Making Money Early On

[Lhancelot]

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

It's not dumb to spend 1-4 killing decaying skeletons and walking out with 2 backpacks of bone chips, a full set of cloth armor and enough cash loot to buy an entry 10:25 weapon from EC instead of killing moss snakes and walking away with nothing.

[IgglooV2]

For very low starting characters: You can collect pelts and bone chips in EC, right where you can also auction them. It can take a bit to find a buyer but when they come they buy everything.

I did this over the weekend and got several hundred plat, which I used to buy a decent lowbie weapon, a shield and some other key items, and still had a few hundred plat left over. I recommend this for a new character. Yes, it is slower leveling than a few other areas, but getting a little money going is worth it.

[wagorf]

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

It's not dumb to spend 1-4 killing decaying skeletons and walking out with 2 backpacks of bone chips, a full set of cloth armor and enough cash loot to buy an entry 10:25 weapon from EC instead of killing moss snakes and walking away with nothing.

so ur spending ur time getting no xp to get tiny little plat, and then more time trying to find buyer in EC. what a great roi...im guessing you have no clue what roi is

killing decayed instead of moss - lol sure if level 1 through 3 takes 4 hours then go ahead

[Jimjam]

Please share your strategies for 1, 2 and 3 on a fresh toon.

Also, if you want to be scum, you can quite effectively sell bonechips by cold calling (or just bank them until you have a contact)... or just hand them in to Kaladim. Each chip is equivalent to killing a white con level 5 mob and levels > money.

North Ro is my preferred location for decayed skeleton genocide (guards, vendors and swams of skeletons within seconds of each other).

[Canelek]

Chips/Pelt gathering is a perfectly acceptable first character strategy to make a little scratch for spells/low end gear. For Qeynos, rabid wolves, then rabid bears, and finally bandits, is fantastic. There is a Qeynos guide around here somewhere that details the ins and outs.

Once you stop getting experience, move on though, unless you love the nickle and dime cash earning.

[skarlorn]

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

For Qeynos, rabid wolves, then rabid bears, and finally bandits, is fantastic. .

this is actually my favorite series of quests in EQ. It feels like the only fully developed starter zone that supplies a variety of quests to benefit leveling toons.

[Legidias]

Qeynos guide: Step 1. Leave Qeynos, get to Freeport

[Truheart]

step one - make a high elf or wood elf
step two - take char to felwithe
step three - wait for necromancer to farm guards (shouldn't take long)
step four - offer to sell the finesteel/two handed swords for said necro for small fee
step five - repeat
step six - win

Healingwind/Gratefull/Truheart
Azure Guard

[Lhancelot]

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

so ur spending ur time getting no xp to get tiny little plat, and then more time trying to find buyer in EC. what a great roi...im guessing you have no clue what roi is

killing decayed instead of moss - lol sure if level 1 through 3 takes 4 hours then go ahead

If a new player spends 2 hours farming bone chips and HQ bear skins, manages to save 500pp from selling lowbie mats to players he can then buy 2 55hp rings and a decent weapon like a green jade broadsword or a crystalline spider fang etc.

The 2 hours spent gathering mats to sell for profit will easily save time in the long run for a noob when they then can slaughter mobs with a 10/22 magic weapon and 110 extra hps compared to swinging a noob non-magical weapon 4/28.

The killing power with a much improved weapon alone is reason enough for a noob to work on getting a little bit of plat as they start out... How do you not understand this?

Unless you plan that someone will hand the brand new player gear for free, it definitely pays off for a new player to use the economics to their favor gathering lowbie mats to sell for profit. This way they earn their gears themselves too.

[Shrubwise]

The best way to make money early on is to find neighbors who need yard work done, perhaps a paper delivery route, a lemonade stand, or washing your parents’ cars.