About gold idol

[Pyromaniac]

Can I give madeleine the gold idol on my first playthrough and give gold idol to caxton on my 2nd playthrough and on my 3rd playthrough will both of their have their shop upgraded to maximun upgrades?

[Dexter]

Yes, gold idol "upgrade" stays. On your second playthrough You can unlock second merchants goodies and thus unlocking both of them.
edit: most likely you still will need to go into proper stage of the game for a specific item, i am not sure about that.

[Pyromaniac]

Originally posted by dexter411:

Yes, gold idol "upgrade" stays. On your second playthrough You can unlock second merchants goodies and thus unlocking both of them.
edit: most likely you still will need to go into proper stage of the game for a specific item, i am not sure about that.

what about silver and bronze idol?? what are they for?

[Dexter]

Pretty much same as gold idol. Each of them unlocks couple of items. I remeber that only with Silver Idol given to Madeliene You can get one or two items(armor) that You can not obtain in any other way.
You can use any of the 3 Idols to finish the quests(Idol Worship and Supplier's Demand).
More information You can find here: http://dragonsdogma.wikia.com/wiki/Bronze_Idol

P.S. It was long time ago since I played and read all this so do not eat me if I am mistaken.
And don't forget that Idols give shop discount, useful early on.

[Pyromaniac]

Originally posted by dexter411:

Pretty much same as gold idol. Each of them unlocks couple of items. I remeber that only with Silver Idol given to Madeliene You can get one or two items(armor) that You can not obtain in any other way.
You can use any of the 3 Idols to finish the quests(Idol Worship and Supplier's Demand).
More information You can find here: http://dragonsdogma.wikia.com/wiki/Bronze_Idol

P.S. It was long time ago since I played and read all this so do not eat me if I am mistaken.
And don't forget that Idols give shop discount, useful early on.

Can you use all different 3 idol on one shop?

[arthasbg]

Originally posted by Neo Zero:

Originally posted by dexter411:

Pretty much same as gold idol. Each of them unlocks couple of items. I remeber that only with Silver Idol given to Madeliene You can get one or two items(armor) that You can not obtain in any other way.
You can use any of the 3 Idols to finish the quests(Idol Worship and Supplier's Demand).
More information You can find here: http://dragonsdogma.wikia.com/wiki/Bronze_Idol

P.S. It was long time ago since I played and read all this so do not eat me if I am mistaken.
And don't forget that Idols give shop discount, useful early on.

Can you use all different 3 idol on one shop?

Gold unlock silver and bronze items too.

[insolent1]

give the gold idol to madeline if you are female or use daggers
give to caxton if you are male and/or are a warrior/fighter
You find the same or better stuff by exploring the latter game areas although a few things are only available through giving the gold idol to whichever

[Proconsul]

To combine the separate wisdom of the various replies so far:

Never bother with bronze at all. When the time comes on your FIRST playthrough, first and foremost get a forgery made of the gold idol to keep in your inventory permanently for the vendor discount!! Then give the genuine gold idol to either Caxton or Madeleine, depending on whose gear most appeals to you at the time. Maddy has some assassin/strider stuff and some female only stuff that Cax doesn't carry, while Cax has some heavy gear for fighters, warriors and MK's. Anyway, whichever of them does NOT get the gold idol should be given the silver one.

On your next playthrough you can give the gold idol to whomever got silver the first time around and just ignore the other one, since they will already have their inventory upgraded from before. You also won't have to bother making another forgery, since you will still have the forgery you made the first time.

[Lv 20 Bolting Bot]

Originally posted by Proconsul:

To combine the separate wisdom of the various replies so far:

Never bother with bronze at all. When the time comes on your FIRST playthrough, first and foremost get a forgery made of the gold idol to keep in your inventory permanently for the vendor discount!! Then give the genuine gold idol to either Caxton or Madeleine, depending on whose gear most appeals to you at the time. Maddy has some assassin/strider stuff and some female only stuff that Cax doesn't carry, while Cax has some heavy gear for fighters, warriors and MK's. Anyway, whichever of them does NOT get the gold idol should be given the silver one.

On your next playthrough you can give the gold idol to whomever got silver the first time around and just ignore the other one, since they will already have their inventory upgraded from before. You also won't have to bother making another forgery, since you will still have the forgery you made the first time.

This, basically.

Keep in mind that on NG+, their gold stuff is really kind of pointless, aside from Mad's Ring of Ruby for the 25 % fire resist. Cax's weapons will all be outdone by the post-game gear any way. It really doesn't matter much aside from your first playthrough, where the extra gear can be useful.