Making money as a material trader?

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spiritofcat
spiritofcat
Jungle Guide
#1
I just got my 15k Aeromancer shirt, but I now need to save up for the rest of the gear and I'm looking for ways to make money.
One thing I discovered, while trying to get the Damask, is that I can make it for 350g per piece, but it sells from the rare material trader for 575g per piece.
That means, I can make 200g profit on each one if I sell them for 550.
That's 57% profit!
As long as there are people to buy the Damask from me of course.
Another one is Deldrimor Steel. I can make that for 685g, and it sells for 938 from the rare material trader when last I checked. So if I sell it for 900, that's 31% profit.

Anyone else found any good ways of making money? Other than farming or scamming?
PieXags
PieXags
Forge Runner
#2
Going in and out, in and out, in and out...of thunderhead keep.

Why?

Three words.

THE LOST STRONGBOX
EternalTempest
EternalTempest
Furnace Stoker
#3
I give up something someone told me. With some farming / buying it cheap.
Wood Planks -> Parchment -> Parchment to Material Trader (non-rare).
spiritofcat
spiritofcat
Jungle Guide
#4
Thanks Tempest, I'll have to look into that one!
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generik
Desert Nomad
#5
The box doesn't come all the time, and once when i found out something popped out and killed our party
spiritofcat
spiritofcat
Jungle Guide
#6
What's the story with this lost strongbox? Is it a chest that appears at the start of the Thunderhead Keep mission?
dbgtboy
dbgtboy
Wilds Pathfinder
#7
i saw someone once paying 50k for that strongbox thing, never knew what it was, i thought he meant the quest item, settlement strongbox.
Static
Static
Lion's Arch Merchant
#8
Where is the lost strong box suppose to appear? Or who drops/gives it to you? Just wondering
Vilaptca
Vilaptca
Pre-Searing Vanquisher
#9
Quote:
Originally Posted by PieXags
Going in and out, in and out, in and out...of thunderhead keep.

Why?

Three words.

THE LOST STRONGBOX
What is this? I found it before and opened it, but I was with henchies, so one of them punks stole it!
Static
Static
Lion's Arch Merchant
#10
Anyone know?
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Lazarus
Academy Page
#11
I can hear the nerf bats swing already.


Lazarus
Ristaron
Ristaron
Desert Nomad
#12
Thanks, to everybody who posted all the get-rich-quick bugs in a single thread for a game admin to stumble upon and begin using as an index. -_-
Lasareth
Lasareth
Aquarius
#13
Didn't know about that strongbox. Cool stuff.
PieXags
PieXags
Forge Runner
#14
Oh, the lost strongbox. You want to know about the lost strongbox 'eh?

It's a fantastic secret.

More of an easter egg, once you know of it you'll know what I mean when they say that I doubt they'll EVER nerf it.

Go out the pass to thunderhead keep, and hold your alt button. To your right you should see a few small rock walls forming a circle with a tree in the middle.

If nothing is there, go back into town and come back out.

Repeat the process until by that tree is a chest called "The Lost Strongbox".

Go up, and open the lost strongbox. It drops between 1-3 items, mostly max or near-max damage wands, staffs, axes, swords, hammers, focus items, etc.

The only problem is you get a surprise when you open it, and picking up the items might result in your death.

Doing it solo might be difficult for anyone who can't take many hits, but just go out solo, slowly walk up to it...and you know, grab your loot and haul ass, because you won't live long if you don't.

Repeat the process.

It takes a fair bit of time just to get 1k from the strongbox so it's no big farming secret, I used to do it with my character who could hardly solo anything else. It was my only source of (pathetic) income. I'd say after about half an hour of going in and out, and picking up items, you might be able to get 1k or something. I do it when I'm bored for fun.

Now go...nobody can really be..."told" just what The Lost Strongbox is, you have to experience it's brilliance for yourself.

Now go!
spiritofcat
spiritofcat
Jungle Guide
#15
omg, I see what you mean about a surprise!
I didn't even GET to open it!
When you say go out the pass to thunderhead keep, you mean go out of thunderhead keep, into ice floe.

[edit]
I got it open this time, and all that came out was a white Grim Cesta +12 Energy req. 8 Death Magic
Do you think it's contents have been nerfed?
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Nessaja
Banned
#16
it has a lot of similarities with the box of pandora
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Nairo
Academy Page
#17
O_O Wow... That box is evil. I almost didn't get a chance to grab the items!
Divinitys Creature
Divinitys Creature
Krytan Explorer
#18
Quote:
Originally Posted by PieXags
Oh, the lost strongbox. You want to know about the lost strongbox 'eh?

It's a fantastic secret.

More of an easter egg, once you know of it you'll know what I mean when they say that I doubt they'll EVER nerf it.

Go out the pass to thunderhead keep, and hold your alt button. To your right you should see a few small rock walls forming a circle with a tree in the middle.

If nothing is there, go back into town and come back out.

Repeat the process until by that tree is a chest called "The Lost Strongbox".

Go up, and open the lost strongbox. It drops between 1-3 items, mostly max or near-max damage wands, staffs, axes, swords, hammers, focus items, etc.

The only problem is you get a surprise when you open it, and picking up the items might result in your death.

Doing it solo might be difficult for anyone who can't take many hits, but just go out solo, slowly walk up to it...and you know, grab your loot and haul ass, because you won't live long if you don't.

Repeat the process.

It takes a fair bit of time just to get 1k from the strongbox so it's no big farming secret, I used to do it with my character who could hardly solo anything else. It was my only source of (pathetic) income. I'd say after about half an hour of going in and out, and picking up items, you might be able to get 1k or something. I do it when I'm bored for fun.

Now go...nobody can really be..."told" just what The Lost Strongbox is, you have to experience it's brilliance for yourself.

Now go!
I just went there to cap an elite, don't remember what there was in the box.......

Devts-Waver
Devts-Waver
Frost Gate Guardian
#19
Ya, I've been farming the Lost Strongbox for a long time. I've gotten some pretty good items too. However, it used to only take about 3 trys to make it appear in the begining. Now it takes usally 6 or 9 trys for it to appear. Anybody else have this problem?
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generik
Desert Nomad
#20
Nah, it is sort of random.

I never really got a lot of good drops from it though, but when I need materials and am bored.. hey, gambling is exciting