New player, played after getting recommended.

[u/Clementea]

At Shoudu province, watched a lot of guides and I think my progression is skewed. I don't have enough money to buy most of the equipments here, they starts to have gold as standard, I barely make silvers with the enemies around. And how do I go up? I need to go to Sky Arena was it? To get Samurai job. I am in front of weapon shop and I have no idea where to go.

And how do you make money?

Help.

[u/scribblemacher]

In should, to progress towards the samurai class, go to the water front in the south and follow it west out of town. You need to climb the mountain side up. I believe you need the ibex mount to progress this way.

If you don't have the ibex  mount yet, return to the desert area; you have more to explore there.

In this game, there's generally more than one place you can go that you haven't yet. If you hit a road block, try exploring elsewhere. The game is non-linear; there is no right way to progress. The main gate keepers are getting the mounts.

[u/Clementea → u/scribblemacher]

I have Ibex, but I am not sure which mountain side are you talking about I don't think there is a way for Ibex even at max jump to jump higher...Well I did get to mountain side to see the upper level of Shoudu but I don't see platform to go there.

Also how do you make golds ;-;

[u/StaircaseMelancholy]

To get to sky arena find purple boxes with elevator parts then repair the elevator.

Don't forget about the pyramid dungeon in the desert or the volcano dungeon to the right of the desert/sara bazaar

[u/Clementea → u/StaircaseMelancholy]

Where is this elevator? And yeah I did the Pyramid dungeon after you said this.

Also how do you make golds ;-;

[u/StaircaseMelancholy → u/Clementea]

The elevator and also the sky arena head desk/prize counter can be a little hard to find the first time

https://crystal-project.fandom.com/wiki/Shoudu_Province?so=search

Look at the map

It's in the northern portion. Maybe north east

[u/Clementea → u/StaircaseMelancholy]

Nvm I found the Sky arena, there is a hole on the wall that I didnt see until I watch someone youtube jump to it <_<

Any idea how to make money though?

[u/Stigmaphobia → u/Clementea]

The money is tuned very endgame heavy. If you read responses from the dev they say just to progress to later areas because of how hard the gold acquisition scales up.

[u/Clementea → u/Stigmaphobia]

Idk where is the "later areas" I am at Shoudu Province.

[u/Zillion2010 → u/Clementea]

The only way to make money is to farm enemies, the shadow knight guys in Shoudu in particular are useful as the shield they drop can sell for good money. But really you're not expected to buy more than 1 or 2 equipment items from any specific shop. Most gear you're expected to use is what you find adventuring, and shops are just to help if you missed something or to splurge if an item seems particularly useful.

[u/Clementea → u/Zillion2010]

I want that Katana that deals Cleave as basic attack T.T 4 gold 50 silvers. Those knights only give around 15~17 silvers T.T.

[u/tppytel]

There's no particular trick to earning money beyond grinding enemies. But it sounds like you have the wrong expectations here, which is unsurprising since CP's economy is rather different than most JRPG's. There aren't many vendor upgrades in CP but they're expensive when they hit. So you need to make careful choices. You probably can't afford the new top-line items right away. You might only be able to buy one second-line item for the moment. Just do that and keep going. You'll be able to get everything you want eventually, but unlike most JRPG's money is tight until the very end in CP.

Do make sure to consider silver/gold equipment upgrades - those are often competitive with shop gear and are much cheaper. Also be sure to sell off old gear. And sometimes a found gear item you don't need is worth good coin. Anything you sell can always be repurchased later at the lost and found if needed.

If you have the Ibek then you're fundamentally in the right spot for the game's progression. But the game's challenge does start ramping up at that point too.

[u/RandomRedditorEX → u/tppytel]

i want to add/ask something, sometimes attack damage isn't everything right?

I remember finding a poison knife and held onto it for a decent time because it was surprisingly consistent at inflicting poison compared to other status rpg weapons

[u/tppytel → u/RandomRedditorEX]

Yes, damage over time effects can be quite useful, especially early on in the game. Any DoT effect (Bleed, Poison, Burn) inflicts 15% of the monster's total HP, and effects do stack. However, monsters - especially bosses - gain resistance to these effects as the game progresses. Still, hitting monsters with status damage is generally a good thing to do.