Currency

Currency is any item in Arcane: Silent Frontiers, that is exchanged in quantity for a good or service.

Lore:

The Main Currency of the game, like the entirety of the United States, the United State Dollar (USD) served as the currency of the Zaun Exclusion Zone prior to it’s containment sometime in past years before the events of the game. Despite being effectively cut off from the rest of the world and living as it's own "territory", its ubiquity and familiarity caused the USD to stay adopted as official currency in the Zone.
However, as years have passed, other forms of currency have popped up throughout the Zone, often in the form of a barter and goods system. Some however continue to recognize the validity of the dollar, and as a result it remains quite popular for many vendors.

Characteristic

Typical Multi-use money is measured in a separate counter displayed in the inventory screen. However, money will still appear as a physical object when looting, and can be hovered over in order to be collected.
Physical Objects in regards to money, often appear as a bound stack of banknotes, and is used to represent an undisclosed large sum of cash. Though in most missions, the number detailing how much appears in a stack may be shown.

Sizes

Physical banknotes come in a variety of sizes.

• Money Stack (small)

Small Stack of Money. Picking one up gives you 2-20 cash

• Money Stack (medium)

Medium Stack of Money. Picking one up gives you 20-40 cash

• Money Stack (large)

Large Stack of Money. Picking one up gives you 40-100 cash.

• Pile of Money (Extra Large)

A pile of Money. Picking one up gives you 200-1000

Locations

• Commonly found in safes and cash registers.

• Commonly found on settler corpses.

• Can be found as random or scripted drops from enemies

Carnival Token

A small coin made of metal, with a "1" imprinted on it, Carnival Coins can be aquired at the Poro Traveling Carnival to the North. They are rewarded for completing games, and as such can be exchanged at the Company Store for an assortment of prizes. They are not considered True Currency and as such will instead sit in your inventory and not in a separate counter displayed in the inventory screen like actual cash.

Golden Zaun Cogs

Golden Zaun Cogs are specific valuable items that can be used to purchase unique or special ingredients or incredibly difficult to obtain items. They are very rare and as such many vendors who use them as currency often sell rare/special items. Finding this currency is not easy and sometimes it will come down simply to pure luck, but there ways to attempt to Farm for these Cogs.
Lore wise, Golden Zaun Cogs are a series of incredibly rare antique "coins" originally used by Miners back in the day as a way to alleviate financial burdens brought on by poverty and economic instability by creating a alternative to cash. While not a true replacement for money, these coins became very popular.
They were almost exclusively made of gold or pieces of silver or any other form of soft metal deemed "unripe" for sale, and then pressed into a roundish shape, then stamped with certain marks. Many of these forms of currency are called "Cogs" because much like a cog, these coins were designed to have raised "gear" designs on both of its faces, a hole in the center, and cuts that divide the coin in quadrants, similar to that of a machine cog.
Finding cogs in game is hard-work and relies entirely on RNG. Becoming the equivalent of treasure hunting and archeology, Cogs can be found in dig-sites located in caves on rare-occasions. Certain mutant attacks that involve hitting the ground may also have a chance of digging up some Cog Coins. This method, however, is extremely RNG-dependent and can take a while before you get a hefty amount of the currency.
Two specific mutants may also have the chance to drop cogs upon death. Gorgers and Glutton's are ravenous eaters who can often be found scavenging for food on a near constant basis. However their habit of eating anything also tends to make them reliable farming candidates, as they will often drop additional items outside of their normal inventory upon death, such as rope, bombs, fuel, raw materials, weapons, armors,

And can often include Cogs which they might have eaten.

However, it is more reliable to farm Gluttons rather then Gorgers, as their immense size comes in handy. Gluttons are slower, though they are tanky. But their size allows them a larger inventory pool. Meaning if there is a chance for them to drop an item, Gluttons may drop more the Gorgers.
A typical Gorger may drop 1-3 items for every one killed, but Gluttons may drop 4-8 allowing them a much larger chance pool to drop coins, despite how much harder they are to kill.
On EXTREMELY rare occasions, you may also have the chance to buy Cog Coins from certain traders. This however is also RNG-based as shop items rotate often, so make sure to check in with all the traders to see if they have any in their stock. Fair noting however this method is also a bank-drainer, as traders selling them will not give them up so easily and as a result may charge a hefty sum for them.
Once found however, they can be traded with two specific vendors who will allow the player to enhance their armor and weapons with Legendary Attachments. Legendary Attachments are effects that enhance the abilities provided by weapons and armor by providing stat bonuses or special effects that trigger during combat not found on non-Legendary weapons and armor. These weapons and armor can prove to be very strong. So as a result, you will generally need Cog Coins during the later harder sections of the game, mainly to trade for certain coveted items that you might need. In fact certain weapons might also not be obtainable until you unlock the ability to use the coin's, which can only happen if you find the Vendors.
Once you have enough of the Coins, you can bring them to traders and trade them for rare items. Keep in mind however that the resources on offer are on a rotation. As a result, you might not always find what you need. Nevertheless, keep revisiting them to refresh the list of items. Make sure however to bring enough as the rarer the time, the more a vendor will charge you and some can be a hefty price.
Only buy the ones that you deem necessary and are otherwise hard to obtain.

Name: Money
Type: Currency
Item ID: Money_Entity

Name: Carnival Token
Type: Currency
Item ID: Generic_Entity

Name: Golden Cog
Type: Currency
Item ID: Zaun_Cog