Online:Gold

"The common coin of Tamriel. Gold is accepted by merchants and players in exchange for goods and services." —Daily Rewards description

Physical model of coins

Gold, sometimes referred to as Drakes, is the main form of currency in Elder Scrolls Online. It is the most common type of loot, and is also awarded for completing quests, taking part in a campaign in Cyrodiil, and claiming Daily Rewards. Additional gold can be earned by selling items to NPC vendors or trading with other players. Gold is used to pay for most in-game services and is therefore very valuable. Although usually held in a character's inventory, gold can be deposited in a bank in order to transfer it to an alt or contribute towards guild expenses. It can be lost as part of the Justice System.

The maximum amount of gold you can hold on one character is 000000002,100,000,000  (2.1 billion).

Gold rewarded for completing quests is based on both the level of a character and the type of quest (important/longer quests give out higher gold); ESO Plus members should multiply all values by ×1.1.

Level	Very Low Reward	Low Reward	Average Reward	High Reward	Very High Reward
3	18	36	73	91	146
4	21	42	85	106	170
5	23	46	93	116	186
6	24	49	98	122	196
7	26	53	106	132	212
8	28	57	114	142	228
9	30	61	122	152	244
10	32	65	130	162	260
11	34	69	138	172	276
12	36	73	146	182	292
13	38	76	153	191	306
14	40	80	160	200	320
15	42	84	168	210	336
16	42	84	169	211	338
17	43	86	173	216	346
18	44	88	177	221	354
19	45	90	181	226	362
20	46	92	185	231	370
21	47	94	189	236	378
22	48	96	193	241	386
23	49	98	196	245	392
24	50	100	200	250	400
25	51	102	204	255	408
26	52	104	208	260	416
27	53	106	212	265	424
28	54	108	216	270	432
29	54	109	219	273	438
30	55	111	223	278	446
31	56	113	227	283	454
32	57	115	231	288	462
33	58	117	235	293	470
34	59	119	239	298	478
35	60	121	243	303	486
36	61	123	247	308	494
37	62	125	251	313	502
38	63	127	255	318	510
39	64	129	259	323	518
40	65	131	263	328	526
41	66	133	266	332	532
42	67	135	270	337	540
43	68	137	274	342	548
44	69	139	278	347	556
45	70	141	282	352	564
46	71	143	286	357	572
47	72	145	290	362	580
48	73	147	294	367	588
49	74	149	298	372	596
50	75	151	302	377	604

Notes

• According to a screenshot from 2011, early builds of ESO also used silver and copper currency.
• As a physical object, gold can be found as Coins in many locations. Coins may be marked as unowned or stolen (stolen coins incur a bounty if taken when a witness is present) and often give a low amount of gold. They show the symbol of a chest on one side and a crown with four Daedric letters (spelling "GOLD") on the other side. These coins are called "Drakes".
  • Mistakenly, some coins still use the older model showing the symbol of the Empire on one side and the face of Tiber Septim on the other. These coins, called "Septims", are used in error as Tiber Septim did not exist as of the time period of ESO and the textures were likely lifted directly from the TES V: Skyrim coin models.
• Though the coins in the Dragon's Treasure Trove (page) are all gold, they use a unique model.

Gallery

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  Physical model of Septim coins

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  Dragon's Treasure Trove coin

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  Texture of Septim coins

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  Texture of gold from alpha build

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  Gold cap warning message when trying to hand in a quest

See Also

• Making Money