'''Gold''' is a crafted material, required for the multi-stage production of {{infoicon|Microchips}}. Your [[population]] also seems to covet this material greatly, and you can supply it to them in the form of {{Infoicon|Luxury Goods}}.
'''Gold''' is an unreleased, crafted material. It was originally roadmapped for the [[closed beta]] release in December 2021,<ref name="roadmap">https://www.captain-of-industry.com/roadmap</ref> however it was not completed in time for the release and has been re-slated for the [[early access]] launch.<ref name="gold dec 2021">https://discord.com/channels/803508556325584926/803519296864518184/923960831014756442</ref>
Inspection of the game's assembly files reveals recipe prototypes which are currently locked behind the inaccessible [[Gold Smelting]] [[research]].<ref name="Gold smelting">Mafi.Base.dll > Prototypes > Machines > GoldFurnaceData > RecipeProtoBuilder > Gold smelting</ref> Given the location of the Gold Smelting research on the [[technology tree]] and the recipes visible, it is indicated that Gold will be an ingredient required for the multi-stage production of {{infoicon|Microchips}} — specifically [[Microchips Stage 1c]],<ref name="Microchips stages">Mafi.Base.dll > Prototypes > Machines > MicrochipMakerData > RecipeProtoBuilder > Microchip manufacturing stage {0}{1}</ref> [[Microchips Stage 2c]],<ref name="Microchips stages"/> [[Microchips Stage 3c]],<ref name="Microchips stages"/> [[Microchips Stage 3c]],<ref name="Microchips stages"/> and the final Microchips stage itself<ref name="Microchip manufacturing final stage">Mafi.Base.dll > Prototypes > Machines > MicrochipMakerData > RecipeProtoBuilder > Microchip manufacturing final stage</ref> — as well as in the production of [[Thermal Plate]]s.
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In September 2021, the [[developers]] were considering using Gold as a currency for [[trade|trading]] though there has been no further discussion of this topic to date.<ref name="gold trading">https://discord.com/channels/803508556325584926/852595405102645258/888468990643540068</ref>
Gold is a crafted material, required for the multi-stage production of Microchips. Your population also seems to covet this material greatly, and you can supply it to them in the form of Luxury Goods.
Below are the contracts which are available for this item. These contracts are calculated for ships with size 8. Please note that these need to be unlocked by finding and upgrading the Villages.
Buy
8400
672
:
0.4 /month
1 /ship
24 Establish
Sell
646
8400
:
0.2 /month
8.4 /ship
12 Establish
442
8400
:
0.3 /month
12.6 /ship
18 Establish
2057
7200
:
0.4 /month
8.6 /ship
24 Establish
Recipes
Below are all the recipes which contain this item. Note that some of them may be locked behind Research and not immediately available in your game.