What are the most expensive items in D&D? There are fewer Spelljammers on this list than you might think. Trade all that gold!
When it comes to D&D, it is hard to spend all your money. If you follow the rules, you’ll quickly earn so much that, depending on your Strength score, you might even have a hard time carrying it around.
But even if you can convert it into gems or something similar, once you have more than about 25,000 gold, you can already afford practically anything your adventurer needs, unless your DM uses some kind of home-grown pricing system for magical items.
Unless you have luxurious taste. These are the most expensive items in D&D, which according to the rules you can simply buy once you have enough money.
Palace or large castle – 500,000 GP
This is the most expensive single item in all of D&D. At least right now. For a total of 500,000 gold, you would need to complete at least two CR 17+ encounters to get a hoard. We’re talking about killing some serious dragons here. Or, you know, several smaller quests that are less risky but still pretty expensive in terms of reward.
But if you have half a million gold coins, you can build/buy your own big castle or palace. Personally, I’d go for the palace. It will take a little over three years (3.29 if you want to be more specific) to get a custom-built palace. But I mean, you don’t want to buy anything off the shelf. And that’s a lot of downtime to accrue in the meantime.
Build a palace. Make friends. Hire some NPCs. Before you know it, you’ll have your own bustling little kingdom.
Airship – 100,000 GP
Presented in both Wildemount Explorer’s Guide And Rebirth of the Tal’dorei campaign settingNot only is the Exandrian model of the Skyship more expensive than the Faerunian model, it is also better in virtually every way.
With a top speed of 10 miles per hour, a Skyship is faster than any Spelljammer (up to the absurd speeds they reach in Wildspace). And it can carry up to 10 tons of cargo and accommodate up to 30 passengers in relative comfort.
Bombardment, loaded – 64,000 GP
The Bombard is a ship designed by Giff for Giff, meaning it has the biggest guns in all of D&D. And on top of that, it’s extremely heavily armored and has a high damage threshold. It can take plenty of small arms fire (at least D&D’s) while carrying up to 150 tons of cargo and a crew of 12, most of whom will be manning the guns.
Its massive cannon mounted on its back is so powerful that it can tear apart some spell disruptors with just two shots. But it can only carry fourteen of its 10-ton cannonballs, so every shot should count. Especially since each shot alone costs 1,000 gold, so that’s 14,000 gold on top of the Bombard itself, which costs 50,000 gold, but you’re not going to buy the ship without the ammo for its signature cannon, are you?
Temple – 50,000 GP
Want to gain as many points as possible with your chosen deity? Why not build her a temple? It’s not that expensive. In fact, it’s only a tenth of the price of a large castle or palace. For a similar price, you could buy an abbey, keep, or small castle, but neither of these sounds half as grand and magnificent as a temple.
Get some statues and have reliefs carved into columns. Put up some frescoes, whatever you want. And even though it will take 400 days, that’s barely more than a year. At the end of it, you’ll have a new landmark to talk about. How many times can you basically change the map of the world like that, and for so little money?
Nautiloid – 50,000 GP
Finally, we have the iconic ship of Baldur’s Gate 3a Nautiloid. These are Mind Flayer Spelljammers and they are biomechanical in nature. Powered by psionics, writhing tentacles and worse, these ships can abduct enemies to become future residents of a Mind Flayer colony.
But since a temple costs so much, you’ll want to keep it safe and out of the reach of angry red dragons and Githyanki pirates.
What will YOU save for?
