Vindictus is softening its plans for Bound Gold, the new untradable currency announced for the December update. In a new developer note, DEV Allanon says the team reviewed the feedback and found two common complaints: rewards felt smaller because less Gold could be traded, and switching every tier to Bound Gold at the same time was too heavy a change. The result is lower Bound Gold rates for most raids until the level cap increase in March, after which the system will be phased in one tier at a time.
The goal itself isn’t changing. Gold entering the market keeps growing and Marketplace prices are climbing with it, so Bound Gold is meant to set aside the Gold players spend on character growth and slow down how much reaches the Marketplace.
The new rates
The percentages below are the share of your final Gold earnings paid out as Bound Gold, with the rest given as Normal Gold. Each line shows the originally planned rate followed by the adjusted one.
- Ardri Raids: unchanged at 70% with Core Boost and 85% without
- Orna Raids: 60% → 50% with Core Boost, 80% → 65% without
- Uaithne Raids: 40% → 20% with Core Boost, 65% → 40% without
- Eriu Raids: 5% → 0% with Core Boost, 50% → 0% without
- Special Dungeon: 50% → 20% with Core Boost, 50% → 40% without
In practice, Eriu Raids won’t use Bound Gold at all for now, and their completion Gold stays exactly as it is today. Space Time Distortion, Royal Army, Red Moon’s Energy, Niflheim, Redeemers and normal battles keep the rates that were originally planned. The developers also point out that English terms may still change before the update.
Help with enhancement
To make early progression less expensive, the Seal of the Journey Shop will sell the Enhancement +1 Coupon (Complete Binding) in six bundles of three, for 18 coupons in total. That’s enough to take the +12 Orna equipment granted at level 115 all the way to +15 with coupons alone, so players won’t need Superior Enhancement Elixirs, which the team calls the biggest hurdle at that stage. The catch is that gear enhanced with these coupons can no longer be traded.
On materials, Hero’s Leap, scheduled for January, will become permanently available. For Gold, the developers say battle earnings on their own should be enough for steady growth, addressing concerns that Bound Gold would either pile up with nothing to spend it on or make resources harder to get.
What comes next
The team calls this the first step. Once Bound Gold goes live, it will watch Gold flow, Marketplace prices and growth speed, then redefine the scope and rates for each tier alongside the March level cap increase, with details shared ahead of time. The full note is available on Steam.
Source: Vindictus official news.
