Gold is the main currency in Elona. It can be used to buy weapons, armor and the like from vendors.
Earning Gold
It is earned in a number of ways including, but not limited to the completion of quests, through selling items to vendors, and through your salary box in your house.
A fast way to earn gold is to have a few scrolls of return, your house on a tile beside Port Kapul, and a storage house on a tile beside Noyel. Buy all the Snowman, and Christmas tree cargo you can afford from the trading vendor (shops reset if you are not in the town for 4 days). Once you've spent all of your gold, use your scroll of return and go to Port Kapul. Go to the trading vendor there, and sell off all of your cargos. If you repeat this enough, you can make 10++ million gold in a few real life days.
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For those with high Charisma chasing tail is a great way to make money just find a shopkeeper and give him/her booze and fire away they usually drop between 1/3-1/2 of their gold note there is a minor karma penalty for doing
Each 1.000 gold pieces you carry also increase the tax by 1 gold piece. Gold in a Kitty bank is exempt from this tax.