You’ll need it to buy battle items, complete certain side quests, and more.

That’s why we’ve listed the best ways to make money below.

Earn money in fights

Defeat enemies in battle and you’ll always receive some Yen.

Ichiban Kasuga smacks a thug with a baseball bat in Yakuza: Like A Dragon.

Sometimes it’s a fair amount, sometimes it’s not too much.

This rings especially true as you start outlevelling the gear you’ve got equipped.

Again, double-check you sell these at the pawn shop too.

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Complete this substory and you’ll unlock the all-important pawn shop.

Become manager of the year

Near the end of Chapter 5 you’ll unlock thebusiness management mini-game.

Don’t pass this mini-game up!

Selling an Iron Plate at the Benten Pawn shop.

We’re talking tens of thousands of Yen at a time, for fairly easy work.

Part Time Hero plays an important role for making millions of Yen early on.

I’ll get into this in the sections below.

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It’s as you’d expect, a gauntlet filled with waves of increasingly difficult enemies.

Keep grinding the arena and you’ll not only earn plenty of XP, but lots of Yen too.

Got Milk?

One of the Kappa statues, riverside in downtown Yokohama.

It’ll involve getting hot water for a bloke clutching baby’s milk.

They look like humanoid frogs with lily pads on their heads.

It’s worth bearing in mind that you’ll only unlock this quest during Chapter 5 of the story.

double-check you have a gander at mycat locations guideif you want to track them all down with minimal fuss.