How Do Commissions Work in My Time at Sandrock?
Commissions are timed work orders you pick up from the Commerce Guild board. Each standard commission lists the requested item, a deadline, and rewards like gols (your main currency), Workshop Reputation (the points that raise your workshop rank), and EXP. Many also give relationship points with the requester. If you’re new, this is one of the most reliable daily loops for both money and workshop rank progress.
Check the board early each day, then only accept jobs you can realistically finish with your current machines, recipes, and materials. In Sandrock, steady turn-ins beat risky picks: a smaller commission you can deliver today is usually better than a bigger one that takes over your whole schedule or misses its timer. Failed or abandoned commissions cost reputation, so consistency pays off.
Which Commissions Pay Best in Practice
Your best picks are usually commissions built around repeatable workshop output, like bars and machine-made parts you can keep in rotation, while still paying solid gols and reputation. Jobs that use rare materials you still need for story quests or major upgrades can slow your momentum, even when the posted payout looks tempting.
Use a quick 3-check filter before you accept: can you craft it today, can you spare the materials, and is the deadline safe if one machine gets tied up? If any answer is no, skip it. That keeps your completion rate high, grows your workshop rank steadily, and helps better-paying commissions show up more often over time.