Decent Ways To Making Money - Page 2 - Guild Wars Forums

TehTomato · Mar 26, 2006, 03:44 PM // 15:44

I run Elona when I get bored, do it for 1k and you can fill a group in 5 minutes, run it in 7, at five runs an hour that's 25k, it's still fun to me.

Seo68 · Mar 26, 2006, 04:59 PM // 16:59

Theres a billion ways to make honest money in GW u just have to find the one u like....if u get bored easily or have ADD then u wont make any money. My step-brother personally likes running the infusion run...he only charges 500g each run and is a guaranteed run...he made 27K in 2 hrs in front of me one time....

I personally like being a salesman. I am proud to say i have about 270K in my bank right now and that was with humble begginnings. I never liked Rangers but my step-bro was making VERY good money by going into the UW with our guild in a trapper group. He got me and my neighbor into making one. Since all of us knew each other the ecto's basically stayed in the family. I asked them to give me all the drops just for that day. I sold 42K worth of ectos....nd paid em bak in 1 week....after having made over 300K...to do this...i used the money from the ectos to buy items i saw at cheap prices and that were in demand....then...if u have the time to do this...just sit in Lion's Arch and sell it for 2-3K more....However...when ur selling big items like a Victo's Axe u can easily make a 7-9K profit...i also got lucky nd found a perfect req. 9 (15 >50%) fellblade...i modified it with a +30 health mod nd sold it for 155K....so0 yeah kiddos...either run ppl short, easy runs...(Thunderhead Keep is getting famous since the mission is messed up...again! and u can run that for 1-1.5K and the way is short) or u can be a salesman....i hear that the Rolls of Parchment market is getting better as well...Well i hope that helped...

stickyballs · Mar 27, 2006, 05:56 AM // 05:56

Best way? Scamming! Lol, jk and Ebay (and other similar GW gold selling sites) isn't really legit either.

I ran for a while but it is kind of slow. I'm at like 1.5 mil and that's all from farming. I only made like 50k from running and about 30k from each character when they went through the game. The HoH chest has had some good drops, gotten like 3. Also, the IDS farm used to be QUITE profitable. Sold my first one for like 200k before it became common fact where it was. If it was gold could have made millions :/ . 55 HP monking is something I do not do and I don't even have one. My monk just PvPs. FoW chest runs are decent, like 25k every 15 min or so (if your group is good and can get at least 3-4 chests a run). My wealth comes from farming though. A few lucky drops can net you A LOT. Best drops I've had are 15^50 Req.8 Fellblade, 15^50 Req. 9 Storm Bow, and a 15^50 Req. 10 Mursaat Horn Bow. These 3 drops are probably the reason I am a millionaire. Just farm, but it is hard now that people overfarm everything.

yo home boi · Mar 27, 2006, 10:26 AM // 10:26

There is no decent way or making money ^^, the way peaople make like 1m a month is to put in the hard work keep farming ^^. If u want any help my IGN is gobby axeman, and btw if u do ebay to get money ur a cheater and dont play the game propaly!!!!!

Maria The Princess · Mar 27, 2006, 06:09 PM // 18:09

i donnow..... i think that if you actually waist money to buy GAMING money you got no life..... lol

well, i mostly farm in Tombs lately. do you want to know ranger build?
Barrage, Throw dirt, Lighting reflexes, rebirth, Pet, comf pet, Trall enguent or healng breese, savage shot or distracting shot, favorable wind or Winnowing

and i know some groups are rude, but isnt like that everywhere? do like 5 practice runs and youll become pro at it. Each run i make at least 1 to 2k gold AND drops of Green and ectos. Actally, i got my 4 bows set (poisonner, vamp, zealots, cold dmg, all 15^50) , my 3 sets of armor, my 55 monk.... i dont rly play for money anymore, cuz i dont need to buy anything major. i just have my 20k on side for factions and thats it.... its just a game

The New Guy · Mar 27, 2006, 07:46 PM // 19:46

I find farming in UW using my 55mo and a Necro pretty descent. You just have to find a really good partner.

eternal pho · Mar 27, 2006, 09:44 PM // 21:44

well farming greens in tombs was most efficient way until.. all prices went down

Arkantos · Mar 27, 2006, 10:00 PM // 22:00

I usually farm UW/FoW....sometimes I do tombs and SF. I got lucky and bought a req 8 unid chaos axe for 15k....turns out it was 10% furious, 15^50 +29 health

Fattest Of The Fat · Mar 27, 2006, 10:11 PM // 22:11

well i had a strat i havent used in a while to get started, but it requires being patient. koreans in the intl dis 1 augury were farming griffons like MAD (i once saw 23 55 monks go through the portal in one minute). They sell their stuff REALLY cheap (like unid shields with 8-9 req for 400g) and other stuff REAL cheap. bought from them, solt to americans.
cant really do that now eh?
for me, its either farming stuff nobody else farms (like ice imps, for example), power trading, and occasionally parchment creation (5 wood and 20g outside of sardelac for 1 parchment. costs about 70g max, resell in bluk for 85g apeice) and things like that. I find not buying when you don't have to works well also (unless u see an AMAZING deal). Just playing with your character in general seems to help make money.
Oh and if you are in an awsome guild or have exp'd friends, start pvping and win hall of hero's- 4 things drop for 8 people, all worth a lot (minimum is a sigil for 20k). and if u hold it a few times you can get more stuff (like crystallines for example). Plenty o ways

Ramses · Mar 27, 2006, 10:17 PM // 22:17

i used to make loads griffon farming

but then they decided to take that out and introduce the necro "queen" and i tryed that, never with any luck lol..and so now i mostly do FoW chest runs, which can turn out good but i'll spend 10k or so on some keys and then end up getting a bunch of crappy shadow staves or a healing ankh...so the chest runs are really PURE luck and sometimes you do get lucky with the chaos axes and shadow blades...and is it just me, or in oro/fa farms, the tank NEVER gets the green drop? =/ i think Anet is picking on me

disposable-hero · Mar 27, 2006, 10:52 PM // 22:52

99% of the main spots ar so over farmed the drop rates are amazingly poor. All down to luck where ever you go now. I farmed the ettins for 2 hours getting loads of gold drops that turned into rubbish major runes. had a spare 5 min did one more run later that day got 2 sup vigors, 50k in the bank, but totally unexpected.

I figure its now about finding different ways to farm without getting bored. I oftern change my build every run to tweak it. After a while you've got a good build running and whilst doing so you'll find you've made a nice profit in the mean time.

Maria The Princess · Mar 28, 2006, 01:56 AM // 01:56

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Originally Posted by disposable-hero

99% of the main spots ar so over farmed the drop rates are amazingly poor. All down to luck where ever you go now. I farmed the ettins for 2 hours getting loads of gold drops that turned into rubbish major runes. had a spare 5 min did one more run later that day got 2 sup vigors, 50k in the bank, but totally unexpected.

I figure its now about finding different ways to farm without getting bored. I oftern change my build every run to tweak it. After a while you've got a good build running and whilst doing so you'll find you've made a nice profit in the mean time.

i feel terrible asking that noob question, but where EXACTLY you farm Ettins? I mean what town/outpust, continent, direction.... and what does it take (stance tank or 55 monk or ranger, ect)
plz answer, ive been asking around for days and evry direction i get from people in droks appears to be false or maby im not looking well.... plz reply

Ramses · Mar 28, 2006, 02:07 AM // 02:07

Ettin farming is right outside of Beetletun, not the "watchtower coast exit" but the other one...its really not a hard build, i usually bring 2 enchants (mending, balt spirit) 1 healing (healing breeze) one running skill to get past the mesmers before the ettins (sprint) 3 attack skills (i use axe for the cyclone skill) and 1 interupt skill b/c you have to interupt their heal sig...thats about it

Maria The Princess · Mar 28, 2006, 02:22 AM // 02:22

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Originally Posted by Ramses

Ettin farming is right outside of Beetletun, not the "watchtower coast exit" but the other one...its really not a hard build, i usually bring 2 enchants (mending, balt spirit) 1 healing (healing breeze) one running skill to get past the mesmers before the ettins (sprint) 3 attack skills (i use axe for the cyclone skill) and 1 interupt skill b/c you have to interupt their heal sig...thats about it

thank you for info

disposable-hero · Mar 28, 2006, 10:33 AM // 10:33

or alternativly search the warrior forums for the ettin thread loads of axe and sword build there along with maps of the farming route.

quickmonty · Mar 28, 2006, 11:54 AM // 11:54

I'm not super rich (300K cash, 15K armor on 6 toons, nice weapons and all the runes I need). I don't Ebay! Lots of hard farming, plus just doing missions will add some cash to your stash.

Gonzo · Mar 28, 2006, 12:08 PM // 12:08

My ways, as a warrior, to make money:

- Farming Hill Giants in Riverside (takes 10 minutes and requires luck (to get a good rune), but it provides some nice interlude if I don't have much gaming time and I get materials i need from it) Profit: can be up to 30k, however don't count on any profit besides some rune unlocks or 600 g from a sup blood rune.
- Farming hydra's. Takes about 30-45 minutes, profit: 1-3k with a lucky drop a lot more.
- Farming FoW spiders. Takes about 30-45 and some practice. Profit once you got the hang of it: 2 maybe 3 shards (7 maybe 10.5k) 1 to 2k on items that go direct to the merchant. Maybe a lucky drop. Costs 1k.
- Farming Griffo's in the scar: Nostalgic reasons mostly. Profit 1k maybe.

My favorite: Help guidlies with missions/do missions for myself. Also makes a steady flow of money.

TheYellowKid · Mar 28, 2006, 12:16 PM // 12:16

hmm i make 3k by the time my inventory is full (and its not totally empty cos i got a couple things i cant fit in sotrage plus a backpack full of materials), the 3K is made up of 1.5 gold and jus sell all the other items for another 1.5K and if u get anything good u can jus sell it on for a bit extra cash.. dont think it takes 30-45 mins would say more like 15-20 but ill need to time it one day and check for certain.. thats my main income atm saved up 40K so far doin it and dont do it religiously or nothin jus occasionally

Phaern Majes · Mar 28, 2006, 05:18 PM // 17:18

I did a FoW run last night. We went for about 2 hours and 10 shards droped. Of which 3 were for me

Anyways, if you can't do those runs do to favor issues, than I'd suggest Perdition Rock. I'll always buy Mahgo Claws for 200g each, and I've seen other people wanting them too. Not to mention I usually get 1 rare drop per run and end up with 3k or so per run. Maybe not great but better than some others I've tried.

Str0b0 · Mar 28, 2006, 05:30 PM // 17:30

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Originally Posted by Kook~NBK~

FoW, UW, or Tombs.

Tombs is always open and in a B/P group, it can be done in under and hour, easily netting 3 - 4k each run, even without getting a green drop.

One thing I do when material farming - I always expert salvage armor drops.

Yeah find a few bulwarks and poof you've got cash. Really though gaining money is pretty easy once you have all the things you want. Once your equipment is set up the way you like it then you really have nothing else to spend cash on so you'd be suprised how fast that piddly little 3-4K a run adds up.

Mar 26, 2006, 04:59 PM // 16:59	#22
Seo68 Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Feb 2006 Guild: Forgotten Nosferatu Profession: Mo/N	Honest ways to make money Theres a billion ways to make honest money in GW u just have to find the one u like....if u get bored easily or have ADD then u wont make any money. My step-brother personally likes running the infusion run...he only charges 500g each run and is a guaranteed run...he made 27K in 2 hrs in front of me one time.... I personally like being a salesman. I am proud to say i have about 270K in my bank right now and that was with humble begginnings. I never liked Rangers but my step-bro was making VERY good money by going into the UW with our guild in a trapper group. He got me and my neighbor into making one. Since all of us knew each other the ecto's basically stayed in the family. I asked them to give me all the drops just for that day. I sold 42K worth of ectos....nd paid em bak in 1 week....after having made over 300K...to do this...i used the money from the ectos to buy items i saw at cheap prices and that were in demand....then...if u have the time to do this...just sit in Lion's Arch and sell it for 2-3K more....However...when ur selling big items like a Victo's Axe u can easily make a 7-9K profit...i also got lucky nd found a perfect req. 9 (15 >50%) fellblade...i modified it with a +30 health mod nd sold it for 155K....so0 yeah kiddos...either run ppl short, easy runs...(Thunderhead Keep is getting famous since the mission is messed up...again! and u can run that for 1-1.5K and the way is short) or u can be a salesman....i hear that the Rolls of Parchment market is getting better as well...Well i hope that helped... Last edited by Seo68; Mar 26, 2006 at 05:01 PM // 17:01..

Mar 27, 2006, 06:09 PM // 18:09	#25
Maria The Princess Forge Runner Join Date: Mar 2006 Guild: Aequitas Deis	i donnow..... i think that if you actually waist money to buy GAMING money you got no life..... lol well, i mostly farm in Tombs lately. do you want to know ranger build? Barrage, Throw dirt, Lighting reflexes, rebirth, Pet, comf pet, Trall enguent or healng breese, savage shot or distracting shot, favorable wind or Winnowing and i know some groups are rude, but isnt like that everywhere? do like 5 practice runs and youll become pro at it. Each run i make at least 1 to 2k gold AND drops of Green and ectos. Actally, i got my 4 bows set (poisonner, vamp, zealots, cold dmg, all 15^50) , my 3 sets of armor, my 55 monk.... i dont rly play for money anymore, cuz i dont need to buy anything major. i just have my 20k on side for factions and thats it.... its just a game Last edited by Maria The Princess; Mar 27, 2006 at 06:14 PM // 18:14..

Mar 26, 2006, 03:44 PM // 15:44	#21
TehTomato Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jan 2006 Guild: NBK Profession: R/Mo	I run Elona when I get bored, do it for 1k and you can fill a group in 5 minutes, run it in 7, at five runs an hour that's 25k, it's still fun to me.

Mar 27, 2006, 05:56 AM // 05:56	#23
stickyballs Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: American Servers Guild: Sin Squad [SIN] Profession: W/	Best way? Scamming! Lol, jk and Ebay (and other similar GW gold selling sites) isn't really legit either. I ran for a while but it is kind of slow. I'm at like 1.5 mil and that's all from farming. I only made like 50k from running and about 30k from each character when they went through the game. The HoH chest has had some good drops, gotten like 3. Also, the IDS farm used to be QUITE profitable. Sold my first one for like 200k before it became common fact where it was. If it was gold could have made millions :/ . 55 HP monking is something I do not do and I don't even have one. My monk just PvPs. FoW chest runs are decent, like 25k every 15 min or so (if your group is good and can get at least 3-4 chests a run). My wealth comes from farming though. A few lucky drops can net you A LOT. Best drops I've had are 15^50 Req.8 Fellblade, 15^50 Req. 9 Storm Bow, and a 15^50 Req. 10 Mursaat Horn Bow. These 3 drops are probably the reason I am a millionaire. Just farm, but it is hard now that people overfarm everything.

Mar 27, 2006, 10:26 AM // 10:26	#24
yo home boi Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Mar 2006 Guild: The Neutral Selection [TNS]	There is no decent way or making money ^^, the way peaople make like 1m a month is to put in the hard work keep farming ^^. If u want any help my IGN is gobby axeman, and btw if u do ebay to get money ur a cheater and dont play the game propaly!!!!!

Mar 27, 2006, 07:46 PM // 19:46	#26
The New Guy Krytan Explorer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southern CALI Guild: Eraserheads Profession: N/Me	I find farming in UW using my 55mo and a Necro pretty descent. You just have to find a really good partner.

Mar 27, 2006, 09:44 PM // 21:44	#27
eternal pho Banned Join Date: Nov 2005 Guild: The Licious Fame Farmers {TLG} Profession: W/E	well farming greens in tombs was most efficient way until.. all prices went down

Mar 27, 2006, 10:00 PM // 22:00	#28
Arkantos The Greatest Join Date: Feb 2006 Profession: W/	I usually farm UW/FoW....sometimes I do tombs and SF. I got lucky and bought a req 8 unid chaos axe for 15k....turns out it was 10% furious, 15^50 +29 health

Mar 27, 2006, 10:11 PM // 22:11	#29
Fattest Of The Fat Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Don't worry about it. Guild: Looking for HA guild Profession: W/	well i had a strat i havent used in a while to get started, but it requires being patient. koreans in the intl dis 1 augury were farming griffons like MAD (i once saw 23 55 monks go through the portal in one minute). They sell their stuff REALLY cheap (like unid shields with 8-9 req for 400g) and other stuff REAL cheap. bought from them, solt to americans. cant really do that now eh? for me, its either farming stuff nobody else farms (like ice imps, for example), power trading, and occasionally parchment creation (5 wood and 20g outside of sardelac for 1 parchment. costs about 70g max, resell in bluk for 85g apeice) and things like that. I find not buying when you don't have to works well also (unless u see an AMAZING deal). Just playing with your character in general seems to help make money. Oh and if you are in an awsome guild or have exp'd friends, start pvping and win hall of hero's- 4 things drop for 8 people, all worth a lot (minimum is a sigil for 20k). and if u hold it a few times you can get more stuff (like crystallines for example). Plenty o ways

Mar 27, 2006, 10:17 PM // 22:17	#30
Ramses Krytan Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Marhan's Grotto Guild: [AC] Profession: W/	i used to make loads griffon farming but then they decided to take that out and introduce the necro "queen" and i tryed that, never with any luck lol..and so now i mostly do FoW chest runs, which can turn out good but i'll spend 10k or so on some keys and then end up getting a bunch of crappy shadow staves or a healing ankh...so the chest runs are really PURE luck and sometimes you do get lucky with the chaos axes and shadow blades...and is it just me, or in oro/fa farms, the tank NEVER gets the green drop? =/ i think Anet is picking on me

Mar 27, 2006, 10:52 PM // 22:52	#31
disposable-hero Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Oct 2005 Guild: MU tants [MU] Profession: N/	99% of the main spots ar so over farmed the drop rates are amazingly poor. All down to luck where ever you go now. I farmed the ettins for 2 hours getting loads of gold drops that turned into rubbish major runes. had a spare 5 min did one more run later that day got 2 sup vigors, 50k in the bank, but totally unexpected. I figure its now about finding different ways to farm without getting bored. I oftern change my build every run to tweak it. After a while you've got a good build running and whilst doing so you'll find you've made a nice profit in the mean time.

Mar 28, 2006, 02:07 AM // 02:07	#33
Ramses Krytan Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Marhan's Grotto Guild: [AC] Profession: W/	Ettin farming is right outside of Beetletun, not the "watchtower coast exit" but the other one...its really not a hard build, i usually bring 2 enchants (mending, balt spirit) 1 healing (healing breeze) one running skill to get past the mesmers before the ettins (sprint) 3 attack skills (i use axe for the cyclone skill) and 1 interupt skill b/c you have to interupt their heal sig...thats about it

Mar 28, 2006, 10:33 AM // 10:33	#35
disposable-hero Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Oct 2005 Guild: MU tants [MU] Profession: N/	or alternativly search the warrior forums for the ettin thread loads of axe and sword build there along with maps of the farming route.

Mar 28, 2006, 11:54 AM // 11:54	#36
quickmonty Ancient Windbreaker Join Date: May 2005	I'm not super rich (300K cash, 15K armor on 6 toons, nice weapons and all the runes I need). I don't Ebay! Lots of hard farming, plus just doing missions will add some cash to your stash.

Mar 28, 2006, 12:08 PM // 12:08	#37
Gonzo Jungle Guide Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Netherlands Guild: Defenders of the Blackblade [DotB] Profession: W/	My ways, as a warrior, to make money: - Farming Hill Giants in Riverside (takes 10 minutes and requires luck (to get a good rune), but it provides some nice interlude if I don't have much gaming time and I get materials i need from it) Profit: can be up to 30k, however don't count on any profit besides some rune unlocks or 600 g from a sup blood rune. - Farming hydra's. Takes about 30-45 minutes, profit: 1-3k with a lucky drop a lot more. - Farming FoW spiders. Takes about 30-45 and some practice. Profit once you got the hang of it: 2 maybe 3 shards (7 maybe 10.5k) 1 to 2k on items that go direct to the merchant. Maybe a lucky drop. Costs 1k. - Farming Griffo's in the scar: Nostalgic reasons mostly. Profit 1k maybe. My favorite: Help guidlies with missions/do missions for myself. Also makes a steady flow of money.

Mar 28, 2006, 12:16 PM // 12:16	#38
TheYellowKid Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Feb 2006 Guild: Mina Sucks [Blz]	hmm i make 3k by the time my inventory is full (and its not totally empty cos i got a couple things i cant fit in sotrage plus a backpack full of materials), the 3K is made up of 1.5 gold and jus sell all the other items for another 1.5K and if u get anything good u can jus sell it on for a bit extra cash.. dont think it takes 30-45 mins would say more like 15-20 but ill need to time it one day and check for certain.. thats my main income atm saved up 40K so far doin it and dont do it religiously or nothin jus occasionally

Mar 28, 2006, 05:18 PM // 17:18	#39
Phaern Majes Desert Nomad Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Anywhere but up Guild: The Panserbjorne [ROAR] Profession: R/Mo	I did a FoW run last night. We went for about 2 hours and 10 shards droped. Of which 3 were for me Anyways, if you can't do those runs do to favor issues, than I'd suggest Perdition Rock. I'll always buy Mahgo Claws for 200g each, and I've seen other people wanting them too. Not to mention I usually get 1 rare drop per run and end up with 3k or so per run. Maybe not great but better than some others I've tried.