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Most people don't like giving up this information because when they do it becomes less profitable.

I think about everybody knows about the giants since my lvl 29 necro can't ever hunt them for EXP due to the lvl 70's hogging them all.

I don't know of any truely good way to make money. I have never had more then 70k at any 1 time. Only reason I had that much was because I won a bunch of randoms while at cubbies in WOS.

Not intended as a flame, but if you thinking hunting giants in Rathe Mountains is good plat at level 65 then you need to rethink the game.

There's places where 10k or more an hour is easy for nearly any level 65+ character, especially a ranger.

/hits Kelti over the head with a shovel, then stitches his lips sealed.
Dude, don't TELL! By breaking the vow of silence, you invoke the wrath of the gnomes of Zurich, (/whispers: the Illuminati) *shudders*

Seriously, if you want money, go get a few stacks of spiderling silk to get you started, then spend half an hour each time you log off setting up your trader, checking prices etc. Depending on your server economy, this can take some time to get rolling, but if you do this every day, and leave your trader up all the time you're not playing your main, you will be amazed at how much plat you can make.

Ok, I'll give out my secret spot, but you gotta swear to NOT tell anyone! Swear? Ok, hike on over to Qeynos. Just outside the gate is a bunch of rats and snakes. Bop em on de head and still their tails and eggs and stuff. Man, at lvl 65+ you'll be able to ALMOST clear the whole yard! Shhhh... don't tell anyone.

Translation: I am a lazy punk who sells plat, maybe some of the lame boardies will spill the beans on where to get some.
Translation: I don't really have a clue, but maybe if I toss out this old chesnut, people will think I know what I am talking about.
This is the classic grifter method of trying to get the mark to put up his stuff 'in good faith'.

Actually the payout on hill giants is not 10-40. It is more like 2pp to 35pp. Many times you get 2 or 3pp and a rune or FS weapon.
Very seldom is it 40+pp. About 3 drops in 5 are 20pp+ so people get all excited.

I'm having difficulty with the concept of "Kill things that drop money to make money" being a "secret".

Whatever. I doubt you got 100K plat farming Hill giants. A good session for me was 300pp. I can't honestly think of a more boring way to spend your game time. If you needed quick pp for spells back in the day, this was a good way. Take your group of level 30s for an hour or so and everyone can afford their next round spells. Level 70s camping the hill is pathetic.

The only way to get to 100Kpp [farming Hill giants] is to NOT SPEND ANY.

Sorry if it sounds unfriendly, but you would be surprised by the number of people who come here (with 5 posts to their name) trying to run scams and what-not.

If you can't figure out in-game how to boost your bank account enough to make yourself comfortable, find a new game. Personally I would go the bazaar route.

Edited, Tue Oct 4 11:58:36 2005 by Dothammer

I don't have any "uber" plat making secrets but I'll share what I do to make money.

I've gone to Rathe a few times to kill giants but it always seems so crowded. If there is a lower player there actually for XP, I won't hunt them. IMHO its rude to bring your high level char in to farm plat when someone is trying to level.

I do almost all of the tradeskills. I sell leather padding made with tailoring and also silks and pelts. They're all pretty consistent sellers. Also, you can farm Acrylia Caverns and sell the blocks and bricks of acrylia that drop if you aren't going to use them in smithing.

Baking can be a good way to make a little money also. I make Halas pies and sell them for 8-10pp each in the Bazaar. I also used to make Celestial Essence and sell it for around 10pp until the guy over at EQ Casters Realm mentioned it as a way to make money and now the market is flooded, lol.

Other than the methods above, I loot EVERYTHING. If I'm soloing its all mine but when in a group we share the loot and roll on nice stuff. I also put equipment I've outgrown on my trader to sell in the Bazaar.

These aren't methods that will get you tons of plat but I make enough to get by and buy the things I need. I hope this helps someone.

Accually he was killing the skellys and even snared a few HGs for me. Had all we could handel. I do see how that could work however.

Ok, here is my real fallback "I am bored" way to make 5k every hour or two.. without entering the Bazaar.

Go to Acyrlia Caverns. Kill everything in the Outer Caverns (all green to me.. TLC on FV comes into play and I get to raid).

I Destroy/Ignore everything but:

* Stackable Acrylia Runes (1-4p ish each, but they stack.. and drop like rain).
* Crude Filth Covered Weapons - Vendor for 142pp, 8gp, 5sp, 7cp.
* Drops from Nameds (maybe.. this takes a slot.. and needs to be Bazaared).
* I might keep the Blocks of Acyrlia only (they vendor for 31p4g2s9c - almost 315 a bag, so less than 3 weapons for 10 slots.. meh).

I could fill 5 bazaar mules with Acrylia Ore a night.. and even if I had 5 bazaar mules Acrylia doesn't sell that well anymore (at least on FV). And everything less than Blocks vendors for jack.

Once I am full, Levant to zone line, step out, Levant to the outpost in Grimming Forest. Sell and bank and return.

A driven person (ie: jobless) could make 100K in a day or two this way.

Of course you can do better farming things that sell.. but this is a certain and immediate return for your time. And kicks the Rathe Hill Giants in the balls, frankly.

Edited, Tue Oct 4 14:14:04 2005 by Felicite

As for all that acrylia going to waste, Felicite, you could include this into your regimen...


Small Brick Of Acrylia Ore

Smithing Components: small piece of acrylia(3), water flask
In: forge
Yield: 1
Trivial at: 31


Large Brick Of Acrylia Ore

Smithing Components: small brick of acrylia ore(3), water flask
In: forge
Yield: 1
Trivial at: 31



Block Of Acrylia Ore

Smithing Components: large brick of acrylia ore(3), water flask
In: forge
Yield: 1
Trivial at: 27

So you can take 3 of your pieces to make more small bricks, take 3 small bricks and combine into a large and you can take 3 of your large and combine them into a block, which you can vendor at your price.



As to the original poster, think like the "Smith Barney" (note, I'm not sure if these guys are regional or national, but I always saw their commercials on TV, they are an investment firm)

"We make money the old fashioned way... We EARN it."

I'v actually made 2-3k a week off of Hg's 2 or three hours a night. I've funded most of my characters till 55 or so. Now from there on i'm wondering how to make many k of pp. But i guess it's all in where you group. I've yet to see any loot from the planes below BoT and ofcourse DoN and LDoN stuff. I can live with out most of my spells if it means dumping 90k anyhow. But it would start out as simple as killing snakes for scales and selling them. Plus above 50ish most mobs drop 4-10 plat so there's a small amount of money there too. Don't forget to offer your clerics temp/virtue/conviction or shammy's Fo7 etc... i can make 300 plat in an hour just giving out HoS. So there are ways to make a few plat maybe not millions or even thousands but enough to get something.

I wish PoDs dropped that much plat(or any at all =p)