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|Gold and<br />platinum
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The basic [[currency]], accepted by all [[NPC]]s in [[Guild Wars]], is gold ({{gold}}), and its more valuable substitute, platinum ({{platinum}}). The two are automatically converted from one to the other; 1000 {{gold}} equals {{Cost|1000}}. A [[Vault box]] can hold up to {{Cost|1000000}}, and each character can hold up to {{Cost|100000}} in their [[inventory]].

== Other currency ==

In trades worth more than {{Cost|100000}}, players often substitute expensive [[item]]s, agreeing on a value that the item represents (that is, treating it like currency). The most common substitutes are [[Zaishen Key]]s, [[Glob of Ectoplasm|Globs of Ectoplasm]], and, for very high value trades, [[Armbrace of Truth|Armbraces of Truth]]. Black [[Dye]] and [[Charcoal]] are used in high-end [[Ascalon (pre-Searing)|pre-Searing]] trades.

== Acquisition ==
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|One Gold Coin (left) and more than<br> one Gold Coin (right) dropped on the ground.
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There are several ways to accumulate cash:
* Picking up [[drop]]s.
* Selling items to [[merchant]]s or [[trader]]s.
* Receiving gold from [[quest reward]]s.
* Completing certain [[mission]]s.
* [[Vanquishing]]
* [[Trade|Trading]] with other players, for goods (e.g. coveted [[item]]s) or services (e.g. [[running]]).

=== See also ===
* [[Farming]], the repeated execution of the same task to acquire currency or loot.

== Use ==
Currency is used to buy items from NPC sellers in-game, who provide just about everything: [[merchant|basic needs]], [[armorer|armor]], [[weaponsmith|weapons]], [[skill trainer|skills]], [[guild registrar|guild services]], [[Consumable item crafter|consumables]], [[rare scroll trader|scrolls]], [[dye trader|dyes]], [[rune trader|runes]], [[material trader|common materials]], [[rare material trader|rare materials]], and a few lesser services such as [[xunlai agent|storage fees]]. Since other players also need these things, you can also trade them currency in exchange for something you want, or to do some task for you.

Spending currency on NPC services leads to balancing the game's [[economy]]; they are [[gold sink]] mechanisms, where currency that entered the game is equally deleted from it, preventing runaway inflation.

== Notes ==
* When dropped on the ground, currency appears as "Gold Coin(s)".
* Gold Coins dropped by enemies in an [[explorable area]] are not [[assign]]ed; anyone can pick them up, and the cash is divided among [[party]] members (including [[Henchman|henchmen]] and [[Hero]]es).
* Individual characters do not have access to an [[account]]'s [[vault box]] until they have paid a one time fee of {{cost|50}} to the [[Xunlai Agent]].
* The maximum amount of gold an account can store is {{Cost|4600000}}.
** {{Cost|1000000}} in storage.
** {{Cost|100000}} on each of 36 characters (the maximum number of characters possible on one account).
* Players usually refer to platinum as ''plat'', ''p'', or ''k'' (from the metric prefix "kilo", which means "thousand").

==External links==
* [https://guildwarslegacy.com/forum/board/11-the-xunlai-market/ The Xunlai Market]
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