Random Loot Generator

Fill a chest, a cellar or a sunken hold with ordinary valuables priced in meals, wages, horses and houses.

A map of the local roadsEvery inn is marked with a cup. Worth a meal.
A star sapphire set in a heavy ringA star of light slides across it. Worth a house.
A waxed canvas tent for twoPatched once. Worth a week's wages.
A marble bust of a smiling old manToo heavy for one person to carry. Worth a month's wages.
A set of twelve gold dinner platesEach is stamped with a noble crest. Worth a house.

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How it works

This random loot generator deals five finds for a hoard: coins, gems, art, trade goods, gear, papers and curios. Each card gives its worth in plain terms, so it serves as a random treasure generator for any game.

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Deal a haul, then narrow it

Press Pick 5 new finds for a mixed haul. The Rarity menu under the button keeps a pickpocket's take common or a vault rare. Choose More filters in the same menu to narrow by Kind: Papers for a desk drawer, Trade goods for a wagon.

How to read the worth

Every card prices its find on one scale: a meal, a week's wages, a good horse, a house. Set what a day's wages comes to in your world's coin and every find converts. Nothing here is magic, a weapon or a potion, and no price uses a game's coinage.

Tips

Papers make the best loot: a deed or a pawn ticket sends the story somewhere.
Give one rare find an owner who wants it back.

Questions and answers

What is good loot for a fantasy game?

Things with a use or a story: a brass spyglass with a cracked lens, a letter of credit from a counting house, a jar of coins too old to spend. Plain coin ends a scene. An object with a past starts the next one.

How much is each find worth in gold?

The cards give no coin on purpose. Each says a meal, a month's wages, a good horse or a house. Decide what a laborer earns in a day in your world and multiply from there.

Does it use the treasure rules of a tabletop game?

No. There are no treasure tables by level, no coin types and no item from a published game, so a haul fits any system or none. For a bottle to add to the chest, try the random potion generator.

Are rare finds rolled less often?

No. Every find is equally likely, and the list holds more common finds than rare ones, so a mixed haul leans common. Set Rarity to choose a tier yourself.

All 240 finds

Common 120

A bag of rough agates Banded stones, not yet cut. Worth a few meals each.
A bale of raw wool One flock's shearing. Worth a week's wages.
A barrel of dried apples Worth a few days' wages, or a winter of pies.
A belt pouch of mixed foreign coins Small change from six kingdoms. Worth a week's wages to a money changer.
A blank ledger and a bottle of ink Two hundred ruled pages. Worth a day's wages.
A bolt of undyed linen Enough for six shirts. Worth a week's wages.
A boot with silver coins under the insole Five of them, pressed flat. Worth a week's wages.
A bottle with a note inside The ink has run. Worth a meal for the bottle.
A box of iron nails A thousand, forged by hand. Worth a few days' wages.
A bracelet of pink coral beads Strung on a brass clasp. Worth a few days' wages.
A brass spyglass with a cracked lens It still works with one eye shut. Worth a week's wages.
A bronze cloak pin with a blue glass eye Old work, slightly bent. Worth a day's wages.

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Common, continued

A bronze paperweight cast as a fox Heavy for its size. Worth a few days' wages.
A bundle of dyed yarn in six colors Worth a few days' wages to a weaver.
A bundle of goose quills Two hundred, cut for pens. Worth a day's wages.
A bundle of tanned hides Six cowhides, rolled. Worth a week's wages.
A carnelian seal ring, the seal worn flat A brownish-red stone in thin silver. Worth a week's wages.
A carpenter's plane The blade is sharp. Worth a few days' wages.
A carved wooden horse with the paint worn off A toy, or a piece for a mantel. Worth a meal.
A cask of pickled herring Worth a few days' wages. The smell is free.
A cask of salt Dry and clean. Worth a few days' wages.
A clay money box shaped like a pig It rattles with coppers. Worth a day's wages once it is broken open.
A cobbler's last and awl Worth a few days' wages to anyone who mends shoes.
A coil of hemp rope with a hook Fifty paces long. Worth a day's wages.
A copper ring set with a chip of garnet Dull red and a little loose. Worth a day's wages.
A copper weathervane cut as a sailing ship Green with age. Worth a few days' wages.
A crate of beeswax candles Forty, tied in tens. Worth a few days' wages.
A crate of glazed crockery Plain brown bowls and jugs. Worth a few days' wages.
A crate of lavender soap Thirty bars wrapped in paper. Worth a few days' wages.
A deck of hand-painted cards Fifty-two, plus two jesters. Worth a few days' wages.
A ferryman's bag of half coins Coins cut in two to make change. Worth a few meals.
A fishing net with cork floats Worth a few days' wages, mended.
A fossil fern in a split stone Both halves are here. Worth a day's wages.
A framed map of a coastline, colored by hand Drawn for a wall, not for sailing. Worth a week's wages.
A glazed blue vase with a chipped rim Worth a day's wages. Whole, it would be worth ten.
A hand cart with one squeaky wheel It carries what four people can. Worth a week's wages.
A hand mirror with a horn handle The silvering is spotted. Worth a few days' wages.
A handful of clipped silver pennies Shaved at the edges by a cheat. Worth a meal, if the baker does not look closely.
A handful of tumbled quartz pebbles Clear, and smooth from a stream. Worth a meal.
A handwritten book of plain recipes Stained on the best pages. Worth a meal to a cook.
A hooded lantern It has shutters on three sides. Worth a day's wages.
A jar of coins too old to spend The king on them is forgotten. Worth a meal as scrap, more to a collector.
A jet brooch carved as a rose Black, and made of ancient wood. Worth a week's wages.
A kaleidoscope in a brass tube Chips of colored glass tumble inside. Worth a few days' wages.
A keg of lamp oil Worth a week's wages and a winter of light.
A key of unusual shape It fits nothing here. Worth a meal, or a great deal to the right door.
A lacquered box painted with cranes Empty, and it smells of cedar. Worth a week's wages.
A ladder of rope and wooden rungs It rolls up small. Worth a day's wages.
A leaded window pane showing a red bird Small enough to carry under one arm. Worth a week's wages.
A leather backpack with brass buckles Room for a week's food. Worth a few days' wages.
A leather purse of copper coins Small change, worn smooth. Worth a few hot meals.
A locksmith's ring of blank keys Thirty, uncut. Worth a few days' wages.
A lodestone on a string It turns to point north. Worth a day's wages.
A map of the local roads Every inn is marked with a cup. Worth a meal.
A mason's hammer and chisels A full set of five. Worth a week's wages.
A meteorite the size of an apple Heavy black iron. Worth a week's wages to a smith or a scholar.
A mother-of-pearl hair comb Two teeth are missing. Worth a few days' wages.
A pair of bookends carved as owls Dark wood, well dusted. Worth a few days' wages.
A pair of plain silver ear hoops Well worn and a little bent. Worth a few days' wages.
A pair of snowshoes Ash wood and rawhide. Worth a few days' wages.
A pair of sturdy boots, nearly new Worth a week's wages if they fit.
A pass through a city gate Good for one cart on any day this year. Worth a day's wages.
A pawn ticket for a silver watch A few meals will redeem it. The watch is worth a week's wages.
A peddler's notebook of routes Which villages buy what, and when. Worth a week's wages to a trader.
A pewter cup engraved with two initials Worth a meal, or a favor from whoever owns the initials.
A pewter locket holding a pressed violet Worth a meal to a trader, and more to whoever lost it.
A polished lump of amber A gnat is caught inside. Worth a week's wages.
A purse of copper coins stamped with a fish Minted in a port town. Worth a day's wages at any harbor stall.
A puzzle box nobody has opened Something small slides inside. Worth a week's wages unopened.
A receipt for a horse left at a stable Paid a month ahead. Worth a ride home.
A roll of coppers wrapped in waxed paper Counted and sealed by a careful shopkeeper. Worth a day's wages.
A roll of sailcloth Stiff and new. Worth a week's wages.
A sack of black peppercorns The size of a loaf. Worth a week's wages.
A sack of milled flour Worth a day's wages and a week of bread.
A sack of seed grain Enough to sow a field. Worth a week's wages in spring.
A saddle and bridle Worn but sound. Worth a week's wages.
A set of carved wooden dominoes One tile is newer than the rest. Worth a day's wages.
A set of six painted clay bowls Each has a different bird. Worth a week's wages for the set.
A set of three iron cooking pots They nest inside each other. Worth a few days' wages.
A sewing kit in a horn case Needles, thread and a thimble. Worth a meal.
A sheaf of sheet music Dance tunes, well thumbed. Worth a meal to a fiddler.
A ship in a bottle Three masts and tiny rigging. Worth a few days' wages.
A shopkeeper's book of debts Half the town owes a little. Worth a week's wages if collected.
A short string of freshwater pearls Small and uneven. Worth a week's wages.
A shovel and a pickaxe Somebody else was digging here. Worth a few days' wages.
A single brass candlestick One of a pair, and the other is missing. Worth a day's wages.
A small bronze bell with a clear note The pull cord is gone. Worth a day's wages.
A small framed portrait of a stern woman Nobody knows who she is. Worth a few days' wages for the frame.
A snail shell that coils the wrong way Worth a meal to most people and a week's wages to a naturalist.
A soapstone carving of a sleeping cat It fits in a palm. Worth a day's wages.
A sock knotted around a dozen silver coins Somebody's savings, hidden in a hurry. Worth a week's wages.
A stack of clay roof tiles Fifty, unbroken. Worth a day's wages.
A stone crock of comb honey As big as a head. Worth a day's wages.
A string of holed stones from a beach Each has a hole the sea made. Worth a meal.
A string of pierced brass coins Threaded on a cord for counting. Worth a night at an inn.
A thick gray wool blanket Worth a day's wages, and more on a cold night.
A ticket for passage on a river barge One person, one way. Worth a few days' wages.
A tied handkerchief of coppers and buttons Half is money and half is not. Worth a meal and a mended coat.
A tin brooch set with colored glass Pretty, and worth a meal to someone who likes it.
A tin lantern punched with star shapes It throws stars on the wall when lit. Worth a day's wages.
A tin of dried tea leaves Smoky and strong. Worth a few days' wages.
A tin of old letters in one handwriting Twenty years of family news. Worth nothing, except to that family.
A tin of worn coppers and one silver coin The silver one is at the bottom. Worth two days' wages.
A tinderbox with flint and steel Dry and ready. Worth a meal.
A toll keeper's cash box of small coins Mostly copper, with a few bridge tokens. Worth a week's wages.
A tooth the size of a fist From some great beast, long gone. Worth a few days' wages to a collector.
A turquoise bead on a leather cord Sky blue with a brown vein. Worth a day's wages.
A walnut carved to open on a tiny village The hinge is a single brass pin. Worth a week's wages.
A waterskin and a tin cup It holds a day's water. Worth a meal.
A waxed canvas tent for two Patched once. Worth a week's wages.
A wheel of hard cheese As wide as a cart wheel's hub. Worth a day's wages.
A whetstone and a tin of oil The stone is worn to a dip in the middle. Worth a meal.
A whistle that sounds like a curlew Cut from a single reed. Worth a meal.
A wind-up tin bird that hops Worth a few days' wages to the parent of any child.
A wooden bowl of market tokens Good at one town's stalls only. Worth a week of bread there and nothing elsewhere.
A woven wall hanging of a harvest Faded on one side by the sun. Worth a week's wages.
An almanac of tides and moons This year's. Worth a day's wages in any port.
An embroidered cushion cover A garden scene in colored wool. Worth a few days' wages.
Ten ingots of tin Stamped by the mine. Worth a week's wages.
Three silver coins sewn into a coat hem Travel money, kept for a bad day. Worth a week's lodging.

Uncommon 70

A bag of new silver, never spent Sharp-edged coins straight from a mint. Worth two months' wages.
A bale of scarlet wool cloth Fine weave, dyed a deep even red. Worth a good horse.
A blacksmith's anvil It took two people to lift. Worth a month's wages.
A bolt of blue silk Enough for one fine gown. Worth a month's wages.
A book of fables with gold on every page Painted by hand, a picture to each tale. Worth two months' wages.
A book of plants with painted plates Two hundred plants, drawn from life. Worth two months' wages.
A box of loose peridots Yellow-green stones, twenty or so. Worth two months' wages.
A brass compass in a wooden case The needle is true. Worth a month's wages.
A bronze statuette of a dancer Knee high, on a stone base. Worth a month's wages.
A bundle of an architect's drawings Plans for a bridge never built. Worth a month's wages to a builder.
A bundle of cedar planks Seasoned and straight. Worth a month's wages.
A cabinet of pinned butterflies Sixty, each with a label. Worth a month's wages.
A cane with a screw top, packed with coins Silver, stacked end to end. Worth a month's wages.
A carved alabaster chess set One pawn is a river pebble. Worth a month's wages.
A chest of cinnamon bark The smell fills the room. Worth a month's wages.
A chest of white sugar loaves Six tall cones, the way sugar used to be sold. Worth a month's wages.
A clock in a walnut case It runs ten minutes slow. Worth two months' wages.
A clockmaker's roll of tiny tools Tweezers, files and a glass. Worth a month's wages.
A crate of window glass Twelve clear panes packed in straw. Worth a month's wages.
A deed to a market stall Third from the fountain. Worth a month's wages a year in rent.
A fat purse of mixed silver A good market day's takings. Worth a month's wages.
A giant egg turned to stone As big as a melon and far heavier. Worth a month's wages.
A gilded harp with half its strings Worth a month's wages, and twice that restrung.
A glassblower's pipes and molds Worth a month's wages to anyone who knows the trade.
A globe of the known world The far side is blank. Worth a month's wages.
A gold chain as long as an arm Plain links, sold by weight. Worth two months' wages.
A gold ring set with a small sapphire Clear blue, the size of a lentil. Worth a month's wages.
A hand-drawn map with the scale torn away It marks a cross and gives no distances. Worth a month's wages to a hopeful buyer.
A hat pin with a pearl head One large pearl on a steel pin. Worth two weeks' wages.
A jar of indigo dye cakes Deep blue, stamped by the maker. Worth a month's wages.
A lapis lazuli pendant on a silver chain Deep blue, a stone prized since ancient times. Worth a month's wages.
A letter of credit from a counting house Any branch will pay it out. Worth a month's wages.
A locked cash box with no key It is heavy and it jingles. Worth a month's wages once it is open.
A loom, taken apart and bundled Worth a good horse to a weaver.
A magnifying glass with a silver handle The lens has no flaw. Worth two weeks' wages.
A marble bust of a smiling old man Too heavy for one person to carry. Worth a month's wages.
A master dyer's book of recipes Every color with its measures. Worth a good horse to a rival.
A mechanical songbird in a gilt cage It sings one tune when wound. Worth a good horse.
A money belt holding ten gold coins Worn under a shirt on a long journey. Worth a good horse.
A navigator's astrolabe Brass, engraved with stars. Worth a good horse.
A necklace of matched amber beads Honey colored and graded by size. Worth a month's wages.
A pair of enameled vases as tall as a child Blue and white, and a true pair. Worth a good horse.
A pair of topaz earrings Golden stones in claw settings. Worth a month's wages.
A pale green jade bangle Cool to the touch, with no join. Worth a good horse.
A pocket sundial with a compass It folds into a brass case. Worth a month's wages.
A porcelain dinner service for twelve Packed in straw, with one cup broken. Worth a good horse.
A pouch of cut garnets A dozen, each the size of a pea. Worth a month's wages.
A pouch of square silver trade coins Struck for caravans and good in any market. Worth a month's wages.
A printer's case of lead type One whole alphabet, twice over. Worth two months' wages.
A promissory note signed by a baron He owes the bearer a sum. Worth a good horse, if he pays.
A purser's bag of harbor fees Silver, sorted by ship. Worth a month's wages.
A ribboned purse of eight matched gold coins A wedding gift, never opened. Worth a season's wages.
A sack of cloves Sharp and sweet. Worth two months' wages.
A sea chart of a reef coast Soundings in a neat hand. Worth a month's wages to a captain.
A share in a trading voyage One part in twenty. Worth a month's wages now, and perhaps more later.
A signet ring cut from bloodstone Dark green with red flecks, and somebody's crest. Worth a month's wages.
A silver brooch set with three opals They flash green when turned. Worth a good horse.
A silver circlet set with moonstones Made for a small head. Worth a good horse.
A silver mirror in a frame of vine leaves Polished metal, with no glass in it. Worth a good horse.
A silver tea service on a tray A pot, a jug, a bowl and six spoons. Worth a good horse.
A spiral tusk as tall as a child Sold as a unicorn's horn, and really a whale's tooth. Worth a good horse.
A surveyor's chains and rods Worth a month's wages to a map maker.
A tapestry of a stag in a forest The size of a wall, rolled and tied. Worth two months' wages.
A tax collector's satchel of silver Counted twice and short by three coins. Worth two months' wages.
A tin of saffron threads A handful of red threads. Worth a month's wages.
A two-wheeled cart and harness Worth a month's wages. The mule is extra.
An amethyst the size of a thumbnail Cut, unmounted and deep purple. Worth a month's wages.
An oil painting of ships in a storm Signed in the corner, in a gilt frame. Worth a month's wages.
An orrery of brass planets Turn the handle and the moons go round. Worth two months' wages.
Twenty bars of copper Stacked like bricks. Worth a month's wages.

Rare 40

A banker's bond for a large sum Payable to the bearer in any city. Worth a house.
A barrel of mixed coin from a sunken ship Green from the sea and still good metal. Worth a year's wages.
A black opal in a silver clasp Dark, with fire in every color. Worth a year's wages.
A cabinet of curiosities, complete Forty drawers, every one labeled. Worth a house in town.
A calculating engine of gears and dials It adds and multiplies. Worth a house to a counting house.
A carved jade landscape on a stand Mountains, a bridge and one tiny fisherman. Worth a house.
A charter for a ferry crossing Every traveler pays the holder. Worth a year's wages, every year.
A chest of nutmegs Each one sells for a day's wages. The chest is worth a house.
A clockwork model of a whole town Tiny figures cross the square on the hour. Worth a year's wages.
A deed to a town house Three floors and a yard, signed and sealed. Worth a house, exactly.
A diamond ring in a velvet box One clear stone on a gold band. Worth a year's wages.
A gold collar set with garnets and enamel As wide as a hand and as heavy as a horseshoe. Worth a year's wages.
A gold tiara set with aquamarines Seven pale blue stones in a row. Worth a year's wages.
A gold-framed mirror taller than a door Flawless glass, a wonder by itself. Worth a year's wages.
A jeweled music box that plays a waltz The lid is set with seed pearls. Worth a year's wages.
A jeweler's tray of unset gems, sorted by color The whole stock of a shop. Worth a house with the shop under it.
A life-size bronze of a rearing horse It took six people to move it. Worth a house.
A marble fountain carved with dolphins Crated in four pieces. Worth a year's wages.
A merchant company's strongbox of gold Sealed with wax and three locks. Worth a house and its furniture.
A pair of emerald drop earrings Pear-cut stones on gold wires. Worth a year's wages.
A portrait by a painter kings wait for The sitter is unknown and the hand is not. Worth a house in town.
A printing press in pieces The great screw is whole. Worth a year's wages.
A rope of large matched pearls It reaches the waist. Worth a house in town.
A row of gold ingots under a floorboard Six, wrapped in oilcloth. Worth a good farm.
A ruby the size of a cherry stone Unset, and wrapped in a scrap of silk. Worth a house in town.
A sack of silver bars stamped by a mint Ten bars, each as long as a hand. Worth a year's wages.
A set of twelve gold dinner plates Each is stamped with a noble crest. Worth a house.
A ship's hold of mast timber Straight pine, already cut. Worth a year's wages.
A ship's papers, with the ship Title to a coastal trader at anchor. Worth a house on the harbor.
A small chest of gold coins Enough to change a life. Worth a house in town.
A small sailing boat, sound and rigged Tied up where nobody is watching. Worth a year's wages.
A star sapphire set in a heavy ring A star of light slides across it. Worth a house.
A strongbox of purple dye Made from sea snails, a drop at a time. Worth a house in town.
A telescope taller than its owner Brass, on a tripod. Worth a year's wages.
A traveling coach with glass windows No horses, and four good wheels. Worth a house in the country.
A wagonload of silk in every color Thirty bolts, each in its own cover. Worth a house.
An emerald necklace of nine stones Each stone is a little flawed, as emeralds are. Worth a house.
The complete bones of a great sea beast Crated and numbered, bone by bone. Worth a year's wages to a university.
Four tapestries of the four seasons Each one covers a wall. Worth a year's wages.
The only copy of a lost history Scholars have hunted it for a century. Worth a year's wages to a library.

Once in a campaign 10

A crown of gold and rubies It is somebody's by right, and they will want it back. Worth a castle.
A diamond as big as a hen's egg It has a name and a history. Worth a ship and its cargo.
A map to a silver mine nobody has claimed The margins hold notes on the ore. Worth a manor, and more each year.
A pearl the size of a plum Perfectly round, kept in a shell of gold. Worth a manor and its land.
A royal land grant with the seal unbroken A valley, its river and its villages. Worth more than any house: a whole estate.
A royal pay chest, lost on the road A season's pay for a whole garrison. Worth a manor and its land.
A sealed vault room knee-deep in coin Counting it would take a week. Worth a ship and the crew to sail it.
A sky stone as big as a cart It fell before anyone wrote things down. Worth a manor, if it can be moved.
A throne of carved ebony and gold It belongs in one hall only. Worth a castle to the right heir.
The lost masterpiece of a famous painter Described in books and unseen for a century. Worth a manor.

How this list was compiled: An original list of 240 finds written for this page on 2026-09-30 (plan4 round r3): every find and every note is our own, and none is reworded from a rule book, a published treasure table or another list. It is a hoard for a fantasy story or game in no rule system. Rules for the list: ordinary valuables only, in seven kinds (purses and coins, gems and jewelry, art and ornaments, trade goods, tools and gear, papers, curios); no magic, no weapons and no potions, which have their own pages; no price in any coinage, real or from a game. Each note says what the thing is and what it is worth on one plain scale: a meal, a night at an inn, a day's, a week's, a month's or a year's wages, a good horse, a house, a farm, a manor, a ship, a castle. Rarity is our own call and follows that scale: 120 common finds (a meal to a week's wages), 70 uncommon (two weeks' wages to a good horse), 40 rare (a year's wages to a house) and 10 marked once in a campaign (a manor and up). The draw is even: a rare find is as likely as a common one unless the Rarity menu is set. The gems, metals, dyes, spices and instruments named are real, and each name was checked that day as the title of an English Wikipedia article (among them Garnet, Jet (gemstone), Carnelian, Peridot, Lapis lazuli, Heliotrope (mineral) for bloodstone, Tyrian purple, Sugarloaf, Lodestone, Orrery, Astrolabe and Narwhal, read through https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php); where a note states a fact about one (most emeralds have inclusions, jet is derived from wood, carnelian is brownish-red, peridot yellow-green, Tyrian purple comes from sea snails, a narwhal tusk is a tooth, sugar was sold as a tall cone) the wording follows that article's opening. Screened by script the same day against every list on this site and on drawthisnext: no find repeats a line of random-magic-item-generator, random-weapon-generator, random-potion-generator or random-gemstone-generator, and nine first-draft finds that sat close to a line elsewhere were rewritten. No alcohol, tobacco, ivory or fur, no object of worship, and nothing taken from a grave. Licence: own work