Gems

 Gems are Animal Jam's main monetary unit. They are what you use for buying clothing or den items. Gems can be earned via the Daily Spin and playing games. They are small, brightly-colored coins with wavy lines in them, not like an agate. Gems also occur in many colors and appear from above as token-like objects. Most accessories cost between 250 and 500 gems.

How to obtain

 * Play games or minigames (on the player card)
 * Recieve them when buying with diamonds
 * In Adventures
 * Daily Spin
 * Recycling items
 * Buy Gem Codes on Animal Jam Outfitters
 * Do the Online Safety Quiz



Epic  Wonders items usually cost between 1,250 and 2,500 gems, though some anomalies such as the Diamond Phantom (7,500), the Red Sports Car (6,000), and the Gold Brick (10,000, making it the most expensive item in the game) cost much more. Gems occur in the colors: blue, orange, green, purple, yellow, pink, white (as seen in Gem Breaker) and red.

Gem Certificates
You can use them to get gem bonuses. You only get them at the Animal Jam Outfitters Sale. There are 4000, 10000, and 25000 gem bonus cards. If you buy King of the Jungle, Arctic Wolf, or Snow Leopard gift cards you will also  get 15,000 gems. When you become a member you get a different amount of gems to the amount of time you have in the club.



Games
Earning gems is very simple in Animal Jam. There are lots of things to buy in Jamaa, so stock up on your gems! Some games (Mira Says, Wind Rider, Long Shot) give you only a few gems at a time. Others, (Best Dressed, Overflow, Falling Phantoms) can reward you with large amounts of gems. Games can give you two times the gems when every week, and a random game gets chosen for gems X2; if you play that game then you get 2x the amount of gems you would originaly get.

Recycling
You are also able to recycle your items for gems, however, you normally receive only a porportion of the amount the item was originally purchased for. To sell your items, click on the "Recycle" button, as shown here, which can be found either on your player's customization menu (for clothing) or while editing your den. It will show you the amount of gems you can earn from it, along with a confirmation that you do want to recycle. After confirming, the item disappears and gems are added to your account.

Trivia

 * In advertisements, gems appear as tokens, not their gem-like game appearance.Gemm.png