by Brady Rutgarr

Created on: May 23, 2009

As with real life, making money in MapleStory takes effort, know-how, and a keen eye for opportunistic situations. But don't despair! By following a few easy tips, you too can be rolling in the mesos in no time!

Fight Monsters - The most obvious way to make money in MapleStory is to go out and kill some monsters and pick up the items they drop. Monsters sometimes drop valuable items such as armor and weapons. This will also earn you experience points, which may or may not be beneficial depending on how much your training costs so choose your monsters carefully.

Be a Gofer - Go for this, go for that! Making money is often about having a much needed item or skill in an unlikely place. Sure, it is easy to find any item in abundance in the market and with one player undercutting another in order to get make the sale, it can get pretty cheap too. It's all supply and demand. With a lot of supply there isn't much demand. But when supply is low the price comes at a premium! Keep this in mind and try to think of situations in which a particular item might be more valuable.

It Takes Money to Make Money - Oh yeah, we've all heard that saying before and it's a great one when you wanna feel sorry for yourself. But let me give you another one, and I'm sure you've heard this one too: Buy Low, Sell High. That's right, and it goes much further than just buying things. It's a whole principle of starting small and aiming big. With even a small amount of money earned from the labor of your adventures, you can achieve such great heights. All it takes is a knowledge of the market and an understanding of value based not on a static sum, but an ever-changing equation that fluctuates with the up's and the downs of that same player-based market. It is a grasp of the entrepreneurial spirit and a keen love of the pursuit and conquest of money that will give you an edge over the average player.

That said, keep a watchful eye on the fluctuations of the market. Pay close attention to growing and decreasing supplies, even a common item when hard to find can bring in a substantial profit. Furthermore, there will be players you encounter who do not have a firm grasp of an item's value or may be willing to sacrifice the full value of an item in order to make a quick sale. It is your goal to find those players and those items selling at a discount so that you can buy them and sell them for face value or, if supply is low enough, for much more than they might otherwise sell

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