another way, plus you get tons of experiance points is to play the arena and when you get to round eight (after you kill the rock trolls) select to go back to the cells. save. then load the saved game. you will start outside the arena as if you never entered, but will keep all the money and exp pts. i still have to finish it , iv spent a week at it and i now own ALL of Oakvale
i own knothole glade and oakvale and im onto hook coast