Economy
Coins & Money
There are two currencies, they are not interchangeable, and mixing them up is the most common early mistake.
Elderian runs on two separate currencies. They look different in chat, they come from different places, and you cannot swap one for the other. Knowing which is which early saves a lot of confusion.
| Coins | Money | |
|---|---|---|
| Symbol | ⛂ | $ |
| Written as | 100⛂ | $500 |
| Starting balance | 0 | $500 |
| Earned from | Rewards, AFK zone, bounties, crates, the website | Selling to the shop, quests, bounties, auction sales, bank interest |
| Spent on | The coin shop - keys, ranks, claim blocks | The shop, the auction, the bank, town upgrades |
| Decimals | No - always whole numbers | Yes - to the cent |
The short version: money is everyday, earned by playing normally. Coins are premium - slower to earn, and the only way to buy ranks and crate keys.
Where each one shows up
Your balance is on the sidebar, both lines together. In chat you will see coins as ⛂ and money as $.
/balshows your balances./baltopshows the richest players.
Earning money
| Source | Pays |
|---|---|
Selling items in /shop | Varies - a quarter of what the shop sells it for |
/rewards hourly | $100 |
/rewards daily | $1,000 |
/rewards weekly | $10,000 |
| Daily quests, per quest | $300-$2,000 |
| Side quests | $300-$2,000 |
| Bounty board | $1,000-$3,000 |
| Auction house sales | Whatever you list it for, minus 10% |
| ElderianBank | 1% interest per day, compounded |
Earning coins
| Source | Pays |
|---|---|
/rewards hourly | 1 coin |
/rewards daily | 5 coins |
/rewards weekly | 25 coins |
| AFK zone | 1 coin every 5 minutes |
| Bounty board | 2-6 coins |
| Crates | 50-350 coins |
| Buying them on the website | The whole point of the store |
The AFK zone is the only passive source, and it is genuinely worth using - see Server Scripts for where it is.
Spending coins
Coins have exactly one use: the coin shop. Run /coinshop.
| Category | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Keys | Starter 100 · Adventurer 200 · Royal 300 · Elderian 500 |
| Ranks, 30 days | Noble 2,000 · Royal 4,000 · Mythic 6,000 · Celestial 8,000 · Sovereign 10,000 |
| Claim blocks | 100 blocks for 4 coins · 1,000 for 40 · 10,000 for 400 |
| Commands | /back 200 · /feed 300 · /heal 500 · /repair 750 |
Ranks bought here last 30 days. They are the same ranks sold in the store, and buying either way gives you the same thing.
Spending money
Money is the working currency - most of the server runs on it. In rough order of what players actually spend it on:
- The shop (
/shop) - buying blocks, ores, food and materials. - The auction house (
/ah) - buying from other players. - The bank (
/bank) - depositing, to earn the 1% daily interest. - Town defence upgrades - the quartermaster sells permanent upgrades during the
A note on the shop's buy prices
The price the shop charges you to buy is not fixed. It moves with the town's reputation - defend the town well and things get cheaper; let it get overrun and they get dearer. The price you sell at never changes.
See The Shop for how that works.