An eager German MMO player has apparently managed to hit the World of Warcraft gold limit, the player apparently carrying 217,748 in gold, 36 silver and 48 copper.

Word has it that the player in question is lucky to have held onto his vast horde, too, programming lore suggesting that had Blizzard not implemented a cap then the player might have carried on building his fortune - ending up with a minus figure owing to software malfunction.

1000 in gold acquired via a third-party source seems to cost in the region of 30 USD, so the German player in question apparently owns about 6,450 USD in WoW gold. That's over 3,300 GBP.

A US player also hit the cap last month, verifying the figure, while Game Masters advised spreading the money around various banks in order to manage the vast sums in-game. Apparently, the character acquired his vast wealth as leader of one the largest guilds on the server.

By Luke Guttridge

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  1. christina Unregistered 11 months ago

    Shortly after its first appearance on Chinese World of Warcraft servers, the Legendary Phoenix mount was purchased by a member of the lucky raiding guild for 190,000 gold.

    To provide a bit of perspective, 190,000 gold is the in-game equivalent of $958 USD (7,000 RMB).

    While the mount -- an extremely fast, flaming bird -- is very rare and easily the most sought-after riding creature, 190,000 gold is still a virtual fortune. Considering that the next most-desirable mount will only run you 5,200 gold, and generally takes more than a month of fund-raising to acquire, we have to wonder if the Phoenix's new owner isn't actually transparent as a result of all these years away from the sun's nourishing rays.
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    (The $958 USD price point quoted above is for the sale of gold in China. Here in the US, particularly on my home server, the same amount of gold would cost roughly $7,600 USD.)