Gold

TODO: Pictures of the boutique, and some discussion of what items are commonly purchased TODO: Pictures of the 'buy gold' website

It is often asked "Gold? Silver? Zen? What?"

So, the short answer:

• $1 (US Dollar) = 1 gold = 100 silver

Gold and silver can ONLY be spent in the boutique, and in the boutique, you can ONLY spend gold and silver.

Now, the longer answer:

You buy 'Zen'. This can then be sent to several different games, not just perfect world.

When you buy Zen, you need to decide how much, and how you are going to pay. Depending upon the method, there might be a bonus ($50 buys $5300) - there might also be a fee (your credit card might charge you something, there might be a fee for converting to US$) These fees aren't under the games control.

Once you've bought money, you decide which game to spend it on (perfect world, obviously) and which server to send it to.

The server choice screen shows which characters are on which server, so be sure to send it to the right one.

Your gold is shared between all the characters on that server. If one character spends it, then it's gone - you can spread it between your characters how you like, but you won't be able to, for example, charge up $10 and buy all of your characters a Ground mount with it. They would need $10 each.

Gold can be purchased with (and sold for) in-game coin. This process is fiddly and deserves its own guide. The quick version is that it's auctioned off, players set the prices, and there's a 2% tax.

The value fluctuates, generally going up when there's a sale on popular items. Right now, thanks to Jolly-Jones (who buys guardian angels in exchange for items which give extra experience) and a reward chest (available from rebirth or the cube, which uses a $5 hammer to open, and gives 1,000,000 coins) the value of gold is running pretty high, around the 180,000 coins level. GMs have stated that they intend to push the price of gold down in the long run.