Money Making - RedemptionDayZ/Info GitHub Wiki
This page will attempt to help you understand how best to start making money. This includes looting (what items to look out for), weed farming and other profitable endeavours.
It is also important to understand that a player ATM holds a maximum of 400,000.
If you have a full ATM it's wise to think about finding a safe place to bury it or store it, like your base. However other players can find hidden stashes and dig them up.
As this is a PvP server also, each player carries a Dog Tag on them which is worth money at the SZ Trader or even more at Black Market.
You get that plus any gear from killing a player so this is usually most peoples primary income.
Dog Tags
Dog tags are a great source of income if you like to PvP. The longer a player has been alive the more the dog tag is worth.
There are 3 tiers of dogtag you'll find on a dead player. The types vary depending on the time that player has been alive:
| Dog Tag Type | Player Alive Time |
|---|---|
| Survivor | Spawn |
| Silver | 30 Mins |
| Granite | 4 Hours |
Military Loot runs
By far the quickest and easiest way of gaining quick cash, with the drawback of having to travel to high risk areas on the map! For best results, having a car is definitely recommended as it allows you to travel from trader to a location quickly, whilst also having a large inventory to store all the items you find. However not particularly possible for your first loot run. Grab a large backpack or 2 and set off towards one of the military locations marked on the map.
Locations
The best loot spawns within Tier 4 Military loot areas. You can find these all far inland:
- Tisy Military
- Tri Kresta
Items to look out for
Keep your eyes peeled in Tier 4 Military loot areas for high value items, such as:
- PKM
- M60E4
- M240
- M249
- SRSA2
- M24A3
- ACR17S
- Scar-H
- MK14 EBR
- MCX Spear
- Heavy Plate Carriers / Thor Vests
- Altyn Helmets
- .308 Suppressor
- .338 Suppressor
Miscellaneous Tips
- The raid bag has 160 slots and can attach 2 rifles on the side!
- Suppressors sell for a decent amount considering their size
- Consider taking optics and other attachments to fill up your inventory
- You can also put attachments on the guns in your inventory to save space
Some items to look out for that are valuable for either player trading or raiding etc:
Item Use Raiding Lock Pick Raid Tool Burlap Sack Raid Tool Ingredient Sulphur / Charcoal Powder Raid Tool Ingredient Explosive Raid Tool Ingredient C4 Stick(s) Raid Tool Ingredient Electronic Repair Kit Raid Tool Ingredient Detonator Raid Tool Ingredient Drug Seeds Drug Farming
Drug Farming
Drug farming is a mostly risk free approach and if set up correctly can be just as profitable however there are a lot more steps required before you can start.
Prerequisites
- A base with some floor space available (technically optional but without it people could steal your farm)
- Seeds (more down below)
- Greenhouse (more down below)
- Planter Boxes (more down below)
- Cannabis Workbench (Optional)
- Plastic Wrap (Optional)
- Bagger (Optional)
- Wrapper (Optional)
Seeds
You can find these in towns, villages, farms and hunting locations or buy them off of players.
There are 8 different variants of weed, all are grown in the same way but are sold for different prices.
Here is a list with them ordered from common to rarest:
- Skunk
- Blue God
- Purple Kush
- Stardawg
- Future
- S1
- Nomad
- Black Frost
- Coca (Cocaine)
Each pack of seeds contains 9 seeds. Where they spawn can be found here.
Setup
- You need a greenhouse which can be bought from either builder traders or Black Market for 20k each. Each greenhouse can hold 9 plants. Alternatively you can buy a planter box, each box holds 3 seeds but is smaller than greenhouse, consider 3 of these if you are tight on space.
- Seeds (see above)
- Need water (can be in any container form: canteen, water barrel etc.)
- Optional: Garden Lime - this is a fertiliser that can be placed down in each plant slot to double your yield from each plant
Method
- Place down your greenhouse (can be packed back up with a screwdriver)
- Optional: place garden lime in each tile of the greenhouse dirt
- Unpack your seeds (hold in hand and unpack)
- Plant a seed in each tile
- Water plant (hold water container in your hand and look at tile)
- Wait for your plant to grow
- If there is a prompt "Gather" then you are good to harvest your plant
- Weed plants should drop on the floor
- Take them and place them on a Dry Post then press
Fto leave to dry (Dry Post Kit buyable from BM, SZ and Drug Trader) (Needed for Weed Only) - Take the buds from the Dry Post and then put them into empty 1oz bags or on a Cannabis Workbench with a Bagger, Wrapper & Plastic Roll (Buyable from BM, SZ and Drug Trader) (Needed for Weed Only)
Packing and selling
Drugs can be sold at the Black Market and Drug Traders for varying prices depending on the rarity of the strain, type and trader (see seeds section).
Drugs can only be sold as either bags or bricks: Bag: combine two buds to get a bag Brick: combine 16 bags and duct tape to get a brick (35 bags for Cocaine)
| Strain | Grow Time |
|---|---|
| Skunk | 75 Minutes |
| Purple Kush | 75 Minutes |
| Blue God | 90 Minutes |
| Stardawg | 90 Minutes |
| Future | 90 Minutes |
| S1 | 105 Minutes |
| Nomad | 105 Minutes |
| Black Frost | 105 Minutes |
| Coca | 120 Minutes |
Sell prices are set out so that you get a slight profit if you sell a brick rather than a bag.
Note: These will spoil after 60 minutes, so make sure you harvest them as soon as they have completed growing.
Hunting
Although you won't pull in the same profits compared to the above this is still a way to get some extra cash.
Wild animals roam around the map, kill them and skin them to sell their pelts the hunting trader for extra cash (no safezone at the hunting trader).
| Pelts Available |
|---|
| Pig |
| Boar |
| Goat |
| Sheep |
| Cow |
| Deer |
| Wolf |
| Bear |
It is worth noting: Pelts can be sold for full price regardless of condition (unless ruined) Player Airdrops spawn wolves and bears and skinning them can be quite profitable
Teddy Bears
Teddy bears spawn around the map randomly in all zones. Each teddy bear can sold at a Safezone or Black Market but it's always better to check what's inside. These teddy bears have a chance to hide a Gem, Key Card or Loot Chest Key inside.
It is worth noting that these can sell for more at Black Market.
| Teddy Bears Available |
|---|
| Beige |
| Brown |
| Pink |
| White |
| ERDL |
| Redemption |
Gems
Gems can be found either inside a Redemption Teddy Bear or through our Dynamic Events.
| Picture of Gem | Gem Type (in order of rarity/sell price) |
|---|---|
| Han | |
| Pine | |
| Persian | |
| Blood | |
| Night |
For full details on Gems please visit our Gem section on the wiki!
ATM Robbery
Perhaps one of the best ways to make money is by robbing ATMs across the map. ATMs spawn dynamically. You will need to go to the locations and check to see if they are active or not.
We have moved this section to it's own page, please click here.