# Farming for gold **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Chat (General)\ **Created:** [February 26, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/farming-for-gold/36416 "2018-02-26T23:42:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![collectorofgems](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/collectorofgems/32/38138_2.png) [@collectorofgems](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/collectorofgems)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/farming-for-gold/36416/1 "2018-02-26T23:42:19Z")
So I got into a discussion with a couple players on global and they were saying that explore is the place to farm gold now. At first I didn’t believe them but being curious I had to test out their theory. I realize that last week they had a bonus because of Moneylender but my tests still showed what I believed in the beginning. . . . the place to farm gold is in pvp. I ran a timer of 10 minutes. Once for explores and once for pvp. I did 21 explores and not counting the two gnomes I saw granting me 22.5k, I made a little over 13k. An average of about 623 gold per battle. I did 6 pvp battles in the same time frame and made a little over 21K for an average of 3509 gold. Maybe I’m missing something but pvp still appears to be king for gold. What has the forum community got to say on this? ---
**Author:** ![WishKiller](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/wishkiller/32/36914_2.png) [@WishKiller](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/WishKiller)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/farming-for-gold/36416/2 "2018-02-26T23:45:30Z")
Yeah, Nothing beats pvp for gold ---
**Author:** ![Bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bear](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Bear)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/farming-for-gold/36416/3 "2018-02-26T23:55:41Z")
Generally, yes, PVP is better, but how quickly you can explore is also a factor. I can do explore in 3 moves or less usually. PVP is rarely that fast. ---
**Author:** ![collectorofgems](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/collectorofgems/32/38138_2.png) [@collectorofgems](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/collectorofgems)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/farming-for-gold/36416/4 "2018-02-27T00:00:14Z")
![20180226155715_1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/2/c/2c4ffd03de67763ab328972b26318eb2dba55137.jpg) Yes speed is the factor that would put the decision on either side of this. And this was the team I used for the explores. Like you said, 2 or 3 moves and the battle is over. Which is why I got 21 explores and only 6 pvp. Of course it isn’t the team I used in pvp. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mithran](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mithran/32/18064_2.png) [@Mithran](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mithran)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/farming-for-gold/36416/5 "2018-02-27T00:15:05Z")
The gap will vary depending on what stage of the game you are at, but PvP will almost always be better for gold by a good margin. Also you get trophies (if you are into that) and glory (a tiny tiny amount comparatively, but still). ---
**Author:** ![collectorofgems](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/collectorofgems/32/38138_2.png) [@collectorofgems](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/collectorofgems)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/farming-for-gold/36416/6 "2018-02-27T00:19:12Z")
That was the one of a few variables I couldn’t control in my test. And an assumption I made afterwards. Maybe my pvp teams are just better than the players I was talking to about this on global. And I’m not trying to say it isn’t possible. Just curious about the mechanics and plausibility of it. ---
**Author:** ![Sheba](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sheba/32/45190_2.png) [@Sheba](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sheba)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/farming-for-gold/36416/7 "2018-02-27T01:31:26Z")
With Moneylender, I made around 2,7k a minute, as three battles per minute in explore is completely fine. I need around 2-3 minutes for one PVP battle, which gives something around 3k. Even without the Moneylender event, I still make 1,6k a minute, which beats PVP. Not to mention the extra traitstones and Exp. ---
**Author:** ![awryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/awryan/32/74650_2.png) [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/farming-for-gold/36416/8 "2018-02-27T13:44:10Z")
Ranked PvP or Casual PvP to farm gold… That’s the real debate. Explore isn’t even a contender. ---
**Author:** ![madking](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/madking/32/62439_2.png) [@madking](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/madking)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/farming-for-gold/36416/9 "2018-02-27T14:06:58Z")
PVP usually beats Explore for gold farming, except when there are weekly events with gold rewards for using a specific troop (like last week) ---
**Author:** ![Courtaud](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/courtaud/32/20160_2.png) [@Courtaud](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Courtaud)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/farming-for-gold/36416/10 "2018-02-27T14:11:40Z")
Explore is a good deal less fruustrating, you don’t have to leave battles because mab, nyx, dawnbringer, psion, rinse, repeat. ---
**Author:** ![HootyMcOwlFace](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/hootymcowlface/32/34644_2.png) [@HootyMcOwlFace](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/HootyMcOwlFace)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/farming-for-gold/36416/11 "2018-02-27T14:15:52Z")
Explore can be a good place for gold income if the weekly event involves a “use X troop for Y bonus gold in explore”. Spamming quick explores for the extra gold whilst farming for traitstones then has added value. I doubt it would ever be a faster method of farming gold than pvp though.