Hey everyone.
I was wondering what people have found the best ways of making money are? First of all I'd recommend putting points into barter, as money can save you from needing to specialize in a discipline to say, create explosives to set traps with and the like (although you might be missing out on some specialized traps).
I found a few things that might be helpful for new players:
Collecting mushrooms (very tedious lol)
Collecting mindshrooms every hour or so (after clearing out the areas).
You can also buy hopper cages from the guy across the hall from the biology lab in your base, and use them to catch hoppers and resell those cages for a higher value. The easiest way to catch hoppers is by standing outside one of the crevices they come out of, turn on combat mode, then catch them using a hopper cage dragged onto your quickbar. You can buy 15 cages at once.
I found (stole) a fishing rod, but I haven't managed to use it yet so I'm not sure how valuable eels might be.
Most lucrative so far:
Repairing energy weapons to max, then buying a bunch of electronic repair kits to make up for the kits you lost in repairing it, plus any number of other items you need (I have found that an energy pistol sells for 15,000 stygian coins (just realized this was named after the creator
), which is an incredible sum of money.
Repairing mechanical weapons to max (or near max), then buying mechanical repair kits to make up for those lost in repairing, plus any other items like ammo.
At level 8 barter skill the mechanical repair kits have a value of 800, and the electronic kits have a value of 1,000. So just ensure your repair increases the value of your weapon (or armor) by more than those amounts, and you can sell for a profit.
To maximize the amount of money I make, I also went into stealth and pickpocket. Adding a piece of leather armor that adds to stealth, and getting the relevant perks (make sure you get nimble if you go this route), I've managed to steal some nice items off of people, and its one of the most exciting parts of the game
.
Anyway, was just curious if anyone has found other ways? With mechanical repair kits being so expensive, its good to find ways to earn cash. Of course you might not use weapons altogether or those that degrade slowly, but still. I'm now at the point where I have 30 mechanical repair kits and 8 electronic ones (the latter purely reserved for the cash cow energy weapons) for use. Its *SUCH* a relief to not have to worry about repair now
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