I have devised a scheme for becoming rich quick in the Oregon Trail Deluxe. I have included a screenshot of the results below. Before I began the scheme, I had 20 oxen, 11 sets of clothes, 1980 bullets, 3 wagon wheels, 3 wagon axles, 3 wagon tongues, 2000 pounds of food, and $2.
Here are the steps for the scheme.
1. Choose your occcupation(Merchant, Doctor or Banker would be preferable).
2. Buy 20 oxen, 99 boxes of bullets, 3 wagon wheels, 3 wagon axles, 3 wagon tongues, 2000 pounds of food, and as many sets of clothing as you want/can buy with the leftover money.
3. Go into the trade menu.
4. Ask for $200 or $500. If nobody is willing to trade at first, try it repeatedly until someone offers a good trade.
Notes on what is a good trade for $200:
Any amount of bullets is good. A trade for oxen will only be good if the amount asked for is < 10 oxen. A trade for food is only good if the amount asked for is < 1000 pounds. A trade for clothing will be preferable only if the amount asked for is less than 20 sets. Wagon wheels, axles, and tongues are unlikely to appear, but if they do, then any amount will be fine.
Notes on what is a good trade for $500:
For all things except clothing, any amount will do. For clothing, only accept if they ask for less than 50 sets.
5. Buy the amount traded back from the store. If you want to hoard clothing and did not choose banker, buy more clothing. Otherwise, just hoard the extra money.
6. Repeat until you reach an amount that you feel is sufficient for the rest of your journey. For me, that was $2000.
I have attempted to embed the Oregon Trail Deluxe in this post. If it does not work, the link is right next to the word "is" in this sentence. You can also find it on https://archive.org. Now I will be returning to my visit of the Capital City.
