How to Make Money Fast and Manage Stamina
In My Time at Sandrock, early progress is all about balancing gols (money) and stamina (energy used for gathering actions like mining and chopping). Your most reliable income source is commissions: timed workshop orders from the Commerce Guild board. Take as many as your current workshop rank allows, pick the jobs you can finish quickly, and turn them in fast for steady gols and workshop reputation.
Use stamina on work that helps tomorrow, not just today. Start by spending your early stamina bar on bottleneck materials (the materials you keep running out of), then switch to lower-pressure tasks like setting up machine jobs, organizing storage, social visits, quest turn-ins, and planning your next route. Keep a small stack of stamina-recovery food for longer workdays, and upgrade tools when you can so gathering runs feel smoother.
Daily/Weekly Money + Stamina Loop
Run this loop and your workshop will start to snowball:
- Morning: grab commissions first, then collect finished machine output.
- Midday: spend stamina on the exact materials needed to finish today and preload tomorrow.
- Afternoon: craft and deliver commissions as soon as possible; reinvest gols into inventory space, machine capacity, and upgrade parts.
- Evening: queue overnight production when possible so you wake up to more progress.
- Weekly check-in habit: review what you ran out of most, then do one focused stockpile day for those items so you stop missing easy commission payouts.
Big trap to avoid: selling core materials too early. Fast cash feels great in the moment, but stalled production can cost more than you gain. Sell true surplus and duplicate finds, keep a buffer of everyday crafting materials, and let commissions stay your main income engine.