Players earn Gems as they play Cooking Fever or by purchasing them with real money. Gems can be used to purchase new restaurants and improve restaurants by buying kitchen and interior upgrades. Gems also can be used to compete in Cooking Fever challenges and tournaments.
Earning Gems
Gems:
can be earned by:- Obtaining 9 Gem Shards
- Completing Daily Quests
- Playing in the Casino
- Collecting Daily Rewards
- Gaining a new Experience Level
- Completing a Cooking Fever Challenge
- Competing and placing in the top ten of a Cooking Fever Tournament
- Completing a restaurant
- Opening Chefs Mystery boxes
For older versions (before the October 2022 update): Playing in the Casino (You can only win gems once a day, it usually takes about 100 rolls, and it's possible to win on your first roll or spend tens of thousands or even all of your money and not win anything, 15 gems are only available every 12 hours.):
- Place 500 bets until you get 15 . (outdated)
- Or place 200 bets until you get 5 . (outdated)
- Or place 100 bets until you get 3 . (outdated)
- Winning gems becomes impossible after winning at least 30 times (PC).
Since the October 2022 update that brought changes to the casino, you can still earn gems, but it is way harder and absolutely not recommended.
There used to be some more ways to earn Gems, but these were removed from the game in September 2021 update:
- Welcome Back Reward:
- 900
- The reward resets itself to day 1 if players miss a day or if they tamper with their time and date settings in any way, this includes automatic changes by the phone itself, during Daylight saving time (DST) twice a year and when you travel to a different time zone.
and 2 for returning on day 7 and each day after. (First six days only award coins.)
- 900
Purchasing Gems
Gems can be purchased with real money. Below is a table of the double prices. Sometimes the game offers special discounts on purchasing gems.
$0.99 | 10 |
$2.99 | 35 |
$4.99 | 60 |
$9.99 | 125 |
$19.99 | 300 |
$49.99 | 750 | *
$99.99 | 5000 |
You may get better deals to by gems during seasonal events or occasional discounts.