Discover everything you need to know about gold bars in Crimson Desert, including how to farm them while progressing.
Gold Bars are a valuable form of currency and investment item used to build wealth in Crimson Desert. You can collect them from specific locations, steal them from nobles, or craft them once you have the recipe and materials. One of the earliest and most important uses of a gold bar is to open a bank account in the game.
Once you have an account, you can deposit a gold bar and earn interest over time. Track your wealth and grow it passively, making gold bars valuable for long-term money growth.
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What is Gold Bar in Crimson Desert?
Gold Bar is one of the crucial currency items in Crimson Desert and is tied to trading and progression. Farming the gold bar means getting your hands on a lot of silver. This premium currency is converted into silver or used directly in systems like the bank. You can deposit Gold Bars into a bank, allowing you to invest them with distinct risk levels.
They generate profit or may lose value over time, depending on risk. Gold bars cannot be found, as they need to be crafted using silver ore, mercury, and brimstone. Although the game also offers you the opportunity to obtain these bars in multiple ways. You can either steal them from a manor or steal them from nobles. It’s worth mentioning that each gold bar you deposit counts as a 500 Silver investment.
Best Ways to Farm Gold Bar
If you’re trying to get the gold bar by just exploring the world, then you’re just wasting your time. The best way to get this currency is to steal from nobles, craft, pickpocket, mine & convert resources, and more. Below are the best methods to fill your pocket with a large number of gold bars in Crimson Desert.
1. Pickpocket the Nobles
Nobles are different from the other townspeople, as they carry Gold Bars rather than food items. Pointing your lantern at them allows you to spot the nobles, as they are marked with gold bars. Make your to look for fancy clothes and relaxed behavior while finding the nobles. I recommend not wasting time stealing random targets, as it can damage your reputation.
Go to Hernand, scan all NPCs with a lantern, pickpocket nobles with gold bars, escape detection, and reset NPCs. You need to wear a mask, as you can’t pickpocket without one. Defeat the bandits to get the mask or purchase it directly from the shady shops. Use your lantern to scan NPCs and shine it near their waist. It automatically glows if they have the gold bar. Confirm the target if you see the noble having this currency in his pouch.
- Once you find the noble using the lantern, approach them from behind or the side to reach the pouch.
- Make sure to jog towards them and press the E for PC and X for Xbox to trigger the prompt.
- Once done with the pickpocket, a red detection zone appears.
- The goal is to run outside it before the timer ends or you get caught.
Nobles usually gather around manors, churches, and banks. There’s also a chance of finding them in parks and wildlife zones. Daytime is the best time to find them outside; fewer nobles appear during the night. Point your weapon towards this NPC to pickpocket if you see him sitting down. Refreshing the area also lets you reset the NPC inventories.
2. Gambling
Gambling activities in Crimson Desert are mainly silver-based mini-games. You can convert gambling profits into Gold Bars even though you don’t win Gold Bars directly. Gamble in taverns or city hubs and use the silver to buy crafting materials and invest in banks. This lets you generate gold bars by crafting them or earning profits from investments.
Before sitting down at the table, make sure to save the game. The game allows you to keep the full profit if you win and try again to get more money. You can also reload and to gamble again if you lose. The profit you gain from here depends on the number of gamblers and the risk.
You can find the bars in Hernand Town and tables on the second floor. The objective here for you is to get a higher value than the dealer to win the game. Make sure to find the Prime Pair, Superior Pair, or a Ten Pair. Guards can even remove the gambler if you catch them cheating, allowing you to get all the money. Turn the generated money into gold bars at the bank.
3. Craft Gold Bar (Find Alchemy Recipe)
You cannot craft Gold Bars by default, requiring you to complete the Spire of Insight puzzle in southern Hernand. The Alchemy Recipe is found inside the puzzle area on a bookshelf. Make your way to the Witches’ hideouts and find the bookshelf beside the table. Look for the Alchemy recipe and learn it to craft the gold bars at the cauldron.
You need 10x Silver Ore, 3x Mercury, and 3x Brimstone for 1x Gold Bar. Silver Ore is obtained by mining in the Heart of the Saint cave near Hernand. Mercury & Brimstone can be located in later regions and are much rarer than silver. Silver ore appears in many mining deposits throughout the world, often in rock outcrops and caves.
Completing the Spire of Insight allows you to get the recipe for a gold bar from the last floor at the side of the bookshelf. Once you get the recipe and the required materials, you can craft this currency at a cauldron as long as you have the materials. Silver ores respawn after a few in-game days, so you can revisit the same mining spots regularly. Make sure to have a pickaxe equipped to mine efficiently and carry plenty of inventory space for ore.
4. Lioncrest Manor Gold Bar
This gold bar can also be obtained from inside Lioncrest Manor, which is just northwest of Hernand town. You cannot enter through the front because guards block the entrance. Make sure to go around to the back and climb up a wall to a second-floor window to get inside. Once inside, head to the first floor and find the fireplace with a stone lion’s head above it. Put out the fire and look just below the mantle. Look for the hidden compartment you can interact with to steal the gold bar.
Make sure to crouch, equip a mask, and use the steal option while holding the lantern to get the prompt to appear. I recommend robbing here at night or when fewer people are nearby to avoid getting caught. The gold bar doesn’t always respawn quickly after you take it, so it may not be available again right away. If you get caught, you still keep the gold bar even if you go to jail.
Reset Farming Loop
The gold bar you steal from the Lioncrest Manor fireplace does respawn in Crimson Desert. In some cases, it comes back after 5-7 in-game days or doesn’t respawn at all for them. There’s no guaranteed quick reset method like an exploit or fast reload.
Make sure to fast travel to another distant location, then return to the area to respawn the NPC loot. Save and reload before checking an area, so reload and check again if no gold bars appear.
