Gold - Revision history

Hordes at 06:18, 3 November 2025

2025-11-03T06:18:14Z

Ge0ff: /* History */

2025-08-26T10:39:44Z

‎History

Ge0ff at 15:00, 28 July 2023

2023-07-28T15:00:22Z

Hordes: /* Properties of Gold */ parenthesis

2023-07-27T03:37:30Z

‎Properties of Gold: parenthesis

Hordes: version bump

2023-07-27T03:36:48Z

version bump

Ge0ff: Update to 0.23

2019-10-10T10:37:33Z

Update to 0.23

Spudwalt at 17:05, 14 June 2018

2018-06-14T17:05:41Z

Drozang: 0.17 update

2015-11-25T03:48:35Z

0.17 update

MoogleDan: Updated for 0.14

2014-05-07T14:58:11Z

Updated for 0.14

MoogleDan at 19:45, 24 February 2014

2014-02-24T19:45:31Z

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 Gold is not carried in the [[inventory]] or assigned a letter like other items are. You can check how much gold you are carrying by using the '''$''' command.
-Since no effect can remove gold ([[Maurice]] notwithstanding) or harm you for carrying it, there is no reason ''not'' to carry it. (The act of picking up gold takes a [[turn]], so during a turncount [[speedrun]] you might want to avoid picking gold, especially small stacks of coins.)
+Since no effect can remove gold ([[Maurice]] notwithstanding) or harm you for carrying it, there is no gameplay reason ''not'' to carry it. (The act of picking up gold takes a [[turn]], so during a turncount [[speedrun]] you might want to avoid picking gold, especially small stacks of coins.)
 ==Uses for Gold==
 *Buying items from [[shop]]s. Note that you can only ''buy'' items from shops, never ''sell''.
 *Worshipers of [[Zin]] pay a tithe (10% of all gold they gather) to gain [[piety]]. They may sacrifice half their gold for additional piety.
-*[[Gozag]] requires a service fee for joining. Its followers may spend gold to gain collections of potion effects, bring shops to the Dungeon, and bribe monsters to be less hostile.
+*[[Gozag]] requires a service fee for joining, and followers can spend gold to access abilities.
 ==History==

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	*Prior to [[0.14]], all non-[[Monk]] [[background]]s began with a small amount of gold.		*Prior to [[0.14]], all non-[[Monk]] [[background]]s began with a small amount of gold.
	*In ancient versions of ''Crawl'', enemy [[centaur (monster)\|centaurs]], [[naga (monster)\|nagas]], and [[yaktaur]]s were supposed to occasionally spawn with [[barding]]s. However, the code mishandled the no-barding case, and gave the monster a pile of gold instead. This caused large quantities of gold to be generated in [[the Snake Pits]] and [[the Vaults]].		*In ancient versions of ''Crawl'', enemy [[centaur (monster)\|centaurs]], [[naga (monster)\|nagas]], and [[yaktaur]]s were supposed to occasionally spawn with [[barding]]s. However, the code mishandled the no-barding case, and gave the monster a pile of gold instead. This caused large quantities of gold to be generated in [[the Snake Pits]] and [[the Vaults]].
		+	*Prior to [[0.1.4]], gold was an inventory item.

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 Gold is not carried in the [[inventory]] or assigned a letter like other items are. You can check how much gold you are carrying by using the '''$''' command.
-Since no effect can remove gold ([[Maurice]] notwithstanding) or harm you for carrying it, there is no reason ''not'' to carry it. (The act of picking up gold takes a [[turn]], so a turncount [[speedrun]] will want wand to avoid picking unnecessary gold.)
+Since no effect can remove gold ([[Maurice]] notwithstanding) or harm you for carrying it, there is no reason ''not'' to carry it. (The act of picking up gold takes a [[turn]], so during a turncount [[speedrun]] you might want to avoid picking gold, especially small stacks of coins.)
 ==Uses for Gold==

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 Gold is not carried in the [[inventory]] or assigned a letter like other items are. You can check how much gold you are carrying by using the '''$''' command.
-Since no effect can remove gold ([[Maurice]] notwithstanding) or harm you for carrying it, there is no reason ''not'' to carry it. The act of picking up gold, meanwhile, takes a [[turn]], which can matter for a turncount [[speedrun]].
+Since no effect can remove gold ([[Maurice]] notwithstanding) or harm you for carrying it, there is no reason ''not'' to carry it. (The act of picking up gold takes a [[turn]], so a turncount [[speedrun]] will want wand to avoid picking unnecessary gold.)
 ==Uses for Gold==

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 *Gold is one of the options a [[scroll of acquirement]] can be used for, granting you anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand.
 *[[Xom]] occasionally gifts piles of gold to worshipers.
-*[[Gozag]]'s worshippers have the passive ability Golden Touch, which turns defeated enemies into piles of gold.
+*[[Gozag]] worshippers have a passive Golden Touch, which turns defeated enemies into piles of gold.
 ==Properties of Gold==
 Gold is not carried in the [[inventory]] or assigned a letter like other items are. You can check how much gold you are carrying by using the '''$''' command.
-Since no effect can remove gold ([[Maurice]] notwithstanding) or harm you for carrying it, there is no reason ''not'' to carry it.
+Since no effect can remove gold ([[Maurice]] notwithstanding) or harm you for carrying it, there is no reason ''not'' to carry it. The act of picking up gold, meanwhile, takes a [[turn]], which can matter for a turncount [[speedrun]].
 ==Uses for Gold==
-*Buying items from shops. Note that you can only ''buy'' items from shops, never ''sell''.
+*Buying items from [[shop]]s. Note that you can only ''buy'' items from shops, never ''sell''.
 *Worshipers of [[Zin]] pay a tithe (10% of all gold they gather) to gain [[piety]]. They may sacrifice half their gold for additional piety.
 *[[Gozag]] requires a service fee for joining. Its followers may spend gold to gain collections of potion effects, bring shops to the Dungeon, and bribe monsters to be less hostile.
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 *Prior to [[0.19]], two [[card]]s existed, [[Alchemist card|the Alchemist]] and [[Mercenary card|the Mercenary]], which would let you spend gold to heal yourself and purchase a permanent ally, respectively.
 *Prior to [[0.15]], gold contributed to your [[score]].
-*Prior to [[0.14]], all non-[[monk]] [[background]]s began with a small amount of gold.
+*Prior to [[0.14]], all non-[[Monk]] [[background]]s began with a small amount of gold.
 *In ancient versions of ''Crawl'', enemy [[centaur (monster)|centaurs]], [[naga (monster)|nagas]], and [[yaktaur]]s were supposed to occasionally spawn with [[barding]]s. However, the code mishandled the no-barding case, and gave the monster a pile of gold instead. This caused large quantities of gold to be generated in [[the Snake Pits]] and [[the Vaults]].

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 {{flavour|A pile of glittering gold coins.
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 ==Obtaining Gold==
 Gold may be obtained in many ways:
-*Most characters start with a small amount of gold which varies by [[background]].
+*Gold can be found lying on the floor like any other random treasure. Especially large piles of gold are often found at the bottom of [[Dungeon branches]], and the [[Orcish Mines]] contains almost nothing ''but'' gold.
 *Gold is one of the options a [[scroll of acquirement]] can be used for, granting you anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand.
 *[[Xom]] occasionally gifts piles of gold to worshipers.
 ==Properties of Gold==
-Gold has no weight, and is not carried in the inventory or assigned a letter like other items are. You can check how much gold you are carrying by using the '''$''' command.
+Much like the [[runes of Zot]], gold has no weight, and is not carried in the [[inventory]] or assigned a letter like other items are. You can check how much gold you are carrying by using the '''$''' command.
 Since no effect can remove gold ([[Maurice]] notwithstanding) or harm you for carrying it, there is no reason ''not'' to carry it.
 ==Uses for Gold==
-*Buying items from shops. Note that shops will only sell items to you, never buy.
+*Buying items from shops. Note that you can only ''buy'' items from shops, never ''sell''.
 *Worshipers of [[Zin]] can sacrifice gold at an [[altar]] of Zin to gain [[piety]].
 *You can draw an [[Alchemist card]] to heal your character in exchange for some gold.
 *You can draw a [[Mercenary card]] to buy a permanent ally.
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 ==History==
-In [[0.14]], all characters will start without any gold.
+Prior to [[0.14]], all non-[[monk]] [[background]]s began with a small amount of gold.
 In ancient versions of ''Crawl'', enemy [[centaur (monster)|centaurs]], [[naga (monster)|nagas]], and [[yaktaur]]s were supposed to occasionally spawn with [[barding]]. However, the code mishandled the no-barding case, and gave the monster a pile of gold instead. This caused large quantities of gold to be generated in [[the Snake Pits]] and [[the Vaults]].

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 ==History==
-In [[0.14]] all characters will start without any gold.
+In [[0.14]], all characters will start without any gold.
-In ancient versions of ''Crawl'', enemy [[centaur (monster)|centaurs]], [[naga (monster)|nagas]], and [[yaktaur]]s occasionally spawned with [[barding]]. However, the code mishandles the no-barding case, and gave the monster a pile of gold instead. This caused large quantities of gold to be generated in [[the Snake Pits]] and [[the Vaults]].
+In ancient versions of ''Crawl'', enemy [[centaur (monster)|centaurs]], [[naga (monster)|nagas]], and [[yaktaur]]s were supposed to occasionally spawn with [[barding]]. However, the code mishandled the no-barding case, and gave the monster a pile of gold instead. This caused large quantities of gold to be generated in [[the Snake Pits]] and [[the Vaults]].
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