Treasure by Encounter

The standard rules count treasure over the course of a level, rather than dividing it up by encounter. If you need to select treasure for a single encounter, such as in a sandbox game, you can use the table below. It takes the treasure budget for each level from Table 10–9 on page 509 of the Core Rulebook and breaks that down per encounter based on the encounter threat, similar to how XP varies by threat. The final column shows extra treasure you should award if you build an entire level this way. Unlike the standard table, this doesn’t include items by item level, as the value doesn’t cleanly break down for most single encounters. It’s recommended you still give out those permanent items, but you’ll need to borrow from other encounters’ treasure to account for their value. Include encounters against creatures without treasure to account for this.

Total Treasure per Level

Low

Moderate

Severe

Extreme Extra Treasure

1
175 gp
13 gp
18 gp
26 gp
35 gp
35 gp

2
300 gp
23 gp
30 gp
45 gp
60 gp
60 gp

3
500 gp
38 gp
50 gp
75 gp
100 gp
100 gp

4
850 gp
65 gp
85 gp
130 gp
170 gp
170 gp

5
1,350 gp
100 gp
135 gp
200 gp
270 gp
270 gp

6
2,000 gp
150 gp
200 gp
300 gp
400 gp
400 gp

7
2,900 gp
220 gp
290 gp
440 gp
580 gp
580 gp

8
4,000 gp
300 gp
400 gp
600 gp
800 gp
800 gp

9
5,700 gp
430 gp
570 gp
860 gp
1,140 gp
1,140 gp

10
8,000 gp
600 gp
800 gp
1,200 gp
1,600 gp
1,600 gp

11
11,500 gp
865 gp
1,150 gp
1,725 gp
2,300 gp
2,300 gp

12
16,500 gp
1,250 gp
1,650 gp
2,475 gp
3,300 gp
3,300 gp

13
25,000 gp
1,875 gp
2,500 gp
3,750 gp
5,000 gp
5,000 gp

14
36,500 gp
2,750 gp
3,650 gp
5,500 gp
7,300 gp
7,300 gp

15
54,500 gp
4,100 gp
5,450 gp
8,200 gp
10,900 gp
10,900 gp

16
82,500 gp
6,200 gp
8,250 gp
12,400 gp
16,500 gp
16,500 gp

17
128,000 gp
9,600 gp
12,800 gp
19,200 gp
25,600 gp
25,600 gp

18
208,000 gp
15,600 gp
20,800 gp
31,200 gp
41,600 gp
41,600 gp

19
355,000 gp
26,600 gp
35,500 gp
53,250 gp
71,000 gp
71,000 gp

20
490,000 gp
36,800 gp
49,000 gp
73,500 gp
98,000 gp
98,000 gp