Lingots/Gems
Gems (formerly lingots) are virtual currency on Duolingo used in the shop.[1] They are used to reward people for various accomplishments related to language learning and translation.
Purpose[]
On PC, Lingots can be used to buy:
- Bonus Skills
- Streak Freeze for 10
- Legendary challenge for 10
- Double or Nothing for 5
On iOS, Android, and PC, Gems can be used to buy or reward people:
ㅤㅤ•ㅤDuring the middle of the lesson 450
- Animated Status for 500
- League Repair for 2000
- Double or Nothing for 50
- Timer Boost for 450
ㅤㅤ•ㅤDepending on the value pack 1800 or 4500
- Timed Challenge (0 with Super) for 100
Earning Lingots or Gems[]
Lingots or Gems can be earned in several ways:[2]
- Play every day to get lingots and gems
- Inviting friends: if your friend accepts, you both receive 1 lingot.
- Maintaining a streak: every ten days of a streak, earn an increasing number of lingots. This feature only works for some users.
- Being in the three first places of a League.
- Earned for every achievement you gain, varies depending on the level.
- Achieving a point of a chest at Duolingo path update. (5 Gems)
Exchange Rate[]
- A Complete Exchange Rate from Lingots to Gems is not fixed due to the significant difference between the two currencies.
- During A/B testing that transitions Lingots into Gems with the robot animation, an approximate conversion rate of 20 Gems per Lingot has been observed.
- After a certain amount of Lingots presumably around the 1000 mark they start to lose value during the conversion to Gems to prevent an inflation like problem.
- The maximum amount of gems obtainable from this conversion is 12000.