How Can I Earn L$ in SL?
Camping for Items and Lindens
“Camping” is a way of earning a small amount of lindens or other objects by sitting in one spot for a certain amount of time. Here is an example.
Traffic Attractor Games
These are usually fishing games or coin hunting games. You will be paid a small amount (1 linden dollar for 15 minutes for example) to increase traffic. Traffic has a mild influence on search result listings.
The games vary, so be sure to read the “how to play” in the note cards, websites and group descriptions.
Fishing Games
In fishing games you will have to purchase baits and a fishing kit and start earning Lindens by fishing.
To do so you go to places that set up a fishing buoy and cast your lines (individual games differ on how you do this, usually some kind of HUD is involved).
Once you have earned enough Lindens in your HUD you can cash out those Lindens either directly from the Game HUD or from a cash terminal the game provides. Some of these games are listed below:
- Fish Hunt: Fish Hunt HQ & Advertising - Fish for Linden Dollars (L$) - More info here.
- Magic Fishing: Magic Fishing HQ & Mall - Advertising -Earn Linden FISH 4 L$ - More info here.
- Virtual Fishing: Fun Games (Earn L$ with Virtual Fishing / Virtual Farming) - More info here.
- Superfish: SuperFish HQ
- Lindo Virtual Flowers: Lindo - Increase Traffic, Earn Linden - More info here. Lindo isn't about fishes but about flowers - essentially it is just the same concept though, you buy seeds, not baits.
Coin Hunting Games
In coin hunting games you will run around and collect coins that are scattered across an area. to collect the coins, click them, wait till the countdown is done and then answer a small riddle to proof you're human, once that is done the amount shown on the coin you clicked will be added to your balance.
Cashing out is similar to fishing games, either by the HUD or a Cash Terminal.
Some coin games are shown below:
- Gold Hunt: Fish Hunt HQ & Advertising - Fish for Linden Dollars (L$) - More info here.
- Magic Crystals: Magic Fishing HQ & Mall - Advertising -Earn Linden FISH 4 L$ - More info here.
Many of the companies above will also have other less popular games besides coin hunting and or fishing.
Linden Lab Games
Well those previous games are nice but sometimes they send you to unpleasant places, some are even places you cannot enter (adult regions with gaming areas are notorious for hosting those games). Wouldn't it be great if you could also earn Lindens in a guaranteed safe for work environment?
Well yes, thanks to Linden Labs you can. Hop over to Portal Park and there either enter Paleo Quest or Linden Realms and follow the instructions. You will be given a temporary HUD / attachment while there, no purchase necessary.
Both of these games have a story line and a quest but more important to you I guess is that you can earn Lindens there.
In Linden Realms you have to collect crystals and bring them to the crystal collector machines to redeem them for Lindens. In Paleo Quest it's Dinosaur parts.
The main difference between these games is: While in both games you can die (and believe me, you will, and you will often)
In Linden Realms your crystals are untouched by death, in Paleo Quest you will lose every thing you collected upon death, but you will need way less items for cash-out in Paleo Quest and the competition also isn't as fierce … which ever you prefer is up to you (I highly recommend trying both though, even if it is just to see the beautiful landscapes the Lindens and Moles have built there)
Finding a Job
Inworld Employment/Want Ads page for Second Life
More information about making money in SL?
Also, Use the Search Shortcut Ctrl + F to search for employment agencies. There are many groups where you can search for jobs and ask for information from other members of the group. Some places may want to only hire people whose avatar is more than 30 days old.
Bringing Funds in from Bank/Paypal
The easiest way to get L$ is to buy them, either via the viewer, or from the SL dashboard.
Sell a product
Make unique and marketable items, from objects such as clothing or houses, to programming scripts and sell them within the game or at the marketplace.
You could also become a reseller for fixed commissions; use ctrl f inside Second Life and search for Commission Sales.