How to Make Gold Fast in BG3: Best Money Farming Methods (2026)

Method 1: Pickpocketing — The Best Gold Method

Pickpocketing is BY FAR the most profitable gold-making method in BG3. A skilled rogue can steal thousands of gold per merchant with zero consequences.

How to Pickpocket Like a Pro

1. Use Astarion (or any high-DEX character with Sleight of Hand proficiency)
2. Cast Guidance (+1d4 to skill checks) on the thief before stealing
3. Cast Enhance Ability: Dexterity for Advantage on all DEX checks
4. Separate the merchant from witnesses — Use Minor Illusion to lure them away, or enter turn-based mode
5. Save before every attempt (F5). If caught, reload (F8)
6. Steal gold, then steal items — Gold is lighter and sells for face value

Pickpocketing Gear

Item	Effect	Location
Smuggler’s Ring	+2 Sleight of Hand, +2 Stealth	Skeleton near Risen Road bridge
Gloves of Thievery	Advantage on Sleight of Hand	Brem (Zhentarim merchant)
Shapeshifter’s Boon Ring	+1d4 to all checks while disguised	Strange Ox (Act 2)

Merchant Reset Trick

Merchants restock gold and inventory after every long rest (or level-up). To farm infinitely:

1. Steal everything from a merchant
2. Go to camp → Level up a hireling or respec a character at Withers (100g)
3. Return — merchant has restocked
4. Repeat. The 100g respec cost is trivial compared to what you steal

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Method 2: Loot Optimization

What to Always Loot

Item Type	Why
Gems and jewelry	0.01-0.1 weight, 20-300g value. Best value-to-weight ratio.
Scrolls	0.02 weight, 40-200g value. And you might use them.
Potions	0.1 weight, 25-100g value. Speed potions are combat-winning.
Magic ammunition	+1 arrows, acid arrows. Light and valuable.
Dye	0.1 weight, 6g each. Minor but stacks up.

What to Skip

Item Type	Why Skip
Heavy armor (non-magical)	20-30kg. Worth 50-200g. Bad gp/kg.
Regular weapons	Same reason. Only take +1 or better.
Books and notes	Read for quests, leave for weight.
Food items	Send to camp (free). Never carry food.

The “Send to Camp” Trick

Right-click any item → “Send to Camp.” Your camp chest has infinite storage. When you encounter a merchant near a waypoint:

1. Go to camp, load up everything from the chest
2. Return to merchant, sell in bulk
3. Profit

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Method 3: Merchant Discounts

Maximize Buy/Sell Prices

Prices are determined by the speaker’s Charisma modifier + Persuasion proficiency and attitude toward the merchant.

Stacking discounts:

1. Use your highest-Charisma character as the party “face” (Wyll at 17 CHA minimum)
2. Cast Guidance before trading (+1d4)
3. Cast Friends or Thaumaturgy for Advantage on Persuasion
4. Gift gold to the merchant to raise attitude to 100%. Give 400g to a merchant → they give you better buy/sell prices for the rest of the game. The 400g investment pays for itself within a few transactions.
5. Use a Persuasion-proficient character (Bard, Rogue, Warlock, Paladin)

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Method 4: Quest Rewards

Many Act 1-2 quests award 200-500g each:

• Save the Refugees: Zevlor rewards 300g+ and a magic item
• Rescue Wulbren: 500g from the Ironhand Gnomes
• Kill the Goblin Leaders: Multiple gold + magic item rewards
• Find the Missing Shipment: Zhentarim pay 200g+
• Counting House Vaults (Act 3): 5,000g+ in vault keys

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Method 5: Crafting Profits

Combine items via the crafting menu for higher-value outputs:

• 3x Bone + any dagger = Shovel (sells for more than components)
• Alchemy ingredients → Potions: Alchemist’s Fire, Potion of Speed, Elixir of Hill Giant Strength all sell for 30-80g each
• Sussur Bark + weapon (Blighted Village forge): Creates a +1 silencing weapon worth 300g+

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Gold Spending Priority

Priority	Purchase	Max Price
1	+1 Weapons and Armor	500g each
2	Elixirs (Hill Giant STR, Bloodlust)	80g each
3	Scrolls (Revivify, Misty Step, Counterspell)	200g each
4	Key magic items from merchants	3,000g
5	Respecs at Withers	100g
6	Camp supplies	Almost never — food is everywhere