A friend and I were playing salem yesterday, we wanted to go after creatures that live in the darkness. What we got was pelted with sticks by naked derpy bird men in trees. So we fled back home and went after a dangerous light creature instead. After much wandering around, we encountered a bear, which we stomped to death. Literally, we stomped on a bear until it was dead. Unfortunatly, my friend got knocked out because of the bears fear debuff, which drains your black bile (one of your four health bars) and I BARELY managed to avoid the same fate by roasting and eating hickory nuts. Once all that was done, I butchered the bear and had to bring both of our boats back home which is when I hit our second stroke of luck. A wrecked caravan (a randomly spawned event in the fallout style of randomly encountered events) carrying an ungodly amount of sugar and pepper.
Just for reference, 0.50 KG of sugar is 50 silver and 0.10 KG of pepper is 60 silver. I found 30KG of sugar and about 5KG in pepper. Further reference, nubs make silver by selling snake skins and savage charms. Snake skins are worth 4 silver and the savage charms are worth 30 silver. snake skins are common, savage charms have to be crafted from parts that are uncommon.