Search For The Needle Alien Skins: How to Unlock Them

What the alien skins are

Search For The Needle features an Alien Chest located in the game's lobby. According to Pro Game Guides, the chest is the source of Alien skins for items and equipment, with the Dynamite and the Drone cited as examples of equipment that have skins, and the UFO named as an item obtainable from the chest. This article was not written from live gameplay, so treat the in-game purchase menu as the final authority on what is currently available.

How to earn Alien Coins for skins

There are two free ways to earn Alien Coins, per the Pro Game Guides guide:

• Clearing maps — finishing the Farmhouse or Basement maps on any difficulty rewards Alien Coins, with amounts scaled by difficulty, clear time, and the map played. Basement on Hard is described as the most efficient farm, especially with multiple players. For the full breakdown of clear rewards, see our Alien Coins guide.
• Codes — a redemption feature was added with the Chapter 2 update. A code worth 200 Alien Coins was reported in September 2026, but code availability changes frequently, so check a current code list rather than relying on that older report.

Alien Chest purchase options

The chest menu in the lobby lets you open Alien Chests using Alien Coins. As of the September 9, 2026 source report, there was also a Robux option to buy chests directly. Pricing and bundle sizes may have changed since then, so review the purchase screen in-game before deciding anything. Spending is entirely optional — chests can be earned through map clears alone, just at a slower pace.

Managing your collection

Keep your own notes as you open chests: which equipment skins you've received, how many coins you spent, and what's still missing. There is no confirmed information in the available sources about a built-in collection tracker, drop odds, or a guaranteed path to every skin — so a simple personal log of your results is the most reliable way to track progress toward completing your equipment skin set.

FAQ

Do alien skins change how equipment performs? The available source describes them as skins but does not document any performance changes. No verified stat buff is confirmed either way, so don't assume one exists.

Is the UFO a skin or equipment? The UFO is named in the Pro Game Guides source as a chest reward example, but the source doesn't specify whether it's strictly a skin or an equippable item, so check it in-game.

What's the fastest way to unlock more alien skins? Earn Alien Coins by clearing the Basement map on higher difficulty quickly, ideally with a group, then spend them on Alien Chests in the lobby.