Providing virtual items configured to facilitate temporary resource requirement reduction in an online game

A system for facilitating activities in an online game, the system comprising

• one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
• execute an instance of a game space in which the online game takes place, and to implement the instance of the game space to facilitate participation of players in the online game via interaction of the players with the game space and/or each other by executing game actions on behalf of the players in the game space in response to receiving player requests over a network from client computing platforms associated with the players, the executed game actions including game actions whose initiations require resource requirements;
• manage players accounts associated with individual players in the game space, the player accounts comprising player information regarding individual players, the player information including information indicating balances of stored consideration associated with the individual players, the player accounts including a first player account;
• provide, through a store interface, offers to sell instances of a first resource requirement reduction item for purchase by the players;
• and
• receive over the network from the client computing platforms associated with the players, activation requests and responsive to receiving the activation requests, activate the instances of the first resource requirement reduction item purchased by the players in the online game such that responsive to purchase of a first instance of the first resource requirement reduction item by the first player, and further in response to a request to activate the first instance of the first resource requirement reduction item from the first player, the first instance of the first resource requirement reduction item is activated in the online game resulting in resource requirements for initiating game actions requested by the first player being reduced.