# Abacus > [!info] Item Details > | | | > |---|---| > | **Category** | Adventuring Gear | > | **Cost** | 2 gp | > | **Weight** | 2 lb. | --- ## Description An abacus is a counting frame with beads strung on rods, used for arithmetic calculations. Merchants, accountants, and scholars use abacuses to perform rapid addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division without written calculation. --- ## Properties - Allows the user to perform arithmetic quickly and accurately. - Useful for tracking finances, counting inventory, or solving numerical puzzles.