Currencies

Every currency in Vela has one job. Zone resources trade freely, so the market stays alive and old zones never go empty. Personal currencies — upgrade stones, Raid Marks and Marks of Battle, Rift Fragments — can't be traded: progress at the high tiers can't be bought, only played.

Summary table#

Adena#

The main currency and the main shortage: you never have enough. The biggest source is the Rifts of Vela, then monsters and trading. Big expenses:

Premium gives ×1.5 adena from monsters. Premium does not apply to raid bosses.

L-Coin#

An in-game trade currency, not a donation currency. It's hard to earn, and all sources together give no more than 30 L-Coin per day per account:

The monster must not be more than 8 levels below you; offline hunting and extra windows get no L-Coin. The main income above the cap is selling your loot on the World Exchange: sales don't count toward the cap. Details — L-Coin.

Vela Coin#

The donation currency, 1 coin = 1 ₽. In client windows it's labeled "Jewel Coin" — it's the same item. Monsters never drop it; coins only enter the game through a payment, but they are tradable: you can buy them from other players for adena or L-Coin at the Auction of Vela, on the exchange or in a private store. Details — Vela Coin.

Zone resources#

Every hunting zone has its own resource — from Animal Skin at the start to Blue Onyx and Magic Gem at 87+. This is the "zone currency": it's why people hunt in different places.

• Drops from roughly every tenth monster of its zone (1–2 pieces), less often from other monsters of the same level band.
• Champions give ×8, under a Shadow of the World — ×3.
• Doesn't drop if your hero is 10+ levels above the monster.
• Freely traded and sold — specialize in one zone and trade with others.

Zones and their resources — Hunting Zones.

Upgrade stones#

All stones are personal. They go into Tempering and the Forge.

Raid Marks and Marks of Battle#

Raid Mark — 1–3 from every raid boss 20+ and 2 from the Echo of the Week. Needed for skills of higher professions, mini-rebirth (1–5 each time), Forge T4+ and tier-two tattoos. Details — Raid Bosses.

Mark of Battle — PvP only: Arena 1v1 (win 10, loss or draw 3, up to 100 per day), the Saturday Tournament (300 / 200 / 120 / 40), the Olympiad (12 / 4). Spent on Gladiator rank (10 levels, 8,600 Marks in total) and in the Arena shop: a Raid Mark for 40, a stone fragment for 15, a greater stone for 120, a Rift Fragment for 8. Can't be sold or traded.

Giran Seals and Rift Fragments#

Giran Seal — the reward of PvP events: TvT — 10 to the winning team, Deathmatch — 10 to the best player, Last Hero — 15 / 8 / 4. Used in special crafts and as a currency of the Auction of Vela.

Rift Fragment — the main currency of the Rifts and quests. Spent on skill mutations, relics, tier-three tattoos and Forge T5.

Where to trade#