The Gingerbread Town update turns Steal a Brainrot’s central lobby into a rotating Christmas event with its own map variant, currencies, and rare brainrots. It runs for a limited time around Christmas and ties into the wider Winter Hour and North Pole content.
When Gingerbread Town appears
Gingerbread Town is a seasonal event introduced in Update 30 on December 20, 2025. When active, it replaces the usual lobby with a snow-covered, Christmas-themed version of the main map.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Update | Update 30 |
| Start date | December 20, 2025 |
| End date | Ongoing, Christmas seasonal |
| Frequency | Roughly every hour or every other hour |
Two different patterns are used in-game:
- In some descriptions, Gingerbread Town is described as an hourly event that shows up on the event board and in the lobby.
- In others, it is described as appearing every other hour, effectively alternating with other Christmas events.
In practice, you can treat it as a repeating slot on the event board. If you log in and the map looks normal, simply wait for the next rotation; a popup and the central event board will announce when Gingerbread Town starts.
What changes on the Gingerbread Town map
When Gingerbread Town is active, the main play area is visually re-skinned with Christmas theming:
- The baseplate is covered in snow, similar to past Snowy-style events.
- A large clock tower appears at the edge of the map.
- Decorations such as peppermint poles, snowflakes, and candy cane rings line the end of the Red Carpet.
- The tops of the walls are stylized like a North Pole village, with Christmas trees set along the skyline.
All core systems of Steal a Brainrot continue to work: the Red Carpet conveyor spawns brainrots, bases remain where they are, and you can still buy, sell, and steal as usual. Gingerbread Town layers its sleigh mechanic and event-exclusive brainrots on top of this baseline.
Riding Santa’s Sleigh and collecting Candy Canes
Santa’s Sleigh is the center of the Gingerbread Town loop. While the event is active, a sleigh spawns near the middle of the map, close to the Red Carpet exit and the usual shop buildings.
Step 1: Wait for the Gingerbread Town notification to appear and check the event board in the lobby. Once it shows as active, head toward the center of the map. Look for Santa’s Sleigh on a raised platform near the Red Carpet exit.
Step 2: Approach the sleigh and interact with it using E (or press and hold, depending on your input prompt). Sitting in one of the two front seats is required to start the ride; if you sit in a back seat, the sleigh may not depart.
Step 3: Once you are seated in a front slot, the sleigh takes off automatically. On some servers, you get direct flight controls; on others, the ride is on rails but still takes you through all major areas of the map.
Step 4: As the sleigh moves, it passes through floating candy cane rings and other festive hoops suspended above the map. Each ring automatically grants you Candy Canes, the seasonal currency for this event. You do not need to interact with the rings manually; flying through them is enough.
Step 5: Continue riding until the event ends. When Gingerbread Town times out, the sleigh becomes unusable for that cycle and returns you to the lobby. To ride again, wait for the next Gingerbread Town rotation.
Candy Canes picked up on rings respawn, so you can fly repeated loops during an event window and steadily build up a large stash.
Candy Canes: uses and priorities
Candy Canes function as a time-limited currency shared across the Christmas updates, including Gingerbread Town, Winter Hour, North Pole, and Festive Lucky Block content.
| Use | Cost | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Festive Lucky Block | 300 Candy Canes | Near the admin machine at the main conveyor belt |
| Donkeyturbo Express brainrot | 1500 Candy Canes | North Pole event map |
| Other festive brainrots (e.g., Los 25) | Varies | North Pole and related Christmas events |
The Candy Canes you farm in Gingerbread Town are shared with other Christmas systems, so you do not lose them when the event ends.
In terms of value, there are two main ways to spend them:
- Event brainrots: High-cost options such as Donkeyturbo Express in the North Pole map consume a large number of Candy Canes but grant permanent, event-limited brainrots.
- Festive Lucky Block: A cheaper, repeatable 300-Cane sink that can drop a variety of Christmas-themed items and brainrots.
For players focused on collection, aiming for Donkeyturbo Express and other specific event brainrots is typically the priority. If you already own those, dumping excess Candy Canes into Festive Lucky Blocks remains useful as long as the Christmas event week is running.
New brainrots tied to Gingerbread Town
Gingerbread Town plugs into the broader Christmas ecosystem rather than working in isolation. Several new brainrots are either obtained directly during the event or become available because the event is active.
Money Money Reindeer
Money Money Reindeer is the event’s core Secret-tier brainrot.
- It has a very low chance to appear during Gingerbread Town, associated with the sleigh and the Red Carpet area.
- When obtained through normal spawns, it costs $2.5B and generates $25M per second.
- It is flagged as a Secret, so it also serves as a high-value addition to late-game collections.
The spawn chance is intentionally tiny, so most runs will not show Money Money Reindeer at all. Treat it as a bonus that may appear while you are already farming Candy Canes, not as a guaranteed reward for any specific number of rides.
Dragon Gingerini and Santa’s Fuse Machine
Dragon Gingerini is a Secret brainrot linked to the Christmas fusion system. It is not a direct drop from the sleigh, but Gingerbread Town’s timing and Candy Cane farming make obtaining it far more realistic.
The Santa’s Fuse Machine is a special fusion station active during the Christmas period. It takes four input brainrots and rolls a result from a Christmas-themed pool, with a very small chance to grant Dragon Gingerini.
Step 1: Build a stock of Christmas brainrots. Some of these come from tunnel spawns during Christmas events, others from Festive Lucky Blocks, and some from earlier Winter Hour content.
Step 2: Go to the Santa’s Fuse Machine while it is active. It is generally placed near the center of the map in the same cluster as the Robux shop and other winter buildings.
Step 3: Select four brainrots to fuse. Using rarer and higher-tier brainrots improves your odds; fusing four low-rarity commons keeps costs down but comes with lower chances for Dragon Gingerini.
Step 4: Start the fusion and wait for the machine to output the result. When Dragon Gingerini appears, it comes out as the fused reward.
There is one critical twist: Steal a Brainrot’s core design still applies, so anything you pull from the Fuse Machine can be stolen by other players before you secure it.
Christmas index and the Gingerbread Base
Alongside the event map, a dedicated Christmas index of brainrots is added temporarily. It tracks a list of around 37 Christmas-themed brainrots tied to Winter Hour, Gingerbread Town, Festive Lucky Blocks, and the North Pole event.
Reaching 90 percent completion on this index unlocks the Gingerbread Base skin.
- With 37 brainrots in the index, you need at least 33 registered to qualify.
- The unlock window is limited to roughly 12 days from the Christmas update’s release, up to January 1, 2026.
- Some required brainrots spawn on the Red Carpet during Christmas rotations, others come from Santa’s Fuse Machine or Candy Cane purchases in the North Pole map.
Once unlocked, Gingerbread Base is an aesthetic variant for your base, styled like a gingerbread house with candy canes and Christmas detailing. It does not change your income or mechanics but signals that you completed almost the entire Christmas index within the event window.
Separately from the index reward, there is also a Gingerbread base skin offered directly in the in-game shop for Robux. That version can be purchased outright for 849 Robux and does not depend on index progress.
North Pole, Brainrot Express, and Donkeyturbo Express
Gingerbread Town is also the trigger for reaching the North Pole event map. During Gingerbread Town rotations, a Brainrot Express train periodically appears on the Red Carpet. Boarding it moves you to the North Pole, a separate Christmas location with its own vendor and brainrot lineup.
Donkeyturbo Express is one of the key items sold there:
- Cost is 1500 Candy Canes, which usually requires multiple sleigh runs in Gingerbread Town.
- Purchase is one-time and permanently adds Donkeyturbo Express to your collection.
Because the Brainrot Express only appears when Gingerbread Town is active, the event essentially controls access to Donkeyturbo Express and other North Pole purchases. If you want those items, plan on splitting your event windows between sleigh farming and train boarding.
Event FAQs and troubleshooting
Gingerbread Town is not showing up
If the lobby looks normal and there is no snow or Christmas theming, Gingerbread Town is simply not in its active slot.
Typical behaviour:
- The event runs every hour or every other hour for a limited window.
- An on-screen popup announces when it starts.
- The event board in the lobby shows the countdown until the next Gingerbread Town rotation.
There is nothing you need to unlock; just wait for the timer to roll over.
Best Candy Cane strategy during the event window
If you only have a short time while Gingerbread Town is active, focusing on Santa’s Sleigh is the most efficient way to generate Candy Canes per minute. Riding multiple loops and hitting as many rings as possible builds a pool you can later spend on:
- High-cost brainrots in the North Pole map, such as Donkeyturbo Express.
- Festive Lucky Blocks near the admin machine for additional Christmas brainrots.
Once you are out of the Gingerbread Town slot, you can safely step away from sleigh farming and spend your Candy Canes elsewhere in the Christmas content without losing progress.
Gingerbread Town folds neatly into Steal a Brainrot’s existing systems: it is another timed event on the board, but now tied to a dedicated map variant, a new currency loop, and some of the most limited Christmas brainrots. Treat each event window as a chance to farm Candy Canes, take a shot at Money Money Reindeer, and chip away at the Christmas index before it disappears on January 1.
