Hello everyone!

It's been almost two weeks since our last entry. My main character is now at level 58 and I managed to create 2 alt accounts during my spare time. When we say 'alts' we do not mean another account rather it refers to the other classes playable within the account. Anyways, the topic for today is quite important because it's often overlooked especially during the first two weeks where there's a huge influx of free resources.

There are different types of currency in Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds but we're going to talk about the most basic type which is Gold.

Gold is the most common and expendable currency in the game. If we check the sources we could find that there are lots of options to acquire gold, a player can even get it as an idle reward. So, what's so important about knowing so much about this currency? Although gold itself is easy to acquire through the plethora of means available. As we upgrade necessary elements to progress in the game like equipment and familiars the gold expenditure skyrockets. For example, awakening a 3-star equipment might cost a player around 5,000 gold at 100% success rate for the first awakening. But if we look for the gold required for a 10th awakening we could get values as high as 18,000 gold per try and that's with a measly 18% success rate. Conservatively, that's around 144,000 gold for a 100% success rate.

It really depends on a player's goal. The fastest albeit most costly way of acquiring gold is buying the Gold Treasure Chest Bundle using diamonds in the shop. The bundle costs around 500 diamonds which is around $11-12 in real money. Unless you're into P2W I highly discourage this method because it's too wasteful. Again, the game rewards you the most basic stuff (including gold) even if you're offline.

Just by completing the daily tasks given a decent amount of gold can be acquired. As we have said earlier there are lots of options available but here three of the fastest and free way to gather your gold.

Swift Solutions

Swift solutions is one of the main sources of bulk experience but it's also a decent source of gold. It rewards me 2700-4500 gold per task at level 58. Of course, the reward varies depending on the quality of tasks (rare, premium and normal) and the level of the character. A player can do 5 tasks per account daily so in my case I'm getting 13k gold per day which is not bad. The tasks are fairly easy and the estimated amount of completion for all 5 tasks in my case is around 7-10 minutes.

Familiar Adventure

One of my favorite options to gather resources in the game is familiar adventure. You could get upgrade materials by fighting wild familiars on the map. So, if you're focused on upgrading you're familiars you might find this option very handy. Be reminded about the CP or character power difference between each team as that also counts as a variable for a successful raid. Also, take note to pit the wild familiars with their weakness element and you're good to go. Earlier, I raided a level 5 water team with 145k CP earlier using 110K+ CP earth and still won (albeit barely).

A player get the reward instantly for fighting stray familiars. But for familiars stationed on resources there's an allotted gathering time before the team can be deployed again after defeating them. In my experience the longest time is around 40 minutes but don't worry since gathering these resources are done via afk. Resource nodes have different levels so the guards, resource quantity and gathering time also vary. Based on my experience the gold nodes can give 10-40k gold depending on their level (limited to level 1-5). Also, try to navigate and choose nodes with x2 buff as you can get more resources for the same effort. Each successful raid requires 2 adventure tickets so be sure to browse the map and pick up the most desirable nodes available. Node refreshes every 6 hours so there are plenty of time to search for that sweet spot.

Goldbeard's Pirate Ship

If we're talking about the fastest way to get a huge amount of gold for free then no doubt that one of the top choice would be the power-up dungeon Goldbeard's Pirate Ship. An important thing to remember is that this dungeon is of water element so it's highly advisable to use an earth/plant deck. The average time it took me to finish this dungeon is around 1 minute 30 seconds. As for the loot I get around 70-80k gold and chest. Every time a player defeats Goldbeard he level up. He becomes more tanky and his and his minions attacks also become more painful. Be sure to dodge his skills as it can literally one hit especially at higher levels. I'm still at level 7 and I think I need to upgrade my earth deck if I want to progress further.

Gold Farming in Normal Maps

Although we have lots of alternatives there's no doubt that afk farming in normal maps is still the best in terms of quantity of gold that you can get. The game is afk friendly no doubt about that but how can a player make the best out of it. In this video I chose a spot in Allegra Plateau that drops coins and statues. Although all monsters in normal maps drop gold and experience, one can actually target the loot for each monster. For gold farming we just want items that cost alot of gold and those are the coins and the statues. Silver coin is sold at 100 gold each, gold coin at 1000 gold each and the platinum one for 2000 gold each. The gold statues are sold for a whooping 10,000 each!

Take note that the farming spot should be within 8 levels of your character to get optimum drop rates. Potions are essential so be sure to have lots of them. I advised not to farm on higher level spots because you need alot of potions due to monsters having more damage. Remember that the purpose is to gather as much gold as possible. If we spend more in potions then that obviously defeat our purpose. If you have energy drink you can use them in farming spots for better results but be mindful that there are few nasty individuals that might PK your character while in afk. I advise setting your alignment to lawful and prioritize the players just in case someone troll you while farming.

And that's all. Thank you very much for reading. Have a nice day.