Gold is the most important resource in theElder Scrollsgames. InSkyrim Special Edition, players need gold to do just about anything in the game. Whether it’s buying equipment, crafting materials, ingredients, or some useful potions, players need to have a decent stack of Septims. But earning gold is a long process that requires patience and hard work on the players' sides. At level one,players will be mostly ill-equippedfor their journey ahead, having only acquired only the most basic gear the game has to offer. Thus, the Dragonborn will need large quantities of gold in order to buy better equipment.
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However, there’s a quicker way to do this than conventional methods. Bytaking advantage of some glitchesinSkyrim Special Edition, players can amass 1 million gold in just a few hours. To ensure the glitch works properly, players must make sure theydo not have the Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch installed.
Updated on November 26th, 2021 by Talha Bin Rizwan:In the world of Skyrim, players need gold to do just about anything. It is one of the most precious resources in the game that can be hard to accumulate. Players can complete a variety of tasks from completing quests, raiding dungeons, to straight-up stealing to acquire gold. At level 1, players will be equipped with very basic gear that is unsuitable for the journey ahead. They will need a large amount of gold to equip themselves with better weapons and armor that will allow them to face the challenges ahead. Acquiring vast amounts of gold can be tedious, but thanks to a glitch in the game, players can expedite the gold earning process and make upto 1 million gold in Skyrim in just under a few hours.
5Go To Whiterun Gates
First things first,players will need to get toWhiterunafter they escape Helgen. This should be an easy task once the Dragonborn makes it to Riverwood. Simplyfollow the road out of Riverwoodto get to the location. Once at the city, head to the city gates, enter, andmake an immediate right straight into the alcove. Here, players will find abarrel which they need to jump on top ofand position themselves slightly to the right, giving themselves some space from the wall.
Face the wall towards the gate and jump on it. Next, enter sneak mode and immediately start running out from between the gap in the roof and the wall. It’s also possible walk in sneak mode on the wall and head towards the other side, where the gap is bigger.
4Get To Dragonsreach From The Outside
Once players clip through the wall,they willfall into a partially rendered area of Whiterun. Players must thenkeep close to the wallsand make their way to Dragonsreach keep from the outside. Once they reach the area, they willfind a few textures missingand will be able to see directly through the terrain. This area is navmeshed, meaning thatplayers will be able to walk across it. Approach the wall and then turn left.
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One of therocks next to the wall can be walked through,which will allow players to walk underneath the terrain. Be sure tosave at this point,as the Dragonborn can fall through the terrain and be reset into the fully rendered Skyrim areas. Once the game is saved, walk forward and players will be able tosee Eorlund Gray-Mane working at the Skyforge above them.
3Jump And Open The Chest
Players will see achest underneath the areawhere Eorlund Gray-Mane is working. They must take care because this area is not properly navmeshed, meaning that the Dragonborn can fall through the terrain and be reset.Run towards this chest and jump the last few metersinto the air. While falling,spam the interact keyto open the chest. It may take a few tries to get it right.
If unsuccessful, players can simplyreload the save that they made earlier. Once the chest is opened,loot everything inside, including a large sum of gold.After taking all of the items inside, fast travel back to Whiterun. From there,players can sell the itemsthey took from the chest.
2Repeat As Many Times As Necessary
Players can sell the items from the chests to the twoblacksmiths and the general goods merchantin Whiterun. Merchants typically have a few thousand in gold to offer in exchange for the items which means players will have to talk to multiple merchants to sell all items. The items in thechest restock every 48 hours in-game time. This means players can wait and repeat the process again to earn the amount they need.
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It’s possible toearn between 5,000 gold to 10,000 gold per cycleusing this method. In just under an hour, a sizeable amount in gold can be amassed using this glitch. However, to speed up the process,players can also use other similar chestshidden in the game world. By using the glitch on these special chests, players can easily make up to 1 million gold in Skyrim in just over an hour.
1Alternate Chest Locations
Markarth
There’s a mucheasier-to-find chest outside Markarth, the capital of the Reach. To get there, players can talk to thecarriage driver outside Whiterun to take them to Markarth. Once they arrive at the location, players mustfollow the road leading out from the cityuntil they reach a bridge, close to the Salvius Farm. Right next to the bridge, towards the left, they will find a small wall. Players mustwalk close to the wall, on the side facing the water, while looking at the ground.
They will find a prompt to open a chest as they do so. In case they do not get the prompt, players can go into the sneaking position and repeat while moving slowly. Inside, they will find contents similar to the ones in the chest in Whiterun. Players can then sell off the items to any of the blacksmiths and general goods merchants found in the various cities.
Outside Solitude
Another similar chest can be found in the hold of Haafingar, just outside Skyrim’s capital city. Players can take the carriage to Solitude, and once at the location,make their way to the city gatesbut not enter. Instead, the player should turn about, facingdirectly in the opposite direction of the gates, and make their way down the path until they reach the ledge on their left. There will be three rocks near the edge of the ledge, and players must position themselves directlyin front of the mid-sized rock. Enter sneak mode and slowly movedirectly forward while looking at the ground. Players will get a prompt to open a chest that can be looted.
Near Dawnstar Mine
Players can find anothereasy-to-locate merchant chestin the main city ofSkyrim’s Dawnstar hold. As soon as they arrive they mustfind the minelocated in the city. Once they do so, players must position themselves whilefacing the mine entrance. They will spot a fewrocks with some small trees on the leftof the entrance which is wherethe chest is buried. Players mustlook down towards the groundand make their way to the location slowly and they will getthe prompt to loot a chest. Provided they arrived at the right time, they canfind the Khajiit caravan in townto whom they cansell all the items they have looted.
At The Blue Palace
TheBlue Palace is located in Skyrim’s capital city, Solitude, towards the south-eastern edge of the city. Thechest is located inside the buildingin one of the hallways and to access it,players will need a platter. They canfind one on the small table to the leftwhich they can pick up byholding the interact key. Doing so willsuspend the platter in the air in front of the playerswhich they can move about. While holding the platter,players must go in the corridor to the leftand locate the bench and thenposition the platterbehind it so that itstays suspended up on the wall. Players must thensprint into the platter and clip through the wallsinto a partially rendered area. They must turn left,walk carefully onto the beam to the endwhere they will see a chest down below.
It is a good idea tosave the game nowas it will take a few tries to open the chest. Once done,players must simply walk off the edgeandspam their interact keyas they are falling while looking at the chest. If done correctly, they will besuccessful in opening the chestas they are falling and will befree to loot the items. This particular chest will have items suited for mages that players can either keep or sell back to the court wizard in exchange for gold.
This exploit yields up to60,000 gold per cycle if players find and loot all the chestsallowing them to become millionaires within the course of a few hours.
Skyrimwas released on November 11th, 2011, and is available on PC, Playstation, Xbox, and the Nintendo Switch
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