Sample prices

These prices are drawn from the very fine Chaosium product, Elric

Price are in tentrids (10 tentrids/daro) unless noted otherwise. These are average sample prices and may vary elsewhere.

Living expenses
Basic living expenses
including food and drink
lodgings for a single day.
1 daro
Food and Drink
mug of sour milk5 passem
mug of ale1
jar of ale6
goblet of poor wine1
goblet of good wine3
decanter of good wine20
bowl cold gruel1
whole roast chicken5
whole steamed salmon10
whole roast suckling pig40
whole boiled ham15
roast haunch of beef25
three old hen's egges1
three fresh hen's eggs2
handful of quail's eggs5
loaf of fresh bread1
square of trail bread1
six onions1
string of garlic bulbs1
jar of honey5
suet pudding4
raspberry ices, one spoon34
Clothes
warm hat10
good boots75
pair of sandals10
linen shirt10
fine silk shawl200
outer clothes:
for a beggar1
for a laborer20
for a journeyman50
for a mercenary50
for a merchant200+
for a minor noble500+
excellent travel cloak140
Services
ordinary medical attention5
haircut or shave2
indifferent meal2
good meal6
excellent meal25
shelter, per night:
floor of an inn3
dormitory bunk8
private room45
adept of love, per eve
bored novice5
enthusiastic amateur25
stable a horse, per night2-8
have a letter written4
carpenter, bricklayer per day40
blacksmith, per day50
armourer, per day60
reliable servant, weekly30 (+room&board)
bribe to official20+
praiseworthy temple offering10+
representation in law court, daily60+
send a messenger across town1
Things
saddle and tack300
book of days or of history100+
blank book50
leather backpack40
rope (30 yds)20
steel chain (15 yds)290
iron lock & key16
slave collar20
steel crowbar40
shovel10
pickaxe30
bundle of 20 arrows20
bundle of 20 quarrels50
canteen (2L)10
tarpaulin8
2p tent110
4p tent200
marquis400
3 candles1
3 torches1
oil lamp5
sturdy lamp10
lamp oil for 7 days5
5 steel fishhooks3
bronze skillet15
iron stew pot45
2-wheel cart300
4-wheel freight wagon1000
large rowboat300
smallish fishing craft3000
10-man harbour galley20000
200-man war galley150000
deep-sea merchant sailer90000
wood and thatch hovel100
3-room stone and tile house2800
3-yard-high wall around that house2400
home of minor noble20000
home of wealthy merchant140000
king's palaceall the nation's taxes for 4 years
10-yard wooden bridge560
100-yard wooden stockade3000
herb from Darokin(3 doses)1-120
herb from another country(3 doses)5-500
herb from another continent (3 doses)2000
Living Animals
burro1000
laying hen10
milk cow1500
watchdog40
fine hog600
piglet25
saddlehorse2000
mule1400
ox1900
sheepdog150
Jewellery, etc
antique silver torque2000
gold ring set with fine gemstone4500
new emerald and silver brooch2500
3-strand polished agate necklace200
gold amulet worth of a king15000