Gold & money

Meridian's money is real gold. There's no invisible bank balance: your gold is what you carry.

How your balance works

• What countsGold ingots count as 1 and gold blocks as 9. Gold in your inventory counts, including gold inside shulker boxes you're carrying. Your ender chest doesn't.
• Check it/bal, or /baltop for the richest players.
• Pay someone/pay <player> <amount>. The gold leaves your inventory and appears in theirs, even if they're offline.
• Keep it safeBecause gold is physical, you can lose it if you die. Store savings in your town vaults or a chest you trust.
• DyingEach death costs 1 gold. If another player killed you, it goes to them.

Ways to earn

• MiningGold ore is found all over the world. Nether gold ore doesn't exist, and zombified piglins don't drop gold, so gold keeps its value.
• Chest shopsSell anything to other players, even while you're offline. See Shops.
• BountiesKill a player with a price on their head and collect the reward.
• CompaniesOwn shares and collect dividends. See Companies.

Bounties

• Hunt for goldPlace a price on a player's head, or collect one. See Bounties.

Town money

• Town bank/t deposit <amount> to put gold in. Mayors can /t withdraw <amount>. Nations have the same with /n.
• UpkeepEvery day a town pays 10 gold and a nation pays 100 gold to stay running. A town that can't pay goes into debt and becomes bankrupt.
• TaxesMayors can charge residents a daily tax with /t set taxes <amount>, and nations can tax their towns.
• Town vaults/tv opens storage shared by the whole town. The first vault is free; more cost 64, 128, 256, 512, 768 and 1,024 gold (7 in total), and each extra row costs 32. Paid from the town bank by the mayor.
• Shop cut5% of every chest-shop sale goes to the bank of the town the shop stands in.
• Changing a shop's priceCosts 50 gold, so people can't undercut each other every minute.

Town and nation costs