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How much gold is most common?

  • DarcyMardin
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    More Than 1,000,000! I AM FREAKING RICH!!!!!!!!!
    If anyone new and/or poor wants to make a decent amount of gold, take advantage of crafting writs. You can do them starting at level 6, and they are a great way to make a nice chunk of gold every day, especially if you have multiple alts. If you’re on a PC where you can use add-ons, crafting writs become super quick and easy.

    The basic first tier crafting writs are now even more efficient and cheaper in terms of mats than they used to be, and the rewards, in addition to cash, are tier 1 mats, ornate and intricate weapons, armor and jewelry, crafting mat maps, provisioning recipes, glyphs, & alchemy ingredients. Top tier writs award you all of the above plus mats from all levels, a few rare ingredients, and occasional master crafting writs that you can do for special rewards via writ vouchers.

    So gold, mats, various other stuff that you can sell for more gold (or make use of yourself).
    Edited by DarcyMardin on October 15, 2018 4:08AM
  • MooseKnuckles88
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    More Than 1,000,000! I AM FREAKING RICH!!!!!!!!!
    People make getting gold a lot harder than it has to be in this game.

    Find yourself a decent trading guild (or several), yes one you have to pay weekly to be in. Even 20k isn't sh!t per week when you make more than that in a day. Most decent trading guilds are around 10k weekly.

    Sell your stuff appropriately. The problem is people always try to sell too high and end up with dead inventory. The idea is to sell it, not try ALWAYS get maximum profit on everything! The more stuff I sell, the more inventory space I have, the more stuff I can accrue, the more stuff I can sell again. Repeat.
  • Salvas_Aren
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    1,000,000 gold, Call me King Midas, because I has the golden touch!
    I don't intend to say that 1m is quite common. I just say I have 1m now, and I bought the Alinor house this summer. So, without having done that I would have 2m.
  • Apherius
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    1,000,000 gold, Call me King Midas, because I has the golden touch!
    The max i Had was 13,5M, i spent everything for the housing achievements. Now i have 3M.
  • Kalik_Gold
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    10,000 gold, I gots the gold
    I'm always broke...
    Main Character:
    Ras Kalik a Redguard Templar, the Vestige

    PvP Pure-class:
    Goliath of Hammerfell a Redguard Dragonknight
    Jux Blackheart a Redguard Nightblade
    Aurik Siet'ka a Redguard Necromancer
    Cacique the Sage of Ius a Redguard Warden
    Kaotik Von Dae'mon a Redguard* Sorcerer

    PvP: Subclassed or Specialty
    Movárth Piquine a Nord Vampiric Necromancer (Tank)
    Voa a Priest of Sep a Redguard* Necromancer (Healer)
    Tsar af-Bomba a Redguard Vampiric Nightblade (Bomber)
    Two-Big-Horns an Argonian Arcanist /Sorcerer
    Uri Ice-Heart the Twin a Nord Vampiric Warden (Ice-Theme)

    PvE:
    Cinan Tharn an Imperial Dragonknight (Tank)
    Herzog Zwei the Genesis an Akavari* Templar (Healer)
    Bates Vesuius of Dawnstar an Redguard** Dragonknight (Raid Damage) --- Name change needed

    PvE: Specialty
    Tyrus Septim an Imperial Sorcerer (Dungeon Damage)
    Tav'i at-Shinji a Redguard** Warden (Arenas)
    Lucky Hunch the Gambler - a Redguard Nightblade (Thief)

    Leveling...
    Styx of Akatosh a Goblin*** Arcanist --- Race change needed
    Zenovia at-Tura a Redguard** Lycan Sorcerer
    Yesi af-Kalik a Redguard Templar
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    Passives of another race used:
    *Breton
    **Imperial
    ***Argonian




    __________________________Backstories:_________________________

    Ras Kalik the Vestige, a renown Redguard warrior; He has been blessed to save Tamriel from Molag Bal’s destructive Planemeld while reuniting the Five Companions. His further accomplishments after defeating Molag Bal, has been to stop the destruction of Morrowind, the Clockwork City, return order to the isle of Summerset and create a new king in Wrothgar and a queen in Elsywer. These events have made him a living legend and continue to lead him into new adventures throughout Tamriel, as well as into the hearts of many ladies including the Elf Queen, Aryenn. Over many years of adventurous travels, Ras Kalik had become a loner, until he re-visited his homeland of Alik'r.

    Alik'r and it's cities were overrun by the undead Ra-Netu and therefore he made an allegiance with Alik'r's own Ash'abah tribe. These Ash'abah with his help, cleansed the city of Sentinel in Alik'r desert and it's surrounding areas of the undead brought to life by the Withered Hand. After rescuing Sentinel from the undead zombies, King Fahara’jad’s personal bodyguard the Goliath of Hammerfell, who was given this name by Imperials in the region; was asked to assist the tribe after learning of the defeat of the Withered Hand to the Ash'abah. Kalik promised Goliath he would task him with fighting living enemies on the battlefield if he so desired. Goliath being a Yokudan warrior wields a massive sword in respect to the Ansei, a gift given by the Imperial, Cinan Tharn. Not many soldiers are able to wield double two handed weapons, but Goliath loves to get up and personal in a fight, so he also carries a giant maul, both weapons laced with magical flames.

    Jux Blackheart is a master thief that masquerades as a Bard at the Sisters of the Sands inn, with his younger sidekick Lucky Hunch for pilfering and gambling during this time. Jux was known to infiltrate any towns bank vault he came across and even delved into Ayelid ruins without detection. Kalik can vividly recall the night he met the famed thief. Jux found himself rummaging thru a slightly inebriated Kalik’s pocket for too long, on a full-mooned night and because of his greed and the glimmer of his golden armor in the moonlight. He lost his left pinky fingertip as a lesson! But in return, he gained a new friend, as it was his first time since a child being caught red-handed...

    Upon arrival back in the Alik'r after many moons of adventuring, Ras Kalik ventures to Bergama. Visiting The Winking Jackal, he runs into Jux Blackheart, who introduces him to the coin game Crowns vs Forebearers (Heads vs Tails) and Golden Dwemer (RBG).... Jux constantly takes gold from the unfortunate thru theft or gambling, his biggest gambling victim is actually his partner in crime known as Lucky Hunch the Gambler. Lucky doesn't mind losing any gold coins to Jux... as Jux saved him from Altmer slavers in Summerset, by stealing a key and sending him on a boat to the mainland years prior. Lucky spent years in slavery with Khajiits in Summerset and picked up the art of subterfuge, using illusion magic disguises and stealing there.

    Kaotik Von’Daemon an outcast, and a half-caste between a Breton mother and a Redguard father. Kaotik become a pariah due to his conjuration of Daedra pets. He was taught healing magic during his childhood years by his Breton mother. His father due to Redguard customs exiled him from the desert, sending him by wagon caravan to be a soldier in the war in Cyrodiil. He happened to meet Kalik while traveling from Alik'r, during this long caravan ride the caravan he was in was ambushed in Bangkorai by a group of bandits. Kalik by chance was also traveling thru this area on his Auridon Warhorse (which was bestowed to him by his friend, Darien Gautier). During this ambush, Kalik was able to rescue five hostages from the bandits. Kaotik was the first rescued, and Ras Kalik also recruited him to be in the Ash'abah tribe. These core Ash'abah tribesmen may never be seen together in travel as they partake in their own adventures but they always know what each other is doing; as they frequent a hideout in northern Bankorai. Their hideout an old Orc castle ruin, is kept watch by Nuzhimeh and she passes messages written between them, and frequently they also enjoy her company and her bed.

    The other men rescued were a Dunmer banker, an Imperial mercenary and two other soldiers, an Imperial and a Breton Knight, stating proudly he was an Akavir descendent. One of the Imperials, Cinan, claimed to be related to Abnur Tharn the Battlemage of the Imperial Elder Council (One of Ras Kalik's mentors in the Five Companions). Cinan Tharn was really Abnur's drunkard treasure hunting illegitimate son. He was caught smuggling artifacts out of the Ayleid ruins in Cyrodiil and the elder of the two Imperials was Tyrus Septim a retired Imperial navy battle-mage (now a Lycan mercenary living in the city of Rimmen) and guard to the Tharn family. As much as Abnur Tharn hated his half-sister Euraxia, he dislikes his bas†ard son Cinan more. Tyrus now a ruffian and privateer had been paid by Abnur Tharn to watch over Cinan as much as possible. Cinan Tharn a drunkard, loves to drink at least a quarter barrel of Nord mead before he raids various delves and dungeons for relics to sell on the black market. Cinan also plans to one day, run an illegal gambling ring... which he thinks will net him more gold for his wares.

    The Dunmer captive shackled to the Imperials looked familiar to Kalik from his time in Morrowind.... and he recognized him as Tythis Andromo a House Telvanni slave-owner and banker from Vvardenfell. During a rough interrogation to Tythis, Ras Kalik learnt why the bandits accosted him. The racist Dunmer was providing slaves as soldiers for the Three Banner War. The bandits were trying to negotiate a lucrative ransom for Andromo and the Imperials.... Kalik did not need any of this gold and he could never set Tythis free as he did with the two Imperial soldiers. His past involvement with slavery and war crimes, made Kalik's blood boil. He chose not to execute Tythis, as he figured the worse punishment for this former rich and opulent slave owner, is to now be an imprisoned servant for Ras Kalik and the tribe.

    Herzog Zwei the Genesis a reknown Imperial/Akavirri battle-mage. His roots going back to Akavir through his mother’s bloodline. (His mother is descended from the Akaviri, through Versidue-Shae, and his Imperial father met her in Hakoshae, while traveling) Herzog earned the nickname "the Genesis" from his father as a child, as he was his mother's first born child, and last, as she tragically died in child-birth.

    Herzog was seeking to purchase an artifact from Cinan Tharn, before their capture and was meeting Tyrus while in Rimmen, who introduced him to Cinan. This artifact being the Ayelid artifact; the sword Sinweaver. After their rescue and the exchange of gold to Cinan for the sword he decided to slip away before Ras Kalik could question who he was, and why the Akavir descendant really wanted that sword. Herzog was headed to Nagastani — An Ayleid ruin in eastern Cyrodiil. He had read in scrolls that the Sword would give him magical powers to meet his mothers spirit, if he performed an Ayleid ritual at an old shrine hidden there. Equipped with the artifact sword, he was off to start his own adventure but Ras Kalik, did indeed notice the sword however and instead sent a letter to Jux Blackheart (whom also was interested in Ayleid treasures), to attempt to find Herzog and acquire the sword. (*Azani Blackheart in Elder Scroll's Oblivion is Jux's descendant some 747 years later)

    And so the Redguard, Imperial and Akaviri men parted ways ... While Ras Kalik went off to Elsweyr to encounter the latest threat to Tamriel, with Abnur Tharn and Sai Sahan - - DRAGONS!! Little did Ras Kalik know a few people were awaiting him in Senchal besides Sai. A necromancer survived his attack on the Withered Hand, while in Alik'r. The necromancer known as Auriek Siet'ka is also following him to the land of the Khajiits and Cacique the Sage of Ius a Shaman mystic who has become attuned spiritually with Tu'whacca (a Redguard God) and Ius (the Animal God), after being burned severely by the escaped dragons in Elsywer, is awaiting his arrival also. Aurik is a soldier of the Daggerfall Covenant that was introduced to necromancy while in the military, even though this magicka art is not spoken of openly by most of the Military leaders. He came to Alik'r and worked with the Withered Hand before Ras Kalik intervened on their plans. After the defeat of the Withered Hand, he aligned with the Worm Cult, and is constantly adapting and perfecting his necromantic arts.

    After his journey to Rimmen, Kalik heads south to Senchal, in the southern regions of Elyswer. This new adventure will also put him on a path to meet a strange Redguard man. The stranger which was infected with an untreated Peyrite disease and also was the exiled from the Order of the New Moon cult, due to his sickness. He originally joined the cult to worship Laatvulon, the green dragon, mistakenly thinking it was the Daedric prince Peyrite. This confused and suffering cultist is known as Tsar al-Bomba and he is on a path to spread the disease. He was originally infected in Orccrest while recruiting members there. Can Ras Kalik and the shaman Cacique cure this poor soul, only time will tell. Little does Tsar al-Bomba know, that his infection is tied to Vampirism, and eventually the desire for blood will take over his mind. Senchal also offers Kalik his latest love interest... Aeliah. Whom he fondly led thru battles with the Dragonguard.

    After the trek thru the heat, tropical and desert climate of Northern and Southern Elyswer, Ras Kalik heads north to the cold mountain range of Skyrim. His companion friend Lyris beckons for him with a letter sent by crow...

    Movárth Piquine - a former vampire hunter (now infected), within the Fighter's Guild (and a secretive necromancer) was in Skyrim working with the Morthaal Guard. On a patrol mission he was caught in Frewien's ice curse outside of Morthaal with the frozen undead. Movárth's vampiric infection kept him from becoming an undead minion to the curse. He was able to use necromantic ice-magic to encase himself safely until he was freed with Freiwen, when the Vestige Ras Kalik broke the curse.

    Uri Ice-Heart - brother of Urfon Ice-Heart. The twin sons of Atli and Oljourn Ice-Heart. The Ice-Heart family are originally from Markarth but now reside on the Jerall Mountain range near Cyrodiil, with their younger sister Araki. The twins had joined the Winterborn Reachmen while living in Markarth. Urfon pushed west to Orsinium with the Winterborn Clan, leaving his family behind. Uri stayed behind with his parents and sister to live in the family cabin for safety, avoiding the Vampire plague infiltrating the Reach. After news reaches him and he hears of Urfon's death... Uri leaves and heads home and is seeking vengeance. Meanwhile, his sister has also moved on to Windhelm to join the Fighter's guild. He will visit his sister, once before going to seek vengeance and she will craft him armor mixed with ice, called Stalhrim armor. Uri fearing death, after his brother's passing, falls victim to the convincing talk of Movárth at a Nordic tavern, and will also becomes a vampire.

    {time moves forward through the hour-glass}
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  • Chrysa1is
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    0 gold, I am dead broke...
    i buy what i need and then im broke
  • Recremen
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    500,000 gold, Makin' it RAIN!
    I make about 500k a week, but am constantly spending it on finishing up my collections or getting luxury furnishings, so I hover somewhere around this mark. Just bought an Aetheric Cipher the other day for 2 million, though, so most of the REALLY big expenses are over now, minus some houses.
    Men'Do PC NA AD Khajiit
    Grand High Illustrious Mid-Tier PvP/PvE Bussmunster
  • Sevalaricgirl
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    Pfft 65K. I don't belong to a guild trader and that is how people make their money. I don't think I should have to belong to a trading guild just to sell stuff. Of course all those who made their money from guild trading are pro guild trading. I hate it so I don't sell unless I sell to a merchant.
  • VaranisArano
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    More Than 1,000,000! I AM FREAKING RICH!!!!!!!!!
    Pfft 65K. I don't belong to a guild trader and that is how people make their money. I don't think I should have to belong to a trading guild just to sell stuff. Of course all those who made their money from guild trading are pro guild trading. I hate it so I don't sell unless I sell to a merchant.

    There's always selling in zone chat if you don't want a guild trader.
  • Runs
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    More Than 1,000,000! I AM FREAKING RICH!!!!!!!!!
    Pfft 65K. I don't belong to a guild trader and that is how people make their money. I don't think I should have to belong to a trading guild just to sell stuff. Of course all those who made their money from guild trading are pro guild trading. I hate it so I don't sell unless I sell to a merchant.

    Na, we are just pro trading and willing to join guilds to do so.


    I know you aren't mentioning a global solution but... As much drama as people put on trading guilds, I just can't understand why anyone would want a global trading solution. They think there is pricing conspiracy now? One global solution makes it easier to control the whole market and there are people that have both the gold and time to do so.

    There could be another way though. Keep the guild trading that ZOS seems to love, but allow everyone to post items at any kiosk. Maybe a slightly higher list fee and a slightly higher tax(50/50 split to guild and to zos gold sink). Then players could trade without belonging to trade guilds and more items would be for trade in general since you could post more items. Would make those hard to find items because people deconstruct instead of wasting a slot on something they aren't sure to sell.

    Even if that's not the solution ZOS went with there should be one, but I don't see them abandoning the guild trading kiosk. Not after 4 years of people asking for a global solution(auctionhouse).


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    Oddity| Altmer SorcerorDrizlo| Orc DragonKnightLady Ra Gada| Redguard Sorceror
    Taste-of-Hist-Sap| Argonian NightbladeWar'den Peace| Khajiit WardenLittle Warden Annie Altmer Warden
    Ports with Blood| Breton TemplarDirty-Old-Man| Dunmer DragonKnightEyes-of-the-Sun| Argonian DragonKnight
    Bleak Mystique| Nord WardenPolychronopolous| Imperial SorcerorBullcrit| Khajiit Nightblade
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    At Writs End - A place to complete master writs
  • spartaxoxo
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    100,000 gold, All the merchants love me
    I currently only have 20k, but I just finished decorating one expensively decorated house and am working on another for a Halloween contest in my guild.

    Because I am currently buying a lot of motifs and furnishing recipes, I usually only float around 100k.
    Edited by spartaxoxo on October 14, 2018 10:16PM
  • Pink_Violinz
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    More Than 1,000,000! I AM FREAKING RICH!!!!!!!!!
    This whole thread is just gonna be people showing off how much gold they have
  • LadyLethalla
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    More Than 1,000,000! I AM FREAKING RICH!!!!!!!!!
    I can't seem to get past 1.5mil - every time I get to that I end up spending a lot on furnishings and furnishing mats.
    And I think by ESO "standards" I'm relatively poor...

    Mind you, I do have an almost full Inbox of sold item gold... for "emergencies"... if I cleared it all out I expect I'd have about 2.5mil at least :lol:
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  • Darkenarlol
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    Well... (EXPLAIN YO' SELF!)
    so many hobo options in this poll...

    but where are the normal big boyz options like 10kk+ 100kk+ etc?

  • Mudcrabber
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    500,000 gold, Makin' it RAIN!
    I usually spent my surplus on motifs, hovering around a comfort zone of 200k (enough for weekend vendor). I peaked with 2m after the anniversary event, and spent almost all of it getting the Grand Master Crafter title.

    The Murkmire prologue has me back up to 600k.
  • JellySunset
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    More Than 1,000,000! I AM FREAKING RICH!!!!!!!!!
    I try to keep at least 500,000 in teh bank all the time (700,000 in there at the moment) and 1,000,000 on my main because I end up buying to many things ^^
    PC EU
    PC NA
  • O_LYKOS
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    Earning wise. Not a lot over a mil. A don’t farm. Nor actively sell. Only now and then I will try sell a few items here and there.
    PC NA - GreggsSausageRoll
  • squinquargesimus
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    More Than 1,000,000! I AM FREAKING RICH!!!!!!!!!
    Honestly polling the forum isn't gonna get you the in game average since as said before, the people posting here are gonna be much more likely to be members of a trade guild. What you might be able to find out is an average among the subset of players that come here, in which case there should be a lot more nuanced options for wealthy players -- there's a difference between 1+ million meaning someone having 3 million vs someone having 10+ million vs someone having 30 million etc.

    (For the record I'm at 17 - 18 million in gold + another ~15 million in sellable assets. And I'm by far not the among the richest in my trading guild.)
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  • SHADOW2KK
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    If anyone new and/or poor wants to make a decent amount of gold, take advantage of crafting writs. You can do them starting at level 6, and they are a great way to make a nice chunk of gold every day, especially if you have multiple alts. If you’re on a PC where you can use add-ons, crafting writs become super quick and easy.

    The basic first tier crafting writs are now even more efficient and cheaper in terms of mats than they used to be, and the rewards, in addition to cash, are tier 1 mats, ornate and intricate weapons, armor and jewelry, crafting mat maps, provisioning recipes, glyphs, & alchemy ingredients. Top tier writs award you all of the above plus mats from all levels, a few rare ingredients, and occasional master crafting writs that you can do for special rewards via writ vouchers.

    So gold, mats, various other stuff that you can sell for more gold (or make use of yourself).

    Completely agree, I do them daily on 14 characters, nice money maker, and gold mats/vouchers.
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  • Tucker3711
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    1,000,000 gold, Call me King Midas, because I has the golden touch!
    It took me like 2 years to get this much! I have a sudden feeling I am going to lose it soon...
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