Talk:Opulent Pickaxe/@comment-17703529-20130905204711/@comment-188.24.46.134-20130909091835

If the player doesn't rengen a cave, or doesn't have/find one (You can disable having caves on the game menu), then flint and rocks are finite resources, making it hard to survive in longer games, such as 500+ days or something. If a pig king is found, then gold is an relatively easy to obtain and infinite resource. Monster meat, for instance, from spiders or hounds can be made into an excellent gold source, via a birdcage (cooked monster meat can be converted into a fresh egg, which is worth 1 gold nugget) or drying rack (Monster jerky, 1 gold worth still).

So on longer runs, where flint is rare/unexistant, this golden version may be a lifesaver.