Money Making (How to become rich)

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Alright, we all want to be rich Fiesta, don't we? So we can buy that good-looking weapon or necklace. Well, I'll reveal to you the best way to make money in fiesta:

Some information is from Drugie (most of it being the second-half of this guide)

There's no need to split tings up into categories so I'll just say this, it's all about being a merchant/marketer.

Selling to NPCs:

Well, this is the most basic way to gain money besides doing quests. Just kill monsters, get their drops, and sell their drops to the NPCs. You'll get money for the drops. Not a big amount of money but you'll get money. The main drops you will be selling to the NPC's are the various lumps and the various bones. Don't expect to make gold quickly by relying on the NPC, but you'll get money.

Quests:

Another basic way to get money. Complete the quests that are given to you by NPCs and they'll reward you with money. Not really a big amount but later on some of the rewards are quite substantional.

Hint: A lot of quests also give rewards such as items, stones and scrolls. Even if you don't want them they can be sold to push up your profits.

Selling mob drops to other players:

In addition to selling the mob drops to NPC's you can also sell them to other people. Some drops, such as Summoned beast leather LQ, are always in high demand and will sell for a much higher price to players than what you would get from an NPC, this is the case for most drops. However some things people will probably not want to buy (e.g. crushed bones) and are better to sell to NPC. Another great thing about this is selling the green items that mobs rarely drop. Green name items are much more valuable than a normal item as they have bonus stats such as endurance (good for tanking) and intelligence (good for mages) on the items themselves to give a good boost to your character. As well as bonus stats, green named items often have better base stats such as more damage, aim, defense etc. As these are so much better than normal items they are worth a lot more, keep this in mind when you find them.

Selling to other players:

Now, let me just say that I've gained so much money off this method. All you got to know is what to sell. If you want to make good money, you have to sell items that people want such as potions, stones and scrolls. Depending on what production skills you selected to your character to do, you will be able to produce your own potions, stones, or scrolls. Go to the Production Skills Guide for more information. You can either make the potions and sell them to other players or you can gather the materials that make the potions and sell them to players. However, selling stones is probably the best way to make money in Fiesta. If you have Stone Production, you will be able to make alot of money from using the dusts you find to make elrue, then going mining for copper ore (see mining guide for details) and making some into Lix. Players want elrue and elixir to upgrade their weapons and armour so stones make good money. Scrolls can be made with the Scroll Production skill. Players love scrolls because scrolls buff (upgrade) their skills up for certain amounts of time which can be invaluable for leveling and questing, they are the next best seller behind stones.

Hint: Item Decomposition can be your best friend when creating things to sell. Turning those dim dusts into old dusts to make more elrue is very profitable and very rewarding.

The fine art of Vendoring:

Vendors are the main way to sell your wares to other players so knowing how to setup a vendor successfully is essential. To setup a vendor find the spot where you want to setup the vendor and press the button that looks like a house and select Vendor (or just press b), select buy/sell and put in the items and the prices your buying/selling for, add a description then open the store. Sounds simple enough, but I've seen many people do things wrong and either not sell anything, or miss out on a lot of money. There are 4 main things you need to think about when making a vendor:

Location Location Location: Location is KEY to selling your items, if your selling stones, there's no point in selling them out in the middle of Forest of Tides, nobody will see your store. Put your store where people will most likely look for it. If your selling stones, put your store outside where people enhance their items, if your selling materials for anything, try and put your vendor near the persons storage so they can easily buy all you have to offer, then store it away for a later date.

Your Stock: Make sure your selling things people are going to want, very few people are going to want to buy your copper lumps or crushed bones, but they are much more likely to invest in your summoned beast leather or Vitality scrolls.

Pricing for Profits: This is one of the areas many people have problems with. It's very easy to fall into the trap of pricing everything very expensive thinking you will get a high profit out of it when people come by and buy your items, it may work well if you are leaving the vendor open overnight but it can backfire when nothing on the vendor sells. However the other side of the scale is also possible. Pricing items too low may make everything sell extremely quickly but its not going to be doing many favors for your gold ambitions. The best way to determine your prices is to study the market before setting up a shop, see what other people are selling their items for and make a decision from there. E.g. if there's 3 other vendors selling elrue, one being 150 each, two being 110, you could either go 120 and try and get the extra profit from when the other 2 sell out, price them the same to give it a good chance of selling, or sell slightly under them (100-105) to try and get people over to your vendor first.

The Perfect Shop Front: Making your vendor eye-catching to the passerby is the best way to get people looking in your vendor. People looking for Defense scrolls are much more likely to head towards a vendor saying "Defense Scrolls - 200c" than another vendor selling the same thing but being called "Leftover Stuff" Try and give your vendor a meaningful name that will bring over prospective customers. Another way of getting people over is by employing some marketing tactics, just like in real life people cannot resist the lure of a shop advertising bargains or cheap items and many a beginner has been lured into selling their materials by shops called "Get rich here".

By following these guidelines (and with a decent bit of luck) you will find that in very little time you will find yourself well on the way to that new item or skill that you always wanted but were never able to afford.

Anyway, that's how you make money. Enjoy!