The UFO in RACCOIN is one of those mechanics that looks broken the first time you try it. You place the prize, nothing happens, and you assume something went wrong. Nothing went wrong. The Saucer Figurine just works differently from every other prize in the game, and once you understand the charging system, it becomes one of the most reusable tools in your runs.
How do you unlock the UFO in RACCOIN?
The UFO itself isn't a direct prize you collect. What you're actually hunting for is the Saucer Figurine, a rare prize that places a gadget on the coin pusher machine capable of summoning a UFO once charged. The Saucer Figurine is classified as a rare prize, so don't expect it to show up every run.
There are two ways to get it:
- Shop purchases: The Saucer Figurine can appear in the shop between rounds. If you see it, seriously consider buying it since its reusable nature makes it worth the cost.
- Prize Balls: The more common acquisition method. Prize Balls dropped during rounds can contain the Saucer Figurine alongside other prizes.
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Unlike most prizes in RACCOIN that are single-use only, the Saucer Figurine can be used repeatedly across a run as long as you keep charging it.
How do you charge and summon a UFO?
Once you have the Saucer Figurine in your prize inventory, here's the exact process to get a UFO on screen:
- Select the Saucer Figurine from your Prize Inventory.
- Choose a placement location on either side of the coin pusher machine. You cannot place it in the center where coin towers stack.
- After placement, a small electrical rod appears at your chosen spot.
- Hover over the rod to confirm it needs 3 sold items to power up.
- Sell three items from your inventory. These can be specialty coins, other prizes, or chips.
- Each sold item powers up one rod segment with a glowing blue light.
- Once all three rods are lit, the UFO summons automatically.
After the UFO completes its event and disappears, the gadget remains on the board. Sell another 3 items and the whole cycle resets. There's no limit to how many times you can trigger it in a single run.
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What can you sell to charge the UFO?
The game gives you real flexibility here. According to the source, all three of the following item types count toward the 3-item charge requirement:
To sell an item, hover over it and press the key shown for the sell option. Each sale immediately lights up one rod on the gadget.
What does the UFO actually do?
When the UFO arrives, one of two events triggers at random:
- Coin collection: The UFO drops in and absorbs all coins in a targeted spot on the board.
- Coin drop: The UFO flies around and rains coins down across the board.
You have no control over which event fires, but both outcomes have genuine value depending on your board state.
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Don't summon the UFO when your board is in a neutral state with nothing particularly valuable happening. Timing matters. A coin-collecting UFO landing on a sparse board wastes the summon entirely.
How should you time your UFO summons?
Since the outcome is random, the smartest play is to summon when either outcome benefits you:
- Large coin tower on the board: Summon and hope for the absorbing UFO to collect that pile.
- Running low on coins to push: Summon and hope for a coin rain to replenish the board.
The key insight, documented in the TheGamer source, is that both events are net positive in the right circumstances. Timing your summons around board state rather than hoarding charges is the right approach.
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