The Generic Gold Piece, commonly abbreviated as Gold, is a kind of currency used widely across Belfan. It is frequently dropped by monsters, even though they are only miasmal apparitions.
From enemies[]
In the MARDEK series, all enemies drop Gold once they are defeated. The amount of gold dropped is proportional to the level squared, and is calculated by the formula:
where:
- selects a random integer from (inclusive) to (exclusive)
- selects a random real number from (inclusive) to (exclusive)
Most notably it is increasingly unlikely to get an amount of gold over one-half of the level squared, and not possible to get more than one and one-half over the level squared. On average, each enemy drops gold equal to just over half their level squared ().
Three enemies in the game drop additional gold alongside their random drop, these are:
- Posh Gruul drops 100 gold
- Antares drops 300 gold
- Posh Zombie drops 1,000 gold
Skills[]
Regal Crowns teach the skill Double Gold, which increases the amount of Gold enemies drop according to the formula , where:
- is the amount of gold dropped;
- is the amount of gold that would have dropped without Double Gold; and
- is the number of party members with Double Gold equipped.
Legion can learn the Money Attack! skill, which deals 1 damage for every 500 gold that you have.
Other uses[]
- Most items can be bought with Gold, and can be sold for half as much.
- The player can hire Zach for 1,000 Gold in MARDEK Chapter 2: A New Hero and 10,000 Gold in MARDEK Chapter 3: Keystones.
- One of the medals awarded by Jacques is for collecting 1 million gold pieces.