Gold nuglet
| Gold nuglet | |
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| Japanese | おうごんのかけら おうごんのカケラ (XI only) |
| Romaji | Ōgon no kakera |
| Old localizations | N/a |
| Found in | Dragon Quest X Dragon Quest XI Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below Dragon Quest Heroes II: Twin Kings and the Prophecy's End |
| Effect | Used as an ingredient to create items. (X and XI only) Can be sold for extra gold. |
The Gold nuglet is a recurring item in the Dragon Quest series. It is a fragment of gold smaller than a gold bar, but can still fetch a high amount of gold coins by selling it. In some games, it is also used for alchemy and crafting items.
Appearances[edit]
Dragon Quest X[edit]
Gold nuglets are used as an ingredient in furniture crafting or for adding Style to pieces of equipment through the use of alchemy. It can be sold for 300 gold. Gold nuglets can be picked up from sparkly spots or dropped by various monsters, including Gem jamborees, Mecha-mynahs, Mischievous moles, Sham hatwitches, and Waspions.
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age[edit]
Gold nuglets can be purchased from the shop at the Trial Isle for 2,400 gold each during the third act and can be sold for 600 gold. They can be received from sparkly spots at the Champs Sauvage - Whale Way Station, the Battleground, the Hoarder's Keep, and the Cruel Crypt. 24-carrot bunicorns will always drop gold nuglets, while they have a 1⁄16 chance of being dropped by Gyldenbritches and Mechan-o'-wyrms, a 1⁄32 chance by Gold-plated puppets and Orc chieftains, and a 1⁄128 chance by Gold drohls.
The gold nuglet is used in the following recipes for the Fun-Size Forge:
- Recipe: Gold circlet = Gold ore x2 + Red eye + Gold nuglet
- Recipe: Cinderblock earrings = Gold nuglet + Royal ruby + Sunny citrine + Glass frit
- Recipe: All-weather earrings = Gold nuglet + Savvy sapphire + Equable emerald + Glass frit
- Recipe: Blackout earrings = Gold nuglet + Artful amethyst + Lucida shard + Glass frit
- Recipe: Life bracer = Gold nuglet x2 + Dieamend x2 + Superior medicine x3
- Recipe: Wristorative = Gold nuglet x2 + Dracolyte x2 + Superior medicine x3
- Recipe: General's jackboots = Dragon hide x2 + Gold nuglet + Saint's ashes + Evencloth x2
- Recipe: Liquid metal spear = Molten globules + Goobricant + Wyrmwood x2 + Gold nuglet x2
- Recipe: Liquid metal shield = Molten globules + Goobricant + Gold nuglet x2 + Densinium x2
- Recipe: Sovereign seal = Gold nuglet x2 + Sun-bleached seashell x2 + Artful amethyst x2
- Recipe: Monarchic mark = Gold nuglet x2 + Pale pearl x2 + Savvy sapphire x2
- Recipe: Swindler king's scarf = Technicolour dreamcloth x2 + Gold nuglet + Royal ruby x2 + Slipweed x2
- Recipe: Field marshal's footwear = Serpent skin x2 + Gold nuglet x2 + Sainted soma + Grubby bandage x2
- Recipe: Yggdrasil crown = Slime crown + Royal ruby + Gold nuglet x2 + Yggdrasil leaf
- Recipe: Metal king shield = Molten globules + Slime crown + Cumulonimbough + Gold nuglet x2
- Recipe: Darting dagger = Deft dagger + Agate of evolution + Slipweed + Gold nuglet
- Recipe: Dashing dagger = Darting dagger + Agate of evolution x2 + Gold nuglet x2 + Artful amethyst
- Recipe: Dynamo dagger = Dashing dagger + Über agate of evolution + Slipweed x3 + Gold nuglet x3 + Crimsonite
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below[edit]
Gold nuglets can be dropped by Gold golems, as well as Imp and Restless armour-type Mawkeepers. They can be safely sold for 300 gold coins each.
Dragon Quest Heroes II: Twin Kings and the Prophecy's End[edit]
Gold nuglets can once again be dropped by Imp-type Mawkeepers, as well as by Metal slimes by entering a level 1 Quicksilver Colony. They can be sold for 300 gold coins each.
Descriptions[edit]
| Game | Description |
 | A small scrap of gold. Easy to overlook, but still worth a pretty penny.[1] |
 | A small piece of gold to exchange for gold pieces.[2] |
