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If you see you are close to maxing out on your storage space use the guild chat to find a player with a lot of whatever you are close to maxing.
EX.
Player A has a storage capacity of 20K
Player A had 19K of HWL (Hardwood Logs)
Player A asks if anyone has 19K of HWL to do a back and forth on the guild chat.
Player B sends Player A (by mail) the 19K HWL and the 18K that can't fit into Player A's storage moves to the Star menu.
Now Player A sends back to Player B 19K HWL leaving them with 1K left in the storage.
18K in star + 1K in Storehouse = 19K nothing lost, nothing gained other then space to store more.
This back and forth can also be done to complete quest when it asks you to buy/sell/trade resources. Simply ask in the guild chat and someone can help you out.
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Found this on the world forum so don't shot me if it's wrong or hard to follow :P I added my two cents in at the end. (Like I said above was the info dump I did with my Guild)
Gold Chaining Basics
A BASIC TUTORIAL OF GOLD CHAINING
Ok so to save myself time in explaining this to people I decided to write it down here so others can participate in the conversation as well if they spot any inaccuracies or have further tips to put forward. This is how to make gold coins efficiently.
A gold deposit has 300 Gold Ore in it by default.
When you build a gold mine on it, do NOT ever leave it on unless it is buffed. This is because when buffed that 300 gold ore is worth 600 gold ore. It is not profitable to build gold mines unless you can maintain the buff on them. When your buff wears off, put the mine to sleep by stopping it.
Ideally you want to use the "add gold to a deposit" rewards from an adventure on a gold mine you have upgraded to level 5 and plan to prevent it from ever dying. It's ideal but not entirely necessary.
Once you have a good stockpile of gold ore, next you need to turn it into gold bars in the Gold Smelter. Once again, do NOT ever use this building unless it is buffed. Also make sure you have a good supply of Coal available before turning it on.
I generally won't go to the last step, bars to coins, until I have 500+ gold bars in my storehouse.
Make sure you turn off your mines and smelter(s) when they're not buffed or about to run out of resources.
Last step, the Coinage. This MUST be buffed at all times when in use.
The costs involved with building several gold mines again and again and upgrading them, exceeds the value of what you will create in gold coins if the entire set of buildings wasn't buffed the entire time.
If buffed, the following values are true from the buildings:
1 Gold Ore in a deposit = 2 Gold Ore
2 Gold Ore = 2 Gold Bars
4 Gold Bars = 2 Gold Coins
Assuming the above then you can see 2 Gold Ore = 1 Gold Coin. So if you want to know how much Gold Coins you can create from your current stockpile of Gold Ore, just divide by 2
If you build multiple Gold Smelters and Coinages you can substantially increase your Gold Coin production. Several players have achieved 1000+ gold coins a day. The drawback to such a large operation is they have to very closely monitor their buff timers and build lots of gold mines.
So start off small, get a good idea of how this works first and how large of a chain you can maintain.
- BaronFeyd
So my additive is:
Save your EWP (Exotic Wood Planks) and Granite to upgrade your gold chain (Gold Smelters, Coinage) to lvl 3/4 first before spending them on your other building upgrades that cost granite and EWP.
This will help make you coins faster when you get bigger and everything cost coin to upgrade or to buy special buildings.
lvl 1 gold mine produces 1 gold ore unbuffed (not effective for the cost of building and making gold coins)
Once buffed lvl 1 gold mine gives you the 2 gold ore BaronFeyd was referring to. (Thus more effective)
Now if you can afford the refills by way of adventures, TO (Trade Office) or gems you might want to consider investing the tools to lvl them up.
But remember if you allow it to run out, you don't get back the tools you poured into it which is A LOT! Also the walking distance to a storehouse will also play a part in how much gold ore you can get within the buff time. So have a storehouse close to shorten the walk time :P
Keeping in mind a storehouse can't be moved once built and uses a BL (Building License). Once torn down you don't get back any resources you put into it to lvl it up.
So if you can afford it you will get 10 gold ore out of a buffed lvl 5 mine with a double buff and 15 gold or out of the triple buff.
If you only have 1 or 2 triple buffs: Flying Settlers (199 gems or about 200 gc in the TO), Exotic Fruit Baskets (99 gems or around 200 gc in the TO), Pasta Bowls (380 guild coin) and a good stockpile of Gold Bars you get a better bang for your buck to place them on the high lvl coinage.
You can get a gold buff from the Guild Market for 620 guild coins or sometimes the TO has them for sale for around 300 gc. This is a triple buff that can only be used on a gold mine.
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Buffs
If you haven't figured it out a buff will last longer if you get another player to place them.
Buildings sleeping or upgrading WILL NOT produce anything so don't waste a buff on them.
A buff will not deplete the resource faster; it means you get more out of it.
So instead of getting 300 gold ore you get 600 gold ore if you always run a double buff and 900 gold ore if you always use a triple buff.
To easily navigate the home island you can use the # keys on your keyboard to jump between Zones/Sectors.
So if you clicky the # 4 key you bounce to Zone/Sector 4 and so on from z1-9/s1-9
So if you got X amount of fish platters/sandwiches/baskets or any other kind of buff, ask in the guild chat for someone who has time to place them.
Please only say you can help if you are going to stick around to place them or tell the player where you want them right away!
Once you got a player to place them, go 1 sector at a time with a list of buildings you had already made BEFORE asking them to be placed and move on as they buff the buildings you want.
If you are the one placing them, PAY ATTENTION to what the player is asking you to buff.
Is very annoying having a player go and use a basket on something that wasn't suppose to be buffed :'(
Normally finding a player to buff your island isn't hard. Don't be afraid to offer your help and you will get better/faster at placing them as you learn what all the buildings look like and the players that normally ask for buffs to be placed.
Many of us organize our islands to make buffing a little easier for you to find things to help :)
So don't be shy to offer your help.
We don't mind it might take you a few extra seconds to find a building or a mistake of buffing the wrong building so long as your making the effort to help your Guild mates out and learn from the hiccups along the way :D
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Only use your gems on things you cant trade for, building licences are the best use of your gems. You can always get nobles in trade, and if you look around you can find some one to sell you a golly geo.
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Before starting any upgrade on ANY building, be sure to have 3x the required resources in your warehouse.
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Most mines are more efficient at level 2 with a buff. Even higher for a restocked mine. Copper may need level 3 mines buffed to meet demand.
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use your keyboard numpad to jump over the sectors
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The closer a building is to a Storehouse the faster you will get its Products.
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Do not trade valuable buffs acquired in the beginning of the game for small amounts of low level resources. Sellers beware; not all trade offered by other players are to your advantage!
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Using Tools to upgrades your mines can greatly speed your acquisition of the ore. However it will deplete that deposit faster. Make your own choice, for speed, or longer run time, based on how soon you need that ore.
