*At [[Skills#Mining|Mining Skill]] 7, it is cheaper to purchase [[Iron Ore]], smelt [[Iron Bar]]s, and use the Transmute (Au) recipe to create [[Gold Bar]]s than it is to purchase [[Gold Ore]] and smelt it into Gold Bars. This saves {{price|350}} per Gold Bar in the first year and {{price|1000}} per Gold Bar in year 2+, assuming you buy the extra coal you need for the Iron-to-Gold method. The Iron-to-Gold method also reduces smelting time by 1 to 3 hours, depending on how many furnaces you have (smelting a Gold Bar takes 5 hours; smelting an Iron Bar takes 2 hours, but you need 2 of them to make a Gold Bar). | *At [[Skills#Mining|Mining Skill]] 7, it is cheaper to purchase [[Iron Ore]], smelt [[Iron Bar]]s, and use the Transmute (Au) recipe to create [[Gold Bar]]s than it is to purchase [[Gold Ore]] and smelt it into Gold Bars. This saves {{price|350}} per Gold Bar in the first year and {{price|1000}} per Gold Bar in year 2+, assuming you buy the extra coal you need for the Iron-to-Gold method. The Iron-to-Gold method also reduces smelting time by 1 to 3 hours, depending on how many furnaces you have (smelting a Gold Bar takes 5 hours; smelting an Iron Bar takes 2 hours, but you need 2 of them to make a Gold Bar). |