Introduction
There are a lot of ways of earning Coins, the main currency of Hypixel SkyBlock, but not many of them are worth your while. Struggling to make a decent in-game profit is a problem many players have, while others make good amounts of Coins but sink a lot of time in the process. We are of the opinion that the time you spend logged into the game is your most precious currency. This guide should help you invest it more efficiently, into making Coins. We will go over multiple interesting and worthwhile Coin-making methods so that you can choose the one (or more) that suits your playstyle and needs the most.
Note: For those of you who value numbers more than words, we have devised a simple Star Rating System that should make spotting bellmaking activities that meet your requirements/playstyle much easier. We have granted from 0 to 5 stars, to each of the below-described activities, in three self-explanatory categories: Easiness, Quickness, and Profitability.
Keeping your Earnings SafeNot losing your Coins is even more important than making them as you will never become rich if you keep bleeding out all your hard-earned money. So... Let's start with the basics. Each time your Character is defeated in Hypixel SkyBlock, you lose half of the Coins kept in that Character's purse (the information detailing how much you have lost is displayed under the death message). There are some ways of reducing (and even completely negating) this harsh penalty:
The Bank The bank is one of the buildings you can access in the Hub World. By interacting with the Banker NPC who resides within, you can interact with your Bank Account. Bank offers you a range of useful functions:
⇒As mentioned above, the Bank serves not only as a storage for Coins but also makes you some Coins in the process, thanks to the interest (the interest* is given to you at the end of every in-game season, so every 31 hours). The Maximum Interest you get and the Maximum Account Balance can be increased by upgrading your Bank Account:
*The Interest has diminishing returns (for lack of a better term); Your first 10kk has a 2% interest rate (0kk-10kk), the next 10kk has a 1% rate (10kk-20kk), the following 10kk has a 0.5% rate (20kk-30kk), another 20kk on top has a 0.2% rate (30-50kk), and anything over (up to 160kk) has 0.1% rate only (for example, 15kk deposit will give you 250k Coins interest [10kk × 0.02 + 5kk × 0.01 = 250k], but you will need whooping 160kk on your account to gain the maximum 500k interest). The Interest from an unupgraded Bank Account is basically free money every 31 hours, but the higher the Bank Upgrade, the more time will be needed for it to pay itself off via Interest (with the exception of the last upgrade); Gold ~135 days, Deluxe ~284 days, Super Deluxe ~910 days, Premier ~846 days. This means that upgrading your Bank Account is a long-term investment, but also a necessary one if you plan on making a lot of Coins. |
Summary - Better safe than sorry; keep your earnings safe to avoid the frustration associated with losing them on death. If you decide to keep them in the Bank, you will even earn some extra Hypixel SkyBlock Coins via the bank interest. |
Score: *We have maxed out the score in all categories to emphasize how important it is to keep your Coins safe. Also, it really is Quick and Easy, and one might even argue that it's Profitable (not losing an n number of Coins is almost like making an n number of Coins, after all). |
FarmingTurning your Private Island into a farm is always a viable option when it comes to making Coins. The main drawbacks are that a cost-effective farm has to be very large (often bigger than 2 levels, each taking up the whole of your Private Island's area), and that harvesting the crops takes quite some time and requires some learning if you want to do it in the most efficient way. ⇒There are a few things that affect your Coins/Hour ratio from farming; Your Farming Skill Level, your harvesting technique and the farm's layout (and size), your equipment, and what you sow on your farm.
⇒ The next "method" will tell you how to improve your farming efficiency a lot, by taking advantage of Jacob's Farming Contests. |
Summary - Living off the land is a real possibility in Hypixel SkyBlock. If you don't mind spending some time on building, planting, sowing, and harvesting (which can get very boring for some people) this is one of the best Coin-making methods. |
Score: *The profitability depends on what crop you decide to sow on your farm, what gear you wear, what your Farming Level is, and so on. |
Jacob's Farming ContestsWe are cheating here a bit, as this will not make you Coins directly, but will rather make your character much, much better at farming which will greatly increase the profits you get from harvesting crops. These are events that take place every three Skyblock Days and last for 20 minutes. During the events, three random crops from the Farming Collection are selected; players who manage to increase their collection the most, each event, earn Jacob's Tickets and other unique rewards. The entry-level for these contests is rather low - all you need is a farm with the appropriate crop and Farming Skill of X. If you want to win, however, you will need to prepare. Firstly, let's take a look at the rewards. There are three tiers of them:
*Jacob's Tickets and Medals can be spent at the Farmhouse (NPC Anita) on various Farming-related Items or used to increase your Farming Skill Level Cap to 60. ⇒ The profit here comes from your farms - you get Medals and Tickets, and you invest them into Tools from Anita to make your character better at Farming, and repeat the process until you get everything you want. After that, you can focus on making Coins. To do it, you should invest all your Tickets into the Newton Nether Warts Hoe - doing it will allow you to max out your profits from farming the Nether Wart which is the most profitable crop you can farm. Your main goal is to obtain Gold Medals as often as possible to upgrade your Farming Items as quickly as possible (the better your farming items, the more money you will make out of farming). How to Start
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Summary - By participating (and eventually placing in the top 5%) in Jacob's Farming Contests you will eventually become the ultimate farming machine and make unbelievable amounts of Coins. |
Score: *Taking advantage of these contests will greatly improve your profits from farming. |
FlippingThere are two different Player Markets in Hypixel SkyBlock - the Bazaar and the Auction House. In most aspects, they work similarly but, unlike the Auction House, Bazaar allows Buyouts only (there is no bidding system there). Both of them can be used for profit, here is how: The Bazaar The Bazaar, an NPC who resides at the Bazaar Alley, close to the Auction House. He allows players to trade items with each other for fixed prices (meaning that the price set by buyer or seller is final, not that the Bazaar itself fixes prices of certain goods in place). It was added to the game to encourage trading between players and kickstart the economy, as there are buy limits imposed on goods offered by NPCs; Thanks to Bazaar, players can exceed the purchase limit by trading with others. This means that the sought-after items sell on the Bazaar very easily and for a price much higher than they can be bought from NPCs - this is where the "easy" profit lies: ⇒ The first way of making a daily profit on the Bazaar is very straightforward: You buy stacks of items, that are in high demand, from NPCs and sell them on the Bazaar at a profit. This is very easy but also rather limited as you can't go around the 10 stacks daily limit this way. Profit margins you can get vary greatly from item to item and tend to fluctuate over time. If you focus on the right items, you can turn your daily NPC purchase limit into around 90k Hypicel SkyBlock Coins in a couple of minutes. Here are some items with the best NPC-Bazaar price margins (remember to double-check them before you commit as margins like to change):
Note1: While flipping items you get from NPCs will never give you more than around 90k Coins per day, it is still worth doing each and every day as it's free money essentially. Also, it only takes a few minutes and does only require a minor investment. ⇒ The second way of making a profit on the Bazaar is more complicated, quite risky sometimes, and much more profitable if you know how to do it. Bazaar (more or less) follows the general laws of Supply and Demand and reflects a real stock market because of that. This results in three basic "rules":
Understanding these three points will help you make a profit on the Bazaar, by buying, and then reselling various items at a profit. The main conclusions you can take from them are the following:
Note2: To determine which Items are worth flipping, you will have to calculate their margin (profit per item); Margin is the difference between an item's minimum Sell Order market price and maximum Buy Order market price 9minus taxes). After this rather long introduction, let's get straight to the point. At its core Flipping follows a very basic principle - buy low and sell high. To do this, you simply place a Buy Order for an item - remember to undercut the competition or this will not work (usually you want to buy the item in a bulk), wait until your order is filled, and then place a Sell Order for that Item at an increased price - again, you will have to undercut the competition; the Item sells and you are left with the profit margin in your pocket. This sounds very simple and in some ways it is, but in some others - it is not. There are some rules you have to follow, and things you should keep in mind, if you want to flip successfully:
The Auction House Auction House building is located to the west of the Hub Portal, very close to the Village spawn point. To access auctions, players must interact with the Auction Master of one of the Auction Agent NPCs who reside in the building. Auction House allows players to sell and bid on items by using Hypixel SkyBlock Coins. Unlike the Bazaar, Auction House allows players to bid on Items and is focused on trading Weapons, Armor, Accessories, Consumables, and Tools (i.e. items that sell in smaller quantities but are often much more expensive than the stuff you trade via the Bazaar). ⇒ Flipping the Auction House is quite similar to flipping the Bazaar, but there are some differences:
To flip the Auction House, firstly you will have to spot which Items have the best margins. Usually, the best items to flip are the ones that are quite pricy and, at the same time, very popular or simply needed by every player (like simple Farmer Boots, of intermediate sets of Armor/good starting Weapons). After you spot such Items, you Bid on them (while remembering your margins to ensure that you don't actually lose Coins), and resell them via the BIN option*. *This works because players tend to be impatient and will rather buy an Item instantly, for a higher price, than wait for an auction to end and risk being outbid. Flipping on the Auction House is riskier than doing the same thing on the Bazaar, so here are some additional tips that will help you do it successfully:
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Summary - Take advantage of the player-driven in-game economy that revolves around the Bazaar and the Auction House. Invest your Coins on the Hypixel SkyBlock Market and it will come back to you with interest. The more you invest, the more you gain, but also the more you risk. |
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MinionsWith Minions, you can passively generate resources (and you don't even have to be online for them to work). They remain active for as long as they have space in their inventory, which means that the maintenance needed to keep them active is minimal (especially if you use Minion Upgrades, like Super Compactors). Each Minion is specialized in generating a single resource and requires a 5x5 area to operate (you can increase this area to 7x7 by using the Minion Expander, a Rare Minion Upgrade). The Minion's efficiency can be increased by giving it special gear (via the Minion UI panel) and upgrading it up to tier XI. To make the most out of Minion farms, you will have to increase your Minion Capacity - at the start, you will only have access to 5 Minion Slots. This number can be increased up to 25 by creating enough unique minions; 600 unique minions, in total, have to be made to unlock all slots. On top of that, upgrades available at the Community Shop will give you 5 more Minion Slots to work with. ⇒ There are dozens of Minion types and not all of them are worth your while, however, some of them can make you substantial amounts of Coins every day. Depending on your playstyle, your account type (Hardcore Profile owners will be happy to hear that some minion farms revolve around generating resources with high vendor prices), and the money you want to invest upfront, there are a few Minion types we would recommend:
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Summary - Create your own little industry that will generate Coins passively. Minions do not tire, which makes them one of the most consistent sources of money in Hypixel SkyBlock. |
Score: *The main factor that determined this score was the time needed to create, upgrade, equip, and "harvest" the minions; They are some of the most time-efficient moneymakers available. |
END NOTE Hypixel SkyBlock presents a lot of opportunities for money-making, we have described just a small portion of them. Thanks to the variety, every player will surely find a way of making a lot of Coins without getting too bored or exhausted. We hope that you have found this guide useful and informative. If we have missed a method that is worth mentioning, please let us know! Also, we will be happy to receive constructive criticism that will help us improve our future work so leave your suggestions in the comments section below. |