How to Get Rupees Fast | Early Game Rupee Farming

This guide will show you the best Rupee farming methods in the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (BotW). Read on to find out the best early game Rupee farming methods and where to spend Rupees.

Best Rupee Farming Methods

Method	Approximate Earnings in 10 minutes
Selling Farosh Horns	7800 Rupees
Snow Bowling	4200 Rupees

Sell Farosh Horns

Fast Travel to the Shoda Sah Shrine Climb up the Waterfall Make a Bonfire Under the Tree on the Left Rest on the Bonfire Until Morning Ride the Updraft and Hit Farosh with a Bow Repeat Step 4 Collect the Shards

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1	Enlarge Fast Travel to Shoda Sah Shrine Whip out the map and fast travel to the Shoda Sah Shrine just near Riola Spring.
2	Enlarge Climb up the Waterfall Wear the Zora Set and climb up the waterfall.
3	Enlarge Make a Bonfire Under the Tree on the Left As you reach the top of the waterfall, glide to the left side of the waterfall and make a bonfire under the tree to avoid the rain putting out the fire.
4	Enlarge Rest on the Bonfire Until Morning and Farosh will Appear As you make the bonfire, rest until the morning. This is an important step since Farosh will appear every morning.
5	Enlarge Ride the Updraft and Hit Farosh's Horns As Farosh appears, an updraft will appear near you. Ride the updraft and hit Farosh' horns with a bow and arrow. As you hit Farosh's Horn, a Shard of Farosh's Horn will fling near Farosh. You can still hit other parts of Farosh, but the material with the highest selling value is the horn shards.
6	Repeat Step 4 Repeat resting on the bonfire nearby until morning. Since Farosh appears every morning, it will always re-appear after resting on the bonfire.
7	Enlarge Collect the Shards The shards don't disappear so you can keep on repeating the steps until you're content with the number of shards you've collected.

Master Pondo's Snow Bowling

Fast Travel to Hebra Tower Go to Pondo's Lodge Talk to Pondo Pick up the Snowball and get behind Pondo Drop the Snowball Get a Strike in Snowling Collect Reward and Repeat

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1	Fast Travel to Hebra Tower Fast travel to Hebra Tower since Pondo's Lodge is near this tower.
2	Enlarge Go to Pondo's Lodge From Hebra Tower, glide to the east just belw some cliffs and you'll find Pondo's Lodge.
3	Enlarge Talk to Pondo Once arrived at Pondo's Lodge, go ahead and talk to Pondo. He'll tell you to play Snow Bowling or as he says, Snowling, for 20 rupees.
4	Enlarge Pick up the Snowball and get behind Pondo Once the pins have been setup, pick up the snowball and get behind Pondo after he steers clear of your way and moves to the side. Hold ZL to focus on Pondo make slight adjustments and move a little bit to Pondo's right as seen in the image above.
5	Enlarge Drop the Snowball Do NOT throw the snowball, but dropping it instead. This is necessary for the snowball to hit all pins.
6	Enlarge Get a Strike! Wait for the snowball to hit all 10 pins in one turn Should the snowball not hit all pins, it will prompt you to hit the remaining pins on the second try.
7	Enlarge Collect Reward and Repeat Hitting all 10 pins, or in other words, getting a strike will reward you with 300 rupees. Repeat this until you are satisfied with the amount of rupees you've received.

Early Game Rupee Farming

Sell Ores to Ramella

Ore	Normal Price	Ramella's Prices
Amber	30	-
Opal	60	-
Luminous Stone	70	-
Topaz	180	200
Ruby	210	230
Sapphire	260	290
Diamond	500	550

The prices shown in Ramella's Prices are the value sold per piece. Note that Ramella buys ore in bulk at 10 pieces per transaction.

Ramella buys ores in a much higher price but she buys ore in bulk at 10 pieces per transaction. She can be found wandering around Goron City during the day and is available after finishing the side quest The Jewel Trade.

The ores that she'll buy from Link will vary each day which includes: Topaz, Rubies, Sapphires, and Diamonds.

The Jewel Trade Walkthrough

Sell Baked Apples to Juney

Number of Baked Apples	Rupees
1	5
5	30
10	70
30	250
50	500
100	1200

Juney can be found in Rito Village. Link can sell her baked apples in which she buys at a higher price.

The Apple of My Eye Walkthrough

Collect Apples in Satori Mountain

World View	Map View
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Head to Satori Mountain by fast traveling to Mogg Latan Shrine. Head to the north east of Satori Mountain and there will be a lot of apple trees. This is the best location for Link to collect apples.

Sell Extra Unneeded Materials

Monsters drop parts which you can sell if you have a couple of extra parts in your inventory. Fight monsters and take advantage of the Blood Moon to respawn enemies to farm their monster parts again.

Where to Farm Lynel Guts: Locations and Prices

Sell Cooked Gourmet Meats

Cooking Gourmet Meat into a dish sells higher than selling the Gourmet Meat itself. Farm creatures that drop Gourmet Meat and collect a lot of them to use for cooking.

Where to Farm Raw Gourmet Meats: Locations and Prices

Where to Spend Rupees

Buy Armor Sets

Buy armor in stores around villages. Some armor are essential to progress the story, so you should save up Rupees for these armor:

Armor Set	Store Location / Effect
Snowquill Set	Location: Rito Village Effect: Unfreezable Complete immunity to freezing.
Flamebreaker Armor Set	Location: Goron City Effect: Flame Guard Complete immunity to scorched climates and fire damage.
Gerudo Set	Location: Kara Kara Bazaar / Gerudo Town Effect: Disguises Link as a Voe, allowing Link to gain entrance to Gerudo Town.

Unlock All Fairy Fountains

Spend Rupees by unlocking Fairy Fountains scattered across Hyrule. This will allow Link to unlock armor upgrades. With each Fairy Fountain unlocked, the maximum level threshold of the armor also increases.

Great Fairy Map: All Fairy Fountain Locations and How to Upgrade Armor

Unlock the Horse God Malanya's Fountain

Unlocking the Horse God allows Link to revive dead horses. If you lost your favorite horse, this is where you can go to revive it, allowing you to ride your favorite horse again. Just be more careful next time!

Horse Locations and Obtainable Materials

Buy the House in Hateno Village

Owning a home is beneficial to Link and is totally worth it! Link will have a bed in which he can sleep to restore hearts for free! Furniture for the house can be bought and it includes mounts in which you can store and display your favorite weapon, shield, and bow.

Hylian Homeowner Walkthrough | How to Buy a House

Zelda: BotW Related Guides

Beginner's Guide and Early Game Tips

Combat Guides
How to Parry	How to Perfect Dodge
Weapons and Armor Guides
Weapon Repair Guide	Where to Get Fireproof Armor
Cooking and Elixirs
How to Cook Food	How to Make Elixirs
Travel Related Tips
How to Shield Surf	How to Tame Wild Horses
The Best Recipes	How to Get the Paraglider
How to Make it Stop Raining	How to Get the Best Horses
Yiga Clan Hideout Location
Rupee-Farming
Early Game Rupee Farming Guide	Treasure Chest Gambling Guide
Best Items to Sell
Other Farming Guides
Star Fragment Farming	Giant Ancient Core Farming
Ancient Arrow Farming	Arrow Farming
Dragon Parts Farming	Blood Moon Trigger Guide
Equipment Guides
How to Get the Master Sword	How to Get the Hylian Shield
How to Use Amiibos
100% Clear Guides
Master Mode Guide	Hyrule Compendium Completion Guide
Post-Game Completion Guide