Floor Is Lava Coins: Earning & Spending
Coins are earned from pickups, not just from climbing, and there's a real cost to dying — here's exactly how the economy works.
How you earn coins
Only green platforms carry a collectible coin — each pickup is worth a base 20 coins, and this rate is the same in Cavern mode as everywhere else. Simply climbing higher doesn't earn coins on its own; you need to actually collect them from green platforms as you pass.
You can also claim a once-a-day "2× Coins" bonus by watching a rewarded ad — this doubles your coin earnings for your next run, but it's only available to signed-in accounts, not guests. That's just one of several free bonus-coin systems — see free bonus rewards for the daily login streak, comeback gifts, and the Mystery Box too.
How you lose coins
Dying costs you a death penalty of up to 30 coins (never more than you actually have, and never pushing you negative). This applies across modes — it's not limited to Climber. The one exception is Practice Mode, which has no coin penalty at all. Premium waives this penalty entirely. Power-ups always reset to zero on death regardless of Premium status, separately from the coin penalty.
Losing a Versus race carries its own separate 30-coin loss penalty, also waived by Premium, or refundable by watching a rewarded ad after the loss.
Where coins get spent
- Buying power-ups from the Shop or on the spot during a run.
- Buying into the rock-paper-scissors mini-game isn't a coin cost — that's a way to try to keep coins you'd otherwise lose after a death.
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Tips
- Claim the once-daily 2× Coins bonus before a run you're planning to push hard on — it only applies to signed-in accounts.
- If you're not Premium, remember death costs up to 30 coins — worth factoring in before a risky jump near the top of a good run.
- Practice Mode is the one place to climb with zero coin risk if you're just testing your reflexes.