How much money does Linus have?

[Farmer Evie]

In Stardew Valley, in the end, we all know the farmer is the supposed 'richest' person in Pelican Town. BUT before we get to that stage, who is the richest? There are three possible candidates:
1. Lewis. As already shown, Lewis is pretty dang rich because of taxes. He has a solid gold statue of himself. But his house is kinda sad not gonna lie.
2. Pierre. He runs a shop, and while Morris and Joja Co. is stealing his customers, he has the stash. No-one knows whats in it, but it better be something EXPENSIVE or money otherwise what the hell you stashing there bro? Band-aids? Toilet paper? Tissues? Photos? Your grey hairs that you tediously pull out every night before bed?
AND THEN> there is Linus.
3. Linus lives in a tent. But he isn't poor. He says multiple times that he chose to live in a tent. And his help wanted quests offer RIDONKULOUS amounts of gold upon completion. I always have a diamond handy for those quests.
But we may never know, because we don't have access to NPC bank accounts. :( Pop your guesses in for amounts of gold Pelican Town residents.
BONUS CANDIDATE: Krobus. Once you buy the return sceptre from him he has at least 2 million gold.

 

[Terdin]

No-one knows whats in it, but it better be something EXPENSIVE or money otherwise what the hell you stashing there bro?

No. It's something he doesn't want his wife to know about and is clearly embarrassed when the farmer finds it. My guess would be something of an "adult" nature, like certain magazines, or maybe even toys. I think Pierre and Caroline should have a long talk about what they really want to do in their bedroom, since it's obvious to me that both of them are dissatisfied and might want to spice it up a bit.

 

[Cuddlebug]

Linus—yeah, that’s a possibility. We don’t really know or learn anything about him, so why not?
But what about the others? Pierre just complains about Joja. I don’t think he’s hiding money—more likely something terribly embarrassing. None of the town’s craftsmen or shop owners seem to have a steady income before the player arrives in town and delivers goods or orders upgrades. And Morris isn’t the owner of Joja either—he’s just the branch manager.
The only one with a consistently stable income is Gus. The saloon is always packed. So maybe him, too. And Emily’s and Haley’s parents—who, without wealth, can afford to be away for so long? And let’s not forget Mr. Qi. Casino owner, plus owner of high-end surveillance technology, his own currency, and an airplane...
Oh yeah, Krobus... Probably doesn't have a bank account, but he has a huge pile of gold in the farthest corner of the mutant bug cave, where he sleeps like a shadow dragon

 

[BeBop268170]

#3 Traveling Merchant
I just got done giving her 33 million bucks (for Tea Sets)

#2 Clint
I've given him like a quarter billion bones for Gold Ore (for Crystalariums)

#1 Marnie
I consistently purchase Hay from her, over half a billion smackers worth so far, and plan on giving her much, much more in the coming decades. (For chickens)

 

[Maher]

I've often thought it was Linus myself. Chests full of stacks of Iridium bars 999 deep surround his tent. He has the air of the sort of person who can go live in the woods because he knows he has a stable base, of someone who can talk about 'the simple life" because he doesn't have the complexities to deal with. And he seems to want Leo for an apprentice/heir.

Let's talk about Leo. What are his stats? I mean you can die/pass out in the volcano and he's there. He can't quite haul you out himself but he's there to summon the parrots to do so. And when he gets to the mainland? Well you can have full mastery and Lewis will still chide you about becoming a well rounded citizen, but Leo notes that Lewis says he's well on his way to becoming a well rounded citizen.

Linus's heir apparent indeed!

 

[Farmer Evie]

Linus—yeah, that’s a possibility. We don’t really know or learn anything about him, so why not?
But what about the others? Pierre just complains about Joja. I don’t think he’s hiding money—more likely something terribly embarrassing. None of the town’s craftsmen or shop owners seem to have a steady income before the player arrives in town and delivers goods or orders upgrades. And Morris isn’t the owner of Joja either—he’s just the branch manager.
The only one with a consistently stable income is Gus. The saloon is always packed. So maybe him, too. And Emily’s and Haley’s parents—who, without wealth, can afford to be away for so long? And let’s not forget Mr. Qi. Casino owner, plus owner of high-end surveillance technology, his own currency, and an airplane...
Oh yeah, Krobus... Probably doesn't have a bank account, but he has a huge pile of gold in the farthest corner of the mutant bug cave, where he sleeps like a shadow dragon

Whoops I forgot about Qi... And there are a lot of theories that Emily and Haley's parents are spies. Gus would have a lot of money, but unlike Linus he spends it on more supplies for the saloon.

 

[Cuddlebug]

And there are a lot of theories that Emily and Haley's parents are spies.

Maybe, but I just think they're wealthy.

Gus would have a lot of money, but unlike Linus he spends it on more supplies for the saloon.

Probably, yeah. And since Pierre seems to increase his prices every now and then, there's no way to safe money

 

[POLT3RGEIST]

The wizard. i purchased 40,000,000G worth of buildings and warp totems off of him, and since he has the power to transmute, he can turn copper into solid iridium, and prob sells it to clint.

Oh my god, clint! So much ore bought off of him this year.

 

[Nonak]

And his help wanted quests offer RIDONKULOUS amounts of gold upon completion. I always have a diamond handy for those quests.

I don't think it depends on the NPC's, fulfilling anyone's request for a diamond will give you 2 something thousand g if I'm not mistaken...

There's an interesting line from Linus, if you gift him the treasure chest, he'll say: “No, thank you. I have no desire for money... In fact, I think it's cursed.”
It could be just his philosophy after living mostly without it for a while, or personal experience in what it can do to someone, maybe from having 'too much' money.

Can we really judge how much money PT's residentd have by how much we buy from them? They don't seem to notice. For example, I can buy stacks or muscle remedy and energy tonics from Harvey, and he'll still say he should try to get patiens from neighbouring towns.

 

[Lenora Rose]

Can we really judge how much money PT's residents have by how much we buy from them? They don't seem to notice. For example, I can buy stacks or muscle remedy and energy tonics from Harvey, and he'll still say he should try to get patiens from neighbouring towns.

Well, but that could also be boredom...

 

[riklaunim]

Linus has so much money that he can buy a diamond from me at 3x the price :) Pierre asks for Joja Colas, seaweed...

 

[Yumyumgummy]

No. It's something he doesn't want his wife to know about and is clearly embarrassed when the farmer finds it. My guess would be something of an "adult" nature, like certain magazines, or maybe even toys. I think Pierre and Caroline should have a long talk about what they really want to do in their bedroom, since it's obvious to me that both of them are dissatisfied and might want to spice it up a bit.

What does spice it up a bit mean?

 

[Yumyumgummy]

Maybe, but I just think they're wealthy.



Probably, yeah. And since Pierre seems to increase his prices every now and then, there's no way to safe money

But if you noticed Emily is the only one that stays after hours we go Costco goes up to his house house in his room so maybe she’s the one who buys supplies you know when people work they have certain and workers that go and buy supplies for the store and supply the store stuff so maybe he has other people behind the scenes that do that and he puts all the money aside his entire store/home is even bigger than Louis’s maybe