Businesses
Overview:
Businesses provide an alternate way to earn money through underground operations. By producing counterfeit bills, you can either sell them directly to a Shady Accountant, or occasionally to the Senator for cash, or launder them into clean money for a steady income stream.
Getting Started:
To purchase a business:
1. Open your phone
2. Select the "Businesses" section
3. Select either "Minesantos Suds" or "Counterfeit Co"
4. Purchase your business
Available Businesses
Counterfeit Co:
Minesantos Suds:
- Produces and processes counterfeit bills
- No required Level
Cotton:
- Used to launder and clean counterfeit bills
- Unlocks at Machine Level 20
Cotton is the foundation of creating your counterfeit currency. You can purchase cotton seeds from Chemist Carl at spawn. Higher-tier seeds produce better quality counterfeit bills resulting in a even higher profit margin.
Tier Cotton Donation Required Seed Cost
Common None $400
Uncommon 1,000 Cotton $2,000
Rare 5,000 Cotton $7,000
Legendary 15,000 Cotton $14,000
To unlock higher tiers donate cotton to Chemist Carl
Machines:
Each business contains machines that process materials into counterfeit currency.
Counterfeit Co:
Growing Pots:
Lightning System:
- Converts Cotton Seeds and Water into Cotton
- Cost depends on the growing pot, but you get the first one for free
- Starting production time is 120s
Pressing Machine:
- Reduces crop growth time
- Takes battery
Dyeing Machine:
- Converts Cotton into Paper Sheets
- Cost: $25,000
- Processing Time: 74 seconds
Cutting Machine:
- Converts Paper Sheets and Green Dye into Uncut Bills
- Cost: $25,000
- Processing Time: 74 seconds
Washing Machine:
- Converts Uncut bills into Pristine Bills
- Costs: $25,000
- Processing Time: 74 seconds
Storage Shelves:
- Converts Pristine bills and Pebbles into Rough Counterfeit bills
- Costs: $25,000
- Processing Time: 36 seconds
- Provides additional storage for materials and products.
Minesantos Suds:
Soap Dispenser and Vacuum:
- Used to launder counterfeit bills into money
Business Boosters:
Business Boosters provide a temporary boost to productions, each booster costs 5 gold and lasts for 30 minutes
Production Booster: Reduces machine processing by 7 seconds
XP Booster: Doubles the machine XP given
Crop growth booster: reduces crop growth time by 7 seconds
Audits:
Audits can occur within your Minesantos Suds Business.
When an audit occurs:
Your business will also generate Heat, which represents how suspicion your operations are, this heat will be generate as you use your machines. All this information can be seen in the FBI agent located in your Minesantos Suds
- A task window will open
- You will be assigned a task to complete
- If you fail the task you will be given a penalty
Raids:
Raids can occur within your Counterfeit Co Business.
How raids work:
If the raid is successful it will slow down your business and remove product out of your machines
- Raids checks occur every hour
- Higher heat increases the chance of being raided and the penalty
Labour:
In both businesses you can purchase either protection or laborer to keep your business working and looking clean.
Minesantos Suds:
Lawyer: Drops raid bracket by 2 steps, that recharges every 4 hours
Accountant: Speeds up the suspicion buff decay by 5%
Fake Customer: Gives you a 50% lower suspicion gain
Counterfeit Co:
Lawyer: Drops raid bracket by 2 steps, that recharges every 4 hours
Accountant: Speeds up the suspicion buff decay by 5%
Bodyguard: Lowers raid chance by 5%
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