Gold is the in-game currency of League of Legends. It is used to buy items in the shop that provide champions with bonus stats and abilities, which in turn is one of the main ways for champions to increase their power over the course of a game.
At the beginning of the game, champions are given starting gold based on the map being played on, and can receive more gold through various means.
Starting Gold
Summoner's Rift: Champions start with
500.
Howling Abyss: Champions start with
1400.
Base gold generation
Every champion passively generates gold at a rate that varies from map to map.
Summoner's Rift:
20.4 per 10 seconds; starts at 1:50.
Howling Abyss:
55 per 10 seconds; starts at 1:00.
Increasing passive gold gain
Champions can earn gold passively, without requiring direct action from the player. It is typically quantified in terms of the amount of gold gained over 10 seconds ("gold per 10" for short). Passive gold gain does not activate until minions spawn, and can be increased by gold-generating items.
Items
The following gold income items will passively generate gold every 10 seconds, only one of them may be carried at a time.
This table is automatically generated based on the data from Module:ItemData/data.
Item | Cost | Amount | Availability |
---|---|---|---|
400 ![]() | 3 | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
400 ![]() | 3 | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
400 ![]() | 3 | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
400 ![]() | 3 | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
400 ![]() | 3 | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
400 ![]() | 2 | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
400 ![]() | 3 | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
400 ![]() | 3 | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
400 ![]() | 2 | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
400 ![]() | 2 | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
400 ![]() | 2 | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
400 ![]() | 3 | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz |
Increasing active gold gain
Champions can also gain gold by doing certain actions. Gold that is earned through direct action from the player is considered active gold gain. It can be increased by items.
Items
- Spoils of War
- /
- /
- Tribute
- /
- /
Champion abilities
- (from killing Spirits)
- (from possessing Mist Wraiths)
Runes
Killing units
Minions, monsters, and pets
Gold can be earned by dealing the killing blow ("last hit") to enemy minions and neutral monsters.
- The gold earned from minion kills is dependent on the game time. As the game progresses, each minion is worth more.
- Unlike experience, the gold earned from neutral monsters does not change over time, regardless of when the monsters were spawned. The sole exception to this is the Rift Scuttler, whose gold increases linearly with camp level.
- Pets and summons such as , , , and grant gold to the champion who kills them.
- Certain epic monsters give gold globally, providing gold for the entire team. The champion who lands the killing blow receives additional gold.
Champions
- Main article: KillGold can be earned by killing or assisting in killing enemy champions. The gold gain is determined by how many kills the slain champion has recently accumulated (champions that have killed many enemies without dying are worth more gold).
Structures
- Destroying a turret grants varying amounts of gold.
- Destroying an inhibitor or nexus grants the player
50, but the latter is irrelevant as it also causes the game to end.
Wards
Selling Items
- All items can be sold back at the shop for 70% of their total cost.
- The exceptions to this rule are returning only 40% of their original cost:
- Gold generating items:
- Spoils of War's line: /
- Tribute's line: /
- Consumable items:
- Potions:
- Vision:
- Elixirs:
- Starting items:
- Doran's items:
- ,
- Gold generating items:
5.
sells for - When you undo an item purchase, you are refunded the full cost. Gold generation items also return any gold they generated.
Trivia
- Most gold possible from a single teamfight :
5750 (abilities and items that increase gold income excluded)
- On
Twisted Treeline champions started the game with
850, and passively generated
16 per 10 seconds.
- On
Crystal Scar champions started the game with
1300 while playing
Ascension and
1400 while playing
Definitely Not Dominion, and passively generated
56 per 10 seconds, starting at 1:30.
See also