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Methodology
This template displays two formulas derived from the datamined gold values for ESO quests based on the quest difficulty. It was not provided by ZeniMax Online Studios, instead being derived by plotting the known gold values and analyzing the results, which were two linear progressions intercepting between the levels 15 and 16.

From there, the slopes and Y-intercepts of the two lines were calculated. The CON_APPROPRIATE or "Standard" difficulty is the baseline for all the other gold values; additional known multipliers based on those values were then applied to those results. These are defined numbers based on the difficulty of the quest in the eyes of ZeniMax Online Studios.

See this discussion for more information.

Error
Note that some gold values were rounded by default. For example, the gold reward for completing a quest with the difficulty CON_TRIVIAL at level 3 is 18 gold (compared to 73 gold at level 3 for CON_APPROPRIATE), even though 73×0.25 is actually 18.25, not 18.0. As a result of such discrepancies, the slopes calculated from those values are not precisely 4/1 or 8/1, but they are close enough that the intended slopes are still clear.

Usage
In the following list, the capitalized names were taken from in-game Globals (archive). The parenthesized names were taken from a list provided by ZeniMax Online Studios employee Jessica Folsom on the ESO Forums. The numbers given in her forum post are XP values and differ slightly from the gold rewards; the gold multipliers are clearly evident from the list of known gold rewards.
 * CON_TRIVIAL (Very Easy) = ×0.25
 * CON_EASY (Easy) = ×0.5
 * CON_APPROPRIATE (Standard) = ×1
 * CON_DIFFICULT (Hard) = ×1.25
 * CON_IMPOSSIBLE (Very Hard) = ×2

To use the template properly, place one of the following in the "gold reward" variable of OnlineQuests:

"Trivial" makes:

"Easy" makes:

"Appropriate" makes:

"Difficult" makes:

"Impossible" makes:

Gold values
Full credit to the UESP for datamining these values through the uespLog add-on. Users who have purchased ESO Plus should multiply the values in this table ×1.1 for accurate data.

Levels 1–2 are not included in this list because no quests can normally be completed at those levels; by the time the game's tutorial has been completed, one's player character should have already reached level 3.