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 above. It takes the treasure budget for each level 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. ### Treasure by Encounter Level Total Treasure per Level Low Moderate Severe Extreme Extra Treasure 1 1,750 credits 130 credits 180 credits 260 credits 350 credits 350 credits 2 3,000 credits 230 credits 300 credits 450 credits 600 credits 600 credits 3 5,000 credits 380 credits 500 credits 750 credits 1,000 credits 1,000 credits 4 8,500 credits 650 credits 850 credits 1,300 credits 1,700 credits 1,700 credits 5 13,500 credits 1,000 credits 1,350 credits 2,000 credits 2,700 credits 2,700 credits 6 20,000 credits 1,500 credits 2,000 credits 3,000 credits 4,000 credits 4,000 credits 7 29,000 credits 2,200 credits 2,900 credits 4,400 credits 5,800 credits 5,800 credits 8 40,000 credits 3,000 credits 4,000 credits 6,000 credits 8,000 credits 8,000 credits 9 57,000 credits 4,300 credits 5,700 credits 8,600 credits 11,400 credits 11,400 credits 10 80,000 credits 6,000 credits 8,000 credits 12,000 credits 16,000 credits 16,000 credits 11 115,000 credits 8,650 credits 11,500 credits 17,250 credits 23,000 credits 23,000 credits 12 165,000 credits 12,500 credits 16,500 credits 24,750 credits 33,000 credits 33,000 credits 13 250,000 credits 18,750 credits 25,000 credits 37,500 credits 50,000 credits 50,000 credits 14 365,000 credits 27,500 credits 36,500 credits 55,000 credits 73,000 credits 73,000 credits 15 545,000 credits 41,000 credits 54,500 credits 82,000 credits 109,000 credits 109,000 credits 16 825,000 credits 62,000 credits 82,500 credits 124,000 credits 165,000 credits 165,000 credits 17 1,280,000 credits 96,000 credits 128,000 credits 192,000 credits 256,000 credits 256,000 credits 18 2,080,000 credits 156,000 credits 208,000 credits 312,000 credits 416,000 credits 416,000 credits 19 3,550,000 credits 266,000 credits 355,000 credits 532,500 credits 710,000 credits 710,000 credits 20 4,900,000 credits 368,000 credits 490,000 credits 735,000 credits 980,000 credits 980,000 credits