@Riot Narrative: How many Silver Serpents is a Kraken?

SaltyToplaneGoat··23 votes·4,564 views

Now with Gangplank and the new gamemode coming up, we got to se something about the currencies of Bilgewater.

So I think that is a good point to ask: how do Runeterran Economics work? How many currencies are there? And how is the exchange value for them (aka is one relatively more worth than the other?). What is the mostly used trading material? Gold? Silver? Something else?

If you don't know that, then just answer the question in the title, because I'm honestly curious. ^^

15 Comments

Sharjo11 votes

I have this weird feeling that Silver Serpents and Gold Krakens are actually independent currencies from different parts of the Blue Flame Isles, but that might just me being weird.

I'd have said that based on the rate of needing Serpents and Krakens for Gangplank and Black Market Brawls that a conversion rate is somewhere around 1,000 Serpents = 1 Kraken, but I dunno.

On the currency and Runeterran economics thing, I'd imagine that (almost) every nation has their own independent currency.

Noxus has Securi and Gold Securi.

Bilgewater has Silver Serpents and Gold Krakens, presumably they also have Bronze somethings. I don't know any sea monsters that start with the letter B though.

Old Shurima has an ancient form of currency but likely now functions off of Securi and whatever Demacia's currency is, depending on how close those nations area to any given part of Shurima. The old currency is likely defunct but considering it's historical worth might be worth more now than it was in the empire's heyday.

I imagine Freljord doesn't have currency, and is focused more around trading. Ashe might make changes to that though with her politics and stuff.

Piltover and Zaun might have the same currency, considering they're quite close to one another, but that also depends on what's between them, be it a massive bay, swampland or whatever.

Considering we don't actually know too much about Yordle culture, it's debatable whether Yordles and their capital of Bandle City even has a currency at all.

Ionia likely also has it's own form of currency, but given their spiritual culture it might not be a thing that carries weight in some parts of the nation. I'd imagine rural Ionia has communities, temples or what have you that don't function with any currency.

SaltyToplaneGoat1 votes

Two systems of currency in the same place cannot exist independently from each other, so Krakens and Serpents must be in some relation to each other...

Ah yes, there was the Noxian Securi too... now, what is the exchange course from Securi to Kraken I wonder... xD

RiotRiotJaredan7 votes

They like to keep it simple in Bilgewater, decimals make sense y'know. It's 10 Silver Serpents to a Gold Kraken.

IcyPepper5 votes

They like to keep it simple in Bilgewater, decimals make sense y'know.

JK Rowling, eat your heart out.

SaltyToplaneGoat1 votes

And there is was expecting some weird Harry Potter currencies. xD (honestly, decimals and wizardy don't really go along, no?)

Akhi1 votes

Please look at this thread. It means a lot to me because I have been done wrong and I am very upset about it. Something about the system needs to be fixed.

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/help-support/UfXlf1iJ-please-fix-system-system-is-corrupt-and-people-are-being-unfairly-banned-very-upset-urgent

Sharjo1 votes

Jaredan writes story and stuff. He's not the dude to deal with that.

Mansana1 votes

Why call them Silver Serpents... could have called them Silver Scrapes. I mean unless you have something planned to bring the creature as an in game asset or valuable lore wise.

SaltyToplaneGoat2 votes

A RED REPLIED!

Well, I guess it's canon now... but the real question: How much is that in Noxian Securi? ^^

Sharjo1 votes

Is their a copper variant of Bilgewater's currency? Or does it just go from Silver Serpents to Gold Krakens?

Ebonmaw Dragon1 votes

Well, the currencies that we know are: Gold, Krakens, Silver Serpents and SHURIMA item 3301 (Influence Points were "currency" of the Summoners in the old lore)

Rueian1 votes

Shurima's value will never fall

Sharjo3 votes

You're forgetting Securi, the currency of Noxus!

Also I feel like item 3301 makes Shurimans out to be kinda douchy. "We're so rich we wear our money!"

SaltyToplaneGoat2 votes

Actually that's a really old thing. Because, how do you keep your money safe? By wearing it on a chain underneath your clothes...

This is no giant gold-bling for showing off how rich you are, this is so somone cannot just grab your cash and run away...

Tails Doll1 votes

Hehe, dont try to make sense of this game, cuz there is none.

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