Money Tips Thread v1.0 - Post YOUR money making ideas here!

[Pretztail4eva]

If any of you are struggling because you're ccs are low, do what I did

Romance your pinatas (ROMANCE) until you only need to romance one more time. On the minigame the hearts should be flashing, if you havn't done this before a message should come up. If you collect all the hearts and finish the game you are certain to get a wildcard, which should be worth at least 10000! if you complete the game fast enough you'll get wins, which are worth double!

[HairyBunion]

Helpful Tip. Thanks. I have 2 varients of wildcard of Whirlm and Sparrowmint. Thanks to Omnimaster. =)

[the spammer81]

A better way to make money is to get a wishing well and lanturn o' loot.Put 1000 coins in there and it's instant money.

[YiazmatLich]

Welcome everyone to the Money Tips Thread for Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise.

Some of the ways of making money from the original VP have been killed off in the sequel, but there are a few more ways to make good money, and the good news is that even if you're level 16+ you can make around 100,000+ CC an hour.

How to Make Money

Making money is easy if you know how to do it. You can mainly do this by growing plants, selling WC Pinatas and more.

A List of Good Things to Sell -

Wildcards

VERY easy to get these days. Wildcard Bispotti's easily can be sold for 2000-3000 CC in Lottie's. If you want to breed WCs for money, then I suggest doing Bispotti's, Whirlms, Sparrowmints and Robeans.

Wildcard Prices

Here you can find the prices of Wildcard Pinata's. I will list them in their WC level 1 forms, as a minimum price you'll get for them.

Bispotti - 2,600 CC

If you have any wildcard prices, then please tell me. Thanks

Candary's

These are quite good money if you're after some quick cash. All you need is a Sparrowmint and a Dandelion head. Feed the Sparrowmint the Dandelion head then it will turn into a Candary, worth around 2x more than the Sparrowmint.

To attract a Sparrowmint make sure you have a few Whirlms in your garden.

Chilli's

One of the best money-making ways in the original VP returns. Because Special Mix Fertilizer costs more than it did in the first game, you would be wiser using Red Fertilizer instead, as it is cheaper and available at an early level.

Chili's normally sell for 100 CC, but sell for 400 CC with a 3x bonus growth.

Sunflowers

Nice money once again. The seeds are pretty cheap and you're guaranteed to make profit. These seeds come around level 14-15 and should be used with Yellow Fertilizer for maximum effect.

The Sunflowers sell for 400 CC each when used with Yellow Fertilizer, which again is as good as the Chili's. The only downside is they take longer to grow.

MORE COMING SOON

[YiazmatLich]

Well, I hope this was helpful. I will add more in soon.

[jwmc1971]

or just throw money into the well and repeat till you have millions . much easier !

[boomheadshot45]

Thanks for the help! But I have a question, I decided to start selling WC Crustaceans (sp?), and I am on like crustacean 8, where do they usually start popping up? I know for Whirlms its like 12.

[YiazmatLich]

Thanks for the help! But I have a question, I decided to start selling WC Crustaceans (sp?), and I am on like crustacean 8, where do they usually start popping up? I know for Whirlms its like 12.

What do you mean?

[rynniex]

don't forget orchids :)

[YiazmatLich]

;)

What level do you get the wishing well at?

[thatgeekgirl]

Yes, orchids! they are my personal fave for rakin' in the cash!

[yinyangmama]

wishing well wishing well wishing well... this negates any other way to make money in my book!

[Elwakka]

Thanks for the help! But I have a question, I decided to start selling WC Crustaceans (sp?), and I am on like crustacean 8, where do they usually start popping up? I know for Whirlms its like 12.

They always pop up at the same time, i believe it is when you have 6 resident pinatas, and your on your way on making the 7th. In the minigame you will see the hearts flashing.... thats how you know.

So that 12 thing.... just means you are aren't getting all the hearts.... or over exaggerating

[sleepyowl]

Thanks for the help! But I have a question, I decided to start selling WC Crustaceans (sp?), and I am on like crustacean 8, where do they usually start popping up? I know for Whirlms its like 12.

You must have six of that species in your garden. When you romance for the seventh, it should have the opportunity to be a wild card. So don't sell off your pinatas as you romance because that causes it to not access the flashing heart stage of the romance game.

[senorita]

thanks for all the tips i'm going to make some cash!

[giantfoot08]

One of my quick ways to make some money is to make some Redhotts. The Taffly costs 300 from the trapper, and the Redhott sells for 2100. Not a huge money maker, but very easy to do.

[Bjorn]

Looks like giantfoot08 beat me to it, however I will elaborate on the strartegy.

You need to attract some Tafflies. Make them fly through the Firebrand torch and they turn into Redhotts worth 2200 cc's each. Once you grow some Daises and a fruit tree/bush to meet their resident requirements and as long as you have flowers and fruit in your garden you will have Tafflies. I am never short on funds for very long. :cool:

[Big_Sama]

Twin Wildcard Doenuts, easy and quick romance mini-game, like 33,000 each

[vinsonbar]

Ya the well works wonders. pt one in the garden, put a lantern of loot in the garden throw in 1000+ each time and get more back. I keep putting in the full 9,999 and 9/10 times you get way more then you put in.

[Bjorn]

This is not the best method but it works in a pinch. Start a new garden and sell everything. It could net you 2000-5000 cc's. But then you have an empty garden taking up HDD space.

[romancer]

TIP made me much more money conscious than did the original game... had to contend with Ruffians and Pester for one... then one day my Mine disappeared for no apparent reason and I had to replace it... bought Sour Blocks from Costelot... and so on.

What are the best ways you have found to generate CCs?

Personally, I found the Gem Tree (even with all the gems tinkered)
and the Mine to be over-rated in terms of generating revenue.
(Of course the Mine is essential for other reasons, up to a point.)

My favorite way is through the cultivation of Bird of Paradise plants...(available around Level 30).
the orange fertilizer is cheap and the seeds cost only 79 CC.
Each one generated about 1400 CC when fully fertilized.
I planted as many as I could, repeatedly, until I had a solid financial
cushion for any emergencies or breeding programs.

The single best way to make plenty of CCs is with the Wishing Well.
Preferably with a Lantern 'o Loot nearby.
Fannie Mae would have loved to have this device... could have bailed
out many of those mortgage related debts.

What are your experiences? What tips can you share with others?

Once you have financial security in this game, you will feel more
becalmed than if you were taking Happy Candy... because CCs are
virtually real (so to speak)

[Bastion6six6]

I really don't understand the desire to have to "literally" farm plants for money in this game. It was a poor way in the last game and it is even more so now. 30 minutes of creating tiger WC's>days of growing plants.

[Bwgmon]

Getting ANY type of WC is better than most plants. Even Twin WC Whirlms are worth over 1,500 each as adults.

[Sprig285]

Wishing Well > all :p throw 9,000 CC down and half the time with a Laten 'O loot down you'll get like 18k+ pop out it 2 secs

[Zanooka]

In the original I just harvested pinata traps for a few hours. In the new one I've been using the wishing well and breading n' selling wild cards.

[Mat2]

I personaly find the mazes too hard to grow wildcards so I grow plants instead

[Big_Sama]

Twin Wildcard Roarios or Twin Wildcard Chewnicorns 70k+ each

[YiazmatLich]

What level do you get the wishing well at?

[Pretztail4eva]

yeah I really want 1 but i dont know how!

i used the reddhott technique, then found out about the wildcards

[VPplaya]

I really don't understand the desire to have to "literally" farm plants for money in this game. It was a poor way in the last game and it is even more so now. 30 minutes of creating tiger WC's>days of growing plants.

Wishing Well>breeding WC Tigers>farming plants :D (By the way, 200th post W00T!!!)

[hoonster]

cluckles hah, twin wildcard cluckles are dirt easy to get and each one will sell for between 15 and 17k. get like 18 of em goin at it at once so your just constantly doing the maze. Next thing you know you have 40 cluckles and a quick 550k.

[Big_Sama]

cluckles hah, twin wildcard cluckles are dirt easy to get and each one will sell for between 15 and 17k. get like 18 of em goin at it at once so your just constantly doing the maze. Next thing you know you have 40 cluckles and a quick 550k.
Cluckles are nothing chewnicorn twin Wildcards are much easier and much more profitable, 70k each, made 1mil in 10 minutes

[JonnyOThan]

Cluckles are nothing chewnicorn twin Wildcards are much easier and much more profitable, 70k each, made 1mil in 10 minutesBut when you're at that stage of the game, do you really need money that badly?

When I was in the early levels, just keeping 4 daisies and a firebrand around was great. You get notified every time you get a new taffly. Just set him on fire, put him out, sell him. 2k for almost no effort.

[trueinsanity]

Is money much easier to get in this game compared to VP1? In classic, it used to be very rare to see someone with over 10M but I've seen several people with over that and the game just came out :eek:

[rsguy]

Yep. You can make wildcards a lot easier.

[wildcard2794]

yea and partying your pinatas gets you loads of money

[trueinsanity]

Yep. You can make wildcards a lot easier.

What do WCs have to do with money?

[wildcard2794]

you can sell em i guess

[trueinsanity]

So, WC, I saw you said you had around 15M. How are you making your money?

[Brady]

Um, I don't know how WC makes his/her money, but I breed WC's, crate Pinatas off to parties all the time, and hire a gatherling to sell all the produce I don't use. My sister uses the Wishing Well method, which is kinda cheap, but can be an easy way to get a bit of quick cash. It also throws out Joy candies, which can be good.

[IronicTrout]

The easiets way to make money is to get a wishing well, buy two lantern of loots and put them near the well, and then just dump 1000cc in and watch the money fly!!! =)

[Jacck Bauer]

What do WCs have to do with money?

???
Very Much?
My Wildcard Lemmoning is worth 9000 Coins, i have 7 WC residents.
Selling them...do the Math.

[Arcaned]

The wishing well is my main source of income. Aswell as making profit from WC Pinata's etc

[aslz78]

If you want any money add me on live.

[trueinsanity]

I'm not asking for hand-outs as I prefer to play the game with as little to no help as possible. I was just curious as to some of the techniques being used in TIP.

[Hudson]

My technique was to spend a good boring two hours of my life just randomly throwing 1000 CC down the wishing well and scooping up the profits. I collected about 35 million CC in that time so money is now no option.

[trueinsanity]

My technique was to spend a good boring two hours of my life just randomly throwing 1000 CC down the wishing well and scooping up the profits. I collected about 35 million CC in that time so money is now no option.

Why only 1000? Why not 10000 or more? Is the profit not as much at that point? On average how much do you make everytime you put coins into the well?

[Arcaned]

9999CC is the max you can throw in the well and you don't receive anymore as you would from throwing just 1000CC in. 1 coin returned from the well is worth 500CC and on average you recieve approx 15-20 coins per throw.

That's approximately 7500CC per 30 Seconds (max), Although sometimes you just get rotten fruit, nasty seeds or a few sweets. You also recieve gems occassinally.

Im guessing you can make around 900000 CC per hour using this method. I usually do this when im waiting for a tree to grow or in-between romancing

[Hudson]

Bear in mind that if you get a lanten loot you earn more money per coin. It does vary of what comes out of the well such as rotten fruits and on rare occasions weed seed but when you get the best "haul" out of the well (which is about 30,000-40,000 CC along with three gems) then its all worth it and you can earn alot in the space of a couple of minutes depending on how lucky you are. I did a test and I threw 1000 CC down the well ten time and see how many of those times I got the best haul. It turned into about 4/10 times you get the haul sometimes the odds are higher than that and sometimes there lower.

[Amaroq]

I do this too and find its works surprisingly well (no pun intended).
Also, what kind of gem do you mean? The gem tree kind or the mine gem kind?

[Brady]

It's Gem Tree gems, the Blue Gem etc. I tested to make sure these were the same, and they are, because when you tinker them, they turn into Rainbow Gem.

[wildcard2794]

i find that way to make money kind of cheap(no pun) but for me i make money by partying my pinatas my tigermisu gets me over 100k per party, and my chewnicorn gets me just under 100k

[Brady]

Same here Wildcard. Anyways, how much are your Tigermisu and Chewnicorn worth though?

[wildcard2794]

um the tigers worth like 900k close to 1 mill and the chewni is like 800k close to 900k i think

[Brady]

Ahh, explains why I don't get nearly that much for my Chewnicorn. She's only like 80k. :(

[FlakPanzer4]

how u get the pinatas to be worth that much?!

[Brady]

Well, Tigermisu and Chewnicorn twin 3rd Tier Wilcard are, at least I know Chewnicorn is 70k, and Tigermisu is around 70-90k if I'm not mistaking. Them buy them lots of accessories. They get bonuses from parenting Pinatas, and, of course, going to parties. Not sure if I missed something, ut I think I did...

[Salamango]

How much is the parenting boost?

[Brady]

I'm not sure. I'm also confused as to whether or not the boost is more or less depending on if they parent a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd tier Wildcard, and whether or not is is twins, 1st tier WC twins, 2nd WC twins, or 3rd WC twins.

[BIGsheep]

how u get the pinatas to be worth that much?!Partying can be profitable. Pinata Central give you a "thank you" every time a pinata is sent to a party.

[JonnyOThan]

Pinatas that know both their tricks are worth quite a bit more too.

[Viva PInata Sonic]

im not sure this is the right thread but one way i got over 100,000 in 30 min is that i read the dredits and did what pester tells u to (one way to get the credits fast type pinata people and u have to have that weird line over pinata or it wont work) then buy the wishing well and 5 latern o loot then keep dumping 1000cc down the well and watch the money fly:D

[Arcaned]

What do the lanter o' loots do? as i get quite alot without them

[FeralKitty]

The lantern o' loot makes the coins worth 5x as much.

[dovey]

Does anyone know if having MORE than one lantern of loot helps?

[Hudson]

I never personally believe it did but the majority of people say that the more latern O loots you have the more money you gain apparently.

[xenocidic]

Auction off Lots of 70 flutterscotches, 10 of each colour, u get 50 million! ;>

[Tomo95]

Hi, I am in need of some money on TIP and was wondering if anyone would be willing to donate. Any size of donations will be helpfull and I will be etremely greatfull to any who can help me.

Thanks :)

[ImaTestWentBad]

I'll give you some since I am maxed out. You are already on my FR so I'll be sending soon.

[MartianMan]

You could grow orchids for 65(price of the seed) + 63(3)(price for fertilizer) a piece and sell them at 1800 each. With a small garden of ten to twenty flowers, you can easily make 50k. Rinse and repeat when needed. Make sure to space them out enough, or you will stunt their growth and reduce their value(from 1800 to 1650).

[suprra_girl]

My wishing well doesn't return naff all money and now it's starting to throw weeds out, I dunno what's gone wrong with it.

I'm in desperate need of money, maybe some people I've sent barkbark to will help me out :)

Thank you in advance if you send me some, I muchly appreciate it :D

[Amaroq]

Put lucky lanterns around, they increase the wells cash flow

[sangr1aman]

I would happily give you money.

I was one of those you helped with the barkbark, for the famous pinata achievement.

Just add sangr1aman.

[Hudson]

Make sure to throw the maximum of 9999 coins down the well to maximise the chances of getting the "best haul" of several gems and 30,000 - 40,000 coins. Sometimes you won't get the "best haul and will recieve a lesser reward such as weeds but the probabilty of about 2 in 5 of getting the best reward by my calculations.

[BIGsheep]

How much are you throwing down there? There's a scale of what you get back depending on how much you're investing. It might just think you're being cheap ;)

[suprra_girl]

LOL well, I didn't trust the well :p

I was running very low on cash, I chucked in 9999 and i got back like 500 coins and a couple of daisy seeds. Take two, did it again, got like 500 or 1000 coins. I then decided that i'm not going to feed it that much as I need the money, So I put in 100 coins and then I got bad seeds. I then promptly sold them and begged for money on the forum.
The forum I might add makes an awesome wishing well, they helped me (almost) complete the game, I only have the challenges left :D

Hmm also if I recall, my game told me to find the big goobaa and here you've found me heheh. I love my barkbark btw ;) Thank you

[FeralKitty]

..., I chucked in 9999 and i got back like 500 coins and a couple of daisy seeds.

The best amount to chuck in is 1000 coins, but make sure you have a lantern o' loot first. It multiplies the amount of coins returned by 5, so that 500 coins would have been 2500.

[Your A rasclat]

im a level 116 with less then 1million thts not wright..

:roll:

[FeralKitty]

im a level 116 with less then 1million thts not wright..

:roll:

There are plenty of money-making tips (http://www.pinataisland.info/viva/Category:Gameplay_Tips#Making_Money) at the wiki. By the way, try posting in existing threads, instead of making "new" ones.

[ImaTestWentBad]

Try reading the wiki's money making tips (http://pinataisland.info/viva/Category:Gameplay_Tips#Making_Money).

edit I am too slow...

[reklaw_vahn]

im a level 116 with less then 1million thts not wright..

:roll:

Here is the best way, in the long run, to earn money. You will never run out with this method...It isn't in the wiki yet either.

Once you have X twin-wildcard pinata and you have taught X twin-wildcard pinata both its tricks then you will race it over and over again. Before you race X pinata make sure you max out its candosity as well. After racing for a while send it to a party. Every time the pinata returns you will get the difference of CC from how much the pinata went up in value when you maxed out its candosity. E.g. if you had a Bonboon that was at 100,000 CC and you gave it a happy candy and the Bonboon maxed its candosity out with a new value of 110,000 CC then you would get the difference between the two back. That is, you would get 10,000 CC back after the Bonboon returned from the party.

Edit: I have done this A LOT and I now have three maxed out pinatas that will give me a total of just under 600 million when they come back from parties, and that is within 5-10 minutes!!

[Vivapinata'sAsSiStAnT45]

or just throw money into the well and repeat till you have millions . much easier !





Exactly like what i do, except i sell WC pinatas and every once in a while i throw money down the well. I throw 1,000 each time if you get nothing for money try going to 2,000 or 3,000 and see what you get. Hope this helps people. By the way, add me, my name is alucard1995. invite me anytime i'm online and if I am, i'm a good friend with BIGsheep. He gave my Parrybo which is named Parry. :)

[Poods]

Exactly like what i do, except i sell WC pinatas and every once in a while i throw money down the well. I throw 1,000 each time if you get nothing for money try going to 2,000 or 3,000 and see what you get. Hope this helps people. By the way, add me, my name is alucard1995. invite me anytime i'm online and if I am, i'm a good friend with BIGsheep. He gave my Parrybo which is named Parry. :)

if you have lanters o' loot, your money is multiplied by nearly 5, allowing for huge return.

Wishing Well (http://pinataisland.info/viva/Wishing_Well)

although the well seems to posses some strange traits not outlined the wiki.

Putting in amounts of money that are too small will give you bad returns, but it also seems that increasing your value too much from your last donation will also produce bad returns.

try starting at 1000 and working your way up in incremants of 250.

[reklaw_vahn]

if you have lanters o' loot, your money is multiplied by nearly 5, allowing for huge return.

Wishing Well (http://pinataisland.info/viva/Wishing_Well)

although the well seems to posses some strange traits not outlined the wiki.

Putting in amounts of money that are too small will give you bad returns, but it also seems that increasing your value too much from your last donation will also produce bad returns.

try starting at 1000 and working your way up in incremants of 250.

The reason FeralKitty said a 1000 was the best amount to throw in is that after that point, you will get the same return pretty much evertime. That is, no matter how much you throw in after that you couldn't get any higher of a return than you would have from throwing a 1000 in the well. The chances of the max amount of return are just as likely from a 1000 as it would be to lets say 2000 or 5000. At least from the few hours I spent trying at every value that is what the well showed me...

[sgt steven]

i just sold red hots
red hot 2200 or 2100

[love evil]

A good way for new gardners to make money is syrupents believe it or not!

The syrupent maze is one of easier ones to do but practice if you are not very good so you are able to get twin wildcards. Make sure you hit the syrupent egg on the 3rd big bounce just before it hatches so you end up with twc twingersnaps. It's fairly easy to do and it was the quickest way I found of making cash in the beginning when I was short of cc. :)

[reklaw_vahn]

A good way for new gardners to make money is syrupents believe it or not!

The syrupent maze is one of easier ones to do but practice if you are not very good so you are able to get twin wildcards. Make sure you hit the syrupent egg on the 3rd big bounce just before it hatches so you end up with twc twingersnaps. It's fairly easy to do and it was the quickest way I found of making cash in the beginning when I was short of cc. :)

You can then mirror this method by romancing the Twingersnaps for Twin Wildcards and hit the egg right before it hatches for twin wildcard Fourheads. Then you will really be in the money, especially if you teach them their tricks first...

[Commando501]

Mine was wishing well but ever since my main garden with all the high level pinatas in it got corrupted wishing well seemed no longer to work, so I've resorted to orchid farming and the hive, milking shed.

[ImaTestWentBad]

Sending valuable pinatas to parties! Once their level gets higher, the coins come rolling in. In case anyone wants to know some tips about money-making (http://pinataisland.info/viva/Frequently_Asked_Questions#FAQ-Shops-MoreMoney) it's in the wiki :)

[Sonar]

The easiest way to make money is from a donation :D lol

Edit
Thanks imatestwentbad :) 9999999 (although I did loose it restarting) (back up to around 50 mill atm)

[shadaesus]

Just wondering, what would be the quickest way to earn money on TiP?

[Level 46 garden]

[Funky Flump]

I say chili farming
Plant as many chiliseeds close together and use red fertiliser needs watering once and its 400 cc a chilli

[Weapon X]

Orchids once ya have the seed.

Wishing well and lantern-o-loot and toss in 1000 coins....the return is ENORMOUS!!!!

[FeralKitty]

Just wondering, what would be the quickest way to earn money on TiP?

Reading the money-making tips (http://www.pinataisland.info/viva/Category:Gameplay_Tips) at the wiki. You'll find a crate full of coins hidden among the tips.

[TheFudgehogGuy]

Evolve a taffly repeatedly. Easy money.

[Kion07]

Wishing well + lantern of loot, and trading on this site for easy CCs.

[Chela XD]

Same here!, Wishing Well + Lantern

I have 23 millions of chocolate coins