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"Here it was that the ambassadors of the Samnites, finding him boiling turnips in the chimney corner, offered him a present of gold; but he sent them away with this saying; that he, who was content with such a supper, had no need of gold, and that he thought it more honourable to conquer those who possessed the gold, than to possess the gold itself."<br>-Plutarch, "Marcus Cato"}}

[[File:Gold.png]] '''Gold''' is the universal currency of ''Crawl''. It has several uses, the most common being to purchase goods from [[shop]]s.

==Obtaining Gold==
Gold may be obtained in many ways:
*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.
*[[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 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, and followers can spend gold to access abilities.

==History==
*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.
*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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