This exploit / glitch allows you to make 1000 crowns per minute in The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt. You must buy shells from a merchant, dismantle them and then sell the pearls for a higher price. It works like this:
Step 1: Go to the merchant at Hierarch Square in Novigrad. Buy all his Shells and Sea Shells. Now exit the shop and talk to the merchant again, he will have all shells in stock again! Buy as many as you can. Tip: Once you reach Velen you can swim directly to Novigrad or take a boat to get there.
Step 2: Go to the armorer right next to the merchant. Dismantle the Shells to get pearls.
Step 3: Sell the pearls to the armorer until he runs out of money.
Step 4: Meditate for 5 days and the armorer will have roughly 1000 coins again. Sell pearls to him again.
Step 5: Repeat as many times as you want.
Buying and dismantling a Shell costs 8 coins. Selling the pearl you get from it gives you 109 coins! That’s 101 coins profit per shell!
You can keep doing this for however long you want. Should the merchant not have shells in stock you need to meditate or fast travel to another map, then check again.
Also make sure you are doing this at daytime. Merchants and armorers aren’t around at night.
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Sean says
I understand that this exploit was posted years ago, but isn’t the cow hide exploit a bit better?