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As you make a new life inLuma Islandafter washing ashore at the titular location, you’ll be welcomed into the nearby town by its friendly locals. The Town Hall does suggest getting a Profession Permit so you have something to do besides wander all day and get to make money at the same time.
Gold is a necessary resource if you want to afford different drawings, extra materials, and quest-specific items, and you aren’t going to get much selling small junk items and loot. Your best bet is to do as Herbert says, get yourself a permit, and start finding your passion.
What Are Professions?
Professions are yourprimary source of obtaining Gold, as well as how you’ll getmany non-building crafting recipes. They each give you aspecial quest linethat introduces you to how it works,unlocks its relevant craftersfor you to build, andunlocks recipes for you to makeand sell.
There areseven Professions to choose from, and any type ofitem you produceas part of your professionsells for a lot more than the majority of materials, outside certain treasures that are supposed to be sold.
You can havemultiple Profession Permits at one time, and get access to all the job quests and crafters on one character.
Thequest after you complete the tutorialwill have you meeting Herbert at the Town Hall toget your first Professionfor free. Thesecond professionchange can bebought for 500 Gold, and anysubsequent changes cost 10,00 Goldeach.
Cook Profession
The Cook Profession is one of theeasiest professionsto pick up, and it’s what you’ll want to pick if you want tofocus on farmingandgrowing different fruits and vegetables, as it’s required for it.
Yourmain crafters will be the Flour Mill and Stove, and theintroductory questswill have yougrowing the first available seeds– Wheat and Grapes – and using them tocreate meals for you to sellat any available shops.
Matching with its difficulty and the ease at which you can get many of your crafting materials, many of the first recipesyou can makedon’t sell for muchcompared to the other professions, asBread only goes for 663 Gold, the lowest of all the first products you can sell from any profession.
The upside to it is that, since you canproduce a lot of food recipesat one time, especially if youpick one or two specific ones, you canstill end up with a lot of gold, and if you alsoget the Brewer Profession, make drinks to sell with many of the same ingredients.
Brewer Profession
The Brewer Profession issimilar to Cook, but this time you’llfocus on making different drinks. You’ll stillneed to do farmingfor different vegetables and fruits like Grapes, but you’ll use its crafter,the Farm Cask, to make them.
It’ll alsorequire you to forage and harvestfor a lot of different materials, likeSandandFarm Mushrooms, as bothFarm Color and Bottles are key ingredientsin several drinks, so this is the profession you’ll want to go for if you likefarming or exploring.
Drinks take a long time to brew, so you’llwant to pair Brewer with another Profession of any kind,so you have other things to craft while your drinks are brewed.
Brewer drinkssell for around the same priceas many of theother starting recipes at701 Gold, and the ingredients aren’t difficult to get, but you’ll need some large farms of vegetableslike Wheat tohave a steady supply of drinks, as even thefirst recipe takes ten Wheat.
If you’re doing this Profession, agood idea is to pair it with being a Cook, as many of yourrecipes share ingredientsand if youwant a break from making drinks, but still want to farm, you’re able to quicklyturn to making food.
Treasure Hunter Profession
As a Treasure Hunter, you’llget the Treasure Hunter’s Sink and Treasure Hunter’s Workbench, and you’ll beusing the Fishing Rodto obtain a lot of materials, as well asmaking use of pirate-based materialsyou get fromsearching through the debris pilesthat spawn around the island.
Instead of using bait for the Fishing Rod, you’ll usedifferent types of magnetsto fish uptreasures from bubbling spotsin the water andgather pirate-based materialsto make replica Pirate Gear to sell like eyepatches.
Unique to the Treasure Hunteris the fact that you’llget a Dog as a helperupon meeting Captain Quincy, and it can help yousniff out buried treasure chestsfor additional loot and the chance to get relicssoon after you startthe game.
While the dog does sniff out treasure chests, you’ll want to get a Luma instead as soon as possible, as their Luma Energy is important for many recipes.
This Profession is lucrative, but it doesrequire you to find a lot of materials, including from thedebris piles and chests that spawn randomly, so it can takesome time before you can produce a lot of itemsto sell, and you’ll stillneed to do a lot of miningto make Copper Magnets.
Blacksmith Profession
With the Blacksmith Profession, yourmain focusand way toget your job materials will be from mining, especially in theAbandoned Farm Caves, and your main crafters will be theBlacksmith’s Forge and Rubble Refinery.
You’ll spend a lot of your timegathering different types of ore and stone, like Copper Ore or Bronze Rubble, andturning them into componentsusing the Blacksmith’s Workbench which you caneither sell on their own, such as Cogs, oruse to make more lucrative items.
If youlike miningand exploring the Abandoned Farm Caves, this is theperfect Professionfor you. It’ll make you adecent amount of Goldlike other Professions, while alsonot requiring you to go out of your wayfor special materials too often.
You’llneed things like Copperfor all sorts of recipes or tool upgrades, and it alsopairs well with the Jewelrycrafter Professionsince it needs Bronze Rubble like many Blacksmith recipes.
Fisherman Profession
As a Fisherman, themain aspect of your jobis fishing fordifferent fish and sea creatures, andcooking them into dishesspecific to theFisherman’s Gallery.
You’llneed the Bug Netto catchbait like Caterpillars, thenuse your Fishing Rodto catch fish from specific locations, and it’ll be important tocollect other ingredientsfrom around thebeaches and lakes, such asSeaweed and Mussels.
Unlike the other Professions, youonly need the Fisherman’s Galleryto make its recipes, compared tomost other professions needing two different craftersfor their recipes, and its recipes also havesome of the highest selling prices, even the earliest ones.
ThisProfession also gives you some exploringto do, as thefish you’ll needwill come fromdifferent, specific locationson your farm, in town, and in other locations.
It alsogoes well with the Treasure Hunter Profession, since both need the use of the Fishing Rod, you canswap between the two baits easily, and get materials from similar spots.
Jewelrycrafter Profession
Like the Blacksmith Profession, you’ll bedoing a lot of mining as a Jewelrycrafter, but your focus is mainly going to be onores like Bronze Rubble, and theglowing gem clustersfound throughout theAbandoned Farm Caves.
You’llget the Rubble Refinerylike the Blacksmith, and yourother crafterwill be theJewelrycrafter’s Workbench, and it’s where you’llcraft different pieces of jewelry, like Mountain Crystal Earrings.
Even more so than the other Professions, you’llwant to have your Copper Whip upgraded. Deadlyenemies like Spiders, and later Ghosts, dospawn randomlyin the Abandoned Farm Caves, butbreaking any gem clustercauses a loud noise thatattracts enemies into spawning near the location of the gem.
While dangerous,Spiders drop sellable junk items such as the rare Webbed Gems, which has a selling price of 750 Gold.
You’ll find yourselfrunning into more Spiders than normalwhile getting the gems you need, and if youdon’t take them out, yourtime might get cut shortby death, or you’llhave to leave an areafull of important resources toavoid them.
Archaeologist Profession
Archaeologist issimilar to the Treasure Hunter Profession, but instead of focusing on pirates, itfocuses on the ancient civilizationsthat used to inhabit Luma Island.
Picking this Professiongives you accessto not only theRubble Refiner and Archaeologist’s Workbenchbut alsospecial areas that are normally inaccessible, such as thedoor in the first room of the Ancient Farm Temple. Inside these locations, you’llget special relics, and it’ll be your job torepair them.
You’ll also beusing materials like Bronze Barsas part of the process, and because of this, itworks well with the Professionsthat requirea lot of miningand also gives you a way tohave consistent Gold coming in, since you’llneed plenty of oresand therelics are few and far between.
Like Jewelrycrafter, you’ll want tokeep your Copper Whip upgradedtoo. Some of yourrelics will need gems, andstriking any gem clusterin the Abandoned Farm Caves has ahigh chance of spawning an enemynear your location.
What Is The Best Starting Profession?
If youwant lots of Goldearly in the game, you’llwant to go Fishermanfirst. Itsfirst recipe, Penny Herring Soup, boasts thehighest selling priceout ofall thestarting recipesat a pretty massive1,275 Gold.
Its sellingprices increase drasticallywith each new recipe you unlock, and forminimal effort overall, while alsonot requiring Luma Energyfor many of them untilyou’re a few recipes in, meaning you’re able to stillstart making good Goldwithout needing it right away.
The Fisherman Profession is good to start with if you want toacquire the other Profession permits earlyin the game.
Despite the higher difficulty,most of the materials are easier to get in large quantitiesthan some of the other Professions, as the majority of themspawn frequently throughout the day and night.
Bait is plentifulas well, as the different types spawn constantly in their locations, and it’seasy to end up with tons of fish, especially once youbegin upgrading your Fishing Rodand improve your ability tocatch up to and reel in fish quicker.
You also have achance of getting an additional fish when catching them, and each upgrade to your Fishing Rod boosts this chance by a small amount.
As long as youdon’t mind standing and fishing, you caneasily make 10,000 Gold within just a few days, more than enough toafford most of the early game drawings and quest materialslike Bridge Planks, and still have plenty left over to make and use.
