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The Same Pull, Priced by Passport.

The pull currency at the centre of the fastest-growing gacha franchise in the world. HoYoverse publishes regional prices openly on their top-up website. This page converts them daily, normalizes to cost per 100 shards, and measures who pays the most against the US at $14.99.

Benchmark 980 Oneiric Shards, HoYoverse top-up center
Baseline United States, $14.99
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Local prices: stardb.gg Nov 2024 · FX: daily live · Snapshots: daily 02:00 UTC

The 980-shard pack delivers 1,090 total in steady state (including the standing bonus). This index prices the labelled 980-shard base. First-time double bonuses are tracked separately and not included in the primary ranking.

Cheapest market
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Section 01

Implied Cost in US Dollars

The same purchase, in dollars, today.

The US bar at $14.99 is the line. Below it, money buys more pulls. Above it, the identical 980-shard top-up costs more.

Implied USD cost of 800 Robux by market · recalculated on page load against daily FX

Section 02

The Index

The table HoYoverse actually does publish — and most players never look at it.

Local price, converted at today's rate, measured against $14.99. Negative is a discount to the US. Positive is a premium for the same 980-shard bundle.

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Market Local Price (980 Shards) Implied USD Today vs US Baseline Shard-Implied FX Confidence

The rate at which the local 980-shard bundle would cost exactly $14.99. Above the market rate: the tag has drifted cheap. Below it: that market is overpaying for the same pull budget.

Argentina: HoYoverse covers most major markets with local-currency pricing on the official top-up website. Markets billed in USD rather than a local currency are flagged and excluded from the comparison until a local-currency price is confirmed on the official site.

Turkey: Turkey: HoYoverse has historically offered significant Turkey-region discounts. The TRY price fluctuates substantially and is tracked separately as a volatility note, not in the main table.

Section 03

Today's Interpretation

The sentence underneath the numbers.

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Section 04

Drift Over Time

Repegs are events. Everything between is drift.

Vertical jumps were HoYoverse. Everything else was the market. Between adjustments, the real dollar cost of 800 Robux drifts with the exchange rate. This page captures that drift daily.

Tracking started July 22, 2026
Drift data available from July 29, 2026
This index requires 7 days of daily snapshots before the drift chart is meaningful. Check back on July 29, 2026.
Context

How Oneiric Shards Compare in These Markets

Premium or discount vs US baseline for all six indexes, today.

Japan (-24.4%) is one of the deepest discounts across the entire desk. Germany (+37.2%) runs a premium — HoYoverse charges €17.99 for the pack it sells at $14.99 in the US. The same publisher's Genesis Crystals carries an even larger Germany premium (+14.3%) because HoYoverse charges €14.99 there, the same number as USD but in a stronger currency.

CurrencyJapanGermany
Robux
V-Bucks+14.3%
Minecoins+14.3%
Oneiric Shards-24.4%+37.2%
Valorant Points+14.5%
Genesis Crystals-24.4%+14.3%

Premium (+) or discount (-) vs US baseline · all six indexes · live FX · cost per 100 base units

So What?

What This Means for Players

Translating the numbers into plain English.

Oneiric Shards are the pull currency for Honkai: Star Rail's banner system. HoYoverse publishes every regional rate openly on the official top-up website — one of the most transparent pricing structures on this desk. Japan consistently sits at a deep discount because the yen is weak against the dollar. Germany consistently pays a premium because HoYoverse charges €17.99 for the 980-shard pack it sells at $14.99 in the US.

These shards cannot be transferred or cashed out. The pity counter, the banner odds, and the pull budget all stay on the account where the top-up was made. The gap between Japan and Germany for the same 980 shards is the entire spread of this index.

Section 05

Methodology

How this index is built.
  • US price: Roblox web store. Confirmed current. Tagged Official.
  • Regional prices: FoxReload distributor data, May 2026. Tagged Reseller-reported or Contested until direct storefront verification. India prices conflict across sources and are flagged.
  • Exchange rates: Frankfurter. Daily mid-market rates from 84 central banks, fetched on every page load. Falls back to a stamped snapshot if the fetch fails.
  • Storefront: Web store prices only. App-store purchases carry a platform commission and are excluded.
  • It does not claim Roblox is mispricing anything. Regional pricing is deliberate purchasing power adjustment.
  • Part of any gap reflects that policy working as intended, alongside app-store matrices and local tax treatment.
  • Oneiric Shards cannot be transferred between regional accounts. These gaps are not a practical arbitrage route.

Since November 2024, $9.99 on the Roblox web store yields 1,000 Robux due to a 25% bonus. The 800-Robux SKU remains a distinct purchasable tier and is still the labelled bundle in most regional storefronts.

This index benchmarks the 800-Robux bundle. The distinction is intentional: the index measures the bundle price, not the effective yield after bonus.

  • Roblox-set local prices: Roblox denominates the purchase in local currency for certain markets. These appear in the main table.
  • USD-billed with local tax: Markets like Argentina are billed in USD. Local banks apply import taxes and withholding at checkout. This is tracked separately in the Argentina note, not the main table.
Benchmark bundle: 980 Oneiric Shards via HoYoverse top-up center. Baseline: United States at $14.99. Source: stardb.gg (official HoYoverse top-up prices verified 2024-11-01).. FX: Frankfurter (api.frankfurter.dev) · daily mid-market rates from 84 central banks. Price table last audited: 17 July 2026. Verification status shown per row: Official (Roblox storefront), Confirmed (multiple independent sources), Reseller-reported (provisional, single distributor), Contested (sources diverge by 30%+ and require primary-source verification before treating as authoritative). Argentina and Turkey are excluded from the main table on structural grounds; see note in Section 01.

The Oneiric Shards Index is independent analysis by Llama & Griffin, not affiliated with or endorsed by HoYoverse or miHoYo. The Oneiric Shards name refers to the product. Nothing on this page sells, resells, or advises on acquiring Oneiric Shards.

Section 06

The Reframe

Pull currency. Transparent pricing. Thirteen markets.

Gacha pricing is transparent by design: HoYoverse publishes every regional rate on their top-up website. Most players never look across markets. This page does it for them. The same 980 shards, the same pull probability, the same pity counter — different real money, depending on passport. Not what 980 Oneiric Shards costs. Who is asked to pay the most for the identical pull budget, and how quietly the gap moves.

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