Build an economy that literally runs on money.
Turn gold into an industrial economy. Refine ore, mint coins, restore the Grand Exchange, fund expeditions, socket gems, and power advanced machines with currency.
Golden Age: The Complete Golden Frontier
Golden Age turns gold into a complete industrial economy instead of just another ore.
Mine and refine gold through a dedicated production chain, physically mint your wealth, restore the crashed Grand Exchange, fund dangerous combat expeditions, discover gemstones, and operate powerful machines that literally run on money.
Goldworks and the Royal Mint
Build a complete precious-metal factory:
Gold ore → Crushed gold ore → Gold concentrate → Impure Gold Bar → Standard Gold Ingot → Pure Gold Ingot → Gold sheets → Blank coins → Gold coins
Higher-purity gold produces more currency, rewarding players who invest in a complete refining and minting operation.
Restore the Grand Exchange
The crashed merchant ship near your starting area becomes a long-term restoration objective.
Repair its:
- Cargo Hold
- Communications Array
- Royal Exchange Core
- Flight Systems
Each stage unlocks additional trade categories, contracts, Golden science, expedition equipment, and advanced economic machinery.
Craftable Marketplaces act as smaller branch offices connected to the restored Exchange.
Golden Frontier Expeditions
Find distant Gilded Outcrops and deploy Prospector Drills to extract their treasure.
Expeditions feature:
- Settled, Frontier, Hostile, and Ancient threat regions
- Normal, Infested, Rich, and Volatile Outcrop conditions
- Multi-direction enemy waves
- Siege worms
- Gemstone and Ancient Gold Idol jackpots
- The Aureate Devourer signature boss
Tiered Golden Science
Golden science provides an alternate research route without allowing one early item to bypass the full science progression.
- Minor Golden Pack
- Industrial Golden Pack
- Royal Golden Pack
- Celestial Golden Pack with Space Age
Gemstone Buildcrafting
Recover Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Diamond, and Topaz gemstones.
Cut and socket them into the Golden Combat Harness to create different combat and expedition builds.
An Industry Powered by Wealth
Spend Gold coins on premium machinery:
- Gold Emergency Generator
- Coin-Fueled Roboport
- Royal Mining Drill
- Mercenary Turret
- Merchant Beacon
- Gold Scanner
- Golden Teleporter Vault
- Royal Procurement Assembler
- Instant Delivery Depot
These machines are powerful conveniences with meaningful operating costs. Ordinary factories remain the economical foundation of sustained production.
Compatibility
- Factorio 2.0
- Base game supported
- Space Age optional
- New game recommended for the intended progression