The Yakuza games are essentially criminal life simulators, and like other games in the genre, cash is king in Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties. You will need a ton of money to get by on the mean streets of Okinawa and Tokyo, and fortunately there are a ton of ways to earn all the money you could possibly need.
This guide for Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties is all about grinding for money as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Antique Plate Trading
Plates abound in Yakuza, and you can find them in containers or earn them as rewards. There are also the Forbidden Plate and Forbidden Plate Kiwami to be found in the Morning Glory General Store.
Whatever your source, just take your wares over to the Pawn Shop to exchange them for all the yen you could ever spend.
Bounty Hunting
With up to 6-figure sums as rewards, these bounty hunting hit jobs might just be worth your time once you have the skill to undertake them. Difficulty plays a big part with some of the targets, but the cash rewards are commensurate with it.
Despite starting out fairly low in terms of awarded yen, Reapers are also one of the earliest methods to build up wealth in the game, and there are almost three dozen targets to hunt down.
Coliseum Battling
These multiple round fights revolve around completion speed to determine your ranking, and by extension, your payout as well. The faster you emerge victorious the better, but don’t stress out trying to achieve S-rank, as you can plainly see that the multiplier isn’t worth sweating over.
Hell’s Arena
The Dark Ties specific minigame known as Survival Hell is an opportunity to farm large amounts of yen, and does not necessarily have to be seen through to the end in order to keep your winnings.
Improving Mine’s skillset will naturally improve his survivability in this hellscape, and eventually you should be able to power through all the way.
Those are all the best ways to grind for yen as fast as possible in Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties.
