Rupee Farming Guide: How to Get Rupees (Money) Fast

This is a guide to farming Rupees in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity for the Nintendo Switch. Learn the different methods of how to farm rupees quickly, as well as the various ways you will need to spend your rupees.

How to Farm Rupees

Replay Challenges and Battles

Gained from defeating enemies and opening chests

The fastest way to get quick Rupees is by completing the challenges and battles as fast as possible and by defeating a lot of enemies. You will collect rupees from enemies you take down as well as from crates, barrels, and treasure chests you find on the map.

Barrels and crates only drop low amounts of rupees so it is not recommended to go out of your way for them. Also, take note that these Rupees will automatically be obtained even if you don't actually pick them up, so you can focus on attacking enemies while breaking barrels and crates.

Rewards increase for clear time and enemies defeated

You also gain rupees at the end of each battle, in the form of Clear Time and Enemies Defeated bonuses. Clear maps quickly, taking out a high number of enemies to get the most rupees possible.

The maximum amount you can earn for Clear Time and KOs is 200 Rupees.

Use Rupee Bonuses from Cooking Beforehand

Certain cooking recipes will give you additional rupees in battle when you use them. Recipes like Honey Candy gives you 20% more Rupees while Honeyed Fruits and Honey Crepe give you 30% more Rupees. Once you have three slots for Cooking, you can stack these meal effects to get a total of 80% bonus!

If you're up for the challenge, you can cook Dubious Food to get 100% more Rupees but at the cost of -20% Max Health.

Cooking Guide and List of Recipes

First Time Clear Rewards

Divine Beast Battles

Completing Divine Beast Battles on the map allows you to receive up to 400-700 Rupees depending on the battle. Note that this amount falls under First-Clear Rewards so you can only obtain it once per completed battle.

List of Challenges

Other Challenges

In addition to Divine Beast Battles, several other Challenges allow you to obtain rupees as a first time clear reward. Here is the full list!

Sell Weapons and Materials

Sell Weapons at the Blacksmith

Another way of farming for quick Rupees is selling weapons at the blacksmith. You can easily get 200-500 Rupees depending on the weapon with this method.

We recommend selling weapons with a High-Resell Weapon skill or weapons without skills that you don't need to merchants

How to Unlock the Hylian Blacksmith Guild

Sell Materials to Merchants

Additionally, you can sell your unwanted Materials to shops or merchants. Some merchants even offer up to 2.5x bonus rupees for certain material types, so sell to them to get the most of your materials!

Merchant	Bonus
Dayfah	Buys Ores at an increased price.
Monda	Buys Creatures at an increased price.
Bena	Buys Seasonings at an increased price.
Segimo	Buys Monster Parts at an increased price.
Cheria	Buys Guardian Parts at an increased price.
Ettu	Buys Meat at an increased price.
Rhodo	Doesn't offer any increased bonuses.

Best Items to Sell

Scan amiibos to Get More Weapons and Materials

Scanning any amiibos you have lying around to collect weapons and materials, which you can sell for rupees. If you have reached the five amiibo cap, you can repeatedly change the date and scanning to keep receiving more rewards for easy money!

Just note that you'll need to collect your rewards before scanning more amiibo.

amiibo Support | amiibo Rewards and How to Use

Quests

There are a few quests that earn you rupees as a first time reward. Although the rupees are normally only obtainable a single time, the Material Quest The Master Chef can be repeated, allowing you to trade in your excess Mighty Bananas for tons of rupees!

Offering Help on the Road

How to Unlock
Clear the Battle: Akkala Tower
Reward
Qualify for the Trial of the Great Fairies Rupees x9000
Required Materials
Rupee ×4500

Rebuilding Lipstique

How to Unlock
Clear the Battle: Relentless as a Waterfall
Reward
Riju: +2 Bonus Hearts Rupees x5000
Required Materials
Lizalfos Trophy ×50	Bokoblin Trophy ×200	Rupee ×5000

The Master Chef

How to Unlock
Clear the Battle: The Future of Hyrule
Reward
Rupees x1000
Required Materials
Mighty Bananas ×100

Best Missions for Rupee Farming

Molduga Sighting

Molduga Sighting is an easy and consistent way to farm rupees. The mission is quick enough that it can be finished in less than a minute or two. It is also available early on which can be helpful for newer players.

To maximize the earnings, we suggest selling the Molduga Fins and Molduga Guts you get to Segimo to take advantage of his merchant bonus. Each run should last for a minute or two and net you about 1,350 Rupees.

Molduga Sighting Challenge Walkthrough

Hunting for Gemstones

This mission is another solid option for quick Rupee Farming and is available later on in the game. You will have to defeat a Luminous Stone Talus, a Rare Stone Talus, and a Malice Igneo Talus. So it is recommended to use more powerful characters to clear the challenge in a shorter time.

Depending on your luck, you can get a variety of ores that can be sold for lucrative amounts. To maximize earnings, we suggest selling the ores to Dayfah to take advantage of her merchant bonus. Each run should last about 2-5 minutes and you can expect about 2,000 Rupees.

Hunting for Gemstones Challenge Walkthrough

Link: Two-Handed Weapons

This is another early mission that nets a decent amount of rupees. Although, it requires you to use Link with a Two-Handed weapon.

This challenge offers various types of meat as Battlefield Drops. To maximize the earnings, we suggest selling the various meat drops to Ettu to take advantage of his merchant bonus. Each run should last under four minutes and net you about 1,000 Rupees.

Link: Two-Handed Weapons Challenge Walkthrough

Urbosa, The Gerudo Chief

This mission is the earliest mission to farm quick Rupees but takes a lot longer than the others. Check out our Mighty Banana farming guide to see how to collect a large amount of Mighty Bananas which can then be used to trade with the Master Chef in the Gerudo Region.

The Master Chef will trade 1,000 Rupees for 100 Mighty Bananas. You can max out your inventory by playing through Urbosa, The Gerudo Chief. Each run should last about 20 minutes and net you about 10,500 Rupees.

Keep in mind that if you farm more than the inventory limit (x999), each extra Mighty Banana will be automatically sold for the default price of 5 Rupees each.

Urbosa, The Gerudo Chief Walkthrough

Where to Use Rupees

Purchasing Materials

You can use rupees to buy materials from various shops and merchants in Hyrule, which will allow you to complete quests and gain more power ups.

In Quests

Some quests require rupees in order to complete them, so you'll need to make sure to farm some rupees to complete them all.

Quests Rupees Are Used For

Quest	Required Materials
Needed: Researchers!	・ Lizalfos Trophy x50 ・ Bokoblin Trophy x200 ・ Rupee x1000
Wanted: Shop Assistant	・ Bokoblin Trophy x100 ・ Rupee x1500
An End to Fighting	・ Bokoblin Trophy x200 ・ Ruby x1 ・ Rupee x1000
The Rito Flying Tournament	・ Opal x1 ・ Amber x1 ・ Raw Bird Thigh x10 ・ Keese Trophy x35 ・ Rupee x1500
The Spa's New Service	・ Hydromelon x20 ・ Chillshroom x20 ・ Bokoblin Trophy x300 ・ Electric Safflina x20 ・ Rupee x1500
Offering Help on the Road	・ Rupee x4500
Heartfelt Thanks	・ Wood x10 ・ Topaz x1 ・ Raw Gourmet Meat x5 ・ Raw Whole Bird x5 ・ Rupee x1500
Research Funding	・ Ancient Core x3 ・ Ancient Shaft x10 ・ Ancient Spring x10 ・ Diamond x1 ・ Rupee x1500
Flight Training at Lake Totori	・ Raw Meat x10 ・ Keese Trophy x15 ・ Bokoblin Trophy x200 ・ Raw Bird Drumstick x10 ・ Rupee x1500
Sidon's Waterfall Workshop	・ Lizalfos Trophy x100 ・ Bokoblin Trophy x200 ・ Rupee x2000
Shiny New Tools	・ Wizzrobe Trophy x10 ・ Lizalfos Trophy x150 ・ Bokoblin Trophy x450 ・ Rupee x1000
Rebuilding Lipstique	・ Lizalfos Trophy x50 ・ Bokoblin Trophy x200 ・ Rupee x5000
Market Apeel	・ Hydromelon x10 ・ Lizalfos Trophy x150 ・ Cool Safflina x10 ・ Mighty Bananas x20 ・ Rupee x1500
A Goron-Style Massage	・ Moblin Fang x50 ・ Opal x5 ・ Stone Pebblit Trophy x15 ・ Rupee x2000
Training Ground Upgrade	・ Hearty Bass x10 ・ Blue Nightshade x10 ・ Keese Trophy x50 ・ Lizalfos Trophy x200 ・ Rupee x2000
Rebuilding Akkala Bridge	・ Moblin Fang x50 ・ Moblin Horn x50 ・ Hinox Tooth x20 ・ Lynel Hoof x20 ・ Rupee x3000
Search Party for Parts	・ Hearty Bass x15 ・ Raw Meat x20 ・ Moblin Trophy x10 ・ Endura Shroom x15 ・ Rupee x2000
It's Raining Rupees	・ Rupee x8000 ・ Star Fragment x1
The Kakariko Village Dojo	・ Moblin Horn x30 ・ Bokoblin Fang x50 ・ Bokoblin Horn x50 ・ Bokoblin Trophy x300 ・ Rupee x1500
Terrako, Enlightened	・ Ancient Core x10 ・ Ethereal Stone x5 ・ Stone Talus Trophy x1 ・ Hinox Trophy x1 ・ Rupee x3000
The Lonely Goddess	・ Wood x100 ・ Wildberry x10 ・ Korok Seed x5 ・ Lynel Horn x30 ・ Rupee x5000
Bonananza	・ Moblin Trophy x10 ・ Mighty Bananas x20 ・ Rupee x4000
Working with the Blacksmith Guild	・ Topaz x5 ・ Giant Ancient Core x10 ・ Rupee x5000 ・ Report: Vicious Monsters x5
Frugal Fruit	・ Hydromelon x10 ・ Icy Lizalfos Tail x5 ・ Bright-Eyed Crab x10 ・ Rupee x500 ・ Report: Material Properties x3
An Abundance of Apples	・ Voltfruit x5 ・ Hydromelon x5 ・ Wildberry x10 ・ Rupee x2000 ・ Report: Material Properties x1
Roll Out the Research	・ Rupee x800
EX Searching for Monster Data	・ Hinox Tooth x15 ・ Lynel Hoof x15 ・ Rupee x3000 ・ Report: Monster Ecology x20 ・ Report: Vicious Monsters x5
EX Regular Maintenance	・ Rupee x6000 ・ Robbie's Machine Lubricant x5 ・ Robbie's Maintenance Oil x10 ・ Robbie's Curing Agent x5
EX Secret Plans	・ Flint x20 ・ Topaz x10 ・ Stone Pebblit Trophy x10 ・ Stone Talus Trophy x2 ・ Rupee x2500
EX A Spear Experiment	・ Chuchu Jelly x5 ・ Lizalfos Tail x20 ・ Bokoblin Horn x20 ・ Lizalfos Trophy x20 ・ Rupee x350

List of Quests

Strengthening Your Weapons

You'll have to use up rupees any time you want to power up your weapons through weapon fusion. This can end up using a lot of your hard earned rupees, so be sure to have plenty of them before leveling up your weapons too much!

Weapon Fusion Guide: How to Transfer Weapon Skills

Leveling Up Characters

After unlocking the Military Training Camp, you can use rupees to level up characters. Once you start reaching higher levels, each level up consumes more and more rupees, so be sure to go in with plenty!

Also note that you can only level up characters at lower levels that your highest level character, so you'll need to level grind the old fashioned way for at least one character.

How to Level Up Fast | EXP Farming Guide

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