[ Poll ] 500g + 48 days = 1 Million Gold? (Guide)

How did you get here?

From Gaia Guides & Resources		37.7%	[ 154 ]
A friend linked me.		14.0%	[ 57 ]
I searched some key words and found it.		8.8%	[ 36 ]
Redirection from Teh Hoarding Guild.		4.7%	[ 19 ]
Redirection from Solution to a Problem.		2.5%	[ 10 ]
By stalking Jace. (You can't pick this, Sayu.)		7.4%	[ 30 ]
I have no idea how I got here.		25.0%	[ 102 ]

Total Votes: 408

[Jace Quin]

Level by Level

It was suggested to me that a “leveled” Guide would be a good thing to have floating around Gaia. The person who had suggested it said they had never seen a “leveled” Guide and after asking around I got the general consensus that it had never been done but would be very much appreciated. The “leveled” idea was inspired by a stunt I pulled a while ago that I called “Jace’s Race to Space.” My progress went “level by level” at pre-conceived plateaus from level one: “Dirt” to the highest level: “Space.” The idea was to go from 500g to 1000k in as little time as possible. (16 days, can you beat it?) The levels logged on my profile and the information I put in my signature led this idea to be created.

So I decided to create this Guide. But after a fashion I realized that it would probably be impossible to create a Guide like this. I’d practically have to write a new Guide for each level and much of it would be repeat information, so if you wanted to graduate from level one to level two you would have to read through all kinds of crap before you could get to the pertinent information. Not only that but I would also have to update it all the time.

So this Guide is what I ended up with as a compromise. A huge amount of generalized information and one page of very specific information. This is the page of specific information. It contains item-specific, type-specific and hoarding suggestions for what to buy and what not to buy at your gold level. Items are listed in ascending order (from cheapest to most expensive, so if you’re at the lower end of your level-bracket, be careful.) Pay attention to the “updates” post on page one or look at the date in the upper right of each level to see when it was last updated. If I haven’t gotten around to updating it in a while the type-specific portion is still relevant but the item-specific or hoarding (concerning EIs) portion may not be.

The "levels" refer to both gold and experience. For example, if you already have 500k but no experience vending/exchanging I do not recommend jumping straight to that level. If you're just starting out, no matter how much gold you have, you should start at level one to gain experience. That way, when you make mistakes, as you almost inevitably will, you'll make a mistake and learn your lesson without loosing a lot of gold.

[Jace Quin]

07/27//09

Level One
(100g-10k)

Type-specific. At this level you are looking for quest and event items, for the most part. The quest must have come out at least one month ago for the item to be a good choice for Vending or Exchanging. Likewise the event must have been at least one month ago. This allows the items to reach a stable price at which you can buy and sell it. If you really are starting with 100g you should look for items that sell in the market for 100-300g and have a large number of listings. You also do not want to pick an item that is “in season.” Buy nothing Halloween-y in October, nothing with hearts in February. Up until you’re a 10k you probably don’t want to spend more than 500g on a single item (which means the item should sell in the marketplace for 750g-1k.) If you’re at a really low gold level (or just waiting for things to sell in your store) I suggest playing games for a few extra gold or combing the marketplace for below buy-back priced items such as matte tiles or peasant items.

Item specific. This is just a list of items you can probably buy at your level in roughly (I might be slightly off depending on the day or inflation/deflation since my update) ascending order. Cheapest to most expensive in other words. There are a few dozen items. I changed my mind in the latest update and decided to focus more on things that sell well in my experience without trying to get a certain number of items. My choice of items gives you a good price range to choose from as well as a good number of things to buy if some things happen to be inflated fpr whatever reason. By no means do you only have to buy and sell the things on the list but all these items should be easy to buy and easy to sell.

Kung Fu Panda Chinese Star
Lightning Bolt
Sakura’s Cloak
Popstar Guitar
American Mall Guitar
Red Diamond
Fired Up Cheerleader Outfit
Emerald Beaded Halter Dress
Kung Fu Panda Bamboo Staff
21 Shades
House Bunny Ears
Hotel for Dogs Dog Pack
Ubi Fan
Golfish Drop
Cary’s Guitar
House Bunny Shoes
Syaoran’s Goggles
Celebrity Sunglasses
Spirited 2k7 Jeans
Mimzy
Orphan’s Elephant Doll
Syaoran’s Cloak
Verizon Glasses
Cary Brother’s Shirt
Mimzy Aura
Spiderwick Sprite
Determined Eyes
Fai Coat
Doves
Naruto Kunai

[Jace Quin]

07/27/09

Level Two
(10k - 100k)

Type specific. At this level you can buy older and more expensive event or quest items as well as Cash Shop items, rares and the least expensive MCs. Because of the margin of profit and the fact that you are trying to constantly be selling ten different items in your shop I do not recommend buying MCs or anything like that worth more than 10k even if you can afford it. Obviously this law is not written in stone and you don’t necessarily have to obey it if you don’t want to. Again, with the quest and event items you want them to be more than one month old and you do not want them to be “in season.” If you’re in the lower half of this bracket I suggest buying items for 1k-5k. There are some good rares and event items at this level but Cash Shop items are always a good bet (provided they are not too new).

Item specific. I divided it into twenty-five items for the lower bracket and twenty-five items for the upper bracket. Listed in ascending order. Note that I did not list any CS items except discontinued ones, all current cash shop items worth 19-50 Cash are decent choices. To find these go to the drop down under Shop, go to Cash Shop La Victoire, choose show all items and show by price in the drop down menus her store has and you'll be able to page through all the current CS items.

Vampire Bite Marks
Dark Elf Staff
Dark Elf's Aura
Exalted Rook
Freddy Claws
Black & Gold Oversized Bangles
Piggy Plush
Vampire's Bat Swarm
Valiant Knight
Gramster
Vampire's Blood Moon
Kitty Slippers
Heart of Gold
Go Player
Kaya the Cat
Imperial Queen
Benny the Puppy
Pink Knit Jacket
Kappa Plush
Devoted Pawn
Smashing Cities
Immaculate Bishop

Majestic King
Epic Fail Hat
Rock Puppy
Sunstaff
G-bot
WTF Hat
War of Warlords
Fox Tail
Yarly! Hat
Mini UFO
Four Horsemen
Fox Ears
Pink Magical Giftbox
Mecha Form
Stone Gauntlet
Tiny Pixie Wings
Samurai Yoroi

[Jace Quin]

07/27/09

Level Three
(100k - 500k)

Type specific. You're ready to buy the average MC which falls in price from 10k to 100k. You can now buy most "magic boxes" such as the zOMG Rumble Box, OMFG Box or Repo Lamp. I do not recommend, even if you can afford it, buying any single item worth more than 100k. Remember, the goal is to have ten different items selling in your store at once. That's hard to do if you have all your gold wrapped up in one item. I might mention, at this level, that's there's no point in shunning good deals on "lower level" items. You do not necessarily have to buy items only at your level. You can continue to buy cheap Rock Puppies or Hearts of Gold, etc. if you see them. The only reason I say that higher-priced items are better at this point is because you can only sell ten things in your store at once (unless you want to deal with the hassle of trading back and forth with mules) so even though the percentage of profit is higher with smaller items, you have to sell a greater volume to get the same profit as from larger items, and with the Marketplace you have a bit of a bottleneck. MCs, Cash Shop Items, some EIs, some older event items, and rares are all good for profit. Steer clear of hard to sell items such as Paper Bags, Monkey & Bear Pajamas and Hammi & Bammi Hats.

Item Specific. I want to mention here that I chose popular (easy to buy and sell) items. Which is not to say that I couldn't have listed dozens upon dozens of items worth 10-100k. And by no means do I mean these are the only items you can buy at this level, just some suggestions to get you started.

Head Case
Holy Gauntlets
Autumn Glory
Wonderland
Wild Things
Yokai's Treasure
Red Riding Hood
Frostbite Blade
Orly? Hat
Radiant Prism
Black Ops Gear
Gift of the Gods
Celebrity Date
Plasma Gear
Lusty Scoundrel
Summoning Tome
Assassin's Guise
Masterpieces
Mythic Hair
Silent Night
Gwee
Gift of the Goddess
Kong Sang Scarf
Elemental Wings
Oh My Gumball
Grunny
Dreamer's Dust
Superior Form
Occulus Mythica
OMG Spirit
Go Phones
Elemental Hair
Shadow Spirit
Demonic Anklets
Winter Rose
Pixie
Death Whisper
Occulus Magica
Biancamella
Enchanted Book

[Jace Quin]

09/22/09

Level Four: Beginning Hoarding
(100k+)

I suspect it was my original intention to list fifty items worth 100k-1M at this level but... I can't give you advice for things I don't do. Yes, I do buy Chuck Norris Scarves and Golden Laurels when I have enough gold to do so, but I don't turn it into my primary thing. I mostly continue to buy MCs worth 20-100k. So I decided that this level would be more appropriate to have lower cost hoard-items in this section and higher-cost ones in the next section, though you should always reserve at least 100k to continue Vending or Exchanging while you hoard (although personally I find that keeping a million or more gold in pure is good.)

You don't need a lot of gold to hoard items but if you're to the point that you have 500k-2,000k in pure a lot of that gold is just sitting there not earning you money. So you can invest it in hoarding to earn even more gold. I think your average user is going to want to start with event items because they're easy and help give you a feel for hoarding. If you want more information on hoarding check out my other guide: The Solution to a Problem; A Guide to Hoarding

Type-specific. Event items. Event-related CS or MC items.

Item specific. Organized in chronological order, starting at the beginning of the year. In no particular price-related order.

To decide if now is a good time (or not) to start hoarding a seasonal item, please refer to the following little chart:

Valentines Day
Hoarding season: April through December
Sell: February 1st-14th

Saint Patrick's Day
Hoarding season: May through January
Sell: March 5th-17th

Easter
Hoarding Season: June through February
Sell: In the two weeks prior to the date

Prom
Hoarding Season: July through April
Sell: During the Prom event

Water Balloon Festival
Hoarding Season: October through July
Sell: During the event

Halloween
Hoarding Season: January through August
Sell: The third week of October until Halloween

Christmas
Hoarding Season: February through October
Sell: December 1st through 25th

A special note about Halloween and Christmas. For the best profit, hoard during the hoarding season. For quicker, but less return on investment profit, hoard only in the month prior to the event. I do not recommend this for any other holidays.

Valentines Day

My Friend Cupid
Cupid's Crown
Sexy Present 2k9
Grace of Eros
Grace of Aphrodite
Grace of Anteros
Labu Necklaces
Long-stem Roses
Heart of Gold
Red Heart Glasses
Red Heart Balloon
Heart Belt

Saint Patrick's Day

Floppy Clover
4 Leaf Clover
3 Leaf Clover
Lucky 4Leaf Clover
4 Leaf Clover Pin
Luck o' the Gairish

Easter

Bunny Hoodies
Chicky Hoodie
Bun-bun Plushies
Bunny Ears
Bunny Tail
Chubbi, Cutie & Baby Chicky
House Bunny Ears
Dander

Prom

Dashing Gentlemen Items, any kind and color.
Men's Wearhouse Tux
Slinkly Split Dresses

Water Balloon Festival

Durem Water Festival Shirt
Aekea Water Festival Shirt
Barton Water Festival Shirt
Isle de Gambino Water Festival Shirt
Squirt Gun
Water Splash
Town Flags

Halloween

Any 2k7 Halloween Event Item
Any 2k8 Halloween Event Item
Jack'd Skirt 2k6
Ghost Cape
Little Black Bat
Vampire's Blood Moon
Vampire's Bat Swarm
Dark Elf Aura
Dark Elf Staff
Zombie's Soul
Any Halloween Black/Orange item is fine, just don't go overboard with any one item.

Christmas

Any 2k7 Christmas Event Item
Spirited Hat 2k6
Spirited Scarf 2k6
Peppermint Lollipop
Candy Cane
Any Christmas Red/White/ Green item is fine, just don't go overboard with any one item.

[Jace Quin]

10/03/09

Level Five: More Advanced Hoarding
500k & Beyond

The things in the forecast either require a larger initial investment or a longer waiting period for your item to pan out and earn you gold. Hence the fact that I refer to these things as being a more advanced form of hoarding than seasonal item hoarding is. I try to recommend good things but I'm only human. Sometimes I might be wrong.

For more information on hoarding check out my other guide: The Solution to a Problem; A Guide to Hoarding

Recondological Forecast



So, what does that crazy word mean? Hoard-thinking, if you want to be literal in your translation. I actually made up the word to make a joke about Meteorology. Extra points for guessing the joke.

Please note that everything posted here is my own personal idea but don't be surprised/offended/ or start hauling in the lawyers if it closely resembles a similar thing that may be found in THG. Given the same set of data (Gaia), trying to reach the same conclusions (earning gold) different people are almost guaranteed to come up with the same answers (things to hoard) independently of each other with no "stealing" involved so don't accuse me of anything that isn't true.



Hoard Now:

Work on Valentines, Easter, and Saint Patrick's Day Hoards.

Wind Halo

Heavenly Drapes

Azrael's Trickbox
Wait until 10/31 before buying.

Thank You Letter for August 2009

Uncanny Form

Nitemare Sash

Seracila Pendant





Sell now:

Gee Boi Turbos

Mid-Summer Swirls

[Jace Quin]