Signup walkthrough · STAR-JTV7-FXLR

Where exactly to paste a Star Citizen referral code at signup

The Referral Rewards field on RSI's signup page sits below the account details and just above the Terms checkbox. People miss it because the layout puts it at the bottom. This page shows the field, walks through the four taps that earn you 50,000 UEC, and covers the two recovery paths if you missed it the first time.

By Domux · Updated 18 May 2026 · Verified on a fresh test account the same day

Start signup with code pre-filled

What the field actually looks like

Before the steps, here is the form so you know what you're looking for. The full signup page is on the left; the close-up on the right is the only block that matters for the bonus.

Close-up of the Referral Rewards block: a panel explaining you can earn 50,000 UEC after buying a game package, with an input field showing the STAR-XXXX-XXXX placeholder. — 2The block in detail. RSI calls it a *Referral Code* on its own form — what searchers call a "coupon code" or "promo code" is this. Paste `STAR-JTV7-FXLR` here.

The signup, in four steps

Open the RSI signup page
The orange button above pre-fills the code into the URL — that's the fastest path. If you got here from somewhere else, go to robertsspaceindustries.com/enlist directly; you'll paste the code yourself in step 3.
Fill in Account Name, Email, Password and Date of Birth
Account Name is your public handle — it shows up on your RSI profile and in-game; you can change it once for free later. Email and Password should be unique to RSI (not reused). Date of Birth has to be 13+; RSI will block younger ages at submission.
Scroll down to Referral Rewards and paste STAR-JTV7-FXLR
The field accepts the format STAR-XXXX-XXXX — keep the dashes. If you used the orange button above, the value is already there; double-check it reads exactly STAR-JTV7-FXLR with no trailing spaces. Tick the Terms checkbox, then click Enlist Now at the bottom right.
Buy a Game Package of $40 USD or more
The 50,000 UEC only credits once a qualifying Game Package is on your account. The cheapest is the Citizen Starter Pack at $60 (RSI Aurora Mk II + 10,000 UEC of its own — the referral bonus stacks on top). After the purchase, the new UEC balance appears on your account dashboard within a few minutes.

Quick sanity-check before you click Enlist

If you copied the code from somewhere with rich formatting (a chat app, an email), there can be invisible spaces or zero-width characters around it. Easiest tell: the code looks fine on screen but the field rejects it. Re-type it by hand once — STAR-JTV7-FXLR — and the rejection goes away.

Already enlisted without the code? You have 24 hours.

If you created the account before finding this page, the Referral Rewards block is still inside your account settings — but only for exactly 24 hours from account creation. After that the field disappears and RSI support does not manually re-open it. The clock starts the moment you click Enlist Now, not when you complete a purchase.

Sign in at robertsspaceindustries.com
Use the account you just made.
Open the account menu (top right) and find Referral Rewards
It is the same block from the signup screenshot above, now embedded inside your account dashboard.
Paste STAR-JTV7-FXLR and confirm
The code locks to your account. When you complete a $40+ Game Package, the 50,000 UEC arrives automatically.

The $40 rule almost nobody mentions

Every search result will tell you "paste the code, get 50,000 UEC". Almost none of them mention this: the Game Package on your account must be worth at least $40 USD for the bonus to trigger. If a promo bundle takes a package below that line, you keep the game but no 50,000 UEC credits — and the code holder gets nothing either.

Watch out for under-$40 bundles

This rule almost never bites you in normal months because every standard Starter Pack on the RSI store is above $40. The cheapest, the Citizen Starter Pack at $60, is comfortably over. The risk window is during stacked promotions — say a flash 30% discount layered on a $48 promo bundle. Do the math at checkout. If the final package price drops under $40, the referral does not qualify.

Rule of thumb: pay $40+ for the package, paste STAR-JTV7-FXLR within 24 hours of account creation, and the bonus is guaranteed.

How to verify the 50,000 UEC actually arrived

RSI does not send a celebratory email when the bonus credits. You verify it by hand — and it's a five-second check:

Sign in at robertsspaceindustries.com
Use the account you used for the Game Package purchase.
Open your account dashboard
You should see a UEC balance line on the account summary. If the referral bonus credited, the number is at least 50,000 UEC (more if your Game Package included its own UEC — the Citizen Starter Pack adds 10,000 UEC of its own, so the line reads at least 60,000 UEC).
If the balance is short, open Referral Rewards inside the account menu
The page will show whether your account is tied to a referral code and whether it has qualified. If it shows the code attached but the bonus pending, give it a couple of hours — peak windows like IAE in November can slow this down.

When the code is rejected — three real causes

What you see	Likely cause	Fix
"Invalid code" or the field shakes red on submit	Format mismatch — usually invisible whitespace pasted from an app, or a missing dash	Re-type the code by hand: `STAR-JTV7-FXLR`. Don't copy-paste from chat clients.
The Referral Rewards block isn't there at all	Your account is older than 24 hours, or you are signed in to a pre-existing account	Codes apply only to new accounts within 24 hours of creation. Existing accounts can't redeem.
Code accepted at signup but 50,000 UEC never showed	Game Package on file is under $40 USD, or purchase hasn't cleared yet	Check the package price excluding any region tax — if it's under $40 the bonus doesn't trigger.

A note about which code you use

The 50,000 UEC bonus is paid by RSI, not by the code holder. That means any working referral code on the planet credits the same amount on your end. The thing that varies between codes is whether someone is keeping theirs maintained — a randomized code pulled from a rotating pool can quietly break without warning when the underlying account hits a tier ceiling or goes inactive.

This site keeps one code, STAR-JTV7-FXLR, and re-verifies it on a fresh test account regularly. Honest disclosure: when you use it I earn one Recruitment Point on the RSI ladder. You get the full 50,000 UEC either way; you pay the same price for your Game Package whether you use a code or not.