Had the PKs encounter a standard giant, figuring it would give them something to work on. After a bit of work they killed it.

Then they went looking for it's cave to see what sort of stuff it had, and my mind went BLANK.

Went looking about, but didn't really find anything with clues about treasure and monetary rewards when defeating monsters in Pendragon.

Am I not looking in the right place?

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Sir Ukpyr

I do not know if there is much about looting in the books, as money is not really an issue. Or at least not to the knights. In my games the PKs do not tend to go around looting.

as for a giant I would not have him have a lot of valuables lying around, but it could be used as a way to another adventure. for instance they could find a dented shield of a knight who lost against the giant or a some highly valued family weapon. They could return the item to the family and as enter another adventure.

This is not like in D&D, where each monster has hoards of coins and valuables.

It really depends on the giant in question. What is he famous for? Is he rustling sheep from the villagers? Then not much of a treasure. Is he famous for kidnapping noble ladies and killing the knights coming after him to rescue the damsels? Then his lair would have the arms and armor of the failed knights (might be in rusty condition due to no maintenance) and possible jewelry from the ladies.

But the true reward for killing a giant is in the Glory. If you want to become rich when fighting, go to war and plunder. Or ransoming enemy knights.

In terms of amount, +1 to what Morien said.

For flavor, here is John Steinbeck's description of the treasure Sir Marhalt found after he killed the Earldom-looting but feeble-minded giant Taulurd:

In a corner lay the giant's hoard. Gold and silver, jewels and bright cloth, crucifixes of precious things and chalices set with rubies and emeralds, and along with these colored stones and knobby crystal and shards of blue and yellow pottery -- a mighty mixture of great wealth and great nonsense. And Sir Marhalt, looking at the heap, said said sadly, "Poor thing. He didn't know the difference. He couldn't learn to steal only valuable things as civilized men and women do."