» Sun Sep 23, 2012 6:32 pm
I was going to say, "Don't die", but you actually mean tips...as in money.
My Nord alchemist makes plenty of money just from picking plants and hunting butterflies while out traveling, then selling the potions. The only thing keeping him from having a money vault like Scrooge McDuck is paying for training. When you're out and about, just keep an eye out for anything that can be used for alchemy. I don't target ingredients for the more profitable potions specifically, but it is nice when I come across them.
As dungeon loot and dragon bones will fill up an adventurer's inventory in a hurry, I prefer the lighter weight of alchemy potions as a money source than selling dungeon loot. Most of the time, the only thing keeping me from making more money is when I can't find merchants with any money left to buy my potions. It helps quite a bit when I get the speechcraft perk to sell any item to any merchant, and then the ability to invest in their shops.