Fable 3 - ending game guide

Fable 3 is a great game. Unfortunately, the ending sneaks up on you, and if you don't fulfill some prerequisites, you are going to see your game ruined.

This is going to be a general guide about how to get an ending you want in Fable 3. I'm going to try and avoid any major spoilers in case you're still playing through the game but some things might be spoiled anyway.

So - read at your own risk!

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The ending of fable III requires a lot of money. Well, it requires a lot of money if you want to continue to interact with people and have fun with the game.

The problem goes like this: you need a lot of money in order to properly run your kingdom and keep your people safe from the end-game threat. If you don't have a lot of money than Fable 3 will force you to make some tough decisions and will probably force you into an ending that you really don't want.

"How much gold?" Well, on average you're going to need about ten million. You might have just felt your jaw drop from that figure, but relax! With this guide it can be done - easily enough.

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First thing is first. On the Road to Rule what jobs have you upgraded with guild seals?

If you haven't made a choice yet I would recommend the job Lute Hero since it pays the most money. And if you've played any guitar hero, it's pretty easy, too.

For this guide you should have the fourth or fifth level of Lute Hero unlocked.

Another job will work, too. If you don't have the guild seals to unlock them, just go around and interact with all the people in the different cities. Surprisingly, interacting with people with the expressions will give you more guild seals than combat. In my experience that was always the fastest way to get more guild seals.

So, now that you have Lute Hero (Or some other job) unlocked to a decent level - go and work at that job. You want to work at that job in-game - until you have some serious pocket money. I would try and get at least 50,000-100,000. But don't worry if you get sick of it, you don't have to do it all at once.

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Now that you have some money, we are gonna start investing the money back into the game.

First, go to Bowerstone Market and walk up to any of the stalls that are spread around the map. Interact with the sign and start buying every stall you can find. The price/place doesn't matter, because we will eventually buy all of them. However, make sure to only buy businesses! That is extremely important. Here's why:

Businesses are the best buildings to buy at first - because they have no upkeep cost. Buildings that you can live in, on the other hand, have to be fixed every so often and that can get very annoying - and costly. Plus, when their condition starts going down, so does the gold they generate.

Now that you have bought the stalls in Bowerstone, go back and work at your job some more. As you work, you might notice that every five minutes or so you gain some gold that seemingly comes from out of nowhere. Well, that's the profit that the businesses you own made. As you own more and more businesses - you will make more and more money - every five minutes.

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Eventually you won't have to go work at your job anymore, because you'll have more income from just rent/business profits. From here on - just continue to earn money - and buy all the stalls in Bowerstone and the other large cities.

If you want to see what businesses you haven't bought yet - just go to the sanctuary and interact with the map. When you zoom into the city - the buildings/businesses you own will have a flag over them.

Once you own all the business you can easily afford (i.e. everything except the taverns and the other general stores) - you can start buying houses. I would once again start in one town and just buy everything.

An important note should be made here: If you are playing an evil character and don't care how people see you, you can interact with the signs in front of buildings you own - to raise the rent/shop prices in order to gain more money every five minutes.

However, this will cause people to see you badly. I played a good character on my first play through - and I only raised prices/rent on buildings that generated a lot of money. The really large mansions you can buy and the big businesses are the only ones I did - and I am still completely good. The smaller shops aren't really worth all changing - unless you want to be completely evil - because the increase in gold earned isn't really that much.

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Keep repeating this process with making money and buying more buildings - until you own the large majority of buildings in the game.

Fun tip: You can buy the fort where you fought the Hallow Men near the beginning of the game. It costs around 40,000 and doesn't generate any money. However, it does unlock a fun mini game. Definitely a building you want to buy near the end - when you are generating a lot of money!

Alright, now that you own a decent amount of buildings - it's time to generate a lot of money without doing a single thing.

How, you might ask?

Well, it's very simple!

What you are going to do is - leave your game on for a couple of hours - while you go and do something else. I left mine on over night. It's important to do this where there are no enemies. I usually just left my character in Bowerstone.

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Overheating is what causes the red-ring of death.

If you still have one of the older models of the X-box 360 - make sure that it's well ventilated while you leave it on.

If you have a small fan - put that next to it - blowing where the unit gets hottest.

Also, make sure you don't have your 360 set to turn off after 6 hours of being idle.

Another thing is - you're going to need to plug in your controller, otherwise - when the controller turns off - the game will automatically pause.

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If you are worried about running this game overnight, to reduce the impact and reduce the heat produced - just turn the resolution all the way down.

Unfortunately, you can't alt+tab out of the game without pausing it.

So - you're going to have to leave it on while not using the computer.

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Once you complete that trick - you should have plenty of money.

Simply reinvest it all into buying buildings.

Repeat the trick as necessary in order to buy every building in the game.

Once you do, when you get to the end of the game - you will be prepared. In other words, you will have enough gold for the ending game in fable 3.

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Once you have a couple million in the game you will be able to climb the mountain of gold in the treasury at the Sanctuary - and get the golden key at the top of the room.

Also, make sure that when you donate all the money into Albion's treasury that you open the chest in the back of your own treasury.
It will only open if you donate a lot of money to albions treasury. We are talking several million.

If you are playing an evil character, you might not want to save all the people of Albion, but remember that if you do that, the people will be gone from most of the cities and if they do ever respawn - they will all hate you. So be prepared for that.

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I hope this guide can help people achieve whatever ending they were hoping for in fable 3.