Panda Popanda is a Secret Brainrot in Steal a Brainrot, and it does not roll onto the conveyor. It is a Machine Brainrot, which means the only way to make one yourself is to feed two specific units into the Craft Machine and cover the fee. The unit is a blocky, pixelated red panda with a tiny crown, a red bowtie, and a rounded cream-and-gold belly, balanced on a single yellow wheel. It earns $67 million per second.
Quick answer: At the Craft Machine, supply 1x DJ Panda plus 1x Candini Fluffini and choose Panda Popanda. Pay $16 billion, then collect it once the 1h 30m crafting countdown finishes.
Panda Popanda stats and release details
Panda Popanda arrived on September 12, 2026, as part of the OG CRAFT event tied to Update 66. It shares the same stats as Festive 67, and its $16 billion price pays for itself in roughly four minutes of uptime, which is what makes the two-item recipe worth chasing.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Rarity | Secret |
| Income | $67.0M/s |
| Base cost | $16.0B |
| Route | Craft Machine (Machine Brainrot) |
| Event | OG CRAFT — Update 66 |
| Added | September 12, 2026 |
What the recipe needs
Gather everything you need before heading over to the machine. It cannot handle another craft during the entire timer, so arrange any other crafting plans around that downtime.
- 1x DJ Panda, held in your base slots
- 1x Candini Fluffini, also in your base
- $16B in cash to cover the craft cost
- Access to the Craft Machine during the OG CRAFT window
- A free base slot for the finished Secret
The craft takes 1h 30m to finish, and the machine stays busy that entire window.
How to get DJ Panda and Candini Fluffini
Neither ingredient is guaranteed to appear, so finding them takes the most time. DJ Panda is a Secret unit found on the Red Carpet, or you can steal one from another base. Candini Fluffini is also Secret and may appear through an RNG Machine base upgrade roll.
Purchasing Lucky blocks at your base gives you another dependable option. Buy several and open them together; sell the weaker units taking up slots to leave room for the two required Brainrots. When you enter a server, look at the Live Spawns board and favour ones with a luck event underway, as boosts have reached up to 8x Luck.
Codes are another option, though their supplies are limited. Open the Codes menu, enter the code exactly as published, and press submit. When no stock remains, the game displays a “sold out” message instead of giving you anything.
How to craft Panda Popanda in the Craft Machine
How to confirm the craft worked
A successful craft appears as a unit on the craft pad with the Secret tag; after placement, its income display reads $67M/s. The collection index records it permanently, keeping it marked as collected even if you sell it later or lose it.
Panda Popanda income with mutations
Mutations scale the base rate directly, with each tier earning the default amount multiplied by its multiplier. The hourly figures use the $67M/s base rate.
| Mutation | Multiplier | Income per hour |
|---|---|---|
| Default | 1x | $241.2B |
| Gold | 1.25x | $301.5B |
| Diamond | 1.5x | $361.8B |
| Bloodrot | 2x | $482.4B |
| Celestial | 4x | $964.8B |
| Candy | 4x | $964.8B |
| Lava | 6x | $1.4T |
| Galaxy | 6x | $1.4T |
| YinYang | 7.5x | $1.8T |
| Radioactive | 8.5x | $2.0T |
| Cursed | 9x | $2.1T |
| Rainbow | 10x | $2.4T |
| Divine | 10x | $2.4T |
| Cyber | 11x | $2.6T |
| Phantom | 12x | $2.8T |
| Crystal | 13x | $3.1T |
Mutation Rain events are the cheapest way to roll a higher-tier version, since the effect applies while your units sit in the base.
Stealing Panda Popanda instead of crafting
You can also get Panda Popanda by stealing it: once another player has placed one in their base, it can be taken like any other unit. The risk applies to your copy too, since other players on the server can steal it if its base is unguarded.
Since Panda Popanda cannot be bought directly and comes from the Craft Machine instead of the conveyor, crafting remains the dependable option. Get DJ Panda and Candini Fluffini first, guard the unit once it appears, and the belly panda’s $67M/s earnings repay its $16B cost in minutes.
