If you're playing Last Epoch in the Merchant's Guild and feel like you're constantly broke while everyone else seems to be swimming in gold, you're not alone. With the current state of the economy, inflation is high, prices are wild, and many players are struggling to keep up-especially when it comes to Last Epoch gold high-demand endgame items like the Red Ring.

The good news? There is a reliable way to generate massive amounts of Last Epoch gold-potentially billions-without relying on lucky drops or flipping items nonstop. This strategy focuses on understanding market demand, farming efficiently, and leveraging systems that most Merchant's Guild players either overlook or use incorrectly.

Why the Red Ring Is the Key to Wealth

At the center of this strategy is the Red Ring, one of the most valuable items in the current endgame. Most top-tier builds require it, which keeps demand extremely high. As a result, even a zero-LP Red Ring can sell for tens of millions of gold, while 1 LP versions often sell for hundreds of millions.

The reason prices stay this high isn't just demand-it's supply. Many players simply don't know the most efficient way to acquire Red Rings, or they approach it incorrectly. That gap is where the profit comes from.

The Core Idea: Farm Runes, Not Rings

Instead of trying to directly farm Red Rings through drops, the smarter approach is to farm Runes of Ascendance and convert ring bases into Red Rings yourself. On average, players can expect roughly one Red Ring every 330–350 Runes of Ascendance, with about three Red Rings per 1,000 runes over time.

This means the real objective isn't the ring-it's maximizing rune acquisition.

The Fastest Method: Using Circle of Fortune (Even as a Merchant)

This may sound counterintuitive, but the fastest way to make gold in the Merchant's Guild is temporarily leveraging Circle of Fortune.

Circle of Fortune provides access to powerful Prophecies, which Merchant's Guild players lack. While most Circle of Fortune items can't be traded, crafting materials like Runes of Ascendance are not faction-locked, making them the perfect loophole.

The optimal setup looks like this:

Level a character in Circle of Fortune to Rank 8 or 9

Farm large amounts of Favor

Roll Prophecies that reward 14 Runes of Ascendance

Use lenses that double rewards when possible

Focus only on prophecies with easy conditions

With the right setup, it's possible to earn 200–300 Runes of Ascendance in just one to two hours.

Once you've collected enough runes, switch back to your Merchant's Guild character and start ascending tradeable ring bases.

Efficient Favor Farming With Woven Echoes

To sustain this process, you need Favor-lots of it. The most efficient method uses a Woven Echo strategy built around:

False Temples (easy shrine-based echoes)

Lost Wood Folly, which spreads Memory Amber to the surrounding echoes

A Weaver Tree focused on:

Experience nodes

Rune rewards

Memory Amber generation

By arranging False Temples around a Lost Wood Folly and rotating efficiently, you can sustain your echo purchases indefinitely while farming massive Favor and Runes at the same time.

This method is fast, repeatable, and works even at relatively low corruption levels.

A Slower Alternative (No Faction Swapping)

If you don't want to buy Last Epoch gold switch factions, there is a Merchant's Guild–only option-, but it's slower.