Laborer Passive Income

Recommended Gear

Loadout for Prospector, 8–12 laborers

All Prospector — 8–12 laborers

Every T8 laborer is a prospector on T7 journals at 150% yield. 10 T8 houses on the island.

T8 House Build Cost

10 houses — materials per house × 10

×19,200

Rough Logs

×1,920

Rough Stone

×1,800

Sandstone Block

×1,800

Travertine Block

×1,800

Granite Block

×1,800

Slate Block

×1,800

Basalt Block

×1,800

Marble Block

×1,800

Gneiss Block

House build: 37,552,620 silver (3,755,262 per house)

Furniture & Journals

×10

Elder's Bed

×3

Elder's Table

×10

Ledger of Truths

×10

Adamantium Ore Sample

×10

Grandmaster Prospector's Journal (Empty)

Item details

• T8 house build (10×) — 37,552,620 silver
• Rough Logs ×19200 — 288,000 silver
• Rough Stone ×1920 — 102,720 silver
• Sandstone Block ×1800 — 72,900 silver
• Travertine Block ×1800 — 185,400 silver
• Granite Block ×1800 — 121,500 silver
• Slate Block ×1800 — 230,400 silver
• Basalt Block ×1800 — 1,059,300 silver
• Marble Block ×1800 — 6,680,700 silver
• Gneiss Block ×1800 — 28,811,700 silver
• Elder's Bed ×10 — 8,349,995 silver — One T8 bed per laborer (one per house)
• Elder's Table ×3 — 5,204,999 silver — One T8 table per four laborers
• Ledger of Truths ×10 — 168,420 silver — T8 generalist trophy — one per house for 150%
• Adamantium Ore Sample ×10 — 480,000 silver — T8 prospector trophy — one per house
• Grandmaster Prospector's Journal (Empty) ×10 — 319,925 silver — Fill while mining T7/T8 ore — one active journal per laborer

Furniture & journals14,523,339 silver

T8 house build (×10)37,552,620 silver

Total setup cost52,075,959 silver

Requirements

• Level 6 personal island with T8 laborer houses (one laborer per house)
• T8 beds and tables — one bed per laborer, one table per four laborers
• T8 trophies to reach 150% happiness on T7 journals
• T7 full journals — fill while gathering T7/T8 or buy filled journals on the market

Step-by-Step

1. 1

   Upgrade island houses to T8 and hire T8 laborers of the matching specialty (prospector, lumberjack, cropper, etc.).

2. 2

   Furnish each T8 house: T8 bed per laborer, T8 table per four laborers, plus T8 trophies for 150% happiness on T7 journals. Happiness takes up to 10 hours to max after placing furniture.

3. 3

   Wait 30 minutes after hiring a new laborer before they can accept their first journal.

4. 4

   Carry empty journals while you gather, craft, or kill mobs — only base fame counts (premium fame bonus does not fill journals).

5. 5

   Hand a full T7 journal to a T8 laborer of the same type. T8 houses hit 150% yield on T7 journals. Each job takes 22 hours.

6. 6

   Collect unrefined resources and the empty journal when the job finishes. Sell resources and re-use or sell the empty journal.

7. 7

   Repeat — specialize laborers to match whatever activity you already do so journal filling costs nothing extra.