I Studied the Top 10 Richest Players. Here's What I Found
I Studied the Top 10 Richest Players. Here's What I Found
Disclaimer
This article is based on my personal observations after looking at the Top 10 Wealth leaderboard on 27 June 2026.
I obviously can't see every player's strategy, full transaction history, or inventory, so everything below is simply my interpretation of the available data.
If you see things differently, feel free to disagree.
First Impression
I expected the richest players to own some workers and factories focus on producing the most profitable goods in the market recently.
Instead...
I found something completely different.
After checking the profiles of the Top 10 wealthiest players, several patterns immediately stood out. Some of them genuinely surprised me.
Workers Are Almost Non-Existent
This was the biggest surprise.
Among the Top 10 wealthiest players, only two player currently employs workers.
That player is https://app.warera.io/user/68281a5f491190d6327e2819(#5) who employs 4 workers,
and https://app.warera.io/user/68299b85e10d9906654ce2ec (#3) who employ 1 worker.
The other eight?
Zero workers.
I always assumed the richest players would rely heavily on workers to maximize production. Apparently, that isn't the case.
At least based on this sample, reaching the top of the wealth leaderboard doesn't seem to require a large workforce.
Steel Is Everywhere
The second thing I noticed was even more interesting.
Almost every top player owns factories producing one or more of these commodities:
Steel
Iron
Concrete
Steel appears the most frequently.
Here are a few examples.
#1 https://app.warera.io/user/681cd9a75a84696e459c1fe7(130.67K Wealth)
Besides producing Petroleum and Oil, https://app.warera.io/user/681cd9a75a84696e459c1fe7also owns Iron, Limestone, and Concrete companies beside Steel.
#2 https://app.warera.io/user/682f7ce98dff660fbf201ea6(125.52K Wealth)
Even though several of his companies produce food products like Fish, Bread, and Meat, he still owns Limestone production.
#3 https://app.warera.io/user/68299b85e10d9906654ce2ec(124.57K Wealth)
/user/68299b85e10d9906654ce2echas one of the most diversified portfolios I found. He produces Steel, Iron, Concrete, Lead, Limestone, several food products, and even Ammunition.
#4 https://app.warera.io/user/68219ceef3f1a5d06f32c018(118.55K Wealth)
Most of his companies are dedicated to Steel production with a +62.75% production bonus, but he also owns Iron, Concrete, and Lead companies.
#5 https://app.warera.io/user/68281a5f491190d6327e2819(115.51K Wealth)
Despite being the only player currently using workers, every visible company produces Steel with a massive +62.75% production bonus.
That doesn't feel like a coincidence.
Steel is needed almost everywhere.
Company upgrades
Military Unit upgrades
Concrete follows the same pattern.
It is required to build new companies and Military Units.
Demand for both products rarely disappears.
Some of these players may be selling them on the market.
Others may simply be producing them for their own expansion and upgrades.
Either way, Steel and Concrete remain among the most consistently useful commodities in the game.
Maybe that's why so many beginner guides recommend starting with Steel or Concrete.
Not because they always offer the highest profit margins...
But because there is almost always someone who needs them.
Cash Reserves Are Huge
Another thing I noticed was how much liquid money these players keep.
Some examples:
https://app.warera.io/user/681cd9a75a84696e459c1fe7: 27.64K cash
https://app.warera.io/user/68299b85e10d9906654ce2ec: 18.05K cash
https://app.warera.io/user/682f7ce98dff660fbf201ea6: 17.39K cash
Others hold much less.
For example:
https://app.warera.io/user/68219ceef3f1a5d06f32c018: 1.82K cash
Why?
One possible explanation is that some players deliberately keep large cash reserves, waiting for market opportunities.
Having cash available allows them to react immediately when prices crash.
Meanwhile, players with smaller cash balances may have already invested most of their money into assets.
Wealth Doesn't Mean Cash
Perhaps the most interesting discovery was the composition of their wealth.
Take https://app.warera.io/user/681cd9a75a84696e459c1fe7 as an example.
Total Wealth: 130.67K
Cash: 27.64K
The majority of the remaining wealth comes from assets.
Looking across several profiles, Items consistently represent the largest portion of total wealth.
Examples:
https://app.warera.io/user/681cd9a75a84696e459c1fe7: 72.05K Items
https://app.warera.io/user/682f7ce98dff660fbf201ea6: 75.24K Items
https://app.warera.io/user/68299b85e10d9906654ce2ec: 57.92K Items
This makes me wonder if many of these players follow a relatively simple strategy:
Buy when prices are low.
Wait patiently.
Sell when prices recover.
Meanwhile, other players hold enormous amounts of Equipment or Weapons.
For example, https://app.warera.io/user/68219ceef3f1a5d06f32c018owns more than 43.45K worth of Equipment which he gets from opening case.
Instead of generating wealth purely through production, they may also be generating wealth through patience.
Can You Become Rich Like Them?
Before writing this article, I also went through the transaction history of several Top 10 players, scrolling back almost two months.
Honestly, I expected to find something unusual.
Huge trades.
Massive investments.
But...
Nothing really stood out.
Most of the transactions looked fairly normal, at least from what is publicly visible.
That also means there are probably many things we simply can't see.
Market timing.
Long-term investments.
Or strategies that don't appear in the public transaction history.
One thing I did notice, however, is that almost all of these players have been playing for more than one year.
Time itself seems to be one of the biggest advantages.
Using the WarEra Sim calculator, 12 companies with Automated Engine Level 7 can generate roughly 240 coins per day.
Add Entrepreneurship income, wages from working in other companies, and other daily earnings, and a player could realistically earn around 400-450 coins per day.
That doesn't sound life-changing.
But over hundreds of days...
Those numbers become enormous.
Sometimes becoming rich isn't about finding one perfect strategy.
Sometimes it's simply about staying active, making good decisions consistently, and giving compound growth enough time to work.
Final Thoughts
After looking through the Top 10 richest players, I don't think there's a single "secret formula."
If anything, I found the opposite.
Different players make money in different ways.
Some focus on industrial production.
Some diversify into food or petroleum.
Some keep large cash reserves.
Others store most of their wealth as Items, Equipment, or Weapons.
But a few patterns keep appearing.
Most of them have been playing for over a year.
Most invested in industries with long-term demand, especially Steel, Iron, and Concrete.
And perhaps most importantly...
They simply kept playing.
Maybe that's the biggest lesson from all of this.
When we look at the wealth leaderboard, we only see the final numbers.
130K. 125K. 118K.
What we don't see are the hundreds of days behind those numbers.
The market trades.
The wars.
The mistakes.
And the patience.
Maybe becoming rich isn't about discovering some hidden strategy.
Maybe it's about making good decisions consistently... and staying in the game long enough for those decisions to compound.
@maddd