There are ways of making gold in Skyrim that not only net you a lot of money but also help you improve some of your skills. Pick up every axe and amulet you find, otherwise kiss goodbye to Proudspire Manor.īut it doesn’t always have to be this way. So every player knows that if you intend to make a big purchase, you have to constantly be looting enemy corpses for items and selling them to the many different merchants of Skyrim. Even if you decide to build your own house with the Hearthfire DLC, material costs themselves can eat up a lot of money. Quest givers in the game aren’t known for paying particularly well, especially when you consider that it can take upwards of 25,000 gold to purchase and upgrade one of the best homes in all the land.

If there’s one thing that fans of Skyrim know all too well, it’s the struggle of never having quite enough gold to purchase that next big house or powerful piece of gear.