Gold Pass perks should be automatic, not something to wait for.

The new Gold Pass feels like a downgrade.
The Prospector for ore conversion is interesting, but it doesn’t make up for the fact that the other boosts are now slower to obtain, and even this one isn’t quick to unlock.

A paid pass should give immediate and clear advantages, not delayed benefits that players paid real money for. At the end of the month, all of this disappears, so please consider giving these rewards earlier in the pass.

If you don’t want to do that, another option would be to keep the system similar but make the Silver/Gold Pass work more like the Event Pass, just harder. That way, players could unlock everything from day one, but it would take time and effort to grind for it.

Over time, this would also help casual players, since progression would gradually make it easier for them to at least obtain the items.