Steal an Egg Slick Rick: Spawn, Items & Prices (Update 13)

Slick Rick is the new Black Market Dealer in Steal an Egg, and he arrived with Update 13 on November 14, 2026. He spawns at random, most often in the Alien Biome, and sells mutations, weapons and base skins for in-game Cash. The official event window runs until November 16 at 17:00 UTC (12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT), so if you want his stock, you have a short window left.

Here is everything the community has confirmed so far, what is still a guess, and how to decide whether his prices are worth paying.

What Is Slick Rick, and Why Does He Break the Usual NPC Rules?

Most NPCs in Steal an Egg stand in one spot and never leave. Slick Rick does the opposite. He drives in, parks his black van, sells for a few minutes, then vanishes.

That makes him the first timed vendor in the game with no countdown you can plan around. The official description says he comes and goes whenever he pleases, and nobody knows when he will show up or how long he will stay. A banner appears at the top of your screen when he arrives, and that banner is your only warning.

The update also shipped a second feature, the Stormlands biome, which we cover further down because it gives you a free way to get a strong mutation.

When Does Slick Rick Leave? Event Dates and Times

The Black Market Dealer event window is listed as November 14, 15:00 UTC to November 16, 17:00 UTC, which is about 50 hours.

Time zone	Event starts	Event ends
UTC	Nov 14, 15:00	Nov 16, 17:00
Eastern (ET)	Nov 14, 10:00 AM	Nov 16, 12:00 PM
Pacific (PT)	Nov 14, 7:00 AM	Nov 16, 9:00 AM

Two cautions. First, the update went live roughly 75 minutes after the listed start, so the real window is slightly shorter than the listing suggests. Second, the developers have not said whether Slick Rick disappears for good when the window closes or keeps spawning afterward. Treat anything he sells as potentially gone after November 16 until the devs say otherwise.

Where Does Slick Rick Spawn in Steal an Egg?

He spawns at random in the Alien Biome, and the developer said so in the game’s chat on launch day. The Alien Biome needs 250B Speed, so players still climbing the treadmill cannot reach him at all.

Here is what is reported about his behavior:

• Spawn chance: roughly a small chance every 30 minutes during the day cycle.
• Time on the map: reported at about 5 minutes per visit, though the official listing gives no number.
• Server scope: reported as a global spawn, so he can appear on every server at the same moment, and his stock can sell out fast.
• Location: past the Alien Ferryman, near the Lagoon. His van has black bodywork and gold-rimmed wheels.

One guide claims he can also appear in the main lobby or along the edges of other zones. Nobody else has repeated that, so I would not plan around it.

How to catch him without wasting an hour:

1. Park in the Alien Biome and leave the game running during the event window.
2. When the arrival banner fires, head straight for the Lagoon. If you have not made that trip before, the Steal an Egg fishing guide covers the Ferryman route.
3. Carry spare Cash before you go. Stock can run out before you finish deciding.
4. If your server stays quiet for a long time, hop to a fresh one. Servers hold only a handful of players, so hopping costs you very little.

Everything Slick Rick Sells: Full Item List

His shop mixes mutation consumables, bat skins, base skins and vaulted items. The list below combines what the developers announced with what players have photographed in-game.

Category	Items reported so far	Notes
Mutations	Blacklisted, Fractured, Nitro, Spirit Bloom	Blacklisted is the only one tied to Slick Rick
Bat / weapon skins	Enlightened Scythe, Mushroom Sword, Coral Trident, Blossom Katana, Dual Blades	Several are older event cosmetics
Base skins	Sakura, Mushroom, Lunar, Jungle, Coral	Cosmetic only
Other	Fractured Void Crystal	Reported by one player

Stock rotates. If you dislike what he has, a reroll is reported at 49 Robux, though that price comes from a single report and I would confirm it on the prompt before spending.

The big story here is that Slick Rick brings back mutations that were locked behind finished events. Nitro came from the racing event, and Spirit Bloom came from the Sakura Incubator. If you missed those, this is the first time they have been purchasable in a while.

Pre-launch leaks talked about a currency called “Black Market Crystals.” The live game uses Cash, so ignore any guide still telling you to farm crystals.

How Much Do Slick Rick’s Items Cost?

There is no fixed price list, and there cannot be one. His prices scale with your own income. A player with a strong base pays more than a player with a weak one for the same item.

Offers are reported as a number of hours of income rather than a flat figure:

Mutation	Listed price (hours of your income)	Listed quantity
Fractured	0.6 hours	x5
Nitro	0.6 hours	x5
Blacklisted	1.5 hours	x2

That means Blacklisted costs roughly two and a half times what Fractured does, and only two are listed. If you earn $10B per second, one hour of income is $36 trillion, so run the number against your own base before you walk up to the van.

Is the Blacklisted Mutation Worth Buying?

Nobody can answer this fully yet, because the Blacklisted multiplier has not been published. The developers have not released it and the community wiki has not recorded it. Ignore anyone claiming “Blacklisted is x5” until a screenshot of the in-game card shows it.

What we do know about the other mutations, which helps you judge the deal:

• Fractured: about x2.75, and it normally comes from a Mutation Consumable at a low application chance.
• Spirit Bloom: reported between x2.5 and x3 depending on the guide.
• Nitro: the racing event mutation, multiplier not consistently listed.

You can find a running list on the community mutation multipliers page on the Steal an Egg wiki.

Here is the rule I would use to decide. A mutation is worth its price if it pays itself back in a few hours on the pet you put it on. A x2.75 mutation adds 1.75 times that pet’s income. If the pet earns half your total income and the offer costs 3 hours of that income, the payback lands at about 3.4 hours. If the pet earns only a tenth of your income, the same offer takes about 17 hours.

• Buy for your single highest-earning pet or egg.
• Skip mutations for mid-tier pets, because the price follows your whole base while the gain follows one pet.
• Grab Blacklisted if it appears and you can afford it. It is the only dealer-exclusive item, and exclusives in this game tend to stay scarce after their window closes.

Also remember that mutations like this apply to an unhatched egg, not a finished pet. The Dark Matter mutation guide walks through the same placement step.

What Else Came With Update 13? Stormlands, Skyfall and the Stormy Egg

If you cannot reach the Alien Biome yet, Update 13 gives you a free route to a strong mutation instead.

Feature	What it does	Requirement
Stormlands biome	New nest biome between Prehistoric and Cosmic, with 8 pets	150M Speed
Skyfall event	Falling rocks every :00 and :30 for about 5 minutes; pays Thunderstones and Stormglass	Be in Stormlands
Stormy Egg	Limited egg costing 200 Thunderstones, 6 pets, top pet Stormlord Titan at about $5B/s	Available until roughly Nov 21
Thunderous Mutation	About x2.75; 3 Stormglass starts a Storm Rush, then 150 Sparks trade for one	Stormheart Cave

The Thunderous route costs time, not Cash. Three Stormglass needs three Skyfalls, so figure about an hour before your first Spark hunt. That is a real alternative to buying Fractured from the dealer, and it matches its multiplier.

The launch admin abuse, Slick Rick’s Heist, has already ended. Players collected black market crates and escaped with a Rainbow Executive Raccoon, which was a launch-only reward. For the full patch timeline, see the Steal an Egg updates page.

Will Slick Rick Come Back After November 16?

Unknown. The official listing ends on November 16, and the developers have not confirmed whether he becomes a permanent random visitor. The next scheduled event is a Thanksgiving-themed one starting November 21, so the Stormy Egg’s exit and the new event land close together.

My advice is practical: do not hoard Cash waiting for a second visit. If you have a pet worth upgrading and the price fits, buy during this window. If the devs confirm he is permanent, you lose nothing by having bought early on your best pet.

Slick Rick Scams and Codes: Quick Safety Notes

• There are no codes for Update 13. Steal an Egg has no code system, so any “Slick Rick redeem code” is fake.
• His stock exists only inside his van. Anyone selling Blacklisted or dealer items off-platform, or asking for gift cards, is running a scam.
• Other events still run alongside him. Fishing and event rewards, like the ones in the Tidal Surge event, keep rotating, so check the banner before you commit to one activity.