It does not matter how little you can do with 500 gold.
Why not explain, in detail, all the ways a player van accumulate gold? Ignore the obvious choice to buy gold.
Clearly, this is a question is from a new player. It is a legitimate question.
As there is no Player's Manual, questions like this are not answered anywhere.
I have been playing for 2 weeks and I have the same question.
As in most online games, the documentation is horrible.
Jap wrote "How do I get the 500 in gold"
My response tried to get more information.
Jap never responded, so likely my reply was sufficient.
The Pascal King.
Are you serious or just having a laugh?
You have already asked numerous questions, which appear to have mostly been answered, but to be none the wiser, because you appear to require B follows A, C follows B sort of answers,with inherent explanation at each stage what A , B, and C and so on mean as well.
You have also been directed to the video tutorials, and the start page information,so to still suggest that you dont know how to get gold is hard to understand, especially as, if you have been playing for two weeks you would have had to find considerable gold to shield your town.