A new ESO gold farming strategy just dropped 🔥 Farming & selling LUMINOUS INK | Gold Road Guide

The Elder Scrolls Online’s Gold Road chapter has arrived, and players will be able to earn many new items by participating in and engaging with the content that comes with it! In this short ESO gold guide I will introduce the new Luminous Ink material - the crafting currency for the new scribing system! I'll also explain how to unlock luminous inks, and then share the best ways to go about farming luminous ink if you intend to sell this new material to other players.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Introduction
0:25 What is scribing?
1:01 What is luminous ink?
2:48 How to unlock luminous ink
3:42 The best ways to farm luminous ink
5:32 Conclusion
Original chibi Artemis art shown in the thumbnail was made by Ryan Riggs
Twitter: x.com/_ryanriggs
ArtStation: www.artstation.com/ryanriggs
RESOURCES:
🌿Luminous Ink Farming Guide (with a detailed step-by-step walkthrough of the luminary guardian quests) that was referenced in the video:
alcasthq.com/eso-farm-luminou...
🌿Scribing Walkthrough Written Guide:
docs.google.com/document/d/1D...
🌿Old videos about farming materials:
Farming materials efficiently: • The Most Efficient Way...
The OG material farming guide: • AMAZING places to farm...
⊱⋅ ─ ⚞ ✧WEBSITE✧ ⚟ ─ ⋅⊰
Check out my website about making gold on ESO here:
Tamriel Trade Secrets: tamrieltradesecrets.com/
⊱⋅ ─ ⚞ ✧DISCORD✧ ⚟ ─ ⋅⊰
​Join my discord:
/ discord
/ discord
Join ESOU:
/ discord
⊱⋅ ─ ⚞ ✧SOCIALS✧ ⚟ ─ ⋅⊰
/ artteaeso
/ arttea.yt
⊱⋅ ─ ⚞ ✧OTHER LINKS✧ ⚟ ─ ⋅⊰
If you’d like to support me further, you can buy me some coffee here:
www.buymeacoffee.com/arttea
⊱⋅ ─ ⚞ ✧MUSIC IN THIS VIDEO✧ ⚟ ─ ⋅⊰
- Kanisan x Wishes and Dreams - morning moon
- Provided by Lofi Records
- Watch: • Kanisan x Wishes and D...
- Download/Stream: fanlink.to/MistShadowsAndI
- No Spirit - Exhale
- Provided by Lofi Records
- Watch: • No Spirit - Exhale
- Download/Stream: fanlink.to/HappyMoments
- Kayou. - Stargazing
- Provided by Lofi Records
- Watch: • Kayou. - Stargazing
- Download/Stream: fanlink.to/Dreamscapes
Passing By · Casiio · Sleepermane
• Passing By
- Mujo x Sweet Medicine x Jhove - Everything Gone
- Provided by Lofi Records
- Watch: • Mujo x Sweet Medicine ...
- Download/Stream: fanlink.to/BetterDaysEP
⊱⋅ ─ ⚞ ✧MEMBERS✧ ⚟ ─ ⋅⊰
MERCHANTS
Aaron S
Akaviral
Alex Faaborg
Billy Wilson
Bob Davies
Bosonium
Braden Owens
Courtjester1474
Crooksy Collins
Eric Rodriguez
Elli
Enchanter’s Green
Gilliamtherogue
Hubert
Jamie Wallbank
jcrodd7776
Jennifer Leigh
J-M Erlendson
JuMoraf
Lorraine H
Lemonbalm
MisterD_777
Piper
Rudy Kraft
Thyme Burn
x_Luna-x
Yikesjack
MOGULS
Afrojivefunk
alexjgvs
Arun Tiwari
Bathroom Activities
Bosmer1701
Chris G
Complicated Mike
DDIII3
Degonyte
DiggyDiggyHole92
Doug
Eingeborenen
esoterra
Emb1em
Facistdic
GangGoon
glacier c
GrampsD63
Hazzard Wiseman
Ja Arn
Jack Mcarthy
James OKeefe
Jaren Bowling
Klizz
LMiranic
luther smith
MeridiasBacon
Muscle420
OldSaltySean
Parash
PattyFrmGu
Praetorian
R3n
|Scoopz|
Shane Hitz
SpawnOfNirn
Spektre
TechnicalKO
Terence Carter
TheOverMaster
Ven
VuickB6
X9 Angel
Zygmunt Nadratowski
#ESO #ElderScrollsOnline

[@TheEdenprime]

Once again, peak eso content from my favourite basement youtuber ❤Thanks for the shout-out!

[@jak_93]

just made 1.1 mil off all my luminous ink just from the main quest and can say dope method will probably go farming for more when I get home from work tonight.

[@Arttea]

Heyy that's pretty goooood!

[@Arttea]

@@jimmythecrow you're welcome

[@LadyAshaVati]

-Waves as one of the Rpers in that scene-

[@Arttea]

omg were you the one with fingers in their bag?? 👀

[@LadyAshaVati]

Yes I am. Context: Sala eats the fingers of her foes. Cuz. Bosmer. ;) Hysterical that her habit is now internet famous.

[@cameronlindsey183]

I both love and hate that I'm also one of the rpers in that bit.

[@KNIGHTJUMPS]

How do you draw a line through text in Android?

[@KNIGHTJUMPS]

Same

[@dilvish9317]

Oh, thanks for that update. That is great, actually, so we don't have to necessarily spend all our time farming just to use the new Scribing. Will be interesting to see how this new mat prices out. Especially in the beginning. Guessing the farming mob spots are going to be crowded for the next few months after release. Always good content and insights Arttea.

[@BBRocker75]

You play TESO and you don't farm? HOW DARE YOU?

[@OrcaMan-su7sh]

just a funny thing abou what is happening right now basically every single npc in west weald is butchered due to the fact that the new stealabe furnishings cames from ANY npc regardless of the class. and resulted in everyone in skingrad now walking with empty trousers and corpses everywhere, literaly a horror movie become real

[@BBRocker75]

I was afraid about that thing and now it is whole true. My gosh poor NPCs. The good thing is NPCs in Vvarndenfell, Necrom, Summerset, Blackwood and N n S Elsweyr will get long holidays after years.

[@ascenshin9360]

Which plans are they?

[@JerNela]

​@ascenshin9360 they are furnishings. Stuff like a shovel, rake or wheel of cheese (a new one, not the shining one)

[@potatosurfing6779]

the real dark brotherhood

[@pizzacrusher4632]

great video; thank you!

[@velkanzi]

A point to ponder … very often the drop rate for new shinies in the game is relatively generous , and gets adjusted a bit later , which may keep the value somewhat.

[@LikaPyramid]

The new Ayleid furnishings are awesome!

[@user-nx5is8vj5u]

Thank you very much for the video! I was just about to start collecting resources, and I bought a chapter, not even thinking that now it would be even more profitable!

[@user-nx5is8vj5u]

@@jimmythecrow anyway you told me good news, cause I'll be farming mats anyway

[@williamthompson6896]

I've only had one ink drop outside of the quests so far - still trying to get a gauge on how actually rare they are. This definitely will be a solid gold source for awhile either way. (btw: Always love your videos - super useful information and always very direct and to the point.)

[@Arttea]

Yeah they seem to be a fairly rare drop tbh, more rare than I thought they would be! Some gamers have shared that they've farmed materials or mobs for an hour or two and only received one ink! I have seen some folks ask the devs to increase the drop rates for luminous ink *because* of how rare they are to get, so we'll have to see if anything is done about that. If not, I think you're totally right, and that these will be a great source of gold for a while! And thanks - I'm glad you enjoy the vids :D

[@_invinciScribe_24]

Ty 👍🏾

[@arthurvanowl6900]

Eres la mejor 🎉

[@aldenencluna6409]

Nice.

[@ruydecarvalho3927]

As always great vid and well explained! Just out of curiosity for resource nodes will the inks drop when collecting nodes from surveys?

[@Arttea]

Thank you! And I don't believe I've seen any official material that suggests that luminous ink can or can not drop from surveys, but if I had to guess, I would say it is unlikely that they would drop from harvesting survey nodes, as those seem to be exempt from a lot of other kinds of "rules" that apply to regular nodes.

[@ruydecarvalho3927]

@@Arttea ok yeah makes sense as on double nodes during events they’re exempt so would expect it would be the same for inks but would be a great way to farm if not.. and would be additional incentive to get my surveys done lol

[@yellow_wolf2288]

I'm curious with the new thief mythic will there be a new unique spot to steal like vvardenfell or will that still be the only place for unique items.

[@mahakali3826]

Not the Evermore tavern cameo LOL

[@OnyshadowGz]

How is the demand for Luminous Ink post patch release?

[@AmeliaRomanov]

Looks like fun shame I won't be using any of this when I get it on the 18th

[@christopherjensen1864]

Frist time viwer really enjoyed That poison fart joke not gonna Lie

[@eveninglakegems9410]

I'm assuming I have to have the gold road dlc to do the quest to start getting the ink to drop?

[@Arttea]

That's right - you will need to own the Gold Road chapter to access the Scribing questline and the luminary guardian quests that provide account-wide upgrades (like the one that lets inks drop).

[@kreed9323]

Do you use a shader? If so what is it please?

[@Arttea]

I do! I use the royale reshade preset: www.nexusmods.com/elderscrollsonline/mods/144

[@jpfrydrych9871]

I’m Argonian 😎

[@goldrush8866]

Does luminous ink drop for all characters as soon as you open them up with one toon.

[@Arttea]

Yes, as soon as you receive the account-wide upgrades from completing the mentioned quests, you’ll be able to obtain ink from the corresponding sources on any character that you play so long as it’s on the same account (and server- like PC NA)

[@goldrush8866]

@@Arttea Very nice. Thanks for responding. There's been so much speculation on Xbox the last 2 days my head's spinning.

[@ianholt1094]

Does each need to complete these quests in order to farm Ink?

[@Arttea]

Yes, luminous ink will not be able to drop from either source (mobs or material nodes) unless you complete the respective scribing quests (the indrik quest unlocks the ability to get ink from mobs, and the netch quest unlocks the ability for ink to drop from resource nodes).

[@ianholt1094]

@@Arttea Sweet. Thank you!

[@RatedAwesome]

I have no intrest in scribing. So i sold all of my inks from the quest at once for over 2.5 million on day one xbox release. Since then ive logged about 32 hours and ive found 2 inks

[@NerdLegionInc]

don't want inks to be too hard to obtain...haven't found a single one in the world since launch (have done the full questline for scribing)

[@FrostbreakYT]

Completely off topic: how on earth do you do that much damage @ 4:42? I thought all the combat stuff scaled? Never have I been able to one-shot anything in this game... even mudcrabs.

[@Arttea]

Ah in that farming clip I was running an old trial setup that I had from back when I used to run trials more regularly, so it's a setup with a lot of single-target damage that also provides me with a lot of crit, which compliments my nightblade class. If you're interested, I was running Relequen (trial set) & Kinras (dungeon set) with the vBRP bow and the vDSA bow (arena bows); it's not meta or anything nowadays, but it used to pack a punch. Sets that drop from trials in ESO typically allow you to do more damage than dungeon, overland, or crafted sets.

[@FrostbreakYT]

@@Arttea Thanks! Not sure what most of that stuff means but I guess that's endgame gear that I probably won't be touching for a while. Good to know!

[@Arttea]

@@FrostbreakYT Yea it's endgame gear that you'll get the chance to collect after completing 12-player or 4-player content

[@padd6007]

The writer in me wants to hoard them for magic reasons but the game in me realises I could sell 1 ink for a shit ton and get more money for grimoires themselves and if I’m farming ink and scripts then it should t be an issue

[@DmCNoki]

Drop chance is so low, I literally found non since the update launched. And I took two weeks off....

[@t_phillips]

Wait isn't the new scribing system very broken

[@hatman9874]

Hahaha I swung over to TTC to see prices and it’s still to new at this point in time

[@Arttea]

Yeah I imagine it'll take a few days for TTC to have info on all of the new goodies that dropped with gold road. I'm really curious to see how much inks will end up selling for

[@rob679]

inb4 people start making alts, do quests to get 12 then delete them

[@Jesse-eu6mn]

1:15 what is this armor set called? it looks so good

[@xen32]

Looks like new motif, Sharborn from skingrad dailied

[@daledelatte9607]

....and inks are worth millions. That didn't take long. On average you'll get one ink drop every 3 to 5 days of farming

[@desont2384]

ngl yesterday i was farming nodes and mobs, about an hour each, not a single drop. this shit gonna be expensive to buy from guild traders if the drop rate is gonna be like Potent Nirn. so try to figure out how much you think you'll need and try to do the quests for it since each alt gives an additional 3 ink per wing questline. may the RNG Gods favor you, cause they hate me lmao

[@gegbag2666]

new mcguffin dropped that i cant farm until after the price goes way down

[@potatosurfing6779]

haha baked potatoes i used to be in that guild

[@sneakymitchell7802]

The ink could not be useful in the end unless they add more skills in scribbing

[@SilverScythe65]

Dang it. As if Spellscar wasn't already plagued with noobs making it difficult to farm exp. Now it'll actually be impossible if it becomes a resource farming location. RIP my favorite exp grinding spot.

[@Epilus]

First

[@WhiteWerewolfo]

Bro literally sold a fish for 69,420 gold for stonks fr 5:24

[@a2raya772]

can i just buy the ink lol?

[@Arttea]

yep!

[@a2raya772]

@@Arttea prices now are way to high. Will wait

[@CountessKek]

Meanwhile Playstation players waiting..and waiting...annnnd waiting >sigh

[@ssmith1352]

Arttea, since I know you the queen of ESO gold making, thought I would pass this idea to you. Since they changed the amount of time on the auction/mailbox, I was thinking about how to make the auction house better. If ZoS could give the option of two way an item could sell, it would breathe new life into the system. If they made it so you could have a bid price and a buyout price, then I think it would make sales fun again. Just a thought, maybe someone like you that has the ear of ZoS can pass it along?

[@Arttea]

That's an interesting idea! If I ever get the chance I'll pass it on to the developers as a community suggestion.

[@luciaqiao]

I mistakenly read "Luminous Indrik" and I was so confused lol.

[@Arttea]

I'm ngl I had to be super careful to use the right wording in my script Luminous INK....Luminary INDRIK....

[@Centurion305]

Great video and explanation. I just wish ZoS didn't decide to pay wall skills that were supposed to round out each class for what they lacked in class skills... The monetization in this game is getting so out of hand these days

[@user-pt1dt7jy1y]

farmed starter zone nodes for 14 hrs with zero ink drops. This is going to be some bullshit if the ink is so rare the new dlc become worthless.

[@harveygardner6916]

After doing the required quests for them to drop ??

[@na8522]

lol do the quests first mine dropped in 10 min

[@KNIGHTJUMPS]

Missed the hype train? Goldenroad dropped yesterday, literally, lol.

[@Arttea]

Someone may watch the video in a few months, so I was addressing those peeps in the future :)

[@KNIGHTJUMPS]

@@Arttea I figured it was future proofing. It's just funny when it just dropped

[@harveygardner6916]

@@KNIGHTJUMPSdunno if you know but eso ain’t just on pc…lol

[@KNIGHTJUMPS]

@@harveygardner6916 No I am completely ignorant there is is only PC. Mac and all other apparatus are an illusion projected into feeble minds.

[@johnathanmanuel780]

Droppedish

[@crbones2547]

Hahahahahah

[@gor2944]

Thank you for including my walkthrough in your description 🫡 :D

[@Arttea]

Thank you for putting together such a useful resource! I really appreciate it and it has been super helpful 🙏

[@LowEffortDoodles]

The ESO economy is worth something? Thing more inflated than Brazil's economy bro 1m ain worth nothing 🤷🏻‍♀️ More importantly: Monk class when

[@BBRocker75]

Arttea you are the best! 'Cause we are living in a material TESO world And I am a material girl You know that we are living in a material TESO world And I am a material girl My love and respect! 🤑

[@feeli3974]

great so.... idiots will take the ink and leave the resrt so that for regular players playing fair is no ink in the ressources.. wow.... and some are even proud of it lol..... sad sad world.... but it explains, why NO ink to find after harvested a million of ressources ;)

[@89Aktalo]

Another material botfarmers can sell. Yeeeuh

[@Arttea]

The bot farmers would have to complete a lot of quests in order to unlock the ability for this material to drop on every account 😅

[@89Aktalo]

@@Arttea You are right, my bad. Would be nice if was the same for picking up nodes :) Ty you for your content!

[@UnvaccinatedBendsNoKnee]

It's crazy how much we are expected to pay for a game some of us have ALWAYS played this is not ESO it's a shit hole meant for thumbless Heroes now 😂

[@misterfedorattv]

Once again I am too poor for customization 🥹