Gold

Gold is a currency found in Risk of Rain 2 that the player uses to buy items from Chests and Shrines of Chance, as well as activate certain interactibles.

Gold is primarily collected by killing enemies, but there are several items and interactibles that can also provide gold.

The following is a complete list of all items and interactibles that can be used to obtain gold faster:


 * Barrels
 * Shrine of Blood
 * Shrine of Combat

When the player activates the Teleporter to leave a stage, all gold collected on that stage will be converted into experience. The gold-to-experience conversion is relatively unfavorable to the player and only gets worse over time, so it may be worthwhile for players to do a quick sweep of the stage to check for any last uses for their gold.

Gold Farming Strategies
Items effects and interactibles aside, how fast the player gains gold is primarily based on monster spawns. The Directors determine the rate, quality, and gold rewards for every enemy that spawns. See the Directors page for more detailed information, but the results are summarized below:

Enemies that are spawned before the Survivor first arrives on a stage are worth the least. Counter-intuitively, although monsters spawn fastest during the Teleporter event, those enemies are worth significantly less than enemies that spawn before the Teleporter is activated. This is especially true for the Teleporter boss, who will drop hardly any gold. The most valuable and cost-effective naturally-spawned enemies are therefore the ones that spawn around the Survivor while the Teleporter is inactive. Unnaturally-spawned enemies (like from a Shrine of Combat) are worth even more, although these may be significantly more challenging to defeat as well.

In conclusion, the most optimal gold-farming strategy is to wait to start the Teleporter until the funding goal is almost met. Starting the Teleporter too soon means the player will have to leave the radius and spend more time farming lower-value enemies, while starting the Teleporter too late will result in a surplus of gold.