I have found that progress and profit must be balanced in this game.

[Blazera87]

You need cheap items to progress the story. But you need money in order to buy the upgrades to keep improving.

[SlackerBoe]

That really depends on individual gameplay.

Mining makes money irrelevant as you will always be able to make ~50k/day in the mines in a span of 4-6 in game hours. And that’s without tool upgrades.

[Adara]

Originally posted by SlackerBoe:

That really depends on individual gameplay.

Mining makes money irrelevant as you will always be able to make ~50k/day in the mines in a span of 4-6 in game hours. And that’s without tool upgrades.

May I ask who do you sell the ores to? Do we need to go to Gus to make them into gems or do we just sell the ores?

[Abgarok]

You can sell the unrefined ore for a small profit, but refining the gems increases their value considerably.

[SlackerBoe]

Originally posted by Adara:

Originally posted by SlackerBoe:

That really depends on individual gameplay.

Mining makes money irrelevant as you will always be able to make ~50k/day in the mines in a span of 4-6 in game hours. And that’s without tool upgrades.

May I ask who do you sell the ores to? Do we need to go to Gus to make them into gems or do we just sell the ores?

Go to Gus to refine the ores and sell them to Sam/shipping box. No one buys them for above regular price, but starting jewels start in the 900s and get up to 3000 per jewel at top tier. You can pull plenty of 1-2 k jewels (onyx-moonstone) before you upgrade the hammer. The further down you go and the more you upgrade the hammer, the more money you get. You’re looking at 3k gems becoming common and abundant when you get to the bottom.