Best way to make money?

[DrOzelot]

Hi there, since the latest update most wares are worthless.... and thats okay, i dont enjoy crafting stoneknives over and over in early game. But i still need to make some profits.I figured in early-mid game its profitable to craft copper sicles worth 140 sold for 70 (need 1 copper + 1 log).... so what im asking is, any suggestions how to make more money? Thanks for your reply !

[Aranhawk]

Since copper and tin are both needed for bronze ingots i went straight for bronze knives, 200 a pop can be boosted with barter skill, Just sticks and a bronze bar, Not really anything else you can do with a tin bar alone so wait and combine that tin with copper for bigger profit.

[Maehlice]

Yep. And, don't even bother mining it, either. Just buy the mats from Markuslaw in Piastovia. Have a few lumberjacks in your village making logs, and you'll have about 20k profit every season from Copper Sickles and Bronze Knives.

[Whoami]

well making bags from leather isnt an option since they nerfed the hunters

[Come and See]

Copper and bronze tools make the most money now. I usually craft 50+ bronze knifes and sell them for 200+ each.

[armageddon]

You're on the right track. Just keep comparing prices and do the math.

[Gilles]

Stone knives aren't a good idea anymore since the 2.x of the game. In early game you can try the simple bags (now for only 1 leather). In mid game I found the water skins (in the sewing hut for 2 leather) easy to make and well profitable to sell (20 coins each).

[Zeel Ara]

Very early game the easiest is to just kill a couple of the big animals, cook the meat, and sell it. After that it's copper/bronze sickles or just selling bronze/iron bars raw.

[Willow Rivers]

I do flax and make clothing to sell.

[Skywalker]

Originally posted by Ratley:

Very early game the easiest is to just kill a couple of the big animals, cook the meat, and sell it. After that it's copper/bronze sickles or just selling bronze/iron bars raw.

Afaik dry the meat give a better price than cook it.

[EternalCrown1611]

Flax ratio was adjusted and now making clothing is viable for raising money. I love the new improvements. Love that copper moved to the extraction shed. Technology time gap between extraction and mine is way too long. Suggest creating a "TIN Mine" that goes in the middle and an upgrade to "Iron Mine".

[a-bullet]

just gonne leave this here
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[Dragon]

Flax for clothes is good, especially if you take manual farming perks for the 100% bonus.

Metal tools are great of any kind, and very easy to get as long as you know where the mines are.

Really, the only struggle is the first season or two, and as mentioned by other users, killing some of the bigger animals with a bow (Wisents in particular are both pretty easy and give you tons of materials) you will have plenty of early game food and money.

[Kathykins]

Dried meat will sell for more than Roasted meat. Dried fish even a bit more. Meat is easier to get, though. I aint fishing myself.

[Ronnie]

For me selling flax (seeds, make sure to keep some for farming) and making stray hats. As I have tons of flax and stray. Some decent money per season! Personally I would keep your Copper, Tin, Bronze and Iron. As those tools are really needed in pretty early and late game.

[Maehlice]

How you start and what you think is "best" also depends a little on whether you steal. If you're a thief, there's almost 2g worth of coin and valuables you can trade in on Day 1 to get a head start. Starting immediately with a Bronze Axe & Iron Pickaxe make a HUGE difference on how the first day/season plays out.

When you can start with an Iron Pickaxe, mining Copper nodes and making Copper Knives is a no-brainer for me.

Without theft, it takes most (all?) of the first season just to get that first bit of startup money.

I think the "best" goal is to procure a Bronze Axe and an Iron Pickaxe as quickly as possible.

Using a Bow and Iron Arrows against Wisent, Moose, & Bear will quickly get you enough (Simple Bag) and (Roasted Meat) to level up your Production Tech to 50 and line your pockets with at least 2000 gold.

In every case, I like to start Day 1 building three Houses and three Woodsheds. While I'm off mining/hunting/farming, the 3 villagers I hired on Day 2 can be stocking up on Logs & sticks for future building & tool construction.