Dollars are the banknotes that survived the 99942 Apophis hit. Being the only form of money in RAGE, it's the main the two currency types in the Wasteland (the other being the Racing Certificates only used for upgrading vehicles). The protagonist can hold a maximum of 9999 dollars at once; any higher number will normally be reset to 9999 as soon as the shopping menu is closed.
Description
Dollars can be obtained in a variety of ways such as looting dead bodies and objects, selling unwanted items to vendors or completing quests like Sally's and Brick's specific bounties and various main storyline and side missions. Many quests provide some sort of reward upon completion, and often the reward includes money. The amount of money received for completing quests varies depending on the main storyline progress made. It can range from 100 dollars at the beginning of the story to 350 dollars at the end. All Job Board quests, not counting "Clean the Sewers", reward the player with 200 dollars.
Dollars are the only way to obtain some ingredients that will not appear as random loot. Dollars cannot be used for purchasing vehicle upgrades that are only sold for Racing Certificates.
Notes
- Nicholas Raine seems to be the only person in the Wasteland that needs cash as bandits, Authority soldiers, and other killable NPCs that seem to have no need in the vendor services carry a very small amount of money, ranging from none to 50 dollars. All the vendors both in the Northern Wasteland and Eastern Wasteland use dollars, but they don't seem to have purpose for them except to trade with the protagonist. J.K. Stiles also seems to have a good amount of money off his show Mutant Bash, considering that the player can make 600+ dollars on one MBTV episode.
