Steal a Chicken Speed Guide: Treadmill, Trails & Mini-Games
Speed decides which nests you can rob, so it is where most of your Cash should go. There is no official stat sheet; the numbers below come from dated gameplay videos (September 4 to 8, 2026) and a community screenshot report of the shop from September 8, and each one says where it came from.
Where Speed comes from
- The treadmill. Stand on it and every step adds Speed. You can go AFK on it, which is how most players train between steals.
- Treadmill upgrades. Each level raises the Speed per step.
- Trails. Bought in the Shop with Cash; each one multiplies the Speed per step.
- Cash multipliers. Once the treadmill is maxed, extra 2x steps up to 64x are bought with Cash.
- Free bonuses. +10K Speed for liking the game and joining the Kibrix Runner group, plus the Relax code’s temporary boost.
Treadmill upgrade costs
| Upgrade | Cost | Effect | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 → 2 | $10K | Not captured | Community screenshot report |
| Level 2 → 3 | $100K | +25 Speed per step | Screenshot report; CHALLS guide (Sep 7) shows +25 per step |
| Max level | Not captured | Reached quickly in the late game | CurryBlox (Sep 8) |
In the CHALLS run, upgrading the treadmill took Speed from about 700 to 5,000 within a few minutes, which is enough for the first Zombie Chicken nests.
Trail prices
| Trail | Multiplier | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grey | x1.5 | $25K | Screenshot report; CHALLS and Berlian kecil both show a cheapest trail at 1.5x / 25K |
| Blue | x2 | $100K | Screenshot report; CHALLS shows Blue doubling +25 to +50 per step |
| Purple | x3 | $500K | Screenshot report; VendoPlus mentions a 500K trail |
| Red | x4 | $5M | Screenshot report only |
| Top trail | Not captured | $30B | CurryBlox calls it the best trail in the game |
Trails keep working after you buy them, so the cheap ones pay for themselves almost immediately. The usual order in the videos is Grey as soon as you have $25K, then a treadmill upgrade, then Blue.
Cash multipliers after max treadmill
In the September 8 late-game run, the treadmill hit its maximum level early, after which the only way to grow Speed faster was buying step multipliers with Cash: 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x and 64x. At that point the player was earning up to 1.28 million Speed per step. These are late-game purchases; before them, trails give far more Speed per dollar.
Treadmill mini-games
While you train you can play mini-games on the treadmill screen. Three names appear in gameplay: Flappy Chicken (tap or press space to fly between gaps), Egg Rush and Perfect Hit (timed presses). They keep you on the treadmill without going AFK; the exact Speed they add is not shown in any source we found, so treat them as a way to pass time rather than a Speed hack.
Free Speed
- Group bonus: like the game and join the Kibrix Runner group for +10K Speed. It is written in the official description.
- Relax code: a temporary Speed boost, recorded as double Speed. Use it right before a long training session or a hard steal. See the codes page.
How much Speed do you need?
The recommended Speed on nests runs from 45 at spawn to 1 billion in the late areas. The full ladder is on the zones page; the short version is 5,000 for the first real upgrade in chickens, around 300K for the mid nests and 30M or more before the late areas.
A simple training plan
- Redeem the codes and join the group (+10K).
- Train on the treadmill between your first steals until you can buy the Grey trail.
- Upgrade the treadmill ($10K, then $100K), then buy Blue.
- Push to 5,000 Speed and move to better nests; repeat with Purple and Red as Cash allows.
- Once the treadmill is maxed, switch to Cash multipliers.
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