diff --git a/src/engine/powers/poweractions/StealPowerAction.java b/src/engine/powers/poweractions/StealPowerAction.java
index 62426407..77133125 100644
--- a/src/engine/powers/poweractions/StealPowerAction.java
+++ b/src/engine/powers/poweractions/StealPowerAction.java
@@ -62,11 +62,14 @@ public class StealPowerAction extends AbstractPowerAction {
     }
 
     //called to get amount of gold to steal between 0 and max gold
-    protected static int getAmountToSteal(Item i) {
-        if (i.getItemBase() != null && i.getItemBase().getUUID() == 7) {
-            int amount = i.getNumOfItems();
+    protected static int getAmountToSteal(Item item) {
+        if (item.template.item_type.equals(ItemType.GOLD)) {
+
+            int amount = item.getNumOfItems();
+
             if (amount < 1)
                 return -1;
+
             int a = ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextInt(amount + 1);
             int b = ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextInt(amount + 1);
             int c = ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextInt(amount + 1);
@@ -99,8 +102,8 @@ public class StealPowerAction extends AbstractPowerAction {
         if (owner == null)
             return;
 
-
         AbstractCharacter ownerAC = null;
+
         if (AbstractWorldObject.IsAbstractCharacter(owner))
             ownerAC = (AbstractCharacter) owner;