Gold is a precious metal
Gold has many uses including crafting, construction and research.
- Your available Gold, storage capacity, production rate and any bonuses to production, displays after you get some.
Access
- Gold appears, after you:
- research Metallurgy and hire Smelters; or
- get some from expeditions, with Military.
- You can get Gold, from expeditions, after you research Exploration.
| Technology required: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Technology | Requirement | Research cost | |
| Exploration | build 2 Libraries |
Food | 100 |
| or | |||
| Metallurgy | build 3 Libraries |
Food | 200 |
| Copper | 10 | ||
| Iron | 5 | ||
- You can get Gold, from:
- some buildings, on Buildings;
- Smelters, on Jobs;
- Trade missions, at the Dock;
- Expeditions, with Military; and
- gambling, at the Casino.
Storage
Your maximum available Gold is limited by storage capacity.
- Storage for Gold is provided, by:
- some buildings, on Buildings;
- some technologies, on Technologies; and
- Chests.
| Storage provided: | |
|---|---|
| Item | Amount |
| Warehouse | 1 |
| Casino | 1 |
| Towncenter | 2 |
| Bank | 2 |
| Funding | 2 |
| Safes | 2 |
| Chest | 0.05 |
- Other factors increment storage.
Production
- A Casino, Trade outpost and Smelters produce Gold.
| Gold produced: | |
|---|---|
| Producer | Rate |
| Casino | 0.004 per second |
| Trade outpost | 0.01 per second |
| Smelter | 0.001 per second |
Bonuses to production
- Other factors increment Gold production.
| Bonuses to production: | |
|---|---|
| Item | Amount |
| Khrysos | 25% per Title |
| Funding | 20% |
| War economy |
10% |
| Triforce | 30% |
| Gold mastery |
depends on level |
| Coin heirloom |
varies |
| Global production |
varies |
| Boost | × 2 |
| Rush economy |
30 minutes of production |
Uses
| Use of gold: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Use | Item | Amount |
| craft | Coin | 5 |
| research | Currency | 2 |
| research | Coin forging | 5 |
| research | Centralisation | 10 |
| research | Cavalry | 25 |
| research | Trade | 45 |
| research | Funding | 50 |
| research | War economy | 60 |
| research | Internationalization | 70 |
| research | Dealing | 100 |
| maintain | Bersek | 0.01 per second |
| consume | Bank | 0.10 per second |
| play | Game 1 | depends on bet |
| construct | Casino | 1 × 1.6n |
| construct | Castle | 5 × 1.6n |
| where 'n' is the number of the item | ||
Other
- There is 5% chance to find Gold, on Expeditions, if no enemies appear.
| Capped resources |
|---|
| Cement | Chemicals | Clay | Coal | Concrete | Copper | Food | Gold | Iron | Knowledge | Mineral | Morale | Nickel | Sand | Steel | Tin | Water | Wood |