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Remember to run every level on elite.  This increases the payout of a level by roughly 50% compared to normal.  It also improves Rarity drop rates and will increase the amount of event materials you'll get when you're farming those.
 
Remember to run every level on elite.  This increases the payout of a level by roughly 50% compared to normal.  It also improves Rarity drop rates and will increase the amount of event materials you'll get when you're farming those.
  
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== The Sovereign Slime ==
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=== Equipment ===
  
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This is the first mission you'll unlock that'll be a prime place for grinding.  The Sovereign Slime is a Rank 5-2 Mission that'll offer plenty of Crowns, Jelly Gems, as well as Slime Coins which you can spend at the Casino.  To effectively run this mission you ought to get yourself a Nightblade, Tundrus, or a Dark Chaingun.  Once you have those, this mission will take roughly 14 minutes to run and will net you 3.2kcr, 3-4 Jelly Gems, and some Golden Slime Coins.  Once your equipment gets better you can reduce the run time down to 10-11 minutes or even shorter!
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To be the most efficient at running levels you're going to want to pick up a [[Chaos Cloak]] set and/or [[Black Kat]] set and weapons from the following lines:
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* [[Brandish]]
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* [[Magnus]]
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* [[Graviton Vortex]]
  
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Jelly Gems can be redeemed for various items at brinks.  The most profitable of which is the Rock Salts.  People buy rock salts for 500-1kcr each.  And these only cost 2 Jelly Gems, meaning you're getting 1.5 per run.  I recommend selling them on the Auction House.
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=== Strategy ===
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You generally want to bring Blaster for levels that have a lot of switches or use many traps, so that you can still output damagefrom a range. Enemies that have crowds may warrant Brandish/Magnus + Vortex combo.  Autogun should be brought to levels that have big tanky enemies that need to be taken out quickly.
  
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Theses Golden Slime Coins should not be taken lightly, they can be used at the Golden Slime Casino to win CROWNS and Slime Lockboxes.  Slime Lockboxes are gambling so I recommend that you stay away from that.  And instead sell them to a player for even more crowns.
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== The Sovereign Slime ==
  
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== Built to Destroy ==
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=== Overview ===
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This is the first mission you'll unlock that'll be a prime place for grinding.  The Sovereign Slime is a Rank 5-2 Mission that'll offer plenty of Crowns, Jelly Gems, as well as Slime Coins which you can spend at the Casino.
  
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This is the second great crown grinding mission you'll unlock.  Built to Destroy is a Rank 6-2 Mission that'll offer a good amount of Crowns and Bark Modules which can be redeemed at Brinks.  Ironclaw is more profitable than The Sovereign Slime by quite a bit.  As the redeems from brinks are highly sought after.  Especially the Schemer Scrap.  Schemer Scraps are worth roughly 20-26kcr each!  They cost 18 Bark Modules to redeem.  Once you first unlock the mission, your runtime will be around 15-20 minutes.  But as you get better gear you'll be able to cut it down to 12 minutes or faster.  
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=== Equipment ===
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To effectively run this mission you ought to get yourself weapons from Acheron Line, Winter Grave Line, or Grim Repeater Line a Vortex is optional but improves run time.  Once you have those, this mission will take roughly 14-15 minutes to run.  Once your equipment gets better and you improve your technique, you can reduce the run time down to 10-11 minutes or even shorter!  
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Recommended Loadout:
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* [[Acheron]] or [[Obsidian Edge]]
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* [[Grim Repeater]] or [[Graviton Vortex]]
  
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== The King of Ashes ==
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There's no need to bring anything for Lumbers or Silkwings, they'll die reasonably fast.
  
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The final signifcant grinding mission you'll unlock on your journey.  The King of Ashes is a rank 9-3 Mission and it's where many Vanguards grind their crowns.  Each round nets around 8-9kcr + Almirian Seals which can be redeemed at brinks.  The most important of these brinks redemptions is the Ancient Stuff as those can be vendored for a bonus 30kcr.  Making each Almirian Seal worth 1kcr. When you first unlock it your runtime will probably be around  40 minutes or longer. But as you get better, you can reduce the runtime to 24 minutes or faster!  The King of Ashes makes a lot of money and many see it is the #1 crown grinding spot.  However, there are other ways to make a lot more crowns if you decide to get into merchant
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=== Profits ===
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* [[Jelly Gem (Token)]] can be redeemed for Rock Salts x2 for each.  These easily sell for 500cr each on the auction house.  They sell better in packs.
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* 3-3.2kcr will be earned from full clearing the level.
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* Additional Slime Coins will be earned from killing slimes, which have a minimum worth of 100cr.  They can be redeemed at the [[Golden Slime Casino]] for much more however, averaging at a 190cr worth.
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* Elite Orbs of Alchemy for crafting
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* Warm and Glowing Fire Crystals
  
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== Becoming a Merchant ==
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== Built to Destroy ==
  
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So what is a Merchant?  Well to put simply, a merchant is a person who trades various goods to other players to make a profit.  How they obtain these items can vary tremendously, but they'll find one way or another to get their goods to the people.  Starting out a merchant can actually be very difficult as you don't know what anything is worth and other merchants may be trying to make a profit off of you!  Thankfully, you have this guide and other resources.  There is a good resource, https://sites.google.com/view/skmerchant/home, this attempts to price various items in the economy.  Some of these prices are outdated but you can do a price check in haven to see what something is worth.
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=== Overview ===
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This is the second significant grinding mission you'll unlock and it competes well with The Sovereign Slime.  It is the final mission of the Knight Elite rank!
  
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As a merchant, you'll be utilizing the Auction House to sell most of your goods.  With that in mind, remember to ALWAYS put items on two days.  There is no reason to put items any shorter.  With a two day listing, many people will see your item and consider buying it.
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=== Equipment ===
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To effectively run this mission you ought to get yourself weapons from the Combuster line, Phantamos line, and Iron Slug line.  Vortex and Autoguns are not necessary this time around.  After getting the run strategy down your runs shouldn't take longer than 12 minutes.
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Recommended Loadout:
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* [[Combuster]]
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* [[Phantamos]]
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* [[Iron Slug]]
  
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== Finding Merchandise ==
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You can substitute Iron Slug in place of Phantamos if you do not have a 3rd weapon slot.
  
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So now you are starting to build a decent database of prices, but what do you sell?  Basil Exclusive Recipes are a good place to start. These are recipes that can only be found at Basil and nowhere else, and they include:
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=== Profits ===
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* [[Bark Module]] can be redeemed for Schemer Scraps, these sell for 18-25kcr each on the Auction House.
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* 3-3.2kcr will be earned from full clearing the level.
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* Elite Orbs of Alchemy
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* Warm and Glowing Fire Crystals.
  
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Elemental, Piercing, and Shadow Blaster Lines.
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Flaming, Freezing, Heavy, and Kilowatt Pulsar Lines.
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People are constantly buying these recipes, the best ones are the 3* exclusives as there is a much bigger market for those recipes than the 4* and 5*.  However, there are some good 5* exclusives as well.  The average 3* exclusive nets a 3kcr profit, the average 4* exclusive nets a 2kcr profit, and the average 5* exclusive nets a 7kcr profit.  Once you get the ball rolling with Basil, you may even be producing more Crowns than Firestorm Citadel(The King of Ashes)!
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Additionally, some materials are great sales.  Such as Warp Dust, Zee Cores, Rock Salts(as mentioned earlier), Primal Ores, Monster Bones, and potentially some more.  Those are the materials with the biggest demand.
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However, these are just starting points and should not be used for consistent reliable income.  At some point you have to move to a bigger frontier.  Promotional Items.  You notice how almost every month there's a new Prize Box for sale?  Well the contents of these boxes are very popular among the players.  And they inflate, a lot, over time.  Once you have built up a good amount of bank.  You can invest into these items via trading with other players or on the auction house.  Be sure to price check them before you begin buying, as often players will overprice items at the beginning of a promotion.  Over time the items value will appreciate and you'll be able to sell it for much more later on in your Spiral Knights career.  Sometimes you can sell items for more almost immediately as the market for these items can vary drastically.
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== Unique Variants ==
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Another thing that is very popular in the market are Unique Variants, players may pay huge amounts of money to buy these things!  Due to that, there are some strategies to becoming an effective producer of Unique Variants.  You may be able to create a stable source of income!
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You see everytime you craft an item, there is a 10% chance that your item obtains an unique variant.  With that in mind, you can craft equipments solely for UVs and sell your loot.  Players will buy the uvless or "clean" equipment too, the best place to sell these items are on the auction house.
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Make sure not to oversaturate the market or your items wont be selling for very much.  Remember to only craft a and sell a few at a time.
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The best equipments to UV craft are as follows:
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Autogun
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Flourish
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Wolver Coat and Cap
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=== Overview ===
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The final significant grinding mission you'll unlock on your journey.  The King of Ashes is a rank 9-3 Mission and it's where many Vanguards grind their crowns.  You'll find yourself grinding this mission a lot as it's one of the prime areas for farming Radiant Fire Crystals, lots of other knights play this level as well so you'll always have someone to run with.
  
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Magic Cloak and Hood
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=== Equipment ===
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For this mission it's recommended that you bring weapons from the Combuster or Voltedge Lines + weapons from the Blitz Needle or Plague Needle Lines.  If you have additional weapon slots bring Vortex and Arcana.
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Recommended Loadout:
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* [[Combuster]] or [[Voltedge]]
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* [[Blitz Needle]]
  
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== Final Words ==
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Firestorm Citadel has many optimizations to make sure you make the most amount of crowns in the least time possible, make sure to talk with knights in-game to figure out how to optimally run!
  
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With all that in mind you should now know how to produce a good amount of crowns in Spiral Knights.  This guide has given you the best places to farm crowns and a good starting point for entering the world of trade.  Now you should have no problems making crowns, remember to enjoy the game!
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=== Profits ===
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* [[Almirian Seal]] 30x of these can be redeemed for Ancient Plate which vendors for 30kcr, this makes each Seal worth 1kcr!
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* 8-9kcr from full clearing the level
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* Eternal Orbs of Alchemy
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* Shining and Radiant Fire Crystals

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 How to Make Crowns

Introduction

So, you want to do a lot of things in Spiral Knights eh? But what's this?! Everything you want do make and get costs crowns and energy! It's so expensive :/ . Fear not! This guide will teach you how to make all the Crowns and Energy in Spiral Knights. Going over the basics of trading and using the Auction House to your advantage. It will teach you the basics of being a merchant and how to efficiently grind levels, as well as the best places to grind.

General Grinding Tips

Remember to run every level on elite. This increases the payout of a level by roughly 50% compared to normal. It also improves Rarity drop rates and will increase the amount of event materials you'll get when you're farming those.

Equipment

To be the most efficient at running levels you're going to want to pick up a Chaos Cloak set and/or Black Kat set and weapons from the following lines:

Strategy

You generally want to bring Blaster for levels that have a lot of switches or use many traps, so that you can still output damagefrom a range. Enemies that have crowds may warrant Brandish/Magnus + Vortex combo. Autogun should be brought to levels that have big tanky enemies that need to be taken out quickly.

The Sovereign Slime

Overview

This is the first mission you'll unlock that'll be a prime place for grinding. The Sovereign Slime is a Rank 5-2 Mission that'll offer plenty of Crowns, Jelly Gems, as well as Slime Coins which you can spend at the Casino.

Equipment

To effectively run this mission you ought to get yourself weapons from Acheron Line, Winter Grave Line, or Grim Repeater Line a Vortex is optional but improves run time. Once you have those, this mission will take roughly 14-15 minutes to run. Once your equipment gets better and you improve your technique, you can reduce the run time down to 10-11 minutes or even shorter! Recommended Loadout:

There's no need to bring anything for Lumbers or Silkwings, they'll die reasonably fast.

Profits

  • Jelly Gem (Token) can be redeemed for Rock Salts x2 for each. These easily sell for 500cr each on the auction house. They sell better in packs.
  • 3-3.2kcr will be earned from full clearing the level.
  • Additional Slime Coins will be earned from killing slimes, which have a minimum worth of 100cr. They can be redeemed at the Golden Slime Casino for much more however, averaging at a 190cr worth.
  • Elite Orbs of Alchemy for crafting
  • Warm and Glowing Fire Crystals

Built to Destroy

Overview

This is the second significant grinding mission you'll unlock and it competes well with The Sovereign Slime. It is the final mission of the Knight Elite rank!

Equipment

To effectively run this mission you ought to get yourself weapons from the Combuster line, Phantamos line, and Iron Slug line. Vortex and Autoguns are not necessary this time around. After getting the run strategy down your runs shouldn't take longer than 12 minutes. Recommended Loadout:

You can substitute Iron Slug in place of Phantamos if you do not have a 3rd weapon slot.

Profits

  • Bark Module can be redeemed for Schemer Scraps, these sell for 18-25kcr each on the Auction House.
  • 3-3.2kcr will be earned from full clearing the level.
  • Elite Orbs of Alchemy
  • Warm and Glowing Fire Crystals.

The King of Ashes

Overview

The final significant grinding mission you'll unlock on your journey. The King of Ashes is a rank 9-3 Mission and it's where many Vanguards grind their crowns. You'll find yourself grinding this mission a lot as it's one of the prime areas for farming Radiant Fire Crystals, lots of other knights play this level as well so you'll always have someone to run with.

Equipment

For this mission it's recommended that you bring weapons from the Combuster or Voltedge Lines + weapons from the Blitz Needle or Plague Needle Lines. If you have additional weapon slots bring Vortex and Arcana. Recommended Loadout:

Firestorm Citadel has many optimizations to make sure you make the most amount of crowns in the least time possible, make sure to talk with knights in-game to figure out how to optimally run!

Profits

  • Almirian Seal 30x of these can be redeemed for Ancient Plate which vendors for 30kcr, this makes each Seal worth 1kcr!
  • 8-9kcr from full clearing the level
  • Eternal Orbs of Alchemy
  • Shining and Radiant Fire Crystals
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