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D&D 5e Item Prices - Full Cost Reference from SRD 5.2.1

A longsword costs 15 GP, a suit of plate armor costs 1,500 GP, a night at a modest inn costs 5 SP, and a skilled hireling costs 2 GP per day; every price on this site is transcribed straight from the SRD 5.2.1 equipment tables.

Current 2024-rules prices, transcribed from the SRD 5.2.1 equipment tables.

  • D&D 5e Weapon Prices - Cost of Every Weapon in the SRD
    Under the current 2024 rules a dagger costs 2 GP, a longsword costs 15 GP, a greatsword costs 50 GP, and a longbow costs 50 GP; the cheapest weapon in the SRD 5.2.1 is the dart at 5 CP and the most expensive is the musket at 500 GP.
  • D&D 5e Armor Prices - Cost of Every Suit and Shield
    Under SRD 5.2.1, Leather Armor costs 10 GP, Chain Mail costs 75 GP, Plate Armor costs 1,500 GP, and a Shield costs 10 GP; the cheapest armor is Padded Armor at 5 GP and the most expensive is Plate Armor at 1,500 GP.
  • D&D 5e Adventuring Gear Prices - The Full Cost Table
    Under SRD 5.2.1, a Backpack costs 2 GP, a Bedroll costs 1 GP, a Healer's Kit costs 5 GP, and 20 Arrows cost 1 GP; the cheapest adventuring gear is a Candle, Torch, or Sack at 1 CP and the priciest is a Spyglass at 1,000 GP.
  • D&D 5e Tool Prices - Cost of Artisan Tools, Kits, Sets
    Under SRD 5.2.1, Thieves' Tools cost 25 GP, Smith's Tools cost 20 GP, a Herbalism Kit costs 5 GP, and Alchemist's Supplies cost 50 GP; the cheapest tools are 1 GP items like Weaver's Tools and Cook's Utensils, and the priciest are 50 GP items like Alchemist's Supplies, Tinker's Tools, and a Poisoner's Kit.
  • D&D 5e Mount and Vehicle Prices - Horses, Carts, Ships
    Under the current 2024 rules a riding horse costs 75 GP, a mule costs 8 GP, and a cart costs 15 GP; among vehicles a rowboat costs 50 GP while the priciest vessel in the SRD 5.2.1 is the airship at 40,000 GP.
  • D&D 5e Food, Drink, and Inn Prices - Cost per Night
    Under the current 2024 rules a modest inn room costs 5 SP per night and a modest meal costs 1 SP; inn stays range from 7 CP for squalid to 4 GP for aristocratic, meals range from 1 CP for squalid to 6 SP for aristocratic, and a bottle of fine wine costs 10 GP.
  • D&D 5e Hireling Wages and Spellcasting Service Prices
    Under the current 2024 rules a skilled hireling costs 2 GP per day, an untrained hireling costs 2 SP per day, and a messenger costs 2 CP per mile; hiring a spellcaster ranges from 30 GP for a cantrip to 100,000 GP for a 9th-level spell.
  • D&D 5e Lifestyle Expenses - Daily Cost by Lifestyle
    Under the current 2024 rules daily lifestyle expenses run from Free for a wretched lifestyle up to 10 GP per day for an aristocratic lifestyle, with squalid at 1 SP per day, poor at 2 SP per day, modest at 1 GP per day, comfortable at 2 GP per day, and wealthy at 4 GP per day.

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This work includes material from the System Reference Document 5.2.1 ("SRD 5.2.1") by Wizards of the Coast LLC, available at https://www.dndbeyond.com/srd. The SRD 5.2.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.