ESO Gold Farming Guide – Top 3 Ways To Farm Gold 100k-2m+/h

For active players focused grinding and harvesting are some of the Fastest Gold Per Hour methods, generating consistent 100k-500k gold per hour.

Material Harvesting: Consistent Gold

Harvesting materials is the fastest and most accessible way to make gold solo. This involves following routes to harvest crafting resource nodes repeatedly. Use ESO Farming Build Speedy G for max running speed!

• Earning Potential: Dedicated farming for flowers and jewelry materials can net roughly 100k–300k gold per hour (varies by server and market).
• Strategy: Utilize a specialized speed build and focus on zones like Craglorn for high node density and the chance to drop Nirncrux stones. Blackreach (Arkthzand Cavern) is also a good zone since Crimson Nirnroots and runestones spawn there.
• Slot the following Champions Points: Plentiful Harvest (chance for double yield) & Master Gatherer (reduces harvest time)
• High-Value Materials: All crafting materials profit, but Alchemy materials are the most valuable as they are used for end game potions (for example Columbine, Violet Coprinus).

Fishing for Perfect Roe

A low-intensity option for solo gold making.

• Strategy: Fish until you acquire Perfect Roe, which is needed for the XP scrolls (Ambrosia) and sells for a high price, giving you a steady return for minimal effort.

Farming Gear and Motifs 

DLC Zone Motifs: Complete World Boss and Delve Dailies. These reward unique, sellable style materials like Shimmering Sand (Northern Elsweyr) and provide motifs that sell reliably (especially those from the newest zones).

Dungeon Motifs (High-Risk/High-Reward): If you can consistently clear DLC Hard Mode (HM) dungeons, this is a top gold farm. The harder the HM, the more the motifs sell for. Drop Chance: Normal= 10%, Veteran 50%, Veteran Hard Mode 100%.

Overland Sets: Identify the most valuable gear on Guild Traders at the moment or go for older sets like Mother’s Sorrow and Briarheart that beginners still buy. Drop sources by piece:

• Jewelry: Dolmens and World Events (Incursions).
• Weapon and Shield: World Bosses and Public Dungeon Bosses
• Head, Chest and Legs: World Bosses
• Shoulder, Hands, Waist and Feet: Delve Bosses
• All pieces: Treasure Chests and zone dailies in DLC zones

Companion Gear: Farming bosses (Delve, Public Dungeon, World Bosses) with your Companion active is an excellent source of high-value gear. Purple quality pieces with desirable traits (Vigorous, Aggressive, or Quickened) can sell for hundreds of thousands of gold per piece. Learn more about companions on our ESO Companions Guides

Curated Loot System in Dungeons: Maximize profit by leveraging the Stickerbook. Bind every piece of a desired set except one highly valuable item like a dagger. By doing this, the game’s curated loot system will only drop that unbound weapon, allowing you to sell carry runs to other players. Note that you always need to give the piece away to not accidentally bind it.

PvE Carries: High-skill players can sell carry runs for veteran trials or dungeons for immense sums of gold.

Crown trading

• Trade Crowns (bought with real money) via gifting items for large sums of gold. Always use a trusted middleman or only trade with reliable, established guildmates to avoid scams. Due to the high value, this method carries an extremely high risk of being scammed!

Bonus & Niche Methods

Once you have mastered the foundational gold-making techniques, these bonus methods provide unique, high-value opportunities by converting difficult-to-acquire currencies (like Alliance Points directly into tradable gold. These are ideal for veterans looking to push their income to the extreme.

Currency Conversion Grind: Tel Var, Alliance Points, Archival Fortunes and locked currencies

These are one of the fastest gold per hour methods for players who do not enjoy picking flowers or completing crafting dailies. This process converts non-tradable currencies into high-value, sellable goods.

• Tel Var to Gold: Farm Tel Var Stones in Imperial City and use them to buy high-value, tradable items like Hakeijo Runes or sealed containers for sets like Powerful Assault. Selling the Hakeijo is a consistent way to convert Tel Var to gold as it makes a tri-stat glyph that many tank and pvp builds utilize.
• Alliance Points to Gold: Earn Alliance Points (AP) in Cyrodiil/Battlegrounds. Buy gear boxes for desirable sets like Deadly Strike from Elite Vendors and sell them. You can also sell Dawn-Prism trait stones and  Knight of the Circle Style Pages.
• Archival Fortunes: Earn Archival Fortunes from Infinite Archive to purchase and sell crafting materials from the Archival Alchemical Sachet.
• Transmute Crystals: Change a weapon trait to Nirnhoned on a transmute station, then deconstruct for a chance of Potent Nirncrux.
• Crown Mimic Stones: Craft gear in a desirable style (like Sapiarch), then deconstruct to acquire rare Style Materials like Culanda Lacquer.

Links to Tel Var Merchant locations and what they sell:

• Tel Var Vendors
• Alliance Point Vendors
• Infinite Archive Vendor Filer Tezurs

The Anniversary Jubilee Event Farming: Why the Jubilee is Key for Gold

Don’t Miss the Event! The ESO Anniversary Jubilee is the biggest temporary gold spike to maximize your daily writs during this period for rare Motifs and Gold Mats.

The ESO Anniversary Jubilee Event is one of the single best ESO gold farming opportunities of the entire year. This major holiday event provides a substantial temporary boost to your wealth generation, enhancing the profitability of almost every other activity.

• Why it’s king: The event provides a massive, temporary influx of high-value items, mainly Gold Crafting Materials and rare Motifs, through Daily Crafting Writs and other Daily Quests.
• Strategy: Sell latest DLC motifs and style pages immediately for the highest price, or bank them and all materials for 5-10 months to sell after the event ends when prices naturally rebound.
• The High-Value Drops: Gold Crafting Materials ( Tempering Alloy, Dreugh Wax, Rosin), rare Motifs, Furnishing Recipes, and consumables like Perfect Roe.Some lucky players get high-value items like the Aetheric Cipher (used to create Mythic Aetherial Ambrosia drink recipe!

Beginner’s Money Making Guide

Beginner Gold Making: Focus on low-investment methods like Harvesting Materials and using the Antiquities system to quickly build your starting capital.

The key to ESO Gold Farming as a new player is to focus on accessible, low-investment methods that offer reliable, small returns to build your starting capital.

Daily Crafting Writs (Level 6+)

Become craft certified and complete your Daily Crafting Writs. This provides reliable raw gold, materials, and surveys, acting as your first reliable income stream. Read more about writs in our Crafting Writ Guide.

Harvesting & Selling Materials

Collect every material node you see (especially high-value Alchemy materials like Columbine). This is the fastest and most accessible way to start making gold as long as you are in a Trading Guild.

Stealing / Fencing

Steal, pickpocket, and use the Blade of Woe. Sell the most valuable stolen items (blue and purple) to a Fence found in Outlaws Refuges up to your daily limit. (Tip: Use our Stealth Thief Build for easier stealing.)

Antiquities (Scrying)

Unlock the Antiquities system in Solitude. Continuously Scry for the baseline Green (500g), Blue (1,000g), and Purple (5,000g) Treasures in every zone and sell them to any NPC. This is great for an initial 20k gold per hour. (Learn more about the system in our Antiquities Guide.) 

Common ESO Gold Farming Mistakes to Avoid

1. Expecting guaranteed gold/hour results
2. Holding event items too long
3. Flooding traders with identical listings
4. Crafting gear without checking demand
5. Ignoring Patch/Meta Changes on set items

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ

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