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We’ve all cried about going broke in games, but here’s a new phenomenon that’ll sweep you off your feet: so much in-game fortune that you don’t know what to do with it. Welcome to the Gaming Goldmine—virtual worlds where riches are overflowing. Here are 12 of these where an online community of gamers became bazillionaires.
Monster Hunter
Through effort, a player earned a million Zenny, the Monster Hunter: World in-game currency. However, while “cheating” in the sister game, Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, they downloaded a bunch of free starter packs, including the eggs one. It gave a hundred of every egg, silver being 10,000, gold 20,000, and platinum 100,000.
World of Warcraft
Though one user says they stopped playing World of Warcraft years ago, they amassed quite a fortune. They were in Stormwind at the bank, turned around, and handed over about 800,000 gold to the first random person they saw before logging out and deleting their account. Unfortunately, as massively multiplayer online games have inflation, this amount might not be worth much.
Rimworld
Enter this sci-fi colony sim that’s complex enough to require a college course to grasp the basics. However, one seasoned gamer has cracked the code. “My colony is very efficient when it comes to harvesting meat & leather,” they write. “We also have spare organs for sale!” Yikes.
Stardew Valley
As a farmer in Stardew Valley, the money-making options never cease. Players know they’ve mastered the game once they have the good old, ancient fruit wine brewing and aging in the casket cellars. Passive income for the win!
Borderlands 1
For a while, one person was lucky enough to have their money go over the limit such that it could be displayed in the game. “The biggest flex in Borderlands,” according to one, is when the “display says max money.” You could die, lose millions, and still be at max money.
No Man’s Sky
Many players have collected much wealth in No Man’s Sky. One person owns over 2 billion. Unfortunately, there are games where money isn’t helpful, and this is one of them. With few opportunities to spend the money, the prospect soon becomes dull.
“Even if I occasionally find a cool new ship to add to my fleet, with my Activated Indium farm, I’ll have the money back in a matter of days,” says one.
Cookie Clicker
According to one user, “In Cookie Clicker, you don’t just have a lot of money; you ARE the economy. The world bends to the whim of your cookie power. You are the source of the one thing that controls the universe.” Such power has allowed numerous players to amass unperceivable wealth.
Grand Theft Auto Online
Whoever can recall the Grand Theft Auto hackers era will probably remember the money made by players at the time. “I still have like 20 billion from the first month when hackers would port you to them and then drop money on your head,” writes one. The riches were so abundant that one player bought every vehicle and upgrade they were interested in and eventually got bored.
Minecraft
Sustaining a Minecraft world can be hard work. However, a veteran gamer has been collecting a load of diamonds for nearly 15 years now. Speaking of which, another player gives a friendly reminder to back up your world if you really have a 15-year-old empire.
Path of Exile
Though one player doesn’t make that much per league, they’ve been playing since closed beta and have many of the discontinued items in standard, with over 400+ experience from before the div conversion. “I still have a bazillion dollars’ worth of stuff. Mostly old convert uniques, a bunch of +1 dark rays, corrupted chest pieces, legacy es pieces, and legacy max roll flasks.”
Sid Meier’s Pirates!
This 2004 role-playing video game was a phenomenon, and earning gold required a lot of strategic planning. One player “went full completionist” in the game and had “so many estates, romantic interests, and gold” that they lost track.
Adventure Capitalist
It isn’t a capitalist adventure if you aren’t a tycoon. “No game can touch my wealth in Adventure Capitalist,” writes one loaded player. “It’s easily some number with several billion zeros behind it by now.” Jeez!
Source: Reddit.
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