Trying to make money as a new player

[Xer0]

Originally Posted by drostan54 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ok thanks now my only problem is I only own 1 bag and my inventory is full of pelts lol i'm guessing I have to get to EC to sell them.

HOnestly if you're under like lvl 20 don't just focus on hides, fill yoru inventory (mostly) with bags and loot/sell everything.

Weapons will net you half a plat each oftentimes, fine steels 5pp per. But even most rustys are worth several gold.

If you're on blue the bone chips are definitely a good idea, I found them to be next to worthless on red; tried for weeks to sell over 200, no takers.

Originally Posted by Brutal_X [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Speaking from experience, I would suggest the best way of making money is just leveling up. Sure, shooting for a few things here and there to sell early to have money for spells and maybe a few pieces of gear is great but it should not be your primary focus at your level (in my opinion). The best way of making cash is just leveling up and acquiring it as you go. The higher level you get the more expensive items mobs drop and thus a higher income. This is especially true for Druids because of your ability to port people later on and buff/power level. Druids are probably one of the best classes for making money by practically just advertising services. Anyway, welcome to Norath and enjoy your stay! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is also very true. Fine steels start droppng more frequently, mobs start dropping plat; before youll know it you'll pull in several hundred plat from an xp sesh.

Just loot and vendor trash everything you can to afford spells and keep on grinding.

[Whirled]

If you get to Halas; pick up some of those alchemy bags cuz they less weight then backpacks too.

[Ikonoclastia]

Best way other than the boring grind to 50-60 and then farming would be:

Pyzjn (level 13-14) necromancer in Qeynos Hills - drops 3k item
An Erudite Madman (Level 12?) wizard in Eruds Crossing - drops up to 3.5k item
Paineel Guards - Level 15'ish+ - each drop 9pp in loot per guard

They're pretty sweet camps for low level pp

[Aeaolena]

Once you are level 5, get a port to Greater Faydark

Level 5
Orc Hill, sell Crushbone belts to other players - 1-2pp per?

Level 8-15
Crushbone, sell Crushbone belts/pads to other players - 1-2pp per?

Level 15-19?
Lesser Faydark, Bandit Sisters.
Frequently camped, but ask whoever is camping it to be on the list, or Duo. They drop bronze weapons that sell to a merchant nearby for 2-4pp per. Very lucrative.

Level 20-24
Lake Rathe, Aviak's outside Arena entrance - Drop Bronze, 2-5pp per

Level 24-34?
Everfrost, Charm-kill Mammoths
Drop tusks that sell for 10pp per

Level 34-44
The Overthere, Bind Outside Skyfire ramp
Level 60's "hammer in" to The Overthere desperately seeking a port out. Some pay upwards of 100pp. Level up on the cacti and cocks around the ramp and take every offer to port someone you can. Very, very lucrative.

Levels 45-60
No recommendations on Money-making spots to go to while leveling, but here is where I spent the last 15 levels.
- 45-50 Bloodgill Goblins in Lake of Ill Omen
- 50-54 Aviaks in Timorous Deep
- 55-60 Bears/Wolves (charm killing) in Permafrost pits


Good luck!

[Troxx]

Depending on your class - the best early game money I found on p99 was Orc 2 in EC right by the WC zone like in the north. It has no high level named and is camped a lot less frequently than Orc 1. With patience I could reliably get 10p per Orc scalp and 8-10p per belt. You have the added benefit of a high in zone population. The money was good enough that my bard had a 9/19 and 6/19 weapon set as well as a full visible small fine plate set, mm drums and gypsie lute - as well as all my songs up into the 30s ... All before level 15. In all I probably made 2-3k there.

I could have leveled faster elsewhere, but money is actually harder to come by in your late teens and early 20s. I stayed there until I hade a plat buffer (small) - and the mobs started going all low light blue.

Crushbone is also good but you have to wait longer for buyers at times. I'd usually sell those belts for 3p and pads for 5p. Every now and again I'd buy belts/pads low from other lowbies at 1p and 2p respectively and fill my bank until I had a buyer. It was good money on my druid but nowhere near as good as the orcs in EC.

[Xer0]

Originally Posted by drostan54 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I just joined the server and I rolled a halfling Druid i'm currently level 4 i'm seeing alot of pelts and other random loot some of the pelts I vender for over 1 gold. I have heard people talk about pelts silks and bone chips selling for 1 plat? My question is what should I be looking for?

You could also not play the game like a banker and as long as you're selling your fair share of loot and everyone autosplits you'll have a couple thousand plat byt he time you reach 40.

[gprater]

all this advice is good but if you havent started a toon in qeynos you should and see how much money you can make. qeynos hills and WK, have 5-15 players each most times during primetime (est and cst )I just moved my newest toon there this past week when crushbone became its usually madhouse. Spent 20 plat on port. left me with 8 plat and was level 8. I am now 12 and have nearly 150p. I have grouped and soloed in BB as well as WK and the really fun bandit camps.

Try it if you havent and let me know.

The NK wisp idea is great. I would go there when I turn 14. Wisps for money mostly, grizzlies, lions, and bugs for xp. I would keep farming bandits for bronze and sashes. Great raider camp behind the druid ring on the water in NK. With Harmony would be a piece of cake until they became green.

Orc scalps on that side of Antonica are great as the poster above mentioned. Scalps can be sold easily at all times of day or use them for super xp until late teens, belts are much harder to sell and typically go for 5pp or less. The xp on those suck past 6 or so.

[iruinedyourday]

My strat to get some forward momentum on p99 when I joined was to kill bandits in the hills of WK and turn in their sashes to the pally guild in Qeynos, receiving a bronze wep to vendor for each one.

The XP was good for solo too, the karanas are a wonderful peaceful zone & the farmers will shower you with love (except for that creep who complains about all his acreage needing seeding when you hail him - yea, id like to see you seeding that acreage with all those bandits running wild, unchecked) to top it all off, there is a small little outpost of homes near the bandits that have a merchant you can sell dropped trash from while you do it.

I banked about 1k for my first cloth wearing character there and was comfortable until my 30's.

Its a great and casual way to get the plat you need [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Troxx]

NK has gotten a bit more dangerous since the last patch. Griffon, fennes, and fawns now run at what appear to be faster than SoW. Still great money to be had, just requires a lot more situational awareness so you don't get blind sided by something that easily out runs you.

Prior to patch even without sow you could strafe run after 1-2 hops and outrun everything in the zone. Now even with self sow at low levels they might catch you and give you grief.

It's super convenient though. Hard to argue with 10p per greater stone in those levels. If there weren't so many rich alts looking to cheese-level via belts, scalps, ears etc - probably some of the best cash potential at early levels.

[Tasslehofp99]

As a new Halfling player you can probably hang out in misty thicket where higher level players will kill guards. Since they are KoS they can't really sell the loot they get off the guards. A lot of times they will allow you to loot all of their stuff to run to town and sell for a percentage. This could be a decent way to earn some starting coin.