The game was an Ark user mod I believe, hence the assets I believe. Anyway on topic, I HATE the gold requirement. As a solo pve player I gave up late season. I got built around so had to move, but couldnt find anywhere that had room for a warehouse, some islands can only have one market.
I made a warehouse and sailed in a tiny sloop that is too small to do anything with, for just over a month. Only places I could find were claimed islands and none of the owners allowed me to settle.
This season I built a 4x4 shelter and built a warehouse first staying up to 2am to get that setup first. This time Ive just today built a Brig. Once you have a warehouse and market setup its super easy....if you can get in early the is. Anyway yes the gold requirement is absolutely stupid and game breaking for some.