Currency is defined as Quicksilver, Cold Iron, and Spirit Silk. These represent the most widely available and used resources in the dreaming. Any area of the rules that refers to currency will only apply to them. They can be obtained in a variety of ways including alchemy, and through various quest.

Components are a lot more varied, and not nearly as common. They are the ingredients necessary for the alchemy skill tree as well as certain talismans. Some of the lesser components include screws, dropped by golems, Gremlin Hair dropped by gremlins, and Ether dropped by all types of Wraiths Most, if not all, other creatures that wander into the dreaming will drop when slain components. Only someone with the alchemy skill can experiement or use alchemy forumlas.

However possessing and trading components does NOT require the alchemy skill.

You may refer to the basic alchemy tables and talisman creation tables for more information on the usage of components and currency.