Making GOLD in ESO by Deconstructing & Upgrading Gear 💰

When it comes to getting rid of your gear in ESO, you're either selling it to the merchant for some peasant change, deconstructing it for some materials, or selling it on the ESO market via the guild traders for some stonks. I could see how for some, being able to understand what exactly you are supposed to do with your unwanted gear may not be entirely clear.
A lot of players overlook the value of the materials that you can get from certain sets when you deconstruct them. Furthermore, a lot of players see an item from a set that they know is popular and go ahead and upgrade it instantly with the intent to sell it, only to find that 25 days have passed and no one has bought their golded-out Pariah shoulder in Invigorating. What gives?!
This video aims to help you better understand the differences between the different types of gear in ESO. It also briefly details a gold-making method that revolves around the notion of purchasing gear with the intent to decon it!
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[2:07] Introduction to deconstructing & the different kinds of unbound gear
[3:00] Gear that should be sold to a merchant
[4:12] Gear that should be deconstructed
[5:00] Valuable style materials
[6:12] Gear that should be sold, or upgraded and then sold
[7:58] Valuable traits to look out for
[8:24] Is it worth it to gold out your item to sell?
[10:18] Buying gear to decon as a means to make gold
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[@TangoKittyOmicron]

It was in that moment of silence in the intro when I finally stopped feeling alone in the ESO-verse.

[@TomBlackstone]

If I google "should I vendor or decon my loot in ESO?" this video should be at the very top of the list. You're the only person who has given a clear answer to this question. Thank you. I wish the search engine gods would make this easier to find.

[@fnbombs5702]

the intro was pretty accurate lol

[@leftymcshotty4784]

I did literally this a week ago

[@Sk0lzky]

My life in a nutshell. I now compulsively lock everything with good traits

[@brandoncassell6176]

As well as the information being very handy and valuable, I also watch your vids because the visuals are stunning. So glad I came across your channel! Thank you!

[@Arttea]

Thank YOU for the support! :D I really enjoy putting together little visual stories to add to the background of these videos. The reshade that I am using also takes my footage to the next level, so shout out to the dev of Royale Reshade! :)

[@illyico5332]

Binge watching all your videos this is quality content + easy to understand especially for newer players like myself! and on top of that your voice is pure asmr i love it keep it coming.

[@guilhermemotta5274]

I am binge watching your stuff since i just started to grind in ESO after months of casual play. Your content is underrated!

[@FemFootyFactory]

Another terrific video! Your content is unique, totally relevant and up to date. Awesome 👍

[@Arttea]

Thank you Stuart! :D Had a lot of fun making this one :)

[@Tyro_]

Girl, you keep at it and I promise, you’re on track to be one of the top ESO KZbinrs in the near future Always stoked to see such quality information amongst a sea of bs

[@Kirtahl]

This is an insanely well done video. Big ups.

[@bendunaway8296]

This was an awesome ESO video. Nothing but high quality. You also have a very relaxing voice.

[@amyjohnson7834]

Wow such valuable information! Thank you so much! I really appreciate your vids. Keep up the good work 👍🏻

[@thegnib1914]

Great video! Also, that intro was great. Around 2 days ago I was on the pts talking to a friend about people accidentally upgrading their crafted gear to gold and not realizing that they forgot the trait. While I was doing this, I preceded to deconstruct some gear that I crafted instead of improving it. At least it was on the pts.

[@Arttea]

Oh my god that's hilarious! Good thing it was on the PTS, I would have cried if something like that happened to me on the live server. Laughed and then cried. Especially after talking about people making upgrading mistakes!

[@JamesOKeefe-US]

Love this channel, such good content. Thank you!

[@Arttea]

Thank *you* for the kind words :) I am happy to hear that you are enjoying my content - I enjoy making it!

[@chamcham311]

Your intro to this video is THE BEST !

[@grevenpaulballeza4708]

I literally went wtf when you deconstruct the staff xD

[@hslee90]

The first 30 seconds.. ouch.. we have all been there! Also.. you need to post more! Love your videos.

[@TheWetJustice]

Arttea thanks for your info on these vidios. im playing eso farming mats right now watching the backlog of good content.

[@ravenrpg3865]

as always a fantastic video, thanks for your valuable information.

[@ircjesselee]

Thank you. Funny and informative as always.

[@samuelvieira4504]

your content is just so helpful and have the perfect amount of humor, +sub

[@iChoake]

Totally have done that with Golden Medusa... the 5th pieces. Absolutely love your humor and edits and backgrounds. 🔥👊🏼🌈🦄

[@Zheqii]

Just found your channel, your videos are awesome. Thanks

[@michaeljohnson4888]

Awesome channel and very accurate! I agree with the 1/3 chance of getting valuable style mats. I broke down 100s of undertaker gear for shimmering sands and that was about my rate (on PS NA)

[@Arttea]

That’s what I’m really starting to hear from others as well, like us, they’ve experienced a style mat drop rate of about 1/3. Ah! I should have known better than to trust what I read on the forums ;p But jokes aside, thank you! ☺️

[@bottrophy7896]

Great work as always!

[@Arttea]

Thank you! :D

[@sarahkwiecien2175]

Your "excessive theatrics" have me giggling! I've recommended your videos to some people in my guild and a couple of us have had deep conversations about how to pronounce bugloss. LOL

[@KaisersGB]

Yep, I no longer will ne holding on to my frostbite gear! Another great bit of info you never fail to deliver value! 😁 I might have to try and join your discord to keep on top of trading trend and have a bit of fun 😄

[@Arttea]

Thank you! And you are more than welcome to join! :D

[@StoicDivinity]

Love your channel and content 🤙🏽

[@Arttea]

Thanks G 😌💕

[@agentzenish]

Damn way to put the Frostbite decon farm on blast xD Great stuff, as usual

[@viracqad65]

*sending good vibes for all the good content*

[@ellamint360]

Yo I love this channel. I’ve watched hundreds of ESO videos and nobody has ever explained this to me.

[@XPEve]

The intro is just *chefs kiss! With every video your editing style keeps improving drastically! Like god dammmmmmmm 😍 I am just disappointed that there was no mention of binglebloos 😭 The tips were great too, OBVIOUSLY! Can’t wait for more videos!

[@Arttea]

Thanks girl!! :D Haha there actually WERE some cheeky bingleboo references, you just had to reaaally be on the lookout for them!! I had one at 8:35 aaaand one at 9:16 when I expose my search history heh

[@XPEve]

@@Arttea I am blind 😳😂

[@MasterJediHamilton1]

Great info in this video. Nicely done once again. My my how your channel and community is 🌳 Nice to see. Have a nice day.

[@japzy76]

Your vids are so aesthetic. Mixed with memes. Jst my style. Keep up the good work!

[@WoodlandAsh]

I enjoy your dry, sardonic humour & concise content.

[@folken09]

deconing is sooooo normal for me that I usually get most of my money from style mats, nice guide will pay more attention before clicking R xD

[@Olliarts88]

I for one love your theathrics girl keep it up!

[@Slingshot707]

Great job. Thank you

[@pasteldecarne485]

Loved your video

[@Arttea]

Thank you! Glad to hear it :)

[@sea_bass21]

I'm surprised at how well these vids are made and the small amount of viewers you have

[@salvadortorres7449]

Why don’t you have 1M subs already?? Good quality video

[@Arttea]

Haha thanks! ESO isn't *that* popular, unfortunately ;p But hey, maybe one day!

[@scottboyer8450]

Very useful information indeed! And you are certainly NOT a basement KZbinr. Thank you and keep up the great work!

[@Arttea]

Haha thanks! Some goon called me that a while back so I decided to roll with it 😁

[@adrik-l-9028]

I've tried so many times to get this through ppls head, they usually freak out in excitement, upgrade immediately just for me to tell them "dude it has training on it" for them to tell me why does that matter. I'm going to send this vid to next person who thinks they know shit. Love your vids. Keep it up girl 👧 👏 💪

[@Arttea]

I see it happen a lot in my trading guilds as well! Someone will find a Briarheart Resto Staff and get excited and gold it out because they've heard good things about the Briarheart set but they fail to realize that it is a stamina DPS set, and that a resto is not going to have any value at all, besides maybe being used to fill out a "stickerbook". But even then, someone isn't going to buy a gold resto staff to do that haha So hopefully this video can help deter people from doing that! And thanks for the kind words :D

[@QueryTuner]

Good content as always .. but still hoping to get some hints concerning the Bow/Bow builds ... :-)

[@ascenshin9360]

Dang, there goes all the frostbite pieces I was scooping up 😂

[@Arttea]

The cat is out of the bag 😩

[@ascenshin9360]

@@Arttea Also, as of today, I've deconed 867 frostbite pieces and it returned 36.33%. is there a forum post with recent data? I wonder what I might be missing

[@Arttea]

@@ascenshin9360 The forum post that I referenced was from 2019, I haven't been able to find anything more recent. As I mentioned, the drop rate for me has been more like 1/3 in all of my time playing ESO, which is pretty darn close to what it looks like you've been getting as well. I think it's safe to say that as long as we continue to buy frostbite for much less than 1/3 of the price of the clasps, then we can really make a profit.

[@billmcgee8043]

I like you and apricate what you do Arttea.

[@CPTxRAGE]

Love the videos your humor is amazing! Btw what motif are you using on your bow ?

[@Arttea]

Thanks!! :D I am using two bow motifs in this video: the engine guardian bow (from the arms pack) and the greymoor lycanthrope bow (a style that was exclusive to the nighthollow crown crates)

[@BeKind1Love]

I didnt think about the style mats from dungeons...time to go check the craft bag...

[@Arttea]

Yeah some of those syle mats are required for furnishings (or in the case of dragon bones - recipes!) so they do have some value!

[@rushr33]

Awesome video as usual, I definitely subscribed and have been saving your videos! What's the chest piece you are wearing, I main templar and I think it would fit nicely. Also the hat at the end too please :)

[@Arttea]

Thank you! The chest piece that I am wearing is the moongrave fane cuirass. And that hat is the “tsaesci hat”. Funny you mention that you main templar! A lot of Templars, funnily enough, tend to wear that hat (kind of like how sorcs love wearing that engine guardian helm style) to the point where many call it the “templar hat” 😁

[@rushr33]

@@Arttea oh true! And here I thought I was going to be unique ha! Thank you for the quick reply. Look forward to the next video

[@RodrigoRodriguez-pv3so]

your amazin big fan here from brazil

[@luan9783]

Love her voice so much sometimes i forgot listening to the content😂

[@judoz420]

OMG when yous said "Alexa play Despa" my echo dot started rambling like crazy lmao i had to turn down your video and Alexa was saying Do you want to enable amazon music to play Despacito? I said no and than few seconds later it started jamming some random spanish song XDDDDD

[@felipeondemand]

This lady rocks.

[@Bosmer1701]

At 00:22 I felt that. I still feel the heartache from my massive mistake.

[@MrLilbrotha]

That deconstruction of the staff made my heart drop

[@Tyro_]

Ahaha you got me snickering to myself at the start there

[@scriptures7025]

The Alexa bit activated mine 😂

[@mzurran1003]

I usually funnel the non-ornate junk gear to my other toons to deconstruct for experience, gotta keep the daily writ engine going.

[@FullOfLethons]

Doh, I've been deconning all of my greens/blues regardless of style. Whereas you make it obvious why I should vendor most of them!

[@Arttea]

S’all good! I used to be the other way - I’d vendor all of my greens and blues without paying attention to their style, when I really should have been deconning some of them for those valuable style mats! 😅

[@REiiGN15]

With Pan-elsweyr event coming up, decon the sets unless it's crafty alfiq(set to be used in upcoming no cp/no proc campaign). Shimmering sand might drop a bit during the event, just hold those until after the event. FARM the hell out of it though.

[@guardianv5846]

Even some sets from zones without public dungeons or places players like to go can be sold for at least 1k-2k by people that want to fill their sticker book, ut it might sit a while, so only if you have lots of empty guild trader slots

[@Arttea]

Oh yeah for sure, that sticker book totally added value to a lot of items that came from bad sets (and items from good sets that are not ideal)!

[@sawmanUK]

If you’ve got so much money why don’t you give all your subscribers a mil? Yea thought so 💰👀

[@Arttea]

Damn, was that 500k giveaway reward that you won not enough?? 😤😤😤Sheeeeshhhh

[@sawmanUK]

@@Arttea wow , now she flex’s on viewers about her gold , so toxic 😿

[@guardianv5846]

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Or keep the fish and feed yourself. Fishing isn't that difficult, let him figure it out on his own, he's a grown @ss man.

[@Arttea]

Don't worry fellas it's just banter. FartmanUK is a homie :) Chris, you got the ol' ban for posting anti-women boomer memes and minion memes, I'd say that's pretty reasonable

[@lexicon2792]

BUILD a man a fire, and you keep him warm for the night. LIGHT a man on fire and keep him warm for the rest of his life.

[@djmonk3ysstudios898]

Love the look of enhanced edition; might get but I don't know is the X worth it though for one game

[@taytay1597]

As a PvP enjoyer, her deconstructing that purple willpower inferno staff hurt my soul.

[@Arttea]

oof, on my platform (PC NA) they go for 2k tops ;p

[@ryanivers8815]

Yay! :)

[@neognosis2012]

11:00 I've seen speculation that batch decon/refining is less efficient due to fractional rounding errors. Might be something to test.

[@Arttea]

I've heard plenty of speculation about this myself... would be interesting to test it out for sure!

[@oscarfiguera5905]

Loved the "Buttfloss" meme.

[@soneca798]

You actually managed to activate my alexa XD props to that lol

[@Arttea]

HAHHA omg!! That's amazing! ;p

[@van_doogle6642]

😱😱i am in the video(we made it boys😎) ... even though i made a mistake 😂😂

[@freesgirlcd]

I've done that at the beginning lol and said those exact words 🤣😂🤣🤣😂

[@ryn8769]

Just a quick question, but I’m still relatively new to the game and I’ve been leveling up my crafting abilities. Should I sell old materials (Currently don’t have the craft bag and using bank space) such as cotton or sanded maple? Since I’m no longer using them in crafting writs, are they worth it to keep them, or are they going to be useful later?

[@Arttea]

That's a good question! Currently, those lower-level materials do not sell for too much gold. If you decide to create other characters some time down the road (which isn't a bad idea - many people play multiple characters AND they're nice to have for spamming daily crafting writs for gold and more materials) you may want to level up their crafting as well. So, having those lower-level mats will really be able to help you in that regard, as you will need them to complete writs. I myself do writs on a plethora of toons and not all of them are at lvl 50 in their crafting skill lines, so the old materials that I held onto really came in handy!

[@ryn8769]

@@Arttea Great thanks for the answer :)

[@williuss6961]

My pocket book hurts 😨

[@ruydecarvalho3927]

You set my Alexa off playing despacito.. 😂😂

[@galenheart3204]

hey do u use reshade or enb love urs can i know the name

[@madardgaming5487]

:))))))))) loved the begging XD

[@Kernub]

Hi, I know I'm late to the party but I noticed in the video that your character is painting or appears to, is that an emote or you can actually paint in the game?

[@MichaelWilliams-fd5ww]

Yeah I lock everything when I get it... so many sets that I don't use but are taking up my bank and alt storage slots.

[@frizylemmoey204]

how much would perfect roe sell for on xbox NA, if anyone knows what is it?

[@markuska]

Do we have to verify our number for disord?😢

[@BBRocker75]

Arttea this vídeo needs a good 2024 update. 😊

[@Arttea]

The concept is still accurate and relevant in 2024

[@Whit3hat]

Ah man i laughed for 5min straight. i know the feeling. Get so excited then not thinking properly

[@chadchoj]

How do you walk with a torch?

[@subz81]

I guess you should decon all the trash ones if you're still leveling up your professions? Then vendor when you're max?

[@Arttea]

That sounds like the way to go for newer players for sure!

[@subz81]

@@Arttea totally 😁 thanks for the great content

[@-AnyWho]

are there any addons that help idiots determine whether they should sell, decon, or possibly upgrade ... or just alert me to popular sets?

[@Arttea]

To my knowledge, no such addon exists, although that sounds like it would be really handy! I do have a segment on my website that briefly discusses a few of the popular sets for each patch. I will link it below :) tamrieltradesecrets.com/whats-hot/

[@georgegrenadex]

My advice for new players is to deconstruct everything and only sell ornate items until they reach lvl 50 in crafting, then they can sell toa merchant, correct me if I m wrong

[@Arttea]

Sounds about right to me! Especially since you will want to lvl up your crafting early on to be able to craft yourself gear and benefit from deconstructing and refining passives!

[@m4x899]

how do you get that chest piece you wearing?

[@Arttea]

The chest piece is the moongrave fane cuirass, but that dark purple/blue tabard with the golden sun on it is actually my guild's tabard!

[@michaelmarffy2616]

I'm a newb...is it wrong to decon all my unwanted gear for advancement in that crafting line?

[@Arttea]

If you are a total noobie to the game, go ahead and decon gear that is not valuable so that you may advance your skill lines. But once they are maxed out, you can get to applying the strategies discussed in this video :)

[@AIMonsterI]

General question, how many more years do you guys and gals think ESO has ? Many memories.

[@camronreynosa4958]

13:10 we ps4/5 gamers have discord bots as well. not excactly a microsoft only feature

[@Arttea]

Oh that's good to hear! :)

[@jakoby256]

But traits can be easily changed so how does that lower the item's value? It can be done litereally by anyone even if you don't own clockwork city.

[@Arttea]

A lot of people do not have an easy means to change traits because they do not have a lot of transmutes! For those people, it’s easier to collect gold than it is transmutes, so they don’t mind paying significantly more to purchase an item in the ideal trait

[@jakoby256]

@@Arttea Oh i see, thanks for the clarification. Did they change about something about transmutes though? I remember in the past i was destroying them cuz i had too many of it, it was so easy to farm.

[@emptyone1787]

Really helpful video but i dont have a guild to sell stuff. I can only make money by selling whatever i can get from grinding.

[@Arttea]

If you’re on PC NA you’re welcome to join our guild! It’s a social one that has a trader - and no dues! You could try selling stacks of upgrade and style materials in zone chat perhaps if trading guilds are not your cup of tea!

[@binodmathews5051]

What would we do without you

[@Arttea]

Probably be poor in ESO. Jkjk haha

[@AldoGarcia86]

Can you please update your “what’s hot?” section in your page ??

[@chrizztannvillon1232]

Ohh that intro hurts

[@watchmen617]

Ha, I should probably do this, I just sell all the items I can’t research. I can never find a guild that gives me permission to sell. There’s always a long criteria to get permission. Lol

[@Arttea]

Have you considered joining a trading guild? A lot of social guilds tend to not get into the trading scene, so their guild store may not even be unlocked, or yeah, like you said, you may not have access to it. But if you join a trading guild you should be able to get to trading right away without any hassle at all! They *want* you to sell things so that they can collect taxes to pay for their trader haha

[@watchmen617]

@@Arttea currently looking for them, I browse though the guilds that advertise haven’t found one yet. I’m more of a casual player but I’ve seen some require you to actively be trading a certain amount. That’s no fun to me lol. Wish there was just an auction house like Guild Wars 2 or the other games,

[@misterchico99]

So we’re any inferno staff’s actually injured in the recording of this video? My soul was truly hurt in the beginning

[@Arttea]

Unfortunately, we lost 1 MS inferno staff in the precise trait while filming this video 😢

[@misterchico99]

@@Arttea 😭😭😭😭. This is so sad. RIP ms inferno staff you were truly loved 2021-2021

[@ascenshin9360]

Tell me you have ESO money without telling me you have ESO money 💵💰

[@Felana1988]

That actually HURT to watch that thing disappear on upgrade.... oof.

[@Klinsk]

Arttea is such a sweet gal!!!

[@escherimmanent]

Where do you even sell stuff in this game

[@Arttea]

You can sell items via guild stores! You’ll have to be in a guild with a guild store in order to do so

[@Bathroomactivities]

#sigmastrats

[@Arttea]

#ezStonksForSigmaMalesOnly😤😤😤

[@minesofmoriaman]

lol... owtch!!