I've just started and am having trouble.

[S2]

I want to upgrade my bag, but I don't have the money.
What is the best way to earn money early on?
Is it efficient to buy seeds and sell crops?

One more question.
I don't know where the charcoal is.
I want to create an ingot for a mission, but I can't because I don't have charcoal.

[Adam__86]

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[galacticcorgi]

It's a slow burn farming game. You're supposed to work through things slowly. Forage and grow crops and such early on.

Get coal by destroying rocks in your field.

[Piperbird]

Run around town and grab all the forage items and shells. You can sell them at Sam's and the beach shack for instant money. That's enough to be able to afford the first backpack upgrade on day 1.

Growing crops will bring you a lot of money, but not for several days to a week. Forage items, and then fish and bugs on day 3, mining on day 5, and diving on day 7 will bring more money in the mean time. You should be able to afford the second backpack in just a couple of days.

Charcoal is made by putting wood in the kiln. You'll unlock the kiln recipe when you hit level 2 foraging, so if you've been picking up everything every day you'll get that pretty quickly. You need bronze ore to craft it, so you'll need to grab some while mining.

[Masha]

You can also get charcoal by building a Kiln and throwing wood into it, no need to rely on luck, though generally you should have enough coal by doing your mining.

[S2]

Originally posted by Piperbird:

Run around town and grab all the forage items and shells. You can sell them at Sam's and the beach shack for instant money. That's enough to be able to afford the first backpack upgrade on day 1.

Growing crops will bring you a lot of money, but not for several days to a week. Forage items, and then fish and bugs on day 3, mining on day 5, and diving on day 7 will bring more money in the mean time. You should be able to afford the second backpack in just a couple of days.

Charcoal is made by putting wood in the kiln. You'll unlock the kiln recipe when you hit level 2 foraging, so if you've been picking up everything every day you'll get that pretty quickly. You need bronze ore to craft it, so you'll need to grab some while mining.

Thank you for teaching me.
It was very helpful and easy to understand.

[kittyalliance]

Originally posted by milkyyy:

I want to upgrade my bag, but I don't have the money.
What is the best way to earn money early on?

Sell some furniture that you don't want/need. Personally, before 1.0, I sold the fireplace, window, and wardrobe (maybe a rug?) to buy some stuff. Chests from the furniture store I think, but can't remember exactly. Just don't sell your bed. The TV is very helpful too so I wouldn't sell that either.