Gems serve as the sole official currency in Growtopia. They can be obtained through in-app purchases, completing Tapjoy offers or through common aspects of gameplay, such as breaking blocks and harvesting trees.
Gems are spent on Broadcasts and on items that are available in the Growtopia Store, such as World Locks and item packs.
Gems group together when there is a certain amount of gems in the tile. As the value of the gem increases, the size of the gem also increases slightly (the table below, however, does not show the size difference).
Image | Name | Gem Equivalent |
---|---|---|
Yellow Gem | 1 Gem | |
Blue Gem | 5 Gems | |
Red Gem | 10 Gems | |
Green Gem | 50 Gems | |
Purple Gem | 100 Gems |
Supporter Rank[]
Earning 20,000 gems or more through Tapjoy offers or in-app purchases grants the player the Supporter rank. If $30 worth of gems is purchased or a total of 600.000 gems are obtained via Tapjoy offers, the player will get Super Supporter status with 4 new skin colors, the /warp command, cheaper Guild creation and a bigger name/wrench display. This Super Supporter status was introduced during the Systems Update, on September 2nd, 2016.
Gem Drops[]
Each type of block or tree in Growtopia drops a different amount of gems. This amount is usually influenced by the rarity of the block or item, but some blocks drop an unusually large amount of gems as they have been configured to. An example of this is the Mystery Block. When one is broken, the number of gems it yields can range from 10 to 50. Another example of this is the Pot O' Gold, an extremely rare block that is only available during St. Patrick's Week, which can yield up to 200 gems when broken.
Methods of Obtaining[]
There are many ways of obtaining gems in the game.
Farming[]
Farming is the process of repeatedly harvesting several trees of a specific item, breaking the blocks and planting the seeds. Usually this is done with “farmable” blocks whose trees bear 8 or more fruits; since spliceable blocks have about a 1 in 5 chance to drop a seed, a tree that drops 8 or more fruits will generally yield a greater amount of seeds after each round of farming. Gems can also be obtained through the "Break For Gems" system. In this method, the owner of an certain world will place a MAGPLANT 5000 on a public builder lock, allowing players to grab a remote and place blocks. The players breaking the blocks will only get gems.
In-App Purchases[]
In-app purchases, or IAP, allows players to buy different amounts of gems with the use of money. This is the only legal purchase in the game which involves real money. Purchasing the Gem Fountain will give the player an extra Growtoken, and purchasing the It's Rainin' Gems also gives the buyer 2 Growtokens and a Megaphone. During some events such as the St. Patrick's Week or Anniversary Week events, some bonuses may be given when purchasing gems through IAP.
- Gem Fountain (205,000 gems & 20 World Locks & a Growtoken) via PayPal $4.99
- It's Rainin' Gems (455,000 gems & 45 World Locks & 1 Megaphone & 2 Growtokens) via PayPal $9.99
- Gem Bounty (1,440,000 gems & 140 World Locks & 3 Megaphone & 6 Growtokens) via PayPal $29.99
- Gem Abundance (2,460,000 gems & 230 World Locks & 5 Megaphone & 10 Growtokens) via PayPal $49.99
- Monthly Bundle (200,000 gems & 1,200 Seasonal Tokens & a Growmoji ) via PayPal $29.99
- Road to Glory Pack (1,920,000 gems once reached Level 50 - one time purchase) via PayPal $24.99
- Holiday Pack (450,000 gems, 2 Deluxe Winterfest Crackers, 25 Winterfest Crackers, 5 Snowballs, 1 Gingerbread Sweater, and 1,800 Royal Winter Seals for the price of 14.99 USD) available only during WinterFest.
- Summerfest Starter Pack (540,000 gems, 10 Summer Surprise, 3 Super Summer Surprise, 2 Super Fireworks and 1 Sunset Shades for the price of 14.99 USD) available only during Summerfest 2022 on July 28, 2022.
Life Goals[]
Dialing the number "12345" using a Telephone will connect the player to Crazy Jim, who offers three daily Life Goals. The second Life Goal in the list is the Gem Goal. When completed, the Gem Goal will reward the player with a random amount of gems depending on the player's Awesomeness, with 0% awesomeness giving the least gems and 100% the most gems. Once completed, the Gem Goal will not be available again until 0:00 of the next day (UTC-05:00).
Gemonade[]
The Gemonade is an unsplicable consumable which awards the player gems for doing different in game activities. The Gemonade and its effects will be active for 30 minutes. The activities include:
→ 125 Gems — Successfully catching a fish
→ 250 Gems — Successfully performing a surgery
→ 300 Gems — Successfully cooking any recipe
→ 500 Gems — Successfully completing a Startopia mission
Trivia[]
- Gems is also the name of an unobtainable block.
- Gems do not yield any XP upon being picked up.
- Gems cannot be dropped in a Display Box (with the use of a Sack O' Joy).
- Dropping Gems with a Sack O' Joy does not decrease one's amount of XP.
- Gems cannot be traded.
- During Player Appreciation Week 2019, changes were made to IAPs to give more Gems. Bag 'O Gems now gives 14,000 Gems (formerly 9,000), Chest 'O Gems now gives 30,000 Gems (formerly 20,000), Gem Fountain now gives 90,000 Gems (formerly 140,000), It's Rainin' Gems now gives 200,000 Gems (formerly 140,000).
- Together with this change, the amount of Gems that the premium subscriptions yield were also changed from 1,500 Gems to 2,500 Gems per day.
- During Player Appreciation Week 2020, changes were made to IAPs to give more Gems. Bag 'O Gems now gives 20,000 Gems (formerly 14,000), Chest 'O Gems now gives 45,000 Gems (formerly 30,000), Gem Fountain now gives 130,000 Gems (formerly 90,000), It's Rainin' Gems now gives 290,000 Gems (formerly 200,000).
- During Player Appreciation Week 2021, changes were made to IAPs to give more Gems. Bag 'O Gems now gives 24,000 Gems (formerly 20,000), Chest 'O Gems now gives 55,000 Gems (formerly 45,000), Gem Fountain now gives 155,000 Gems (formerly 130,000), It's Rainin' Gems now gives 350,000 Gems (formerly 290,000), Gem Bounty now gives 1,100,000 Gems (formerly 900,000).
- During Player Appreciation Week 2022, changes were made to IAPs to give more Gems. Bag 'O Gems now gives 26,000 Gems (formerly 24,000), Chest 'O Gems now gives 60,000 Gems (formerly 55,000), Gem Fountain now gives 170,000 Gems (formerly 155,000), It's Rainin' Gems now gives 380,000 Gems (formerly 350,000), Gem Bounty now gives 1,200,000 Gems (formerly 1,100,000), Gem Abundance Gems now gives 2,050,000 Gems (formerly 1,850,000).
- During Player Appreciation Week 2023, changes were made to IAPs to give more Gems. Bag 'O Gems now gives 30,000 Gems (formerly 26,000), Chest 'O Gems now gives 70,000 Gems (formerly 60,000), Gem Fountain now gives 205,000 Gems (formerly 170,000), It's Rainin' Gems now gives 455,000 Gems (formerly 380,000), Gem Bounty now gives 1,440,000 Gems (formerly 1,200,000), Gem Abundance Gems now gives 2,460,000 Gems (formerly 2,050,000).
- As of September 7, 2023, Bag O' Gems and Chest O' Gems have been removed from the Growtopia Store, along with Broadcast changes.