Gold is a collectible item that drops from monsters and chests. Gold can be used to purchase items from vendors, respecpassive skills, and exchange items on the currency exchange. Gold is account-bound and is shared between all characters within the same league. It cannot be traded or transferred to other players in any way.
Each town contains a vendor and gambler that can trade the player items for gold.
Item acquisition
Gold can drop anywhere.
Dropped items have a chance to be converted to gold. This is inversely correlated with the item's rarity; normal items are significantly more likely to drop as gold than higher rarity items.[1] Only up to 50% of a Unique monster's drops can be gold.[2]