Catch an Egg is an incremental Roblox simulation game developed by DevX Studio Official where players chase mobile eggs across varied zones, carry them back to base pens, and hatch them into income-generating pets. Progressing through the game requires balancing running speed, base pen space, gear upgrades, and rebirth milestones to access higher-tier eggs and map regions.
How to Catch Eggs and Avoid Map Guardians
In Catch an Egg, wild eggs actively run across zones such as the Forest, Desert, and Ocean. To capture an egg, you must physically catch up to it and interact with it, then carry it back to your base pen to hatch.
Egg rarity and difficulty scale across several tiers, including Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary, Mythic, and Eternal. Higher-rarity eggs run significantly faster and enforce minimum speed or gear thresholds before they can be secured:
- Speed Requirements: Standard Common eggs can be grabbed at starting speeds, while chasing down Epic eggs requires at least 2,000 speed. Legendary and higher eggs move even faster across open ground.
- Hunting Nets: Certain areas require designated equipment. For instance, entering and hunting in the Desert requires upgrading through nets, such as the Strong Net Cat for 3,000,000 in-game cash.
- Hostile Guardians: High-tier eggs spawn near aggressive map creatures that actively chase and attack players. Documented threats include an aggressive duck and goose (with high-tier eggs requiring upwards of 900 speed to escape), scorpions, sharks in water zones, and a T-Rex.
- Distraction Tactics: When playing in multiplayer servers, players frequently cooperate by having one runner lure the guardian away while another steals the egg from its nest.
Hatching Pets, Timers, and Pen Management
Once an egg is brought to your base, place it onto an open pen slot to begin the hatching process.
- Base Slot Limits: Players start with 4 pet slots in their base pen. Unlocking a 5th slot costs 40,000 in-game cash at the base upgrade sign, while additional slots can also be purchased permanently through gamepasses.
- Hatch Timers: Hatch durations scale directly with egg rarity and size. Small, common eggs hatch in 10 to 13 seconds. Larger rare and epic eggs require 1 to 7 minutes. High-tier eggs take 12, 13, 15, 20, or even 30 minutes to hatch.
- Night Cycle Multiplier: During the game's night phase, egg hatching timers accelerate dramatically, increasing speed progression by up to 30 times.
- Pet Cash Generation: Hatched pets produce cash per second automatically. Early pets like common chickens provide small earnings (such as 4 to 17 cash), mid-tier pets generate tens of thousands (such as a pepper pet giving 57,000 cash), and high-tier pets produce millions (such as a Saturn cow generating up to 2,000,000 cash).
- Selling Excess Pets: When base pen space fills up, open the base shop interface to sell redundant pets individually or using the sell-all function to recoup funds.
- Pet Fusing: The base includes a fuse machine that allows players to combine three pets of the same kind into stronger variants.
Speed Upgrades, Treadmills, and Index Rewards
Movement speed dictates your ability to catch fleeing eggs and escape hostile guardians. Catch an Egg offers multiple avenues to boost speed:
The Base Treadmill
Near your base, you can purchase a running treadmill at a signpost for 1,000 in-game cash. Stepping onto the treadmill automatically trains walking speed.
- The base treadmill displays integrated short-form video clips on screen while you walk, which can be muted or toggled off using the on-screen controls to avoid copyrighted audio.
- The treadmill can be upgraded sequentially for cash (such as 1,000,000 and 200,000,000 upgrades). Each upgrade increases the speed gained per step, scaling from an initial +2 per step up to +5, +90, and +240 per step.
Speed Trails
Speed trails provide passive speed multipliers. Players can equip animal-themed trail stages (such as wolf or mouse forms) or purchase color trails (like the blue trail) at base signs to multiply their travel rate across maps.
Claiming Index Rewards
Every newly discovered egg and pet logs into your collection Index. Inspecting your Index allows you to claim completion rewards, which grant instant flat speed bonuses ranging from 10,000 speed up to 330,000 speed.
Rebirth Requirements and Progression
When your cash or jump stats hit specified thresholds, performing a Rebirth resets your active currency in exchange for permanent stat and earnings multipliers.
- First Rebirth: Collect up to 1,000,000 cash for your first rebirth, or rebirth once it hits 5,000,000.
- Late-Game Rebirths: Higher rebirth tiers require massive progression targets, scaling into tens of millions in jump power (such as 24,000,000 jump power for Rebirth 6) or billions in cash (such as 3,000,000,000 cash).
Official Store Gamepasses
Players who want permanent account upgrades can purchase developer gamepasses from the official Roblox store:
| Gamepass | Robux Price | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Extra Pet Slot 1 | 99 Robux | Adds +1 permanent pet slot in your base pen |
| +50 Backpack | 149 Robux | Expands inventory capacity from 50 to 100 slots permanently |
| Extra Pet Slot 2 | 199 Robux | Adds +1 permanent pet slot in your base pen |
| 12h Offline Cash | 199 Robux | Extends offline cash accumulation from 6 hours to 12 hours |
| 2x Speed | 349 Robux | Doubles player movement speed permanently |
| Extra Pet Slot 3 | 399 Robux | Adds +1 permanent pet slot in your base pen |
| 2x Money | 499 Robux | Doubles all cash earned permanently |
Frequently Asked Questions
Can other players steal eggs from your base?
No. Once an egg is carried back and placed inside your base pen, other players cannot steal it out of your slots. However, players can contest or grab wild eggs that are dropped or loose on the open map before they reach a base.
What should beginners upgrade first?
Beginners should first unlock the base treadmill for 1,000 cash to begin scaling base walking speed, purchase the 5th pen slot for 40,000 cash to support more active pets, and claim all speed milestones in the Index whenever a new egg hatches.
How do you get past the aggressive duck or scorpion early on?
Lower-speed players cannot outrun guardians like the duck, goose, or scorpion directly. You must either raise your speed past their chase velocity (above 900 to 2,000 speed depending on the zone) or coordinate with another player to lure the creature away from the nest.
