In this hub, I'll share with you the ways that I've found to get cash, tell you which ones work better than others, and let you in on some tips that have helped me. Earning money by looting doesn't require much thinking. You just recruit some peasants or hire mercenaries to fight. If you are well-armed, you can easily chase and hunt weak parties or trading caravans. You can get loot from two sources: It's similar to fighting for loot as described in the previous paragraph , but there is a major difference.

If you use a blunt weapon like hammers or morningstars you do not kill the enemy. Instead, you take him alive as a prisoner.

Ok, we got some prisoners. You can sell them to the Ransom Broker. He will pay you 50 - gold coins for every prisoner.

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The amount of gold depends on who you captured. Peasants cannot pay as big of a ransom as a nobleman or king. There is no deep philosophy or secret: You simply must buy cheap goods and sell them at a profit.

If you want to be good tradesman, you need to know a few things. There are some important factors that influence your profits. If you or an NPC you hired have a high trading skill level, you will earn more money during trading. Your skill level means other tradesman and towns will pay you higher prices for your goods. How do you find out what your trading skill is?

Press the "C" button and enter your character review and statistics. In the image below, I marked trade skill in red. If you have good relations with a settlement, the prices will be better. You will be able to buy lower and sell higher than usual.

For this reason, it is a good idea to complete quests for the settlements that you want to trade in. Ask the local guild master if he needs help with anything.

Completing the quests will improve your relations and will give you a chance to earn some cash as well. From time to time, you will arrive in a city that is organizing a tourney. A tourney is six tiers of fighting.

You can take a deal in it, and bet cash on yourself. The more cash you bet, the more cash you earn. If you win the tourney, you can even win a few thousand gold coins!

Winning tournaments gives you a chance to become more famous in the Kingdom. Even though arena fighting is not very lucrative, I feel obliged to describe it. Arena fighting has simple rules:. You can establish your own business in this game! It's easy to do. Here's what you need to establish your own business like a bakery or smith:. What about business profits? Profits are connected with the price of goods, the economical condition of the city, and even politics. If you want to learn about this, click the first option outlined on the screen in red in the picture below.

There is another way to get money, which is good to do when you don't have enough cash to invest in a band, trading or business. If he orders you to tax the village, you must ride to it, declare that you are the tax collector, take the cash and. You must also avoid the Lord who gave you this quest because he will not forgive you for what you've done. Then, do the same as above. You can either give the cash back to the owner or hide out in another country hoping you never cross paths with your creditor.

You can go to the guild master of a city involved in a war and ask him for a quest. If you are a famous Knight or something like that, he can ask you to help make peace. The Peacemaker quest looks like this: There are two lords in opposite countries who are at war.

At the center of the fight, you must find them and bribe or defeat them on the battlefield. If you want to pay them, you must have around 8, gold coins one will take about 2, and the other about 6, The reward for this quest is 12, gold coins.

If you are friends with one or both of the lords, you can persuade them without paying cash, using your charisma and persuade skills to do so but. If you are a good servant of your King or if you are King , you will be rewarded with a noble title and a fief which will give you some profit:.

You must remember that the economic condition of a fief will influence your profits. If you have an army or city guard for fief protection , their upkeep will eat some of your earnings.

The guild master will give you around gold for ransom. You must meet the bandits in the chosen place and either rescue the girl by defeating the bandits or pay the ransom and take the girl to her father. The reward in this quest isn't so big but if you choose to defeat the bandits and don't pay the ransom, you can keep the ransom money, the loot from the bandits, and get a reward from the Guild Master. All of that adds up to a sizable sum. You can deliver letters from one lord to another lord for 30 gold.

However, this is not a good job, even at the start of gameplay. There are plenty of other ways to make money more quickly. There is a possibility that another lord will hire you to find and kill a wanted murderer for gold.

I think this isn't the best way to make money but if you're desperate.

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You can also find bandits' hideouts. If you "clear it," you can get some good loot. It's a good idea to look for these hideouts. If you find one, go to the lord who will give you the quest to defeat the bandits. If you do so you'll get a double reward: Villages are a good source of money if you're a bad guy.

There are three dishonorable ways to get cash from poor villagers. This method of making money is good for rogues and other people who are bad guys. I don't like it but I must say that it is profitable, until you face enemy reinforcements.

From time to time, you'll ride into a village infested by bandits. You'll have the choice to help the villagers by attacking the bandits or running away. If you rescue the village, the Elder will want to reward you with goods.

If you take it, you'll be richer. If you refuse, you'll get a good bonus in your relationship with the village. The choice is yours. May the halls of your castles be filled with armors and branded weapons! Sign in or sign up and post using a HubPages Network account. No HTML is allowed in comments, but URLs will be hyperlinked. Comments are not for promoting your articles or other sites.

Just win tournements and bet on yourself. Ypu earn from bets plus a lot of renouwn. Sly, self-sufficient merchant with an enterprise in every town. Before I have the capital for enterprises, I'm a Manhunter. I'm a man hunter. I hunt bandits all day long. I usually attack forest bandits by myself and earn gold as a reward gold in weapons and armor and gold for all the bandit prisoners. I also have a shitload of enterprises.

Easiest way to make money is to trounce around throwing down dyeworks in all the cities with acouple of exceptions like jelkala starting with rivacheg, though you always gotta kiss up to meriga abit because nomatter what you do he will always have a negative relationship with you at the start and always own rivacheg I just get an army of 50 archers wait outside a castle then let them bombard it I'm having issues buying land, it seems to not be an option for me.

I run patch 1. Also, Rebel Merchant King, or at least I like to think so. I just brutally loot and burn every village in Swadia. It's fun, and I can level up my neglected weapon skills as I murder peasants.

I am a mans-hunter I loot bandits and in the same time do small quests of the villagers and cities I don't do much lords quests I am a commoner I am building a decent honor rating and renown. Oh and the taxes thing there is another thing when you take then spare the townsman half taxes when they ask you then go buy something that is not too expensive go to the lord and give him the rest he will be upset but relation will say he will be angry about giving sparing half taxes and not you stealing a little bit of it plus he will leave you a little bit it worked for me.

This guide and the multiplayer tips one really helped me out, you explained a few points that other guides just brush over and leave you guessing about so thanks!

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You should just call one of the debt resolution services for some advice. They will try to sell you on their consolidation, student loan relief services or whatever, but my experience with nation debt relief was pretty helpful surprisingly.

Here's their number You hadn't mentioned about attacking bandit lairs, quests given by lords in my case Khudan, Rivacheg. You earn a good denars and xp.

Excellent 14 ways for Single player mode.. Viking Conquest- Im ruthless pagan warlord who fights christianity and tends to be a king of world, playing with own faction. Looting, burning, sieges etc: They will buy it full price one axe would bring around denars, one sword around ! This way you can attack masterless mens or raiders and sell the items to bandits lair. You can just gather up a few tough units, put them in formation and gut bandits and sell them to ransom brokers. To get high amounts of bandits, find a bandit cave, do not destroy it but wait next to it.

Bandits will move towards the cave, once they do, if weaker, run away but try to return again.

They all will do this and eventually think they can win you. Be warned that you should have some good units because you will always be outmanned, win and sell tons of bandits to a ransom broker and be rich. My characters current goal is to start a business in every town, and train my band of 80 to the limit. My other character is a tough, patriotic, mercenary-turned-soldier.

At first, money was earned by attacking bandits, then I signed on to work for Swadia. In that game Swadia is very seriously trying to take over the whole map, so war is semi-constant more than usual. At first, I was going into debt with the tiny pay, but after pledging allegiance? I was given one village, and that helped, but the debt kept growing.

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I just kept defeating enemy armies as much as I could to sell their armor and weapons. But then the King gave me 3 towns, one after another.

Now the money just keeps rolling in! I am loyal to the Kingdom of Swadien and earn money wherever I can. Guys tournaments are the best and fastest way to do so. So go take some people, try to sale them at the ransom broker, if the price for them is more than 50, sell them, if not go at Tihr and sell them at the slave trader.

Trading routes, businesses and hunting outlaws. My favorite prey are sea raiders but I am not picky. When I find a tournament I always participate. I'm the trusty highlord of my benevolent liege, King Yargolek. I have enterprises in almost every town and have recently been going from plebian breweries to dye works and tanners and ironworks. I spend money like a Saudi prince on steroids and conquer many lands for my liege. I can buy mercenaries in a heartbeat and use their sorry souls to spill them in my infamous sieges.

Me and my 56 vaegirian knights terrorise the enemies of The Kingdom of Vaegirs. I usually start of as a merchant, buying low and selling high while doing quests for towns and building some stuff in them to earn some extra coin, then I do some tournaments.

Meanwhile I sell people ransom and raid bandit hideouts for some easy loot. I also hunt bandits, sea raiders are what I find most profitable target. I make 60k a week so I just buy mercies and siege with Nord houscarls I have 4 towns and 7 castles and a dyeworks in every city.

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Warband Updated on October 18, Looting Earning money by looting doesn't require much thinking. Pro Tips for Looting: Use strategy to minimize your losses and make sure the loot that you get in money, weapons, or trading goods is more valuable than your expenses like group upkeep, training peasants, or recruiting new soldiers. If you do not feel strong enough to attack caravans, you can try to make them pay a toll to pass. You must remember that if you chase caravans, you will be outlawed and some lords can chase you.

It's the same situation if you try to rob the peasants of another lord. What do you think? Yes No I don't know See results. A hammer is an example of a blunt weapon. Your typical Ransom Broker that you can meet in the tavern. Trading Skill If you or an NPC you hired have a high trading skill level, you will earn more money during trading.

Trading skill is marked in red. How to Trade You must check market prices first. Checking the prices in town will help you find appreciating and depreciating goods. Go to the marketplace and click the option to "Access the Local Prices.

You will see a report about prices on the market. Your trading skill level is very helpful here since it make this process faster and more effective and you will find more offers. If you notice a good offer, you should take it. Buy cheap goods, travel to a selected city, and sell the goods at a profit. Your goods and money need protection of course, since you can be robbed on the way.

Remember that if you are buying a lot of a single good, its price will go up! On the other hand, selling many units of a single good will cause the price to fall. Pro Tips on Trading You can improve relations with cities and villages by completing quests. Information about your relationship with a settlement is presented when you arrive in the city.

Villages are little strange. Almost at random, some goods are very expensive, and some are very inexpensive. Though not very logical, we can use it to our advantage. But remember that this will make the game very fast, and you can miss enemies! If you want to use this tip, you must be sure that you have a strong company to stay safe.

This option will help you to check prices of goods. Tourney From time to time, you will arrive in a city that is organizing a tourney. From time to time, Kingdoms put on tournaments to honor peace negotiations with another Kingdom.

If you want to get the maximum prize in a tourney, you must bet gold coins on yourself. Arena Fighting Even though arena fighting is not very lucrative, I feel obliged to describe it. Arena fighting has simple rules: You must defeat 36 enemies. Once you do that, you will earn gold coins. If you fail, you may get a few gold coins as a consolation prize. Business You can establish your own business in this game! Here's what you need to establish your own business like a bakery or smith: You must have between 2, and 12, gold coins to rent land and buildings.

Dupery or Deception There is another way to get money, which is good to do when you don't have enough cash to invest in a band, trading or business. Collect taxes from his village or city Collect the debt of another lord If he orders you to tax the village, you must ride to it, declare that you are the tax collector, take the cash and. Peacemaker Being a diplomat and peacemaker is a noble way to get rich, but it is not very easy.

Income From Fiefs If you are a good servant of your King or if you are King , you will be rewarded with a noble title and a fief which will give you some profit: Ownership of a village gives you around gold coins per week. Ownership of a castle gives you - gold coins per week. Ownership of a town gives you about 1, gold coins per week. Pro Tip for Ransom Quest This quest can be given only by a Guild Master.

Be an Errand Boy You can deliver letters from one lord to another lord for 30 gold. Bounty Hunter There is a possibility that another lord will hire you to find and kill a wanted murderer for gold. By the way, Guild Masters in towns like to give bounty for finding wandering bandits. Attacks Against Villages Villages are a good source of money if you're a bad guy. Stealing the goods from the villages.

Taking and then selling cows Looting and plundering the village the prosperity of the village will fall to zero and you'll get a lot of loot. The amount of loot in all three scenarios is dependent on the economic condition of the village. Pro Tips for Plundering Villages Remember that villagers can get pitchforks and rush you! Plundering the village requires an entire day, during which you can be attacked by enemy reinforcements. If you get bored being the bad guy, you can become.

Noble Knight Rescuing the Villagers From time to time, you'll ride into a village infested by bandits. What is your game profile? Noble Knight earning money via tourneys and wars Barbarian Warrior robbing everyone, everywhere Something else - I'll talk about it in the comments See results. Mercenary warlord who'll take any good money doing whatever. How good is this article? Consoles Gaming PCs Xbox PS3 3DS Xbox One PS4.