If you've ever ventured into Norrath, the virtual world of the fabulous EverQuest MMORPGs, then you know that life there is all about the platinum. EverQuest platinum is as necessary as air if you're planning to advance in level and pay for the equipment, weapons, ingredients, and other goodies you'll need to get ahead in Norrath. How do you acquire EverQuest platinum, you ask? Well, there are several acceptable ways to go about it, and you should take advantage of every one of them.

Everquest platinum, Everquest riches

We all know that the fun part of EverQuest is going out on quests, and this is certainly one of the ways the designers intended for players to acquire their EverQuest platinum. It can be slow, though; it's hard to save up even one EverQuest platinum at the rate of one copper a rat, considering that the exchange rate is a mere 1,000,000 coppers per platinum! Fortunately, the bigger the critter the more they're worth -- and the better stuff they have on them. Selling valuable items you've acquired is an excellent means of increasing your EverQuest platinum funds. Spend a few points on crafting here and there, and you can even make useful items to sell for gold and the occasional platinum piece.

A platinum saved is a platinum earned

If worse comes to worse, there's always another effective way to increase your EverQuest platinum: by having your real world avatar buy some on the Internet. You can buy EverQuest platinum for the original EQ as little as $.54 per 1000 from many Internet vendors; you can even find it for sale on eBay. Amazingly, the EQ2 version of Everquest platinum goes for an eyepopping $3.00+/platinum. Is it any surprise that EverQuest economies are healthier than some of their real-world counterparts?