Money-making Methods

Both Dream Game and The Forge and the Crucible have a heavy reliance on studs (with Forge also relying on PSY energy to perform certain actions as well) and thus there is a need for way to get them as fast and in as large of quantities as possible.

Dream Game
Unlike The Forge and The Crucible, studs are reset with every session. There are a few ways to gain studs and then methods will be explained to gain studs based around some of these methods.

Ways to Gain Studs
The following are mechanics in Dream Game that give studs:
 * Moving (This does not require direct key input.)
 * Selling trash to Eunoia in Ten-Mou or Fissure Outpost
 * Picking up Studs from various sources (such as breaking boxes with the Delete Hammer, finding them around dreams, killing certain entities, etc.)
 * Winning Fish Nuking (end reward scales with players in server, though will not be relevant here) or Billiards in Ten-Mou.
 * Being donated studs from someone with Tech Sack (will not be relevant due to these methods designed to be done solo )
 * Starter studs upon joining a session can be obtained with certain badges.
 * +10,000 from Eye of the Storm
 * +10,000 from Pie Hiker
 * +10,000 from Letting it slide...
 * +5,000 from Expert Egg Hunter
 * -5,000 from PWNED!!
 * Using the animal rescue points scattered across the Dreamsphere.
 * The Bunny Rescue Point in The Guardian in Ten-Mou.
 * The Psycharpax Rescue Point in the Waterfall Cave of Pink Swamp.
 * The Cat Rescue Point near the church in Infinite Silver.
 * [...]

Graveyard Sea Umbrella Bounce
How to perform: Go to Graveyard Sea and go to the main island start bouncing on one of the umbrellas. Idle process, so you can let this go as long as you want. Be sure to check in so you do not get disconnected automatically.
 * Estimated stud gain: ~4,000 Studs per minute
 * Pre-requisites: None



Ocean Lab Jellyfish
How to perform: Go to Ocean Lab and pie hike to the boat. Then, start sailing to the jellyfish to collect studs within. Once you are done, reload the dream and then repeat.
 * Estimated stud gain: 43,000 studs per run (excluding moving), rate is varied due to the following factors
 * Reloading the dream to regenerate studs
 * Actually getting to the boat and then sailing
 * Pre-requisites: Ten-Mou Pie



- Diagram credit to Snowlyre.

Crystal Cave Pillars
How to perform: Go to Pink Swamp and open the door to the right of the waterfall cave, which loads the expansion area (Marshland Village). Enter the door, and navigate to the Crystal Cave's entrance by following the lily pads that have lantern on them. There is a conveyor that brings you to the area with stone pillars. Of all of them, 7 has a stud pile on the top which gives 5500 studs each. You likely need to pie hike to get all of the studs. Once you are done, reload the dream and then repeat.
 * Estimated stud gain: 38,500 studs per run (excluding moving), rate is varied due to the following factors:
 * Reloading the dream to regenerate studs
 * Loading the expansion area in Pink Swamp
 * Actually getting to the Crystal Cave
 * Getting back to the 12th House
 * Pre-requisites: Pie

Psycharpax Massacre Unto Chasers
How to perform: Go to Fissure Outpost and obtain some Psycharpaxes by drinking sodas from Juice ex Machina, throwing them after they're emptied, and letting them linger for a while. Net the Psycharpaxes so they will not be hostile to you. When you have a decent amount, release them to massacre Chasers, who will drop golden studs. The Psycharpaxes will eventually die(?) and golden studs will need to be picked up every once in a while, due to despawning.
 * Estimated stud gain: Varied (semi-active process)
 * Pre-requisites: Silver Net

Cleaning Trash
How to perform: Either go to Graveyard Sea or Fissure Outpost (Graveyard Sea if you wish to use candy). Eat/drink Candy/Soda and then net the wrappers or the emptied cans respectively. When you feel you want to cash in, go to Eunoia's shop in Ten-Mou or Robber's Fate and click the cash register to start earning 100 studs per trashed cleaned.
 * Estimated stud gain: Varied (depends on how many items you net)
 * Pre-requisites: A Shudra's Task



As to how Eunoia is able to pay 100 studs / trash, assume that her shop's reserve is very huge.

Billiard Champion
How to perform: Go to the Axifer pool table in the Upper Ten-Mou. In this billiard minigame, there are 8 solid-colored balls, 4 pockets, and a cue ball. After you pocketed all solids, a stud pile will drop on one corner of the pool table. Each stud pile gives as much as 3520 studs and as low as 500 studs, depending on how fast you pocketed all solids.
 * Estimated stud gain: Varied (skill-related)
 * Pre-requisites: None

The Forge and the Crucible
Due to The Forge and the Crucible saving studs instead of requiring you to get a new batch every single session, its possible to grind up large quantities far before a spending spree. This section will also cover Psy in addition to studs. All descriptions of stud rates are anecdotal based on the personal experience of the current richest player, IrritatingGolem, whose sits at 5.06M studs and 42.02K Psy. If you do run any of these methods, please record how long you did them from your start in Thieves' Den to the end when you've sold your last wood/fish as well as how many studs and Psy you made.

Woodcutting
The concept is simple. Sit in front of Rick's house and continuously cut down trees, plant trees and chop trees into wood so that you may sell them to Rick once his shop opens. A very good starting method given it being the second best stud-making method and best Psy-making method. If you do run low on health while chopping logs into wood due to Psy damage, simply head to the nearest natural well. You may also want to try to temporarily use some of your wood to build a cage around Rick so that he can't try to steal your trees.

Fishing
The least effective stud-making method or Psy-making method. The advantage though is how calm it is due to that fact that you don't have Rick trying to steal your profits, don't have Psy damage from having to let go of your tool constantly and are easily able to focus attention on something else due to the large time between catches.

CAFO
CAFO is the theoretically most efficient stud-making method, though the one that is far more complex then standard chopping, fishing or hunting due to its interconnecting parts and generally requiring more time commitment. This method does not generate as much Psy per hour as Woodcutting. The method relies on 2 simultaneous bug-breeding processes that take advantage of excess seeds that generated when cutting wood.

Setup



 * 1) Dig a large amount of dirt, this can be done in Headline Height but, is easier on Thieves' Den. The earth gained should be enough to made at least a 16x16 platform.
 * 2) Head to Headline Height and cut down every single tree aswell as then chopping those logs into wood.
 * 3) Using wood, construct a Home Grub stall and drag one of the homegrubs from the mountain side into it.
 * 4) Using wood, construct a fence around the water edge of Headline Height so that RollCrabs don't fall into the void.
 * 5) Using wood, construct all three fish farms.
 * 6) Using earth, construct a wide platform at least 16x16 wide.

Main Cycle

 * 1) Use the seeds gained from the original harvest to plant a large amount of trees on the earth platform.
 * 2) Cut down all the trees as they grow.
 * 3) Repeat Steps 1 and 2 until an excess of seeds is generated.
 * 4) Feed excess generated seeds to your Home Grub. For every 3 fed, he will spawn one extra Home Grub, kill the newly-spawned Home Grub but, not the original.
 * 5) Use the bait dropped by the Home Grubs on your fish farms, as well as collect any fish in them. Its importantly to cycle between the Fish Farm when depositing bait.
 * 6) Repeat 1-5.

Clean Up

 * 1) After you are satisfied with your generated fish and wood, use all remaining seeds on your Home Grub and kill the newly-spawned Home Grub and the original.
 * 2) Patrol the waters of Headline Height, kill any RollCrabs that have been passively breeding while you were farming.
 * 3) Use all remaining bait on your fish farms.
 * 4) Begin chopping your logs into wood. Stop once your fish farms use all their bait.
 * 5) Sell your fish. If it is night and Anton is asleep, continue chopping until it is day and then sell your fish.
 * 6) Destroy your fence and stall to collect the wood you used to make them.
 * 7) Wake up, enter Foxhole's code into the pool room, sleep.
 * 8) Once in Foxhole, continue chopping your wood in front of Rick's house. By the time you are done, his shop should be open.
 * 9) Sell your remaining wood.

Hunting
Hunting shouldn't be considered a proper stud-making method or Psy-making method. The Cockatrice, while being near several wells which can heal you between fights, is so powerful that one slip up will cause a quick demise so please do not attempt farming it unless you are a Kshatriya. Cave Wolves, while weak on their own, create large crowds easily and aren't near any wells meaning that a quick death is inevitable unless you plan on fleeing to the surface after every 10 kills. Neither the 5000 studs dropped by the Cockatrice or 200 studs dropped by Cave Wolves make up for these problems.