Vending machines are a premium format on BOXED. Instead of opening a box, you spend gems to pull from a machine and a capsule-style animation reveals what came out. Vending machines sit at higher price points than most standard boxes and are focused on graded cards and slabs, which is what makes them a premium format rather than a variation on box opening.

If you need gems first, see Gems: the complete guide. If a gem purchase did not land, see Why didn't my gem purchase go through?. Every gem you spend on a vending machine pull earns XP toward your level, which is covered in Levels, XP and daily rewards.

Vending machines lean heavily toward graded material, and a machine can hold both of the following:

The card details shown in the machine and in your inventory tell you which kind you have, and for graded cards, the grade it carries. BOXED does not grade cards itself and does not change or re-grade a card that already carries a grade, so the grade you see in the machine is the grade you receive.

Yes, vending machine results use the same provably fair system as the rest of BOXED. Each result is generated from a combination of a server seed and a client seed, which means the outcome is fixed before you pull and cannot be changed after the fact by BOXED or by anyone else. You can verify any individual result yourself using the seeds attached to it, and the capsule animation is presentation only, with no effect on what comes out.

The full method, including how to check a result step by step, is in Provably Fair.

Every card you pull from a vending machine goes into your inventory, and from there you have the same options as with any other card on BOXED:

There is no deadline on this decision, so a card can sit in your inventory indefinitely. A full comparison of the options is in Cards: sell back, withdraw, exchange or display.

If you withdraw a card, physical shipping is available to the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Standard fulfilment typically ships within 2 to 4 weeks of the withdrawal being placed, and once dispatched the parcel typically arrives within the carrier's stated window from the ship date. Timing and costs are covered in Shipping: tracking, timelines and costs.

You can update your default shipping address in your account settings at any time, and doing so before you place a withdrawal is the reliable way to make sure an order goes to the right place. See Changing your shipping address. If a card arrives damaged or is not the card you withdrew, see Damaged, defective or wrong card received, and if it never arrives, see Lost or undelivered packages.

If the vending machines section is blank or the machines do not appear, refresh the page first, since this clears the great majority of loading problems. If they still do not appear after a refresh, there may be a temporary maintenance window on the feature, so it is worth checking back a little later. General browser fixes, including clearing cache and disabling ad blockers, are in Using BOXED: app, troubleshooting and contacting support.

Check your inventory first, because the card is added there even if the animation did not finish or the page reloaded mid-pull. Refresh the page or restart the app and look again. If your gems were spent and no card is in your inventory, please ask to speak to a human and our team will look into it.

The most common reason is a gem balance below that machine's price per pull, which you can resolve by purchasing gems or choosing a machine at a lower price point. Some features are also limited by region, so if you are seeing an "action not permitted" message, see Regional availability and "action not permitted" errors.

A pull cannot be undone once the gems are spent and the result is generated, because the result is committed by the provably fair system at that moment. What you can decide is what happens next: the card is yours in your inventory, so you can sell it back for gems, withdraw it, exchange it, trade it in, or display it.

A vending machine is a premium format on BOXED where you spend gems to pull from a machine and a capsule-style animation reveals the result. Vending machines sit at higher price points than most standard boxes and focus on graded cards and slabs.

Vending machines are focused on professionally graded cards and slabs, and some machines also hold raw ungraded cards. You can see the full list of cards a machine can produce, along with your chance of pulling each one, before you spend any gems on it.

A vending machine differs from a standard box in three ways: it uses a capsule-based reveal rather than a box opener animation, it concentrates on graded cards and slabs, and it sits at a higher price point per pull. The underlying fairness system and what happens to your item afterwards are identical.

Yes, vending machine results are provably fair. Each outcome is generated from a server seed and a client seed and is fixed before the pull happens, and you can verify any individual result yourself using the Provably Fair tools.

Every card you pull from a vending machine goes straight into your BOXED inventory, where it sits alongside your other items until you decide what to do with it.

Each vending machine sets its own gem price per pull, and that price is shown on the machine before you play. The gems are deducted from your balance at the moment you pull.

If no vending machines are showing, refresh the page, which resolves most loading problems. If they still do not appear, the feature may be in a short maintenance window, so check back a little later.

Yes, you can withdraw a vending machine pull as a physical card and have it shipped to you. Physical shipping is available to the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, and orders typically ship within 2 to 4 weeks of the withdrawal being placed.

Yes, anything you pull from a vending machine can be sold back for gems from your inventory, and the gems are credited to your balance straight away.

A pull cannot be cancelled or reversed once the result is generated. The card is added to your inventory, and from there you can sell it back for gems, withdraw it, exchange it, trade it in on the Marketplace, or display it on your profile.