Special prizes are items that are very popular in the real world. Only hard-working and lucky people will have a chance to find a special prize, as they can only be found when mining volcanoes and searching through ruins. Currently the special prizes range from Amazon.com gift certificates to iPods and a portable DVD player! Finding a special prize in the game is extremely rare; only 75 players have found a special prize ever since the game debuted in August of 2006. The first two winners found an iPod; 73 players have found an Amazon.com gift certificate. The total was worth $525 USD.