Begging

My character started in Felwithe. When I lvl up I usually go swimming and fishing so I'll go
to the fishing spot by the Fish House and while I'm fishing practice my spells to get them up
and beg from ? the Pure constantly. She's never gone agro on me. Of course I've never got a copper from her. I'm at lvl 8 with begging @ 45.

It takes too long to raise your begging skill to the point where you can actually get money with a reasonable success rate. Even when you do, you can't beg from the same NPC over and over because he/she will run out of coins fairly quickly.

But if you have a pet, or will be waiting around anyway, you might as well work it up a little. Who knows, maybe one day they'll change the skill to make it more usefull.

ok, ANY npc can be used to raise begging. VERY FEW non-speaking ones will go aggro. These are just basics.

Here are the best ones:

Pets (already mentioned often, good enough to mention here too)

Mobs someone else is fighting (what're they gonna do, turn and hit you instead? haven't seen it yet)

Mobs YOU are fighting (tunr off attack, click beg, turn on attack. Quick 'n easy.)

Mobs you run by (if you are bored on a run from Steamfont to Kaladim, just select any mob on the way and give it a run-by begging.)

Mobs you are building a trade skill on (I have been wasting wolves for meat to raise cooking. What do i do? Beg em, THEN commit wolfecide)

I've heard begging from boats in the other thread. Never tried it, cannot vouch.

Things you DO NOT want to raise skill with:

Vendors (they may be the rich ones, but they want to keep their money the most.)

Any NPC less than amiable (they already don't like you, and you're gonna ask them for more?)

The PoD (well duh... even a lvl 60 will be flat on his @$$ in less than a minute, and I doubt the PoD is gonna give you his stuff anytime soon)



To note:

I have gotten the MOST skill off of the lowbie mobs i beg right before I mow over for my trade items. I got the LEAST from begging from pets. This has just been my experience... Lord knows I begged from pets 10X more than from random NPC's



As for who to beg from for actual coins? don't ask, I haven't tried. Go find a post titled "how to GET stuff from begging... Easy :)"

in river vale there is a young halfling near the water fall kinda out of the way if you have fien death this is a great place to beg i tried to bad i dont have FD skill LOL i had to run to kith begging is a skill if your bored

I'm Reztarn Solarflare. I have a 175 in begging because I've gotten a few friend Fishbone Earrings. During the hours of waiting for Hadden I would beg from the man in the shed. Here is some info.

He cons lower than indiff but yet I can beg from him hundreds of times in a row while sitting down.

At a skill of 175 the most I have ever gotten is 2sp from a North Freeport Guard (Paladin). Never had them attack me even though they con dubusiously and I beg over and over from the same one. Usually I get 1cp.

I have not tried to beg from merchants. Some NPC simply don't have money but you can still raise the skill.

Why do it? If you find yourself with time on your hand it is one other board thing to do. Useful? Not in any cituation I have seen yet.

It's been said before, begging take's a Very long time to raise the skill, but it can be done.

First: don't expect to get much before your skill reaches 60 or 70, even then it's still hard to get anything.

Second: you should not rely on this skill as a continuous source of cash.

Third: Don't ever beg from an NPC more than once or twice in a row without zoning, this is how beggers get hurt.

Fourth: If you are going to press your luck with the NPC's make sure you can take them in a fight otherwise you can kiss your a$$ goodbye.

Ok, with that said, how do you get your skill up to the kind of level where it will do anything for you? Well, all I can say is, a pet of a player is going to be your best friend from now on. Find a pet of a PC that con's at least blue and start begging, this is the quickest way to gain skill that won't get you killed. The other way to get your skill up is a little more dangerous and slower but it still works. The second way to get your begging up is during combat, if you have enough HP to survive the fight then quickly turn off the Auto Attack and press the Hot Key for beg and quickly turn Auto Attack back on (you did make a Hot Key for beg didn't you?). If you get low on HP's while doing this you may want to forgo the begging because you're going to need all the hit's you can get at that point.

Once you have your skill up to the point where you think you can start getting stuff for it, then start shopping for suckers. Go around and Con any friendly NPC that you think would be a good target. The best NPC's to beg from are low blue or green NPC's that are warmly, but amiably and indifferent still give good coin. If all you can find are Red, Yellow or White NPC's just remember rule Three and you should be alright, all NPC's will eventually attack you if you beg from them too much so watch it, begging is considered a form of hostile act to the NPC's and always has a chance to agro them.

Begging can be a very usefull skill when you're running low on cash and need just that few more CP to get what you need and, although it pales in comparison with the money making potential of the rogues PickPocket skill, it is one that almost anybody has, and should be honed to at least a degree of excelance.

Well beggin takes a long, long time to go up by itself. i have 81 in begging and i can get a few coppers and occasionally a silver from begging. Do NOT beg from a guard...they will attack you. And i wouldn't beg from merchants either, they also sometime attack you. The best thing to PRACTICE begging on are pets. To actually get money, beg from humanoid creatures. Faction does affect begging, but i can still get a copper or 2 from that dubious NPC. early on, it takes FOREVER to get begging to go up. for pet types, while medding, target your pet and just click beg whenever it comes up. anyway, that's it, dont expect to make a profit from begging, but you can buy some food and water if ya die---just beg some cash then buy it.