Im level 31 now and tried the gold production just to complete the quests, definately not worth it at this level but it will be fruitful way later in the game, If i can get a level 5 gold smelter/coinage I can threefold buff them and produce even more! thats why im saving my exotic fruit baskets , red flying drinks and cookies for this very thing.
100% right Gold is half the ore production and is tottaly worth it if you get 500 gold refills for between 300 and 350gc always placing on a lv5 gold mine. Double/treble buff on lv5 = 10/15 ore = 5/7.5 coins so 500 refill = 500/750coins any one who sniff at 150/450gc PROFIT does not have very good business acumen. It is up to you as it cost 10,000 tools to get one mine to lv5 but doubling/trebling it makes it a tottally viable optionOriginally Posted by corona88
You can use trade for gold refills, they usually cost about 500gc or you could just trade for gold ore. Remember to buff your smelters and coinages with buffs that triples output for the best results such as cookies.
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All calculations above are incomplete and not helpful. This is what you need:
No buff: 300 ore mine = 150 gold bars (ratio 2 to 1) = 37.5 coins (ratio 4 to 1)
Irma buff (2x): 300 ore mine = 600 ore (ratio 1 to 2) = 600 gold bars (ratio 1 to 1) = 150 coins (ratio 2 to 1)
Cookie/Exotic buff (3x): 300 ore mine = 900 ore (ratio 1 to 3) = 1200 gold bars (ratio 1 to 1.5) = 900 coins (ratio 4 to 3)
Zombie buff (4x): 300 ore mine = 1200 ore (ratio 1 to 4) = 2400 gold bars (ratio 1 to 2) = 2400 coins (ratio 1 to 1)
Suspected (mixed): 300 ore mine = 600 ore (irma) = 600 gold bars (irma) = 300 coins (cookies/exotic)
Edit:
There was a slight miscalculation in my excel sheet. Typical.
Best Gc per building license I have managed to get with this chain is 2.8 Gc/hour.
Last edited by Beengalas; 16.01.13 at 17:09.
Just a short note:
It's very profitable to have 2 gold chains without spending anything on gold refills.
1. have 1 gold mine level 5, that you throw the odd refil into when you find one on adventures, or from gifts, or from trade. Only run it buffed, and never let it exhaust. (use the x3, and x4 buffs on them when you get them, or buy them from trade for cheap)
2. Re-build the other 7 mines to level 2, and only run them buffed with baskets etc.
3. Build 2 gold chains to level 3-4, and only run them buffed. (lvl4 coinage buffed with x3/x4 buff whenever possible & Profitable).
7 level 2 mines will support 2 level 3-4 gold chains. And there's no need to spend gems, or gold/resources on refills. But in the event you get a refill somewhere, use it on level 5 mine with buff for some fast gold ore.
Cheers
Scruffy
PS. Basically: 1 Gold Deposit = 1 Gold Coin (if the whole chain is x2 buffed). Baskets and coal costs come to about 1/4th of the gold you make. (300 Gold deposit uses 2.4k Coal, and lvl3 chain (with 3 lvl2 mines) takes 9 baskets/300 deposit (approx.) = 70g approx)
Last edited by EmperorScruffy; 11.01.13 at 15:54.
Corrections:
Irma buff (2x): 300 ore mine = 600 ore (ratio 1 to 2) = 600 gold bars (ratio 1 to 1) = 300 coins (ratio 2 to 1)
Suspected (mixed): 300 ore mine = 600 ore (irma) = 600 gold bars (irma) = 450 coins (cookies/exotic)
Up like a lion... Unfortunately, you are mistaken
Either your coinage ratio is correct (2:1), and your conclusion should be 300 coins (with 3 buffs); or your conclusion is correct (and ratio wrong), leaving me to wonder why you didn´t buff the coinage...
Same with the mixed buff (1 cookie) calc, which ought to be 450 coins...
This is generally not true. Your first set of prices are high enough to make it a marginal venture, but with Sandycove prices (aprox 25/k for all), gold chains are by far the most profitable buildings in the whole game. Try calculating a lvl2 chain w friendly buffs, you might end up smiling!
3 lvl 2 mines feeding 2 lvl 3 melters/coinages is a setup that any free player can do, without need of refills, that will make you stinking rich. More than that, and it might put too much of a strain on your marble and licences.
As a free player, gold mining is about the only way to get access to all the goodies. Fortunately, it´s a good one.
Happy mining, and don´t forget to tear down those mines before they run empty...
-H
Lol man. I'm playing about 6 months TSO, I spent no single eurocent for this game, I got 12 levels (total) of g.smelters and coinages and I have no probblem to run them 24/7 (18/7 to be precise).
Spending real money is OK - players choice, but if you want to play for free, I advice you to use your imagination instead of blaming BB or the other players :P
Btw - I'm lvl42. My way:
- lvl5 mine for refills from adv. or TO + cookies and other x3 buffs. (If it's stopped, my friend use it - her refills and her buffs, no real influence for my production)
- up to 7 lvl2 mines, rebuilt every 48h (sometimes less - depends of lvl5 runs), basket-buffed twice per day (18/24h efectively)
- 4x lvl3 smelters + 4x lvl3 coins, basket-buffed twice per day (18/24h efectively)
- plans to upgrade one smelter and coinage to lvl4 and buff them x3 then.
- I just need building materials, but here this long story about trading in TSO
That's all folks
Last edited by SettlerPiter; 11.01.13 at 18:49.
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