Golden nugget

A Golden nugget is raw gold. The Trademaster sells it (20 at a time), Davy’s Valuables order leaves a chest of 4 to 30 by size, and the Sluice Box turns one up now and then, but only with the right perk. Each wash of 3 Sand gives 2 or 3 Tin, and with the Gold Digger perk also a 40% chance of a Golden nugget; without the perk the sluice never gives one. Gold Digger sits on the Smithing talent tree after Miner. Late in the game a Philosopher Stone also turns an Iron Ore into one at the Formulation Bench.

It has no recipe to go into until Furnace II: gold ingots are smelted there, and the furnace comes with Iron Forge (35 red). It is an alchemy ingredient with two red runes and one green, and studying it costs 3 Science and 3 Faith for 50 red, 10 green and 20 blue.

How to obtain

Craft

Workbench Ingredients Mastery Duration Tech points
Sluice Box
Sand ×3
2 5 1
Formulation Bench
Iron Ore ×1
Philosopher Stone ×1
6 8 12

Traders

Name Tier Stock
Trademaster Tier I 20

Appears during the story

Order Price × Opens
Davy the Dagger · Valuables · Medium order 2 ×  Keys for Looters 9–18 After Wharf Rats
Davy the Dagger · Valuables · Big order 4 ×  Keys for Looters 15–30 After Wharf Rats
Davy the Dagger · Valuables · Small order 1 ×  Keys for Looters 4–8 After Wharf Rats

Each order arrives later as a chest near the trader; break it open to collect.

Used for

Ingredient for

Workbench Ingredients Outputs Mastery Duration Tech points
Furnace II
Required extension: Bellows
Golden nugget ×3
Fuel ×30
Golden ingot × 2 ( Fireman +1 )
4 9 3

Mix

Runes 21 · 8 products

Berserker Potion II Berserker Potion III Damage Potion II Damage Potion III Tannin Liquid Organ Improver red skull Philosopher Stone Reanimation Liquid

Study

Study requires: Tech points Duration
Science ×3 Faith  ×3 501020 8 ( Researcher −3 )

Each item is studied once, on the Study Table. Studying does not use the item up. With the Scientist perk, a 30% chance of a Story.