Referral program

The Star Citizen Referral program rewards players that referrer new people to the Star Citizen project. Anyone registering with a player's personal code will automatically get 5.000 UEC, those prospects become a recruit once they purchase a Game package and spend at least 40 USD on the Pledge Store. At that point the player that referred them earns a Recruitment Point which progresses them towards the next referral reward.

It was overhauled in July 2025 to make it more rewarding, more engaging, and easier to use, with a new interface, more frequent and interesting rewards, and fresh incentives for both new and veteran players. The UEC bonus got increased from 5000 to 50 000.

How to get referral code

To find your Star Citizen referral code, sign in on the RSI website and on the top right corner go to your account.

Standard rewards

The standard rewards are always available and are a part of the ongoing referral initiative and also work together with time-limited rewards and/or special incentive events.

• Recruits: Rewards Image
• 10
• 15
• 25
• 42
• 50
• 75
• 100
• 200
• 500
• 1042

Legacy Ladder

The old Legacy ladder was replaced in on July 2nd 2025, however those who have referred at least one player who has purchased a game package before that date retain access to it. It can be viewed via the Account Settings, and new referrals count toward both the Legacy and new ladders—meaning players can earn rewards on both tracks at the same time.

• +: Rank Required RP Rewards
• Recruiter: 1 Badger and Badges
• Private: 3 Gimbals and Guns
• Corporal: 5 Surf and Turf
• Sergeant: 10 Gladius and Gold
• Lieutenant: 25 Arena Commander Racing Package
• Captain: 42 Arena Commander Combat Package
• Major: 75 Speed Racer
• Lt. Colonel: 100 Dog Fighter
• Colonel: 200 Ready for Battle
• Brigadier General: 500 Anvil Ship Package
• Major General: 1042 Million Mile High Club Access
• Lt. General: 2017 Star Crossing

Time-limited rewards

These time limited rewards are only available in specific time frames to celebrate an event and incentive the player. The referred player must become a 'recruit' by buying their game package while the event is active, regardless of when they created their account.

Special Incentive Events

During these events a special reward is offered outside of the standard referral rewards. Most of the it is a ship or similar that will be given to both the new player and the player that referred them.

• +: Promotion Start Promotion End Event Required RP Rewards
• 2019-10-28: 2019-11-05 Alpha 3.7.0 Free Fly 1 The Kruger Intergalactic P-52 Merlin
• 2020-04-29: 2020-05-11 Alpha 3.9.0 1 A Greycat Industrial PTV with lifetime insurance.
• 2020-09-09: 2020-09-24 Ship Showdown 2020 1 The Kruger Intergalactic P-52 Merlin with lifetime insurance.
• 2020-12-17: 2021-01-11 Alpha 3.12.0 1 The Drake Interplanetary Dragonfly with lifetime insurance.
• 2021-04-22: 2021-05-17 Alpha 3.13.0 1 Roberts Space Industries Aurora ES with lifetime insurance.
• 2021-08-06: 2021-08-31 Alpha 3.14.0 1 Drake Interplanetary Dragonfly with lifetime insurance and the coalfire paint scheme.
• 2021-11-01: 2021-11-30 Alpha 3.15.0 Fall 1 Argo Astronautics MPUV-1C with lifetime insurance.
• 2022-02-17: 2022-02-28 Alpha 3.16.1 Free Fly 1 Quirinus Tech Artimex Lodestone Armor.
• 2022-09-08: 2022-09-18 Ship Showdown 2022 1 Consolidated Outland HoverQuad with lifetime insurance.
• 2022-12-08: 2023-01-09 Luminalia 2952 1 Argo Astronautics MPUV-1C with lifetime insurance.
• 2023-04-13: 2023-05-02 Alpha 3.18.0 Free Fly 1 The Kruger Intergalactic P-52 Merlin with lifetime insurance.
• 2023-07-06: 2023-07-31 Foundation Festival Free Fly 1 Greycat Industrial STV with lifetime insurance and Electric Green paint
• 2023-10-19: 2023-10-30 Alpha 3.21.0 1 Consolidated Outland HoverQuad with lifetime Insurance and Copperhead paint
• 2023-12-11: 2024-01-08 Luminalia 2953 1 You:
• 2024-02-08: 2024-02-26 Lunar New Year 2024 1
• 2024-04-12: 2024-05-02 Overdrive Initiative 1 Kruger P-52 Merlin with lifetime Insurance
• 2024-07-12: 2024-07-31 Foundation Festival 2024 1 Aopoa Nox with lifetime Insurance
• 2024-10-17: 2024-10-31 CitizenCon 2954 1 Consolidated Outland HoverQuad with lifetime Insurance and Copperhead paint
• 2024-12-10: 2025-01-06 Luminalia 2954 1 Mirai Pulse with LTI
• 2025-01-28: 2025-02-17 Lunar New Year 2955 1 Drake Interplanetary Dragonfly with the Coalfire paint.
• 2025-05-15: 2025-05-27 Invictus Launch Week 2955 1 Kruger P-52 Merlin with lifetime Insurance Cite RSI| |text=Invictus Launch Week 2955 Referral Bonus
• 2025-11-20: 2025-12-05 Intergalactic Aerospace Expo 2955 1 You:
• 2026-02-11: 2026-02-23 Coramor Referral Bonus 2956 1 You:
• 2026-05-14: 2026-05-27 DefenseCon 2956 1 You:

RSI 2017 Referral Contest

The RSI 2017 referral contest was announced on April 20st of 2017 and ran until August 8th of 2017, the goal of the contest was to get as many recruitment points as possible. The first person that would reach 2942 recruitment points during the contest period would receive a free trip to Gamescom 2017. Next to that at the end of the contest the person that was at the top of the referral leaderboard received an Idris-M frigate. The person that won the free Gamescom trip was unable to receive the Idris-M reward.

Both of those rewards were based on lifetime recruitment points, which included all recruitment points from before the contest till the end of the contest.

This contest was also the 15th birthday of 'Sally', the star of the Star Kitten lineup which is featured on the first two reward tiers.

• +: Required RP Rewards
• 1: A Sally Star kitten tee
• 10: The Drake Interplanetary Dragonfly Star Kitten edition with lifetime insurance.
• Leaderbord Top Spot: An Aegis Dynamics Idris-M with lifetime insurance.
• 2942 Lifetime: Free trip to Gamescom 2017 including event ticket, airfare and hotel stay for one person.

Grace period

Along with the 2025 referral program change, CIG added a 24-hour grace period after the account creation for new players to add the referral code retroactively.

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