Easy ways to make money in the early game?

[thestoryofricky]

I think Killing wolf for pelts must be the best. They can sell for like 90+ gold and sometimes they are a couple wolfs together. Early game the exp is also very nice to get from them.

I think equipment drops like armor and weapons are a bit deceiving. When I pick up a weapon that takes just as much inventory space as a pelt and sometimes it's value at like 300+gold but then the blacksmith only pays like 60 to 90 gold for it, only just as much as a pelt, sometimes even less.

What are you guys favorite to get gold early game?

[🔥Shadowspawn🔥]

I agree with you. Pelts are the best early money items.
Although I question the squirrel pelt. According to the description its a very hard pelt to come by and its supposed to be very expensive. But even after the devs reworked the value of pelts, the squirrel pelt still sells for peanuts.
Personally I think that squirrel pelts should have the same value as bear pelts considering how hard it is to get them.

[wallace8766]

I always explore the map to points of interest first. Plenty of loot out there. Sell the food and pelts. Level one go in a crypt and just loot beginning entrance stuff, etc.

[Berserkr]

I'm amazed your finding animals in that supply I can go 3 map tiles without seeing anything at all

[«ßИс» Dr. Hammer [TOotH]]

Originally posted by Berserkr:

I'm amazed your finding animals in that supply I can go 3 map tiles without seeing anything at all

My first successful run, I didn't encounter a single moose or snake. And I only found 2 beartraps out in the wilds. Current run, I've encountered countless beartraps, 2 snakes and at least 3 moose. It's all the luck of the die I guess.

As for collecting coin, I am partial to selling pitchforks to the blacksmith. They're pretty common, and I get a decent return (More so than other weapons, save perhaps the lumberjack axes?). And I can carry far more than I can wolf pelts.

[thestoryofricky]

I just found a magic cloak helm today valued at something like 300 gold but when I went to sell it to the leathershop guy I only got like 70 gold from it. More like 30 gold since I needed to identify it first. The pelts are valued at like 150 and sells for 98 to a lot of merchants, or 120 to the leather guy. I did find an ax too valued at like 1000 gold which sold for like 300 gold, so it seems equipment sells for 30% of the value.

@shadowspawn
I've played the fire sorcerer character in a previous patch as well as the archer range guy and I've got to say hunting with melee is pretty hard. I'd need to spend point on the aiming skill so early just for hunting is kind of, a bad trade off in my opinion. And yeah the squrrels don't fetch much. So I just go for those don't run away like the wolves.

@berserker
Guess I'm lucky. I do try to explore like at least 50% of a forest map tile until I encounter at least something though.

@dr hammer
Thanks for mentioning the pitchforks they do sell pretty well.

[Heau]

You can more or less only hunt wolves and boars reliably as melee but wolves are very frequent. I don't remember the last time I revealed (nearly) all tiles of a forest without finding at least 2 wolf spawns, so 2-4 wolves since patch. However, the blade requirement on skinning is painful. It forces mace and spear users to either carry a dagger and swap weapons all the time or use the 2nd weapon for skinning rather than carrying a crossbow for safety.

Pitchforks do well because the base value per inventory square is high. It's true of most early game spears and they are fairly common. In practice you get 25% of weapons value provided you sell them appropriately to the blacksmith/carpenter. At least that's the % value until you get higher rep.

For items with a Valuable label, you get 80% if sold to the appropriate salesman. The guy that sells a bit of everything will always give you 80% and for valuable metals, blacksmith will also give you 80% whereas for pelts and other similar leather based valuables, the tailor will give you 80%. It's mostly useful to know when you start dungeons and run a salesman dry before the 3-day reset.

Once you know that it is fairly easy to figure out whether a 25% weapon will earn more than an 80% low end valuable (like oil or hourglass, etc.).

As for the original topic, I agree wolf/boar pet farming is easiest and rather safe since the animal spawn changes. The occasional triple wolf pull and frequent double wolf pull before patch was a liability for many builds.

[thestoryofricky]

You mean rep as in reputation? Where can I see this stat in game?

Another question for the thread too is I'm only level 5 right now but is it worth it to carry around the shovel to dig? I haven't dug anything valuable to justify carrying the shovel yet.

[Hexa]

Originally posted by Shadowspawn:

I agree with you. Pelts are the best early money items.
Although I question the squirrel pelt. According to the description its a very hard pelt to come by and its supposed to be very expensive. But even after the devs reworked the value of pelts, the squirrel pelt still sells for peanuts.
Personally I think that squirrel pelts should have the same value as bear pelts considering how hard it is to get them.

Isnt squirrel pelt now selling for like 100 g or smthn?

[Heau]

Originally posted by riki-oh:

You mean rep as in reputation? Where can I see this stat in game?

Another question for the thread too is I'm only level 5 right now but is it worth it to carry around the shovel to dig? I haven't dug anything valuable to justify carrying the shovel yet.

It's been added to a tab accessible from the quest journal interface a few patches ago if I remember correctly. I did not launch the game to verify but I'm almost sure.

And no, don't carry a shovel. You can always dig by hand. It damages your hands for like 2 health points worth and its annoying to click about 30 times but it's really not worth losing this much bag space.

[Xeno42]

yeah they mad slashing and fire damage less likely to get pelts but then buffed the pelts from 50 to 150 in the wolfs case so if your using clubs or arrows your getting 120 gold per pelt provided you sell it to the right vendor. still not as good as some of the early game dungeon loot but its worth a lot of money right now.

[🔥Shadowspawn🔥]

Originally posted by Hexa:

Isnt squirrel pelt now selling for like 100 g or smthn?

Yes, it is. But considering how often you see squirrels, how hard it is to catch them, and how frequently you are unable to harvest pelts from their bodies, their pelts should be considerably more valuable than they currently are. Plus, according to their description, and I quote "Light and silky, squirrel fur trim is often used for the most opulent of garments." Surely something that is that hard to harvest should be much more valuable than a measly 100 crowns.

[Xeno42]

Originally posted by Shadowspawn:

Originally posted by Hexa:

Isnt squirrel pelt now selling for like 100 g or smthn?

Yes, it is. But considering how often you see squirrels, how hard it is to catch them, and how frequently you are unable to harvest pelts from their bodies, their pelts should be considerably more valuable than they currently are. Plus, according to their description, and I quote "Light and silky, squirrel fur trim is often used for the most opulent of garments." Surely something that is that hard to harvest should be much more valuable than a measly 100 crowns.

consider thou that to make a fur coat out of just squirrels you would need at least 50 or so pelts. considering the size its say its worth a lot. its not something you get every time but i feel like shooting a squirrel is a lot less dangerous then a boar or a wolf xD

[Nojimo]

The absolute most concrete way to make money in the early game is farming the first crypt. It does require skilled play but there isn't a question when it comes to efficiency for time and inventory space.

You can get thousands of gold per run, even with low reputation.

[«ßИс» Dr. Hammer [TOotH]]

Originally posted by Nojimo:

The absolute most concrete way to make money in the early game is farming the first crypt. It does require skilled play but there isn't a question when it comes to efficiency for time and inventory space.

You can get thousands of gold per run, even with low reputation.

"Gravediggin's a good job mate. Challenging work, indoors, I guarantee you'll not go hungry. Cause as long as there's two people left on the planet, someone is going to want someone raised from the dead."

[Xeno42]

Originally posted by Nojimo:

The absolute most concrete way to make money in the early game is farming the first crypt. It does require skilled play but there isn't a question when it comes to efficiency for time and inventory space.

You can get thousands of gold per run, even with low reputation.

just be careful if your an archer