
Do not drop silver ore, as it will all get converted to gold.

Transmute spell + iron ore + smithing = profit.įind the Transmute spell (at the Halted Stream Camp north of Whiterun or at the Ansilvund Burial Chambers, northeast of Shor's Stone). Having a few spare potions for health and magika on hand will help you a lot! Win win win! There's nothing worse than getting into a battle without the right potions. It'll also help your alchemy skill, and as your alchemy skill gets higher, you'll make more valuable potions. I have seen potions with values in the thousands! It's good for your alchemy skill I've made around 20k mostly from potions. This works best for invisibility, because you can sell it for squillions.

There are other items with higher value/weight ratios, but I can quickly make 10 of these with ingredients that aren't hard to find.

I regularly sell a 0.1 weight potion for $200. If you make a lot of potions and can't sell them all, the potions also don't weigh a lot - 100 potions weigh about the same as 1 piece of heavy armor. Avoid buying expensive ingredients like void salts, fire salts, daedra hearts etc. Or you can buy ingredients from many vendors. I've found the best way to make money is pick up ingredients in the wild, make potions and sell them.
