Where to find loads of money in skyrim

Going strictly by your post, so assuming you mean no loot or quests rewards, I would say that the biggest source to steal gold from would be store strongbox's. If not going by your post and you just want to make money, enchanting even iron daggers with banish daedra or fur boots with sneak will net you a lot of money.

Also alchemy yields amazing results. User Info: sconekiller. User Info: Pootbird. What excactly do you need money for? I'm a Mage like you and when I find myself poor after buying too many soul gems I do thieves guild jobs.

The pay is good depending on your level gold per job Oh Marceline! Why are you so mean?! I'm not mean, I'm a thousand years old and I just lost track of my moral code! Pootbird posted The pay is good depending on your level gold per job I need money so that I can buy more expert level spells from the college peeps.

As soon as Ive learned everything they can teach me, theyre so dead for leeching me. I didnt really feel like doing more thieves guild stuff. Im just looking for the fastest way to acquire gold that doesnt involve killing innocents. Whilst you can of course earn a self-sustaining amount of money in Skyrim from simply performing questions and generally keeping busy in the the world, there are also some more specific methods you can employ that will drastically improve you ability to rake in the Gold.

First up in this section, we'll be taking you through the one method we've found to be the most effective above all others - excluding cheats and exploits. It comes in the form of a crafting loop, which you can perform through a combination of Alteration, Smithing, Enchanting and Alchemy skills to make potentially thousands from pretty minimal investment.

And yes we're aware of how much that sounds like the opening line of a particularly uninventive a spam email, but bear with us - it does actually work. The alternative method to this is to, instead of crafting Dragonbone weapons, smith jewelry. This is possible to do much earlier in the game thanks to the ready availability of the Transmute Mineral Ore spell in a small bandit's cave, which allows you to turn Iron Ore into Gold Ore, and in turn smith two Gold Rings from each Gold Ingot you smelt.

Here's the process for that:. If you want to make money in Skyrim without the grind of maxing your crafting skills first, there are, fortunately, several options available to you.

Questing, looting, and generally just doing stuff in the world will provide you with a trickle of income that's enough to cover the costs of your Health Potions and occasional new weapons. But there are some more specific quests, storylines and methods you can put into practice, and here we'll explain some of the best non-max-level-crafting methods for you:.

Yep, turns out tying the knot can actually earn you a nice regular income, with your spouse offering you Gold per day, every day, once you've wed. Take a look at our guide on how to get married in Skyrim for more details on how you can do that. Another crafting option, we know, but this way doesn't require maximum level skills.

Instead, you can do the following:. The downside here is that it'll take some time to get to grips with the best recipes, but you will at least gain some great knowledge along the way.

You can also use an alchemy calculator like this one to calculate the optimal potions from your current inventory, to help. The Thieves Guild, being what it is, can net you a fair bit of coin - but doing the main questline is also pretty time-consuming. We've put together a guide on how to join Skyrim Guilds and factions , including the Thieves Guild, and after you've done so you can talk to either Vex, or Delvin Mallory to take on some repeatable random jobs, which involve stealing certain objects and returning to your quest-giver for a reward.

You can also normally clean up a fair bit of loot from each job through Pickpocketing and sneaking to find other items around the location. Carry a lot. You will have lots of free carry weight because mage robes are almost weightless therefore you can carry loads of dropped equipment. Ask the follower to trade things with you.

This includes their money, keys, jewels or anything else they might be carrying. Do not remove their weapons. If you do that, they'll be useless followers. Buy iron ore from one of the merchants or blacksmiths. Alternatively you can mine it from the various mines in skyrim. Cast the transmute spell. Each cast converts first any silver ore present to gold ore and then any iron ore present to silver ore. Repeated castings of this will give you lots of gold ore which you can either smelt into ingots and sell or sell the ore itself.

Alternatively, you can also smith jewelry out of the gold ingot preferably gold rings which you get two of from each gold ingot. Further enchanting these rings will give you an even more expensive ring to sell.

At the same time you are leveling up your smithing, enchanting and speech abilities. When you enter Whiterun through the gate, turn right. There should be a barrel in a small boxed area that you can jump onto.

Then, sprint and jump towards the largest gap which may take a few tries. Once you've gotten through the gap, you'll be outside the map, so turn around and keep as close as you can to the wall heading in the direction of the Skyforge.

Once you get near the Skyforge, there should be a gap so you can see through the map. Walk across the gap towards the wall, go straight through it, and you should the chest. Not Helpful 5 Helpful Shayley Hawn. They're all over the open world. You have to catch the butterflies although it isn't too hard , and mountain flowers can appear almost anywhere. Look on the path you walk on from Helgen to Riverwood at the beginning of the game and you should find some.

Not Helpful 9 Helpful The only chest in Winterhold is a chest you have to glitch a wall to get to. Its in the Hall of Attainment in the college. Not Helpful 24 Helpful The chests are filled up at random, so this is not consistent, but it is usually the chest below the Skyforge. Not Helpful 3 Helpful There is no secret chest near the Longhouse.

You have to use a plate, either wood or silver, to use the glitch which allows you to enter walls. There will be 4 chests containing all the spells and equipment. Not Helpful 16 Helpful There are shopkeepers in every town in Skyrim. Just look in different buildings until you find one, or look at a map. Not Helpful 12 Helpful Not Helpful 22 Helpful If you keep adventuring in dungeons, you will find many staves lying around. You'll get more expensive staves as you level up.

Not Helpful 2 Helpful 5. In some places, when you slide down mountains, there are places where you see the whole world, and you can enter your inventory and select a small item. Not Helpful 30 Helpful If you'd specify a chest, this would be easy to answer. For the chest in markath, you have to go to the cat caravan and be the grey brick wall you have to crouch and then there's a 'open chest' option.

For the chest in dawn star, you'd have to fast travel there, head to your right and near the mine there are sown trees and boulders to its left. Then you crouch and look down and you should see the open chest option.

Not Helpful 3 Helpful 5. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. This potion has 4 effects and has a base value of 1, 4, with perks and fortification effects. Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0. If you have extra spell tomes that you have the spell for and can't use, or a staff which you have multiples of, or just don't want sell them to a court wizard eg.

When doing a quest, try to pick the one you either, A. Know it will pay well or B. One that will not kill you so easily, because you don't want to be a level 2 and going on to fight the Stormcloaks do you?

Temper equipment whenever you can, particularly if you have a high smithing skill and relevant perks. Note: You cannot temper equipment which has been enchanted without the necessary perk from the smithing perk tree. Join the dark brotherhood. Quest givers of dark brotherhood pay good money for their target's head. No, it's not very nice to creep into someone's home while they're either asleep or not around and ransack their family heirlooms and precious keepsakes so that you can make a quick buck.

Then again, we never promised that this list would be nice. We guaranteed only quick ways to make money, and there are assuredly few quicker ways than ransacking a house to make some money. Sure, you could just pick any house at random and go to town but you'll likely make more money if you do some research and plan ahead.

When visiting cities, pick houses that belong to some of the wealthiest citizens, like the Black-Briars in Riften or Silver-Bloods in Markarth. Also, if you refer back to a previously published TheRichest article about the secrets of Skyrim, you'll learn about Shadowmarks which are quick tell-tale signs to know if a house is worth the trouble or not.

Of course getting in good with the Jarl will help you get rich fast! Just like in real life again, kudos to the game writers , having political leverage and finding a buddy in the guy in charge will guarantee you financial prosperity. Basically, you're just going to have to brown nose a bit to do it.

If you follow the main storyline of Skyrim, the quests will lead you straight to his throne within the first few objectives. If you help keep Whiterun safe and simply reveal that you are indeed, Dragonborn, he'll pretty much throw all the help at you as he can his mage's support, a follower, property in Whiterun.

If you choose to pick a side in the war, you can get Jarl Ulfric Stormcloak from Windhelm in your corner easily, and there are a few other Jarls that merely request you complete tiny quests in return for their love. Once you have it, you can take most items from the hold and sell them without consequence.

The speech skill is frequently and commonly underestimated in Skyrim. When you have so many really cool and enticing options to train, like one-handed wielding, sneak, and conjuration, it's hard to want to level up in something that reminds you of your high school public speaking class. We understand, but we strongly urge you to reconsider.

The speech skill is vital to getting the best deals and earning the most money when you buy and sell at stores around Skyrim. The easiest and cheapest way to level up the speech skill is to be as loquacious as you can be.

Talk to every single person you come across, from tradesmen to bandits to seemingly meaningless NPCs. If you don't have the patience to talk to everyone you come across, you might want to seek out a tutor in speech.

Either way, it certainly behooves you to attend to this skill. While this sounds like terrible advice, we'd like to blatantly state that we don't advocate such behavior in real life, so don't start walking into bars and causing trouble because "we told you to.

However, Skyrim is very different from real life! At many bars across Skyrim, you'll bump into gluttons and drunkards who have had their fill of arrogance and liquid courage. Find some of these inebriated fools and initiate a conversation, which will lead to many challenging you to a duel of fisticuffs. Whoever triumphs the brawl will win the pot of money you stake on the mini battle. Some of these fights are a little tougher, especially since you are relying on the strength of your fists alone and not your skill with magic, a sword, or a bow.

Nonetheless, most are easily won and earn you money and more! The dark arts aren't vilified in the world of Skyrim. In fact, alchemy and enchantments are common practices employed by the most domestic of townsfolk and their shops are located in every major city. Many use these skills to simply protect their farms or cure mild maladies and poisons on the go.

A rarer and tougher few require them for elaborate enchantments of deadly weapons and to save them from the brink of death while in battle. In any case, alchemy and enchantment are skills that all citizens of Skyrim value. Show your worth and devote some time to these practices. Many potions can sell for wild amounts of money.