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Title: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: 5bluedog5 on May 11, 2012, 04:00:48 pm
Does anybody have any tips for getting money? i am broke and would like some tips for getting some? if so leave some advice.
also if a moderator, operator or Opticle is reading this can u even out the prices at the market and expand it? thx
5bluedog5
Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: acegdl007 on May 11, 2012, 04:15:59 pm
Some of the other threads I have read have debated the best way to make money.  Growing/selling melons and mining iron seem to be the major activities that people brought up.

I'm pretty new here so I don't even know the answer for sure yet!  I'm thinking mining might be a good way.  I have not taken a close look at the market place to figure out what is most valuable to sell.  I know it's not diamonds.  I am sure there is one or two particular items that give you the best dollar for the effort.

After mining you can probably sell your building materials and time to those running major building projects in need of workers.

It's all part of figuring out how to succeed at the game I guess!  I'll share more as I learn.
Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: Spamarian on May 11, 2012, 04:45:10 pm
The best thing you can do is to find someone to give you pass to a blaze farm.
Enchant some diam. pix. Sell whatever you make and in the end of the weekend, you will be 100k richer.
If you make fortune or Silk touch, then you can be 300k richer. It depends from your stamina doing that all the day, your enchants, and the number of pix.
Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: bantam2 on May 11, 2012, 05:45:55 pm
The best way to make money in my eyes, is either by mining materials, or by making a town. With a town, you can sell plots for a certain price (this is how I got my money). Mining is good because any tools you use, you will mine enough materials to make more. Melon/Pumpkin farming can become boring and tedious.
Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: jko831 on May 11, 2012, 10:01:28 pm
Tedious? Everyone has automated melon farms these days...
Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: bigbeno37 on May 12, 2012, 05:30:30 am
Tedious? Everyone has automated melon farms these days...

Looks like I have been living in the past...

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Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: Spamarian on May 12, 2012, 05:42:50 am
Same. I have 2000+ mellon roots non-auto.
I am bored to collect them a month now.
Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: Chipaton on May 12, 2012, 12:11:43 pm
I mine gold and iron to sell it, though it took awhile.
Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: thedude114 on May 12, 2012, 01:41:24 pm
Sell iron and gold, sell some of your excess materials (dirt cobble ect). That's how I got rich.
Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: DavidJerk on May 12, 2012, 04:23:22 pm
I'd actually prefer to see the opposite. Higher buy prices, lower sell prices. But not unless there was a reset, since people have already made their millions. It's fine as it is though, very easy to make cash. You can make at least 10k+ a day without being on for more than an hour.
Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: atdfbttl15 on May 12, 2012, 10:15:35 pm
I'd actually prefer to see the opposite. Higher buy prices, lower sell prices. But not unless there was a reset, since people have already made their millions. It's fine as it is though, very easy to make cash. You can make at least 10k+ a day without being on for more than an hour.

And how you do that?

Anyways I have 35k right bow, not the best money I had but it is enough for me as I dont usually buy expensive stuff. Once, I got 11 stacks of iron, 1 stack of gold and 20 diamonds in 3-4 hours. I gained around 39k. So my advice is go to the borders and search for caves. Mine everything(you can leave coal) you see. Be brave and curious. Look to every undiscovered part. You can search for caves under the big oceans too. It is up to you. Btw put torches when you discover some place so u will know that it is discovered.
Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: wingsnut on May 13, 2012, 12:46:54 am
You know, the market is a problem because it puts to much money into the economy causing price inflation in local shops if the market had a balance (Just like players) it wouldn't keep putting money in and that price inflation would stop, but we could negate this solution by increasing buy prices and lowering sell prices.
Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: DavidJerk on May 13, 2012, 03:34:53 am

And how you do that?



I set up a few farms and make 10k just by gathering them a few times a day. Autofarms are even faster. Just hit a button and get thousands. A bit silly really, to me. Mining can be good cash too though, if you sell everything. I'm too much of a packrat for that.
Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: NateN on May 13, 2012, 03:47:46 am
I'd actually prefer to see the opposite. Higher buy prices, lower sell prices. But not unless there was a reset, since people have already made their millions. It's fine as it is though, very easy to make cash. You can make at least 10k+ a day without being on for more than an hour.

And how you do that?

Anyways I have 35k right bow, not the best money I had but it is enough for me as I dont usually buy expensive stuff. Once, I got 11 stacks of iron, 1 stack of gold and 20 diamonds in 3-4 hours. I gained around 39k. So my advice is go to the borders and search for caves. Mine everything(you can leave coal) you see. Be brave and curious. Look to every undiscovered part. You can search for caves under the big oceans too. It is up to you. Btw put torches when you discover some place so u will know that it is discovered.

We had a caving rampage today.

If we had sold everything we found (including a triple spawner) we would have made tons of money. And we were only in there a few hours.
Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: atdfbttl15 on May 13, 2012, 09:53:54 am

And how you do that?



I set up a few farms and make 10k just by gathering them a few times a day. Autofarms are even faster. Just hit a button and get thousands. A bit silly really, to me. Mining can be good cash too though, if you sell everything. I'm too much of a packrat for that.

I'm too lazy to build large farms  :-\
Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: Boshiwarrior on May 13, 2012, 01:30:18 pm
I'm too lazy to build large farms  :-\
Then use Kascas farm. The only thing that you need to do is donate 10K or 35K to Kascas. Then you can use his farm!
Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: 5bluedog5 on May 13, 2012, 08:17:52 pm
Yes this is all good info but the mellon farm is not working for me.
Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: 5bluedog5 on May 13, 2012, 08:22:47 pm
oh yes the first person that leaves a suggestion that makes me rich gets 10k 
so give me some of your ideas  :)
Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: atdfbttl15 on May 13, 2012, 09:30:52 pm
Go find some spawner, make an xp farm, then sell enchanted tools . It can earn you a lot if you are lucky.
Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: partyguy15 on May 13, 2012, 09:34:04 pm
Does anybody have any tips for getting money? i am broke and would like some tips for getting some? if so leave some advice.
also if a moderator, operator or Opticle is reading this can u even out the prices at the market and expand it? thx
5bluedog5
get a mellon farm gooing if you have enough pistons make an auto one that you just press a button or sell potions or access to the nether
Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: DavidJerk on May 13, 2012, 11:48:34 pm
I don't know why people still use melons. Pumpkins have always been the superior crop. Although once you have an autofarm, it doesn't really matter. In fact, then the whole idea is a bit broken, in my opinion.
Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: illiwill on May 14, 2012, 05:33:58 am
I sell iron/gold blocks. Also I sell enchanted stuf. Right now I am working on a blaze XP farm
Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: bigbeno37 on May 14, 2012, 06:01:13 am
I sell iron/gold blocks. Also I sell enchanted stuf. Right now I am working on a blaze XP farm

Oh cool oreo! I hope I will be able to use it :P

I don't know why people still use melons. Pumpkins have always been the superior crop. Although once you have an autofarm, it doesn't really matter. In fact, then the whole idea is a bit broken, in my opinion.

It's because people see the higher sell price and don't consider the fact that 9 melons = 1 block, and that for each melon broken its about 4 - 8, so essentially its 2 = 1 regarding the sales of the melons.
Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: Hasan (Tabooti) on May 14, 2012, 12:53:26 pm
There are creative non-resource based ways. But the way I see it, If you're smart, and willing enough to make money, You'll make it regardless of suggestions or whatever.
If you put the effort into it, you will get there.
Title: Re: Read if ur broke or have tips for being rich
Post by: 5bluedog5 on May 16, 2012, 04:23:22 pm
thanks tabooti, that is realy nice of you to say.  ;D