The Age of War update for Conan Exiles made Goldstone, Gold Bars, and ultimately Gold 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 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.

Treasure (Loot) Chest Locations¶

The easiest way to get gold coins in Conan Exiles is by looting treasure chests. These are technically called Loot 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, located in the far northeast of the Exiled Lands map, and The Unnamed 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. 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.

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.

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) to remove it, or if you’re lucky enough to have the Champion’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.

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 Traders. These can be found at the Mek-kamoses’ Spire, located northeast of The Unnamed City, southeast of New Asagarth, or almost directly north of The 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 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.

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 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 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 scattered around, which often yields Goldstone when you mine it. In addition, you can kill some of the Rocknose 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.

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, 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.

More Conan Exiles Guides¶

If you’re looking for more Conan Exiles guides, be sure to check the links below.

• How the Purge Works in Chapter 2
• Tips for Surviving the Purge - Best Bases
• Purge Rewards in Conan Exiles
• Religions, Altars and Avatars Guide