How to make money in the winter?

[gabagool]

Now that I am just two days away from entering the season of winter, I am wondering how do I make a steady income since crops will obviously not grow during winter?

[one-turian kind of woman]

fish fish fish sell sell sell

[Unholy Eve]

Fishing, Mining or craft the winter seeds.

[Zyfie]

Hrm... I thought that was answered several times already.

Winter is the perfect time to go foraging, mining, fishing and everything else not crop related.
You should also visit the beach and repair the bridge if you haven't already.

[gabagool]

Originally posted by Nepnep:

Hrm... I thought that was answered several times already.

Winter is the perfect time to go foraging, mining, fishing and everything else not crop related.
You should also visit the beach and repair the bridge if you haven't already.

Yup I repaired that bridge, only got a few clams and such out of it, though.

[NotThatHarkness]

I didn't make money my first winter. I focused on mining and ended up blowing a lot of gold on combat related upgrades. I also had a coop and barn built and upgraded all my tools to gold - all money sinks. I had ended my first fall with about 80k gold and ended that first winter with something like 25-20k gold, lol. In spring I invested that mainly in seeds (edit: and fruit trees) and a few animals and went down to maybe 3k in the first week of spring. I was back up to perhaps 50k gold by the end of spring. Farmed big the next two seasons and ended my second fall with over 250k gold (and with fully upgraded coops, barns, and house).

I unlocked the greenhouse a few days into my 2nd winter, also had unlocked the bus earlier, so I'm growing starfruit and cranberries in the greenhouse now. Income isn't steady but I'm up to 300+k gold now. Oh, and I'm definitely not really focusing on maximizing income in this playthrough.

I wouldn't worry too much about a steady income. There's no steady costs. It's just a matter of what you want to save up for.

[Doom]

Forage and Fish. Also you can plant tree sproutlings that bear fruit in the spring for quick money at the get go.

[sdarkpaladin]

You can still plant seeds. But you are restricted to only the winter seed pack.

[itssirtou]

Wild seeds still suck, unless you have sprinklers... You don't even get the benfits from snow.

Winter is, like Living off the Land says, the time to collect resources. Mine mine mine chop chop chop. Fish and forage sometimes. The Quarry can be opened at the start of winter if you've been diligent. It took lots of expansion to get through the supplies I accrued for my first winter.

[Fatsy Piggins]

Also, stockplie a load of produce for your keg and to make jelly with and use tappers to get a steady supply of tar and syrup. As mentioned above the best way if you've not got a greenhouse is to make a load of winter seeds earleir in the year and then grow them all season.

[WarWise]

You can also forage the four winter plants, deliver them to the community center, and get 30 wild winter seeds.