My FAVORITE Way to Make SILVER in Albion Online — Transcript

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1. 0:00One of my favorite ways to make silver
2. 0:01in Albine online is buying items for
3. 0:03cheap and selling them to this black
4. 0:05market NPC for a profit. And the best
5. 0:07part is that you don't need any crafting
6. 0:09specs, gathering skills, or expensive
7. 0:11equipment to get started. For this
8. 0:13video, I completed four different black
9. 0:14market flipping runs. Three from
10. 0:16Brazilian and one from Fort Sterling. I
11. 0:19will show you exactly how this method
12. 0:20works, what items I look for, how much
13. 0:22silver you can make, and most
14. 0:23importantly, how to avoid losing your
15. 0:25silver. Because finding profitable items
16. 0:27is only half the challenge. you still
17. 0:29need to get them safely to the black
18. 0:31market. First, let's understand how the
19. 0:34black market actually works. If you have
20. 0:35never used it before, the black market
21. 0:37is a special NPC located in Carleon.
22. 0:39Unlike regular market places where you
23. 0:41buy and sell items to other players, the
24. 0:44black market buys equipment from players
25. 0:45to help supply the game's loot system.
26. 0:47And that's actually where a lot of the
27. 0:48equipment you find from killing mobs and
28. 0:50opening chests comes from. Players sell
29. 0:52items to the black market, and those
30. 0:54items can eventually become loot for
31. 0:56other players. And here's the important
32. 0:58part. The black market has its own
33. 1:00demand for different items and its
34. 1:02prices change over time. Sometimes an
35. 1:04item that costs 500k silver in a regular
36. 1:07marketplace might sell for 800k silver
37. 1:09at the black market. And that's creates
38. 1:11an opportunity for us. We can buy that
39. 1:13item for 500k transported to Carlo and
40. 1:15sell it for 800k. That's a potential
41. 1:17300k silver from just one item obviously
42. 1:20before taxes and other expenses. And now
43. 1:22imagine that doing with bunch of
44. 1:24different items. Of course, not every
45. 1:25item will be profitable, and that's
46. 1:27where knowing what to look for becomes
47. 1:29important.
48. 1:30So, how do you actually get started? The
49. 1:32entire process is pretty simple. First,
50. 1:34you find an item that's cheaper in a
51. 1:36regular marketplace than what the black
52. 1:37market is willing to pay for it. For
53. 1:39example, let's say we find that here six
54. 1:41weapons selling for 100k silver in for
55. 1:43Stalin. Then, we check the black market
56. 1:45and see that it's willing to pay 140k
57. 1:47silver for exactly the same weapon. That
58. 1:49gives us potential 40k silver profit
59. 1:51before expenses. We buy the weapon,
60. 1:53transport it to Carleon, and sell it.
61. 1:55That's basically it. But there are a few
62. 1:57things you need to pay attention to.
63. 1:58First, make sure you are comparing
64. 2:00exactly the same item, tier,
65. 2:02enchantment, and quality. All of that
66. 2:04matters. For example, a normal quality
67. 2:06weapon, an excellent quality weapon can
68. 2:07have completely different prices. And
69. 2:09secondly, pay attention to how many
70. 2:10items the black market is actually
71. 2:12buying. Just because one item has a
72. 2:14great price doesn't mean you can sell 20
73. 2:16of them for that same price. You need to
74. 2:18check the available buy orders and
75. 2:19quantities. And third, remember that
76. 2:21black market prices change constantly.
77. 2:24An item might be profitable when you buy
78. 2:26it, but someone else could sell theirs
79. 2:28before you arrive. And in that case, you
80. 2:29can also use set orders instead of
81. 2:31sudden instantly. But that means waiting
82. 2:33for the black market to purchase your
83. 2:34items. And don't forget about
84. 2:36marketplace taxes and order fees. Always
85. 2:38calculate your profit after the relevant
86. 2:40expenses, not just the difference
87. 2:42between buying and selling prices.
88. 2:45Now that you understand how the black
89. 2:46market works, let me explain how I
90. 2:48personally approach flipping. There are
91. 2:50thousands of different items in Albine
92. 2:52online, but that doesn't mean every item
93. 2:54is worth buying. Some items have better
94. 2:55profit margins, some sell faster, and
95. 2:58others might look profitable, but take a
96. 2:59very long time to sell. Personally, I
97. 3:01prefer higher tier items because I don't
98. 3:03want to carry more than 10 to 12 items
99. 3:06per run. This allows me to use a simple
100. 3:08transport mount instead of something
101. 3:09expensive. And I don't really focus on
102. 3:11specific items. Instead, I usually look
103. 3:13through a few different categories and
104. 3:15enchantment levels. Most of the time, I
105. 3:16am looking for tier 7.1, 7.2, 2 and 8.1
106. 3:20items. I compare their prices in
107. 3:22Brazilian with the black market prices
108. 3:24and look for profitable opportunities.
109. 3:25[music] And like I said, I only focus on
110. 3:27few categories for each run so I can
111. 3:29find enough profitable items and get
112. 3:31moving as quickly as possible because
113. 3:33remember other players are also selling
114. 3:34items to the black market. And the
115. 3:36longer you spend searching, the higher
116. 3:38the chance that someone else fills those
117. 3:40profitable buy orders before you arrive.
118. 3:42Now, when it comes to transporting,
119. 3:44there is one trick I really like to use,
120. 3:46and that's the fashion transport NPC.
121. 3:48Before starting my journey, I always
122. 3:50check whether I can use it to travel to
123. 3:52a map closer to Carleon. If there is a
124. 3:54good option available, it can save me
125. 3:55quite a bit of traveling time. And after
126. 3:57I use it, I remove my faction flex so I
127. 3:59don't have to worry about fighting
128. 4:00players from other factions. And so I
129. 4:02can enter Carleon.
130. 4:04And my skill transport setup is a little
131. 4:06different from what you might expect.
132. 4:08Earlier I mentioned that I prefer
133. 4:09carrying around 10 to 12 items per run.
134. 4:12And the main reason is to keep my carry
135. 4:14weight low enough that I don't need an
136. 4:15expensive transport mount. I actually
137. 4:17use a regular tier four horse with a
138. 4:19cheap tier 4 or 4.1 escape set. Nothing
139. 4:22fancy. I prefer keeping a low profile
140. 4:24instead of riding around on an expensive
141. 4:26mount that might attract unnecessary
142. 4:27attention. My entire transport setup
143. 4:29costs around 150k silver, even though I
144. 4:32am carrying items worth several
145. 4:34millions. Of course, whether you want to
146. 4:36take this approach is completely up to
147. 4:37you, but so far it's been working pretty
148. 4:39well for me. Another thing I recommend
149. 4:41is doing these transports during quieter
150. 4:43hours if possible. The fewer ganking
151. 4:45groups you encounter, the better. As for
152. 4:47the equipment, here is what I'm using.
153. 4:49Soldier helmet, assassin jacket, minor
154. 4:51boots, carving sword, forest styling
155. 4:53cape, invisibility potions, beef
156. 4:55sandwich, and tier four horse. It's a
157. 4:57relatively cheap setup that gives me
158. 4:58several options to escape if I run into
159. 5:00trouble. And if you would like to see
160. 5:01more detailed video about escape sets,
161. 5:04including different equipment and mount
162. 5:05options, let me know in the comments.
163. 5:07Now that you know which items I look for
164. 5:09and how I transport them, let's get into
165. 5:11the actual flipping runs and see how
166. 5:12much silver we can make. One more thing
167. 5:14I want to mention is you don't need
168. 5:16millions of silver to try black market
169. 5:18Philippi and I definitely recommend
170. 5:19starting with a smaller budget because
171. 5:21remember Carleon is surrounded by red
172. 5:23zones and transporting items there comes
173. 5:25with risks. If you get killed, you can
174. 5:27lose your entire inventory. So don't
175. 5:29invest all your silver into one
176. 5:30transport, especially when you are just
177. 5:32getting started. You can always increase
178. 5:34your budget as you get more comfortable
179. 5:35with the method. Now, this time, let's
180. 5:37get into the shield flipping runs.
181. 5:40So, for my first run, I started in
182. 5:42Brazilian. The plan was pretty simple.
183. 5:44Buy a bunch of profitable items,
184. 5:45transport them to Caron, and sell
185. 5:47everything to the black market. I spent
186. 5:49around 4.1 million silver on this first
187. 5:51batch. And as you can see, I didn't just
188. 5:53buy one particular item. Instead, I
189. 5:55picked different items that looked
190. 5:56profitable. The nice thing about doing
191. 5:58this is that you don't have to rely on
192. 6:00one single item having a great price.
193. 6:02And now comes the interesting part. We
194. 6:03actually need to get these items to
195. 6:05Carleon. And depending on how much
196. 6:06silver you are carrying, this can be a
197. 6:08little stressful because if you get
198. 6:10killed, all potential profit is gone,
199. 6:12including our investment at the first
200. 6:14place. Well, we made it. Now, it's time
201. 6:15to see whether these items are still
202. 6:17profitable. And after selling
203. 6:18everything, I ended up with 1.3 million
204. 6:20silver in profit after expenses. By the
205. 6:23way, sometimes buy orders are gone when
206. 6:25you arrive at black market. So, in that
207. 6:27case, you just create sell orders.
208. 6:29Usually, they sell within few hours.
209. 6:31Sometimes it can take longer, but they
210. 6:33always sell. And this run took like 15
211. 6:35minutes of game play, but let's see if
212. 6:37we can do even better.
213. 6:39For my second run, I went back to
214. 6:41Brazilian and started looking for more
215. 6:43profitable items. And here's something
216. 6:45important to remember. Just because an
217. 6:47item was profitable during your previous
218. 6:49run doesn't mean it's still worth
219. 6:50buying. Prices constantly change. So,
220. 6:52you always need to check the current
221. 6:54prices instead of blindly buying the
222. 6:56same items again. So, for this run, I
223. 6:58invested another 4.4 million silver.
224. 7:00After reaching Carleon and selling
225. 7:02everything, I ended up making 1.4
226. 7:04million silver. So that's two successful
227. 7:06runs. And again, this run took 15
228. 7:08minutes as well. And since things were
229. 7:11going pretty well, I decided to do one
230. 7:13more run from Brazilian. This time I
231. 7:15only wanted to buy 7.1 chest armors and
232. 7:18the profit margins were not too good. So
233. 7:20this one is going to earn us less profit
234. 7:22even though we have invested 5 million
235. 7:24silver. And while transporting, I saw a
236. 7:26Scott waiting while the map had four
237. 7:28fleck players. So that didn't look good,
238. 7:30but I kept going and short after gankers
239. 7:33showed up. And at this point, going to
240. 7:34the next map would be a death sentence
241. 7:36because they're on wayf facs. So I
242. 7:38baited one to go to the next map and
243. 7:40turned around. And I kept running
244. 7:42towards the yellow zone and he let me go
245. 7:44at some point. I'm pretty sure if I had
246. 7:45more expensive escape set and mounts,
247. 7:47they would be a lot more aggressive
248. 7:49about catching me. That's why I like my
249. 7:51set quite a lot. And after waiting few
250. 7:53minutes in the yellow zone, I tried
251. 7:54again and they were not around. So I
252. 7:56reached Carleon. And after selling
253. 7:57everything, our third run ended with
254. 7:59only 800k silver. That was because of my
255. 8:01poor item choices, but it is still a
256. 8:03decent profit. And because of the
257. 8:05gankers, I spent 20 minutes for this run
258. 8:07instead of our regular 15 minutes. Now,
259. 8:09I also wanted to try this same method
260. 8:11from a regular royal city. So, for my
261. 8:14fourth and final run, I decided to start
262. 8:16from Fort Stalin instead. And the nice
263. 8:18thing about the black market flippin is
264. 8:20that you can do this from different
265. 8:21cities. You don't have to start in
266. 8:23Brazilian. Every marketplace has
267. 8:24different prices and available items. So
268. 8:26sometimes you might find better
269. 8:28opportunities in one city compared to
270. 8:30another. So I started checking different
271. 8:32items and ended up spending 6.9 million
272. 8:34silver and this iron catch staff alone
273. 8:36will make me around 350k silver for
274. 8:39example. And with everything purchased
275. 8:40it was time to travel to Carleon. This
276. 8:42time no one was on the way. So it was a
277. 8:44very safe trip. I made 1.1 million
278. 8:46silver from this run which took like 10
279. 8:48minutes to complete which brings our
280. 8:50total profit from all four runs to 4.6
281. 8:53million silver. If you calculate the
282. 8:54transporting fees we pay from Brazilian
283. 8:56to for stallion and faction transport
284. 8:58MPC fees, we can say that we made like
285. 9:004.2 million silver. I transport my
286. 9:02escape sets to a royal city and sell
287. 9:04them later. So I don't count them as
288. 9:06expenses. And if you look at how much
289. 9:08time we actually spent buying,
290. 9:09transporting, and selling these items,
291. 9:11that's a pretty decent way to make
292. 9:12silver. I mean, 4.2 million silver in
293. 9:14around 1 hour is really good, especially
294. 9:17considering we didn't need to level up
295. 9:18any crafting or gathering skills. But
296. 9:20there is one more thing I haven't talked
297. 9:22about yet.
298. 9:23Now, one of the biggest problems with
299. 9:25black market flipping is finding
300. 9:26profitable items in the first place.
301. 9:28Because while the method itself is
302. 9:30pretty simple, manually checking
303. 9:31hundreds of different items can take a
304. 9:33lot of time. And you also need to
305. 9:35account for taxes, available quantities,
306. 9:37and constantly changing prices. You can
307. 9:39absolutely do all of this manually. But
308. 9:41personally, I wanted to make the process
309. 9:43much easier. So, I built a tool for my
310. 9:45website, habonist.com, called private
311. 9:47flips. And this is actually what I used
312. 9:49to find the items for all four runs in
313. 9:51this video. Instead of manually
314. 9:53comparing prices for hundreds of
315. 9:54different items, private flips help me
316. 9:56find potential opportunities using live
317. 9:58market data. I can choose my budget,
318. 10:00filter items based on their potential
319. 10:02profit and return on investment, and
320. 10:04check how recently their prices were
321. 10:06updated. The tool also calculates
322. 10:07estimated profit after the relevant
323. 10:09market fees, but remember these profits
324. 10:11[music] are estimates. Prices can
325. 10:13change, orders can get filled, and you
326. 10:15still need to transport everything
327. 10:16yourself. And another feature I really
328. 10:18like is the profit tracking. Once I buy
329. 10:20an item, I can start tracking that flip.
330. 10:22And when I sell it, I can record the
331. 10:23sale and see how much profit I actually
332. 10:25made. So I can keep track of my
333. 10:27purchases, sales, and overall results
334. 10:29without doing all the calculations
335. 10:30manually. So private flips is available
336. 10:32to my YouTube channel members on
337. 10:34habonist.com as a small thank you. If
338. 10:36you like to support the channel and use
339. 10:38the same tool as I used in this video,
340. 10:40you can check it out through the link in
341. 10:41the description. And of course, you can
342. 10:43also find my other Albine online tools
343. 10:44and builds there. So after four
344. 10:47different black market flipping runs,
345. 10:49here's what we ended up with. Three runs
346. 10:50from Brazilian, one from Fort Sterling,
347. 10:52and total profit of 4.2 million silver.
348. 10:55All of that from simply buying items at
349. 10:57regular marketplaces and selling them to
350. 10:59the black market. And that's why this is
351. 11:00one of my favorite ways to make silver
352. 11:02in Albian online. You don't need any
353. 11:03gathering or crafting specs [music] and
354. 11:05you can get started with a relatively
355. 11:06small amount of silver. Just remember
356. 11:08that there are always risks involved.
357. 11:10Prices can change, items might take time
358. 11:12to sell, and you can lose everything you
359. 11:14are transporting if you get killed. So
360. 11:16start small, learn the process, and
361. 11:17don't take unnecessary risks. And now I
362. 11:19am curious. Have you ever tried black
363. 11:21market flipping or do you prefer another
364. 11:23way of making silver? Let me know in the
365. 11:24comments. And if you found this video
366. 11:26helpful, don't forget to leave a like
367. 11:27and subscribe for more Albian Online
368. 11:29content. Other than that, thanks for
369. 11:30tuning in and take