How is gold per hour calculated?

Each method has a base gold-per-minute (GPM) value. Effective GPM = base GPM × clear-speed multiplier, and gold per hour = effective GPM × 60. Session gold multiplies that by your hours available.

What does the gear level change?

Gear level sets a clear-speed multiplier from 0.6× (early game) to 1.4× (fully geared). Better farming items clear camps and waves faster, so the same method earns more GPM as you gear up.

Which farming method is best?

The tool stars the highest gold-per-hour method for your gear level. Generally, late-game full clears and split-pushing with a farming item out-earn lane creeps, but they require the gear and map control to be safe.

Are these exact Dota 2 GPM values?

No. Real GPM swings with your hero, lane state, enemy pressure, and deaths. These are planning baselines to compare methods, not guaranteed in-game numbers.

Does this tool run online?

No. All projections run locally in your browser, and nothing you enter is uploaded.

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Maximise your Dota 2 gold per hour

Net worth wins games, and the fastest way to build it is to farm the highest-value method you can safely reach. This calculator ranks common farming approaches by gold per hour for your gear level, so you can pick the most efficient route for the time you have.

How it works

Each method carries a base gold-per-minute (GPM) figure. Your gear level sets a clear-speed multiplier that scales every method together:

effective_gpm   = base_gpm * gear_multiplier
gold_per_hour   = effective_gpm * 60
session_gold    = gold_per_hour * hours

The gear multiplier runs from 0.6× early game to 1.4× when fully geared, reflecting how much faster you clear camps and waves with farming items. The tool computes each method’s gold per hour, sorts them descending, and stars the best one.

Example and tips

At gear level 3 (1.0× multiplier), ancient stacks with flash farm at 780 base GPM earns about 46,800 gold per hour, while lane creeps at 300 GPM earns roughly 18,000. Over a single hour that gap is enough to buy a key item earlier. The catch is risk: high-GPM methods like split-pushing put you out of position. Use the ranking to find your ceiling, then drop to a safer method whenever the map is dangerous. Re-check the ranking as you gear up, because the multiplier widens the lead of the top methods.