Making Money on PokéSplash
As a newer player, you may struggle to figure out how to earn money on the server. We have put together a list of various methods to help you out. At the time of writing this guide (April 2023) the map is still fairly new, so it’s possible new methods will be updated, added and discovered in due time. You can check your money (as well as other balances) at any moment using the command ''/bal''.
Note that there is no one single method to earn ‘a lot’ of money ‘fast’, the system is supposed to be grindy. Because of that, for stuff like building materials you may choose to collect the materials yourself rather than buy them from the Blockshop, but that’s up to you to decide.
Beginners methods Early days you won’t have a lot of tools at your disposal, the methods listed below are accessible to anyone on their first days. The rewards won’t be big, but they’re easy.
Starter money: Every player starts with $1.000 Pokédollars in their account, make sure to use it wisely as you start out!
Voting: Voting for PokéSplash not only helps the server, it also earns you $50 per vote, or $400 per day, with absolutely minimal effort. In addition you gain 1 votepoint to spend in /voteshop. All monthly top voters receive even more rewards! Ingame, the vote links can also be found via the command ''/vote''.https://www.pokesplash.org/vote/ Thank you for your support!
Kits: Using the command ''/kits'', you will find a number of kits that will help you get started. Among those is the starter kit, which contains 3 Nuggets that can be sold to any shopkeeper NPC for $200 each.
Battling
Wild NPC Trainers: NPC trainers can spawn anywhere in the world and are often quite easy to defeat. Beat them for a small reward.
Gyms: Beating our gyms not only earns you a badge, you also receive money and other rewards. The rewards naturally increase with the difficulty of the gyms. They can be obtained by using the command ''/gymrewards''.
Events: Every now and then we host various kinds of events. Depending on the event, you can participate to try and win one of the top prizes, but quite often you can also receive a small participation reward for showing up and joining in. Be sure to keep an eye on the #events channel in Discord to see what’s coming up!
Grinds & loot
Dex completion: This is a big chonker for making money. Completing the Pokédex earns you pokédollars, as well as more rewards, for every 10% you complete. The rewards are good, but ofcourse each tier can only be obtained one time. Even the lower tiers are fairly easily obtained by simply catching Pokémon you randomly come across. Claim the rewards by using the command ''/dexrewards''.
Most Wanted: Basically /hunt, but new. [work in progress ]
Pokéloot: Loot in the overworld is set so that every player can claim them once, be sure to keep an eye out for them during your explorations! While you may think items such as medicine are junk, they can be sold to NPC shopkeepers and in large quantities the value of them can really build up. Pro tip: Deserts have many small structures that look like wells, here MasterBall loot can easily be found!
Pokédrops: Wild Pokémon drop a variety of items when defeated, pixelmon related items can frequently be sold, so it’s worthwhile to know which Pokémon can be hunted for their drops. One example is Minior, they can be found all over the End and when defeated have a decent chance to drop Stardust and Comet Shards. https://pixelmonmod.com/wiki/DropsPro tip: Collecting Pokédrops can be combined with the move Thief/Covet to steal hold items as well as drops!
PickUp: Some Pokémon have the PickUp ability. This ability gives them a 10% to pick up an item everytime you win a battle (either against wild Pokémon or a trainer), as long as the Pokémon itself isn't already holding an item. A whole team of these can get you a good amount of loot fairly quickly, which can then be sold. https://pixelmonmod.com/wiki/PickupPro tip: PickUp can be combined with the Pokédrops grind explained above!
Breeding: You may be interested in breeding Pokémon for competitive purposes, such Pokémon can naturally be sold at a way higher price than random Pokémon. For more information on breeding on our server, please read Rex’s guide.https://www.pokesplash.org/forum/topic/111-breeding-guide-for-1165/
Selling stuff
Selling to NPC’s: Whether you gather stuff via loot, pickup, or drops, much of it can be sold to any NPC shopkeeper. Though do be careful not to accidentally sell valuable items! Some desirable items that you may choose to sell to players instead are, for example, evolution items.
Selling on GTS: If you have found more valuable items, or found/bred a rare Pokémon, you may instead choose to try and sell it to other players to earn more money. This is best done via /gts. For items you can also use the command ''/pricecheck'', while holding that item, to get an idea of the value of that item and how frequently it's sold on GTS.
To sell an item, use the command: ‘/gts sell item [price]’ while holding that item. The price you specify is per 1 item, you will however automatically sell the entire quantity that you're holding. Example; if you want to sell a stack of bread for a total price of 64 PokéDollars, you’d type ‘/gts sell item 1’.
To sell a Pokémon, use the command: ‘/gts sell pokemon [slot] [price]. GTS will by default sell Pokémon unbreedable, this means the buyer can not breed it again. If you wish to sell a Pokémon breedable, simply add the word ‘breedable’ at the end of the command. This will however double the price for Pokémon with minimum 3 perfect IV’s and/or an hidden ability.Example; if you want to sell the Pokémon in your first party slot as breedable, and it does not have stats that require a minimum price, you would type ‘/gts sell pokemon 1 750 breedable’.
STS: Shiny Pokémon and Legendaries/Mythicals/UltraBeasts can be ‘sold to server’ via the command ‘’/sts’’. Any such Pokémon you don’t want can be discarded there for a bit of money. It is however intended as a last resort type tool, as you’re likely able to get a better deal from other players.
