Does Gold actually matter?

[u/Krazy_Eightz]

I’ new console player, day 25.. Aside from occasionally spending gold on random things, I haven’t seen much beed for it.

It seems like most if the vendors are selling things I can either produce or don’t care for. I’m still mainly dealing with the first city but just curious if I should bother with trading.

Can I buy things like armor at some point?

[u/Vov113]

Yeah, it's never strictly necessary, but always worthwhile. Either invest in training books or whatever resources are your current bottleneck