fastest way to earn money

[Doll ♡]

guys suggest me the fastest way to earn money whether from planting crops, raising animals...etc

[Mackenzie]

Lategame -> Massive automated fish ponds > Automated trees patches > > > The rest

Midgame -> Trees > Fish > > Flowers > > > Animals > > > > > Crops

Early game -> Trees

Number of ">" is how much better.

The DLC Carob Tree is great to move onto after the early apple grind. Tamarind are great after that. For diamonds, Rubber Trees are quite good. For honey, the DLC Cotton Candy Trees are a godsend.

Clownfish is probably the most affordable fish to start amassing wealth from. Then upgrading to Snappers or even skipping straight to Sturgeons, which are the best fish overall - if you can afford them.

[Dave Sammish]

im using red sea bream.

[Darkness Vortex]

If you find yourself often just sitting around waiting early game, or even later, you can plant fast growing crops for some extra coin. Keeping them watered can shorten their growing time by up to half. Or, if you have some extra Diamonds, you can place Wells to harvest every 2 minutes for 20/25 coins each. But if you are not having boredom issues, those are not necessary. Another thing to keep in mind is that Fish and Animals in mass quantities can quickly lag some computers. It will be best to do some experimentation to find what works best for you and the way you want to play. Don't be afraid to try out different styles and processes if the first things you try aren't working out for you. ^_^

[Dave Sammish]

Hey @Darkness and Mackenzie, Im curious about the fish. I have heard that the clownfish are most profitable for an "always on" farm. The red sea bream suit my lifestyle as I do not wish to leave my device on all day. Is the sturgeon truly the best earner?

[Darkness Vortex]

I haven't done my calculations yet, but I can trust that others have. I believe there is a Steam Guide that has done the breakdown of what each harvestable makes in profit per minute or something like that. I was going to make one, but I feel like I stopped because I found out there was already one posted. I'll look and see if I can find it real quick, but you can look if I don't post back here soon. ^_^

[Darkness Vortex]

I found this one in my foray, but it seems that it doesn't have later level things included, so I don't know how much help it would be in your case:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2076085631
Hmm... Perhaps I need to dig out my notes again after all... D_D Or work on compiling my minutely detailed notes the rest of the way and then make calculations with the new data... @_@

[Darkness Vortex]

Okay, I found my notes and did some not so quick quick calculations, but keep in mind that these numbers are based on prices contaminated by uneven levels of harvestable, farm, and player. If I did my calculations correctly, a pond of the following fishes of 100 should be earning per minute approximately:

Sturgeon - 1209
Perch - 1125
Red Snapper - 1067
Oyster - 1061
Red Sea Bream - 1033

Everything else was under 1000 per minute per 100 fish, statistically. An individual's personal luck modifier could alter these statistics drastically. If you have amazing luck, Perch is the best at 10.5 per fish per minute for a big catch over the next highest at 9.8 with Sturgeon. But that is all assuming that I made good math. xD

[Dave Sammish]

Ok wow. Thank you!

[Mackenzie]

I have an excel spreadsheet with Table/level calculators for every object in the game.

Always on or sometimes on doesn't matter, an object that is being farmed will yield what it yields during active play.

For fish specifically, Clownfish ranks in at #12 for $/min. These are base rates but increase with fish level and pond filter level.

Clownfish and Snapper are recommended because they have significantly lower Return of Investment rates than the other fish on this list (which is how fast you get the money back that you spent on it, lower = better). Sturgeons are recommended as the final fish when affordable, simply because it's the best fish.

1) Sturgeon - 6.58 - Costs 17.5k
2) Perch - 6.40 - Costs 30k
3) Red Sea Bream - 6.11 - Costs 50k
4) Oyster - 5.89 - Costs 20k
5) Red Snapper - 5.87 - Costs 25k
6) Sea Bream - 5.38 - Costs 40k
7) Snapper - 4.78 - Costs 7.5k
8) Discus Fish - 4.30 - Costs 15k
9) Blue Tang - 4.13 - Costs 10k
10) Clam - 4.02 - Costs 7k
11) Mussel - 4.02 - Costs 12.5k
12) Clownfish - 3.94 - Costs 6k

[Dave Sammish]

ok! great, thanks!

[Mackenzie]

You bet

[Doll ♡]

thank you guys for all the helpful tips!

[Darkness Vortex]

Oh, that's right! Someone had made a public document on Googledocs or something but I couldn't view it on my other computer. Was that you @Mackenzie? If so, is it still there? Perhaps I can view it on my new computer...

[Mackenzie]

No sir! I tend to make my own.

In a game I invest this much time into, I wasn't willing to trust a foreign document blindly. Had to do the testing, verifying and calculating myself. Plus I am OCD with organization in spreadsheets and like the layouts to be clean and logical with lots of advanced extraneous calculations, some even situational.

[Flagg]

Originally posted by Mackenzie:

Lategame -> Massive automated fish ponds > Automated trees patches > > > The rest

Midgame -> Trees > Fish > > Flowers > > > Animals > > > > > Crops

Early game -> Trees

Number of ">" is how much better.

The DLC Carob Tree is great to move onto after the early apple grind. Tamarind are great after that. For diamonds, Rubber Trees are quite good. For honey, the DLC Cotton Candy Trees are a godsend.

Clownfish is probably the most affordable fish to start amassing wealth from. Then upgrading to Snappers or even skipping straight to Sturgeons, which are the best fish overall - if you can afford them.

All wrong.
It takes an eternity for trees to pay for themselves.
Fastest way at the beginning are Crops. They need some work, but you can plan your crops the way you will play. Whenn you go to sleep plant something that needs 6-8 hours to grow. If you will be at school or work next morning, you can plant something that needs 10-16 hours to grow.
While playing active, plant something that only need 10 minutes up to maximum of an hour to grow.
In early and mid game there is only one tree that is really worth it, the gummy tree to generate dimods.
In mid and late games the best options to have a good cashflow are Flowers with sprinklers.
Fishes are a only good to get passive cash, when you have a farmhand to care for them.
The best Money/Time option are reindeer, but you have to keep them on cooldown.