Talk:Monster Jerky/@comment-402677-20160209201851/@comment-109.132.172.70-20161230042409

That may all be well and true, but it is also a renewable (very easily so) source of gold nuggets should they ever be needed by giving them to the pig king for one nugget a pop. Given enough time if the player so chooses to continue playing indefinitely for whatever reason, they /will/ be needed.

There are also situations such as having crappy worldgen not giving you a heap of gold to work with, as was the case with me. I then found the pig king, slaughtered many spiders (4 nests in close-ish proximity), and obtained the gold I needed for crafting that way.

Never discredit something just because of its obvious values, there usually is more to each item than is made apparent. This could possibly save your run if you're quite a few days in and lacking in materials.