Currency

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Pyreal

Pyreal coin is the standard currency in Dereth. Pyreal is an alloy, made up of gold and raw mana. Originally, the pyreal coins used by Isparian were relics of the Yalain society. Later on, the seal on the coins were changed from the simple crown to the Asheron's Call logo. These were, in lore terms, newly minted pyreal coins, created by Elysa Strathelar for use in New Aluvia. This can be seen by the Viamontian town criers occasionally commenting on the mark the coin bears.

Coin
	Pyreal
Trade Notes, Standard Denominations
	Trade Note (100)		Trade Note (500)		Trade Note (1,000)		Trade Note (5,000)		Trade Note (10,000)
	Trade Note (50,000)		Trade Note (100,000)		Trade Note (150,000)		Trade Note (200,000)		Trade Note (250,000)
Trade Notes, Uncommon Denominations
	Trade Note (20,000)		Trade Note (75,000)

Notes

• In The Changing of the Ways the burden for Pyreals was reduced from 1 bu each to 0.
• In Castling the stack size for Pyreals was increased from 5,000 to 10,000.
• In Shattering the Dark the stack size for Pyreals was increased from 10,000 to 25,000.
• In Repercussions the 150,000, 200,000 and 250,000 Trade Notes were introduced.
• In Discoveries Trade Notes have had the following changes made to them:

• They are now stackable.
• They now have a flat 15% mark-up price at initial purchase.
• There is no longer a penalty when selling trade notes to a vendor who did not create the initial note.
• Value is now displayed in the Trade Note name.
• Vendors will no longer drop pyreals on the ground when cashing a Trade Note while your packs are full. Instead, you'll receive the message, "You are too encumbered to sell that!"

• In Winter's Knight stack size for notes was raised from 100 to 250 and burden was dropped to zero.
• Later, the burden for notes was raised to one.

Alternative Currencies

• Ancient Mhoire Coin
• A'nekshay Token
• Colosseum Coin
• Dark Tusker Paw
• Hero Token
• Ornate Gear Marker
• Pitted Slag
• Small Olthoi Venom Sac
• Spectral Ingot
• Writ of Apology

Conversion

In the Lost City of Neftet event two NPCs were added that allow you to convert some alternative currencies into others (at a loss).

• Higashiyama Akako - Zaikhal Upstairs at 12.9N, 0.3E - exchanges currency for Promissory Notes
• Absalom Sarraf - Zaikhal Upstairs at 12.9N, 0.3E - sells alternative currency for Promissory Notes

Higashiyama Akako	Absalom Sarraf
►► 5x	10x      ►►
►► 2x	4x      ►►
►► 2x	4x      ►►
►► 1x	2x      ►►

Society Currencies

• Celestial Hand Trade Token
• Eldrytch Web Trade Token
• Radiant Blood Trade Token

PVP Currencies

• Pitted Slag
• Mutated Olthoi Gland

Trade Currencies

Over the years players have used a variety of in game items as currency to trade amongst themselves. For the most part these items have had great intrinsic worth, similar to gold in the real world. However some items have continued to be used as currency after their worth as a usable item has declined because they are rare. There have been differences across servers both in the items used and in their relative value.

While there are many items might be traded, the list below reflects items that were universally accepted in trading (or nearly so), and enjoyed at least many months if not years of wide spread use amongst players.

    

Trade Note (50,000)

The D note was the first large note to be used regularly for trading or for services (such as requesting a portal to subway or Qalaba'r).

    

Small Shards

Widely used currency in the first two years of AC due to the popularity of Shadow Armor built by the Armor Smiths. The armor was crafted after fusing crystal shards such as Small Shards together and combining the result with Shadow Fragments.
While the armor is no longer sought after, the shards are now used for the Asheron's Tower Guardian quest which rewards good xp and an Aegis shield with decent AL.

    

Sturdy Iron Keys

Sturdy Iron Keys or SIKs for short are used on chests in the Direlands to find Wall/Ring spells for War mages.

    

Trade Note (250,000)

Before MMDs were intoduced, M notes were the common currency among players. But, in July 2002, MMDs became the popular currency and still continue to be in use to the present day. Turbine has added several money sinks to help remove excess MMDs, including Casinos, Tailoring, Rare Exchanger, Component Exchanger, Spell Components, and Grenades.

In the Shedding Skin patch the loot profiles of many indoor creatures was altered to allow the addition of Aetheria, a side effect of this change was Turbine fixed a long standing issue where these creatures dropped a level of scarab peas that was never intended. Many players used these as a source of income and complained loudly about the large decline in the number of MMDs they could earn.

    

Pristine Mana Shards

These are essentually 1/10 of a Mana Forge Key. Handing in ten will get you an MFK.

    

Mana Forge Keys

Used to open up Mana Forge Chests that hold Tier 7 Loot and VIII spell components.