G-Coin in PUBG: How the Currency and Xbox Price Work

21 August 2026 · 7 min read

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G-Coin is the in-game currency of PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, and since update 9.1 it’s been the only way to buy an item in the game’s shop. The process has two steps: first you buy a currency package with real money, then you spend that currency inside the game. Buying an individual item directly with cash is no longer possible.

Below is how this mechanic actually works, the one price confirmed on the official Xbox page, what the promised bonus means, and — separately — what we’re not prepared to claim about G-Coin.

Two Steps Instead of One

Before update 9.1, buying an item in PUBG was a single step: you saw something, you paid for it. Update 9.1 removed that model. Now there’s an intermediate link between your bank card and the item — G-Coin.

Here’s how it works:

1. Step one — conversion. You buy a G-Coin package in your platform’s store with real money.
2. Step two — spending. The currency sits on your account, and you use it to pay in the in-game shop.

The difference isn’t cosmetic. In the single-step model, you pay exactly for what you want. In the two-step model, the purchase amount and the package amount almost never line up perfectly — leftover currency stays on your account waiting for the next purchase. That’s standard logic for game currencies, and it’s exactly why it’s worth building the habit of checking prices first: look at what the item you want costs, then pick your package.

Packages: From 100 to 10,000 Units

The official announcement on Steam describes the package line-up as a range — from 100 to 10,000 G-Coin. So there are small denominations for a single modest purchase and large ones aimed at players stocking up in advance.

What that announcement does not spell out is the full list of denominations in between and the price of each. So we’re not listing the “steps” of the line-up or package prices, except for the one we managed to verify on a product page.

Source for the range: G-Coin announcement in PUBG news on Steam.

The Only Price We’ve Confirmed on Xbox

One row in the table isn’t a formatting error. It’s exactly how many prices we’ve been able to cross-check against an official store page. Prices for the other packages exist, but until we’ve seen them on an official page, they won’t appear here — not even as a rough estimate.

One more thing to note: $4.99 is the price from the English-language Xbox Store page. Xbox stores show prices in local currency depending on your account’s region, and we have not checked what this package converts to on regional store pages. So don’t treat $4.99 as a universal price for your region — open the product page from your own account and check for yourself.

The “Up to $12” Bonus: What It Actually Means

The announcement includes one more point: depending on the package chosen, a player can receive up to $12 in bonus G-Coin on top of the purchase amount.

Let’s unpack the wording, because this is exactly where it’s easiest to assume more than was actually said:

• “Up to” is a ceiling, not a rule. It’s the maximum you can get, not an amount added to every purchase.
• “Depending on the package chosen” — the bonus size is tied to the denomination. It’s reasonable to expect a smaller package to carry a smaller bonus than the largest one, but there’s no exact “package → bonus” table in the announcement, and we won’t invent one.
• The bonus is named in dollars, even though it’s paid out in G-Coin. How exactly that converts for other regional currencies isn’t stated in the announcement.

There’s exactly one practical takeaway here: if you’ve already decided to spend a large amount, it’s worth checking what bonus the specific package page shows at the moment of purchase, and comparing a few denominations against each other. Don’t treat the $12 figure as a guarantee.

How to Buy G-Coin on Xbox

The general purchase flow looks like this:

1. Open the page for the package you want — either through the store on the console itself, or via the Xbox Store website while signed into your account.
2. Check that it’s a package for PUBG specifically, and for the exact denomination you want. Stores often list very similarly named products side by side.
3. Check the final price in your currency and any bonus shown on the page — before confirming payment, not after.
4. Pay using the method linked to your Xbox account.
5. Launch the game, open the shop, and spend the currency.

⚠️ We’re deliberately not describing in-game menu labels or quoting Xbox page wording verbatim. The shop interface changes with patches — what you see on screen right now matters more than any description in an article. Keeping track of what changes in the game is easier with our PUBG updates and patches guide.

What We’re Not Claiming

This is the most important section of this piece. There are plenty of confident claims about G-Coin online that aren’t backed by an official page. Here’s what won’t be in this article:

• Prices of specific items in the shop. The line-up updates constantly, and any price written down today will be wrong tomorrow.
• A “this many G-Coin = this many items” exchange rate. We haven’t seen an official document that fixes such a ratio.
• Prices of any package other than 500 G-Coin on Xbox. Not confirmed on an official page — not written here.
• Prices on PlayStation, Steam, or mobile versions. These figures aren’t in our sources.
• Whether the G-Coin balance carries over between platforms. The question isn’t addressed in our sources — neither “yes” nor “no.”
• The refund policy for purchased currency. These are platform store rules, not game rules, and they fall outside the sources we’ve verified.
• Whether the bonus is permanent or tied to a specific period. The announcement doesn’t clarify this.

If you come across a site confidently stating all of these figures, ask it for the official page. More often than not, there won’t be one.

What to Check Before Buying

Having a paid shop isn’t the same as mandatory spending. The core game and its monetisation are a separate topic, and our guide on free-to-play PUBG and PUBG Plus will help you work out what’s available without paying anything.

If a child uses the account, in-game purchases are far easier to control through the platform account’s settings than through agreements alone. For context on the relevant restrictions, see our guide on PUBG’s age rating.

Currency doesn’t affect match outcomes. It doesn’t change how you shoot or how you move. If the goal is to play better rather than look better, your time is better spent on FPS settings or on our breakdown of weapon classes.

In Short

G-Coin has been the mandatory middleman between your money and an item in the PUBG shop since update 9.1: packages are sold in a range from 100 to 10,000 units, some denominations carry up to $12 in bonus currency, and the only price confirmed on an official Xbox page is $4.99 for 500 G-Coin. Check everything else — including prices for the remaining packages and the cost of specific items — in your own store before paying.