Gold Dust (「黄金砥粉」?; koganetonoko) is a rare item that empowers Divine Instruments in 'Ōkami. Upon selecting Gold Dust in the Fan Menu, the Equipment page will open. A Divine Instrument can be selected to be powered up. A faded out instrument indicates that it is already strengthened and cannot be enhanced again to further increase its power. Once sprinkled with Gold Dust, a Divine Instrument's icon in the Equipment screen will have a pulsing golden aura behind it.
There are fifteen bags of Gold Dust available for powering up Divine Instruments on a typical playthrough, allowing all of them to be powered up, but only once. They can be bought from certain merchants, obtained as a reward for completing a Wanted List, or even found in a Treasure chest.
An enhanced Divine Instrument obtained earlier in the game will never exceed the power of a higher-tiered weapon of the same class that is not enhanced. Therefore, whenever a new weapon is found, it is best to replace the older equivalent to remain at maximum strength.
Locations[]
Location | Available through | Amount |
---|---|---|
Shinshu Field | Mika's Monster Notebook | 1 |
Agata Forest | Item shop | 2 |
Kusa Village | Shop | 2 |
Kusa Village | Haruka's Revenge Contract | 1 |
Sei'an City | Weapon shop | 2 |
Sei'an City | Masu's Monster Manifest | 1 |
Kamui | Blockhead Grande's Treasure chest | 1 |
Kamui | Wali's Record of Penance | 1 |
Wep'keer | Shop | 2 |
Ark of Yamato | Shop | 2 |
New Game+[]
When a New Game+ is started, an enhanced Divine Instrument will carry over its power from the old game. Merchants will not sell the Gold Dust in New Game+ if they were already purchased, but it is still possible to get more as rewards from Wanted List quests. If all Divine Instruments are powered up, Gold Dust become totally useless as it cannot be sold.