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The Insider ArcheAge Gold Guide

Table of ContentsInsider Guide to making Gold in ArcheAge ..3

Labor........................................................................3Crafting ..................................................................8Gathering ..............................................................9Grinding .............................................................10

Trade Runs .........................................................11Fishing .................................................................12Auction House ..................................................12Part of an Excel Table of a dedicatedTrader ..................................................................12

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INSIDER GUIDE TO MAKING GOLD IN ARCHEAGE

Regardless if you are in real life or you are in an MMO, always and everywhere you have thesame topic – the beloved money – and this is no different for ArcheAge it is more like theopposite, with the huge focus on crafted equipment Gold in ArcheAge is much more importantthan in other games where your equipment comes from farming a dungeon. This guide shallhelp you to understand the basic concept of money making in ArcheAge to give you the abilityto choose a way to make Gold that fit you the best.

First of all you have to understand that there are different ways of making Gold and thateach possible method needs some investment. It is not enough to simply say – if I do this I getGold – in addition the “creation” of Gold in ArcheAge is always using one of your ressources –labor. Regardless of how much time you have to spend you cannot “create” more gold if you donot have any labor left. This does not mean you cannot get Gold without labor but it means theact of creation – making Gold out of Air – is not possible in ArcheAge.

Labor

You could say – the more labor you invest the more Gold you can “create” and yet there aretwo more input factors you have to consider when you think about creating Gold – the timeand the Gold you invest.

Basically you can say: Gold x Time x Labor = Reward

If you pocket is empty you have to invest more time and more labor to have the same rewardas a player who is also investing Gold for his reward. As example we could take the Housing –you have to invest Gold to claim and sustain your own plot but once your trees are growingyou can use your time for something else. While all three inputs are capped, how much Goldyou own, the 24 hours each day or the labor you have available it is for you to decide withfactor is the most expensive for you.





If you have lots of free time and you have already a high amount of Gold you could simplysaid you are labor capped. This means nothing else but to find the most efficient way for you toconvert labor into gold.

To do this we simply try to get as much Gold as possible with each point of labor we spend.This is easy to understand if we look at the coin purses dropping from monsters. The gold youhave to input into this method is close to zero but your buff food etc… the conversion rate foreach point of labor you invest is fairly high as besides the Gold you directly get you areacquiring a bunch of items which can be sold for even more Gold per point of labor, but thetime you need to invest into farming those purses is fairly high. If we think about a Jester whichneeds a basic amount of five labor to open and adding this on 1000 labor available you couldopen 200 purses.

If we say you can get and open one purse every 30s this would result in:

200 x 30s = 6000s = 100 minutes

However you could spend this 1000 labor in 2-3 minutes into the crafting of items whichwould reduce your invested time by a lot while increasing you investment of Gold.

If you say you would farm all items needed to craft by yourself – you are increasing the timeinvestment again, while having close to the same amount of Gold as input factor.

Wait what? I farmed all those items by myself why is the Gold input still the same?





Well instead of using those farmed items you craft you simply could sell them for the Golddirectly which would decrease the input of labor as well.

By now you should have understood that those three input factors are inseparable, evenif you zero one of them completely as a result either your reward will become smalleror the other inputs are increasing.

Once you really understand this concept it is fairly easy to think about which method ofcreating Gold is the best for you. If you have a lot of time you are looking for methods whichhave a high input of time but only low inputs of Gold and labor but if you are only able to playfor a limited amount of time you want to increase the input of Gold and labor to have the samereward. All you have to do is prioritize you most valuable input factor and start calculationwhat would result in the highest reward for each unit of this input.

• Gold per Minute • Gold per point of Labor • Gold per invested Gold

As prices of items differ the following numbers are made up!

If you chop down a tree for 10 Labor – and you can sell the resulting wood for one Gold youwould have made 10 Silver per point of Labor. If you mine ore for 10 Labor and you can sellthe resulting rocks/ores for 90 Silver you would only have made 9 Silver per point of Labor.

However if you craft the stones into something and investing e.g. another 10 Labor and youcan sell the result for 3 Gold you have made 15 Silver per point of Labor invested. (20 Labortotal = 3 Gold > 15 Silver)





You always have to keep in mind that you need to think about the average rate of reward forthe same thing. If you are planting trees and you get a thunderstruck every 100 chopped downtrees is this increasing the average reward of the other 99 trees as well. Luck is no factor tothink about in this kind of thoughts as you will minimize the luck by repeating things over andover if the average reward is high enough for you to keep doing that method of gaining Gold.

There are for big areas in ArcheAge which allow you to create Gold the first three areas are: 1. Crafting & Gathering 2. Grinding & Farming 3. Trade Runs / Fishing





All of this methods require the input of labor and time while most of them also require the

input of Gold. It is highly recommended that you specialize in a few method of create Goldinstead of trying to be involved with everything. First of all a specialized knowledge on acertain topic will give you a bigger understanding and might allow you to come up with newideas of making Gold in this area and in addition to that ArcheAge is supporting this bylowering your labor costs if you proficiency is high enough and by reducing the time needed todo certain tasks – simply said lowering your labor and time input while holding the samereward level!

While you can have a good income playing by yourself you can increase this by teaming upwith other people to increase the amount of resources you have for you input. With e.g. threepeople you could create a work chain in which the reward is split between all.

One is specialized in Gathering, the second is a dedicated Crafter and the last member isdoing Trade Runs. Due to the specialization of each member their respective inputs for acertain task are lower and thus resulting in the same reward but with reduced inputs.

This system can be expanded on a endless amount of people and it is practiced in a lot ofguilds where each member has a specific job.

The 4. method of making Gold is “playing the auction house” which require a lot of timeand a high starting capital to invest but it is also one of the methods that need the least amountof labor.

If you have understood everything until this point you simply can go playing now and makeGold! Yet to help you starting we gathered a lot of information about those methods.





Crafting

Input Factors: Gold / High – Time / Low – Labor / High To make a lot of Gold as a Crafter you need to know the value of your products as well of the

value of your materials. You have to input a lot of labor each craft and thus you need to knowwhich products you can sell for a high Labor to Gold conversion rate.

If you craft an item for 100 Labor and sell it for 5 Gold while your materials are alreadyworth 4,5 Gold you only made 0,5 Silver per point of labor!

Make sure you craft only items which sell for a lot more than their materials are worth.





Gathering

Input Factors: Gold / Very Low-High – Time / Low-High – Labor / High Simply mining Raw Stone is creating a huge income. However the time you need to invest

can greatly change depending what time you decide to go into the mining region.

As all of the players of your faction are using the same mining region you will waste of lot oftime waiting for nodes to spawn. On the other hand if you have enough Gold to claim yourown plot you are able to flexible changing your input factors to fit your current needs. Havingno time this week you grow long growing things while once you have more time you plantfaster growing things. In addition to the materials you gather you also gain Vocation Badgeswhich you can use to buy stuff like Shatigon’s Blessing to increase you Gold per point of labor.

In addition you can start with using public farms or finding a nice hidden spot for a off plotfarm. Doing this will increase your total reward until you can buy yourself your private plot!





Grinding

Input Factors: Gold / Very Low – Time / Very High – Labor / Medium If you cannot yet afford your own plot, nor you have interests in Crafting of competing

against other players in the mines you can simply start killing stuff! However you should makesure that your Gold input in form of buff food and potions is as small as possible to sustain thehighest possible reward. In addition you need to consistently invest time into farming to holdyour level of income.





Trade Runs

Input Factors: Gold / Low-Medium – Time / Very High – Labor / High Depending on which Trade Packs you are trading with and how much time you invest on

the route you are running the amount of time you invest can be one of the highest of allmethods. In addition you have to make sure be able to defend you goods from Pirates if youdecide to set sail on longer routes. Always having an eye on zones that switch soon into a peaceperiod can increase your reward by a lot while reducing the risk of losing your packs.Generally if you want to do efficient Trade Runs you should team up with people you aretrusting to increase your Reward to the maximum.





Fishing

Input Factors: Gold / Medium – Time / High – Labor / High To really make Gold with fishing you have to invest a lot – not only in your Fishing

Proficiency but also into a fishing boat. However the Gold per point of Labor spend is fairlyhigh and Fishing in a raid is a lot safer than doing Trade Runs.

Auction House

Input Factors: Gold / Medium-Very High – Time / Low-Very High – Labor / Very Low There is nothing more lucrative in ArcheAge than being a dedicated auction house trader.

However while the basics of making Gold with the Auction house are fairly easy to understandyou need a lot of advanced knowledge about everything in the game as well as a high startingcapital to fill your stocks with a huge variety of goods or to manipulate the market. You shouldalso be able to understand the basics of trading (Offer and Demand). Yet if you invest time inthis method you will have the highest reward possible.

Part Of An Excel Table Of A Dedicated Trader





With this knowledge it is now up to you to choose the method of making Gold which fits youand your needs the best! We wish you good luck for a golden future!




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