Stealing from other players is a separate official step from stealing eggs off zone pets. Both still end the same way: the egg has to be on your base before it is yours.
Before you grab
Check the zone Speed number first. Observed bars include about 170,000 in the yeti zone, 17 million on a shiny secret egg, and about 700 million for a cosmic egg. The cosmic attempt failed outright below that bar. The shiny secret egg was stolen once even while the carrier was under 17 million, so a printed number is a warning, not a promise either way.
Servers hold 7 players. Good eggs draw the other riders. Plan the path back to your base before you take the egg.
The carry
- Take the egg.
- Ride for your base. The owner chases. Weaving, hits, zone guards, and fire traps have decided recorded chases. One player lost a described "very, very exclusive" egg the moment an opponent was hit.
- Another player can steal the egg off you mid-run. You are the target as soon as you are the carrier.
- Place the egg at your base before the countdown hits zero. Recorded countdowns were 39 seconds, then 28 seconds, and at least one steal was lost at zero. The short end of the range was only a few seconds.
- After it is placed, it hatches like any other egg. A Saturn Cow egg taken from another player showed an 8-minute hatch timer and then earned for the new holder.
When a steal fails
- The timer expired before the egg reached the base.
- The zone rejected the attempt for Speed.
- Someone stole the egg back during the chase.
If the same zone keeps rejecting you, more Speed closes that gap. A different route does not. Treadmill upgrades, a higher bike multiplier, and one stronger trail are the levers. Animal Index claims have also jumped Speed by millions in a single claim.
Your own eggs
The same rules apply when you are hatching. A pet that is still an egg on your base can be taken. Open it when the timer ends, and do not ferry a slow egg across the map if the countdown is already short. Base slot upgrades hold more pets once they have hatched. They are not a shield during the carry.