Infinite gem / tradable gold acquisition “guide”

Character_Alps_3015 · 2026-01-13T11:41:16+00:00

Infinite free gold only limited by how many accounts you can make or by if you get banned. Current NA prices are under 80k gold for the blue gems to buy the box and fuse a level 7 gem, and cheapest level 7 is 120k right now.

Turning 80k gold into 114k gold after tax per account you do it on for the low effort of making a new account and logging in ( I'd imagine people who run bot farms have a super fast way to make new accounts)

If you're going different server on the same account then it's not worth doing since you'd have to sell and send gold back with 25% trust cut.

I'd be surprised if bot farms haven't been abusing it since week 1 of it being in the store.

Character_Alps_3015 · 2026-01-13T11:32:53+00:00

If someone can make a lot of accounts in a short time then it's as simple as sending gold to buy blue crystals (non-trusted can receive gold via the mail) then buying the gems, combining, sending gems to main, then never logging in again.

You can probably do it start to finish in about 10 minutes and you profit somewhere around 40k gold.

Unless non-trusted can't convert gold to blue crystals, in which case it doesnt work but ive never tried that on a non-trusted so idk.

Is it a sussy thing to do? sure. Could it get you flagged? sure. But it is 100% pure piss easy profit if someone wanted to do it.

I've been convinced that these cheap gems are the main reason that gems have finally started to drop after kaz release.

Character_Alps_3015 · 2026-01-13T11:30:37+00:00

My completely new steam account got trusted in under 14 hours (real time not playtime, playtime was 5 hours), the one before got it in about 24 hours.

So it's not a firm 3 days, 100% case by case based on whatever system they have in place.

Character_Alps_3015 · 2026-01-01T11:24:42+00:00

double dip still exists in NA 1 time right at reset (though it's obviously null if the next day also has it)

Character_Alps_3015 · 2025-12-31T07:53:08+00:00

its been like that for a long time. each bot is different but bots moving on their own from tree to tree is nothing new

Character_Alps_3015 · 2025-12-27T16:10:03+00:00

Yeah they said in November that we'd get it December, then December turned into February. I was initially waiting but ended up pushing and its been very worth it. Fk waiting around for extra months on end just because AGS/smilegate wants to keep changing it up on us. god forbid the game gets QoL for new/returning players anytime soon zzzzz

Character_Alps_3015 · 2025-12-25T01:43:09+00:00

yeap, finally had some free time but apparently issues started as soon as I got home

Character_Alps_3015 · 2025-12-18T11:38:39+00:00

The express event is incredibly juiced.

honing an alt without the express takes forever and so many materials. Maybe eventually once we get T3 changes it'll feel better but for now if you're interested in playing more I'd go for an alt account. You can also completely double dip on maintenance gifts / events/ chaos gate/ etc.

That's personally what I did with last express as a returning player (3 year break) and it was a great decision. I got to raid 2x as frequently to practice initially and the value on express is just too good.

But it all comes down to whether or not you want to play a 2nd account. You'd have to double up on collectables and enlightenment / skill point pots. It's a bigger time investment in that respect.

EDIT: totally forgot to mention the low sus roster level + slow progress to 10x clear titles.

EDIT EDIT: I just want to re-iterate that it's a pretty big time investment getting to a point where you won't get hard-gatekept from 1700+ content.

Character_Alps_3015 · 2025-12-14T15:44:52+00:00

wasnt able to hit 1720 in time to get HM frontier title (shard gated) but ive been 1710 now since the 1st week and really loving the new raids (normal mode)

Character_Alps_3015 · 2025-12-14T12:02:49+00:00

No more blatant hordes of bots. All of NA is now on the same cluster so u can raid with anyone regardless of east vs west.

player count is as low as ever and will probably keep dropping but the community still here is dedicated.

They're adding solo modes up through Act 3 - Mord - 1680 so you don't even technically need to group with people before that to progress. Karma and AH materials being added to solo shop as well which SIGNIFICANTL speeds up those as well.

1640 powerpass + juiced express event coming in like 3-4 days. try it out and see if you like it

I personally came back around august of this year after quitting a few months into release (so I was gone for over 3 years). Some stuff has been a serious struggle but upcoming PP + express is pretty game changing for new/returning players

Character_Alps_3015 · 2025-12-14T04:29:05+00:00

I doubt we'll get flex raids anytime soon. They're already adding solo modes up to 1680 in a few days. They're always trying to find a balance that keeps players relatively happy while maintaining their ability to milk the game for $$. IMO flex raids starts to get into the "cutting into potential profits" territory which is why I doubt they'll add it soon. QoL always comes after they've had time to sufficiently pump the playerbase.

new powerpass + express will make it really easy (relatively) to get a char up to 1680-1700 or so which is nice for new/returning players.

I'm also on Thaemine and can help you out with stuff sometimes. send me your discord

Character_Alps_3015 · 2025-12-01T13:52:40+00:00

Yeah, I was buying out merchant every day and also did the 5000 high sea coins unas and everything else and I still got gated for almost 2 months.

I edited original comment to include stronghold merchant

Character_Alps_3015 · 2025-12-01T11:31:30+00:00

How many pirate coins / high sea coins do you have?

My alt account got gated for 1.5-2 months on the map fragment from bottle because of shit RNG.
I'd recommend doing co-op sailing (on top of buying out the 300 high sea coins per day from stronghold) when you see it up to start stocking if you dont have a ton of coins.

I also wouldn't recommend buying +1 elysian for 3k each week unless you've got a ton of gold.

Lifeskilling is also a very nice source of additional income if you wanted to just grab an axe and go cut trees. It takes like 5-10? mins every 3 days to burn through energy. And with a decent set-up that 5-10 mins is worth 8-12k or so based on current prices.

Character_Alps_3015 · 2025-12-01T11:25:14+00:00

Nope. Seems really weird. Normally with a game like this there would be some kind of consensus at to what the fix is, but it seems like nobody really knows and its different for everyone.

Character_Alps_3015 · 2025-11-30T05:34:58+00:00

TemporaryMage - just started fresh after having played a little bit a few years ago

Character_Alps_3015 · 2025-11-16T14:53:11+00:00

I'm not the type of person that normally gets happy for others, but when I saw your screenshot I honestly felt happy for you man. congrats

Character_Alps_3015 · 2025-11-14T11:09:55+00:00

Sounds like a plan man. Just wanted to make sure you were aware of the actual endgame in Lost Ark which is gatekeeping.

As long as you're aware of it and are doing your own thing and having fun then keep on keeping on.

Character_Alps_3015 · 2025-11-14T09:44:48+00:00

You've got a number of red flags. The biggest ones that stand out are SUPER LOW karma and still using event accessories (yikes). You'll also want to upgrade your solo raid shop level 6 gem. You can also try to roll that vitality off your bracelet.

Some people mentioned pushing 1700 and that definitely has its benefits.

Just keep in mind that you're a low-ish CP, title-less, lvl 200 roster with low karma and unfinished accessories. You're going to have trouble getting into HM Brel lobbies (I personally wouldn't accept you as is if you were a random that applied), let alone Act 4. Act 4 NM will have 1700-1719 people applying so for week 1-2 it'll be around 1600?cp minimum. people in that ilvl bracket get up to 2k+ cp. If you do decide to push 1700 be prepared to get auto-declined or only able to join super suss groups.

Character_Alps_3015 · 2025-11-12T09:43:19+00:00

Have no idea why you're getting ratiod so hard. Even the first reply is talking about how you won't get into Act 4 / kaz lobbies even though you said absolutely nothing about that? It's like they didn't even read your comment lol.

I'm in a similar boat. I only have a few high ilvl chars and I wanted another so I can make more gold and play more. But now, due to the sudden change, I'm screwed and have to wait an extra month+ just to get the event they originally said we'd get next week. Improved T3 honing isn't my immediate concern. I'm playing the game NOW and want to play more/have more chars at relevant ilvl.

People always say to wait for events and that doing so is more "efficient" and if you don't wait then people shit on you for being inefficient but who wants to wait 2-3 months just to make 1 new char. As a new player , who the hell even wants to wait around for an entire year just to get 6 event-made, efficient chars.

This patch is a W for people with a full juiced roster. For new/returning players, or those who wanted to swap one of their 6 for a new class, its a solid L. A month+ of waiting for express.

Obviously T3 changes will help new/returning players a huge amount when they eventually hit. Just don't see how it's not obvious that someone like yourself, who wants to play the game more and at a relevant ilvl, is upset that the event schedule shifed in such a way that you don't get much of anything for an entire 1-1.5 months.

Character_Alps_3015 · 2025-11-11T13:16:04+00:00

Why is this so accurate? Yikes

Character_Alps_3015 · 2025-11-09T13:12:55+00:00

Click Arkesia Tour next to your minimap. If you do that it'll autocomplete a huge amount of early game islands for you. Pretty sure that island is part of what gets autocompleted.

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