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Star Citizen referral code 2026

Every code in the rotation above is checked against the RSI enlist form before it reaches the database, so what you copy in 2026 resolves today rather than being scraped from a three year old forum thread. Referral codes are not dated. A code issued back in Alpha 3.x still works now, because the code is simply the permanent handle of the account that referred you. What does change from year to year is the reward attached to it, which Cloud Imperium adjusts around free fly events and anniversary sales. Rotating a fresh code costs nothing, so take whatever the randomizer hands you.

What does a Star Citizen referral code give you?

A referral code is a one time signup bonus. Enter one while you create your RSI account and the bonus lands in that account the moment registration completes, before you have bought anything and before you have logged into the Persistent Universe for the first time.

The pilot whose code you used receives recruitment points once you buy a game package. Nothing is deducted from your side to pay for that, which is exactly why open community code lists exist at all: the Star Citizen referral program is not zero sum, and a code that gets shared costs its owner nothing.

Where do you use a Star Citizen referral code?

There is exactly one place the code is accepted, and it is easy to walk straight past. Open the RSI enlist page at robertsspaceindustries.com/enlist, fill in your handle, email address and password as normal, then find the field labelled Referral Code near the bottom of the form and paste the code in the STAR-XXXX-XXXX format, keeping the STAR prefix and both dashes. Submit the form and the bonus is applied together with the account.

1. Open the RSI enlist page at robertsspaceindustries.com/enlist
2. Fill in your handle, email address and password as normal.
3. Find the field labelled Referral Code, near the bottom of the form.
4. Paste the code in the STAR-XXXX-XXXX format, keeping the STAR prefix and both dashes.
5. Submit the form. The bonus is applied together with the account.

The green enlist button above skips steps one and three for you. It opens the RSI form with the rotated code already attached, so the field arrives prefilled and there is nothing to mistype.

Does a Star Citizen referral code work on an existing account?

No. The referral field only exists on the registration form, and the bonus is granted at the moment the account is created. Once your account exists there is no page in your RSI settings, no support ticket and no in game menu that will attach a code after the fact.

If you already have an account you cannot claim a code as a recruit, but you can still give your own code to friends and collect recruitment points from their signups. Add it to the community database using the submit form above.

Do Star Citizen referral codes expire?

Codes do not expire on a timer. A referral code is tied to an RSI account, so it stays valid for as long as that account does. A code stops working only when the account behind it is closed or its handle changes, which is the whole point of rotating a community database: codes that stop resolving get dropped, so you are never left pasting a dead string into the enlist form.

Reward amounts do move, however. During free fly weeks and anniversary events CIG has raised the signup bonus, so enlisting during a promotion is worth more than enlisting in a quiet month.

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The bonus lands before you have worked out what any of it is worth. These are free, need no account, and answer the questions a new pilot hits in the first week.