Kenshi, But My Only Goal Is To Become A Millionaire...

Kenshi is known for being a tough game with a rough experience, and today we'll be pushing that game to its lengths by trying to become a millionaire as fast as possible. No mods, no cheats, no glitches and no exploits - left to my own devices without a clue in the world on how to even start...
But how long does it take, to make a million cats in Kenshi?
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[@ItsJabo]

First Kenshi video!!! Nervous but I absolutely love this game and would love to explore similair games to it if this video is recieved well. Have a good week guys and make sure to Subscribe... or else 🔫🤨

[@fatraccoon9123]

This is my favorite game ever glad you played it

[@pineapplepie4929]

poop

[@ItsJabo]

@@fatraccoon9123 you're welcome, I fucking lvoe Kenshi!

[@Niceler]

is there a quest that almost ruined kenshi????

[@JB-xl2jc]

​@@Niceler"Escape from Prison: Out of the frying pan, into the crab"

[@zanethezaniest274]

The pathway between ‘I’m gonna make money the legal way’ to ‘I now own a crime syndicate and am wanted for several accounts of drug smuggling and murder’ is always a delight to see whenever people play this game.

[@andromidius]

The game seems hell bent on making it the only logical choice. Legal money making is a grind, to put it mildly. Even feeding yourself is a struggle. And then bandits show up, murder your crew and steal all your hard earned goods - showing that crime really does pay.

[@lilmancc35]

Its like me in skyrim. I always start off as an adventurer then i end with being the kind of theives and the pickpocket god.

[@GabzterDuck]

Literally how Kenshi goes everytime tbh

[@Hirohitorunguard]

@@andromidius at least its realistic.

[@Existential_Robot]

Beware the pipeline.

[@7highstraight]

In your duel with Sad Neil and GiggleWater, it's worth noting that only characters trained in martial arts can punch metal without hurting themselves. Gigglewater crippled his own arm throwing those hooks at Neil.

[@VasiliyOgniov]

Additionally Skeletons deal additional damage with martial arts

[@carterschulte7997]

I did not expect Jabo to be the one to fill the Torsolo sized hole in my heart, but there it is. Really hope we see some more Kenshi down the road.

[@Scanlaid]

Ey go meet my pal Reggie

[@KavsLockedOut]

@@Scanlaid Reggie goes so fuckin hard. gives that early AA vibe forrrr sure

[@seanm241]

@@Scanlaid slippin makes good kenshi vids too

[@Scanlaid]

@@seanm241 thanks king, I'll check em out.

[@Scanlaid]

@@KavsLockedOut "early AA vibes" is exactly right. Sperg lord writeup inbound. I tagged on at the tail end of "that" and AA got bigger. I don't blame the guy or think he should do anything different, but I did enjoy his older angle where the philosophizing came after a long-wrought storyline. One that was ultimately extremely stupid at its core, but made meaningful. That shit takes a lot of work over a long time, and AA has streamlined his style, FWIW. But I miss the mostly goof long series though. Had more time to breathe if that makes sense in a corny armchair produce nothing only consume type of angle 😎

[@TheKingreiko]

I did not think of Kenshi, but this definitely suits your style. this is going to be a good one.

[@HimeaKitsune]

The look on Jabo's face when he opens the door and a whole seafood restaurants worth of crabs just spill out is so priceless.

[@MistaFahrenheit]

Kenshi is an obscure masterpiece. The amount of time you can spend on this game without getting bored is incredible.

[@thecorbohole3637]

The Kenshi fans have been blessed with content. There are not many of us, but we are ride or die for this beautiful, shitass game

[@anangrydruid6990]

God yes Kenshi. This is without question my favorite game. So glad you're going stuff in it

[@Mill_hause]

I still think the best/fastest way to grind money is making Red Bandanas. Half piece of cloth for each bandana. Cloth its usuallt 15cs and bandanas can vary from 5 to almost 1000cs each, depending on quality. They are easy to find, light, dont require smuggling and are relatively easy to farm. Just need to grind some money to buy the base schematics for it, which are usually available on any armor/clothing shop on any city. Buy a house right beside a general store who sells cloth, buy all their stock every day, as soon as they open (6am), spend the day crafting bandanas, and you should be able to sell a batch before they close (11pm) and also restock, before spending the night back at crafting them. You should be making more money than you are spending in a handfull of days (starting from zero armorsmith skill). Notice that the better you are at this skill, not only the quality of the equipment will be better but you will also be crafting it significantly faster. Around 20mins each bandana at 80 skill. Also keep in mind that its faster to go from lvl 0 to 80, than 80 to 90, and so on. So remember to keep someone only doing this if you want mastercraft quality equipment.

[@t_gabiuel6058]

Having people die of starvation while you have 1M cats on your bank account is the most millionaire thing I've seen.

[@LoFiAxolotl]

Jabo playing Kenshi? I was feeling shit today but this literally made me feel better! Favorite game ever and well not the worst youtuber ever! Thank you! Hope the video does well and you'll make more

[@HexadecimalDump]

I'd love to see more Kenshi challenges, this is a very fun game

[@SparkSovereign]

Two things jumped out at me from what I learned watching the adventures of Torsolo and the Torsquad. 1) stealing yourself some super fast skeleton legs would probably have made everything easier, even if you weren't able to make all your money just from stealing. Legless sneaking is apparently stupid good, and easy to skill grind. 2) the dialogue writing in this game is actually pretty fun! I don't know that I want to dive in myself, but I definitely want to see more content about it. What a delightful fun video! I hope it does well enough you're able to justify doing more Kenshi content, it's got such fantastic emergent storytelling for these kinds of runs.

[@iPxL4RRY]

great video Jabo and Jabo's editor , i missed all the streams for this game sadly so thanks for being amazing

[@notfred1233]

Little kenshi advice for ya in the future. If you want to avoid raids on your base, it helps to build something (literally anything iirc) a mile or 2 out from it. The visitors will wait at the halfway point inbetween the two indefinitely. And never make it in to either location

[@samsterling3332]

letting bertha out of prison was like if the american government just let Al Capone off with just a fine after they got him on tax evasion

[@SirAlienGuy]

Yessss I love Kenshi!!! So glad to see you cover it! Hope you do additional Kenshi challenges in the future

[@Drawfill]

I love seeing people get into kenshi. This game is SO under-rated. Its probably my favorite sandbox open world out there tbh.

[@zach3229]

As someone who has never even heard of kenshi this video is incredible and feels like a massive fever dream

[@ryshow9118]

I've seen around about 30 or so from different creators and I assure you that they all do😂

[@DropsOfMars]

I hope this video does numbers, Kenshi content is always fun to see

[@JoshTehVideoMaker]

Never heard of kenshi in my life, hope to see more this was refreshing and hilarious as always

[@Nasu-]

This was such a cinematic masterpiece i would love to see this made into a movie show or an anime. RIP Big Bertha gang.

[@KameradVonTurnip]

9:23 it's actually very possible to live a city life in the game. I set up in Stoat which is one of the UC cities. Saved up from minding copper and looting skimmers/bandits. Bought a building, set up a storage container so I can farm ore more efficiently. Saved up enough money to buy research book, bought a bigger building as well. Researched Leather and Cloth Crafting, then later Plate Crafting. Started crafting armor, got to Specialist Grade and I could sell some armor for like 3000 Cats or more each piece. I could easily afford to buy materials to repeat the process from the local shops. So I was pretty legal.

[@froo5667]

The best way to make money in Kenshi by far is making bandanas. I've probably made over a thousand bandanas, the specialist grade selling for about 1500 when they only cost ~1/3 of a fabric

[@azure8676]

@@froo5667 currently at 200 days and at 13mill the best way is copper alloy plates there crazy i get like 2 a second and they're 600 each

[@froo5667]

@@azure8676 copper plates have a terrible price to weight ratio

[@azure8676]

@@froo5667 put the plates in an animal pick up animal problem solved need more plates get 2 people with 2 animals

[@Joov]

0:58 yo Jabo where's that island at? It's giving me ideas. Banger video as usual

[@ItsJabo]

Off the east side of the map somewhere lmao

[@Aundaay]

I have watched this video 3 times already and am fascinated with the prospect of this becoming a series. Love the videos, Jabo!

[@Necro718]

The only true way Kenshi ever really ends, dying to the wildlife, and crucifying your own people. Or ending up as a lone survivor off the backs of 80+ hard working paid for individuals lol

[@FiggyJr]

Absolutely loved the video. I’ve never heard of kenshi but you made it hilarious to watch

[@gabelivers1186]

I'm so happy you're playing this it's such a great game and doesn't see enough proper credit

[@Amogius]

I have 1200 hrs on Kenshi and i have still never seen anyone escape jail like you did on 7:36. Thats why i love kenshi, there are always new things to discover.

[@ForLegalReasonsThisIsAJoke1]

This story arc was hilarious from a humble miner/ cat burglar by night to a drug kingpin hahah

[@Cheetoflake]

This is the first time I'm hearing about Kenshi, and I would be happy to see more content from this game! I might check out this game and play it too

[@huff3782]

I had to pause the video at some parts because I was laughing so hard it caused me to choke on my dinner. Would love to see you make more videos in whatever games you've got inspiration for!'

[@OmegaMercenary]

Been waiting for this for forever, easily one of the best games I’ve ever played and it was a blast watching you play this

[@arepupu]

This was a really enjoyable watch. Would love to see you play more Kenshi! Also glad to see you playing other games too :)

[@crunchie388]

Oh hell yeah! nearly an hour long video! Jabo Imma be real with ya chief, I would watch just about anything you post, even if it isn't fallout or elder scrolls. I love the way you play games and interact with chat, to me you have 10 points in charisma. :)

[@lovelyangel2366]

Knew nothing of this game, but it was fun, love all the content that comes as always

[@lamedrawings]

Oh wow, Jabo playing Kenshi is something I wouldn't expect but here we are

[@rikstan15]

Great video Jabo and Benpai also that thumbnail is amazing props to Chase for it

[@Asvelle]

I didnt know anything about the game but it really was enjoyable to watch the vid. You're making great content !

[@mxmissy]

I had no idea what this game was, and while I follow you for Bethesda content, this was still bloody amazing.

[@titlewavetito470]

nearly cried when a new vid came out and i just figured out its 55 minutes i am actually bawling ballin crying and happy luv jabo

[@Leew80]

The fact that the 2nd toofpick wasn't called "Two"fpick was the REAL crime here. Sincerely, one of your mods.

[@dandelaney5711]

I watched the streams for this, absolutely hilarious, some of my favorite streams I've watched.

[@Lil_Fella99]

-New Jabo upload -Day improved significantly

[@civildemise]

That one string of words "well im just hah a little obsessed" killed me bro subscribed just off of that

[@DownCast96]

I bought this game because of you. Now I can't stop playing. I'm enjoying the variety stuff

[@aoihitori]

Damn, the first one once he got escape from prison was to attack the Emperor. Skips few steps to fight one of the Big Boss in the game. Thanks that made my day. 😂

[@luandourado7249]

I just loved every minute of this video. Ty for sharing it with us. Hope to see more Kenhi in the future.

[@Cybertech1050]

a wonderful video, good job Jabo.. time to binge all the vods because i completely missed all these stream lmao

[@VaporCun]

Ah yes Kenshi the gateway drug of rpg management sims, only a matter of time before you start uploading Rimworld challenges

[@Cokeuser13]

For me rimworld was the gateway drug to using kenshi

[@LeafyMouse4478]

Can’t wait to see this video I just started playing this game and it is so much fun

[@johngroft5734]

you did a great job on the video, id love to see more content on kenshi and maybe a few other while you're at it!

[@darthplagueis13]

Few vague ideas for future Kenshi runs: 1: Since Kenshi cannot be finished per se, I'd say a few good winning conditions would be to either defeat a super powerful NPC (such as the Bugmaster, Tinfist or Mad Cat-Lon) without using assassination (unless that's explicitly part of the challenge) or wipe out one of the major civilized factions (Holy Nation, Shek Kingdom or United Cities). 2: Crossbow only (crossbows aren't bad, but generally either paired with melee fighters or a sidearm. Requiring a constant stream of ammunition might also make things more interesting). 3: Garbage gear only. Only weapons that have the "Model # Rusted Junk" note in their describtion and [Prototype Grade] clothing/armour. No martial arts (since at a certain skill level, fists will just become better than using bad quality weapons). 4: "We have prosthetics at home". All used characters need to have their limbs replaced with the "Economy" series of robotic prosthetics. 5: No gear. Martial Arts only, all naked and afraid. 6: Freed slaves only. Must pick the enslaved start. The only way to recruit new members is to free slaves from the holy nation and united cities labour camps and hope that they join you. No buying slaves and releasing them, obviously. 7: Beastmaster run. No dealing damage with your character and no recruiting of other humanoid characters. If you want to fight, you have to purchase bonedogs, goats, garru, any of the three types of bull or crabs. 8: Fog Lads. Establish an outpost in the fog isles. All used equipment must be bought, looted or produced within the fog isles area of the map (the city of Mongrel included). Characters may only be recruited in Mongrel. You are allowed to leave the fog, but you mustn't bring anything back from outside unless it cannot be obtained or produced in the fog at all (for instance, I think there's some research items that might not be sold in Mongrel). 9: Outlaw run. Must not have do business within any of the major factions. The only ones you're allowed to peacefully interact with are the Shinobi Thieves and Outlaw Factions like the one running the Hub. Resources must not be obtained through honest labour but either stolen or looted off defeated enemies (or purchased from the factions I mentioned before using your ill-begotten gains).

[@erickfw197]

Really cool video! Just a fun fact, hashish is actually a word for weed irl, so censoring weed with it literally does nothing lol

[@archenemies32]

this video convinced me after months if rewatching to finally buy Kenshi. not disappointed!

[@TheTrueCacti]

Jabo, I've never played Kenshi. But now, I will never start with rock bottom out of pure spite. Good video though keep it up!

[@kenkune55]

Ayyyy, Kenshi videos are so rare. Fun to see another creator making them

[@angelTechnician64]

Everybody gangsta till the beak things roll up, you love to see it

[@JohnSmith-bu5zs]

First actual LOL at 1:30 in. Jabo is improving with each new vid.

[@nicklausdavis]

To answer the question at the start. If I was trapped on a desert island with only one game for the rest of my life, I would go for CDDA (with community mods) or dwarf fortress. Both might not have the best graphics but have immense replay ability and role play ability.

[@MrOrdosan]

I can confirm. I have never heard of Kenshi. I saw Jabo trying to get 1mil and knew this had to be painful and beautiful to watch.

[@Foxtrot230]

39:00 "BIG BERTA. YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DESTROY THE DRUG TRADE, NOT CAPITALIZE ON IT!" "I HATE YOU!" -Big Bertha

[@EaGilgamesh]

Cant wait to see more Jabo Kenshi content! This game is 100/100

[@MrTheQuestioner]

This was such a rollercoaster of emotion, I loved it

[@farkyltheguy136]

Never heard of Kenshi but this was riveting. More please

[@yolo-senpal4520]

I just got the game, one of my first PC games, gonna use this as a serious tutorial.

[@LogicRat]

I found you because of my recent interest in Fallout 4 again and now i find you play Kenshi like one of my fav games of all time

[@homelywriter]

I clicked on a kenshi video not realizing it was also a jabo video. Honestly one of the best surprises ever!

[@DrDAC-go7hs]

Thanks jabo. Idk why but this made me remember playing Sim City 3000 with my dad. I haven't thought about that in a really long time so I just wanted to say thanks for that

[@mikavituhandle]

Kenshi is definedly a contender for a game to play for a rest of your life.

[@migueldiaz3439]

Thank you Jabo. I've heard of this game a few years ago and then forgot about it. Was interested then and now thanks to you and it's recent sale on steam I can enjoy hell. It's pretty fun so far!

[@cashel1111]

this is a bloody great view of how fun that game is when you first start and you are working it all out

[@jointik2496]

Bro!!!! Broooooooooooo!!!!!! Kenshi is like my favorite niche game to watch. I wouldnt play it myself tho.😂 Hope you will have succes, I would love to watch more Kenshi videos. I hope you are well Jabo, wish you good luck with your youtube carrer or whatever you do. Love you, no homo.

[@farinhaespacial2982]

that was a beautiful journey, and the ending was poetic... I might just cry ;-;

[@tomthestone1470]

I love a wholesome [Hashish] seller playthrough. Down to earth. Working hemp and making it into [Hashish] is a blessed job.

[@UnusualDomenic]

Love the video ❤ definitely do more random games outside of your usual 😮

[@repghost9481]

now general sam and jabo need to do a kenshi vid!

[@pyro6957]

I could watch you play any game man, i subbed for fallout/skyrim content and have just been stoked being along for the ride 🤙🤙🤙

[@1776JP]

Absolutely no idea about kenshi but I have watched every video you’ve uploaded so here we go.

[@PowerVegetal]

aint no way jabo went and dropped a kenshi video, lets fucking go

[@saheilaanarzee5552]

wooo!! didnt expect kenshi to show up in one of your vids, but daymn. if you enjoy it please definitely do some more :D

[@remainideal]

Jabo im currently goin through some difficulty in my life but your videos always made my day. Thank you

[@joshbeckett9255]

A game and a creator I’d never thought would mix. W upload

[@brycethompson1330]

Love to see you do a Kenshi run where you try and make a large city and see how long you can last

[@IsaccoTheSnacco]

Jabo making a Kenshi video? What a massive W for humanity.

[@bradley_g-t6g]

I’d never heard of kenshi before but this video was amazing 😂

[@revtwilight9308]

Ive heard of kenshi before but after watching this im intrigued and hope you make some more chalenge runs or something for it

[@sultrygnome1219]

YEAHHHHH months ago I was hoping for this and it’s finally here Praise JABO

[@wargriffin5]

@36:15 "Should we just hire all the prisoners?" - Settle down there, Wagner. 🤣

[@dankmemelord414]

This video slapped for sure

[@xt0mbstonex]

Love you bro, Kenshi is amazing and I'm glad you picked it up

[@Traphic_Kone]

This video was amazing hope you keep making the kind of content you enjoy

[@feefifodum]

Good video, nice change of pace from usual Bethesda content!

[@Rippietrippie]

I have never seen this game before but I absolutely loved every minute of that, I’m definitely gonna have to check it out for myself!

[@thebugaboo]

great the video , man. would love to see you play more of this game

[@MaisuBirb]

Ever since I saw Sseths video about it I dumped a few hundreds of hours into it and im very happy to see you play it

[@Heretic_yt]

I'm a new KZbinr and was gonna make the bulk of my starting content with Kenshi, and Jabo was one of my inspirations. Insane to know see this legend himself exploring a game I've put way too many hours into. Have fun Jabo, enjoy beep :)

[@ValTheGnat]

Oh man I am so hyped for this video, never thought of you playing Kenshi but this opens up so many video ideas. Ever thought of doing a Rimworld challenge?

[@Trostlosigkeit]

Holy shit I didn't expect a Kenshi vid but I'm all here for it