How to Get and Spend Subway Surfers Coins

In Subway Surfers, coins are the main currency you’ll be using throughout your runs and upgrades. They look like small, shining gold coins and are crucial for unlocking characters, hoverboards, and upgrading your abilities. While some characters and boards require special tokens, coins remain the everyday essential for players aiming to boost their performance and collection.

This guide covers everything you need to know about how to get coins, spend coins, and maximize their value.

1. Where to Find Coins?

Coins can be earned in many ways during your Subway Surfers journey. Here’s a breakdown:

• Collecting During a Run
  Coins naturally appear along your path in every run. They can form straight trails, arching jumps, or diagonal lines that require lane-switching.
• Opening Mystery Boxes
  • Mystery Boxes can award up to 100,000 coins (or 900,000 coins during the Terrific Tuesday event).
  • Super Mystery Boxes can give up to 300,000 coins (or 1,500,000 coins during Terrific Tuesday).
  • Mini Mystery Boxes can contain up to 2,000 coins.
• Buy Subway Surfers Coins in the Shop
  You can buy up to 1.25 million coins for $99.99 through in-app purchases.
• Completing Word Hunts
  The 3rd and 4th days of the Word Hunt (formerly Daily Challenge) reward players with coins.
• Receiving from Friends
  When friends complete up to 25 runs, you can receive bonus coins.
• Season Hunt Rewards
  Some Season Hunt tiers give out coins as part of their reward track.
• Connecting to Facebook
  A one-time bonus of 5,000 coins is awarded when you link your account.
• Buying the Welcome Pack
  A Welcome Pack offers up to 45,000 coins and additional bonuses at a discounted price.

2. How to Spend Coins?

Once you’ve built up a good stockpile, here’s how you can spend your Subway Surfers coins:

• Buying Mystery Boxes
  Spend coins to open more boxes for random rewards, including even more coins or rare items.
• Skipping Missions
  Missions that seem too hard or time-consuming can be skipped by paying coins.
• Unlocking Characters and Hoverboards
  Use coins to buy characters like King, Zoe, and Prince K, or hoverboards like Panda, Hot Rod, and Lowrider.
  Note: Some characters like Tricky, Fresh, and Yutani require special tokens instead.
• Buying Power-Ups
  Essential power-ups like the Coin Magnet, Jetpack, 2x Multiplier, and Super Sneakers can be bought with coins.
• Upgrading Power-Ups
  Spending coins on upgrading power-ups makes them last longer and increases their effects during a run.

3. List of Coin Packs

Here’s a typical breakdown of coin packs available for purchase (prices may vary slightly):

Sometimes seasonal sales or event bundles offer better deals, so keep an eye out!

4. Trivia

• Power-Ups Help Collect Coins
  • Coin Magnet: Grabs all nearby coins, extremely helpful for farming.
  • Jetpack: Flies you into the air where only coins appear.
  • Super Sneakers: Let you jump over obstacles and pick coins that are high up.
  • Power Jumper: Launches you up into a sky filled with three lines of coins.
• Coin Trails
  Coins appear in three formations:
  • Straight Trail
  • Arch Trail (jump required)
  • Diagonal Trail (lane switching required)
• Coin Collection Limitations
  Players cannot collect coins when they use a Headstart until it ends.
• Other Ways to Earn Coins
  • Watch sponsored videos for bonus coins.
  • Purchase a Double Coins upgrade ($4.99) to permanently double the coins you collect in a run.
  • Limited-time sales sometimes offer coins at discounted prices.
  • Starter packs often include coins plus keys and hoverboards for a low price (e.g., 7,000 coins for $0.99).
• Coins Boost Your Score
  Each collected coin adds points to your final score:
  Number of Coins × Score Multiplier × 2 = Bonus Points
  (Each coin typically counts as 54 points if using the standard multiplier.)
• Special Events
  • April Fools’ Day 2022 featured bunny-shaped coins.
  • Chinese Version: Coins had a different visual style starting in 2023.
• Character Costs
  • Most limited characters unlocked with coins cost 95,000.
  • Limited hoverboards usually cost 50,000 coins (except some like Bamboo at 20,000).
  • Qin was the last character added for coins.
  • No new coin-purchasable characters were introduced in 2022 or 2023.