How to Get Stars in Steal an Egg (Free & Robux, 2026)

To get Stars in Steal an Egg, you have two options: catch the random Star Drop that can trigger on any in-game night, or buy up to five a week from Stellaris the Star Handler at spawn for Robux. Each Star turns one pet into a rideable mount, and it’s consumed the moment you use it.

That’s the whole system in two lines. The details below cover where the free route breaks down, what the shop really costs, and which pet deserves your Star.

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What Are Stars in Steal an Egg (and Why Do They Have Three Names)?

Stars arrived with Update 8, the same patch that added rideable pets and the Racing Event. The first thing that trips players up is the naming. The official patch notes say Shooting Stars. The shop calls them Mount Stars. Most players just say “Star.”

They’re all the same item. The nightly event shows up as the Shooting Star event, the Star Drop or Starfall, depending on who you ask. One item, one event, a few labels.

The only job a Star has is to convert a pet into a mount. If you’ve been following the mounts update since the teaser, this is the answer to the question nobody could answer before launch: how do you actually get a mount?

How to Get Stars for Free: The Nightly Star Drop

Every in-game night, the game rolls a rare chance for a Star Drop on your server. When it triggers, the sky darkens and a star falls from above. Every eligible player in that server gets their own Star, so there’s no racing other players for it and no stealing.

The part that matters most: you have to be in the server from the start of that in-game day. Joining mid-night won’t count.

A few things worth knowing before you plan around it:

It’s per server, not global. Your server can have a Star Drop while the next one over doesn’t.
Server hopping doesn’t work. Jumping servers to chase a drop makes you ineligible, because you weren’t there when the day began.
Reports differ on delivery. Some players describe the Star landing in your inventory, others describe a star spawning somewhere on the map that you carry back to your base. Be ready to look for yours.
The exact odds aren’t published. One report suggests the roll happens roughly every five minutes during the night, but that’s unconfirmed. Don’t count on a fixed schedule.

In practice, the free route rewards patience. Pick a server, stay put through the night cycle, and keep your pen running while you wait. Your income doesn’t pause just because you’re waiting on a Star.

Can You Buy Stars in Steal an Egg?

Yes. Stellaris the Star Handler stands near spawn. Talk to the NPC and choose View Stars to open the shop. It sells Stars for Robux in bundles of 1, 3 or 5.

Detail	What we know
Where to buy	Stellaris the Star Handler, at spawn
Weekly limit	5 Stars per week
Price for 5 Stars	1,399 Robux
Limit reset	Saturdays
Price of 1- and 3-Star bundles	Not confirmed

The weekly cap means you can’t bulk-buy your way to a full mounted roster in one sitting. Five a week is the ceiling, and that’s before you count any free Star Drops.

What Are Stars in Steal an Egg (and Why Do They Have Three Names)?

If you’re weighing Robux spending, treat Stars the way you’d treat limited Robux eggs like the Extinction Egg: a premium option, not a requirement. Nothing in Update 8 locks progression behind a purchased Star.

How to Use a Star on Your Pet

Once a Star is in your inventory, the process takes under a minute:

Equip the Star from your inventory.
Walk up to a pet in your pen. You’ll get a prompt to feed the Star to it.
Confirm on the Apply Star screen. A warning appears first, so read it.
Click Yes. The pet becomes a mount and the Star is gone.

Two rules to burn into memory. Each Star works once, so a second mount needs a second Star. And the change can’t be undone. Once a pet is a mount, it stays a mount.

Which Pet Should You Turn Into a Mount?

This is the decision that deserves five minutes of thought, because the conversion is permanent.

A mounted pet can still sit in your pen and earn money. That means your Star isn’t competing with your income, as long as you pick a pet you’d keep anyway. Choose your highest-earning pet or your favorite one. Turning a throwaway pet into a mount just wastes the Star.

There’s a practical catch too. Riding appears to work only for pets that are equipped in your pen, so a pet sitting in storage isn’t going to help you. Fusing or selling a mounted pet hasn’t been tested widely, so it’s safest to leave your mount alone once it’s made. If you’re building toward a rare mutation, the Enchanted Mutation route is worth finishing on that pet’s egg before the pet hatches.

How Do You Ride Your Mount?

Open the equipped pets menu on the right side of the screen. Find your mounted pet, and a green Ride button sits above Unequip. Press it and you’re on.

While riding, a Dismount button appears. Tap it to hop off.

Do Stars or Mounts Make You Faster?

No. That was the big open question before launch, and the answer turned out to be less exciting than players hoped. Mounts don’t boost your Speed, change how you carry a heavy egg, or open shortcuts. They’re a visual flex with an aura, and nothing more for now.

That matters for the Robux decision. If you were hoping a mount would help you clear the 50B Speed gate on the Enchanted Forest, it won’t. Keep treadmill training as your Speed plan.

Where Do Mounts Matter? The Racing Event

Riding does have one real use: the Racing Event. A race portal opens every 30 minutes in one of the biomes, and you ride around a three-lap track with speed boost pads and pickups, in a setup that feels closer to a boss-fight portal like the Dr. Scramble encounter than a normal egg run.

Winning a race earns you 1 Win and 2,500 Trophies. Trophies buy boosters, the Nitro Mutation and a Racing Bat from the event shop, and Wins unlock a pass of racer pets. You start with an Ostrich as your base racer, and there’s no minimum Speed requirement to enter. One report says the event only runs for a limited time, so check the in-game announcement before you plan around it.

Free Star Drops or Robux: Which Route Makes Sense?

If you’re patient, go free. The nightly drop gives every eligible player a Star at no cost, and a single mount is all most players need. Robux only makes sense if you want several mounts quickly, or you can’t spare the server time.

Either way, skip the temptation to buy five Stars for five pets. Since mounts don’t affect gameplay power, one mount on your best pet is the sweet spot.

What Could Change After Update 8?

The developers have already teased a second Halloween-themed drop, so Stars and mounts may pick up new uses. Mounted pets could get real gameplay value later, but nothing is confirmed. For now, treat Stars as a cosmetic and racing item, and watch the Steal an Egg updates log for any change to the weekly limit or the Star Drop odds.

If you want to check the live drop for yourself, jump into the Roblox experience before the next night cycle starts and stay in one server.

Frequently Asked Questions

There are two ways. Stay in one server through the night and catch the random Star Drop, which gives every eligible player a Star, or buy Stars from Stellaris the Star Handler at spawn using Robux. You must be in the server from the start of that in-game day, so server hopping to find a drop won’t count.

Stellaris the Star Handler sells up to 5 Stars per week, and the limit resets on Saturdays. Five Stars cost 1,399 Robux. The shop also offers bundles of 1 and 3, but the price of those smaller bundles has not been confirmed.

No. Each Star is consumed the moment you use it, and each one turns a single pet into a mount. The change is permanent, so pick a pet you plan to keep. A mounted pet can still sit in your pen and keep earning income.

No. The Star Drop only rewards players who were in the server from the start of that in-game day. If you jump into a server mid-night to chase a drop, you won’t be eligible. Pick one server and stay put through the night cycle.

No. Mounts don’t boost your Speed or change how you carry eggs. They are a visual flex with an aura, plus the way you ride in the Racing Event. Keep training on the treadmill if you want to reach higher Speed gates.