Someone in your life plays Roblox, and what they’ve asked for is Robux. So you go looking for a “send Robux” button, find a hundred pages telling you it doesn’t exist, and give up on the idea.
Those pages are out of date. Roblox added two genuinely new routes in 2026: a Request Robux link the player generates and you buy through, and direct Robux transfers, bundled into Roblox Plus — the subscription that replaced Roblox Premium on April 30, 2026. Add the gift card that always worked and there are three ways to do this, each suiting a different kind of giver.
This guide walks all three, in the order we’d suggest for someone buying a present, then covers the rule that catches out console and phone players, what to do if you’re buying for somebody else’s child, and how much to give.
First, what Robux actually is
Roblox is free to download and play. It isn’t one game — it’s a platform full of games other people have built — and Robux is the single currency that works across all of them. Kids spend it on avatar items, passes and extras inside whichever games they’re into that month. Our gifts for Roblox fans list explains why that makes Robux such a reliable present: it can’t be a duplicate, and it can’t be the wrong game.
One thing to get out of the way before anything else. Roblox’s own help page says there is no such thing as a Robux generator, that anyone claiming otherwise is running a scam, and that Robux are only ever bought with real money or earned by creators. Every legitimate route below costs money.
Route 1: A Roblox gift card (the one for a gift buyer)
This is still the answer for almost anyone buying a present rather than helping out a friend mid-game. It needs nothing from you — no Roblox account, no app, no subscription — and it’s the only route that gives you something to hand over or wrap. Roblox says the cards are sold at local retailers and their online stores, and direct from Roblox in the US, Canada, the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and Australia.
Here’s how it goes:
- Buy the card. Physical or digital; both land the same value. Roblox adds one detail worth knowing: every Roblox gift card includes a free virtual item, granted the instant the card is redeemed, with new items each month and a limit of one unique item per month per account. For a kid, that bonus item is usually the part they mention first.
- Give them the code. If the recipient is under 18, give it to the parent — Roblox’s gift card terms say a person under 18 needs a parent or guardian’s consent to redeem one.
- Redeem it in a web browser. Go to roblox.com/redeem, log in, type the code, click Redeem. This is the step people get wrong, so it’s worth repeating: Roblox says redemption is not available in the standard mobile app or on consoles, and only Samsung Galaxy users get a Redeem tile inside the app. A browser on any device works fine.
- Turn the value into Robux. What happens here depends on where the card came from, and Roblox singles this out: a Roblox gift card bought at Amazon, and a Party Packs card, are “redeemable for Robux only” and can’t be redeemed for Roblox Credit. So the Robux simply arrive. A standard Roblox gift card becomes Roblox Credit first, and the same redeem page buys Robux with it — pre-selecting the largest package the balance covers, with a Convert Credit to Robux button for a remainder too small for a full package.
There’s a real money argument for the card, too. Roblox says you get “up to 25% more Robux” buying on the web, on computers and with gift cards than buying inside a mobile app, and confirms that isn’t a limited-time promotion. The exact bonus depends on the package, but the direction is fixed: a card beats letting them tap Buy inside the phone app.
A few rules from Roblox’s own gift card terms that save an awkward conversation later. Cards don’t expire and carry no inactivity fees. They have no cash value, aren’t refundable or reloadable, and have to be redeemed in full rather than in pieces. And Roblox won’t honor a card “obtained from unauthorized sellers, resellers or distributors, including through Internet auction sites” — nor replace a lost, damaged or stolen one. Buy from a real retailer.
Route 2: A Request Robux link (new, and the fastest when it works)
This is the closest thing to the “send Robux” button people go looking for, and it’s recent enough that most guides haven’t caught up. The player asks you, rather than the other way around: on the Buy Robux page on a computer or the web they select Request Robux, which produces a link or a QR code they can send you.
You open that link in a browser. Roblox says it opens in a web browser only, and that you don’t need the Roblox app — or even a Roblox account — to use it. You’ll see the requester’s Roblox username and avatar, which is the part that makes it worth using: you can confirm you’re paying for the right person before you pay. Choose a package, attach a message, and check out. Roblox asks you to verify your phone number at checkout and emails a receipt. The Robux land in their balance automatically, and Roblox notes the recipient can’t reject a gift of Robux once it’s arrived.
Three honest caveats, all from Roblox’s own page:
- It isn’t available to everyone yet. Roblox describes it as available “to select users in the US only on computer or web”. The person sharing the link must be 18 or over on Roblox, and the person gifting must be 18 or over, resident in the US, and able to verify a phone number at checkout. If the player can’t find the Request Robux option, this route is simply closed to them.
- You give up the bonuses. Roblox says packages bought through this feature are “standard pricing with no virtual bonus item or bonus Robux applied”, and are charged at non-Premium prices even for a Premium member. That is the trade for the convenience — a gift card gets the virtual item and the bonus Robux, and this doesn’t.
- It’s final, and prepaid cards are refused. Roblox says these purchases are final sale and non-refundable, and that it doesn’t accept prepaid cards as payment.
Also worth saying: there’s nothing to wrap. For a birthday present this is a link and a receipt. For getting Robux onto a nephew’s account this afternoon, it’s the shortest path there is.
Route 3: A direct transfer, if you have Roblox Plus
The third route only exists if you play Roblox yourself and pay for it. Roblox Plus launched globally on April 30, 2026 at $4.99 a month, and it’s the subscription that replaced Roblox Premium for new subscribers. One of its headline benefits is that subscribers can send Robux straight to other users with no platform fees — Roblox’s announcement called it the first time direct Robux transfers had existed. Sending is Plus-only; the person receiving doesn’t need a subscription.
Roblox says a transfer can be started from the recipient’s profile or from the Buy Robux page: enter an amount, review the details, select Send. The recipient gets a notification and taps Accept, and the Robux arrive instantly. The rules around it are where the detail lives:
- There are caps. Roblox lists limits of up to 500 Robux a day and 1,000 a month, rising to 5,000 a day and 10,000 a month for an account with 2-Step Verification enabled and in good standing — and says the figures are subject to change.
- Age checks apply at both ends. Roblox says a user aged 16 or over must complete an Age Check to send or receive, and a user under 16 must have a linked parent account, with parent or caregiver approval needed every time. Some regions still require parental approval under 18. Roblox’s own Roblox Plus page carries an older, stricter footnote saying all parties must be age-verified and 18+; the Sending and Receiving Robux article, updated more recently, is the one that spells out the 16-and-over rule, so check it on the day if this matters to you.
- Nothing is reversible. Roblox says all transfers are final and can’t be reversed. A pending transfer only bounces back to the sender if a parent account isn’t linked within seven days, a parent declines it, or the recipient never accepts.
- Transferred Robux can’t be cashed out. Roblox says transfers received aren’t eligible for the Developer Exchange program and can only be spent on items within Roblox.
Our read: this is a great feature between siblings, cousins and friends who both already play. It is a poor route for a gift. Paying $4.99 a month for the ability to move Robux you’d then have to buy anyway is worse value than simply buying a card — which, per Roblox’s own numbers, comes with up to 25% more Robux and a free virtual item attached.
So which one should you use?
- You don’t play Roblox and you’re buying a present. Gift card. Best value, something to hand over, and it works no matter what device they play on.
- You don’t play, and they need Robux today. Ask whether they can generate a Request Robux link. If they can, it’s the fewest steps. If they can’t, a digital gift card code is the fast fallback.
- You play, and you already subscribe to Roblox Plus. Transfer it directly, inside the limits.
- You play but don’t subscribe. Don’t subscribe just to send Robux. Buy a card.
If you’re buying for someone else’s child
Ask the parent first. Not as a formality — plenty of families deliberately cap in-game spending, and Roblox gives them the tools to do it. Roblox says a parent can link their own Roblox account to their child’s and set a monthly spending limit, and that the limit “does not impact gift card redemption”.
Read that carefully, because it cuts both ways. It means a gift card is the cleanest way to give a child a fixed amount of Robux without attaching a payment card to the account — the spend is capped by the card and nothing else. It also means your card can walk straight past a limit a parent set on purpose. Hence the question first.
The transfer route has the opposite property, and it’s a feature: for a recipient under 16, Roblox requires a linked parent account to approve every incoming transfer, and returns the Robux if nobody does within seven days. If you want to know more about how Roblox handles younger players generally, our Minecraft vs Roblox comparison covers the account types, the content labels and the chat defaults side by side.
How much to give
We don’t quote Robux package prices here, because Roblox sets them and they move. What’s stable is the shape of the decision. A smaller card is a top-up: enough for an avatar item or a pass in whichever game they’re playing this month, and a perfectly good stocking filler. A larger card goes further than the sticker difference suggests, because the bonus Roblox applies scales with the package size.
If you’re weighing a Roblox card against a general console store card, our gaming gift cards buying guide lines them up. The short version: a console card is more flexible, but for a kid who lives in Roblox specifically, a card with the Roblox logo on it is the one that reads as “I know what you actually play.”
Four mistakes to avoid
- Typing the code into the app or on a console. Roblox says redemption isn’t available there at all. Use a browser at roblox.com/redeem — a phone browser counts.
- Buying a code from a marketplace listing or a reseller. Roblox’s terms say cards from unauthorized sellers or auction sites will not be honored, and lost, stolen or already-redeemed cards aren’t replaced.
- Letting them buy Robux inside the phone app. Roblox says web, computer and gift card purchases get up to 25% more Robux. Same money, more Robux.
- Sending Robux to a stranger who messaged a link. Both gifts and transfers are final and non-reversible, and Roblox says it will never ask anyone to send Robux to another user to verify an account. Only use a Request Robux link from someone you know personally — Roblox says the same thing.