How do you earn money in this game?

[Zeno]

I personally have so far evaded to stealing from shops and then selling it to all kinds of tradesmen, but in my eyes, since tradesmen often lack money this is a lot of effort for nothing.

Blacksmithing or brewing potions, also does not seem to be too effective.

Quests do give money here and there, but meh.

How do you cash in a lot of money in a short period of time?

Also, do you think hunting has any purpose ? I don't feel like I need the meat of game I hunted, I can buy food with less effort and the pelts I can sell, don't bring a lot of money anyway.

Last but not least, technically I don't need to buy ♥♥♥♥. I can just kill some bandit knight, take the gear, and fix it to 100% quality in a shop. Simple.

Let me know what you think and how you approach this?

[Stoque]

Grab a horse and take it to the horse trader in the nomads camp on the west side of the first map.

[ZX Horace]

Don't rush the money. You don't need much. All your gear you get off enemies or if you have the dlc the Brunswick set. Smithing is easy and nets you money and great gear. You don't need to buy every combo from the trainers etc either. It's more fun to have limited funds early in my opinion. Once you've looted a few enemies and sold some weapons the rest you'll get naturally through gameplay.

[Zeno]

Originally posted by Stoque:

Grab a horse and take it to the horse trader in the nomads camp on the west side of the first map.

Yeah, I have done this once, but I did not get too much money out of this.
Also, I can't access the Nomads camp as I am already on the second map and there is no way to get back.

[Zeno]

Originally posted by ZX Horace:

Don't rush the money. You don't need much. All your gear you get off enemies or if you have the dlc the Brunswick set. Smithing is easy and nets you money and great gear. You don't need to buy every combo from the trainers etc either. It's more fun to have limited funds early in my opinion. Once you've looted a few enemies and sold some weapons the rest you'll get naturally through gameplay.

I currently wear a full plate gear, from a knight I betrayed by teaming up with the Cumans. lol.

[brownacs]

Originally posted by Arminius:

Yeah, I have done this once, but I did not get too much money out of this.
Also, I can't access the Nomads camp as I am already on the second map and there is no way to get back.

There's a carriage thingy to the west that'll take you back if you want. You should have the icon on your map.

[Enter the Wang]

Steal your gear, put it in your chest and wait until it's not stolen. Simple as that.

Money is worthless. You can buy a horse, but you could steal it. You could buy a weapon, but you could steal it.

Money is only useful for training or horse buying and even then you'd be a fool not to pick pocket it back.

Grinding cash with potions or blacksmithing is stupid over plain up robbing gear. (Alchemy still worth for Henry's potions, Fox +50%xp for instance)

[bylandt11]

Archery contests are a good way to get money in the first part of the game. No risk involved.

They are also by far the best way to level your strength and agility. Get a crossbow. Start out with the beginners contests. Once you're good enough, get to the archery master south of Trosky Castle and gain 90 grosschen from each master contest. In one day, you can get 1.000 grosschen and get several levels in archery, strength and agility.

[Keks Offender]

Originally posted by Arminius:

I personally have so far evaded to stealing from shops and then selling it to all kinds of tradesmen, but in my eyes, since tradesmen often lack money this is a lot of effort for nothing.

Blacksmithing or brewing potions, also does not seem to be too effective.

Quests do give money here and there, but meh.

How do you cash in a lot of money in a short period of time?

Also, do you think hunting has any purpose ? I don't feel like I need the meat of game I hunted, I can buy food with less effort and the pelts I can sell, don't bring a lot of money anyway.

Last but not least, technically I don't need to buy ♥♥♥♥. I can just kill some bandit knight, take the gear, and fix it to 100% quality in a shop. Simple.

Let me know what you think and how you approach this?

Like you said, the tradesmen (that I've met) don't have enough money to purchase my expensive loot, so instead of looting tonnes of armour and selling it off I'll just keep what I need and throw away the rest.

As for getting money, the fastest way I've found personally is to just steal it from tradesmen chests during the night. Find out where they live, break into their home, pickpocket their keys or strangle them into KO, then help yourself to their groschen.

If you didn't want to do any of that then you could just happily sell all of your loot to them as normal, but I'm just cutting corners and I think the thievery is really fun.

If you want to take the thievery route then it's not a bad idea to talk to your target tradesmen during the day so that you can see exactly how much groschen he has on hand, then decide if it's worth your time.

[Supersomething]

Kill bandits in their camps and on the road. Take their gear, repair it, and sell it. Rinse and repeat when vendors have money. Typically sitting north of 5k to 10k depending on if I go on a shopping spree for things.

[Arden]

The fastest and most fun for me is to kill the soldiers in Opatowitz and sell their loot in Sigismund's camp and Kuttenberg.

[󠀡󠀡]

The easiest and safest way to make money early on is by selling potions. But selling loot is more fun as it involves fighting.

[󠀡󠀡]

Also, alchemy rewards more money if you have the right perks. I can easily make tons of henry's marigold potions with dried herbs or largely rotten herbs.

[AzhalveK]

Originally posted by Arminius:

How do you earn money in this game?
I personally have so far evaded to stealing from shops and then selling it to all kinds of tradesmen, but in my eyes, since tradesmen often lack money this is a lot of effort for nothing.

Blacksmithing or brewing potions, also does not seem to be too effective.

Quests do give money here and there, but meh.

How do you cash in a lot of money in a short period of time?

Also, do you think hunting has any purpose ? I don't feel like I need the meat of game I hunted, I can buy food with less effort and the pelts I can sell, don't bring a lot of money anyway.

Last but not least, technically I don't need to buy ♥♥♥♥. I can just kill some bandit knight, take the gear, and fix it to 100% quality in a shop. Simple.

Let me know what you think and how you approach this?

No matter what, you're still a thief and a murderer.
Look at your statistics.
Playing Good Samaritan doesn't work, the mechanisms are broken.

[Zeno]

Originally posted by AzhalveK:

Originally posted by Arminius:

How do you earn money in this game?
I personally have so far evaded to stealing from shops and then selling it to all kinds of tradesmen, but in my eyes, since tradesmen often lack money this is a lot of effort for nothing.

Blacksmithing or brewing potions, also does not seem to be too effective.

Quests do give money here and there, but meh.

How do you cash in a lot of money in a short period of time?

Also, do you think hunting has any purpose ? I don't feel like I need the meat of game I hunted, I can buy food with less effort and the pelts I can sell, don't bring a lot of money anyway.

Last but not least, technically I don't need to buy ♥♥♥♥. I can just kill some bandit knight, take the gear, and fix it to 100% quality in a shop. Simple.

Let me know what you think and how you approach this?

No matter what, you're still a thief and a murderer.
Look at your statistics.
Playing Good Samaritan doesn't work, the mechanisms are broken.

Seems like it.
Same as in real life, LOL

[Woolsheep]

1) Do work (Smithing)
2) Loot Bandits and sell stuff
3) The secret recipe is crime

No money problems here, just play