Quickest way to make money?

[lammy from um jammer lammy]

What is the quickest way to earn loadsamone is Skyrim?

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Hmm, mine ore and use the transmute spell to turn it into gold. Then make jewelry with it and enchant it before you sell it.

Go into Dwemer ruins and collect scrap metal, smelt it into Dwarven Metal Ingots and make Dwarven bows. Then enchant them before selling them.

You can also use the Bag of Holding mod to store all the armor and weapons you find on the NPC's you kill and then sell them when you get to a merchant.

I am sure others will say use console to give yourself gold.

[J.T. McRoo]

Console or GTFO.

Humor aside, if you're just starting out, sell everything that isn't nailed down. When merchants run out of gold, just rest 24 hours and rinse and repeat. You could also mine iron, smith some daggers, and then sell 'em.

Seriously, money is not an issue in this game after a bit.

[wepfhwepfhp]

If you don't have a problem with cheating, then type in "player.additem f 100000" (without " ") in the console and press Enter. It will give you 100k gold.
If you want a legit way, then leveling up Alchemy, Enchanting and Smithing with Ingredients and Materials you find is the best way, other than that, just explore the world and look for valuable items.

[wepfhwepfhp]

You can find a lot of guides on You Tube on how to level up these three skills and earn a lot of money. Some of them are outdated or require mods, remember that.

[Valden21]

Outside console commands (not the best choice, given their nature), I would agree with the first post. I also think that enchanting everything you make, not just weapons and armor, would be a good idea if you have the soul gems to do it, as magical stuff tends to have a ramped-up price compared to the non-magical stuff.

[lammy from um jammer lammy]

Ehh, I hate doing ♥♥♥♥ with enchanting and smithing, I prefer using my skill points for other stuff.

[Hadschi Ben Hadschi]

train pickpocket as high as possible then go to a trainer, train and then steal the money back, it does not give you extra money, but it saves you a lot ;) ...ps in high levls it is very difficult to get the money without getting cought

[Can into space]

Ok, an answer that doesn't include cheating, glitching or using god mods.

Just make a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of potion and sell it. It's the easiet way:
-Ingredients are easy to find, cheap and weigh almost nothing;
-Potions are also light-weight, so it's better than making armor or weapon;
-Smithing armor/weapon takes a lot of resources, which takes time;
-You won't be needing to spend point in the alchemy tree. You will do fine without a single perk on it.

As said before enchanting is also a good idea, but then again, it costs more inventory space and we are way too lazy for that.

Seriously, I think making something that costs 320, weights 0,5 and it's made out of grass is pretty nice.

[Squirtzle]

I'm pretty sure stealing from trainers doesn't work anymore.

[Malvastor]

Originally posted by Worse than a silver:

Ehh, I hate doing ♥♥♥♥ with enchanting and smithing, I prefer using my skill points for other stuff.

Both skills train up really easy and will probably earn you more skill points than you put into them. And you don't really need to put any points in to make good cash out of them.

[Digstar]

The fastest way to "earn" gold on a new game would involve raiding the invisible chest in Dawnstar just near one of the mines (a quick google check will show you it's location). This is not a glitch or exploit but it's where Khagit merchants stash thier profits and stock. The chest also restocks after a while.

[Rafael Freeman]

This only works after you've done a lot of work, but once you can create powerful potions, they can be sold for a lot of money. And I mean a lot. Since potions are light, they are also excellent currency.

Even in the early stages of the game it can be quite profitable to buy ingredients, make (expensive) potions and sell them back to the store. It's also a good way to level up.

[Monica]

Enchant any weapon with banish, even with a petty soul gem. I think it's like a 2000 septim profit.

[Legostyle03]

eat gold

[wepfhwepfhp]

Originally posted by Squirtzle:

I'm pretty sure stealing from trainers doesn't work anymore.

You can't take back gold from trainers that are also followers. Other than that I'm not sure