IdleMMO Money Making Guide
155 gathering and crafting actions priced at today's player-market averages, with material costs subtracted. The ranking only counts an action if the market sells enough of the item each day to absorb at least 1 hour of your output. The rest are listed separately, because a big number on an item nobody buys is not money.
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In this guide
Best money maker at your level
The best sustainable earner you can do at each skill level (in any skill where you have that level).
| Your level | Do this | Skill | Gold/hr | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1+ | Cod (Lv 1) | Fishing | 3,086 | Clay · 3,024/hr |
| 10+ | Brick (Lv 10) | Construction | 4,915 | Trout · 3,857/hr |
| 25+ | Brick (Lv 10) | Construction | 4,915 | Trout · 3,857/hr |
| 50+ | Willow Bow (Lv 50) | Forge | 7,680 | Brick · 4,915/hr |
| 70+ | Willow Bow (Lv 50) | Forge | 7,680 | Brick · 4,915/hr |
Top sustainable earners
| # | Action | Skill | Level | Gold/hr | Sell price | Input cost | Sold/day | 7d price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willow Bow | 🔨 Forge | 50 | 7,680 | 388 | 260 | 214 | +438.9% |
| 2 | Brick | 🧱 Construction | 10 | 4,915 | 283 | 126 | 7,283 | +29.2% |
| 3 | Turtle | 🎣 Fishing | 50 | 4,275 | 38 | 35,160 | +11.8% | |
| 4 | Great White Shark | 🎣 Fishing | 90 | 4,240 | 53 | 183,855 | -1.9% | |
| 5 | Lantern Fish | 🎣 Fishing | 80 | 4,039 | 46 | 46,940 | +2.2% | |
| 6 | Lobster | 🎣 Fishing | 30 | 3,900 | 26 | 5,936 | +8.3% | |
| 7 | Trout | 🎣 Fishing | 8 | 3,857 | 15 | 3,465 | +36.4% | |
| 8 | Stingray | 🎣 Fishing | 60 | 3,510 | 39 | 54,354 | +8.3% | |
| 9 | Perch | 🎣 Fishing | 11 | 3,375 | 15 | 5,292 | +25.0% | |
| 10 | Timberfall Essence Crystal | ⚗️ Alchemy | 10 | 3,343 | 415 | 90 | 47 | -5.9% |
| 11 | Robust Beam | 🧱 Construction | 45 | 3,335 | 296 | 120 | 4,327 | +11.7% |
| 12 | Crab | 🎣 Fishing | 40 | 3,333 | 25 | 7,863 | -13.8% | |
| 13 | Weak Beam | 🧱 Construction | 15 | 3,280 | 207 | 84 | 2,071 | -9.2% |
| 14 | Sardines | 🎣 Fishing | 25 | 3,257 | 19 | 19,299 | +26.7% | |
| 15 | Iron Fitting | 🧱 Construction | 10 | 3,224 | 196 | 93 | 8,741 | +7.7% |
| 16 | Herring | 🎣 Fishing | 15 | 3,200 | 16 | 2,936 | +14.3% | |
| 17 | Cod | 🎣 Fishing | 1 | 3,086 | 6 | 8,616 | 0.0% | |
| 18 | Robust Plank | 🧱 Construction | 30 | 3,043 | 185 | 54 | 5,302 | +1.6% |
| 19 | Clay | 🧱 Construction | 1 | 3,024 | 42 | 4,989 | +2.4% | |
| 20 | Deepsea Essence Crystal | ⚗️ Alchemy | 13 | 2,973 | 499 | 210 | 73 | -14.8% |
| 21 | Cooked Great White Shark | 🍳 Cooking | 90 | 2,945 | 104 | 59 | 30,276 | +2.0% |
| 22 | Salmon | 🎣 Fishing | 3 | 2,880 | 8 | 5,611 | 0.0% | |
| 23 | Glass | 🧱 Construction | 15 | 2,773 | 245 | 141 | 2,877 | -1.2% |
| 24 | Sand | 🧱 Construction | 1 | 2,736 | 38 | 3,969 | +18.8% | |
| 25 | Mystic Bar | 🔥 Smelting | 90 | 2,487 | 68 | 30 | 17,245 | -1.4% |
| 26 | Cooked Lantern Fish | 🍳 Cooking | 80 | 2,400 | 80 | 52 | 16,117 | +1.3% |
| 27 | Iron Bar | 🔥 Smelting | 10 | 2,348 | 31 | 16 | 21,300 | +6.9% |
| 28 | Banyan Log | 🪓 Woodcutting | 25 | 2,090 | 18 | 26,625 | 0.0% | |
| 29 | Willow Log | 🪓 Woodcutting | 60 | 2,070 | 23 | 37,636 | -4.2% | |
| 30 | Cooked Stingray | 🍳 Cooking | 60 | 1,980 | 67 | 45 | 17,337 | 0.0% |
Willow Bow leads at 7,680 gold an hour. Its price moved +438.9% in the last 7 days, so check the 7d column before you buy a stack of inputs for it. Gathering rows need no inputs, which makes them the safer grind: nothing is lost if the price dips while you work.
Best earner in each skill
| Skill | Best action | Level | Gold/hr | XP/hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🔨 Forge | Willow Bow | 50 | 7,680 | 4,200 |
| 🧱 Construction | Brick | 10 | 4,915 | 1,565 |
| 🎣 Fishing | Turtle | 50 | 4,275 | 3,038 |
| ⚗️ Alchemy | Timberfall Essence Crystal | 10 | 3,343 | 2,376 |
| 🍳 Cooking | Cooked Great White Shark | 90 | 2,945 | 3,600 |
| 🔥 Smelting | Mystic Bar | 90 | 2,487 | 3,600 |
| 🪓 Woodcutting | Banyan Log | 25 | 2,090 | 2,439 |
| ⛏️ Mining | Coal Ore | 1 | 1,800 | 900 |
If you are training a skill anyway, the leveling guides show a second route per skill that earns gold on the way up.
Thin markets: big numbers, few buyers
These actions look profitable at the listed price, but the market buys less than 1 hour of your output per day (or has no sales on record). Sell a few, not a stack.
| Action | Skill | Paper gold/hr | Made/hr | Sold/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Greaves | Forge | 63,771 | 103 | 9 |
| Mystic Greaves | Forge | 38,829 | 51 | 2 |
| Copper Helmet | Forge | 19,131 | 103 | 3 |
| Mystic Helmet | Forge | 4,629 | 51 | 2 |
| Anglers Essence Crystal | Alchemy | 2,208 | 24 | 18 |
| Copper Gauntlets | Forge | 1,851 | 103 | 3 |
| Strong Beam | Construction | 150 | 15 | no data |
Crafts that lose gold right now
82 recipes cost more in materials than the product sells for, and 72 of them are Forge gear, where ten bars or logs plus five Coal Ore are worth more than the finished piece. Craft these for the XP, then wear or vendor the output.
| Recipe | Skill | Input cost | Sells for | Gold/hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mystic Dagger | Forge | 710 | 129 | -29,880 |
| Mystic Shield | Forge | 710 | 180 | -27,257 |
| Iron Sword | Forge | 340 | 45 | -26,550 |
| Iron Dagger | Forge | 340 | 45 | -26,550 |
| Mystic Boots | Forge | 710 | 195 | -26,486 |
| Iron Helmet | Forge | 340 | 48 | -26,280 |
| Iron Shield | Forge | 340 | 48 | -26,280 |
| Iron Chestplate | Forge | 340 | 49 | -26,190 |
| Iron Greaves | Forge | 340 | 64 | -24,840 |
| Mystic Chestplate | Forge | 710 | 233 | -24,531 |
How the numbers are made
Gold per hour is (sell price minus input cost) times actions per hour, where actions per hour is 3,600 divided by the action time. It is the same math as the skill calculators, with no boosts applied. Sell price is the market average; items with no market listing use the vendor price. Recipes with any input we have no price for are left out rather than shown with a fake profit. Sales volume is the average daily sold count across the cached market history (up to 30 days). For flipping between vendor and market, see the Bartering tool; for price swings, see Market Movers.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best way to make gold in IdleMMO?
At today's prices the best sustainable earner is Willow Bow (Forge, level 50) at about 7,680 gold per hour net of materials, with enough daily market sales to absorb your output. Prices move daily, so the ranking on this page updates with the market.
How do I make money in IdleMMO as a new player?
At level 1 the best option is Cod (Fishing) at about 3,086 gold per hour. Gathering needs no materials, so everything you make is profit.
Why isn't the highest gold per hour item ranked first?
On paper Copper Greaves makes about 63,771 gold per hour, but the market only buys about 9 a day, less than one hour of your output. You would flood the listing and the price would drop, so it sits in the thin-market table instead.
Do these numbers include membership or other boosts?
No. They assume no XP or efficiency boosts and sell at the current market average (or the vendor price for items with no market). Efficiency boosts shorten action time, which raises gold per hour on every row.