Normalizing Skerples' Medieval Price List

I wanted to normalize Skerples’ list of medieval prices to make it easier to compare items! I took copper as the standard, so silver pieces are multiplied by 10 and gold pieces are multiplied by 100. That being said, there are probably many costs listed that are probably better accounted for in silver or gold (too expensive, probably, for a commoner to even fathom).

Keep in mind that the minimum wage, so to speak, seems to be maybe 50 copper pieces a month or 600 pieces each year. If we assume, for convenience's sake, that one-twelfth goes to the state and another twelfth to the church (not an exact tithe, but whatever), we can say that a commoner has maybe 500 copper / 50 silver / 5 gold to spend each year. (If this were OD&D, that would be a nice 100 silver / 10 gold).

Normalized Medieval Prices

Food & Cooking	Town	Country
Animal Feed	3	2
Beer, Small	2	1
Cheese (20 lb.?!)	50	40
Cookpots	10	20
Eggs (12 c.)	7	3
Fruit (1 lb.)	20	10
Herbs	3	1
Lard	1	1
Meal, Fancy	30	—
Meal, Standard	5	3
Travel Rations	10	5
Wine, Skin or Bottle	5	10

Armor	Town	Country
Leather Armor	250	500
Chain Armor	1,000	—
Plate Armor	10,000	—
Shield	50	50

Weapons	Town	Country
Light Weapon	50	50
Medium Weapon	200	500
Heavy Weapon	500	1,500
Sling	30	30
Bow	250	250
Crossbow	500	500
Arrow/Bolt	5	5

Light Sources	Town	Country
Candle, Small	1	1
Candle, Night	5	5
Lantern	30	50
Oil, Flask	5	5
Tinderbox	10	50
Torch	1	1

Animals	Town	Country
Cattle	100	80
Chicken	2	1
Dog	100	50
Hawk	1,000	—
Hog	50	30
Horse, Riding	1,000	1,000
Horse, War	7,500	6,500
Ox	900	700
Sheep	900	700

Tools	Town	Country
Anvil	200	300
Axe	40	30
Bellows	400	600
Block & Tackle	30	30
Chisel	10	20
Drill	50	50
Hammer	10	20
Hoe	30	20
Iron Plough	1,500	1,700
Nails (12 c.)	3	4
Pick, Heavy	60	120
Pick, Medium	30	60
Prybar	20	20
Shovel	30	20
Soap	1	2
Specialty Tools	200	—
Spike, Iron	3	4
Spike, Wooden	1	1
Tub, Wooden	20	10

Adventuring Gear	Town	Country
Air Bladder	10	10
Bedroll	20	10
Caltrops	40	—
Fishing Gear	10	10
Grappling Hook	30	50
Holy Water	250	250
Ladder (10’)	60	30
Pole (10’)	10	5
Rope (50’)	30	30
Tent, 3-ling	100	150
Tent, Personal	50	100
Vial or Bottle	20	—
Waterskin	10	10
Whistle	5	5

Clothing	Town	Country
Furs	5,000	—
General	50	20
Noble	3,000	—
Poor	10	5
Winter	100	50

Books & Vain Items	Town	Country
Book, Blank	300	—
Book, Magic	3,000	5,000
Book, Reading	600	—
Holy Symbol, Plain	2	2
Hourglass	1,000	—
Ink	1	5
Mirror, Silver	2,000	—
Scroll Case	10	30

Hirelings (Monthly)	Town	Country
Useless Peasant	20	10
Laborer	50	50
Scribe	60	—
Archer/Infantry	100	100
Mason	100	100
Camp Follower	150	150
Armorer/Blacksmith	200	—
Master Builder	500	500
Barber-Surgeon	600	600
Galley Crew (60 c.)	3,000	—

Transportation	Town	Country
Sailboat	60,000	—
Cart	300	300
Raft	50	50
Wagon	1,500	800
Galley (60 oars)	80,000	—

Lodging (Nightly)	Town	Country
Inn	50	30

Closing Notes

Player-characters must already be pretty rich to afford all their equipment! For comparison, Skerples' equipment costs tend to be around 7 gold pieces / 70 silver / 700 copper (an amount that aligns well with the assumption that characters start with ~100 silver). This might mean that a silver standard might be more apt for costs on this scale, though it's kind of annoying how many costs are so minor anyway. Here's some quick bundling costs:

• Animal Feed (Weekly): 1 silver
  
• Travel Rations (Weekly): 5 silver
• Arrows/Bolts (x20): 10 silver (!?)
  
• Torches/Candles (x10): 1 silver
• Oil Flasks (x2): 1 silver

This gives us a consolidated price list something like below:

Item	Cost (s.p.)
Ammunition (x20)	10
Animal Feed (Weekly)	1
Armor, Leather	25
Armor, Chain	100
Armor, Plate	1,000
Axe	4
Bedroll	1
Block & Tackle	3
Book, Blank	30
Bow	25
Caltrops	4
Chisel	1
Crossbow	50
Drill	5
Fishing Gear	1
Grappling Hook	3
Lantern	5
Melee Weapon, Light	5
Melee Weapon, Medium	20
Melee Weapon, Heavy	50
Oil, Flask (x2)	1
Pick	5
Pole (10’)	1
Rations (Regular, Weekly)	5
Rations (Iron, Weekly)	10
Rope (50’)	3
Scroll Case	1
Shield	5
Shovel	3
Sling	3
Tent (Fits 1)	5
Tent (Fits 3)	10
Tinderbox	1
Torches (x10)	1
Waterskin	1

Anything else might as well be handled like whatever.