Rune Factory 5: How To Make Money Fast
Making money in Rune Factory 5 may seem like one of the biggest challenges early in the game. What money you do make goes back into the farm, the farm goods get used as gifts, and at the end of the day, you’re left looking at a low Gold balance. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
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Rune Factory 5 makes it much easier to earn money early in the game compared to its predecessors. Factor in time passing more slowly, and you actually have several money-making methods at your disposal right from the start. If you’re willing to put in a bit more time and effort – and have the patience for it – there’s even an early trick that lets you potentially earn millions of gold without having to give up any of your precious items for it.
Selling your crops might seem like an obvious way to make money, but it’s easy to save some for gifts or recipes you might want to make someday. However, your best bet, especially early on, is selling everything you grow. Rune Factory 5 usually graces you with several crops per seed planted, so even planting just five turnip seeds will net you a good result.
If you’re worried about not giving crops away as gifts, you don’t have to be! Talking to your friends and neighbors each day goes a long way in raising their friendship levels.
Once you have some single-crop recipes under your belt, such as Pickled Turnip or just plain Pickles, you should always cook them instead of shipping the crops. This is a good early-game method for making money and raising your cooking level, though once you start getting higher-level crops, it becomes less handy.
You can get higher-level seeds by harvesting crops with a sickle.
Once you get additional cooking equipment, such as
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