Gold

When first introduced on Facebook

Gold (also known as Gold Bars) is the premium currency in Candy Crush Saga. There is no proper lower-order currency in Candy Crush Saga, but Sugar Drops can be considered similar to it.

It was introduced on September 19, 2013 with the release of the 33rd episode, Cherry Chateau. Gold was tested during spring and summer of 2013, before being added massively to many accounts, although not all accounts had gold bars.

On September 24, 2013, the game gave away 50 gold bars for free. In some events, you can earn gold bars from challenges. Meager amount of Gold bars are most commonly won as prizes, via the Sugar Drop Feature.

Gold can be used to buy boosters, lives, moves, and tickets to unlock episodes. Of these purchases, only purchasing extra lives should be avoided in any situation.

When you cursor on the icon, an inscription will show up: "Buy Gold Bars for your saga journey!".

List of items that use gold bars

• Game access
• Boosters
• Combinations/Other

Item	Icon	Description	Price
Extra Lives (!)		Buy a full set of lives Warning: Not recommended under any circumstances!	12 (any case) 69 (6h Infinite Lives)
Tickets		Unlock the next episode directly without asking friends or waiting for help. Note: Not recommended unless you only play on web!	9 (3 friends) 3 (per friend)

Please note that some boosters are Web-exclusive. In mobile, only the smallest booster package is available. These prices are used if you have ran out the corresponding boosters.

Item	Icon	Description	Price	Unit Price	Gold Only
Extra Moves		Add 5 extra moves!	9	9 (Booster) 1.8 (Move)	Yes
Lollipop Hammer		Smash a candy!	×3: 19 ×9: 49 ×18: 88	6.33 5.44 4.89
Free Switch		Switch two candies that don't match!	×3: 29 ×9: 79 ×18: 128	9.67 8.78 7.11
Color Bomb		Start the game with Striped & Wrapped Candy!	×3: 3 ×11: 29 ×18: 38	3.00 2.67 2.11
Striped and Wrapped		Start the game with Striped & Wrapped Candy!	× 3: 19 × 9: 49 ×18: 88	6.33 5.44 4.89
Jelly Fish		Adds Jelly Fish to the candy mix, which removes three pieces of jelly!	×3: 19 ×9: 49 ×18: 88	6.33 5.44 4.89
Coconut Wheel		Add Coconut Wheels to the candy mix!	×3: 39 ×9: 99 ×18: 149	13.00 11.00 8.28
Extra Time		Start the game with 15 extra seconds!	×3: 29 ×9: 79 ×18: 128	9.67 8.78 7.11	Yes
Lucky Candy		Transform into useful candy when removed!	×3: 19 ×9: 49 ×18: 88	6.33 5.44 4.89
Bomb Cooler		Add 5 to the countdown of all bombs!	×3: 19 ×9: 49 ×18: 88	6.33 5.44 4.89	Yes
Sweet Teeth		The Sweet Teeth eat their way through any candy, blockers or bombs that lie in their path.	×3: 79 ×6: 148 ×9: 199	26.33 24.67 22.11	Yes
Bubblegum Troll		Stops spawning chocolate for 5 moves!	×3: 39 ×9: 99 ×18: 149	16.56 13.00 11.00	Yes
Striped Brush		Paints pretty stripes on a candy of your choosing. Click to buy!	15	15	Yes
UFO (booster)		Summon a tasty UFO that zaps the board creating 3 wrapped candies that explode!	20	20	Yes
Party Popper Booster		Clears the board when activated, much like a cake bomb explosion and adds special candies.	30	30	Yes
Live Forever		You have unlimited lives. Play all you want before the time expires. Do not buy it directly!	Obtained with other boosters
Moon Struck (Removed)		Release the Moon Struck to remove at least 1 candy colour for 5 moves.	×3: 69 ×6: 114 ×9: 149	23.00 19.00 16.56	Yes
Restore Balance (Removed)		Restore Odus the owl's balance to stop him from falling.	9	9	Yes
Shuffle (removed)		Shuffle things up!	3	3	Yes

List is currently incomplete, and only Yeti Shop bundles are shown below, which are Web-exclusive. More will be shown in the gallery below regarding consolation packages.

Item	Icon	Description	Price	Unit Price
Bombalicious Fishes		6 Colour Bombs and Lollipop Hammers	53 (-5%)	4.42
Lollipop Hammers		6 Free Switches and Lollipop Hammers	85 (-11%)	7.08

Strategy

Owing to the rarity of Gold Bars outside of real-money purchases, they should be used sparingly as almost all levels and (with very rare exceptions) every episode can be completed without the use of purchased tickets and boosters. Therefore, they have little use to most players besides bragging. One can consider gold itself as a booster.

Additionally, tickets can be obtained by either playing Mystery Quests or simply waiting, whereas random boosters can be obtained through the Booster Wheel, Sugar Drops, or Events.

The most reasonable way to use Gold Bars is to buy stockable boosters not attainable through more common means, and to serve as a consolation to an "Oh No!".

Note: Never, EVER buy Extra Lives under any circumstances. This is considered completely wasteful, as Lives itself has zero tactical value or worth, and they can easily be obtained through other methods.

These items can only be obtained by using Gold besides rare offers and getting them initially.

• Extra Moves (5)
• Bomb Cooler (5)
• Sweet Teeth (Web only)
• Bubblegum Troll (Web only)
• Extra Time (both platforms, all varieties)
• Moon Struck
• Consolation boosters
  • Restore Balance
  • Extra Time
  • Striped Candy
  • All higher levels of Extra Moves, Extra Time, and Bomb Cooler boosters

Trivia

• The player receives 50 gold bars at the end of Candy Town, before 2014 a player receives 10.
• There was previously no other possible way to obtain gold bars other than the first 50, Facebook, in-app purchase, or through hacking. However, now there are some ways to earn gold bars for free without hacking. The first way is completing challenge (collect red or green candies, see the gallery below), and the second is playing sugar drop mode. The third way is to synchronise the progress when downloading/starting the game first time on another platform (PC or mobile), which gives another 50.
  • This was one of the trickiest items to receive in the game, along with the jackpot from the Daily Booster Wheel. Fortunately, it is a moderately common prize in Sugar Drop and mobile events, though very meager amounts can be earned.
• Occasionally, if a player buys something with gold, he/she may get infinite lives for two hours.
• The Secondary Wheel has been removed so players can no longer earn Gold Bars from that.

Gallery

• Gold bank
• Miscellaneous
• In a jelly level
• In a timed level
• In a level with candy bomb