Whether you’re just settling your first village or expanding a powerful dynasty, making money in Medieval Dynasty is essential for progress. This guide breaks down the best money-making methods from early to late game, helping you earn coins steadily and efficiently, no matter your playstyle or experience level.

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Early Game Income – Fishing and Hunting

1. Fishing for Coins Fishing is available right from the start. Craft wooden spears and look for schools of fish along the water’s edge. Once discovered, their locations remain marked on your map.

Fish values:

• Roach: Only 1 fish meat – usually not worth it
• Perch: 4 fish meat – ~38 coins per fish
• Pike: 7 fish meat – ~67 coins per fish (Best Option)

Roast fish at any fire and sell the meat. Vendors sell raw fish (Pike = 54 coins), so buy, roast, and resell for profit.

2. Abandoned Camps and Buildings Seasonal random abandoned camps or lootable buildings appear around the map and often include high-value items like tools, wine, or clothing. These are especially lucrative on the Oxbow map.

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Mid-Game Strategy – Hunting, Bags, and Cooking

3. Animal Hunting Focus on deer, pigs, and moose early; later hunt bears or wisent for better rewards. Skin for leather, cook the meat (4 coins each), and sell. Quality bows and arrows make this faster and safer.

4. Leather to Coin: Crafting Bags

• Simple bags (1 leather) = 7 coins
• Water skins (via sewing hut) = 16 coins
• Regular bags (2 leather, 1 linen) = ~90 coins (Best ROI)

Craft bags once you unlock linen from flax. Skip simple bags and water skins when you can.

5. Clothing for Profit Once you unlock wool, upgrade to crafting Noble and Rich hoods – high profit, minimal overlap with bag materials. Excellent clothing sells more but costs more resources.

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Cooking for Coin and Experience

6. Flatbread First

• Flatbread: Cheap to make, 4.5 coins each
• Offers great farming, extraction, and production XP
• Optional: Add onions for higher coin and XP yield

7. Advanced Cooking

• White bread: Use when you have surplus eggs – higher return
• Cheese: 25 coins each – made from one “unit” of milk and quark (1 bucket = 10 cheese = 250 coins)

Even though raw milk sells for 30 coins, converting a full bucket into cheese multiplies your profit.

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Smithy and Crafting Tips

8. Profitable Tools Most tools are profitable, but iron knives and shearing scissors offer the best material-to-profit ratio. Scissors only require metal, skipping the need for sticks or logs.

9. Arrows and Bolts Iron arrows/bolts = 250 coins per stack of 10, lightweight and resource-efficient. Great for mass production.

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End Game Profit – Taverns and Alcohol

10. Wine and Mead

• Plum/Cherry Wine: ~155 coins per bottle (best for profit and buffs)
• Rye Beer: ~85 coins, boosts carry weight by 30kg
• Mead: ~105 coins, made from honeycomb + water (requires apiary)

Mead is the most scalable if you build multiple apiaries – ideal for passive, high-volume income.

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Control Consumption and Maximize Profit

11. Demand Control Menu Go to the management tab and limit what villagers can use:

• Wood: Disable all but firewood
• Food: Turn off high-value ingredients like fish, milk, fruit, wine, cheese, etc.

Let villagers consume common foods (e.g., flatbread) while preserving profitable resources for trade.

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Max Gold Strategy – Max Out Barter

12. Diplomacy Skill: Barter Once your diplomacy skill levels up, invest in Barter – it’s the best money skill in the game:

• Up to 30% better prices on buying and selling
• Turn basic goods into high-profit crafted items

Use this to buy cheap base ingredients:

• Flax/leather = bags
• Ore = tools or arrows
• Grain/flour = flatbread or white bread

With Barter, even purchasing materials can net profit when converted wisely.

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Bonus: Vendor Reset and Trading Tips

• Vendors restock money each season – revisit them regularly
• Always sell perishables first (condition affects value)
• Stack lightweight, high-value items like arrows and cheese for bulk sales

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Final Thoughts

Whether you’re roasting fish on day one or producing fine wine in year ten, there’s always a way to profit in Medieval Dynasty. By scaling your strategy with game progression, mastering crafting, and managing demand, you can fund a flourishing village with ease.

Good luck, and may your Dynasty be long and prosperous!