The Baldur’s Gate 3 gold ingot is a relatively rare treasure in the game that you can find around the middle of a runthrough. Compared to the bronze and silver ingots, the gold ingot is worth a good amount more at 100 gold coins per bar in base value. That’s not bad considering how much they weigh, but the game also likes to give a secondary use to objects, like the Devilfolk Mask, Soul Coin, and the Owlbear Egg, that don’t seem to have much of a purpose at face value apart from selling them. Here’s whether you should keep the gold ingots or sell them for gold coins in BG3.
Should you sell or keep Baldur’s Gate 3 gold ingot?
You should sell the gold ingot for coins, much like the bronze and silver ingots. It has no other use in the game.
It was previously rumored that the metal ingots could be used by some workbench later in Act 3 as a form of crafting material to upgrade weapons. While there are various forges throughout Baldur’s Gate 3, such as the Adamantine Forge and the Melting Furnace in the Blighted Village where you can make a Sussur masterwork weapon, no such workbench exists in Act 3.
But similar to gems and other forms of jewelry, the gold ingot is just another form of treasure to be sold in the game. It was rumored that Larian Studios once had the idea of creating an extensive crafting system that involved ingots, jewels, and other rare ingredients, in similar fashion to Diablo 4. Or that it once considered making spellcasters need specific material components in order to cast magic, which classic versions of Dungeons & Dragons required players to do.
Whether or not those theories are true, any ingot that you find should simply be turned in for liquid currency in BG3, if just to keep your camp storage as organized as possible.
BG3 Gold Ingot FAQ
A: The gold ingot in Baldur’s Gate 3 has a base value of 100 gold coins per bar. Compared to bronze and silver ingots, the gold ingot is worth significantly more.
A: No, contrary to rumors suggesting that metal ingots might be used for crafting at workbenches in Act 3, there’s no such functionality in the game. Gold ingots, like other jewelry and treasures, are primarily meant to be sold.
A: It was rumored that Larian Studios once considered implementing an extensive crafting system similar to Diablo 4 and possibly requiring spellcasters to use specific material components for casting magic, akin to classic Dungeons & Dragons rules. However, in the current state of the game, ingots, including the gold one, are best sold for currency.
