Growtopia World Locks price in USD
Official rate history
The game at a glance
- Launched
- 30 November 2012First released as an Android beta; iOS followed in January 2013 and PC in 2013.Source: Wikipedia: Growtopia
- What it is
- A free-to-play massively multiplayer sandbox in which every world is built by players, who farm, build, trade and fight each other.Source: Wikipedia: Growtopia
- Players
- PocketGamer.biz reported over 20 million registered users who had created 500 million worlds when Ubisoft bought the game in 2017. No current total found; Steam shows only about 110 to 190 concurrent players (peak 320 in the two weeks to July 2026), but most play is on mobile, which Steam does not count.Sources: PocketGamer.biz, IsThereAnyDeal (Steam stats) · 2017 / Jul 2026
Third-party market
No aggregated third-party rate is tracked for this market yet.
Seller quotes appear here automatically once the seller-quote pipeline is connected and each seller's terms have been reviewed.
Market analysis
An unusually direct official bridge
Unlike most games on this site, Growtopia's real-money packs hand you World Locks directly rather than a separate premium item you then have to trade in-game (no Bond-style or Gem-Store-exchange middle step). That directness is also why the rate is unusually tight across pack sizes — $0.21-0.25/WL regardless of which tier you buy, versus the wider spreads seen on games with a genuine floating exchange.
Gems are the base currency, but WL is what actually trades
Gems themselves cannot be traded between players (confirmed via the official wiki), which is exactly why World Locks — tradeable, and directly sold in real-money packs — function as Growtopia's real economic unit, the way Bonds function in RuneScape despite GP being the 'base' currency players earn by playing.
No third-party market data found this pass
Growtopia has a long real-money-trading history, but this research pass found only the official store pricing, not a dated third-party seller quote to compare it against — unlike OSRS or WoW, there's no 'official vs. market discount' story here yet.
What moves this rate
- Growtopia Store pack pricing/composition changes
- In-game events that add or remove gem/WL bonuses from packs
What to watch
- Any change to official pack pricing or WL-per-pack ratios
About World Locks (WL)
Why it has value
- World Locks are required to lock an entire world (protecting it from other players), which is close to a mandatory purchase for serious players.
- Nearly all rare items, clothing and account services are priced and traded in World Locks or Diamond Locks (100 WL).
Common ways to earn it
The community is reportedly transparent about item values, per player-written guides, though no centralized price-tracking site was confirmed this pass.
History
- 2012Growtopia launches (30 November), developed by Robinson Technologies and Hamumu Software.
- 2017Ubisoft acquires Growtopia.
Risks
- Trading World Locks for real money outside the official Gem Store packs breaches the game's terms of service.
- The official rate here is a conservative upper-bound estimate (see method) since pack prices bundle in gems and bonus items alongside the World Locks.
Frequently asked questions
How much is 1 World Lock of Growtopia World Locks worth in USD?
At the current reference rate, 1 World Lock of Growtopia World Locks is worth about $0.222 via the official Growtopia Store Gem packs (bundle World Locks directly) route (derived, as of Sep 2026).
How is the Growtopia World Locks price calculated?
Growtopia's official store sells packs that include Gems plus a fixed number of World Locks plus some bonus items (Growtokens, Megaphones). Official $ per WL = pack price ÷ World Locks included. This slightly overstates the 'true' WL cost since it attributes the whole pack price to the WL count alone, ignoring the bundled gems/extras — a conservative upper-bound estimate across four pack tiers ($4.99-$49.99) clustered consistently at $0.21-0.25/WL, narrower than most estimate-tier rates on this site.
What is the difference between Gems and World Locks in Growtopia?
Gems are the base currency earned through gameplay and spent in the official store, but cannot be traded between players. World Locks can be traded and are what the player economy actually runs on.