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pjedilord Feb 3, 2024 @ 3:08pm
Skyrim Who Made Gold?
So who made gold in Skyrim?we don't have money factory there?so where
does it come from?so the other countrys in ES do they use same gold as
Skyrim? Why Ulfric does not have his own money in his city? should of happen
end game? Why can't we go on heist to rob empire money when they bring gold
in to the city?

What with people spending so much? they must run out and have
to bring more gold in?How much do people spend in play though?

Mods for heist quest? Raiders attack DB due to they hear DB Gold?
What gold do Dominion use?
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Originally posted by Nktalloth:
Originally posted by pjedilord:
So who made gold in Skyrim?

The empire.

Originally posted by pjedilord:
we don't have money factory there?so where
does it come from?

The imperial mint.

Originally posted by pjedilord:
so the other countrys in ES do they use same gold as
Skyrim?

Pretty much, the empire was pretty big. Also, since gold is not a fiat currency since it's made from a precious metal, where it was minted does not matter. The main difference between regional coins of gold is down to their weight more than anything else.

Originally posted by pjedilord:
Why Ulfric does not have his own money in his city?

No gold mines in the county of eastmarch so far as I can recall. No mint, either. Also, again since gold retains its value regardless of any government backing, he would have no need to do so barring a desire to issue a run of coins commemorating his reign, which is where most runs of ancient currency come from.

Originally posted by pjedilord:
should of happen end game?

What?

Originally posted by pjedilord:
Why can't we go on heist to rob empire money when they bring gold
in to the city?

If you mean a quest to rob an imperial payroll for the legion, that would be a pretty cool quest, yeah.

Originally posted by pjedilord:
What with people spending so much? they must run out and have
to bring more gold in?How much do people spend in play though?

The... the money doesn't disappear when it's spent. You see, when someone hands money to another person in exchange for a good or service, the person who is handed the money now has that money. They then spend that elsewhere for goods and services they desire as well. This is called an economy. People work, and are paid for their work. They buy food, goods, and the labor of others. Merchants trade goods between towns and countries. Money circulates. That's how it works. It doesn't just... vanish?

Originally posted by pjedilord:
Mods for heist quest? Raiders attack DB due to they hear DB Gold?
What gold do Dominion use?

In theory the thief's guild has heist quests, and there are some on the nexus as well. There's a treasury in Markarth you can rob, if you so please. Bandits already attack the dragonborn all the time in the hopes of taking money from their corpse. The Aldmeri Dominion probably mostly uses Septims still on account of them being in wide circulation. Bethesda doesn't have a huge interest in modelling different types of currency beyond the imperial Septim because they are no longer interested in making immersive sims, as evinced by Starfield.

If you would like a more realistic economy and coinage in Skyrim, take a look at these mods:
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/51439
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/6441
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/12358
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/26325

Hope this helps.
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Premium Feb 3, 2024 @ 4:04pm 
Gold is infinite in Skyrim. 100 smithing or 100 alch, buy all the mats from the vendor and make stuff, you'll always make a profit. Smithing is best because you can legendary things and sell them for massive amounts.
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FauxFurry Feb 4, 2024 @ 5:25am 
Gold is minted by the Empire just as it was since the series began therefore, it comes from Cyrodiil.
Skyrim is not the capital of the Empire, being but a mere province (albeit the one where the first emperor was born), they are not were coins are distributed from.
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tank16365 Feb 4, 2024 @ 5:31am 
How come I cant smelt a gold ingot into coins? Thus giving that metallurgy spell a real medieval alchemist get rich quick scheme of turning Iron into gold into counterfeit coins?
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Alex Feb 4, 2024 @ 5:56am 
Originally posted by tank16365:
How come I cant smelt a gold ingot into coins? Thus giving that metallurgy spell a real medieval alchemist get rich quick scheme of turning Iron into gold into counterfeit coins?
You know what they did to money counterfeiters in medieval times? They were boiled alive in oil. Extra crispy, but without breadcrumbs.
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alexander_dougherty Feb 4, 2024 @ 6:10am 
Originally posted by tank16365:
How come I cant smelt a gold ingot into coins? Thus giving that metallurgy spell a real medieval alchemist get rich quick scheme of turning Iron into gold into counterfeit coins?
Because that's a really stupid crime.
Anyone smart enough to do it knows what the punishments are.....

And they are light compared to real world, where the punishment varied from being hung, drawn and quartered, to having molten gold poured down your throat....
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Alex Feb 4, 2024 @ 6:18am 
If you got the transmutation spell, then just mine or buy all the iron ore, turn it into silver or gold and forge tons of jewelry. For even more cash, enchant it as well.
Last edited by Alex; Feb 4, 2024 @ 6:19am
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theo Feb 4, 2024 @ 6:54am 
Originally posted by FauxFurry:
(albeit the one where the first emperor was born)
Wrong in a few ways simultaneously.

But yeah coin is supposed to come from the imperial province
Last edited by theo; Feb 4, 2024 @ 6:56am
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alexander_dougherty Feb 4, 2024 @ 9:19am 
Originally posted by theo:
Originally posted by FauxFurry:
(albeit the one where the first emperor was born)
Wrong in a few ways simultaneously.
Wrong now they have rewritten the lore again.....
who knows what the lore on Tiber Septim will be the next time anyone looks....
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mikaeliby Feb 4, 2024 @ 12:13pm 
Gold is one thing, septims is another. Gold is a material, albeit valuable, but septims is the currency and cannot be crafted as such. One can see it as this: In our real world paper can be made by anyone. But try and make 100euro bills out of it, and you´re gonna be in trouble (unless you ar REALLY good at it ;) )

In the game it is, as in the real world, a small percentage of people who has alot of it. My character might be running around with six figure sums, but a bread or a cabbage still costs like 2 or 3 septims, because that is the level of wealth the majority deals with. SO as it might bug us that the traders only have 500 to buy your loot with, that is actually a serious amount of money for them. Just not for us posh rich adventurer fqs :)
Last edited by mikaeliby; Feb 4, 2024 @ 12:18pm
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Madao Feb 4, 2024 @ 12:16pm 
what's more important: how do we find septims in tombs that pre-date the Empire?
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mikaeliby Feb 4, 2024 @ 12:19pm 
Septims - the eternal currency :)
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Alex Feb 4, 2024 @ 12:33pm 
Originally posted by Madao:
what's more important: how do we find septims in tombs that pre-date the Empire?
How else could the draugr refill all the oil lamps, restock the coal burners, replenish the ammo in the traps and buy fresh groceries to put in the chests? The stuff ain't free, you know!
Last edited by Alex; Feb 4, 2024 @ 12:35pm
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Seekrt Feb 4, 2024 @ 3:54pm 
Originally posted by Alex:
Originally posted by Madao:
what's more important: how do we find septims in tombs that pre-date the Empire?
How else could the draugr refill all the oil lamps, restock the coal burners, replenish the ammo in the traps and buy fresh groceries to put in the chests? The stuff ain't free, you know!

Yeah, that always irked me.
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pjedilord Feb 4, 2024 @ 4:24pm 
Originally posted by mikaeliby:
Gold is one thing, septims is another. Gold is a material, albeit valuable, but septims is the currency and cannot be crafted as such. One can see it as this: In our real world paper can be made by anyone. But try and make 100euro bills out of it, and you´re gonna be in trouble (unless you ar REALLY good at it ;) )

In the game it is, as in the real world, a small percentage of people who has alot of it. My character might be running around with six figure sums, but a bread or a cabbage still costs like 2 or 3 septims, because that is the level of wealth the majority deals with. SO as it might bug us that the traders only have 500 to buy your loot with, that is actually a serious amount of money for them. Just not for us posh rich adventurer fqs :)


Originally posted by FauxFurry:
Gold is minted by the Empire just as it was since the series began therefore, it comes from Cyrodiil.
Skyrim is not the capital of the Empire, being but a mere province (albeit the one where the first emperor was born), they are not were coins are distributed from.


Originally posted by Premium:
Gold is infinite in Skyrim. 100 smithing or 100 alch, buy all the mats from the vendor and make stuff, you'll always make a profit. Smithing is best because you can legendary things and sell them for massive amounts.


Do they always use empire money in ES Tetralogy?Why cant we make money?
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Mechanical Feb 4, 2024 @ 4:26pm 
Locals are not picky about the type of gold coin. While near surface draugr can go out kill people and drag their stuff back to a tomb, the ones sealed deeper inside don't have that access to modern coin. So the "gold coins" the DB is collecting deeper in are stuff from a time what Cyrodiil was just a huge swamp and therefore not printing coins. So 1: Merchants are fine with accepting anything that is a gold coin and 2: The value of the coins is in their physical material.

Historically a blob of metal would be put between two embossed pits, and a hammer would smash the pins together, the resulting faced coin would have an ugly blob around it, and depending on the lack of regulations they might not bother trimming the things as they have a few hundreds to make. The DB making coins is the same thing, maybe the DB put something goofy on the face of the coins, they're just exchanging things with gold coin shaped things.

It's a fantasy trope that fantasy coins all look like they where made in a modern mass production coin press.
Last edited by Mechanical; Feb 4, 2024 @ 4:28pm
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