Money Farming Guide: How to Get Gold Fast

Farm Gold, which is used as money in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, to buy collectibles, accessories, and food from shops and caravans. Read on for the best gold farming methods, including some tips that help get gold fast!

How to Get Gold Fast

How to Farm Gold
Use Overkill Chain Attacks for Bonus Gold Defeat Unique and Elite Monsters Defeat Monsters with the Same Level as Your Party Find and Open Containers Complete Side Quests

Use Overkill Chain Attacks to Finish Off Unique and Elite Monsters

The best way to maximize the Gold that you earn from killing Unique and Elite Monsters is by finishing them off using a Chain Attack Overkill. To do this, you will have to land a killing blow during the Chain Attack, allowing you to build up bonus multipliers with the damage you do after the Overkill procs.

Note: Before you can get an Overkill, you will need to have it turned on in the System Menu. Hit X to bring up the Game Menu, then navigate to System > Game > Overkill and set it to ON.

How to Do a Chain Attack

Defeat Unique and Elite Monsters

Unique and Elite monsters will have a Gold Bonus Multiplier every time you defeat them. Make sure to prioritize killing Elite Monsters out on the field if you see them, and farming Unique Monsters repeatedly if you can kill them quickly enough.

All Unique Monster Locations

Defeat Monsters with the Same Level as Your Party

Gold drops are tied to a monster's level, meaning the higher the level of the monster, the more Gold it drops when killed. In order to farm Gold in large amounts and in a consistent fashion, make sure you are killing enemies at the same level as your party as they reward more gold than farming low level areas you've completed.

Gold Drops Do not Vary Based on Level Differences

Unlike EXP or even CP, Gold drops are consistent, with monsters always dropping a fixed amount of Gold based on their level. Whether you kill a level 20 monster with a high or low level party, the gold drops will always be the same.

Find and Open Containers

On top of dropping Nopon Coins, Collectibles, and Accessories, containers are also a great source of Gold. Make sure to open them as you find them out in the open world in order to amass Gold while exploring.

Note: Before opening containers, make sure you are not maxed out on important resources like Nopon Coins. Going beyond the max stack of 99 will auto-sell the items with no way of earning them back.

Complete Side Quests

Side quests will reward you a decent amount of Gold for sometimes minimal work. Make sure you find and accept the different side quests scattered throughout the world to maximize the amount of Gold you earn as you play.

All Side Quests

Gold Farming Tips

Gold Farming Tips
Keep Leveling Up Your Party Use Auto-Battle Against Elite Monsters Eat Meals that Boost Enemy Gold Drops Constantly Pick Up Collectibles

Keep Leveling Up Your Party

Since Gold drop amounts depend on the monster's level, defeating higher level monsters will be your go-to strategy for farming Gold. In order to do this, you will need to constantly be leveling up, moving from place to place in search for monsters with the same level as your party.

EXP Farming Guide: How to Level Up Fast

Use Auto-Battle Against Elite Monsters

If you manage to find decently leveled Elite monsters with consistent spawns, you can use XC3's Auto-Battle feature to fight them. The only reason this works is because the Auto-Battle AI seems to have very consistent rolls when it comes to their Auto Chain Attacks.

If you want to maximize the amount of bonuses you can get from Overkill, you can opt to use Auto-Battle when fighting solo Elite monsters you find in the world. To do this, enter battle then press the ー button to engage the Auto Battle AI.

Eat Meals that Boost Enemy Gold Drops

Certain Meals in the game will grant you an Enemy Gold Drop boost for a limited duration of time. When planning to farm Gold, maximize your gains by eating an Enemy Gold Drop boosting meal, beforehand.

Meal	Effects & How to Get
Meat 'n' Veg Leclati	Effect: 20% Enemy Gold Boost Boost Duration: 49 minutes Can be purchased at the Gamma Canteen (Aetia Region) for 900 G.
Riverbird Crispygrill	Effect: 30% Enemy Gold Boost Boost Duration: 42 minutes Can be purchased at the Colony Iota Canteen (Fornis Region) for 1400 G.
Mixed-Veg Torpedo Wrap	Effect: 15% Enemy Gold Boost Boost Duration: 35 minutes Can be purchased at the Colony 4 Canteen (Fornis Region) for 500 G.
Stringy-Wingy Veggie Leclati	Effects: ・15% Enemy Gold Boost ・5% EXP Boost Duration: 63 minutes Unlocked after eating Meat 'n' Veg Leclati. Once Manana learns the recipe, this meal can be cooked at Rest Spots.
Full-Filling Crispygrill	Effects: ・25% Enemy Gold Boost ・15% Collectible Boost Duration: 63 minutes Unlocked after eating Riverbird Crispygrill. Once Manana learns the recipe, this meal can be cooked at Rest Spots.
Kerfluffled Torpedo Wrap	Effects: ・10% Enemy Gold Enemy Gold Boost ・5% Enemy Drop Boost Duration: 63 minutes Unlocked after eating Mixed-Veg Torpedo Wrap. Once Manana learns the recipe, this meal can be cooked at Rest Spots.
Well-Dressed Maktha Salad	Effects: ・10% Enemy Gold Boost ・20% Enemy Drop Boost Duration: 63 minutes Unlocked after eating Maktha Ever-Greens at the Colony Tau Canteen. Once Manana learns the recipe, this meal can be cooked at Rest Spots.

How to Cook Food | Recipe List and All Dishes

Constantly Pick Up Collectibles

The Auto-Sell feature will constantly exchange excess collectibles you find for Gold. Make sure you pick up Collectibles while exploring the world in order to take advantage of this feature. Additionally, some items are only meant to be sold. Keep collecting any and all items you see in order to amass junk that can be auto-sold.

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