Need Alien Coins for the Alien Chest in Search For The Needle? You can earn them by clearing Farmhouse or Basement, or redeem the reported ALIEN code in the lobby. Map payouts vary by difficulty, clear time, and map, while the 229 Robux option is listed as a chest bundle rather than a confirmed coin grant.

For repeat farming, Basement on Hard with multiple players is the recommended route once you can access it. Here is how to finish each map properly, claim the code reward, and use the balance without mistaking Alien Chests for Alien Coins.

How to Earn Alien Coins by Clearing Farmhouse and Basement in Search For The Needle

A map clear means finishing the result sequence, not simply seeing or picking up the Needle. The reported Alien Coin payout changes with the difficulty, time, and map, and no fixed coins-per-clear table is established, so the most useful goal is a run you can complete consistently.

Farmhouse clear and Needle hand-in

Enter the FARMHOUSE portal in the lobby, choose your difficulty and party size, and create the run.
Search the hay for resources, take the hay to the cow at the barn window, and sell it. Use the Tab menu to buy useful upgrades, then repeat the collect-and-sell loop until you find the Needle. If you need the basic hay route, see our Search For The Needle beginner guide.
Pick up the Needle and equip it. Finding it is only part of the objective.
Deliver the equipped Needle to the farmer, then confirm that the completion or result message appears before you leave the run.

The farmer hand-in and result confirmation are what finish the Farmhouse run for this guide's map-clear route. Picking up the Needle and exiting immediately does not give you a reliable completion endpoint.

Basement Hard access, puzzles, and escape

The current route is reported to require one completed Farmhouse win before BASEMENT becomes available in the lobby. If it is still locked, finish a full Farmhouse hand-in and return to the lobby before trying again.

Once you can select it, work through the map in the order shown by your live objectives:

Select BASEMENT, configure the run, and start it.
Activate the colored switches or lever-style controls. Continue until they turn green and the restricted area opens. Use the controls and the objective tracker in your current run rather than relying on fixed coordinates or a universal order.
Complete the displayed 0/3 puzzle objective. Documented interactions include rotating an image and counting colored objects, but the full third-puzzle behavior is not established, so follow what the live tracker asks you to do.
When the objective points you there, search the hay for the key.
Inspect the papers marked with an X to find that run's four-digit clue, then enter it at the final lock. The clue value is run-dependent, so a fixed password will not help.
Free the alien, take and use the key, climb the ladder, unlock the exit, and keep going until you reach daylight.

Your Basement run is complete once you find the key, escape, and see the Chapter 2 completion message. Use the live tracker for the switch and puzzle steps, and read the clue from your current run instead of relying on a fixed route. Once the map is available, farm Basement on Hard with multiple players if your group can clear it reliably; otherwise, use the highest difficulty you can finish.

How to Redeem ALIEN for Alien Coins in Search For The Needle

Redeem the code from the lobby, before starting a map run.

Load into the Search For The Needle lobby.
Open the Codes or Twitter button on the right side of the screen.
Enter ALIEN in uppercase.
Press Redeem.
Check the confirmation popup and your currency counters before closing the panel.

The reported result is 200 Gems and 200 Alien Coins, but your in-game popup may label the second reward Alien Chests instead. Count only what the popup and your updated balance show; the two labels aren't separate rewards.

How to Spend Alien Coins on Alien Chests

The Alien Chest is in the lobby. Interact with it after a map payout or a successful code redemption to see the opening option.

The reported opening price is 100 green tokens per chest. If your ALIEN popup confirms the reported 200 Alien Coins, that balance works out to two openings at that price. This is a spending calculation, not a guarantee about which item or skin either chest contains.

Is the 229 Robux option an Alien Coin purchase?

No verified coin balance is attached to the paid offer. The listed lobby option costs 229 Robux and provides up to 10 Alien Chests, so treat it as paid chest access rather than a way to earn or receive Alien Coins.

Redeem ALIEN first if your popup confirms the coin reward, then use the chest or choose the map route that fits your access and group.