The most effective way to earn money.

[Siry Vovk]

Is selling rare metals on Earth the best way to earn money?

Thank in advance!

[mcpoldy]

The only way

[mr. Sombre]

Originally posted by mcpoldy:

The only way

You can invest 3000 research points into about $500M.

[Siry Vovk]

Originally posted by mcpoldy:

The only way

So in the distant future resources will run out and the game will come to the end.
Am I right?

[ORION]

If you're a politician there is a research you can do as many times as you want that gives you money

[Siry Vovk]

Originally posted by mr. Sombre:

Originally posted by mcpoldy:

The only way

You can invest 3000 research points into about $500M.

Selling technologies to Earth?

[DreXav]

It's not the only way - you can also get funding from research, some of them are repeatable:
Mars Crowdfunding - $1000M - one time
Martian Patents - $500 M - repeatable
Martian Copyrights - $2000 M - repeatable

If you set up a decent research dome, you could afford to queue martian patents/copyrights every other tech. Or just research them whenever you need cash.

Rare metals are finite, research is not, and you need RMs for bunch of other stuff.

If you want to soup it up, then there are sponsors/commanders that increase all funding by 20% or give funding from research/breakthroughs too.

[mr. Sombre]

Originally posted by Siry Vovk:

Originally posted by mr. Sombre:

You can invest 3000 research points into about $500M.

Selling technologies to Earth?

Yep, should be tech in about 1/3 of social tree. Can be done multiply times.

[SpookySpirits]

Seems like I've also received funding from Explorer Drones by scanning anomalies.

[Siry Vovk]

Thanks to All a lot!

[Nate Mc Bow]

Research or mining seem to be the only ways to gain funding, unless you are playing with a sponsor that says otherwise. (Like the USA generates funding at intervals.)

[DailyDoseOfStress]

Early Game procedure. After that, Martian Patents and Selling Research is I think the best option thus far. Also, you can use the Space Elevator as well once unlocked.

[Kiran Müller]

If a Colonist has the "Celebrity" Perk, you get money every day! Im not sure, how much, but i had one and got in regular intervals 10M $. I think it was 10M $ per day.
https://survivingmars.paradoxwikis.com/Colonists#Perks

[Govalon]

Originally posted by DreXav:

It's not the only way - you can also get funding from research, some of them are repeatable:
Mars Crowdfunding - $1000M - one time
Martian Patents - $500 M - repeatable
Martian Copyrights - $2000 M - repeatable

If you set up a decent research dome, you could afford to queue martian patents/copyrights every other tech. Or just research them whenever you need cash.

Rare metals are finite, research is not, and you need RMs for bunch of other stuff.

If you want to soup it up, then there are sponsors/commanders that increase all funding by 20% or give funding from research/breakthroughs too.

Later in the game you unlock a wonder that produces infinite amount of rare metals. It is hard to get though