Money advice for PUBG is full of methods that were excellent two updates ago and are now merely fine.

Short answer

The reliable earners are boring and repeatable. The exciting ones have worse hourly rates once you count setup.

The cap on a given activity matters more than its headline number. Payout figures quoted without a time attached are marketing rather than information. If your result differs from what is described here, note what is different first rather than starting over.

Setup cost and payback time

Event weeks distort every comparison, and normal weeks are what you should plan around. Idle income sounds appealing and is almost always the worst rate available. It helps to understand why a step exists, because then you can adapt it when your situation is slightly different. Setup cost only matters relative to how long you intend to keep playing.

A method that was patched still shows up in search results for years afterwards. Most of the disagreement you will find online is two people describing different builds. Group multipliers change the ranking of methods completely, which is why lists disagree.

Solo versus group

If a step reads as obvious, do it anyway — the obvious ones are the ones people skip and then wonder about. Where two approaches both work, the one with fewer moving parts is the one to keep. The short version is near the top on purpose; the reasoning is there if you want to know why.

  • Group up where the multiplier is meaningful.
  • Check the patch date on any figures you are comparing.
  • Stop and reassess after two failed attempts rather than repeating the third.
  • Finish the setup before starting the loop.
  • Do the daily and weekly resets first — they are the best rate available.

What it earns per hour

Anything that behaves differently on console than on PC is flagged where it matters. What follows assumes you are on a current install and have not modified it. Patch notes move numbers around constantly; the shape of the answer holds even when a specific value shifts. There is usually a fast way and a reliable way, and it is worth knowing which one you are choosing.

Everything below is framed around the current state of PUBG rather than a launch-week impression. If you are coming to this after a long break, the terminology has probably moved on. The awkward part is rarely the step itself, it is knowing which step comes first.

The loop worth repeating

The developers have changed their mind about this at least once, which explains the older advice. Treat anything stated without a version number as provisional. Screenshots age faster than text, which is why this describes rather than shows.

PUBG is not shy about hiding useful information two menus deep, so some of this is simply knowing where to look. Half the pages on this topic were written for a build that no longer exists, which is why they stop matching what you see. Where something depends on your platform or region, that is called out rather than glossed over.

Methods that were nerfed

Nothing here assumes a particular playstyle beyond wanting the thing to work. None of this needs a paid tool, a third-party launcher or an account on a site you have never heard of. A single check up front replaces a lot of guessing later.

Where people go wrong

  • Changing five things at once and then not knowing which one helped.
  • Trusting a video thumbnail that promises a result the video never actually shows.
  • Copying a setup wholesale from a streamer without understanding what each part does.
  • Treating a rare edge case as the normal behaviour and planning around it.

PUBG FAQ

Do I need other players?

For some activities the multiplier is large enough to matter. For the rest, solo is fine and less coordination.

Is this still accurate after the latest PUBG update?

The method is; individual numbers may not be. If a value on your screen differs, trust the screen and keep the sequence.

What is the fastest way to make money in PUBG?

The dull repeatable one, almost always. Fast methods usually mean high variance rather than a high average.

Does this work the same on console and PC?

The logic is identical. Menu paths and button prompts differ, and any real difference is flagged above.

That is the whole of it — if something here stops matching PUBG, the game changed, not the method.