Editing Gold (section)

==Other means of obtaining gold==
==={{DQ}}===
'''Selling Death Necklaces for easy money:''' Go to [[Craggy Cave]] and get the Death Necklace which can be found at random, then sell it for 1200 Gold. You can repeat this process for easy money.

==={{DQ2}}===
'''Selling [[Lightning staff]] for easy money.''' In the {{NES}} version of {{Dragon Quest II}}, once you get the [[Jailor's Key]]. Go to [[Midenhall]], go down the basement of the dungeon, open the Jail doors and then fight the [[Wrecktor (Recurring)|Wrecktor]] who will drop the Lightning staff which can be sold for 19,500 gold. After you sell the Lightning staff, save your game and rest. Open the game back up and fight the Wrecktor and get the Staff of Thunder again. Use this trick for easy money. Note: This trick will no longer work in the {{Game Boy Color}} version, or the [[Cell phone]] & [[Nintendo Switch]] version.

==={{DQ3}}===
*{{Party 3}} members who are [[Merchant]]s will snag several additional gold coins after the end of a battle.
*Gold can be won through winning bets in the arenas at [[Romaria]], [[Isis]], [[Manoza]] and [[Cantlin]].

==={{DQ4}}===
*{{DQ4 Chapter 3}} had many ways to obtain gold due {{Torneko}}'s goal:
**{{Torneko}} is payed for his work in the [[weapon shop]] of [[Lakanaba]].
**Old Man Finnegan pays you around 10 gold coins to take him the [[church]] daily.
**An old man in [[Endor]] will pay 25,000 gold coins for the [[The Cistern Chapel|Silver goddess statue]].
**Equipment can be sold for more money than usual at [[Torneko's shop]].
**After Torneko's shop is opened, King Norman of [[Endor]] will pay you 60,000 gold coin to provide his soldiers with 6 sets of [[Steel broadsword]] and [[Iron armour]] (7 of each in the {{NES}} version).
*[[Meena Mahabala]] and [[Maya Mahabala]] receive a payment of 100 gold coins for their last day from the theater troupe from [[Laissez Fayre]].
*You can get a [[Cautery sword]] who will sell it to Torneko at random. Once you get it in the store immediately quit working at the [[weapon shop]] or it's at risk of being bought by a customer.
*Once you buy the store at Endor, you can make money by giving your [[Tessie Taloon|wife]] who runs the store, [[Steel broadsword]]s, [[Cautery sword]]s, [[Iron apron]]s. She will pay you more money. You can have a stockpile of 99 of each weapon, armor, item. It will be carried over in {{DQ4 Chapter 5}}.
*'''Selling [[Prayer ring]]s and [[Magical skirt]]s for easy money:''' Chapter 2, 3, 5 and 6 is the best place for making money at the [[Casino]]. First of all buy coins. Then go save your game. Then go to the [[Monster Arena]] place 50 tokens on the monster who may or may not win. You'll need to win at least 2 or 3 times in a row which is difficult to do and you'll have a 25 to 33 percent chance of winning coins on the monster you bet on. If you lose too much money, rest and start over. Once you win at least over 800 coins, save your game and repeat the process over and over. Eventually you'll have enough to buy [[Prayer ring]]s for 500 coins which can be sold for 2250 Gold. Later on in {{DQ4 Chapter 6}} {{DS}} version or near the end of {{DQ4 Chapter 5}} Android or iOS, get your [[Pioneer Town]] upgraded to a castle and then go to the [[Casino]] in the basement of the castle and buy [[Magical skirt]]s for 1000 coins which can be sold for 7350 Gold. This will help you buy expensive weapons and armor.
*'''{{Torneko}} stealing weapons, armor from monsters:''' You'll need the Sands of Time item if you need to start the battle over, if you accidentally kill an enemy. In battle you'll want to have {{Torneko}} fight in your party. {{Torneko}} will disobey the player and randomly do his own thing the following he does in battle, tell a joke, put enemies to sleep, scare enemies, land a [[Critical Hit]] on an enemy, do nothing, steal from the enemy. Once {{Torneko}} decides to randomly steal from the enemy he will will succeed 100 percent of the time. You can steal weapons and armor and sell them for a lot of gold which is helpful since weapons and armor is very expensive in Chapter 5, 6.

==={{DQ5}}===
*[[Maria]] will give [[Hero (Dragon Quest V)|The Hero]] and Harry 1,000 gold coins, only if spoken to prior to the first departure from [[Heaven's Above Abbey]].
*Once enough [[Knick-knack]]s are placed at the [[Knick-knackatory]], [[Old Man Nick Knack]] will give The {{Hero 5}} and {{Party 5}} a small amount of gold at night.
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*The following opportunities only applies if The {{Hero 5}} is married to {{Nera}} or [[Debora Briscoletti]]:
**A soldier hired by [[Rodrigo Briscoletti]] drops off a chest containing 2,000 gold coins.
**Romana [[Briscoletti]] gives the party 5,000 gold coins after their defeat of [[Bjørn the Behemoose]].
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==={{DQ6}}===
*In [[Haggleton]], brothers Buck & Bill will try to compete in purchasing the [[List of items in Dragon Quest VI#Incredible Items|Village goods]] from you by offering a higher amount of gold than the others.  The high amount obtainable is 480 gold coins from Bill.
*The characters, while fighting as [[Merchant]]s will pick up extra gold after battles.
*'''Selling [[Silk tuxedo]]s for easy money:''' When you get to a town [[Port Haven]], save your game first before doing this. Then go to the [[Casino]] in the basement and gamble on the slot machines. Bet your coins to the maximum and win money. If you lose too much, rest and start over. Once you win money, save your game and go back to the casino and gamble on the slot machines. Bet 900 coins on the biggest slot machine and you win more money than ever. Once you have enough coins, trade it in for prizes. Buy the [[Silk tuxedo]]s and then sell them at stores and you'll make 2625 coins. This will help you to buy expensive weapons and armor in the game.

==={{DQ8}}===
*Basic items can be mixed in the [[Alchemy Pot]] to create more valuable items for selling, though it should only be done in moderation as the selling price will lower after selling a certain amounts of rare items.
*Dodgy Dave from [[Pickham]] will give the party several rewards for supplying him with items mostly available through [[Alchemy]], with most of the rewards being gold.
*('''[[Nintendo 3DS]] Version only''') [[Red]] is able to sometime obtain extra gold after a battle if her skill points in Roguery are up to 7 (Gold-Getter) or 52 (Fortune Fleecer).