Steal an Egg beginner guide

The whole game is one loop: steal eggs → hatch pets → pets pay income → income buys Speed → Speed unlocks biomes → better eggs. Here's how to run that loop without wasting hours, plus the events that separate a slow grind from a fast one.

  1. Steal your first eggs in the Forest

    Grab whatever's unguarded at first — commons like the Chicken ($1/s) and Dog ($2/s) hatch in ~30 seconds. Learn the grab animation timing: you're slow while carrying, and guardians knock you over on contact.

  2. Hatch and place pets — that's your income

    Put the egg in your pen and wait out the hatch. Placed pets pay passive cash per second (see the value list). More pens, more pets, more money — reinvest early and often.

  3. Train Speed on the treadmill — it gates everything

    Speed is the metric that opens biomes and wins chases. Each new biome has a Speed floor; showing up under-geared is a walking donation. Treadmill time is the best early investment in the game.

  4. Camp the 5-minute egg reset

    Eggs respawn on a 5-minute cycle, and Secret/Eternal/Divine spawns are announced server-wide. Being in the right biome at reset is most of the battle — the live timers tell you exactly when.

  5. Steal from other players — carefully

    Player steals skip the biome grind entirely, but you inherit a fight with someone who knows their own base. Only raid bases well below your Speed, and watch your own pen — it works both ways.

  6. Fuse three matching pets

    Fusion triples up: three identical pets become one stronger pet. It's free value — a fast way to turn a lucky triple-spawn into your new income anchor.

  7. Run the Rift every 30 minutes

    Rifts open on a 30-minute cycle. The Abyssal Overlord drops Boss Tokens for the Boss Shop — Rift-exclusive egg pools and Fractured mutations for placed eggs. This is the best reward-per-minute in the game.

  8. Rebirth when income plateaus

    Rebirth resets progress for permanent multipliers. When a full session stops moving your income, rebirth — the multipliers pay the reset back quickly. Don't rebirth mid-biome push.

Biome route & what to farm

Progression order (Speed-gated): Forest Lake Desert Jungle Snow Volcano Abyss Ocean Prehistoric Cosmic Cherry Blossom Titan Temple

Rule of thumb: farm the current biome's best Legendary before pushing on — it funds the Speed for the next gate. Verified standouts along the way: Brr Brr Patapim ($1.8K/s), Lava Iguana ($11K/s), Mammoth ($42K/s), Beluga Whale ($850K/s), Bronto ($1.5M/s). Full table on the value list.

Mistakes that cost hours

Skipping treadmill days

Entering a biome under its Speed floor turns every steal into a death march. Grind the gate first.

Ignoring your pen

While you raid, others raid you. A stolen best-pet is hours lost — check placements before long farm sessions.

Chasing Secrets too early

Secret/Eternal/Divine eggs hatch in 12–36 hours and need top Speed to even reach. Mid-tier consistency beats lottery tickets.

Missing Saturday windows

Admin Abuse windows and update-day spawns are the richest free moments of the week. Set a Saturday alert.

One-page cheat sheet: treadmill → biome's best Legendary → Rift every 30 min → fuse triples → rebirth on plateau → Saturday alerts on. That's 90% of optimal play. Want codes? There are none — here's why and what to grind instead.