How to Get Shooting Star in Steal an Egg (2026 Guide)

You can get a Shooting Star in Steal an Egg two ways. Either you catch the rare nightly Shooting Star event that can roll on any server, or you buy up to five a week from Stellaris the Star Handler at Spawn using Robux. The free route pays every eligible player in the server, but only if you were already there when the in-game day began. The paid route is guaranteed, capped, and resets every Saturday.

That’s the whole system in a paragraph. Below you’ll find where each route breaks down, what the shop appears to cost, and what to check when a night passes and no star falls.

Shooting Star, Mount Star, Starfall: Is It All the Same Item?

Yes, and the naming is the first thing that trips people up. The patch notes say Shooting Star. A lot of player guides say Mount Star, or just “Star.” The nightly event gets called the Shooting Star event, Starfall, or the Star Drop, depending on who’s writing.

It’s one item with one job. A Shooting Star turns a single pet into a rideable mount, and it’s consumed the moment you use it. Each extra mount needs its own star.

Detail	What the patch notes say
Item name	Shooting Star (also called Mount Star)
What it does	Turns one pet into a mount
Uses per star	1, consumed on use
Free source	Rare nightly Shooting Star event
Paid source	Stellaris the Star Handler, up to 5 per week
Can it be undone?	No

How Does the Free Shooting Star Event Work?

Every in-game night carries a small chance of a Shooting Star event. When it fires, the sky turns darker and a star falls, and every eligible player on that server receives a Shooting Star. You aren’t racing anyone for it, and nobody can steal it from you the way they can grab an egg.

The catch is the word “rare.” The developers haven’t published the odds, so nobody can tell you how many night cycles you’ll sit through before one lands. Treat it as a bonus that may or may not show up during your session, not as a schedule you can plan around.

Two more things worth knowing:

• It rolls per server. Your friend’s server can get a star while yours stays quiet.
• Delivery reports differ. Some players say the star lands straight in their inventory. Others describe it appearing on the map for you to pick up. Watch for the on-screen announcement and check your hotbar.

Who Actually Qualifies? The In-Game Day Rule Explained

The patch notes are blunt about this: server hopping to find stars won’t work. To receive a star, you must have been in the server from the start of that in-game day. Joining halfway through a night doesn’t count, even if the event fires seconds later.

That rule flips the usual Roblox instinct. Hopping from lobby to lobby hunting for an event is the one habit that guarantees you miss it.

Situation	Do you get a star?
You were in the server when the day began and the event fires	Yes
You joined mid-night and the event fires	No
You hopped servers during the night to chase an event	No
Another server rolls the event and yours doesn’t	Only that server’s players

The practical habit is simple. Pick a server, stay through a full day-and-night cycle, and keep your pen earning while you wait. If you plan to switch servers, do it before a new day starts, not in the middle of one.

How to Buy Shooting Stars From Stellaris (Step by Step)

Stellaris the Star Handler is a new NPC who stands at Spawn. Stellaris is the reliable route, which is exactly why the shop comes with a weekly purchase limit.

1. Head to Spawn and find Stellaris.
2. Talk to Stellaris and choose View Stars to open the star shop.
3. Pick a bundle. The shop offers 1, 3 or 5 stars at a time.
4. Confirm the Robux purchase on the Roblox prompt.
5. Equip the star from your inventory when you’re ready to use it.

Here’s what is and isn’t confirmed about the shop:

Detail	Status
Weekly limit	5 stars, confirmed in the patch notes
Limit reset	Every Saturday
Bundle sizes	1, 3 or 5, per player reports
Price of a 5-star bundle	About 1,399 Robux, reported by several guides
Price of 1- and 3-star bundles	Not confirmed

If the 1,399 figure holds, that works out to roughly 280 Robux per star. That’s my own division, not a published price, and the developers can change shop prices between patches. Check the number on the shop screen before you pay, not an old screenshot.

How Many Shooting Stars Can You Realistically Get in a Week?

The patch notes give you one hard number, five from the shop, and one unknown, the free event. So the real answer depends on how you play.

Approach	Stars per week	Cost
Free event only	Unknown, rare	0 Robux
Stellaris only	Up to 5	About 1,399 Robux (reported, 5-pack)
Both	Up to 5, plus any free drops	Same as above

There’s one wrinkle worth pointing out. Because the limit resets every Saturday, you could buy a full five late in one week and another five right after the reset, which means up to ten stars across a couple of days. That’s arithmetic from the stated rule, not something the developers have described, and the exact reset minute hasn’t been published. Don’t count on it to the hour.

Should You Wait for the Free Star or Pay for One?

Wait if you’re patient and only want one mount. Pay if you want several quickly or can’t spare the server time.

My reasoning is simple. Mounts are cosmetic right now: no Speed bonus, no extra carry weight, no help against guardians. That makes a purchased star a style purchase, not a progression one, and nothing in Update 8 locks your progress behind it. So one mount on a pet you love is the sweet spot, and buying five for five pets is hard to justify unless the look genuinely matters to you. That’s an opinion, not a game rule, and it could change if the developers give mounts real gameplay value later.

If you’re chasing the Enchanted Forest and its 50B Speed recommendation, spend your time on the treadmill instead. A star won’t shortcut it.

Why Didn’t I Get a Shooting Star? Five Things to Check

If a night passed and nothing arrived, run through this list before assuming something broke.

• You joined mid-day. Only players present from the start of the in-game day qualify.
• You server hopped. Changing servers during the night disqualifies you, per the patch notes.
• The event simply didn’t roll. It’s rare and per server, so a quiet night is normal.
• You missed it in your inventory. Look at your hotbar and the announcement before assuming it didn’t drop.
• You expected a race reward. Racing doesn’t pay stars, which is covered next.

Do Race Wins Give You Shooting Stars?

No. This is the most common mix-up, because Update 8 launched mounts and the Racing Event together. They’re separate systems with separate rewards.

The race pays Trophies and moves you along a Win Pass that unlocks five racer pets. Those are exclusive race mounts, and they don’t cost a Shooting Star. Trophies buy boosters, the Racing Bat and the Nitro mutation, none of which are stars. So if you want a mount for your favorite pet, you need a star. If you just want to race, you don’t.

What to Do With Your First Shooting Star

Slow down before you use it. The change is permanent, there’s no button to get the star back, and a wasted one can cost you a week of waiting or a chunk of Robux.

A few ground rules that hold up across the guides:

• Pick a pet you plan to keep. Don’t spend a star on something you might fuse or sell.
• Use a pet that’s equipped in your pen. Riding reportedly only works for equipped pets.
• Finish any mutation work first. A mutation has to be applied to an unhatched egg, so settle that before you decide on a mount.

Players report that a mounted pet can still sit in your pen and earn income. The patch notes don’t actually say so, though, so if you only have one star, a lower earner is the cautious choice.

Once it’s converted, the steps for actually riding are covered in our guide on how to ride pets, and the full launch rundown lives in the mounts update breakdown.

What Could Change Before the Halloween Dimension Lands?

The patch notes close by telling players to come back next week for the Halloween Dimension expansion, which the game’s official Roblox event listing puts on Saturday, October 17. That’s also a Saturday reset, so expect the Stellaris limit to refresh the same day.

Nothing has been published about new uses for mounts or stars in that update. One outlet speculated that the developers could trigger Shooting Stars during an Admin Abuse event, but that’s a guess, not something the patch notes mention. For now, treat the two routes above as the only confirmed ways to get a star, and watch the Steal an Egg updates log for changes to the weekly limit or the event odds.

If you want to try the free route yourself, load into the Roblox experience before the next day begins and stay in one server. The developers also keep a Mounts event Roblox where the official details are posted.