How To Make Real Money Playing Planet Calypso Online
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Planet Calypso How to Make Money Guide by PINKY

As this is one of the most asked questions by both noobs and experienced players alike, I thought I would attempt to make a guide that should help if this is your chosen path in the Entropia Universe.

As there are many different techniques and methods, as well as different scales of profit you can potentially make, I am going to split this guide into three parts.
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• Part 1 will be aimed at new players – both non-depositors and those that can only deposit a small amount to get them started – the techniques I will explain can be used to profit, but it will be on a small scale, and realistically could only be used to fund “play” in the game on a semi-casual basis (e.g. the occasional hunt or mining trip) or top-up a small regular deposit.

Aug 27, 2009 Cash Money: Planet Calypso. It seems the guys behind real-money economy MMO Project Entropia have relaunched their science fiction colonist game world as Planet Calypso, this time powered by CryTek's CryEngine 2. Of course it's free to sign up and download, but the money you get in the game world will be largely dependent on the cash you put.

• Part 2 will be aimed at those that have played for a while and deposited fairly regularly up to this point and have now decided they want to become self-sufficient in the game, no longer having to deposit in order to continue “normal” activities like hunting / mining or whatever you do for fun.

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Entropia Universe Investments Build Real World Cash. Planet Calypso released the first ever virtual stock options as 'Calypso Land Deeds' in early 2012. 60,000 Calypso land deeds now circulate the population of entropia and represent 25% of the net income from avatar activity on the planet.

• Part 3 will be aimed at those people who want to make money, be it to buy all the uber gear or to make an IRL living from the game.
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Firstly, I want to get two common misconceptions out of the way which you need to know prior to attempting to undertake any of these guides.

1. Many people are under the impression if they buy an item, they have “spent” this money. For example, you will see many threads on this forum discussing things like: Person X sent 20,000 peds on a hanger and they need to do X number of flights to get their money back… – This is not the case. What has actually occurred is person X has made an investment. The value of this investment may go up, or down, but let us assume for a moment that it retains its value. Person X has actually only got to do one single flight to make a profit as the value of the original investment is retained. For example, lets say I buy a hanger for 20k, I do one flight and make 20 peds profit on that one flight. I then sell the hanger for 20k. The end result is I made 20 peds profit. Of course in reality the investment may go up or down, for example, if CND is suddenly fitted with a Teleport to the surface, Hanger prices will drop like a stone, but if MA abolished decay on spacecrafts, you could expect to see the hanger prices rise. This process is called Depreciation or Appreciation of assets and has nothing to do with profits until you finally decide to sell the asset.

2. Many people complain that they never profit hunting/mining. –This one really irritates me, as the “universe” is specifically designed to prevent the “average” player from making money this way. Think about it, if the average player could easily make a profit from these activities, where would Mindark make their money? Always remember, any activity where the idea is to profit directly from Mindark themselves is purposely designed to be as difficult as possible for the player. You will notice that the vast majority of advice I offer in these guides is about making money from the community, not Mindark… Before any flaming starts, I am not saying its impossible to profit regularly from hunting or mining etc, but I am saying it is very difficult for the average player to do so. If this were not the case this universe would cease to exist, as Mindark would be declared bankrupt. I will explain how it is possible later in the guide.

Okay, enough of the boring stuff, lets start to make some money. Part one is from fresh off the ship, but any player at any level will be able to use these methods…(please note, I will tell you to do various things like using Mindforce – I will not be explaining how, as there are a dozen other guides available to tell you this sort of thing and I want to try keep this LONG guide as short as possible!)

Part 1

Non-depositors

Ok, here you are, in your OJ’s (orange clothes) fresh off the boat. The first step to making some money is to learn to sweat.
There are a million sweating guides on this forum, so I am not going to repeat all those guides, but suggest you read Viagrafalls guide, as it is particularly good and can be found HERE. At first you will find sweating difficult if not a little tedious, but remember this is the starting point to making your millions…

You are going to need huge amounts of sweat if you are going to get anywhere without depositing and you will start off gaining only about 100-200 an hour, but pretty quickly, the amount you manage to succeed will increase and at the time of writing, I know a number of people who can hit 700+ an hour and it presently sells for around 1.2 pecs per unit. 700 an hour will be earning you 8.4 peds per hour.

You will obviously need to find a trader to buy your sweat, but again this is covered in a million other guides…

Another little tip, keep a look out on the floor for fruit or dung (they appear randomly – you wont make a living by collecting them, but they are free and you can sell them! every little helps….

One of the fatal flaws a huge number of new players make is to go buy a gun as soon as they have the cash. Don’t do this, or you will be back to square one before you know it!
The first thing a true entrepreneur will do is become more efficient at what you can already do. To do this, once you have 15 peds, go to a Trade terminal and buy a FAP 5. This will stop you dying quiet as regularly and increase the amount of sweat you are able to collect per hour. It will also gain you valuable first aid skills in addition to the evade, agility etc you have been gaining whilst sweating and getting attacked. Don’t worry about ever repairing the FAP 5 – it will last ages and works just as well in a knackered condition as it does brand new. When it finally bites the dust, just get a new one. Don’t forget, the skills you gain are worth money too!

The next item to buy is some Mindforce equipment. You will need a Minor focus chip from auction and an Aa Mindforce Implant, as well as an inserter from the TT. You also need some force nexus from a trader. You wont need much nexus, (maybe 200) as you are using a Mindforce Chip that only requires 1 Mind essence per use. Go to a refiner and make Mindforce Essence from some of the sweat you have and the Force Nexus.

As far as sweaters go, you are now an uber and should be able to collect pretty good quantities to sell. Wait until you have 50 – 100 ped and then… you can join the depositors Part 1 guide…

Depositors

Ok, so now we have a little cash flow going, what’s next? I am going to suggest at this point to assign 50% of the money you make to having fun, otherwise you will end up quitting, so split your money in two and buy a gun and some ammo and have a little fun.

How To Make Real Money Playing Planet Calypso