Pegasus' & Esmero's Guide to Becoming "Rich"

WARNING: This guide obviously does not work for everyone. You have to decide how you want to allocate your time for raids. Play smart and don't play too much Granado Esapda is the key!

RAIDS TO GET YOU STARTED:

• Bounty Hunter raids (solo or do with your buddies) - do the raids in the following order:
• LEFT SIDE: Occult --> Chaos --> Occult --> Bahama --> Chaos --> Occult --> Skullic --> Bahama --> Chaos --> Occult
• RIGHT SIDE: Ice Tower --> Secret Tower --> Ice Tower --> Toubakal Mine --> Secret Tower --> Ice Tower
• Weekly Gate of Ice, Gate of Lightning, Inside Crater Sekhmet, Argus Brain (all these raids are accessible via Coimbra Nimrod Bridge) - recommend doing these raids with your friends and/or faction mates
• Daily Nimrod raids (i.e. Joaquin Barrier, Defense Barrier, Deadman's Rhapsody)

GEAR TO GET YOU STARTED:

• +7 Elite Le Blanc will last you for a very long time. If you are short on cash to afford something of this sort, go for +6 Elite Le Blanc or +6/7 Le Noir. Make sure they have 3DR
• WEAPONS: Any +6 or higher grade 32 weapon will suffice
• How will I be able to afford these things?
• First you need to be patient. When you go through most of your scenario quests, you should have accumulated a bunch of Master Explorer Packs. Use them and go find a spot in Castilla Temple to AFK at while you're at work, sleeping, or doing something else other than Granado Espada (that is assuming you are able to have your PC on most of the time)
• In this map, you will find a lot of item drops and a special MISC item called Kryptonite that sells for a decent amount
• Bounty Hunter raids should also give you a decent amount of vis. They're easy raids to do on your own or with friends
• Daily Nimrod Bridge raids are easy to do by yourself or with friends as well
• DO NOT SPEND ON THINGS YOU DO NOT NEED
• FOCUS ON THREE CHARACTERS ONLY. When you have more money, you can fund a few more
• In terms of funding characters, I recommend purchasing weapons and armors that many characters can use. For example, using a GS & Fighter Leather Armor character goes a long way.

HIGHER LEVEL RAIDS:

• Holy Water Chamber (HWC)
• If you do Bounty Hunter raids on a daily basis or very often, this is the raid to go for afterwards. This raid is like a gold mine. Refer to my HWC guide for more details: Holy Water Chamber (Guide)
• Daily Castilla Mines & Castilla Relics
• Luciano, an NPC near the entrance to Castilla Mines gives you a daily chip collection quest for completing the Castilla raids. Castilla Mines gives level 92 chips, Relics gives level 96 chips, and Tower of Chaos gives veteran chips. Upon completion of those raids (make sure you are alive when the boss in the raids are killed otherwise you will not get the quest completed), speak with Luciano again to receive your rewards. REMEMBER TO SPEAK WITH HER BEFORE DOING THE RAIDS
• Castilla Relics is an awesome raid because you get a lot of chips and a lot of EXP - great to do with friends and faction mates
• Tower of Chaos (TOC) - for those of you who have completed episode 2 of Castilla, you can start doing Tower of Chaos. If you can solo, that's great. If not, go with friends. The first 4 bosses give a shit ton of chips. Lots of money and EXP. 
• Lifted Curse Pattern (LCP) - this raid is different from most raids. The more you attend this raid, the better rewards you get and the harder the bosses become. In this raid, you will fight random rNPCs that you may or may not have in your barracks. They start at level 120 and will increase in level according to your Lifted Curse Pattern Favor Rate. The level of the LCP bosses are determined based on the AVERAGE FAVOR RATE OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE LCP RAID. The higher the average favor rate, the higher the bosses and the better the reward. This raid demands that you attend it on a daily basis, otherwise, it is not worth doing
• Lost Glorious Time (LGT) - this raid is also located in Viron, next to the NPC that you speak with to enter LCP. In this raid, instead of fighting rNPCs, you're fighting random bosses. This raid is repeatable. You are given ONE HOUR (I think) to repeat this raid as many times as possible (make sure you have enough time to open the treasure chest - if you feel that you cannot complete another round within the time remaining, do not do it again. If you think you can do it again, proceed to the first boss location and skip the final boss (to summon the final boss, you have to click on something near the place in which you spawned into the raid)
• Garim Raid - This raid is not as popular but it is worth doing if you have the Symbol of Garim (you need this item to access the roulette reward for the raid). This raid requires at least 2 people (there are 2 sides to the raid so you need to split up evenly). It's not too difficult if you have a lot of people or the right gear.
• Joaquin Prison Basement Raid (Weekly Version - requires a key from Fedirago in Auch)
• This raid is a bit difficult to complete on your own so it is highly recommended that you go with a group of others. Inside the raid, your goal is to attempt to kill as many Elite Vielants (the super tall guys) as possible before the timer hits 0. Once it hits 0, all the monsters will disappear and the boss will appear at the end of the raid. You can, of course, enter the ticker yourself and fight the boss earlier but the more Vielants you kill, the weaker the boss will become.
• Endless Greed Raid (Weekly Mission located in Bahama Base Camp - requires a key from Fedriago in Auch)
• Similar to the raid above, this raid is a bit more difficult. You need a tanker for the final boss (preferably, someone with a trooper and high grade armor). The raid is mostly undead race. All you have to do is kill all the mini bosses and make your way to the final boss.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

• Participate in the Clique Battle every Sunday at 1600 server time (if you cannot, then too bad)
• If you haven't noticed yet, you accumulate contribution points every time you attend Clique Battle. Once you reach a certain amount, you acquire a Clique Battle Title, which gives bonus stats to all your characters. Here's a comprehensive look at all the titles and contribution points necessary to obtain them: Clique Battle/Alliance War (Guide)
• Obtain your society medal (Souveran/Esmero medal depending on your faction affiliation)
• For every 5 persons in your faction with the society medal, everyone in your faction gains a +2% Monster ATK bonus to all their characters. For example, if your faction has 27 people with the society medals, everyone in the faction will have a +10% Monster ATK bonus. The more people who have it, the better, because everyone benefits. Speak to your faction leader about obtaining one.
• Completed your quests (especially your scenario quests)
• If you have not noticed yet, scenario quests give you a lot of items that are useful. Keep doing them. They are good for you
• Brown Quests (you need to be a part of a faction affiliated with Sovueran or Esmero to gain access to these  quests)
• In every major town (Reboldeaux, Coimbra, Auch, Viron, & Kielce), there is an NPC called Brown. Every day, he will give a quest for you to complete. Upon completion, you will obtain a reward. You can obtain a quest from all the Browns in every town. Just make sure you complete them ASAP cuz some of the quests will cancel if you take too long. Rewards vary for each Brown quest.