How to Earn Gold Fast

There are several resources that you need in Sea of Conquest to upgrade your fleet and keep getting stronger, but of these the most sought after is Gold. A Pirate needs to earn gold to prosper and survive.

There are various ways to earn gold in the game and making sure that you take advantage of them all and use them fully to maximize your income is essential. As you increase your level in the game the gold needed for further upgrades will rise greatly and you will need to Always be Closing on the next gold deal.

How to Earn Gold Fast in Sea of Conquest

The following are the best ways to earn gold in Sea of Conquest. You may also find gold drops from some activities and other special events in the game, but these are the most reliable.

Trading & Smuggling

One of the most simple methods to make gold is to buy and sell through the trading in the game. The basic concept is to buy goods in one port and sell them in another for a profit. The ability to set up Auto trading means that you can use this to your advantage to earn gold when you are not online playing and doing this regularly will be the key to earning large amounts of gold every day.

Smuggling is very similar but you can only do this a limited amount each day, the profits are large though so it is a good ides to smuggle when you can.

We have an in depth Guide to Trading and Smuggling with help and tips on making the most money.

Plundering

As an addition to Trading you can also plunder other vessels on the sea to get good to then sell in the ports. Armed Freighters / Patrols have a very limited number of goods on them to plunder, but the Merchant ships will have plenty to earn you some gold and other players can also be raided to earn gold and grab some of their goods if they are carrying them.

Note though that sinking Merchant ships and other players will increase your Infamy in the game and possibly place a bounty on your head. Players with a bounty are shown on the map and will become a target as you will drop extra gold if they defeat you.

Treasure Maps

One more way to grab yourself a booty of valuable goods is to find sunken treasure. These can be stumbled across as you sail the seas or more easily located using Treasure maps.

The maps themselves are obtain in several ways with the most common being the exploration of the map you are in. Each season will bring you to a new map with new areas to explore and more maps to find.

Make sure to sail far and wide as the map unlocks and discover ports. Your limit here is the Golden compass, an Artifact that both lets you full discover a port and also locate the sunken treasure. You can only use this 20 times per day so you will need to make sure you use this effectively every day to grab all the gold you can.

Once you locate a ship wreck with the compass you can fill your hold with the goods on board and travel to a nearby port to sell them. Gold (legendary) maps will lead you to larger hauls of higher quality goods, while the Purple and blue maps will have less items to sell.

Main Story, Commissions and Side Quests

At the start of the game and then again with each season there are story lines of activities that the game has you follow, it is important to follow these to unlock some areas of the game but you can also earn rewards when doing so including gold. There rewards may not let you retire to a life of splendor but free gold is always good to claim and make use of.

You do not need to rush these activities but it is worth working your way though then whenever you can for a lot of great rewards.

Commissions can be picked up in various ports and give you task to do related to the guild that controls the port. Most involve transporting goods or sinking freighters and are simple to complete, the rewards will include gold.

Events

Keep an eye on the many events that happen in sea of Conquest. Many of them do not aware Gold but some do and usually the events are easy to participate in.

The main event that you should make sure to complete is the Pirate Revel. This event occurs every 2 weeks and you only need to cook some food to complete it. You can earn over 4M in gold for each Pirate Revel you complete which is a substantial amount of gold for newer players and still a very useful sum at higher levels

To help you complete this make sure to check out the Cooking Recipes lists and the Distillery Recipes lists so that you can cook the required dishes.

Cook and Sell Food

Another simple way to earn gold is through selling food. This is done in the Mess Hall cabin on your flagship and you can sell any of the food and drink items that you cook, or distill.

Like Auto trading, this method requires only a little set up and can then earn you decent amounts of gold over time. It is very easy to generate the ingredients for many of the recipes that you can cook. Then you can use the Quick cook option in the Galley (or in the Distillery) to make large amounts of an item.

You do have to wait for these to be cooked but you can collect them during the process and get started on selling. Selling is done in the Mess Hall. Just tap on the Sell option and then select the items you want to sell. As with cooking it does take time to sell them so this is a long term generator for gold, but will return useful amounts if you keep up the cycle of cooking and then selling to keep the shelves stocked.

Buy with Emeralds

One final way to get a quick injection of gold when needed is to buy it. Many of the Stalls that you can access will have offers of gold that you can buy with emeralds and you can also check your VIP offers for more regular opportunities.

You can also buy gold in the Market with real money if you need to.

Thank you for reading this guide, if you have any further questions you can check the Answers Page for more help or ask your question there.