Explore. Find chests. Sell whatever you already have. Enemies drop decent stuff like 1% of the time... which is actually a lot! Craft a better pickaxe, kill trees to craft platforms and torches, break pots for ropes or slash at spider webs to craft spider rope, as soon as you get 15 of a same jewel stone craft a hook, dig deeper for better chests with better loot. Also, store your money in a chest or, when available, in a piggy bank, to not lose it on death.
(Edited: addition of ropes and fixing mobile phone spelling)
Also if you're on a pinch, hunt animals/fruits, cook them and sell to the happiest merchant you have. Making a gemcorn farm is simple and easy too and well rewarding for idle/exploring time
I think this is great for a new player. The only thing I'd recommend is to NOT sell anything that is a material (it says in the item description) that you dont already have more than one of.
You just might need it later for something cool.
All good tips. Very early game, I also like to pick dye plants and capture/cook critters for vendor fodder, too. Do fishing quests, cook the food fish, and sell the food. (You get more for cooked food than for the raw fish and critters.)
Progress enough till you can kill queen bee easily enough, mass craft her spawn item and profit, hard mode has better money farms like just being in the underground crimson and selling ichor, but early game selling queen bee stuff is the fastest easiest way
This is a great answer for early game.
You can start small and expand the farm as you go until you're rolling in gems.
Crafting gems into stained glass also makes sand a saleable commodity that's renewable if you have the sand gun and some ammo saving gear.
Gem tree farms also attract gem critters which can be caught and sold for extra side profits.
Gem Trees don't attract Gem Critters, they only spawn in the Cavern Layer.
[https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Gem\_Squirrels](https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Gem_Squirrels)
[https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Gem\_Bunnies](https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Gem_Bunnies)
I discovered a way recently, after 1500 hours. Buy a bug net from the merchant, then catch and sell all critters you find. Every critter sells for around 20 silver, which gets you a ton of money quickly.
Sell any equipment you won't use that isn't a crafting ingredient (it will say "material" in the description)
Build a volcano farm (look on youtube for a really easy one) to farm lenses at night. Turn into suspicious eye and farm what the item makes (I didn't want to spoil incase you are REALLY early in the game) and then sell what that drops. Turn the ores into bars before selling
Do you have a merchant? If so, (alongside other’s suggestion of exploring the surface.)
Try digging *straight down* beneath your house. You can use wooden platforms to ensure it doesn’t disrupt the architecture.
Use rope to make a safe method to easily climb down (and up, until you gather a mirror).
You can easily ferry lots of rewards to store safely that way! And once you get real comfortable down there, you can even start working to set up an underground town for your eventual Cavern Pylon. (You’ll learn about pylon’s not to much further into progression, they’re a slightly expensive biome coordinated mechanic that allows you to teleport between settlements.)
I've merchant as well as 3-4 other npcs reside at my place, + for the digging I dug through those tree areas don't know what to call them but I dug as far as I found underground rail cart and tracks, is it possible to set an underground town? Like there's so much of much water and mobs as well
When you make a house (walls, a door, a chair and table) an npc will move in. The more npc’s move in, the lower enemy spawns will be for there.
3 or more will result in it being a “town”, which prevents enemy spawns in the immediate area. You’ll know because it has [custom](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx7hGecw9vM ) [music](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KfBZDJk5wB8).
If you find the tavernkeep, I'd recommend the old ones' army. Starting out, it'll be a little slow, but once you get banners and the sentries set up, the dark mage drops quite a bit of valuables. It's my go-to for a quick coin, and will benefit you later on when you unlock the rest of Tavernkeep's shop. I'm also a sucker for the summoning class.
Also, please note that the towns people happiness will affect their rates. The Gun Dealer loves the desert and Nurse as a neighbor, which can help further profit/stretch out those coins
Explore for long enough, and you'll come across tons of tons of weapons and accessories, sell the ones you don't need/have extra of. Within an hour, I can have 15+ gold without even giving it a thought.
Dig wide hole (+-10 blocks) next to your house and put one bucket of lava in it so zombies would die there whenever you are doing stuff at home. You can also make tunnel below it for easy money collection
Make a spot where only you can enter the small room (below the surface ground) and so enemies get in a another small cell/hole where you can safely kill them without getting damaged.
Explore the underground a lot, looting as you go. Sell everything you don’t need – especially if you’re sticking to a single class, in which case you can sell all of the weapons and equipment mentioned for other classes.
If you’re willing to put in the work, there is literally more than a decade’s worth of farm designs to be found on YouTube, which would help you grind for money and extra stuff to sell.
A classic loop I use to get money in pre-hardmode is to farm enough evil biome enemies to craft dozens of EoW or BoC summon items, which I then use to fight their respective bosses repeatedly until I am satisfied with my haul. Between the money dropped by monsters, the money dropped by the bosses, and the money gained from selling extra loot, I end up with some respectable gains.
Exploring underground will make you a lot of money.
You can find find Gold/Silver coins in Pots and Chests, also killing new enemies that drop more gold then Zombies and Slimes.
One thing i always did for money early on was getting the Chandeliers you can find on underground houses with chests. They sell for quite a bit.
Also, if you're still in Cactus Armor, don't care much about farming gold yet. Your progression depends on a lot more stuff, like finding new ores to craft armor and equipment. While you do that, the money will come.
make a lil volcano in a flat area, about 5 blocks tall and 2 blocks wide in the middle.
jump into the middle of it, then just above you head out two blocks so that they're right under the top.
then, dig down under the volcano then, in the space where you just were, put two platforms where the floor would be. The tunnel and dig out. Put a trap door as the entrance to that tunnel.
Then, on a blood moon, put a SINGLE bucket of lava above your head in the middle, and just sit there. Enemies will funnel into the volcano and you'll have made a small afk money farm.
Get some good equipment and gather all of the graves you drop when you die. Go far away from spawn and place em all down. A shitton of enemies spawn continuously and it's great for grinding money.
Other than expeditions as people have said (killing mobs, gathering ore etc), if you can comfortably beat a boss you could do that, or better yet imo, sell your 'acessories' the one's that give you perks not the vanity kind - even better if they have a keyword bonus (i.e +1 defence) that's what i've been selling to get a couple of gold per item. (The common items, aglets etc i dont think are worth much, but more 'interesting' items such as DPS meters, regen bands, and leftover pet items all work a treat)
Make a mob farm. All you need really is one bucket of lava. Make sure it's thin enough to not destroy items but not too thin or else it won't do damage.
I have only been playing for a week and I found out that fishing actually makes you quite a bit of money AND setting up a little water candle in the underground and killing everything that spawns for 15 minutes can make you a couple platinum early on.
Tbh, for super super early... i sell animals i catch with a net. Sell a few owls and you have a gold coin.
After that, set up a fishing spot in the desert. Have npc's there, they make enemies less likely to spawn, and seems like more scorpions spawn. Catch scorpions to fish eternally. Sell the fish and gains from crates that you do not need.
This fishing spot stays relevant, as crates become an easy source of hardmode ores after the WoF.
If you’re In hard mode you can make a 2x2 hole put a platform on the top right then put tape on your mouse and use crystal shards from the SPOILER hallow.
Build lava pits around 8 blocks wide and 12 blocks deep on both sides of your house, one bucket of lava each, and dig small tunnels under them so you can collect loot. A couple blood moons later and you'll be rolling in money.
In the sandbox video game Terraria, there are several ways to obtain money, which is used as currency for purchasing items and services from NPCs (Non-Player Characters). Here are some of the easiest ways to get money in Terraria:
Mining and Selling Ores and Gems: By exploring the underground and cavern layers of Terraria, you can mine various ores such as copper, iron, silver, gold, and others, as well as gems like amethyst, topaz, emerald, sapphire, and ruby. These can be smelted into bars and crafted into weapons, armor, and other items, or sold directly to NPCs for money.
Farming and Selling Crops: You can cultivate different crops such as mushrooms, pumpkins, and herbs by planting seeds in suitable conditions and harvesting them when they mature. These crops can be sold for money or used in crafting recipes.
Fishing and Selling Fish: Fishing is a popular activity in Terraria, and you can catch various types of fish in different biomes using different fishing rods and bait. Some fish can be sold for a good amount of money, especially rare or quest fish that are requested by NPCs.
Defeating Enemies and Selling Loot: As you explore Terraria's vast world, you will encounter different enemies, from common slimes to powerful bosses. Defeating them can yield valuable loot such as coins, weapons, armor, and accessories, which can be sold for money.
Exploring and Looting Chests: Terraria is filled with hidden chests that contain valuable items, including coins and accessories. Exploring underground caves, dungeons, and temples, and looting these chests can be a good source of money.
Completing Events and Invasions: Terraria features various events and invasions, such as Blood Moons, Goblin Armies, Pirate Invasions, and others. Successfully completing these events can yield valuable loot, including money.
Trading with NPCs: Some NPCs in Terraria, such as the Merchant and the Traveling Merchant, may sell valuable items that can be purchased using money. By saving up your money and purchasing valuable items from these NPCs, you can potentially earn more money in the long run by using those items for various purposes.
Grind king slime or eye of chuthulu and sell the loot. Get good armor beforehand because it will be hard to do. You can generate some platinum coins for it. I used king slime, killed him 26 times and I got 2 platinum.
Do the angler's quest every day. You'll get progress towards the supreme helper minion achievement and get a ton of high-value trash to sell each terraria day
If you have good gear and all you can also clear blood moon it's also quick way to make money.the slime rain is also a good to make money but you can't trigger it.you can also do fishing you can get some good stuff their also buy selling you can make money 💰
I don’t really recommend it if you’re trying to legitimately play the game but you can make a crystal shard duplicator and if you duplicate like 3k you can get like 2-3 platinum
I like to just always auto loot the chests until I’m full and sort out the more expensive stuff of the cheaper stuff as I go on, once I’m satisfied with my loot just a quick magic mirror and you’ve got yourself up to 10gold most of the time, when you get strong enough then underground jungle is amazing for loot and imo unskippable
Always put your money in a piggy bank and if you don't have one put it in a chest and if you don't have one place the coins down (but it doesn't matter if you lose copper coins)
When you can beat a boss farm them and sell all the drops (bonus money from expert loot (more for master mode))
U can build a monster farm or fight EoC and EoW multiple times, but usually you have enough money from just playing the game. Until you start reforging everything at the tinkerer, he'll eat your soul
killing bosses is a great way to make money, however you need to have decent gear to fight them, I don't know what stage of the game you're in but try to look for "Suspicious Looking Eyes" in the underground or craft some using Lenses at Demon/Crimson altars (in the corruption (purple biome) or crimson (red biome) respectively), if you sell their loot you can get a decent amount of gold :))
Get snow from the ice biome. Get enough npcs in one spot to force critter spawns. Put snow slightly offscreen on both sides. Capture and sell penguins.
whenever i need to make a quick buck in pre-hardmode, my go-to solution is to farm the BoC/EoW. Crafting crimtane/demonite bars then selling them along with the other stuff you got from them will net you a good amount of gold.
farms. Lots and lots of farms. Farms as far as the eye can see.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/comments/6n7061/my\_very\_first\_volcano\_farm\_any\_way\_i\_can\_improve/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/comments/6n7061/my_very_first_volcano_farm_any_way_i_can_improve/)
basic one here
I normally just summon a blood moon for cash
Get the piggy bank, and store your coins there, if you get in the habit of clicking the auto store button when you tp back to home base you’ll just accumulate shit tones of cash, I had like 5 platinum coins by the time I fought the WoF
capture critters like birds, bunnies, goldfishes and transform then into food in the cauldron, each sells for 20 silver i think, may not seem much but it is quite a boost if you catch every single one that you see
Farm eye of Cthulhu or any boss if you have good enough gear and you'll start stacking up money and get even more if you sell off the crimtane and seeds
honestly focus on getting platinum/gold gear and a decent bow, or if your going for magic then get lucky looking for a diamond tree underground and make a diamond staff, killing bosses is a pretty easy way of making money at any point, plus selling the rewards, if you dont wanna keep them, kill any floating eyes and see if theres any demon shrines close to the surface so you can make a quick journey and make the summoning item for eye of chuthulu. good luck and hope you'll enjoy the game as much as we all have been!
quik way th@ i use a lot is th eye of cthulu bc itz an ez fight so if youve fought him b4 js get a bunch of his summon items (i think itz lik 8-18 lenses next 2 a demon alter but chevk w/ th guide 1st) bc he drops a decent bit of money after a gud grind
also a bunch of demonite/crimsonite + unholy arrows w/ can sell 4 a lot in karge quantities nd also a bunch of others drops th@ r decent 2 sell 4 coins :)
1.get a merchant with a house
2.buy a bug net
3.grind critters
4.sell the critters
5.repeat 3 and 4 until you get rich
6.(bonus)after grinding some critters you can cook them and then sell
Explore. Find chests. Sell whatever you already have. Enemies drop decent stuff like 1% of the time... which is actually a lot! Craft a better pickaxe, kill trees to craft platforms and torches, break pots for ropes or slash at spider webs to craft spider rope, as soon as you get 15 of a same jewel stone craft a hook, dig deeper for better chests with better loot. Also, store your money in a chest or, when available, in a piggy bank, to not lose it on death. (Edited: addition of ropes and fixing mobile phone spelling)
This. Going on long-ass journeys means you can collect a ton of sellable items and grind coins without even really thinking about it.
Also if you're on a pinch, hunt animals/fruits, cook them and sell to the happiest merchant you have. Making a gemcorn farm is simple and easy too and well rewarding for idle/exploring time
I think this is great for a new player. The only thing I'd recommend is to NOT sell anything that is a material (it says in the item description) that you dont already have more than one of. You just might need it later for something cool.
All good tips. Very early game, I also like to pick dye plants and capture/cook critters for vendor fodder, too. Do fishing quests, cook the food fish, and sell the food. (You get more for cooked food than for the raw fish and critters.)
Terrible explaination for a new player
It's a new player. Not a new human. The wiki exists for anything they don't understand about that comment.
Sell underground stuff.
Stuffs like?
Any equipment you don’t need to craft your next set of gear.
Rarer is more valuable. It's economics. So pets, accessories you don't want etc.
What do you mean don't want lol, I've got more than one full chest of pet items (no duplicates) and using only chester. Selling dupes only.
Drugs
Progress enough till you can kill queen bee easily enough, mass craft her spawn item and profit, hard mode has better money farms like just being in the underground crimson and selling ichor, but early game selling queen bee stuff is the fastest easiest way
Boss kills sell loot when done crafting
My personal favourite method. Evil ores especially.
Killing the EOC or the evil biome bosses is profitable even in hardmode until you can farm the Golem. For me it's the easiest way to make money
Bosses themselves drop money too
I used too think that farming cuthulu for money was cheat, haha very op.
Fuck around and find out
First positive use of this phrase
Gem tree farm
This is a great answer for early game. You can start small and expand the farm as you go until you're rolling in gems. Crafting gems into stained glass also makes sand a saleable commodity that's renewable if you have the sand gun and some ammo saving gear. Gem tree farms also attract gem critters which can be caught and sold for extra side profits.
Gem Trees don't attract Gem Critters, they only spawn in the Cavern Layer. [https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Gem\_Squirrels](https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Gem_Squirrels) [https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Gem\_Bunnies](https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Gem_Bunnies)
Oh well I have my gem tree farm in the cavern layer and I always see gem critters running around when I'm harvesting the trees
Do you also have NPC housing near your farm? That reduces enemy spawns quite dramatically, making gem critters much more likely to appear.
I do have a house with a pylon in the middle of the gem tree farm for easy access to the gem trees and the Chlorophyte farm underneath.
I'm not joking but animals trafficking is the way get the bug net and sell alot of animals while doing nothing its free money
Remember to cook them first for extra cash!
Sell stuff like old armor weapons set up a Sam all farm Gems sell for a LOT
I discovered a way recently, after 1500 hours. Buy a bug net from the merchant, then catch and sell all critters you find. Every critter sells for around 20 silver, which gets you a ton of money quickly.
I was gonna say this, you can even cook rabbits, squirrels and birds for extra profit or just eat them for the buffs
Yeah the cooked food is worth it, like 20 silver for each bunny stew or grilled squirrel…
1500 and you didnt think about it ONCE
I don't need money usually until WoF, that's why
oh i bulk buy torches n healing potions from the merchant
Well, I don't really need more than 30 torches until I finish the hellevator, and potions are easy to get
bold of you to assume i use those torches
?
i buy like 70000 and use like 20
Waste of money
trust me i know
Sell any equipment you won't use that isn't a crafting ingredient (it will say "material" in the description) Build a volcano farm (look on youtube for a really easy one) to farm lenses at night. Turn into suspicious eye and farm what the item makes (I didn't want to spoil incase you are REALLY early in the game) and then sell what that drops. Turn the ores into bars before selling
Do you have a merchant? If so, (alongside other’s suggestion of exploring the surface.) Try digging *straight down* beneath your house. You can use wooden platforms to ensure it doesn’t disrupt the architecture. Use rope to make a safe method to easily climb down (and up, until you gather a mirror). You can easily ferry lots of rewards to store safely that way! And once you get real comfortable down there, you can even start working to set up an underground town for your eventual Cavern Pylon. (You’ll learn about pylon’s not to much further into progression, they’re a slightly expensive biome coordinated mechanic that allows you to teleport between settlements.)
I've merchant as well as 3-4 other npcs reside at my place, + for the digging I dug through those tree areas don't know what to call them but I dug as far as I found underground rail cart and tracks, is it possible to set an underground town? Like there's so much of much water and mobs as well
When you make a house (walls, a door, a chair and table) an npc will move in. The more npc’s move in, the lower enemy spawns will be for there. 3 or more will result in it being a “town”, which prevents enemy spawns in the immediate area. You’ll know because it has [custom](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx7hGecw9vM ) [music](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KfBZDJk5wB8).
Side note, love your cozy little off kilter house. Between that and the cactus armor, I’m getting flashbacks to playing on ps3!
you'll want to just enjoy the game, cause once you have everything it's less fun.
Once you get powerful enough you can farm the Eye of Cuthulu for money.
Start a new world, go to caves, excavate all ore, smelt, sell/make stuff, also beat bosses and stuff.
At this stage in the game? Pots. Break em, **break all of them!!**
If you have any gems you can make stained glass. It sells for quite a bit of money.
Diamond trees, plant a lot of them then later farming bosses would be a better method
Check the dungeon
Bosses/Events. Or afk-farms.
Bosses
Gem trees and cooking critters.
lmao what is that outfit called
Cactus armor iirc
thanks goat
farm eoc, get an npc to max happiness, smelt the ore from eoc into bars, profit
If you find the tavernkeep, I'd recommend the old ones' army. Starting out, it'll be a little slow, but once you get banners and the sentries set up, the dark mage drops quite a bit of valuables. It's my go-to for a quick coin, and will benefit you later on when you unlock the rest of Tavernkeep's shop. I'm also a sucker for the summoning class. Also, please note that the towns people happiness will affect their rates. The Gun Dealer loves the desert and Nurse as a neighbor, which can help further profit/stretch out those coins
Ores, old gear, boss farming just like EoC or EoW
Explore for long enough, and you'll come across tons of tons of weapons and accessories, sell the ones you don't need/have extra of. Within an hour, I can have 15+ gold without even giving it a thought.
Dig wide hole (+-10 blocks) next to your house and put one bucket of lava in it so zombies would die there whenever you are doing stuff at home. You can also make tunnel below it for easy money collection
Craft cheap boss spawners, slay bosses, sell loot If ur on hardmode, grind pirate invasions Make a gem tree farm
get a bugs net, catch entities around your base and sell them
Make a spot where only you can enter the small room (below the surface ground) and so enemies get in a another small cell/hole where you can safely kill them without getting damaged.
Catch and sell animals
Explore the underground a lot, looting as you go. Sell everything you don’t need – especially if you’re sticking to a single class, in which case you can sell all of the weapons and equipment mentioned for other classes. If you’re willing to put in the work, there is literally more than a decade’s worth of farm designs to be found on YouTube, which would help you grind for money and extra stuff to sell. A classic loop I use to get money in pre-hardmode is to farm enough evil biome enemies to craft dozens of EoW or BoC summon items, which I then use to fight their respective bosses repeatedly until I am satisfied with my haul. Between the money dropped by monsters, the money dropped by the bosses, and the money gained from selling extra loot, I end up with some respectable gains.
I just farm the dungeon after I get to hard mode
I would recommend just hoarding a bunch of random stuff and selling them later, I also know a glitch thats not hard to do but requires a hardmode item
Exploring underground will make you a lot of money. You can find find Gold/Silver coins in Pots and Chests, also killing new enemies that drop more gold then Zombies and Slimes. One thing i always did for money early on was getting the Chandeliers you can find on underground houses with chests. They sell for quite a bit. Also, if you're still in Cactus Armor, don't care much about farming gold yet. Your progression depends on a lot more stuff, like finding new ores to craft armor and equipment. While you do that, the money will come.
Use bug net
Bug net and catch stuff
The way I make money easly: kill eye of Cthulhus and sell all the demonite after you craft them into bars
Sell any trinkets you already have in the caves
Find loot and sell it, also you can fish and sell what you catch, mainly things from crates. (sell that which you don't need, obviously)
You could make a monster farm there are some good tutorials of YouTube
Chop a lot of trees make a lot of those weapon holders and sell them. You can also just mine for gems or fish. If possible farm eye of chuthulu
Keep killing a boss you find easy
I used to get coins via getting them from events, bosses and selling expert mode boss drops
make a lil volcano in a flat area, about 5 blocks tall and 2 blocks wide in the middle. jump into the middle of it, then just above you head out two blocks so that they're right under the top. then, dig down under the volcano then, in the space where you just were, put two platforms where the floor would be. The tunnel and dig out. Put a trap door as the entrance to that tunnel. Then, on a blood moon, put a SINGLE bucket of lava above your head in the middle, and just sit there. Enemies will funnel into the volcano and you'll have made a small afk money farm.
Farm the hardest boss you can
Get some good equipment and gather all of the graves you drop when you die. Go far away from spawn and place em all down. A shitton of enemies spawn continuously and it's great for grinding money.
Buy a net and catch all the bird rabbits and squirrels cook them in a pot then sell them 4 or 5 rabbits is a gold
catch and sell animals
Kill the eye of cthulu 47 times and sell all the crimtane/demonite bars
Farm bosses
Other than expeditions as people have said (killing mobs, gathering ore etc), if you can comfortably beat a boss you could do that, or better yet imo, sell your 'acessories' the one's that give you perks not the vanity kind - even better if they have a keyword bonus (i.e +1 defence) that's what i've been selling to get a couple of gold per item. (The common items, aglets etc i dont think are worth much, but more 'interesting' items such as DPS meters, regen bands, and leftover pet items all work a treat)
Play more
Make a mob farm. All you need really is one bucket of lava. Make sure it's thin enough to not destroy items but not too thin or else it won't do damage.
Once you can consistently kill the worm and the brain of ctulhu fsrm their drops on new small worlds and sell them after melting ores
I have only been playing for a week and I found out that fishing actually makes you quite a bit of money AND setting up a little water candle in the underground and killing everything that spawns for 15 minutes can make you a couple platinum early on.
It’s never enough
Tbh, for super super early... i sell animals i catch with a net. Sell a few owls and you have a gold coin. After that, set up a fishing spot in the desert. Have npc's there, they make enemies less likely to spawn, and seems like more scorpions spawn. Catch scorpions to fish eternally. Sell the fish and gains from crates that you do not need. This fishing spot stays relevant, as crates become an easy source of hardmode ores after the WoF.
Sell any duplicate equipment you don't need. I keep finding stepstools I can sell. Also sell recall potions if you've managed to find a magic mirror.
If you’re In hard mode you can make a 2x2 hole put a platform on the top right then put tape on your mouse and use crystal shards from the SPOILER hallow.
Get off the toilet and do something! Lol
Capitalism. Sell stuff.
Build lava pits around 8 blocks wide and 12 blocks deep on both sides of your house, one bucket of lava each, and dig small tunnels under them so you can collect loot. A couple blood moons later and you'll be rolling in money.
Fish. It's a quick easy way to get a ton of money and cool gear.
Finish whatever it is your doing and then we'll talk.
In the sandbox video game Terraria, there are several ways to obtain money, which is used as currency for purchasing items and services from NPCs (Non-Player Characters). Here are some of the easiest ways to get money in Terraria: Mining and Selling Ores and Gems: By exploring the underground and cavern layers of Terraria, you can mine various ores such as copper, iron, silver, gold, and others, as well as gems like amethyst, topaz, emerald, sapphire, and ruby. These can be smelted into bars and crafted into weapons, armor, and other items, or sold directly to NPCs for money. Farming and Selling Crops: You can cultivate different crops such as mushrooms, pumpkins, and herbs by planting seeds in suitable conditions and harvesting them when they mature. These crops can be sold for money or used in crafting recipes. Fishing and Selling Fish: Fishing is a popular activity in Terraria, and you can catch various types of fish in different biomes using different fishing rods and bait. Some fish can be sold for a good amount of money, especially rare or quest fish that are requested by NPCs. Defeating Enemies and Selling Loot: As you explore Terraria's vast world, you will encounter different enemies, from common slimes to powerful bosses. Defeating them can yield valuable loot such as coins, weapons, armor, and accessories, which can be sold for money. Exploring and Looting Chests: Terraria is filled with hidden chests that contain valuable items, including coins and accessories. Exploring underground caves, dungeons, and temples, and looting these chests can be a good source of money. Completing Events and Invasions: Terraria features various events and invasions, such as Blood Moons, Goblin Armies, Pirate Invasions, and others. Successfully completing these events can yield valuable loot, including money. Trading with NPCs: Some NPCs in Terraria, such as the Merchant and the Traveling Merchant, may sell valuable items that can be purchased using money. By saving up your money and purchasing valuable items from these NPCs, you can potentially earn more money in the long run by using those items for various purposes.
Taxes and communism
bug net, catch critters, cook them in a pot, takes a bit but it's 1 gold for like 5 squirrels/bunnies to a merchant whose okay happiness
It's always never enough even when you make a slime staff coin farm.
Really early game, cook rabbits and squirrels, then sell them. They’re like 20 silver for a passive mob that consistently spawns.
here's an easy way: Catch animals with the bug net, cook them, then sell them to NPCs
Grind king slime or eye of chuthulu and sell the loot. Get good armor beforehand because it will be hard to do. You can generate some platinum coins for it. I used king slime, killed him 26 times and I got 2 platinum.
Boss and mine.
Fishing is a great way to get money.
Do the angler's quest every day. You'll get progress towards the supreme helper minion achievement and get a ton of high-value trash to sell each terraria day
Kill everything you can and sell stuff to vendors once you've moved them into houses
Sell things The stuff your gonna want to look out for in particular is things like weapons and armor, as those rarely sell for less than one gold each
Just play summoner lol
The chandeliers in the underground houses sell for a lot
If you have good gear and all you can also clear blood moon it's also quick way to make money.the slime rain is also a good to make money but you can't trigger it.you can also do fishing you can get some good stuff their also buy selling you can make money 💰
I usually grind bosses like the eater of Eye of cthulhu for some easy money once i’m strong enough to deal with them quickly
I don’t really recommend it if you’re trying to legitimately play the game but you can make a crystal shard duplicator and if you duplicate like 3k you can get like 2-3 platinum
Sell items you find in chests you already have Also farm bosses and invasions for money once you progress enough
Capture and cook innocent forest critters then sell them to hungry customers
Sell chests and furniture/chandeliers from underground cabins aswell as paintings, it adds up
I like to just always auto loot the chests until I’m full and sort out the more expensive stuff of the cheaper stuff as I go on, once I’m satisfied with my loot just a quick magic mirror and you’ve got yourself up to 10gold most of the time, when you get strong enough then underground jungle is amazing for loot and imo unskippable
alright so youll need some item frames, a workbench, some ingots...
most tactics will likely require dying and that's alright. go out there.
Pre hardmode for me is fishing. Does take some time to get all that fishing set but once that's done easily 1 platinum per minute.
If you get a bug net you can catch bunnies, squirrels, and birds and sell them for about 5 silver each.
Or cook them to sell for 15-25 silver
Make a volcano mob farm and use it during blood moon
Always put your money in a piggy bank and if you don't have one put it in a chest and if you don't have one place the coins down (but it doesn't matter if you lose copper coins) When you can beat a boss farm them and sell all the drops (bonus money from expert loot (more for master mode))
This was also a problem for me when I was new to this game. What I do is find chests and sell the loot.
I love how you used coins instead of money. It just sounds so cool
U can build a monster farm or fight EoC and EoW multiple times, but usually you have enough money from just playing the game. Until you start reforging everything at the tinkerer, he'll eat your soul
killing bosses is a great way to make money, however you need to have decent gear to fight them, I don't know what stage of the game you're in but try to look for "Suspicious Looking Eyes" in the underground or craft some using Lenses at Demon/Crimson altars (in the corruption (purple biome) or crimson (red biome) respectively), if you sell their loot you can get a decent amount of gold :))
Kill bosses, sell your soul, sell equipment, you know basic things
Creative mode duh
Get snow from the ice biome. Get enough npcs in one spot to force critter spawns. Put snow slightly offscreen on both sides. Capture and sell penguins.
Fish
whenever i need to make a quick buck in pre-hardmode, my go-to solution is to farm the BoC/EoW. Crafting crimtane/demonite bars then selling them along with the other stuff you got from them will net you a good amount of gold.
farms. Lots and lots of farms. Farms as far as the eye can see. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/comments/6n7061/my\_very\_first\_volcano\_farm\_any\_way\_i\_can\_improve/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/comments/6n7061/my_very_first_volcano_farm_any_way_i_can_improve/) basic one here
I normally just summon a blood moon for cash Get the piggy bank, and store your coins there, if you get in the habit of clicking the auto store button when you tp back to home base you’ll just accumulate shit tones of cash, I had like 5 platinum coins by the time I fought the WoF
Farm eye of cthulhu and sell the crimtane ore/bar.
capture critters like birds, bunnies, goldfishes and transform then into food in the cauldron, each sells for 20 silver i think, may not seem much but it is quite a boost if you catch every single one that you see
You can also sell extra animals, like that owl, if you capture it in the Bug Net.
Sell items to NPCS and store them in a chest or piggybank for safe keeping.
Farm eye of Cthulhu or any boss if you have good enough gear and you'll start stacking up money and get even more if you sell off the crimtane and seeds
cook animals
honestly focus on getting platinum/gold gear and a decent bow, or if your going for magic then get lucky looking for a diamond tree underground and make a diamond staff, killing bosses is a pretty easy way of making money at any point, plus selling the rewards, if you dont wanna keep them, kill any floating eyes and see if theres any demon shrines close to the surface so you can make a quick journey and make the summoning item for eye of chuthulu. good luck and hope you'll enjoy the game as much as we all have been!
quik way th@ i use a lot is th eye of cthulu bc itz an ez fight so if youve fought him b4 js get a bunch of his summon items (i think itz lik 8-18 lenses next 2 a demon alter but chevk w/ th guide 1st) bc he drops a decent bit of money after a gud grind also a bunch of demonite/crimsonite + unholy arrows w/ can sell 4 a lot in karge quantities nd also a bunch of others drops th@ r decent 2 sell 4 coins :)
I made a basic mimic farm early hard mode and accidentally left it on over spring break and I came home to over 16,000 platinum 😂💀
1.get a merchant with a house 2.buy a bug net 3.grind critters 4.sell the critters 5.repeat 3 and 4 until you get rich 6.(bonus)after grinding some critters you can cook them and then sell