RoF’s reset back in May brought a lot of changes with it, minor nuances as well as game-changing overhauls. One of the biggest changes was the addition of sellshop and tokens; the removal of supercookies. This changed the game (and its economy) in so many different ways. No longer did players earn a passive income each round, they had to actually work for their money by collecting resources.
It was a much needed change, both implemented as an attempt to reward actively playing and to punish AFK’ing—necessary, because RoF has been known as an “AFK server” since its birth. The sellshop has been suggested many times, but it was never properly implemented because it would mean a complete overhaul of the economy; requiring rank, money and inventories to get reset.
The overhaul happened quite some time ago now and already the results are visible. The server is alive and players have adjusted to the change. Initially, there was some backlash; some players threatening to quit and players being upset over losing their stuff. The biggest problem was that players didn’t know how to make money anymore. In the past, all you had to do was AFK in a small house and just wait the round out.
With the new RoF, earning money has become a complex issue: Instead of having a single, obvious source of income, there are many different ways of playing to earn money. Since the overhaul happened quite some time ago, quite a few people have already figured out how to make money reliably and for the least amount of effort.
Most rich players on RoF seem to be getting their money from three different sources. I like to call them MOM.
MOM
Mobfighting. Obsidian. Mining. They’re obvious choices, but simply mining every round won’t get you cookies, just like running around slaying mobs on maps won’t get you a ton of cookies either. Be smart—and most importantly, use /nominate.
Most people seem to be just mining for cobblestone and selling that. This was never the intention of the sellshop: It was included as a way of selling trash, a byproduct of mining, a small extra reward. Instead of mining out huge areas and going for stone, you should always be on the lookout for ores. Maps with surface ores can net you a lot of cookies in a very short time: Rooted, Cavern and especially Hidden_Shrine (previously known as Ichidou_Hitoshirenu) are favorites for exactly this reason.
In fact, Hidden_Shrine became so popular soon after the implementation of the /nominate command that there was some internal discussion of nerfing the command or the map. It was being played too often and some players were earning money way too quickly than intended by constantly nominating this map. Its vast amount of stone results in a ton of surface ores, which can easily be retrieved with little to no effort. In short—mining can be very profitable, but only if you do it… smartly.
Of course, mining was the “obviously” profitable way of earning cookies. Since players get five iron for each iron ingot they sell, it quickly became clear that mining was one of the best things a player can do during the round to improve their financial situation. However, there are other, maybe slightly less obvious ways of earning money.
The most popular way of earning money right now is fighting mobs. It generally takes less time than mining, and things like EXP give a bonus reward. Especially the rarer drops like enderpearls and ghast tears allow you to quickly rake up a lot of money. Of course, as with mining, some maps are better than others. Most notably, the map Tartarus is often nominated for its abundance of nether mobs.
The map is without a single doubt the most profitable one on the server—some players manage to get hundreds of cookies in a single round. A few players I know tend to get at the very least 300 cookies in one round of Tartarus, with some getting 500 or 700 with Looting I and Looting III respectively.
This is reflected in the map rating: We implemented a map rating vote about a month ago, allowing you to Like, Dislike or vote Neutral on a map. We reviewed those ratings a few days ago and Tartarus is by far the most popular map on the server—only getting four dislikes and having 25% more likes than the second-most liked map, Arrogant. The popularity of Arrogant can probably also be attributed to its financial appeal: It has a huge offer of netherbrick, a valuable resource in the sellshop, as well as many items and blocks in various chests spread throughout the map.
There are other maps which are good for fighting mobs too, of course. The ideal map seems to be one filled with mobs but also ores: Rooted, for example, has a ton of surface ores, mobs and even some magma cream in chests. It even has a lot of obsidian! Cavern is another perfect map for that sweet, sweet mix of mobfighting and mining.
Which brings me to probably the most profitable way of earning cookies in RoF: Mining obsidian. It’s grindy, it’s monotonous, and it’s boring—but it sure as hell brings bread on the table. With an Efficiency V diamond pickaxe, you can easily make nearly 20 cookies a minute. If you do that for a full 30-minute round, that’s 600 cookies. But as profitable as it may be, it’s a boring way of making money; something to do when you’re really desperate for money.
Of course, there are many other ways of earning cookies—You are guaranteed 20 cookies each day just for voting.The lottery, albeit a gamble, can potentially give you a lot of money for a small risk.
Fishing can indirectly be very profitable: If you manage to get lucky and catch some mending books, you can trade them to other players for (items which can be sold for) a lot of money. Recently, someone bought two mending books from a player—for 7000 cookies.
In conclusion, you can earn money in a lot of different ways on RoF, but if you really want to earn cookies efficiently—try your MOM.
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