Hello guys, for the science I did 153 raids since i'm at 6 karma, it's really quick about 5 mins timer and I will do a 1 minute raid on factory, running to pmc's or extracting.

I got 2.6 rep from this 153 raids but what is interesting is how much keycards i got.I got 33 keycards wich mean that keycards have 21.5% chance to spawn in your pockets as a player scav with 6+ rep.And I got in average 211645 roubles of value at the vendors from the "global stach value" that you can see as a scav on general.That mean that if you just run to extract you will get 211 600 roubles + 1 keycard 1 time out of 5.And i didnt count in my average thermals and rare keys that i got, only the npc's values.

UPDATE : Tagila wont follow you anymore on command, but you will still lose 6.5 karma if you kill him i guess so don't try guys, i won't.
Meh it was fun to have a boss following our orders :(

Seriously when I open a safe and get 3 bullets worth or roubles it feels like a waste of time. Just opened a safe that had 5 slots totalling 4k roubles

I'd like to share a strategy for new players, or maybe players that don't want/enjoy running and gunning into high traffic zones. I've recently been doing this, and have found it effective, fun for me (varies by player type), and worthwhile. This isn't ratting around crab walking, or hiding in bushes. It's a slow and methodical play type:

1. Gear up for a long raid, get a list of quests you can complete on the map, bring accessory keys of places you expect to be/go.
2. Spawn in and just go slow. You don't need to sprint everywhere. Recently, when I've just been walking normally but not sprinting, I usually catch noises before the other player/scav and this gives me a huge tactical advantage.
3. Make your way to the nearest good loot location, and there's a 50/50 chance it'll either be empty looted, empty UNLOOTED, or you'll roll up quiet enough to get a drop on anyone who instantly sprinted to get there.
4. Spend 10-15 mins in your spawn area if there's enough loot/reason to keep you around. This allows all the mega chads and other players to either die, extract, or be in more predictable areas of the map looting.
5. Casually walk (sprint in open/no cover areas) towards where your quests or ideal loot areas will be. Kill some scavs, roll up on unsuspecting PMCs, or I find unlooted PMC bodies quite often. Even unlooted scav bodies with backpacks will contain decent, sometimes amazing, loot.
6. Staying in raid until the final 10 mins often gives you time to visit lots of places on the map and get loot that just didn't get touched.

It's not super high action most of the time, but it can be a great way to learn and feel comfortable with the game.

Ex: last night I did a Customs run using this exact strategy: Spawned at the storage yard, looted storage yard for 5 mins, went to Big Red, nobody was there, found a GPU, Diary, and Lion. Popped some scavs around the area through the upstairs window. Went across to construction, looted scav bodies for streamer loot, found a PMC body with a Tech Manual. Extracted with 10 mins left safely & with ~1.5M of loot.

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I enjoy hunting and buying … and buy more than I want to hold. I sell to keep up my buying addiction, and for the fun of exposing folks to uncommon world gold coins. All coins include Airtite capsules (except where noted). Spot is US$1,829 at time of posting. Sorry about saying gold 3 times in the title -- it's always gold!

See videos for many coins below. As a frequent buyer of gold coins I'm often surprised as the reality vs. the pics (often pleasantly). The videos are here for you to know what you're getting.

(PM's only please - I will redirect you from chat). I'm happy to do my best to answer any nerdy questions about old world gold. If I don't know it, you may inspire me to research it and get back to ya!

LMU STANDARD COINS

The Latin Monetary Union (“LMU") was a monetary union in Europe established in 1865 based on coinage standards originating with Napoleon I. Officially, it included France, Belgium, Greece, Italy, Spain, Venezuela, and others. Many other countries (Russia, Finland, Poland, Serbia, etc) matched the standard and minted coins in the same denomination. It was the first 'euro' -- you can find posters identifying the coins that were official members. The LMU fell apart with the onset of WWI, but you can find several coins with the same size in the interwar period (Poland, Yugoslavia, etc) and beyond. I posted a full list of LMU gold coins here.

Finland: 20 markkaa (Nicholas II), 1913, 0.1867oz gold, UNC, **$SOLD** [KM#9] [Pic] [Video]

• Excellent example, UNC (MS) high point details. Was considering to send it off for grading (~MS62). As anyone who grades coins knows about the subjectivity, an UNC details grade is always possible.
• Minted under the protectorate of the Russian Empire. Last year of issue (mintage 214k). Markkaa was the Finnish currency until adopting the euro.
• Obverse features the iconic Russian double eagle, with Roman origins. Reverse refers to the gold content of the coin (5.806 grams).

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lZhMxbLGJM

Some of these flea market entries are crazy, am I missing something?!

I've already farmed enough roubles and bought two THICC Item Cases through roubles than I have had luck in finding an FIR Ophthalmoscope. Tried every map - woods, reserve, interchange - nearly impossible to find one of these things cause loot has been nerfed on every map but Lighthouse.

I leveled up Fence to 6.22 and just bought close to 1,500 bullets of 7.62 bp from him for around 250 roubles a bullet. Can´t complain too much!

Happened during this wipe. I just hit 50mil roubles but feel like a damn hoarder.

A few weeks into the wipe and a few flash drives later, I wanted to say something about money. Last wipe, I made a post about finishing SBIH and someone commented on my roubles, sasying

>I'm just curious, how do you people make this much money?
>
>I can pull in 200-300k profit per raid consistently if I try, but I don't know how to make tens of millions

Now, if you're already yelling the answer into your computer screen, feel free to disregard the following since money probably isn't an issue for you but if here's my take if you're interested.

Last wipe, I had accrued roughly 45mil by the time wipe hit. I never found a red keycard. I never found any keycards. I never played labs once. My k/d was below average and I turn into a dumpster fire during SHTF situations. I've said it before and I'll say it again - making & keeping money in EFT is simple. It's not always easy, but it's not complicated. Here it is:

"the rate of Money coming in" must be more than "the rate at which money is being lost".

1. Maximize the rate of money coming in.
2. Minimize the rate at which money is being lost

Focus on the word "rate". That's the linchpin to this whole shindig. Most money isn't made by dying 100 raids in a row and scoring it big on 1 raid - it's made by small gains raid, after raid, after raid. In my own experience, I find #2 a lot easier than #1. I'm not a hatchet runner, but I'm frequently running VPO's (the bolt and the AK) with rat rigs, a headset, mask and backpack. I rarely risk no more than 100k on loadouts. If i'm questing, I loot as I go but if I'm making money or scav running, I'm filling my backpack to the brim to help with #1.

Ok ok. What the hell do roubles have to do with six pack abs?

If you don't hit the genetic lottery, anyone with a set of abs will tell you they're made in the kitchen and over time. No one eats one salad and follows it up with 500 crunches to get abs. How miraculous it would be if you could take a pill before bed and wake up shredded. Deep down, we all know what it takes but for some reason, there's a group out there constantly looking for that overnight fix to counteract long-term bad habits. Being shredded boils down to a few things, including

1. maximizing muscle mass
2. minimizing fat storage

Like roubles, #1 is hard. No one wants to hit the gym or run 5 miles 4-5 times a week but eating less and eating cleaner to help #2 isn't fun either.

Here's the hack:

• If you suck at #2, spending tim

Lvl 35 solo, 36m roubles, second wipe (took a break early this wipe). I have a hard time getting over gear fear, but just sold my thicc case and now have an exorbitant amount of money. I mostly scav and quest, and have amassed a huge arsenal. I’m going to force myself to be a “Chad” until wipe. I’m just curious if there’s an amount of roubles that any of you reach where you decide “money is no object, it’s meta gear time” and if so, what that amount was?

The vector with RIP ammo is a lot of fun. Anyone else have any new discoveries?

Title.

Skier should be the Euros counterpart like Peacekeeper is for Dollars. :)

Every time I go to Customs, I put roubles in my docs case for car extract. I don’t always end up using the roubles but when it comes to the next time I play, the roubles are gone. I believe this happens when you take the docs case out of your container and put it into your stash, play another map, then when you go to put your customs docs case back into your container, the roubles are gone. This has happened multiple times to me and a few friends.

proof

$5 fv dimes - $old

$5 fv halves - $old

Peace - $old

10 bolivares - $30

Commemorative medal approximately 0.95 ASW $25 or $20 (below spot) with purchase >$500

Russian wire coins (approximately 1400-1700) - $old

2011 maple milky - $28

2013 philharmonic milky -$28

2015 libertad $39

Buffalo generics $27 each

2 reichsmark $old

10 oz engelhard $340 tier 3, <10k mintage

5 oz bars $135 each

3 oz Monarch bar $old

1/10 Baird & Co Platinum bar $160

1 gram engelhard gold bar $110

5 gold rubles 1900 - $300

1/10 gold tiger 2022 Australia $215

1/10 maple 2009 $215

Gold pin 14k 3.88g - $140

Gold earrings 14k 0.77 g yellow, white and red gold $30

Zelle (preferred), venmo, cashapp minimum purchase $100 please.

Shipping - $5 first class, $8 priority

I’m at 15mill my hideout hot maxed a month into wipe and i quit for a while and have just come back to enjoying the game.

Hey fellow self-torturers,

I hate this game as much as you, which means I also play most evenings when I can. This is my 2nd wipe, I don't think I'm completely tragic at the game, but I'm aware I'm not a fantastic giga chad. I'm level 26 currently, I have all traders at their highest currently possible rank and my hideout is also maxed at the current limits until higher levels. I survive probably 40-50% of my raids, but I am ALWAYS strapped for cash. I can start the night with around 3-4mil, play for 5-6 hours with the boys and then end up having to use F-tier gear for the remainder until my cash creeps up again. Rinse and repeat.

I don't need 100's of millions, but it would be really nice to be able to play with better guns than stock-less AK's I've picked up off Kristofz Sigarettz for the 9th time that night. How do you guys keep your cash flow steady? Are there any hideout tricks I'm missing, or any good map routes that could ensure a higher yield and survival rate?

Good luck, don't have fun!

without hotel costs.

i wanted to travel alone with the budget with museum vistings and all. museums like Tretyakov Art Gallery and Tsaritsyno Palace. maybe a second person comes with me, would it be okay for 2 persons?

My reserve keys still have more than 20 uses

I only had 1 set for Dorm marked room, and rn it has 1 more use, never bought any. Always found them.

I have a full time job and a son, and ending this wipe (technically my 1st) with 30 million R, and when I look back I still used mid budget crap. I should I’ve used higher tier crap.

Are you scaving on reserve, are you killing raiders?

Each wipe I just focus on tasks but want to try and learn a new early wipe start

Cheeki breeki gamers. Im trying to make the right decision. Im trading a lot with peacekeeper this wipe and im curious which option makes more economical sense. Should I just sell him guns or should I sell them to prapor and then buy USD? Thanks!

Too much... -_-

I know customs extremely well, easily my most played map. Know interchange a bit and factory. but reserve,shoreline and labs I have never touched.

Down bad rn, only got 6k roubles and some guns.

As the title says, I did transfered the money into my stash just to receive error 228. I got back into the title menu and now all the money is gone again - hope there will be a fix soon..

Edit: I managed to collect my money by stashing it into slots which arent bugged. All items that are placed at four slots (where i transfered my ammo case while the bug appeared) will lead to error 228.

Edit 2: after playing one raid and getting the error again, the "error" slots were filled with remaining gear - seems to work just fine now

Tell the truth!

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I enjoy hunting and buying … and definitely buy more than I can hold. Spot is US$1,783 at time of posting. See videos for many coins below. As a frequent buyer of gold coins I'm often surprised as the reality vs. the pics (often pleasantly). The videos are here for you to know what you're getting.

(PM's only please - I will redirect you from chat). I'm happy to do my best to answer any nerdy questions about old world gold. If I don't know it, you may inspire me to research it and get back to ya! All coins include Airtite capsules (except where noted).

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Mexico: 50 pesos, 1947, 1.2057oz gold, AU **$EXP** [KM#481] [Video] - 2 available

• 50 pesos dated 1947 are presumed to be restrikes.
• Before the U.S. began to mint gold coins, again, Mexico used the Centenario series to compete with the Krugerrand to meet demand for gold in the U.S..

Russian Empire: 5 roubles (Nicolas II), 1898, 1899, 0.1245oz gold, AU **$EXP** [Y#62] [Video: 1898 x2, 1899 x2] 4 2 available (1898 x1, 1899 x1) - (pending buys fell through)

• The last Czar – survived the melting of Czarist gold by the Soviets. We don't know how many were melted, but mintage is high relative to availability & graded population.

United States: $20 Double eagle Liberty, 1873 - S, 0.9675oz gold, XF **$SOLD** [KM# 74.2] [Video] (no capsule)

• San Francisco mint, better date, earlier year.
• Typical circulation wear (VF+/XF) notable imperfections/rim dings. See video

United States: $20 Double eagle Liberty, 1904, 0.9675oz gold, AU **$SOLD** [KM# 74.2] [Video] (no capsule)

• Excellent luster and high-point detail. Has a surface scrape on obverse and light rim nicks. See video.

United States: ~~$10 eagle Liberty, 1894, 0.48375oz gold,

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This is a big one, I've been busy/out of town. I enjoy hunting and buying … and buy more than I want to hold. I sell to keep up my buying addiction, and for the fun of exposing folks to uncommon world gold coins. All coins include Airtite capsules (except where noted). Spot is US$1,865 at time of posting.

See videos for many coins below. As a frequent buyer of gold coins I'm often surprised as the reality vs. the pics (often pleasantly). The videos are here for you to know what you're getting.

(PM's only please - I will redirect you from chat). I'm happy to do my best to answer any nerdy questions about old world gold. If I don't know it, you may inspire me to research it and get back to ya!

LMU STANDARD COINS

The Latin Monetary Union (“LMU") was a monetary union in Europe established in 1865 based on coinage standards originating with Napoleon I. Officially, it included France, Belgium, Greece, Italy, Spain, Venezuela, and others. Many other countries (Russia, Finland, Poland, Serbia, etc) matched the standard and minted coins in the same denomination. The U.S. considered joining, minting a pattern coin ($5/25 francs). It was the first 'euro' -- you can find posters identifying the coins that were official members. The LMU fell apart with the onset of WWI, but you can find several coins with the same size in the interwar period (Poland, Yugoslavia, etc) and beyond.

France: 20 francs Louis Napoleon (Napoleon III), 1852, 0.1867oz gold, XF+/AU, **$SOLD* [KM#744] [Pic] [Video]

• Single-year issue.
• Louis Napoleon was elected President of the French 2nd Republic after Louis Phillipe I abdicated in 1848. When his term concluded, Louis Napoleon seized power and styled himself Napoleon III. This should have been a shock to no one, as he had attempted two coups in 1836 and 1840. Nephew of Napoleon I, his title of Napoleon III was in respect for Napoleon I’s son, who was Napoleon II for a few weeks in 1815 but not recognized as Emperor.

France: 20 francs Rooster

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https://imgur.com/a/8LH3HzG

Peace - $30 each

10 bolivares - $30

Commemorative medal approximately 0.95 ASW $25 or $20 (below spot) with purchase >$500

2011 maple milky - $28

2013 philharmonic milky -$28

2015 libertad $39

Buffalo generics $27 each

2 reichsmark $old

10 oz engelhard $340 tier 3, <10k mintage

5 oz bars $135 each

3 oz Monarch bar $old

1/10 Baird & Co Platinum bar $160

1 gram engelhard gold bar $110

5 gold rubles 1900 - $300

1/10 gold tiger 2022 Australia $215

1/10 maple 2009 $215

Gold pin 14k 3.88g - $140

Gold earrings 14k 0.77 g yellow, white and red gold $30

Zelle (preferred), venmo, cashapp minimum purchase $100 please.

Shipping - $5 first class, $8 priority