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Steal a Brainrot: How to Get Bumbatron From the Bee Shop

The Secret-tier robot costs 200 Honey or 9,999 Robux and pays out $172.5M per second.

The Secret-tier robot costs 200 Honey or 9,999 Robux and pays out $172.5M per second.

Bumbatron is a Secret Brainrot that joined Steal a Brainrot with Update 61 on August 8, 2026, sold through the limited-time Bee Shop. It sits at the top of that shop’s lineup as both the priciest unit and the highest earner, making it a target for anyone farming Honey during the Queen Bee Event.

Quick answer: Buy Bumbatron from the Bee Shop for 200 Honey or 9,999 Robux. Honey comes from the Queen Bee Event, which runs every one to two hours. You can also steal one from another player’s base.

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Bumbatron showcase (Image via Roblox)

Bumbatron cost, income, and rarity

Bumbatron is a heavily armored yellow and black humanoid robot. It has two antennae on its head, glowing cyan eyes, a cyan hexagonal core on its chest, and large mechanical gauntlets on each arm. SpyderSammy teased it in the Community Server ahead of its release.

DetailValue
RaritySecret
Cost200 Honey or 9,999 Robux
Income$172.5M/s
SourceBee Shop (limited time) or stealing
Added inUpdate 61 (August 8, 2026)

Farm Honey during the Queen Bee Event

Honey is the currency you need for the 200 Honey price, and it only comes from the Queen Bee Event. That event cycles every one to two hours, so most of your prep time goes into collecting enough before you can afford Bumbatron.

Wait for the Queen Bee Event to begin. When it starts, bees fly around the map and drop Honey onto the ground.
Walk over the dropped Honey. Each piece is added to your inventory automatically as you move across it, so cover as much ground as you can before the event ends.
Repeat across multiple event windows until you reach 200 Honey. Because the event only appears once every one to two hours, plan on several runs to stockpile enough.

If you would rather skip the wait, the 9,999 Robux option buys Bumbatron outright without any Honey farming.


Buy Bumbatron from the Bee Shop

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Bumbatron inside the Bee Shop (Image via Roblox)
Open the Bee Shop while the merchant is active. It is a time-limited storefront, so it is only available during the current event period.
Select Bumbatron from the shop’s five Secret Brainrots. Pay with either 200 Honey or 9,999 Robux to complete the purchase.

Once bought, Bumbatron appears in your inventory and can be placed in your base, where it produces $172.5M per second. That confirms the purchase went through.


Steal Bumbatron from another player

Stealing is a core mechanic in Steal a Brainrot, and it applies to Bumbatron too. If another player has one placed in an unguarded base, you can grab it and carry it back to your own base to keep it. This route needs no Honey or Robux, but it depends on finding a vulnerable target.


Other Secret Brainrots in the Bee Shop

The Bee Shop stocks five Secret Brainrots in total. Bumbatron is the most expensive and the highest-earning of the group, so the others give you cheaper alternatives while you save up.

BrainrotRarity
BumbatronSecret
Conetto MorsettoSecret
Honey Honey BearSecret
Queen BeeSecret
S’more SeratSecret

Because the Bee Shop is a limited-time merchant, plan your Honey farming around the current event window. Once it closes, Bumbatron becomes a legacy pickup that can only be obtained by stealing it from someone who already owns one.