Star Trek Online's Many Currencies

Andrew tells us about the economics in Star Trek Online.

- Andrew Duncan

I’ve been playing Star Trek Online for a while now, but I recently grasped that it has a problem. It was only when I noticed that I had 29 of the limited-time Q’s Winter Wonderland currency - spread across seven different types of currency, that I realised it has a massive issue with money.

The limited-time Wonderland event transports you to a special zone. Whilst there you can participate in loads of events such as pie-eating, snowball fights, Klingon ice fishing, and fighting Borg snowmen. There are some exclusive items available from the sellers in the Wonderland, too, which of course use the currency that’s only available there. What makes it a little more awkward is that each of the seven currencies take up inventory space, and this being an MMO inventory space is obviously at a premium.

Granted, the Wonderland event only happens twice a year, so you only have to worry about your inventory for a few weeks out of 52. But Star Trek Online has seven other currencies.

These are available year-round, and technically one of the currencies has 14 varieties. 28 available currencies, and that’s forgetting about the eight which were removed in 2011!

For reference, here are the seven Wonderland currencies, used to buy items that are largely only useful in Wonderland:

• Targ Fur Earmuffs

• Bolian Candles

• Terran Holiday Ornament