Tips on making some money!

[Puru]

Table of Contents:
i. Introduction
ii. Crude Onyx Hunting
iii. Rare Item Hunting
iv. Merchanting
v. Crafting and Selling
vi. Gold Bunny Hunting
vii. Monopolization
viii. Stamps
ix. Nesting
x. Tips and Tricks
xi. Conclusion

Spoiler: i. Introduction 

Hello, I've hit a reasonable amount of money on Dragon's Nest and I'm hoping to help others who are questioning "how to make more money on Dragon's Nest" or "what is the easiest way to make money on Dragon's Nest". I've hit over 1k gold within a week and a half on Dragon's nest. I find that a great milestone. Although others do surpass my wealth on the server, my knowledge and experience is still high enough to help others out.

Spoiler: ii. Crude Onyx Farming 

We all know what Crude Onyx's are, don't we? You should by now. All dungeons that are level 16+ drop Crude Onyx's and not those crumby Onyx fragments. You can easily farm these Crude Onyx's in dungeons such as Astral Coven or Sanctuary Nexus, where a lot of mobs spawn. The two dungeons listed above are where I feel are the strongest places to Crude Onyx farm.

Crude Onyx farming I find is the most consistent way to make money. You are almost guaranteed to make money, although it may not be at the fastest rate. You could average about 25-30g an hour atleast. On average, I find that Crude Onyx's drop at a minimum of 2-3 per a dungeon run. Remember this is a minimum. At level 24, a masters run on Astral should take you no less then 3 minutes with decent gear. Theoretically, if it takes you 3 minutes a dungeon, and you average 2-3 Crude Onyx's at bare minimum then...
You will average about 40-60 Crude Onyx's an hour. Depending on how much they sell for on your server determines on your Gold/Hour. On Argenta, as of Aug 7th, a stack of crude Onyx's can be sold very quickly in the market for 25g a stack, but are sold on average 28g, atm.

Remember, This is the most consistent way to make money, but it may seem rather boring and repetitive. If you are trying to make money fast, perhaps consider the other options bellow.

Spoiler: iii. Rare Item Hunting 

Along with Crude Onyx farming, you can mix it along with Rare Item Hunting. Rare items such as level 24 set gear, rings and plates. This may not be as consistent as Crude Onyx farming because after 5+ runs, you might not even run into an item that's worth something. Although I do not know which dungeon statistically will make the most money, you can grind on Abyss lower leveled dungeons, (Coven, Cloister, etc...) to find rare items such as a level 24 rare weapon or armor. You can also grind on Masters (Sanctuary Nexus, Manticore, etc...) because these dungeons do still drop 23+ gear on masters.
Also you can consider getting rare sparks from pretty much every dungeon which sell quite nicely.

You could make a lot of money off this method by getting lucky and stumbling upon rare items. I've had some instances where I've found a nice level 20+ rare ring, with 25m. dmg on it that sold for over 200g.

Also you could hunt for boss drops such as a Poison Essence, Photos, Chain etc... Almost every boss has a rare drop that is used for crafting which you can sell in the market for a good price.

Spoiler: iv. Merchanting 

Merchanting is occurs in almost every MMO. If you are not familiar with merchanting, here's a quick definition. Buy for less, sell for more. It's self explanatory. You simply hunt in the market/all chat to see if anyone is selling something underpriced. There will always be that impatient seller who is willing to sell for less. Take advantage of that and buy from that seller, then sell that item at its original price. This method requires patience, if you do not have the patience to sell, then I recommend you try out the other methods.

Here let me give you an example:
There is a stack of Crude Onyx in the market being sold for 20g. You know that a stack of Crude Onyxs can be sold for atleast 25g+ in the market. Quickly purchase that stack for 20g and resell it for 25g+ and you will make a 5g profit.

This method doesn't always have to be about crude onyxs, you can merchant things such as items, sparks, plates etc... Anything that seems oddly under priced, go ahead and buy it then sell it for its original or more price.

Spoiler: v. Crafting then Selling 

You can sell an item that has been well crafted and enhanced for great amount of gold. What this method involves you to do is pretty much enhance an item, such as a Goblin Long bow to +8 or higher (recommend for best results). Once you've enhanced it, you can use a rare crystal spark to unlock the item's ability. If you get a good ability, that's great! That just means you will make more money! If not, you can risk using reset sparks and trying to see if you can get better stats. Once you've enhanced and unlocked your item's ability, you can craft it into a different type of weapon (Preferably Windswept). Windswept/Intelligence is best for crafting in my opinion because for Mages and Clerics, you cannot go wrong on intelligence and Windswept is great on Warriors and Archers due to the reduction on crit resist.

Although this might seem like an easy method, you could potentially end up not being able to sell your item at your desired price and may lose more money. Think about it this way. What happens when you break your weapon? What happens to all your crude onyxs after failing to enhance 5 times in a row? What if the item I don't have enough money to buy crafting items to get it to Windswept or Intelligence? All these factors may contribute to losing money after crafting items. Although this may seem like the "faster" way to make money, always remember that everything has their pros and cons.

Spoiler: iv. Gold Bunny Hunting 

On Abyss difficulty, maybe you guys have ran into it before. The Gold Bunny. There is a very low probability that you will run into the Golden Bunny, but when you do, you could have a huge gain in gold. If people are unsure of what the Golden Bunny drops, there is a chance that the Gold Bunny will drop a "Highest Grade Plate" which can be sold up to 1,000g and up. Basically how to Gold Bunny hunt is you can go solo, or with a party. I personally like going with parties when I can, but some others like solo so if any other items drop, it's all theirs. Basically you have to grind on Abyss difficulty dungeons and hope for a Golden Bunny. Note! Make you you always have a key because if you don't then you are rather screwed when you see the Golden Bunny :\

Also note that this is more or less a Gamble in my opinion. You might not even run into 1 Golden Bunny in 25 runs. That's how rare it is. Please consider this huge downfall when it comes to Golden Bunny hunting, as you might just be wasting your time if you are too impatient to grind for one.

Another tip is that it is preferred to run as a party, preferably as 4. Why you may ask? simply to maximize the number of bunnies you and your friends can get and also it makes Abyss runs much faster. think about it, you have 4 people, if you are lucky enough to stumble upon a bunny, its 4 people that get a gold bunny. Also with 4 people running through dungeons should be a breeze.

[Puru]

Spoiler: vii. Monopolization 

I've not used this method, but theoretically it can work. Note, this method has the higher risk. You can either have a huge gain in money or a huge loss in it too. Not sure what I'm talking about when I say Monopolization? Here's a quick definition: the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service. Basically monopolizing or possessing one item in the market.

For example, you could monopolize anything in the market and sell it at the price that you want. Theoretically if you were to buy every Low Grade Crystal Spark (Rare) and sell them all for 30g instead of 20g. The only Crystal Sparks available are your crystal spark. When anyone sells a Crystal spark bellow your price you can buy it before anyone else can, then sell it for your own price.

I'm going to use a real life analogy to clear things up. Say someone bought out all the food markets in the states, and decided to sell everything for twice its value. No one could stop it since that "someone" owns all of it.

Theoretically you could monopolize a certain item in the market, make your own prices and sell for that price resulting in a huge gain of profit. There is a huge downfall though. What if your process of monopolization fails? What happens when I don't have enough gold to buy out the item? What happens if other players farm for the item you monopolized and sell it for cheaper? This is probably the best way to make money, yet it's probably the best way to lose it aswell.

Spoiler: viii. NX Stamps 

Approval Stamp. You should've gotten them by level 24 as a gift box from the Dragon's Vault. You can also purchase them with your scales in the Dragon's Vault as well. How could you use Approval stamps to make money? Simply by approving items that are rare that are also are in high demand. I, myself use approval stamps to sell Reset Sparks since they are unable to be traded and others are willing to by them aswell. There are other items such as rare plates that you can unbind and sell.

This method is mainly based on using "real life money" or the scales that you got through events. By using these approval stamps you can make some extra gold.

Spoiler: ix. Nesting 

So recently with the newest update, as of August 11th, the minotaur nest finally came out. This is also a great source of income due to the epic items you can get upon completing the nest. It is recommended to go as 4 as nesting is quite hard to solo. You can have a great source of income, or even get some nice items for yourself. I myself made a great ordeal of money just off a couple of nests. It requires a little luck, but more or less skill to complete the nest. Upon completing the dungeon, you may get a golden chest, where items can be sold for a lot of money. Some examples are a Minotaur horns, epic accessories, epic plates, and just epic things in general!
I find that this is another great method to make money just because of all the epic gear that you can acquire and sell.

Spoiler: x. Tips and Tricks 

Here are some tips and tricks that you can follow to help save or make some more money.

1. You can create other character and send them items to be sold in the market once your listings have been all used up. Most people complain about how they can only sell 30 items a week. You can easily solve that problem by making several other character on your account making your 30 listings to 120 listings a week.
2. Grind with a buddy. Although you guys might have to split the loot, theoretically you will be saving more money. You will be able to run through dungeons faster and you will waste less durability in dungeons.
3. Farm things that are suspected to inflate. You can farm items in dungeons that are suspected to inflate in the future. ie. Crafting items once the Epic sets come out.
4. Always keep an eye on the market. Things will inflate and deflate. The market can be very instable and prices can go up and down due to demands in the community. For example, when people were able to relist things in the market, the price of Rare Onyx Sparks went from 5g to about 3.5g. Keep an eye out for the market.
5. Try to sell before Saturdays. The point above should explain why. Since everyone's listings get reset, after a week of grinding, a lot, and I mean a lot of people will be eager to sell, ultimately deflating the price of an item.
6. You can also use the market as a price reference. Just search up the item to see what the average price that item is being sold for.

Spoiler: xi. Conclusion 

I hope this guide helped a lot of you, and if it didn't -_-... There's not much I can do then xD. Also if you have any questions, or anything else you feel that is wrong, or something that I should add feel free to tell me and I will update it! : D

[mrtortuga]

i read through the entire guide. it's really helpful! i can't believe i hadn't considered doing some of these before .___.; i'm gonna try some of these methods as soon as servers get back up, haha. thanks for the guide

[Expedition]

Dude make things easier for everyone buy low sell high.

[plo009]

Thanks for the guide, has some really helpful information in it.

[Jelall]

Awesome guide. I do most of these things and ended up with 400 gold in one day

[Btwistboy]

Nice guide, but I think you should change the "up to 1000 gold" part. Charged shot seems to be going for 2000 gold now.

[Puru]

Thanks everyone! I hoped this guide really helps! :]

Originally Posted by Btwistboy

Nice guide, but I think you should change the "up to 1000 gold" part. Charged shot seems to be going for 2000 gold now.

And yep. I changed it so that some plates can be worth for 1000g or more

[Mactac]

Awesome guide, I'll use it.

[Jihibukai]

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