Dark One Deals

Rumplestiltskin and Mr. Gold's Deals play an important role in ABC's Once Upon a Time. They début in the first episode of the first season.

Background

Throughout the realms, Rumplestiltskin became known as a being of great power and was feared because of his ability to grant a person's deepest wishes and darkest desires with magical deals that proved to be worse than he would initially proclaim. These deals appear to transcend into the Storybrooke reality as well, with Rumplestiltskin's counterpart Mr. Gold retaining a similar disposition for swindling people in desperate situations. In either reality, it appears that Rumplestiltskin always benefits in the long term through his deals, despite short term set-backs brought about by certain individuals. He has only broken one deal as Rumplestiltskin and a second deal as Mr. Gold. A third deal was negotiated with William Smee but never carried out.

Rumplestiltskin's Deals

Deal Made With	Offers	Desires	Reason	Status
Baelfire	The Dark One's magic	Baelfire's happiness	Rumplestiltskin's love for his son	Broken by Rumplestiltskin
William Smee	Smee's youth	A magic bean	To find Baelfire	Never made
Seer	Take the Seer's power	Knowledge on how to find his son	To find Baelfire	Completed
Milah	Milah and Hook's life	A magic bean	To find Baelfire	Never made; killed Milah and cut off Hook's hand, leaving without the bean.
Jiminy Cricket	Marionette transforming potion	The potion's victims	Unknown	Completed
Cora	Teach her how to use magic	Cora's firstborn	The child (Regina) will cast the Dark Curse	Revised
Cora	Teach her how to use magic	"Rumplestiltskin's child"	He loves Cora	Completed (did not get first-born child as result of a revised deal)
Ruth	Prosperity on her family's farm	One of her sons (Prince James)	To give to King George	Completed
Queen Regina	Magic lessons	A favor	She will cast the Dark Curse	Completed
Victor Frankenstein	Gold	Knowledge of how to bring back the dead	Regina's heartbreak	Unknown
Mad Hatter	A royal passport	Transport and introduce Victor Frankenstein to Queen Regina	To cause Regina's heartbreak	Completed (obtained passport from Regina)
Mad Hatter	Gold	Slippers and crystal ball	To find Baelfire	Completed (obtained only the crystal ball)
Dr. Frankenstein	An enchanted heart	Regina's heartbreak	Regina's willingness to learn magic	Completed (obtained enchanted heart from Regina)
Sir Maurice	Protection from ogres	Belle's eternal servitude	"He needs a maid"	Never made (Belle made deal instead)
Belle	Protection from ogres	Belle's eternal servitude	"He needs a maid"	Completed
Sheriff	His tongue	To learn the location of the Thief	To kill the Thief for stealing from him	Completed
Queen Regina	To perform a shapeshifting spell on her	Regina to cutoff all trade with King George's realm	Needs King George's kingdom bankrupt	Completed
King George	Prince Charming	The Fairy Godmother's location	He wants her wand	Completed
Belle	Belle returning from town with straw	Rumplestiltskin telling her how he lost his son	Rumplestiltskin falling in love with Belle	Completed in Storybrooke
Snow White	Forgetfulness potion	A lock of Snow's hair	To make a true love potion	Completed
Snow White	A bow and a map to kill the Evil Queen	Nothing	Being invested in her future; he knows her daughter will break the Dark Curse.	Completed
Prince Charming	Snow's location	Charming's cloak, which has a fews strands of his hair.	To make a true love potion from a strand of Charming's hair	Completed
Prince Charming	An enchanted ring	Placing the potion inside Maleficent	Bringing magic to Storybrooke	Completed
Cinderella	A night at the ball	Cinderella's firstborn	Unknown	Nullified
Snow White	An enchantment that will prove if Regina can change	Nothing	Regina will cast the Dark Curse out of desperation	Completed
Snow White	Information about the Dark Curse	Emma's name	To bring back his memories	Completed
Queen Regina	How to cast the Dark Curse	Comfort and favors	To maintain his power	Completed

Mr. Gold's Deals

Deal Made With	Offers	Desires	Reason	Status
Regina Mills	Finding a child for Regina to adopt (Henry)	Unknown	Needed Henry to find and bring Emma to Storybrooke	Completed
Ashley Boyd	A large sum of money	Her unborn child, Alexandra	Deal carried over	Nullified
Emma Swan	Ashley's debt forgiveness	A favor	Her help finding and getting his son to talk to him	Completed
Emma Swan	Good publicity	The sheriff's loyalty	Political power	Completed
Emma Swan	The person who bought the compass	Tolerance in burning Regina's house	To avoid trouble	Completed
Regina Mills	A plot of land	$50,000	To ruin Emma	Completed
Moe French	A car loan	Money	Financial influence	Completed
Regina Mills	Mr. Gold revealing his real name	Belle's teacup	His love and memory of Belle	Completed
Regina Mills	Mary Margaret Blanchard's guilt	Dropping the assault charges	Obtaining a clean slate	Completed
Mary Margaret Blanchard	Being her lawyer for the murder case	Nothing	Being invested in her future	Completed
David Nolan	A tracking potion	Peace	Keeping trouble away	Still Stands
Regina Mills	Cora's spell book	Regina's keeping silent about the Enchanted Forest's continued existence.	It's in his best interest	Broken; Regina revealed the truth
Belle	Belle coming back from town with straw	Mr. Gold telling her how he lost his son	She wants to know why he needs magic	Completed
Dr. Whale	A reattached arm	Whale's admittance that he needs magic	Mr. Gold's ego	Completed
Cora	A truce between her and Mr. Gold	The magic globe	To show him the location of his son, Baelfire	Completed
William Smee (Storybrooke)	A talisman to keep his true memories intact once past the town border.	Needed a test subject for the potion that creates the talisman	Revenge for trying to force Belle over Storybrooke's borderline	Completed
Emma Swan	To pay back favor	Her help finding and getting his son to talk to him	Wants to find his son	Completed
Mary Margaret	Cora's death to protect her family	The life-restoring candle to be lit	The only way to save his life	Completed
David Nolan	A favor	Help in making Lacey (Belle) fall in love with him	Wants to bring back Belle's memories	Completed
David Nolan	A potion that will allow Mary Margaret to find Regina	To pay back favor	Always honors his deals	Completed