Hi there! My name is Alex, and I just started playing this week. I am really enjoying the game, but I just wanted to ask a couple questions.

Firstly, what is the best method for making gold? I have been reading through the forum and I saw the thread about it, but I have really only been getting gold from chests while exploring, and it is usually 1-300 each time. Do I just need to save up for the 3rd party slot and do the dungeon?

Also, why do some battles only give me 1xp per monster? Is it just that the enemies are lower level than my Sylesties? And when in the game do I start getting essences? I don't think I've gotten one yet, and creating pets with different traits is one of my favourite parts of the game so far.

Thank you for reading, and I hope that wasn't too many questions to ask at once! :3