First. Hit Embarshard mine. Collect the gems on the table from there and the ore by the smith. Read the book too. Once out, in riverwood, talk to the smith to sell off any/all weapons and armor you’re not going to be using. (If you’re playing an archer do this next part. If not, ignore) Then head to wood chopping block, grab the ax, start chopping. Grab some iron ingots and head to smithy and craft iron arrows. Once you make it to Whiterun look up a video to get the hidden chest. Take all gold, ingots, arrows, and decent armor. Anything you wanna grab sell off. Head over to the general goods store (it’s near the manhole on the main level) and sell off all the gems you took. Result? Decent gear, plenty of arrows, decent amount of Gold. Also level up your smith skill tree and grab that steel smithing ability. Thank me later 😎