Maximizing Your Gold: Top Tips for Farming Gold in Dragon's Dogma 2

Knowing the best ways to farm Gold in Dragon's Dogma 2 will help you in your quest to establish yourself as the one true Arisen. Especially when some of those quests require you to spend a large amount of Gold on armor pieces to blend in, or if you want to buy a home to avoid large Inn fees. It's fair to say that you really need Gold for most things in Dragon's Dogma 2, though the game doesn't give you too many hints at how to earn this important currency at first. Don't worry though, we've done the research for you.

Here are our picks for the best ways to farm Gold in Dragon's Dogma 2.

Sell Spare Armor

As you explore around, complete quests, and loot various areas, you're very likely to end up with extra armor pieces you don't need or duplicates of pieces you already own.

You can sell extra armor items to vendors at an Armory or Smithy, like Bjorn's Armory in Vernworth. Most pieces do go for a few hundred pieces of Gold, though some rarer items will be worth more. If you've got two of the same item and don't want to give it to a Pawn, or if you've upgraded and want to clear your storage out, selling your extra pieces is a quick way of earning Gold.

Sell Excess Inventory

Speaking of offloading unwanted items, selling extra items from your inventory such as health potions and pieces picked up from loot chests around the world can gain you a reasonable profit.

To make the most of this method, we recommend looting anything and everything you see, then spreading your finds out amongst your loyal Pawns so you can carry more. Once your pockets are full of items you want to sell, head to any vendor selling goods of that type to sell them. You'll be surprised at the amount of Gold certain items are worth.

Steal Bags of Gold

When you're looking around people's houses, castles, in the back of abandoned carts, and pretty much anywhere, it's worth keeping an eye out for the odd bag of Gold just casually lying around. In most areas, you can take these without any repercussion, but we advise being a bit more cautious about taking in restricted areas.

Taking these random bags of Gold can increase your funds quickly and you really don't have to do much, just look out for them as you travel around and undertake other quests.

Complete Quests

On the topic of completing quests, doing so is a great way of earning Gold alongside XP boosts for your Arisen and Main Pawn, as well as earning high-tier loot items or progressing the overall story forward. Quests are something you will be doing throughout Dragon's Dogma 2; whether it's a side quest by choice or a main story quest, completing them will earn you a substantial amount of Gold each time.

Monster Culling Quests

Monster culling quests, where you help NPCs escape or defeat hordes of vicious monsters, will grant you quite a fair amount of Gold after clearing the area. You can get your first official Monster Culling quest from Captain Brant in Vernworth, and this quest gives you a fair amount on completion too.

Do Sphinx Riddles

One such quest that can earn you a lot of money in one go are the Sphinx Riddles. Undertaking the tasks given by the Sphinx can be daunting at first, but you can earn a staggering 100,000 Gold for getting through the first round of riddles. You'll get this when you first visit her second location, the Frontier Shrine.

If you spend your time doing anything outside of the main story, we highly advise undertaking the Sphinx riddles for this reason.

Loot Corpses

While it might seem grim, looting the bodies of fallen enemies can be a rich source of Gold. Sometimes you'll get materials that can be combined into more useful items, and sometimes you'll be rewarded with a few hundred pieces of Gold. If you're going to take down enemies anyway, you may as well take advantage of what they leave behind.

Loot Scrap Piles and Chests

They're pretty easy to run past, especially if you've got your eyes on looting a chest or gathering other materials, but don't forget about scrap piles. Rummaging around these seemingly pointless piles of rubbish can grant you useful items and the occasional Gold payout. It doesn't cost you anything to look through them, so don't forget that one person's trash could be holding your treasure.

Also, looting chests is a good way to stumble upon a few hundred pieces of Gold on your adventures; you may even find some good armor items while you're at it.