My Elder Scrolls Online Gold Making Routine in 2025 | Full Guide & Showcase

[@markstinson4434]

Nice explanation. One item to note is that Motifs 10 and up (not 15 and up) count for purposes of Master Writ drop chance. If it's purple/gold and not a Crown Store exclusive motif, it helps your chances of getting writs. The blue motifs (1-9) do not help, but they will help with daily writs by diversifying the style materials you can use to complete dailies and they count for the "True Style Master" achievement.

[@CasualLamer]

Where do you get this information from? I read everywhere that it's 15 and up since 10-14 may be purple but are base game and don't count. Diversifying the style materials is actually a good point that's true!

[@markstinson4434]

@@CasualLamer It's from the official forums and basically a restatement of something from ZOS_Bel_Shezzar said many years ago to the effect of the blue racial motifs not counting, nor anything which was Crown Store exclusive (it has to be obtainable in-game), but all other motifs did. Speaking to my own characters, 11-14 have resulted in very occasional writ drops once their crafting passives were high enough, but they also had 7 traits fully researched at the time (working on the 8th). It was a rate of maybe one per week, if that, but it's up to three or four per week with 9 traits and only knowing 11-14; other motifs are still incomplete. Motif 10 is iffy because I've only got two toons who know it (one is an Imperial and they get writs), but it's a gold motif, so I assume it counts.

[@CasualLamer]

Well I'll be damned, thank you for that!

[@ddrake7169]

Learned something new. I didn't know that the number of recipes/traits/motifs/runes known impacted the chance of getting writs - thought it was RNG. Now I have a new goal. Thanks!

[@CasualLamer]

Awesome, glad you did! Yes, this took me a while to read into as well. Once I had more recipes the provisioning writs started dropping :)

[@playfuldylan4801]

nice video im glad you added the bit on the end saying it is a grind and might not be fun for everyone. Ive learned over the years in any game. Do what you enjoy and making money will come over time in that area. forcing to do something is how you burn out of the whole game

[@drakedenning8635]

Dude I have been scouring the internet to try and find information about this and you finally did it. I really appreciate it.

[@CasualLamer]

Thanks you :) glad it helps!

[@jetplane_18]

There's an addon called personal assistant -- it requires a bit of setup but it can automate a few things like depositing in bank, selling at merchants, and deconning stuff. I have it setup to sell ornates/green recipes/glyphs and deposit gold/writs/intricates and so I only bother talking to a banker and a merchant once a week (today. I'm doing all my inventory management right now)

[@gwendolynns]

Great video. I was listening to this while I was working, so it was audio only- didn’t get to watch the screen. Just want you to know that you did great at explaining along the way- I didn’t *need* to pull my phone out and look at any point. I appreciated that. Will be subbing. Looking forward to more stuff to listen to while I work, but daydream in Tamriel.

[@CasualLamer]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed! Gotta work on my uuuhms and aaaaaands but it's getting better. Might do a reading of lorebooks at some point :)

[@gwendolynns]

@@CasualLamer that would be SO cool!! I sincerely doubt it would infringe on any copyrights. It may be worth checking into just in case to cover your butt, but boy I would love having that play while I houseclean and drive around.

[@crazycrentax]

Why does everyone forget about Stormhold for crafting, everything is more or less in a straight line. Train your horse, run a short distance to pick up writs, then you can do provisioners, jewellery, enchanting, blacksmithing, clothing, alchemy and woodworking, all next to each other. If you need the bank its on the way back to handing in writs near the stable. Leave your char next to the stable and ready for the next day. I,m at the moment doing 17 chars a day, takes me an average of 50 mins then a bit extra if I'm dropping maps and master writs at the bank every other day (when you get 40+ maps every 2 days it's not advisable to forget them lol).

[@CasualLamer]

Great addition, Thanks :) I haven't personally used it yet but I know what I will do tomorrow :D

[@seifer447]

I'm a big fan of Rimmen for crafting, but the stable is a short jaunt.

[@williemurray2523]

Did you level all of them up to max on crafting?

[@crazycrentax]

@@williemurray2523 Not all maxed on crafting, mainly alchemy and provisioning at the moment. Working on enchanting next as those are best for easy master writs along with the other 2 but everything slowly increases anyway and in honesty the amount of surveys I get now can get a bit overwhelming.

[@Bekfst]

Vvardenfell master race

[@riom5]

just a returning player after a whole 8 years. your video helped me getting a grasp of the crafting again. The system is complex and there is little hand holding that its easy to be unefficient or do mistakes. Dein Englisch ist btw beeindruckend :D

[@CasualLamer]

Yeah the game as far as I know NEVER tells you the chance increase with the master writs at any point. I didn't know this for the longest time either. Heh, danke! Ist in den gescripteten Videos besser, so ohne Vorlage sind's noch ganz schön viele ähms xD

[@pauloskinner]

You want the Personal Assistant series of addons. They automate a lot of alt and bank transfers and a lot more. Saves a lot of time!

[@CasualLamer]

Got it integrated by now, thank you! ♡

[@JJisMe1972]

When your looking for Intricate items after doing writs, If you press the small down arrow at the top it will put them all at the top.

[@stagpie6449]

Very helpful, thank you ❤

[@CasualLamer]

Thank you! I'm glad I could help ♥

[@MeetTK]

Awesome video mate. Thank you

[@CasualLamer]

Glad you enjoyed my friend! ♡

[@Midgard24]

Very good video, learned a lot about add ons I already had and even learned of a new one I should get

[@CasualLamer]

Thank you, glad it helped ♥

[@NewmiesDad]

Old tip - My buddy uses transmutes to recreate nirncruxed pieces and then deconns them for a chance at potent and fortified crux. Being a farmer at heart, all of mine have come the old fashioned way. Not sure of his drop chances but says it's fairly high. High enough to NEVER farm. Didn't know the 'motif drop chance' buff but as it is - master writs build up way too fast. I do some and give the rest to ^^^ .. takes up 100s of bank slots.

[@CasualLamer]

That's a great addition, I haven't thought about that! Too bad I just got 15 Potent Nirncruxes the other day :')

[@JJisMe1972]

No that will do nothing but return you 25 trasmutes. You need to craft an weapon item with a junk trait, e.g. sturdy, anything but nerdhoned, then transmute it to nerdhoned, decon you get about 75pct chance of a potent nirn with a master crafter with full skillpoints.

[@GeraldJSmith]

The biggest problem I have with doing writs is the accumulation of surveys. I can sell unwanted master writs. But there are only three things you can do with surveys: harvest them, store them, or destroy them. Destroying them feels like a waste, storing them takes up a huge amount of slots, and harvesting them can be an immense chore, especially if you let them build up for a few days. And surveys in later DLC zones are generally less compact, which makes harvesting those even more of a chore. I really wish I could sell surveys or at least send them off to my alt account.

[@CasualLamer]

I agree that they can become very tedious. I wish we could send off our companions or something to collect them. Especially woodworking surveys are annoying, as Rosin is quite worthless. Only redeeming factor is that you could get an aetherial dust drop from base game surveys

[@dhyatt52]

Great video, I learned a few things! Thank you!

[@CasualLamer]

Awesome to hear, thank you!

[@fredsnorgaming]

Vvardenfell is my faforite location stabke master next to the wayshrine and all crafting stuff and also bank and crafting writ dropoff cases in like 5 seconds walk

[@drakelance7182]

All my toons only use Vivec area for writs as everything is centralized no running all over to do writs plus you can grab dailies close no hassle

[@CasualLamer]

Yeah but it's so boring to have 10 toons in Vivec :D

[@bradandrews777]

I still keep everyone in Alinor. The stablemaster is a bit far off, but it is a nice arrangement overall even so. Keep in mind that speeding through things is much easier there, since the drop off is just outside the crafting area door. Fast beats unique if you are going through this many times. I do get annoyed with the singing when I zone in inside the crafting area, but I try to get outside the area first.

[@CasualLamer]

YOU WOULD CHALLENGE ME TO A DUEL? HOW DROLL Sorry I had to. Alinor is insanely beautiful. Without stablemaster it's super fast too :)

[@bradandrews777]

@@CasualLamer I despise the singing, but find it more convenient than the alternatives due to the closeness of everything. Though I don't need as much variation as you do, so do what works!

[@CasualLamer]

@@bradandrews777 How about Leyawiin? Have you testest that?

[@bradandrews777]

@@CasualLamer I probably should. Though Alinor is good enough, with all the tables in a loop with no other distractions and the drop off just outside the door that I am quite used to it. I am only doing a week or so more of rider training on a single character, so that is a very limited factor now.

[@bradandrews777]

@@CasualLamer I was realizing today that I also like Alinor since I know where other things are, especially when I can get many of the Endeavor needs close by. I know where most of the chests and similar items are. I would have to learn those someplace else!

[@johncroddick2624]

great video

[@CasualLamer]

Thank you appreciate it!

[@c6rbonbased120]

Can someone explain why he crafts x5 of each item for writs? very helpful video. thank you.

[@CasualLamer]

@@c6rbonbased120 The requirements for the writs have a set pool of items. So they come on every few days again. That's why I'm crafting 5 at a time because I know the same quest will come up on a few days :)

[@RIPlly]

Hey there. It's my first month in ESO. Why I'd want 55 milion gold?Farmed my monster set (fk it that spauders stay in wrong weigh,not fun collecting keys). Made myself foods, bought all the proper enchantments and farmed the other 2 sets, now I don't see why I'd need gold.(cp rn is 348)

[@CasualLamer]

It really does depend on what you want from the game. If you're a collector and like furnishing you're always in need of gold. Collecting all motifs cost a fortune and housing is a whole grind in itself :]

[@AKZL76]

Im cp 2010 what is a master writ 😅

[@DheliaDawn-s3e]

Thank you for that :-)) please tell me the dress mount set from the first character.. 😎

[@CasualLamer]

Dress mount set? If you mean clayenna sola she's wearing worm cult motif

[@teo2805]

Do you need to learn the whole motif to get better writ chances? Like, can I otherwise learn the cheaper motifs that sell for 2-6k like whatever gauntlets and maces for different motifs and still get a huge boost?

[@CasualLamer]

Yes. Unfortunately you need to have the full motif book learned

[@JS-hk3sy]

do you ever feel the urge to level/make writ toons another 10 times?

[@CasualLamer]

Fortunately absolutely not. That said with Personal assistant add-on it's certainly a lot more convenient to do writs But I'd rather focus on making more videos

[@drackar]

Man, that's a lot of profit. I do dailies on multiple toons, but there's no way I'm fully doing motifs on all. I'm spreading purple provisioning recipes through my alts as I get them, but I'm only ever going to 100% my main.... I only have the two most costly war tortes on that guy. Saving up tel-var for the book you need for rank 2 now.

[@CasualLamer]

Motif grind was insane. I stopped at 12 per character though. Clayenna has 30something and Shaemera 84%. I might go for 15 on each in the future but I'm happy for now that this is over

[@jpwashere2868]

Easier way to make money in eso. Get good at pvp and farm people in ic for telvar. Buy hajeiko runes. Make prismatic glyphs 100k a piece

[@CasualLamer]

See the issue is that for that I'd have to "git gud" and I'm far from it :D

[@joombi9091]

bro i would really suggest some ui or menu addons idk how you play with the base ui its so bad

[@CasualLamer]

I'm on so many add-ons already and got used to it. My PC really dislikes me adding more add-ons xD

[@joombi9091]

@@CasualLamer i would atleast look at one to organise the inventory it shouldnt do much to affect the pc mines the same lol cpu is like 7-8 years old ive just started using harvest map and that is making my pc struggle so only turn it on when farming mats

[@joombi9091]

@@CasualLamer the one i use is auto-category is a life saver bro highly recommend it

[@Zynn3d]

Pardon me if I missed it, but where does the gold come from? Are you selling the master writs?

[@CasualLamer]

Master writs are just one part. The biggest part of the money comes from the materials, especially legendary upgrading material :) I've made a calculation in one of the other comments

[@alexw3493]

Very helpful Vid, could u pls tell me the name of the amour skin from Shaemera Sola and Clayenna Sola? Would be nice, thx

[@CasualLamer]

Shaemera uses the Moongrave Fane Motif and Clayenna the Worm Cult Motif :)

[@White_Nolia]

Summerset is the best place to do daily crafting i can do one toon in about 80 secs 😂

[@CasualLamer]

Sweet, no mount training though? I love Alinor as well

[@White_Nolia]

@CasualLamer yea that's the only downside but far as just crafting dailies there's not a faster spot

[@Wardling]

@@CasualLamer There is a mount trainer in Summerset, hes next to the inn (not marked on the map). Great video btw.

[@TheWhiteWolf202]

I have over 2400 hours but I’m not a master craftsman sadly I took off for 3 years us PlayStation players have it room.

[@AKZL76]

Whats the benefit of learning everything on more than 1 character?

[@bradandrews777]

Not a huge one. I think you may earn more if you max all crafting skill lines, but I do it just because I am a completionist.

[@CasualLamer]

This is not correct. A large portion of this video is dedicated to exactly why this is done. It's the basis for this whole video folks

[@AKZL76]

@@CasualLamer apologies I watched the video I mainly PvP and do all crafting one one character so doing writs is all new to me

[@bradandrews777]

@@CasualLamer I responded before getting that far. Though you can make decent money without that.

[@smasherlol351]

My advice do for 1 charcacter and call it a day.

[@bigsawdust4726]

Anyone know what his chest motif is here? 8:59

[@CasualLamer]

This should be the Worm Cult Motif :)

[@bigsawdust4726]

@@CasualLamer Nice, have some of the extremities but not the chest. Will have to go grab it.

[@bigsawdust4726]

@@CasualLamer Thanks for letting me know!

[@shermdog6969]

Where is everyone getting their add-ons? Minion no longer works because of an update.

[@CasualLamer]

Minion still works fine for me. Just updated add-ons today

[@marus82]

You have over 800 hours in the game and so many characters at a high level? I also have over 800 hours and just one character on 850 lvl but tank How did you manage to level up so many characters so quickly?

[@CasualLamer]

There are a few very great grinding spots. I also used the alchemy writ method to level up from 1-50 in less than an hour, requires you to have some gold stacked up though. I might do a video about that in the future if people are curious about this :)

[@marus82]

I think a video like this would help a lot of people. I'm trying to catch up with this game as much as I can because there's a lot to do after 10 years on the market and I'm wondering how to start a new character with so much content to do. Thanks for the quick reply and best regards.

[@NewmiesDad]

@@marus82 I think the best way to play would be how it WAS in the past. 3 alliances, going through their zones, one at a time. Cadwell's Gold is the achievement with the pot for a hat. Do 'all the chores' and daily things. Join the guilds early. Psijiic early to close rifts while your exploring. Feed the horse, research, level undaunted, get your Cyro/pvp training, etc etc. Training gear. Have the skills/weapons you want to level slotted when turning in quests. The beginner vids talk ab these things. As you level you get skill points too. So many power level and then have not even enough points for passives. There's no need to catch up to anything. Ignore 'the meta' - a fickle mistress. I'd probably then do DLCs somewhat in order. Have fun. Just my 8 cents.

[@marus82]

​​​@@NewmiesDad Thank you. I did everything you wrote except this achievement because when I said that I had to catch up with the game, that's what I meant that I wanted to do all the zones in 100%. some of it is already 100% done but there is still a lot left and there is pvp,arenas,Infinity archive and so on. I have about 850h done in the game but I spent a lot of hours farming gier in dungeons and learning tactis as a Tank. 😅😅

[@marus82]

Research still working on it!

[@zanafar5258]

Ok....maybe this a dumb question....maybe I missed it in the video. But I have 11 characters....making 5k per day, so 55k. But your thumbnail says 250k. What are you selling for so much? Something from the writ vendor?

[@CasualLamer]

The 50-55k are just from the raw gold from the quest rewards. The other gold is coming from the mats you're selling: Dreugh Wax (3x15k is 45k), Tempering Alloy (3x7.5k is 22.5k), Chromium Plating (,3x7.5k is 22.5k), Kuta (3x2.8k is 8.4k), Rosin (3x1k is 3k). In addition to that every writ is worth between 2 and 16k and since I get 8 on average that's about 30k on average. Then also the intricate gear drops I can sell for an extra 5k every day. So we are looking at atleast 180k a day and this is while the market is in a big deflation right now. Prices were way higher when I made this calculation and it doesn't even address a few items that can drop in addition to what I mentioned. For example the occasional columbine drop. It doesn't account for the amount of surveys and gold mats you get from those either. So it's reasonable to say that even in this deflation right now 250k is doable.

[@zanafar5258]

@@CasualLamer ok, awesome. Ty

[@danieldecker2040]

Good Video. Talking isn't hard it is unconfortible if you don't use your mother language. In German it is easier for you right?

[@CasualLamer]

Yeah of course it is but I wanted to talk an international crowd :)

[@Florence00pi]

Lol ... Muss -Dringend-Groß .... mein Argonier heißt Had-too -many-Mushrooms ^^

[@CasualLamer]

Bist der erste dem es auffällt :D Dein nächster dann Bruder-Muss-Los? :D

[@nestor-martinez]

I can barely do my one characters write everyday. How do people do 10+ daily? That sounds awful, like a job 😅

[@CasualLamer]

There are people who do it with 20 but honestly that's just too much for me as well. But 10 characters only take like 30min so it's not too bad for me

[@nestor-martinez]

@@CasualLamer Thanks for the video!! Great tips otherwise

[@CasualLamer]

Glad you enjoyed my friend ♡

[@marilenazucerie4493]

Where the cute smols though?👀

[@CasualLamer]

Perhaps I should make a video about the cutest pets in the game :D

[@marilenazucerie4493]

@@CasualLamer yeeeees pls

[@demiise4887]

“How i make .25¢ a day” nice video pal…

[@CasualLamer]

What's that even supposed to mean? xD

[@demiise4887]

@@CasualLamer $1 is a mill on pc 250k is 25¢

[@shorts4bots]

Basically what ruined the game and the in-game economy. This is not active gameplay just dopamine farming of instant reward for doing nothing.

[@CasualLamer]

Eh.. it took weeks and months for me to get the characters to this point so there is quite the commitment behind this

[@shorts4bots]

@CasualLamer I don't want to play down your efforts. A new character alt up to 50 takes 2hr for veteran players and I consider you one based on your statement. It is not your fault going down this road I was into the same mess few years ago. It's the game's fault offering it as a meta option for gold making. Once a veteran knows what they do then the game becomes alt auto crafting simulator while watching Netflix. On the other end newcomers barely making 10k or fail to understand the money-making methods.

[@anthonysurman8192]

That sounds so boring ...having a daily routine......have that in real life

[@CasualLamer]

Yeah it's a chore for many and at times for me too but generally this is still fun to me. I added that bit at the end for that very reason

[@hellstrike5366]

800 hours? Awe, you're just a newbie yet.

[@CasualLamer]

How many hours you at?:)

[@hellstrike5366]

@@CasualLamer 15,320 according my PS5.... I'm going to touch grass now.

[@CasualLamer]

HOOOLY okay I tip my hat to you my dude :D

[@hellstrike5366]

@@CasualLamer I was laid up the better part of a couple of years with surgeries. :)

[@CasualLamer]

@@hellstrike5366 I hope you're doing better now! ♥

[@king_royal_nyc239]

Hey bro donate me some gold lmfaoo in have like 800 😂😂😂

[@dontchange9688]

i love when they say they get so much gold per day, then in the video show you how they do not, in fact, get that much gold per day. i do my crafting writs, so i will not be selling any of my gold crafting items, or the writs themselves. based on this, i make more per day than this chump does......on xbox na, no less

[@CasualLamer]

You should definitely make a video about that

[@NewmiesDad]

I think it's always implied that they're getting things 'with such and such a value' per day. I am quite mat-rich compared to 'gold rich'. This is how people end up with 2k kutas, 75k unrefined rubedite, 6k columbine, etc. When you don't have selling guilds..

[@CasualLamer]

Exactly :) the 50k I mentioned is the raw gold alone. I made a quick calculation for another comment where the 250k check out

[@patricklattimore9898]

Pc players lazy

[@CasualLamer]

Oh come on if you had add-ons on console you'd use them :D

[@Asdqazasdqaz]

@@CasualLamer true. I actually feel bad for console players, cuz they can't use them

[@CasualLamer]

To be completely honest I don't think I'd play the game to this extent without add-ons

[@seifer447]

It's not that bad on console. All of the ingredients we need and items to craft are marked. It's not instant, but it isn't difficult or time consuming.

[@GamingandStuffwithDrag0n]

thanks for the guide. sadly traitbuddy/traitbuddy 2.0 throw an error when you scroll over a script in gamepad mode. hope it gets an update

[@CasualLamer]

Traitbuddy seems to have an issue with jewlery as well unfortunately. Currently it shows me all traits researched for some characters despite them still needing 1 or 2. Already redid the data accumulation but didn't help :/