Part 1
Non-depositors
Ok, here you are, in your OJ’s (orange clothes) fresh off the boat. The first step to making some money is to learn to sweat.
There are a million sweating guides on this forum, so I am not going to repeat all those guides, but suggest you read Viagrafalls guide, as it is particularly good and can be found
HERE. At first you will find sweating difficult if not a little tedious, but remember this is the starting point to making your millions…
You are going to need huge amounts of sweat if you are going to get anywhere without depositing and you will start off gaining only about 100-200 an hour, but pretty quickly, the amount you manage to succeed will increase and at the time of writing, I know a number of people who can hit 700+ an hour and it presently sells for around 1.2 pecs per unit. 700 an hour will be earning you 8.4 peds per hour.
You will obviously need to find a trader to buy your sweat, but again this is covered in a million other guides…
Another little tip, keep a look out on the floor for fruit or dung (they appear randomly - you wont make a living by collecting them, but they are free and you can sell them! every little helps....
One of the fatal flaws a huge number of new players make is to go buy a gun as soon as they have the cash. Don’t do this, or you will be back to square one before you know it!
The first thing a true entrepreneur will do is become more efficient at what you can already do. To do this, once you have 15 peds, go to a Trade terminal and buy a FAP 5. This will stop you dying quiet as regularly and increase the amount of sweat you are able to collect per hour. It will also gain you valuable first aid skills in addition to the evade, agility etc you have been gaining whilst sweating and getting attacked. Don’t worry about ever repairing the FAP 5 – it will last ages and works just as well in a knackered condition as it does brand new. When it finally bites the dust, just get a new one. Don’t forget, the skills you gain are worth money too!
The next item to buy is some Mindforce equipment. You will need a Minor focus chip from auction and an Aa Mindforce Implant, as well as an inserter from the TT. You also need some force nexus from a trader. You wont need much nexus, (maybe 200) as you are using a Mindforce Chip that only requires 1 Mind essence per use. Go to a refiner and make Mindforce Essence from some of the sweat you have and the Force Nexus.
As far as sweaters go, you are now an uber and should be able to collect pretty good quantities to sell. Wait until you have 50 – 100 ped and then… you can join the depositors Part 1 guide…
Depositors
Ok, so now we have a little cash flow going, what’s next? I am going to suggest at this point to assign 50% of the money you make to having fun, otherwise you will end up quitting, so split your money in two and buy a gun and some ammo and have a little fun.
Ok, back to business. The next thing you need to do is start a little trading. Sadly to do this at this stage you are going to have to do a little re-selling… this is not a popular activity in entropia but remember you are not here to make friends, you are here to make money!
Use the various market price indicators (
My Two pecs,
Peauction.com Wiki etc etc) to buy anything you can at below market values, and sell above them… keep an eye out for people who announce they are going to “TT” something and asks if anyone wants it for TT price. Always take these offers when you see them, the item is always worth something to someone, and if you cant sell it yourself, you can always TT it and get your money back.
One tip is to try collecting armour – buy individual parts to make a full set, then sell the full set at a price greater than the sum of its parts. This is also not reselling, as you are providing a service, so will not get as much flak for it!
Another tip is to find players that regularly require a specific item type.. for example, as a hairstylist I am always on the look out for Gel and Hairspray… If someone was willing to buy all the silly little low quantities that were no use to me and then present me with 1000 I would be happy to pay a slightly higher price to save me the hassle of doing it. Many others share this opinion so keep an eye out for them.
Last tip is to keep an eye on forum auctions – from what I have seen the prices can be much lower than what you can get them for in game…
Keep your sweating up too, as at this point, it’s the only guaranteed income!
By following this process, and assigning 50% of your profits to fun – you should earn enough to fund “play” in the game on a semi-casual basis (e.g. the occasional hunt or mining trip)…
As you make more profits, you can move on to bigger items to trade that in turn you can make more money on…