New to Heartopia? This beginner-friendly guide explains every in-game currency, how they work, and the fastest ways to earn them. Whether you want to buy outfits, upgrade your home, or unlock rare event items—this guide covers it all in a clean, simple way.
All Heartopia Currency Types
Heartopia features several different currencies, each with its own purpose. Here’s a simple breakdown so you always know what each one is used for:
Gold – The main currency you’ll use constantly in Heartopia. You earn it from cooking, foraging, fishing events, bug catching, pet gifts, and maintenance rewards. Gold is needed to buy clothing, furniture, crafting items, and to upgrade your home plot.
Wishing Stars – A special in-game currency earned from events, daily activities, and certain rewards. Wishing Stars are mainly used for cosmetic customizations, certain gacha items, and fireworks.
Wishing Star Coins – These come from completing your daily tasks. Their primary purpose is to spin the Pink Gacha Machine, which gives fun collectible items and sometimes rare cosmetics.
Moonlight Crystals – A premium currency usually obtained through purchases, but occasionally available from redeem codes. Moonlight Crystals are used on seasonal banners that feature exclusive outfits, accessories, furniture, and vehicles.
Heart Diamonds – The highest-tier paid currency in Heartopia. These are used for exclusive premium cosmetics, luxury furniture, and high-value limited items that don’t appear anywhere else.
How to Redeem Codes
Redeeming codes is easy and gives you free currency, food, fishing tools, and more.
Tip: For the latest official Heartopia redeem codes and their expiry dates, visit: Heartopia.codes. They update every few days.
How to redeem:
- Open your Smartwatch
- Go to Settings
- Select Redeem Code
- Enter the code (not case-sensitive)
Also check:
- Mailbox — dev surveys & maintenance rewards often include gold & wishing stars.
- Discovery Tab — following official channels gives instant rewards.
- Official Discord — they share surprise code drops often.
Fastest Ways to Earn Gold in Heartopia
Gold is the most important currency—and it gets expensive as you level up. Here are the fastest and easiest ways to earn it.
1. Cooking (Best Early-Game Method)
If you want the full list of all Heartopia recipes including ingredients and how to unlock each one, visit the official IGN wiki page here:
👉 All Cooking Recipes: Ingredients & How to Unlock
This keeps your gameplay smooth and prevents your inventory from getting cluttered. The list is huge, so it’s better to check the full recipe guide on IGN instead of filling your screen with dozens of entries.
Pro Tip: Check Masimo’s shop daily for ingredient discounts. This helps you cook high-profit dishes without spending much gold.
2. Foraging Mushrooms (Especially Truffles)
Truffles are currently the highest-value mushroom you can gather in Heartopia. Each truffle sells for 240–260 gold depending on star quality. They respawn every 13 minutes, and since you don’t need tools, you can collect them constantly while moving around the forest.
Expected Profit: You can usually gather 10–14 truffles per hour while casually exploring, which equals roughly 2,500–3,500 gold/hour. If you’re focused and loop the truffle spots perfectly, you can make even more.
3. Giant Trees (Rare Timber)
Giant Trees drop Quality Timber (around 80–110 gold each) and have a chance of dropping Rare Timber, which can sell for 300–350 gold per piece.
Each tree usually gives 6–10 pieces of timber total. If you convert these into furniture, a single piece of Rare Timber Furniture can sell to Albert Jr. for 1,200–1,800 gold, depending on the design.
Expected Profit: If you find 2–3 Giant Trees per day, expect around 3,000–4,500 gold/day just from timber and crafted items.
4. Fishing Events (High-Value Fish)
A single fishing event lasts 3 minutes 50 seconds and typically yields 10–15 fish. Aiming your cast at gold splash zones increases your chance of catching 3–5 star fish such as Anglerfish, Moon Jellyfish, or Ruby Carp, which sell for 180–420 gold each.
Expected Profit: One fishing event can earn around 2,000–3,500 gold worth of fish. Running 3 events back-to-back usually gives you 6,000–10,000 gold worth of fish before even selling fireworks or Galaxy Egg rewards.
- Round time: 3:50 minutes
- Group recommended: 3–4 players
- Event cost: 2,000 → 3,000 → 5,000 (resets daily)
- Bonus shoals = instant catch
Each event also gives a Galaxy Egg, which has a chance to drop fireworks worth 800–1,200 gold each.
5. Bug Catching Event (Bait the Bugs)
Bug catching events can yield 20–40 bugs per run depending on swarms and your movement speed. Most bugs sell for 40–120 gold each, and rare variants reach 180–250 gold.
Expected Profit: A single event generally produces 1,200–3,000 gold worth of bugs. With swarms, it can spike as high as 4,000 gold per run.
- Wand breaks often → bring 2–3 repair kits
- Swarms = 3–5× more insects
- Great for completing collection milestones
6. Selling Fireworks (Massive Profit)
Fireworks from Galaxy Eggs and the Pink Gacha Machine are one of the highest-value items in the game. Even the small fireworks typically sell for 900–1,100 gold, and large fireworks sell for 1,800–2,200 gold.
Expected Profit: If you do 3 fishing events, you’ll get 3 Galaxy Eggs — often giving 2,500–5,000 gold in fireworks alone.
7. Gardening (Slow but Reliable)
Gardening becomes one of the most consistent money-making methods once you unlock more soil plots. Every crop in Heartopia has its own growth time, seed cost, sell value, and profit margin, so choosing the right rotation makes a big difference.
Instead of showing just a few crops, here is the complete database with all crop stats (Growth Time, Seed Cost, Sell Price, Profit, Level Requirements, and Notes):
➡ View the Full Heartopia Crop Database Here
Recommended Strategy:
- Plant fast-growing crops (like tomatoes) when you’re actively online so you can replant them frequently.
- Plant slow-growing crops (potatoes, wheat, or high-value late-game crops) before logging off so they’re ready when you return.
- Keep a mix of fast and slow crops to maximize plot uptime.
A bountiful harvest can multiply your yield by 2×–3×, giving a big boost to your profit and making gardening more rewarding as your level increases.
Expected Profit: With around 18 plots, you can earn roughly 1,200–2,000 gold per hour depending on your crop rotation and gardening proficiency.
8. Pet Gifts (Easy Passive Gold)
Cat and dog gifts scale with your caring level. Low levels give 350–700 gold, but at higher levels pets frequently give 2,000–3,000 gold or consumables you can sell.
Expected Profit: Checking your pets 3–4 times per day usually gives around 3,000–6,000 gold/day passively.
More Heartopia Guides
Want to level up faster and earn even more rewards? Check out these helpful guides:
- Heartopia Fishing Guide: All Fish Locations, Levels & Weather
- All Heartopia Animals & Their Favorite Foods
Final Tips
Heartopia rewards active players, exploration, and teamwork. Events like fishing and bug catching give the best returns, while cooking and foraging are perfect for steady income.
If you discover more money-making tricks, share them in the comments—and happy adventuring!