Gold
Gold is the in-game currency of League of Legends. Players spend gold in the shop to purchase items, rendering their champion stronger and/or able to provide more utility to their team as the game progresses.
At the start of every match, every champion is given the same amount of starting gold by the game rules, which depends on the map and game mode. Shortly after the game begins, all champions are given a steady passive gold income by the game rules as well. Bonus gold is then earned by increasing this passive income or actively from special gold-generating effects and from killing enemies for their bounty.
Starting gold[edit | edit source]
Summoner's Rift: Champions start with 
500.
Howling Abyss: Champions start with 1400.
Passive gold gain[edit | edit source]
Champions can earn gold passively, without requiring any action from the player. Passive gold generation is measured in amount per 10 seconds.
In 
Classic game modes, every champion in the game passively generates the same amount of gold, which only starts after a certain game time and varies by map and game mode. The amount can be increased through gold income (or economy) items.
Base global gold generation[edit | edit source]
- Summoner's Rift: 20.4 per 10 seconds; starts at 1:40. This is also the time that
World Atlas earns its first charge. - Howling Abyss: 55 per 10 seconds; starts at 1:00.
Gold income items[edit | edit source]
The following economy items grant bonus gold generation. Only one economy item may be equipped at a time.
This table is automatically generated based on the data from Module:ItemData/data.
| Item | Cost | Amount | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bloodsong | 400 | 5 | Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5 |
 Bounty of Worlds | 400 | 5 | Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5 |
 Celestial Opposition | 400 | 5 | Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5 |
 Dream Maker | 400 | 5 | Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5 |
 Runic Compass | 400 | 5 | Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5 |
 Solstice Sleigh | 400 | 5 | Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5 |
| World Atlas | 400 | 3 | Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5 |
 Zaz'Zak's Realmspike | 400 | 5 | Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5 |
Active gold gain[edit | edit source]
Champions can earn most of their gold by interacting with enemies.
Bounties[edit | edit source]
- Main article: Kill#Rewards
Champion, minion, ward, inhibitor and lesser, medium and large monster kills all award a gold bounty to the killer only. However, champion kills that have been assisted will uniquely always generate an additional amount of gold, granting a bigger bonus to the team compared to when champion kills are scored alone.
Some units dispense global and local gold bounties: those bounties are shared equally either among the entire team regardless of range and death status, or to nearby allies, respectively. This is the case for all turrets and certain epic monsters. Outer turrets feature 
Turret Plating which split an amount of gold equally among nearby allies upon being destroyed; a champion that destroys one can earn their share regardless of range or death status.
Active generation effects[edit | edit source]
The following effects generate gold as an active reward.
- Champion abilities
Akshan's 
Going Rogue
Draven's 
League of Draven
Gangplank's 
Parrrley
Illaoi's 
Test of Spirit (from killing Spirits)
Pyke's 
Death from Below
Senna's 
Absolution
Twisted Fate's 
Loaded Dice
Viego's 
Sovereign's Domination (from possessing Mist Wraiths)
- Items
Cull
Gustwalker Hatchling / 
Mosstomper Seedling / 
Scorchclaw Pup
The Collector- World Atlas and upgrades
- Runes
Selling items[edit | edit source]
Most items can be sold to the shop for 70% of their original, total gold cost.
There are exceptions to that rule. The following items sell for only 40% of their original total cost:
- Gold generating items:
- Consumable items:
- Potions:
- Vision:
- Elixirs:
- Potions:
- Starting items:
Guardian Angel specifically
Certain other items may have special or stricter rules around selling, particularly distributed ones:
Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will sells for 5 while also uniquely granting its bonuses for doing so.
Slightly Magical Boots sells for 90, which is 30% the cost of regular 
Boots.- Jungle and Support items cannot be sold, due to featuring role-binding quest lines.
Poro-Snax, 
Elixir of Force, 
Elixir of Avarice, and 
Elixir of Skill cannot be sold and must be consumed to free the inventory slot that they occupy.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Destroying the Nexus grants 50, though it is evidently irrelevant since this causes the game to end.
- Most gold possible from killing champions in a single teamfight (as of V25.09): 6650 (abilities and items that increase gold income excluded)
- Requires 1 champion to score a kill on 5 enemies who are level 18 and worth the maximum shut down bounty, and at least 1 allied champion to assist in every kill.
- On
Twisted Treeline champions started the game with 850, and passively generated 16 per 10 seconds.
- When someone on your team seized an altar 80 was globally earned for each member of the team.
- When someone on your team seized an altar
- 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.
- When a player neutralized a point, they would gain 100, and 100 when capturing a point. This number is dependent on the number of champions involved in the capture of a point: two champions will each gain 75, and three champions will each gain 63.
- When a player neutralized a point, they would gain
- If
Samira has at least 1 gold, her special Samira's 
/taunt emote deals 1 true damage and gives the target 1 of Samira's gold.
See also[edit | edit source]
Summoner's Rift
- Regular Modes
Howling Abyss
Freljord. Legends say that, long ago, a great battle took place here on the narrow bridge spanning this chasm. No one remembers who fought here, or why, but it is said that if you listen carefully to the wind you can still hear the cries of the vanquished tossed howling into the Abyss.
- Regular Modes
ClassicDefending each Nexus are several turrets and inhibitors; each structure blocks the advancement of enemy minion waves and champions to the Nexus, and must be destroyed in sequence for each lane. Destroying the last structure alive in at least one lane grants access to the Nexus. Turrets right before the Nexus do not correspond to any specific lane.
- A turret (or tower) is a heavy fortification that attacks enemies on sight.
- An inhibitor does not attack, but when a lane's inhibitor is destroyed, the opposite Nexus will spawn super minions within the same lane, allowing for even faster advancement.
Twisted Treeline
- Regular Modes
Crystal Scar
Ascension Crystal Scar.The first team to score 200 points wins:
- Killing enemy champions earns 1 point.
- If a killer is Ascended, 2 points are earned.
- Claiming a Relic of Shurima earns 3 points.
- Killing an Ascended Champion rewards 5 points.
- Killing The Ancient Ascendant earns 5 points.
Kill the 
Ancient Ascendant to gain the Ascension buff:
- Has no mana and energy costs
- Health costs are reduced by 50%
- 50 - 900 (base on level)
bonus health - 12 - 216 bonus
physical damage and 
ability power. - +15%
armor penetration & 
magic penetration - +25%
Cooldown reduction (maintaining the 40% cap) - All incoming
healing effects are reduced by 50% - Always
visible even while 
stealthed or in 
brush.
Definitely Not Dominion
