In advance, I don't know how the gold is actually calculated. However, me and a friend started collecting game data in a table and reverse engineering the gold earned. Right now, these numbers are based on 69 games.

For those of you that want a short answer:

• At the start of each round, the chest contains a random amount of 500-600 . Whenever the chest is dropped, a bit of gold is spilled. As soon as you reach the winch, all gold that is left in the chest can be earned for extracting.
  
• The first 6 notches on the winch give approximately 6,7% (35-40 ) each, 40% in total.
  
• The last notch on the winch gives approximately 60% (294-360 ).
  
• In addition to the gold earned from the chest, assassinations (on guards or players) give 10 each.

At the start of each game, the chest has some amount of gold in it. Based on my games, this is probably a randomized number between 500 and 600. It might not be a randomized number and instead influenced by factors I did not examine. The map does not influence the gold.

When you drop the chest, you spill some of it’s gold and the chest is worth a bit less. How do I know this? As one of John’s perks, „Cargo Carrier“, is described:

„Additional gold is spilled when the Chest is dropped.“

I don't know for sure how much gold is spilled, but it's probably around 3-9 each time you drop the chest. There could be a difference between placing the chest and dropping it due to damage.


Once you reach the winch, all gold that is left can be earned for winching.

In some of the games I played my team winched some of the notches 1-6, but not the last notch. In those games, each of the notches 1-6 had an average value between 35 (chest dropped 15 times) and 39 (chest dropped 0 times). It can probably be less than 35, depending on the chest gold and how often the chest was dropped.

The last notch is worth far more. In a game where my team only winched the last notch, I earned 325 (chest dropped 13 times) from that. In all my games, the last notch is worth something between 270 and 360 .

The percentages are my guess how the gold is ditributed on the winches, and has proven to be quite accurate. If the chest had 600 , the last notch would give 360 (60%) and the all the other notches 40 (~6,67%).

If you have any other theories on what might influence the gold earnings, let me know!

Trying to figure out the math behind the gold earnings, I also stumbled over some minor bugs:

• Sometimes, the Scoreboard at the end of the game counts too high a number for "state assassinations". However, The "assassinations" are calculated correctly and the gold earning is correct.
  
• The first notch occasionally shows a wrong graphic. Sometimes it is red, although your team placed the chest at the winch. And sometimes it is green with a gold icon underneath, even though the enemy team placed the chest on the winch. This has no effect on your gold earnings, but prevents you from getting the Achievment "You Win or You Die"