# Apothecary gold bonus not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Chat (PC/Mobile)\ **Created:** [September 15, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/apothecary-gold-bonus-not-working/12397 "2016-09-15T03:45:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Azbra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/azbra/32/23589_2.png) [@Azbra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Azbra)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/apothecary-gold-bonus-not-working/12397/1 "2016-09-15T03:45:11Z")
My gold multiplier is 2.25. With apothecary that should raise to 2.5. The fight should yield 1393. I end up with 3359. If my multiplier would have been 2.5 I would have ended up with more than 3482 (due to match 4/5). If I use the multiplier 2.25, I should have more than 3134. This is correct as I got a lot of matches 4/5. Or am I missing something? Apothecary was not stunned or anything at the end of the fight ---
**Author:** ![agentronin316](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/agentronin316/32/9921_2.png) [@agentronin316](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/agentronin316)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/apothecary-gold-bonus-not-working/12397/2 "2016-09-15T03:48:01Z")
Merchant trait only applies to the gold earned in battle, not the PvP bonus. ---
**Author:** ![Lyya](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lyya/32/3650_2.png) [@Lyya](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lyya)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/apothecary-gold-bonus-not-working/12397/3 "2016-09-15T03:48:35Z")
Apothecary modifies the gold earned in battle, pre-cap. This is the same as Alchemist, or Valkyrie for souls. Each in-battle resource is capped, and then multiplied by the value you see on the world map. The only ways to increase the post-cap multiplier are: - Wear Armor - Pay for VIP levels - Increase difficulty levels (outside of PVP) - Earn the guild statue bonus (for Souls [purple] and XP [blue]) The formula for gold earned in a fight is: _gtotal_ = (_gpvp_ + min((_gmatch_ \* _modtraits_), 105)) \* _modglobal_ ---
**Author:** ![turintuor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/turintuor/32/4097_2.png) [@turintuor](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/turintuor)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 4:00am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/apothecary-gold-bonus-not-working/12397/4 "2016-09-15T04:00:39Z")
You forget in your formula the trait bonus ;-). ---
**Author:** ![Lyya](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lyya/32/3650_2.png) [@Lyya](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lyya)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/apothecary-gold-bonus-not-working/12397/5 "2016-09-15T04:02:15Z")
Ah yes. Thank you, amending. ---
**Author:** ![Azbra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/azbra/32/23589_2.png) [@Azbra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Azbra)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/apothecary-gold-bonus-not-working/12397/6 "2016-09-15T04:27:51Z")
Alright, that’s the part I was missing. I think it used to be different long time ago when I was playing alchemist. So the trait is quite useless. @Lyya you mean max rather than min. But thanks for the formula! ---
**Author:** ![Lyya](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lyya/32/3650_2.png) [@Lyya](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lyya)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 4:30am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/apothecary-gold-bonus-not-working/12397/7 "2016-09-15T04:30:54Z")
No, I meant min. You get whichever is smaller of 105 and the per-match gold, modified by traits. ---
**Author:** ![Azbra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/azbra/32/23589_2.png) [@Azbra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Azbra)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 6:57am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/apothecary-gold-bonus-not-working/12397/8 "2016-09-15T06:57:02Z")
You’re absolutely right: lesson learned: don’t reply at 5am 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zelfore](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/zelfore/32/22295_2.png) [@Zelfore](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Zelfore)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/apothecary-gold-bonus-not-working/12397/9 "2016-09-15T13:26:39Z")
> [@Lyya](#): > > The formula for gold earned in a fight is: > gtotal = (gpvp + min((gmatch \* modtraits), 110)) \* modglobal _`*cough*`_