Perfect Roe
  • silvermistktralasub17_ESO
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    I do writs on 15 characters, and also am usually doing heavy questing on at least one character. This morning when I logged out before maintenance, I had just over 2 mill in the bank. Trying to save up a bit to get my second 'coin bought' manor, the Daggerfall Overlook (I have a few crown bought ones: Linchal Grand Manor, Tel Galen, Erstwhile Sanctuary, Earthtear Cavern, and the Observatory Prior) and used gold almost a year ago to grab up the Ebonheart Chateau, as well as having a smattering of other houses. But as, at this point, my actual mastercrafter has all motifs currently available, I can save up a lot of money for houses, for the moment.
  • Fischblut
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    Just exploring, killing all mobs on the way, looting all chests. Selling unwanted loot to merchant; if I happen to find nice set item or double motif page I sell those in guild. I never farm for something to sell; my goal is to simply run and pick all the things I can find :smiley:

    I almost never sell any mats; except when I'm not subscribed, I have to sell a stack or few of refined ruby mats every week cause inventory becomes full + I need to make at least a minimum in trading guild to not be kicked :/
    But since I love to gather my mats and hoard them, I also never have to buy them - so I don't "need" to make as much gold as people who have to buy mats. For example, when I pick a flower, I always think "nice, I have 4 more potions!" :)
    Edited by Fischblut on May 7, 2018 10:47AM
  • yiasemi
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    Yeah perfect roe is a great reason to fish. But I haven't sold any of mine. And since discovering Clockwork City angling I have a lot. It seems to desecrate the ethics of becoming a master angler. This is the only pure pursuit (outside of trying to get Queen Ayrenn to smile in my direction) in the game, it would be like melting down the Holy Grail after questing half of Celtic Britannia for gold, assuming it isn't a wooden/pewter cup. Um...what's the going rate?
  • ssorgatem
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    I craft things that sell like hot cakes.
    Not worth much individually, but with >50 sales a day is makes for a steady source of income ith very little time to put on it (with a 400% benefit from mats cost).

    I use them as a filler, since I usually don't have enough motifs or whatever worth more to sell.

    Since the viability of what I sell seems to depend on its scarcity and competitive price, I'll keep it a secret ;)

    I'm the only one selling this kind of crafted items in all of my guilds.
  • Krainor1974
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    Selling bps, furnishings and stealing and fencing items
  • Anotherone773
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    I sell Argonian handbags and Khajiit fur coats. And also pretty much anything of value, do writs,steal,etc,etc
  • Zouni
    Zouni
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    Five finger discount - fill your max daily for pickpocketing in addition to whatever else you do to make money and your gold adds up quick!
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  • TelvanniWizard
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    Quests :'(
  • Runschei
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    Get yo self a sugar daddy
    Stealing and killing.
  • AndyMac
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    When new content drops, I farm whatever sells hard. New stuff - motifs, mats and so on - sell for max gold when they are first available. That's how I made most of my permanent bankroll.

    Beyond that I use AP from Cyro to sell Militant motifs.

    I generally don't sell mats - I prefer to just let them stack up in my craft bag.
    Andymac - Magicka DK - EP Grand Overlord - Flawless Conqueror
  • Rastoric
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    Selling crafted items. Logging multiple characters for writs.
    Just Say No! to changing Sorcerer Magicka skills to Stamina.
  • Merenwen_812
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    Writs and fish (perfect roe)
    I also 'urn' my gold in dreloth tomb
    Edited by Merenwen_812 on May 7, 2018 12:15PM
  • efster
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    I just sell stuff I find.

    I am very honest elf. What Black Market Mogul achievement? I don't know what you're talking about.
    AD is the best looking faction. I don't make the rules, I just enforce them.
  • HermaeusMara2018
    HermaeusMara2018
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    Doing writs on all 8 toons and selling dropped/reward gear through guild stores.
  • Kikke
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    All the above xP
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    -Someone said it, I guess.
  • Kiralyn2000
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    Daily writs, some thievery/fencing, and vendoring stuff to NPCs (loot drops and sometimes mass-produced food/drink/poisons)

    I've never sold an item to another player.
  • Horker
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    I used to get known as horker the neckbeard by poledancing in cyrodill as a big fat orc wearing a weddingdress.
    ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE, TRINIMAC IS DEAD, MALACATH IS TRUE
  • driosketch
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    Mostly dailies, which also yield secondary rewards, (especially during events), which I can then sell in guild stores.
    Main: Drio Azul ~ DC, Redguard, Healer/Magicka Templar ~ NA-PC
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