Quick answer
Nine zones are reported, in this order with these Speed gates: Forest 5, Desert 1,000, Snowy 50,000, Candy 750,000, Swamp 12,000,000, Ocean 150,000,000, Hell 1,000,000,000, Blossom 5,000,000,000 and Galaxy 25,000,000,000. Galaxy is the reported final zone, holds Secret-rarity eggs and is guarded by a hydra. The figures come from a third-party guide, so confirm them in game.
Steps
1. Find your current Speed
Read the Speed stat in your client rather than estimating it, because everything in this list is a comparison against that number.
2. Find the first zone above it
That zone is your next target, and the gap between your Speed and its gate is the amount you need to close.
3. Judge the gap before you commit
A gap measured in thousands is a treadmill session. A gap measured in billions is a multiplier problem, and treadmill levels alone will not close it.
4. Scout the zone you cannot farm yet
Zones are open to explore even when you are under the gate, so you can look at the layout and the guardian before you invest in reaching it.
5. Re-check the gate in your own client
Because these numbers are third-party, verify the requirement the way the game displays it before tying a long grind plan to it.
The full reported zone list
Nine zones are currently reported, in this order: Forest at 5 Speed, Desert at 1,000, Snowy at 50,000, Candy at 750,000, Swamp at 12,000,000, Ocean at 150,000,000, Hell at 1,000,000,000, Blossom at 5,000,000,000 and Galaxy at 25,000,000,000.
Each zone is watched by a guardian of its own, and the guardians get more dangerous as you go. Galaxy is reported to be guarded by a hydra, which is why the final zone behaves more like a milestone than a farm.
These figures come from a named third-party guide rather than a developer-published table. That does not make them wrong, but it does mean the correct way to use this page is as a map of the curve, with the live gate confirmed in your own client before you spend hours on it.
The shape of the curve, which matters more than the numbers
What actually matters is not the individual figures but the ratios between them. Forest to Desert is a rounding error. Desert to Snowy is fifty times. Snowy to Candy is fifteen times. Then Candy to Swamp is sixteen times, Swamp to Ocean is twelve and a half times, Ocean to Hell is under seven times, Hell to Blossom is five times, and Blossom to Galaxy is five times again.
The first two jumps feel like ordinary progression. From Snowy onwards the gates start behaving exponentially, and by the last three zones each step is a multiple rather than an increment.
That pattern is the single most useful thing on this page. A plan built around treadmill levels alone works in the early and middle zones and stops working at the top, because additive upgrades cannot keep pace with gates that multiply. Above Ocean, the multiplier is the mechanism that closes the gap, which is why trail purchases are treated as mandatory rather than optional at the high end.
How to plan a push into a new zone
Start from the exception rather than the rule. If the zone you are chasing is only one or two multiples above your current Speed, treadmill levels and patience are enough, and you should just keep training and buying levels.
If it is several multiples above, stop buying treadmill levels for a while and put the Cash into the multiplier instead. The reason is arithmetic: multiplying your rate raises everything ahead of you, while adding to your rate only moves the number you are comparing.
The other thing worth planning before a push is your income, not just your Speed. A zone you can enter but cannot afford to farm is not an upgrade. Bank a few sessions of Cash in your current zone before you spend everything on reaching the next one.
High-value feedback, re-confirmed in your client
Before you commit to a long-term plan based on any figure on this page, confirm the gate the way the game shows it. Zone requirements are exactly the kind of value that gets retuned in an update, and this experience is only weeks old, so its numbers are more likely to move than an older game's.
The only signal that a zone gate has changed is your own client or a developer announcement. Because no developer patch-notes channel is currently confirmed for this game, the practical approach is to re-read the requirement in game at the start of each session rather than trusting any published list, including this one.
This page is rechecked against its sources and updated when the zone order or the gates change.
Tips
- Treat the ratios between gates as more important than the absolute numbers.
- Scout a zone you cannot farm yet, since exploration is not gated even when stealing is.
- Bank Cash in your current zone before spending it all on reaching the next one.
- Re-read the live gate at the start of a session rather than trusting a saved number.
- If a gap is measured in multiples rather than increments, buy the multiplier instead of more treadmill levels.
- Remember that walking into a zone does not mean you can steal from it.
Common mistakes
- Assuming the published gates are final when they come from a third-party source.
- Grinding treadmill levels against a gate that is several multiples away.
- Confusing this game's zones with the differently developed Steal an Egg, which has different biomes.
- Spending your whole bank on reaching a zone you cannot yet afford to farm.
- Trying to steal from a zone whose gate you have not reached, then blaming the guardian.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are all the zones in Break and Steal an Egg?
The reported order is Forest, Desert, Snowy, Candy, Swamp, Ocean, Hell, Blossom and Galaxy, with Speed gates of 5, 1,000, 50,000, 750,000, 12,000,000, 150,000,000, 1,000,000,000, 5,000,000,000 and 25,000,000,000 respectively.
What Speed do I need for Galaxy zone?
A reported 25,000,000,000 Speed. It is the final zone in the reported order and is guarded by a hydra.
Which zone has Secret rarity eggs?
Galaxy is the zone reported to contain Secret-rarity eggs, which places the rarest reported animals behind the highest Speed gate in the game.
Can I visit a zone before I meet the Speed requirement?
Yes. The zones are reported to be open to explore. What the Speed gate controls is whether you can successfully steal an egg and get out with it.
Related resources
Speed Calculator
Plan which zone your Speed unlocks, how many treadmill steps the next gate needs, and how deep a merge chain goes.
Wiki
Verified systems, zone speed gates, rarities and progression facts for Break and Steal an Egg.
How to Increase Speed Fast
Speed is the gate on every zone in the game. Treadmill levels raise what each step gives you, trails multiply it, and everything else in the progression curve is downstream of those two choices.