About Gold, Silver and Bronze.

[Shadow]

What is the rarity of Gold in the Commonwealth? I stumbled across a grave with several boullians of Gold valued at 8000 caps. Is Gold a valuable commodity in the Commonwealth? Would it be wise for me to collect Gold? I also found Silver and Bronze but not worth much compared to Gold.

[Vagrant]

Gold and silver are required to modify Energy Weapons.

[Lemurian1972]

It's rare to find gold in bulk. The most common source are pocketwatches and flip lighters, which are easy to ignore but eventually they add up.

There isn't much need for it in building unless you love energy weapons, but it can be a pain to run out of, so I tend to collect it out of habit.

[Grendalcat]

Sanctuary root cellar has some.

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by Grendalcat:

Sanctuary root cellar has some.

Yep. They sell great too. I think 400 value for each bar?

It is too bad you can not make a forge to smelt into bars.

[Shadow]

Originally posted by Vagrant:

Gold and silver are required to modify Energy Weapons.

You are correct from a gameplay point of view however I was speaking in regards to gold as a currency and not as an ingredient.

In pre-war, gold was everything, it was a precious metal and commodity. But in post-war, does it hold the same value and weight? In post-war I noticed there is lack of preserved gold, if i'm lucky I will find some in a bank safe or in some graves but aside from that, it's hard to find them. For instance I found a couple of gold bars in a grave of some dude who apparently wanted to be buried with his wealth, I picked up the bars and I noticed they sell for 8,000 caps! Wowzers. So this got me wondering, does gold bear weight and value post-war? If it's worth 8,000 caps for a couple of gold bars, that would mean people in the commonwealth still value gold. That leads me to ask, is gold something I should continue searching for and stock up on it? One of the things I actually enjoy is searching for precious things ingame and hording them as a testament of my wealth that I can show to others but also to become rich. So if gold fetches for so much caps, should I consider continuing to search for more gold in the commonwealth?

[Shadow]

Originally posted by Lemurian1972:

It's rare to find gold in bulk. The most common source are pocketwatches and flip lighters, which are easy to ignore but eventually they add up.

There isn't much need for it in building unless you love energy weapons, but it can be a pain to run out of, so I tend to collect it out of habit.

I am not referring to gold as an ingredient but more like gold as a precious metal that can be sold for caps as an alternate to currency just like the pre-war days. I want to avoid spoilers but I found a couple of gold bars in some guy's grave and all together they valued at 8,000ish caps. And because of that, I am wondering if Bethesda actually intentionally did this, to dictate that even in post-war, gold still has a value despite it being scarce and rare. Which leads me to wonder, should I continue gold hunting? I know it's rare but I like hunting for rare stuff. I like that thrill. Should I stock up on all the gold I can find?

[Shadow]

Originally posted by _Harbinger:

(possible minor spoiler) there is a Bank near Hangmans Alley called BridgeWay Trust. This Bank has several safes to lockpick with tons of loot and prewar money as well as several gold bars.

This Bank re-spawns its loot regularly.

Thank you, i'll add that to my to-visit places.

[Shadow]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Originally posted by Grendalcat:

Sanctuary root cellar has some.

Yep. They sell great too. I think 400 value for each bar?

It is too bad you can not make a forge to smelt into bars.

I don't remember how much per bar, probably 400-500. I think it's pretty decent. I haven't found much gold yet on my adventures, just got lucky finding a grave that happened to have many bars. If gold truly holds weight and value in post-war, then I may consider collecting gold because if it sells for 400-500 per piece and I have like 20-30 bars, i'm rich. I am already richer than most people in the commonwealth. I actually had no idea gold was still a precious commodity in post war, I knew it existed but considering people now use caps as a currency, I assume gold was just a rare material and that's all. But based on it's value ingame and how much people are willing to pay for it, it seems gold is still used as a alternate to currency just like pre-war times.

[Grendalcat]

https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Gold_(Fallout_4)

Looks like gold is quite rare, but not as valuable as some of the drugs are.

[Shadow]

Originally posted by Grendalcat:

https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Gold_(Fallout_4)

Looks like gold is quite rare, but not as valuable as some of the drugs are.

Yup, it's odd but I never thought people post-war would care to buy it or trade for it in caps. Because we don't really have a proper banking institution in place in the commonwealth, at least I didn't find any, I went to diamond city, bunker hill, far harbor, not one banking institution for currency is present. That means gold is pretty much the same as it was pre-war, more rare now no doubt, but still considered an alternate to currency.

i.e, if you find a lot of it in bulk, it's like winning a lottery, otherwise you're stuck with trading with caps as your main currency.

It's pretty cool to see that gold still bears value post-war and that people are still willing to purchase gold in return for a large sum of caps.

And because of this, I think I will enjoy gold-hunting from now on, knowing that it's worth a lot of caps. Woohoo!

I am a hoarder though, I will probably stock up on a lot of gold and not sell it until I really need to sell it. I love collecting precious metals.

[Grendalcat]

You can collect silver and copper too. Apparently there is no bronze.

[Shadow]

Originally posted by Grendalcat:

You can collect silver and copper too. Apparently there is no bronze.

Okay. What about precious gems, do gemstones like diamond exist ingame?

[[c0zm0s]]

No gemstones. Copper, Silver, and Gold.

[The Inept European]

Caps have zero weight, so they're superior to Gold as a form of portable wealth.

[Shadow]

Originally posted by O :

No gemstones. Copper, Silver, and Gold.

Dammit, I wish there were diamonds