Why is it so hard to earn money ?

[hansandmg42]

It is literally almost impossible to progress early game without being a murder hobo, dosent help that enemies get me in a combo and one shots me with an axe

[carl.wear]

Try picking flowers / herbs and selling them.

[PinkDaddySasquatch]

treasure maps yo

[Krax]

go bak to sckalitz, and loot dead bodies. u can do daily. i tell ya, money is no problem in this game

[Chill°bucket]

it is indeed very easy. For example go to Vatzek in Ledetchko. You can train bow there and can earn 100 Groschen each round. Not bad for the beginning.
You can hunt deers. Cook the meat and sell it. You get incredible money and also level bow+agility through hunting. You can also train the dog so he learns to hunt for you.
Don't worry about mechants which have not much money. If you sell them stuff cheap they get rich pretty soon after 1-2 days.
Best money brings Alchemy. Learn to read from the scribe in Uschitze and then brew potions. Don't sell them to the Alchemist. look where they get best price. Lazarus potions bring really good prices and when your reputation with a special merchant ist high he pays much more. And as said. Your cheap sold goods will fill that merchants cashier.
When your alchemy skill gets higher there are traits "autobrew" and "get 3 instead of 1 potion". Together high reputation at a merchant (which has meanwhile much money cause of you) you can make a fortune. And picking flowers together with the right chosen trait also levels strength.

Or you go the thief way and lockpick chests and steal the stuff, sell it to the miller.
Damn, this game has countless possibilities to do stuff and earn money, even without 1 fight.

[Bench 315 Nerd]

Loot bodies at sckalitz. Easiest way to get both armor/weapons early and easy money.

Save up a few thousand, go buy a horse, and haul more loot.

[rdbury]

Henry is a Medieval peasant, Medieval peasants are poor, therefore Henry is poor. Giving him a lot of cash kind of defeats the premise of the game.

[Chill°bucket]

Originally posted by rdbury:

Henry is a Medieval peasant, Medieval peasants are poor, therefore Henry is poor. Giving him a lot of cash kind of defeats the premise of the game.

My Henry learned after reading many books that capitalism is a better way and went rich ;)
Now he is always in the bathhouse and forgot what he was up to.... Something with cumans or so...

[Bench 315 Nerd]

Originally posted by rdbury:

Henry is a Medieval peasant, Medieval peasants are poor, therefore Henry is poor. Giving him a lot of cash kind of defeats the premise of the game.

Homeless people should no longer seek out housing since that defeats the point of being poor and on the street.

The game is not meant to just be a poor peasant lol

[Bad 💀 Motha]

It's not hard at all. It's as easy to make money in KCD as it is in Red Dead 2; basically Treasure is the key. I found them without any guides, just exploring the map. Most good armor and such you can just steal, then take it and put in your personal box at the Mill or an Inn. In about 24-48 hours gameplay time, the stolen status should be gone.

[Echolecter]

Getting money in this game is by far the easiest thing to do. Lock pick level 6 (perk) and buy beer. Rob the tailor in Ratty and put everything in Peshek' chest, will get you about 4/5k. I always go hunting at Talmberg after I end up in Rattay, and had days where I got 30k out of his chest. Money isn't an issue and you also don't need any, except for repairs you can't do yourself. Putting items in merchants is my preferred way, as well as taking whatever I need.

{Added}: Selling stuff from bandits and Cuman is a waist of time, to heavy to carry and worthless in the end because it is damaged. Besides that you need to kill them first.

[King of Evil]

Kill domestic pigs, dogs, cows, etc. then cook & sell their meat, skins, offal. Ignore the chickens, tho. They aren't worth anything.

Cooking removes the 'stolen' status & pork is the highest priced meat when selling. The animals respawn after you move away about 100 yards. There's a few pigs/dogs around the Rattay Mill area with little to no surveillance, each pig drops around 70-80 meat & then you just cook & sell them to the shops in Rattay, wait for them to replenish their Groschen, rinse, repeat. Easy money farm for early game & it will also level up your STR/AGI/Warfare/Vitality stats & Hunting/Bow/Weapon skills.

Once your hunting skill gets high enough, learn the Skinning & Offal perks to make even more money. There's a tanner you can sell the skins to right next door to Theresa's mill & Offal sell for even higher prices, but you only get 1 or 2 per animal usually.

Just don't get caught hurting the animals or you get reported. It's easy to not get caught if you wear no mail/plate, which you probably won't have early on anyways. This is the easiest way to make money early on in the game while still leveling your combat stats/abilities.

You can also do this is Sasau, & there are a lot more pigs & cows there.

[Slim]

do the jobs in the various towns. Some of them do not require combat at all and will pay you a hundred grochen. Get better at combat, you shouldn't be bested by unarmored foe.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

The bigger issue is traders running out of money. I have had to resort to not stealing certain stuff at night from them and instead go buy some stuff from them so they have money so they can buy all my junk.

I've made 1000s of $ just off of picking and selling Herbs what you end up having to do is don't be a pack rat horder when it comes to many of the enemies. Take their money and if they have a few food items you will consume soon, take that stuff. Just keep an eye out for unique armor items. But many of that stuff isn't worth taking, especially when has taken heavy damage and is below 55-60%

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Slim:

do the jobs in the various towns. Some of them do not require combat at all and will pay you a hundred grochen. Get better at combat, you shouldn't be bested by unarmored foe.

^ This too.

You know you still need to work on your skills and perk upgrades if you still getting your butt handed to you at a one on one fist fight with those 3 guys in Rattay. However to ensure your armor isn't helping you in those fist fights, remove all armor from being equipped before fighting them to ensure you can win without any extra help, because if you can't then your character still needs alot off work.

[Child Soldier #191292]

Everyone here isl really helpful thank you!