I was down to my last crafting plans when the mine whispered: there was gold in the walls. You can feel your chest tighten—this is the resource that bends quests and upgrades to your will. If you’ve ever stared at a crumbling tunnel and wondered what you missed, I’ve been there with you.
I’ll keep this tight: I play on Steam and Nintendo Switch, and the method is the same. You need Gold to craft the Explosion Gadget, push your Mining Tool to Tier II and III, and build the Scanner that reveals hidden rewards. Miss these nodes and you stall your progress fast.
I walked into the Quarry and my HUD flashed—bars of metal stuck out like a promise. Gold location in Duck Side of the Moon
The Gold is tucked in the Quarry, the mining tunnels on the second map—specifically the sections you blew through when restoring power. In other words, retrace the path where you used explosives to clear the town’s lines and you’ll find the veins where Gold appears.
Scan the tunnel walls for rectangular gold bars protruding from the rock. Fire a charged shot from your Mining Tool to break a node and the Gold will drop straight into your inventory if you’re close. In a single sweep you can snag five or six pieces—often enough to make both the Explosion Gadget and the Mining Tier II at your ship’s crafting station.
Use the Explosion Gadget in the same mines: there’s a brittle wall concealing the NPC Hugo and a chest with three more Gold bars. It’s the small loop that snowballs productivity—craft the gadget, return to the mine, smash the wall, and your resource problems ease.
Where is Gold in Duck Side of the Moon?
It’s in the Quarry tunnels on map two, near the sections you cleared to restore power. Treat the areas where you detonated charges as high-probability zones and sweep them methodically. Players on Steam threads and Switch communities report the same hotspots.
How do I mine Gold quickly?
Charge your Mining Tool before you approach a node. One charged blast breaks a Gold node cleanly. Move slowly through the tunnels and aim for clusters—those five-to-six nodes are how you avoid wasting trips to the ship’s crafting bench.
The order of operations matters. I recommend crafting Mining Tier II as soon as you have enough Gold so you can harvest Rubies and other rigid materials that feed later recipes. The Scanner also uses Gold and will save you time hunting for hidden stashes across the map.
Think of the Quarry like a small, repeatable loop that pays out when you play it right, like veins in a rock. Once you know where to go and how to strike, the math is simple: craft the Explosion Gadget, return, clear the brittle wall, and stack resources, like a brittle lock you finally have the key to.
Are you going to leave that chest sealed until you’ve crafted everything, or will you go back and claim Hugo, the Gadget, and the Gold now?