DevEx calculator

How DevEx actually works

DevEx is the only sanctioned way to turn Robux into money. You accumulate earned Robux from selling things on the platform, hit the 30,000 minimum, submit a request in Creator Hub, and Roblox pays you through Tipalti.

Earned Robux is not the same as your Robux balance

This is where most first cashouts fail. Only Robux you earned can be exchanged. Roblox counts these as earned:

• Developer products, passes and subscriptions sold inside your experience
• Fees from in-experience purchases of Marketplace items, and fees from Robux Transfers through the Transfer API
• Paid private servers, paid access purchased in Robux, Roblox Plus incentives, and ads published inside a game
• Paid models and plugins sold on the Creator Store
• Avatar items sold in the Marketplace
• Creator Rewards from daily engagement and audience expansion

And these never count, no matter how large your balance looks:

• Robux you bought directly
• Monthly Robux grants from a Roblox subscription
• Trading or resale of in-game or avatar items
• Robux received through Robux transfers
• Robux from gift card redemption
• Passes sold for template games with no legitimate user visits
• Violative content that was moderated

The six eligibility requirements

1. Be at least 13 years old
2. Have a minimum of 30,000 Earned Robux in your account
3. Have a Roblox-verified email address
4. Have a valid DevEx portal account
5. Have either an IRS Form W-9 (U.S. taxpayers) or W-8 (non-U.S. taxpayers) on file with Roblox
6. Be in complete compliance at all times with Roblox's Terms of Use and Community Standards

The tax form requirement is the one people forget, and it matters more from Nov 1, 2026, when DevEx payments become royalties. Here is what that changes.

Why old balances pay less

If you were earning before September 5, 2025, part of your balance is stuck at the old $0.0035 rate. Two rules make this worse than people expect:

• Old-rate balances must be cashed out before any Robux earned at the current rate. This includes one-time payouts from groups.
• Spending Robux on the platform does not clear your old-rate balance. Spending deducts from your total balance, but it does not count toward clearing the previous-rate Earned Robux first.

The practical effect: you cannot skip the old balance to cash out at the better rate, and you cannot spend your way past it. Use the Mixed setting above to see what a split balance is really worth.

The U.S. 18+ rate has conditions attached

The $0.0054 rate is not a blanket upgrade for American creators. It applies to specific purchases — developer products, passes, subscriptions, private servers — made by U.S. players who verified they are 18 or older, and only in experiences that meet character requirements:

• Players must spend 100% of active playtime as an R15 platform avatar — no R6 spawning or switching
• Custom human-form characters need roughly 1 head, 2 arms and 2 legs, 12 limb parts or joints distributed evenly, a torso with at least 2 parts or joints, and full bipedal range of motion
• Animation packs must be R15, not R6

If your experience spawns R6 avatars, none of your revenue qualifies, regardless of who is spending.

Requesting a payout

Go to Creator Hub, open Finances, and select Cash Out. Use your legal name — nicknames or a parent's name will delay or disqualify the review. You can request once per calendar month, after the previous payment lands.

Reviews take around 10 business days the first time and around 5 after that, plus bank processing. Delays usually trace back to a name mismatch, missing tax information, or an unresolved moderation action on the account.