Gold is an important currency in Lost Ark. It serves as currency in the auction house or is needed for upgrading equipment. Those who urgently need gold can also buy it legally. MeinMMO reveals how this works. You should avoid gold sellers in the chat.
You can earn gold in Lost Ark through various activities. For example, you can complete special tasks, run dungeons, or sell items in the auction house. However, it takes time to farm gold.
If you have more money than time, you might be interested in simply buying gold. This is possible legally and without a ban in just a few steps.
To do this, you use the Royal Crystals, which you can buy for real money. We explain how this works.
Buying gold with Royal Crystals – Price and Purchase
How does the purchase work exactly? First, you need to start Lost Ark and buy Royal Crystals for real money. You can do this in the shop, which you can open with F4:
- 1,000 Royal Crystals cost €9.99
- 2,200 Crystals are available for €19.99
- 12,000 Crystals will cost you €99.99
After that, you have two options: You can either enter the currency exchange and exchange Royal Crystals directly for gold or buy costumes and sell them in the auction house for gold to other players.
How does the currency exchange work? In the currency exchange, you exchange Royal Crystals for gold – but with a detour. Other players cannot buy Royal Crystals directly but can only buy Blue Crystals.
This makes the currency exchange confusing:
- First, there is a minimum number of Royal Crystals that you must use. This currently stands at 238 but fluctuates constantly.
- For 238 Royal Crystals, I currently receive about 975 gold on Central European servers. This number fluctuates slightly depending on supply and demand for Blue Crystals.
- 1,000 Crystals (€10) thus brings about 3,900 gold and 48 remaining Crystals that you cannot dispose of since at least 238 Crystals must always be used.
- This exchange is possible 10 times a day, with the amount of Crystals used being unlimited. You can theoretically use millions of Royal Crystals in one transaction. However, keep in mind that you can spend a maximum of €400 per day in Lost Ark before Steam excludes you from purchasing Crystals for 24 hours.
Important: You can adjust the price range for the desired gold according to your wishes. However, the maximum limit is 1,248 gold for 238 Crystals. However, it may happen that no one ever accepts this offer and the Crystals remain endlessly on offer. You will never get the Crystals back once they are on offer.
How does buying costumes work? This method is somewhat less reliable in terms of success, but it can earn you much more gold. The idea is to buy tradable items from the shop and then sell them on the marketplace to other players.
Recently released skins can initially be sold for a lot of gold.
However, make sure that the items are genuinely tradable. You can see this immediately in the interface. If you equip the skins yourself once, they automatically become untradable. Therefore, you must sell them sight unseen.
Warning: Illegal sources can lead to bans
Are there alternatives? There are various gold dealers that you can find through a Google search or as spam in the in-game chat. However, you should avoid these. Trading gold for real money is not allowed in Lost Ark.
If you do buy gold illegally, you risk permanent bans. But even temporary bans come with hurdles. You will lose the gold you bought, even if you have already spent it. This can lead to high debts that you must first pay off.
No other method than exchanging Royal Crystals for gold is legal.
