Hi and welcome to the Lioden! Starting the game might seem a bit overwhelming at the start, but once things click it gets easier! ^^

G1: You have the right idea! At the start the best way would be (in my opinion):
- Hunt a lot! Sell the smaller carcasses to the Monkey Business, but carcasses like zebra, wildebeest and elephant calf sells for 50-90 per full use carcass.
- Exploring a lot! Again, this might not seem lot, but when you stack up those skulls (especially bigger ones like lion/elephant ones) you can some nice . Feathers I would save up for nesting and amusement if needed. Also while exploring, collect those battle beetles you might find. The rarer colors such as opalescent can earn you a nice 200-600 ! You can check the colors and species from Lioden Wiki: https://www.lioden.wiki/beetle-species-and-colours
- Participate in the events! Every month has it's different event and collecting the event currency earns you things you can buy with them! Things that sell the best are usually breeding items (like buffalo/lion scrotums and crunchy worms) and sometimes new applicators.
- Minigames: Lioden Trivia gives you 60 per day since you can google the answers if needed lol! If you are lucky you can also get a rare decor from the trivia as well, and those sell for pretty nice sums! Serengeti shuffle is also a game I would recommend playing daily and I would aim for 4444+ points for the best rewards. It can give you decors, items and even 400 as a reward!

Branches are basically your own market place where you can sell items without the "auctioning"-part which you can access from your own den. Just flat sales and those will appear at the Branch Sales- area in the Crossroads. For selling carcasses etc I would recommend opening one! ^^

G2. I wouldn't recommend paying for territory at first. Try and do battles for the first 20 slots, but after that you will have to pay if you want more; thus it's better just to battle at the start. Pay attention to the stats the opponent you chose has and try to find one that has similar or lower amount as yours! It might take few tries but it will work! You gain stats easiest just by levelling up and for example playing the minigame "Baoball" daily for your few stats.

Hopefully this helped, and feel free to ask more questions if needed ^^<3

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