How to effeciently farm gold?

[AthenaShadow]

Idk how to delete a discussion, but as I said before this is a REALLY OLD discussion, and I have it all figured out now, thanks everyone.

Okay, so I'm level 23, I've looked up a lot of guides on this and none really seem to be all that helpful. So I'll try making my own post and maybe the answers here will help me and other people in the future. I chose assassin as my first character (Probably not the brightest idea, as I saw it was labeled as difficult to play, but I love assassins) and now that I'm up to level 23 I seem to be spending more money buying potions than I can even make on quests! I've never been much of a crafter, but it's starting to look like crafting is a requirement in this game. Is there any way to farm gold really well to avoid crafting and still keep up on this? I'm struggling with bosses on main quests that I'm supposed to be able to defeat. Potions, potions, potions! I can't keep up! haha. Any tips would be a godsend. You're welcome to add me in game and talk to me there instead. AthenaShadow steam works too. Thanks!

[True American Patriot]

im not sure what amounts of gold your talking about here but i assume its not in the thousands...

i'd recommend getting to level 40, 50, or 55, since crafting is only really necessary for one thing, karasha and now exalted gear crafting. a lot of players will tell you to cook and stuff but thats only if you want to go all in with the game.

the best way to farm gold is to run legendary dungeons or the newer dungeons on heroic/elite. also, world bosses such as sandstorm (who is in cloying watses) drop a ton of gold. to earn gold through the auction, which i think is easier is to get heroic/legendary seals and sell them, or even certain marks.

at your level right now there arent as many options besides running the heroic dungeons, especially ruins of matren (which is just at level 24). the best thing to do is join a guild that can take you on raids you cant do alone.

[PiratePixieQueen]

I`d be happy to add you, What server are you on? I`m on Kalas. I don`t have many friends and the ones I have added,they have disspeared,I am in a guild, it was fun and active but it died :( I plan on joining another one sometime.The only person I play with right now is my boyfriend and I am helping him by leveling up. But i need more friends and a guild when I get to more harder things. I`m only level 39 right now. and also playing alone isn`t fun.

[AthenaShadow]

Originally posted by CommanderASN:

im not sure what amounts of gold your talking about here but i assume its not in the thousands...

i'd recommend getting to level 40, 50, or 55, since crafting is only really necessary for one thing, karasha and now exalted gear crafting. a lot of players will tell you to cook and stuff but thats only if you want to go all in with the game.

the best way to farm gold is to run legendary dungeons or the newer dungeons on heroic/elite. also, world bosses such as sandstorm (who is in cloying watses) drop a ton of gold. to earn gold through the auction, which i think is easier is to get heroic/legendary seals and sell them, or even certain marks.

at your level right now there arent as many options besides running the heroic dungeons, especially ruins of matren (which is just at level 24). the best thing to do is join a guild that can take you on raids you cant do alone.

Definitely didn't mean in the thousands. Just enough to keep up with potions because I'm a squishy lil bastard xD But I found that joining a helpful guild has been a great deal of change. Made it a lot easier so far.

[Scar]

You can craft your own stuff but it really isnt mandatory, best gold is from dungeons, and obvs if your higher level then that will bring in easy gold, buy a transit pass (i use to spend money teleporting everywhere)

so attempt lavalight -> carleon -> yeti dungeon, personally yeti is the best for easy money, (lava light and carleon) you may as well convert the equipment into tempering stones and sell them (dont sell the low level ones), the harder the difficulty you play or you can manage to do the better the drops

[Scar]

Or you could collect iron ore, make stuff and sell it, easy money, familiar orbs used to be an extremely efficient way of making money

[Morgue]

Cov H1-5 solo is the best way to farm gold atm

[Scar]

Originally posted by Morgue:

Cov H1-5 solo is the best way to farm gold atm

yes but you have to be a high level to do so, or have the right class

[AthenaShadow]

Thanks guys, I appreciate it! I'm doing alright now :)

[Mudhawk]

Keep an eye on shouts. Right now mysterious fragments are selling really well and you can get them at any level. Average is about 3gold each in AH. Also, it sounds like your Assassin might need some tweaks in its attack pattern, you should definetely be able to dodge almost anything at your own level. The dodge in Icarus is a bit weird as you double tap the wasd to activate and it applies to the monster's NEXT attack, not it's current. There are some great videos on how to do successful Sin dodging and skill patterns. Also look for gear with Strength stats vs Dex - it's sort of counter intuitive, but you want to max your dps for quick takedowns

[GRANDPA]

Personally, I've found that doing dungeons over and over is a really great way to earn money. You get lots of money from the monsters, and you can sell the weapon/armor drops on the marketplace. Start with lava light cave, and find which difficulty works best for you, because the higher the difficulty, the better the drops. Good luck.

[Xivass]

well the thing i got stuck is: i am also an assassin and i hardly use potions, what makes you use a lot of potions? i use 1 or 2 while killing bosses sometimes. do you know the dodge mechanic? that is what makes an assassin an assassin in this game.

[AthenaShadow]

I didn't then, but I do now :)

[Scar]

Originally posted by OutLander:

well the thing i got stuck is: i am also an assassin and i hardly use potions, what makes you use a lot of potions? i use 1 or 2 while killing bosses sometimes. do you know the dodge mechanic? that is what makes an assassin an assassin in this game.

dodge doesnt always work lol

[Xivass]

Originally posted by Trickster:

Originally posted by OutLander:

well the thing i got stuck is: i am also an assassin and i hardly use potions, what makes you use a lot of potions? i use 1 or 2 while killing bosses sometimes. do you know the dodge mechanic? that is what makes an assassin an assassin in this game.

dodge doesnt always work lol

actually if you know the mechanics it works. You HAVE TO keep an eye on the dodge buff. By the time passes you will learn your rythim. which skills are suitable for your rythim etc. Go to a crowded mob area (my preferred one is the vampire villagers) and get some mobs attacking you and just try to dodge them. When you get hit, start over. You wil eventually find yourself doing it naturally. I hope I could help a little bit. I am playing on Velzeroth if you would like to play with me send me a message and we add friends. Goodluck Have fun :)

[Xivass]

By the way the vampire villager farm is a good place to farm gold early. They have low hp and slow attack speed. Just gather like 50 of them and use your spear swing and dive into them.