How do you make money?

[Maxwell1380]

Hi I'm a newbie. My character is Voxin. I have managed to claw my way to level 6 now, but I dont have much to show for it. My poor fighter cant afford a decent weapon, and all the cash I managed to make I spent on a docent. How are all you guys making your cash? I am constantly being bombarded with spam about buying plat for real money, but that to me takes all the fun out of the game. I'd rather work for it, but I dont know the best way to go. Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! (PS, I gladly will accept scraps!)

[Pellegro]

Hang in there. Once you start running Gianthold quests (lvl 9, or maybe a little later like 10 or 11) you'll be rich in no time.

Alternatively, do loot runs. Giants caves in Threnal still drop very good stuff given their (lack of) difficulty.

[KoboldKiller]

Collect everything and sell it. That's how I started then I got luck and pulled a Sunblade from Gwaylans that sold for 5mil. But seriously it won't take long to amass some money. Make sure you sell to the highest paying vendor to such as House D "pawn" shop for anything 18k or higher. Same goes for armor which is in House K and trinkets clothes and such in market tent. Hope that helps.

[Zenix_Leviticus]

Find a quest that you can run relatively cost free. Run it over and over again and sell the items. = Loot Run

Find what low level items are auctioning good and run the quests that give those items then auction the
items off.


Finally, do what Pellegro said. Just level with modest equipment till level 9 then the big money quests start to
open up for you.

[wamjratl1]

I agree with everyone above.

I would like to add that one GREAT pull can make all the difference. I was the brokest rogue in Stormreach when I ran Xorian Cipher (in House J - I believe it's a lvl 7 quest, not sure) and pulled a Planar Grid on my first run (a PUG). Immediately a trade window opened up and someone was offering me a tome for the grid (it's a highly sought-after belt that casts Greater Heroism). It was a tome I could use but even more, I knew because I had looked at what they were going for on the Auction House. But I also liked the belt. It was a tough decision but I took the trade and put the tome on the AH for a buyout of 3 million gold. It sold. In one pull I went from broke to fairly well-off. Even after buying all I could need, I still had over 2 mil gold and have never gone below that and I keep my main well-stocked on pots and wands and have twinked my wizzie alt as best as I can.

Now that I'm lvl capped on my main, each run I make AT LEAST pays for itself as far as repairs, potions, wands (or more) with what I pull and sell. So a little patience and some smart runs and you'll have plenty of cash! Search these forums for what items drop where and sell them. There are folks in this game with MAD PLAT and they'll spend a lot on the Auction House to get it.

Also, now that we have collectible bags, it's worth it for you to collect the stuff to get the NPC rewards. You can save a lot of $$ that way. Gems too....

[KoboldKiller]

I was unaware the planar gird fell in Xorian. Got my bracers there and quit. Guess I'll have to start running it again.

[wamjratl1]

I was unaware the planar gird fell in Xorian. Got my bracers there and quit. Guess I'll have to start running it again.

I think that was it. Doesn't the Reavers Ring drop in there too? I dunno, it's been a while.... Don't quote me on any of that stuff. Dang now I have to check!

Anyway, while my facts may be in error, I hope I illustrated my point to the OP.

[Beherit_Baphomar]

It was a tough decision but I took the trade and put the tome on the AH for a buyout of 3 million gold. It sold...

Eek! If you sold a tome for 3mil then that was a while ago, at one point girds were selling for 15mil plus. Also, girds are still one of the most sought after items.

Live 'n' learn.

Also OP, you'll be banned for buying plat offa farmers...and I think Turbine do a good job of tracking people who do, not sure tho.

Plats easy to come by in this game. I remember my first character and the struggling I went throo in the beginning. Just knuckle down, put anything 32k up on the AH, if it doesnt sell take it to a vendor. If you're new to the game you may not realise what is an awesome pull, if its on the AH someone who knows will bid on it.

Also, once you know what sells and what doesnt go around the vendors, especially the House D vendor, and see what you can find thats been acidentally sold there. Ive made a stack doing that.

Good luck to ya.

[fytorebus]

Hang in there. Once you start running Gianthold quests (lvl 9, or maybe a little later like 10 or 11) you'll be rich in no time.

Alternatively, do loot runs. Giants caves in Threnal still drop very good stuff given their (lack of) difficulty.

This I agree with. Doing loot runs make you rich. Getting a good weapon for another character while running -> AH. I have to agree that running Gianthold made me rich, just running quests for loot even though you can't use them makes you rich. Tempest Spine is also good at a low level.

[arminius]

You are about to get to the point where you start building up cash consistently. Delera's and Stormcleave give pretty good loot for the level. Also coming soon is Cult of the Six, which used to be a loot run when the level cap was 10, followed by Threnal. Both Co6 and Threnal have such good items that you'll be switching out much of your inventory. People are starting to run Tempest Spine more again too, which was also the prime loot run when the cap was level 10.

All of that can be run before level 9-10, multiple times if desired. Unfortunately, there is a bit of a dead spot between 10 and 11, where you can get the best loot/xp benefit from the Gianthold and Orchard quests. In that late 9--early 11 dead range, run Vault of Night (the dragon raid) and quests in the Desert. The King and Queen quests in the Desert were the prime loot runs when the cap was level 12.

Once at 11, then hop into the Gianthold and start piling on the loot big time.

As a fighter, you won't have any problems with loot if you can hold on a bit more. Clerics have some serious poverty problems, but fighters can easily become the richest characters in the game.

[brshelton]

im poor i dont

[stryder852]

Hi I'm a newbie. My character is Voxin. I have managed to claw my way to level 6 now, but I dont have much to show for it. My poor fighter cant afford a decent weapon, and all the cash I managed to make I spent on a docent. How are all you guys making your cash? I am constantly being bombarded with spam about buying plat for real money, but that to me takes all the fun out of the game. I'd rather work for it, but I dont know the best way to go. Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! (PS, I gladly will accept scraps!)

im a newbie lvl 1 fighter/3 paladin except i can only get to about 300 pp and thats it.
i realy need tips on how to get lots of money plz
my game user is algog hydran

[Visty]

im a newbie lvl 1 fighter/3 paladin except i can only get to about 300 pp and thats it.
i realy need tips on how to get lots of money plz
my game user is algog hydran

play the game, loot many chests

thats how you make money

[FauxSho]

[Dragonhyde]

Loot everything in the chest under your name....I got in the habit long ago to grab collectibles and anything that drops from broken crates. May not be much but its more than what you had.


Also if you feel you are running low on plat to buy supplies then go run lower level quests that you know you will not need supplies for until you have the plat.

[twizznach]

PM random people and offer naked elf lap dance for a copper! you'll be rich in no time!

[Thargnar]

At first glance I thought this said, 'How do you make monkey?'
I was all excited till I actually started reading the thread.






DDO - 5 years and still no simian sidekicks.

[Dispel]

I apply for Financial Aid and take stupid classes.