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Conan Exiles

Best Locations for Gold Coins - Age of War Conan Exiles

By
Scott Peers

The Age of War update for Conan Exiles made "Goldstone" iconGoldstone, "Gold Bar" iconGold Bars, and ultimately "Gold Coin" iconGold Coins more relevant to the average player again. This is primarily because they’re good sources of wealth for your Purge treasure pile and inventory, but you can also use gold coins to purchase various types of food and drink items from merchants. In addition to these, you can use gold coins to purchase thralls at specific locations, such as the "Flotsam" iconFlotsam slaver settlement in the northeast of the Exiled Lands map. On this page, we’ll show you some of the best locations to find gold coins from treasure chests, but also how to craft gold coins from other sources.

Gold has never been more useful in Conan Exiles than it is with the Age of War Chapter 2 update.

Treasure (Loot) Chest Locations

The easiest way to get gold coins in Conan Exiles is by looting treasure chests. These are technically called "Loot Chest" iconLoot Chests when you hover over them, and not all of these chests will contain gold coins throughout the game world. However, there are a few places where gold coins and gold bars are essentially guaranteed to be present in loot chests. The two most profitable regions for this are "Buccaneer Bay" iconBuccaneer Bay, located in the far northeast of the Exiled Lands map, and The "Unnamed City" iconUnnamed City, located in the far western part of the map.

Buccaneer Bay

The Buccaneer Bay region is by far the most profitable for treasure (loot) chests that contain gold bars and gold coins. As mentioned above, you’ll find this area in the far northeast of the Exiled Lands map, directly north of the "Forgotten City of Xel-ha" iconForgotten City of Xel-ha. The bay is distinguished by a great number of sunken pirate ships, all of which you can find easily by swimming around them underwater.

There are over ten treasure chests to be found underwater around Buccaneer Bay, and after looting them they will respawn within a couple of hours, so you can keep farming this area as much as you want. You can check the screenshots below for an overview of the chest locations, but do note that each chest icon (which we’ve placed ourselves for your convenience) may represent the location of more than one chest underwater, since some are clustered together.

(1 of 3) The location of Buccaneer Bay, in the far northeast of the Exiled Lands map.

Once you’ve thoroughly looted all the chests around Buccaneer Bay, there are three other locations to the south of it where you can find additional shipwrecks. These are further apart so it’s less convenient to farm them, but they’re worthy sources nonetheless. Be sure to check the screenshots below for their locations.

(1 of 3) The location of a shipwreck containing gold coins, at Dagon’s Embrace.

The Unnamed City

The second best location for treasure chests that contain gold bars and gold coins is The Unnamed City. This is a far more inhospitable place than Buccaneer Bay, so you’ll need to be careful as you explore it. There are tough enemies that roam the entire region, and you can quickly succumb to corruption if you’re not careful. For this reason it’s a good idea to bring some Performer thralls and have them dance next to you, as this is the easiest way to keep corruption at bay, assuming you have the thralls to begin with.

If you don’t have any Performer thralls yet, check our Best Combat Thralls page to find some. Alternatively, you can consume a Heart of a Hero to instantly remove all corruption, craft some Cleansing Brew potions (requires Herbal Tea and "Yellow Lotus Blossom" iconYellow Lotus Blossom) to remove it, or if you’re lucky enough to have the "Champion's Leggings" iconChampion’s Leggings, you can wear these to remove one point of corruption every thirty seconds. Whichever method you choose, just know that you’ll need one of these before you can explore The Unnamed City properly.

(1 of 2) The locations of the chests containing gold coins within The Unnamed City.

The locations of the chests containing gold coins within The Unnamed City. (left), You’ll have a higher chance for finding gold bars and increasing amounts of coins in these chests. (right)

Now that you’re informed about how to be well-prepared when exploring The Unnamed City, you can check the screenshots above for the locations of five chests, each of which is guaranteed to have some gold bars and gold coins.

Khitan Exiled Traders

Another reliable method for obtaining gold bars and coins comes from the new "Khitan Exiled Trader" iconKhitan Exiled Traders. These can be found at the "Mek-kamoses" iconMek-kamosesSpire, located northeast of The Unnamed City, southeast of "New Asagarth" iconNew Asagarth, or almost directly north of "The Summoning Place" iconThe Summoning Place. Here you’ll find the two Khitan Exiled Traders located either side of Mek-kamoses, who is now only present as a talking head in a basket. You can speak with them to exchange either 15 "Blood Crystal" iconBlood Crystals or a Severed Head of Kurak for an Ophidian Magi’s Cache.

The Ophidian Magi’s Cache will be present in your inventory once you’ve made the exchange, and you can use it to open its contents. You have a good chance to acquire both gold bars and gold coins from these caches, alongside a range of other useful materials. Be sure to check our Merchants guide for more information.

(1 of 2) The location of Mek-kamoses’ Spire, northeast of The Unnamed City.

The location of Mek-kamoses’ Spire, northeast of The Unnamed City. (left), You can speak with the Khitan Exiled Traders to obtain an Ophidian Magi’s Cache. (right)

Craft Gold Coins From Goldstone and Gold Bars

If you still have a thirst for gold coins and you’ve used all of the above methods, you can turn to crafting to get more. This still requires you to farm specific materials in order to obtain more "Gold" iconGold Bars and Goldstone, however. You’ll probably want to do this after looting chests or trading with Khitan Exiled Traders regardless, since you’ll have a decent amount of gold bars already. These can be transformed into gold coins using a Casting Table, but you’ll need some "Iron Bar" iconIron Bars to make a Coin Mold first.

Craft Coin Molds Using the Casting Table

The Coin Mold recipe requires 15 Iron Bars per mold, so it’s a rather expensive method. However, if you have plenty of iron bars stowed away, you have nothing to lose. Either way, iron is much easier to acquire than gold, so ultimately, it’s all about helping you on the journey to getting more gold coins. Once you have a coin mold, you can combine it with a Gold Bar to craft 30 Gold Coins. It’s not the best conversion rate, but it all adds up if you’re dedicated to the process.

Farm Obsidian and Rocknose Enemies for Goldstone

The best place to farm Goldstone, which itself can be transformed into gold bars using a furnace, is in the Volcano region located in the far northwest of the Exiled Lands map. Here you’ll find plenty of "Obsidian" iconObsidian scattered around, which often yields Goldstone when you mine it. In addition, you can kill some of the "Rocknose" iconRocknose enemies in the area to obtain more Goldstone from them, but not all of these will drop it every time. Look for the darker-colored Rosenoses which appear to have burning embers on their skin, like the one shown in the screenshot below.

(1 of 2) The Volcano biome has plenty of Obsidian and Rocknose enemies to farm, particularly in the southern part.

The Volcano biome has plenty of Obsidian and Rocknose enemies to farm, particularly in the southern part. (left), Look for Rocknose enemies with red on their skin, which yield the most amount of Goldstone. (right)

What Are Gold Coins Used For?

If you’re reading this page, you probably already have a use for gold coins in mind. However, it’s useful to point out where you can make use of them outside of the Purge treasure hoards.

Purchase Thralls With Gold Coins

One of the most significant uses comes in the form of purchasing new thralls, which can be done at the slaver settlement of Flotsam. This is located directly west of Buccaneer Bay, so it’s a great place to finish your gold grinding for the day if you want to pick up some thralls before moving elsewhere on the map. Most thralls will cost 50 - 100 gold coins to purchase, so you can get them rather quickly if you use the methods noted above. The only limitation related to purchasing thralls here is that you won’t be able to get any named ones. For that, be sure to check our best combat and crafting thralls pages.

Craft Alchemical Base for Potions and Elixirs

Thralls can theoretically be acquired from anywhere in the Exiled Lands, and you may not want to pay for them. If this is true for you, any gold coins you acquire can be saved for other uses, such as breaking them down using the Grinder for the purpose of crafting Alchemical Base, a key ingredient that you’ll need to craft most potions and elixirs.

Purchase Basic Food and Drink Items

Alternatively, you may want to reserve some gold coins in your inventory for whenever you encounter merchants at settlements such as "Sepermeru" iconSepermeru, City of the Relic Hunters, located in the far western part of the Exiled Lands. This can be particularly handy if you’re about to starve and you have no crafted rations available.

The Age of War Chapter 2 update made gold coins a lot more valuable to players than they used to be. There’s still more we’d like to see in terms of introducing changes to the economy system that will make gold coins even more useful, but for now, you have all the information you need to quickly acquire gold coins for their existing uses.

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Guide Information
  • Publisher
    Funcom
  • Genre
    Action Adventure, Survival
  • Guide Release
    18 April 2023
  • Last Updated
    11 January 2024
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