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gold is a much harder resource to aquire later in the game as there is seldom an easy way to farm it like the other resources, and given that dungeon keys cost a flat amount of gold, wood, herbs, and ore, with that cost increasing the higher tier the dungeon, the game needed extra sources of gold to make up for the poor selling rate of armour.

Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad you're enjoying :)

As the other poster said, Gold does become quite precious, and costs will out-scale your ability to naturally earn gold from selling gear. I will agree that Bones is in an awkward spot, and I'm trying to find a way to make it relevant again, but Alchemy is definitely required in the late game.