However, there's a quicker way to do this than conventional methods. RELATED: Most Expensive Items You Can Purchase In Skyrim, Ranked Thus, the Dragonborn will need large quantities of gold in order to buy better equipment. At level one, players will be mostly ill-equipped for their journey ahead, having only acquired only the most basic gear the game has to offer. But earning gold is a long process that requires patience and hard work on the players' sides.

Whether it's buying equipment, crafting materials, ingredients, or some useful potions, players need to have a decent stack of Septims.

In Skyrim Special Edition, players need gold to do just about anything in the game. Gold is the most important resource in the Elder Scrolls games.