KinzCash
Kind
Currency of Webkinz World


KinzCash is the money of Webkinz World. A few files spell it "Kinzcash".[1]

Getting and spending it

The site's tour for newcomers says that a new owner starts with 2000 KinzCash, to be used to redecorate the pet's room and to buy furniture, clothes and food for the pet from the W Shop.[2][2] It names two ways of earning more: answering questions in Quizzy's Question Corner and playing in the Arcade.[2][2] The files give no prices.

Rates in the Arcade

Each Arcade game turned points into KinzCash at its own rate, stated in its instructions, and showed the result on the closing screen under "KinzCash Awarded".[3] The table gives every rate that can be read in the preserved files. Where the currency column says "not named", the readable text has only "1 for every" so many points.

Game Points for 1 KinzCash Currency in the text
Webkinz Mini Golf 1[4] KinzCash
Picnic 5[5] KinzCash
Ant Mania: Picnic 2 15[6] KinzCash
Booger Gets an A 16[7] not named
Tile Towers 20[8] not named
Color Storm 25[9] not named
Fijit Friends Newbies: Rockin' Newbies 25[10] KinzCash
Cash Cow 2 30[11] not named
Where's Wacky 35[12] KinzCash
Dex Dangerous and the Lunar Lugbotz! 40[13] KinzCash
Home Before Dark 40[14] KinzCash
Rockerz Backstage Run 40[15] KinzCash
Lily Padz 50[16] KinzCash
Bananza 60[17] KinzCash
Candy Bash 2: ¡Viva Poncho! 75[18] not named
Hungry Hog 2: Pinky's Big Adventure 75[19] not named
Lily Padz 2: Downpourz 75[20] KinzCash
Bananza: Tropical Troubles 80[21] KinzCash
Pumpkin Patch Protector 120[22] KinzCash
Lunch Letters 125[23] KinzCash
Zacky's Quest 125[24] KinzCash
Pizza Palace 175[25] KinzCash
Goober's Lab 200[26] KinzCash
Polar Plunge 250[27] KinzCash
Triple Strike Solitaire 250[28] KinzCash
Operation Gumball 300[29] not named
Wacky Zingoz 350[30] not named
Wacky Zingoz Extreme 350[1] Kinzcash
Wacky's Bullseye Batter 400[31] KinzCash

The rates say nothing by themselves about which game paid best, since the games score points on very different scales. In four games (Candy Bash, Go Go Googles!, Tulip Trouble 2 and Bamboo Break) no rate can be read.

Other ways games paid

WebKinz Pool paid KinzCash for every ball sunk and added "Prize Money" at the end.[32] The jigsaw paid on completion.[33] In Wacky Zingoz Extreme each coin collected in flight was worth one KinzCash on top of the score.[1] Picnic paid more on its harder settings.[5]

Losing it

A player who quit a two-player game received nothing: "You have quit the game. You will receive no KinzCash."[34] A score judged impossibly high was not submitted and earned nothing.[35] If a game broke down, some games promised that "Your current score and KinzCash will be submitted".[36]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The game file www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/wze.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The game file Webkinz Site Tour 2008/content/www.webkinz.com/XML/L10N/US_EN/siteTour.xml, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  3. ↑ The game file Ant Mania_ Picnic 2/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/Game_Over_600x450.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  4. ↑ The game file Webkinz Mini Golf/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/Inst_minigolf_hack.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 The game file Picnic/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/inst_Picnic_hack.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  6. ↑ The game file Ant Mania_ Picnic 2/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/antManiaInstructions_hack.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  7. ↑ The game file Booger Gets an A/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/Instr_Booger_Gets_An_A_hack.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  8. ↑ The game file Tile Towers/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/inst_Tile_Towers_hack.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  9. ↑ The game file Color Storm/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/Instr_ColorStorm_hack.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  10. ↑ The game file Fijit Friends Newbies_ Rockin' Newbies/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/rockingNewbiesIcecapAdventureInstructions.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  11. ↑ The game file Cash Cow 2/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/cashCow2Instructions.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  12. ↑ The game file Where's Wacky/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/Inst_Wheres_Wacky.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  13. ↑ The game file Dex Dangerous and the Lunar Lugbotz!/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/lunarLugbotzInstructions.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  14. ↑ The game file Home Before Dark/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/inst_Home_Before_Dark_hack.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  15. ↑ The game file Rockerz Backstage Run/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/inst_RockerzBackstageDash_hack.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  16. ↑ The game file Lily Padz/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/lilyInstructions.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  17. ↑ The game file Bananza/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/bananzaInstructions.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  18. ↑ The game file Candy Bash 2_ ¡Viva Poncho!/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/candyBash2Instructions.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  19. ↑ The game file Hungry Hog 2_ Pinky's Big Adventure/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/Instr_HungryHog_2_hack.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  20. ↑ The game file Lily Padz 2_ Downpourz/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/lilyPadz2Instructions.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  21. ↑ The game file Bananza_ Tropical Troubles/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/Inst_Bananza2_hack.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  22. ↑ The game file Pumpkin Patch Protector/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/pppInstructions.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  23. ↑ The game file Lunch Letters/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/lunchLettersInstructions.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  24. ↑ The game file Zacky's Quest/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/zq_instructions.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  25. ↑ The game file Pizza Palace/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/pizzaPalace_Instruct.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  26. ↑ The game file Goober's Lab/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/goober_instruction_hack.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  27. ↑ The game file Polar Plunge/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/polarPlungeInstructions_hack.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  28. ↑ The game file Triple Strike Solitaire/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/tripleStrikeSolitaireInstructions_hack.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  29. ↑ The game file Operation Gumball/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/operationGumballInstructions.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  30. ↑ The game file Wacky Zingoz/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/zingozInstructions_hacked.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  31. ↑ The game file Wacky's Bullseye Batter/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/bullsEyeBatterInstructions.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  32. ↑ The game file WebKinz Pool/content/assets.webkinz.com/swf/item/1676/poolInstructions.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  33. ↑ The game file Webkinz Breaking Newz Jigsaw Puzzle/content/assets.webkinz.com/swf/item/1587/sfunction.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  34. ↑ The game file Operation Gumball/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/operationGumball_hack.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  35. ↑ The game file www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/arcade.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  36. ↑ The game file Candy Bash/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/candyBash_hack.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).