How to Earn Fons Fast
Quick answer: The fastest way to earn Fons is to spend all of your City Stamina every week (1,000 Fons per point), open The Cafe by Origen by Tycoon Level 4 for passive income, run the Pink Paws Heist from level 10, grab the hidden safes once, and farm Fons with Chiz from level 18. Add free Fons from redeem codes and event gifts on top.
Fons pay for almost everything in City Tycoon: your car, your apartment, and the Fons total you need to level up. They're also what you spend on character upgrades. This page ranks every Fons source, so you can see what to do first and what to do every week.
Fons Sources at a Glance
| Source | Unlocks at | How much it pays | Costs Stamina? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hethereau Hobbies (ride-hailing, City Delivery, fishing, racing) | Level 2 and up | 1,000 Fons per Stamina point | Yes |
| The Cafe by Origen | Level 4 | Passive income, roughly 30,000 to 40,000 Fons per day with a good setup | No |
| Pink Paws Heist | Level 10 | About 100,000 to 240,000 Fons per run | No |
| Chiz in combat | Level 18 | Up to about 40,000 Fons per day | No |
| Hidden safes | Any level | Roughly 450,000 to 500,000 Fons in total, one time only | No |
| Weekly bonus activities | After your first apartment | About 40,000 Fons or more per week | Varies |
| Anomaly Commissions | Early | A smaller daily payout, plus Hunter EXP | No |
| Codes and event gifts | Any level | Free Fons that arrive by mail or code | No |
1. Spend All Your City Stamina Every Week
City Stamina is a weekly budget, and it refills every Monday. Anything left unspent is lost, along with the Fons it would have earned, so this is the first habit to build.
| Tycoon Level | City Stamina cap |
|---|---|
| 1 | 100 |
| 5 | 200 |
| 10 | 350 |
| 16 | 500 |
| 23 | 700 (maximum) |
- Every hobby pays the same 1,000 Fons per point. What differs is how fast you can burn the Stamina and what bonus rewards you get. Ride-hailing (Swift Travel), City Delivery, and Owner's Selection are the ones guides name as the quickest ways to spend it.
- Early on, spread your Stamina across different hobbies instead of using it all on one. You'll finish more tasks and unlock more rewards sooner.
- Bonus rewards: fishing gives a special coin you can trade for Beetle Coins. Completing optional racing tasks earns stars, and every three stars pays a one-time Fons bonus. City Delivery lets you spend a big chunk of Stamina in a single trip, which saves time.
- From level 16, one guide says each Stamina action costs double but pays more, so you still earn more per week as long as you finish the bar.
- Annulith can buy extra Stamina. Only do this when you're a step away from a level that raises your cap or unlocks a new source, because otherwise it's rarely worth it.
See City Stamina and Hobbies for a hobby-by-hobby comparison.
2. Set Up The Cafe by Origen (Level 4)
The Cafe is the only source that earns while you're offline, so set it up first and keep it running.
- Rush to Tycoon Level 4. You need a four-wheeled vehicle, the Legendary Driver quest, and 10 City Stamina spent.
- Hire two employees and raise their management skills at least once, for more traffic and higher dish prices.
- Open management and unlock every recipe.
- Swap the bottom slots to the highest-priced dish or drink you can serve.
- Choose your items first, then press Restock and pick 24 hours. Avoid 72 hours, because you'll unlock new recipes and change items every day.
- Clear the management guide tasks at the top of the shop screen for one-time Fons rewards.
- Every time you log in, collect the revenue, open management to unlock recipes, change items, and restock.
- Keep buying new shops as they unlock, since each one adds more selling slots.
See The Cafe by Origen for more.
3. Run the Pink Paws Heist (Level 10)
The Pink Paws Heist is a bank-robbery dungeon that pays a lot of Fons and costs no Stamina. One guide puts a run at 6 to 10 minutes for about 100,000 to 240,000 Fons. Another reports a cap of about 1,000,000 Fons per cycle, but the cap and how often it resets vary between sources, so check it in-game.
You can go solo or in a team of up to four. Rewards are settled individually, and co-op improves the drops. You also need to finish it once to reach Tycoon Level 11.
See Pink Paws Heist for routes and tips.
4. Farm Fons with Chiz (Level 18)
Once you unlock Chiz at level 18, simply attacking enemies with her earns Fons:
- Each use of Barren pays about 1,500 Fons, once when it lands and again if it defeats the enemy.
- The daily cap is about 40,000 Fons. After that it pays only 1 Fon per use.
- The lifetime cap is 250,000 Fons per account, and it doubles to 500,000 when you reach Tycoon Level 25.
Reaching the daily cap in about five minutes by holding attack inside the Kindness Hard to Refuse High Risk Commission, leaving with ESC, and re-challenging. Another trick is to farm an open-world enemy camp without defeating everyone, so the enemies are still there when you return.
One guide describes a quick way to reach the daily cap: hold her basic attack inside the lowest-difficulty material dungeon for about five minutes, which gives roughly 40,000 Fons. It says you can leave without claiming the dungeon rewards, which saves you an entry. Treat that last part as unconfirmed.
See Chiz Fons Farming for details and Chiz Build Guide for her kit.
5. Open the Hidden Safes (One Time)
A few big safes in the open world can be lockpicked for a combined 450,000 to 500,000 Fons, and most take only a couple of minutes. One guide lists these six:
| Location | Fons |
|---|---|
| Bank, second floor | 200,000 |
| Tower in New Herland District, Crystal Mountain Avenue (second floor) | 100,000 |
| Hospital, inside the special puzzle anomaly | 50,000 |
| Bandit Camp, north of Miguel District at the edge of the map | 50,000 |
| Bandit Camp at a construction site in the top-right of the map (third floor) | 50,000 |
| Bandit Camp west of Miguel District and north of Illusion Town | 50,000 |
6. Do the Weekly Bonus Activities
- Realm of Greed: enter from your first apartment. You have to activate the Blind Mammon anomaly first, which needs a Gluttonous Eye from the Auction House. A Covetous Coin from the auction upgrades it for a bigger reward. One guide estimates 40,000 Fons or more per week.
- Special City Delivery: enter through the Old Mailbox in your second apartment. It unlocks after your first City Delivery, you need to activate the Old Mailbox, and it earns Fons without spending Stamina.
See Property and Apartment for the apartments.
7. Don't Skip the Small Stuff
- Anomaly Commissions pay Fons alongside Hunter EXP.
- Tycoon tasks and level-up rewards give one-time payouts, and the Cafe's management tasks do too.
- The Exploration Guide blocks several Tycoon levels, so clear its combat and character tutorial tasks as soon as they appear.
- Exchanges: some guides mention trading items in the shop or exchanging collectible pieces for Fons. These are slower than the sources above, so treat them as a top-up when you're just short of a level.
8. Free Fons
- Redeem codes often include Fons. See the current codes for what's active.
- Version 1.4 gift: the Pukaland Fest gift pack includes 2,000,000 Fons. It arrives by mail after the October 21 update, for players who have unlocked mail before Version 1.4 ends.
- New in Version 1.4: the original program is reported to build Fons progress faster, and a Sweetdream Charity Drive turns donated items into Fons progress. We'll add details once they're confirmed.
Common Mistakes
- Forgetting to press Level Up. The level never goes up by itself, even when you meet the Fons total and tasks.
- Wasting Stamina. Anything unspent at the Monday refill is gone.
- Restocking the Cafe for 72 hours. Use 24 hours so you can keep unlocking recipes.
- Skipping Exploration Guide tutorials, which can stall your level for a long time.
- Buying expensive vanity items early. Save your Fons for the car, apartment, and the things your levels actually need.
FAQ
What's the best way to earn Fons as a new player? Rush to level 4 and set up the Cafe, then spend all your City Stamina every week. At level 10, add the Pink Paws Heist.
How much Fons can I earn per week? It depends on your level. One guide estimates about 700,000 Fons per week from Stamina alone at the 700 cap, plus the Heist and the Cafe on top.
Does the Pink Paws Heist cost Stamina? No.
Does City Stamina carry over? No. It refills every Monday, and unspent points are lost.
This guide is compiled from player guides, and some numbers differ between sources. We update it as each detail is confirmed in-game.