diff --git a/apps/www/src/client/App.tsx b/apps/www/src/client/App.tsx
index d13a93c..ae4b65f 100644
--- a/apps/www/src/client/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/www/src/client/App.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
 	call,
 	hasToken,
 	isAdmin,
+	isDeveloper,
 	setHosts,
 	setToken,
 	useAction,
@@ -1184,129 +1185,134 @@ function StaffPlayerActions({ account, navigate }: { account: PublicAccount; nav
 	return (
 		<section className="card">
 			<h2>Staff</h2>
-			<form
-				onSubmit={(e) => {
-					e.preventDefault()
-					void gift.run(async () => {
-						const amount = Number(tokens)
-						const res = await call<{ balance: number }>(`${base}/gift-tokens`, {
-							authed: true,
-							json: { amount },
-						})
-						setTokens('')
-						const what =
-							amount < 0
-								? `Took ${Math.abs(amount).toLocaleString()} tokens back`
-								: amount === 0
-									? 'Sent an empty box'
-									: `Sent ${amount.toLocaleString()} tokens`
-						return `${what}. @${account.username} now has ${res.balance.toLocaleString()}.`
-					})
-				}}
-			>
-				<label>
-					Gift tokens
-					<span className="staff-gift">
-						<input
-							type="number"
-							step={1}
-							value={tokens}
-							required
-							onChange={(e) => setTokens(e.target.value)}
-						/>
-						<button type="submit" disabled={gift.pending}>
-							{gift.pending ? 'Sending…' : 'Send'}
-						</button>
-					</span>
-					<span className="hint">
-						Arrives as a gift box, and is added to their balance right away. A negative amount takes
-						tokens back instead — it still sends a box, and it can&apos;t take more than they have.
-						Zero sends an empty box and moves nothing.
-					</span>
-				</label>
-				{gift.error && <p className="error">{gift.error}</p>}
-				{gift.done && <p className="ok">{gift.done}</p>}
-			</form>
+			{/* The gifts are developer-only; www refuses them to moderators. */}
+			{isDeveloper() && (
+				<>
+					<form
+						onSubmit={(e) => {
+							e.preventDefault()
+							void gift.run(async () => {
+								const amount = Number(tokens)
+								const res = await call<{ balance: number }>(`${base}/gift-tokens`, {
+									authed: true,
+									json: { amount },
+								})
+								setTokens('')
+								const what =
+									amount < 0
+										? `Took ${Math.abs(amount).toLocaleString()} tokens back`
+										: amount === 0
+											? 'Sent an empty box'
+											: `Sent ${amount.toLocaleString()} tokens`
+								return `${what}. @${account.username} now has ${res.balance.toLocaleString()}.`
+							})
+						}}
+					>
+						<label>
+							Gift tokens
+							<span className="staff-gift">
+								<input
+									type="number"
+									step={1}
+									value={tokens}
+									required
+									onChange={(e) => setTokens(e.target.value)}
+								/>
+								<button type="submit" disabled={gift.pending}>
+									{gift.pending ? 'Sending…' : 'Send'}
+								</button>
+							</span>
+							<span className="hint">
+								Arrives as a gift box, and is added to their balance right away. A negative amount
+								takes tokens back instead — it still sends a box, and it can&apos;t take more than
+								they have. Zero sends an empty box and moves nothing.
+							</span>
+						</label>
+						{gift.error && <p className="error">{gift.error}</p>}
+						{gift.done && <p className="ok">{gift.done}</p>}
+					</form>
 
-			<form
-				onSubmit={(e) => {
-					e.preventDefault()
-					void xpGift.run(async () => {
-						const amount = Number(xp)
-						const res = await call<{ level: number; levelsGained: number }>(`${base}/gift-xp`, {
-							authed: true,
-							json: { amount },
-						})
-						setXp('')
-						const levels =
-							res.levelsGained > 0
-								? ` They went up ${res.levelsGained} level${res.levelsGained === 1 ? '' : 's'}, to ${res.level}.`
-								: ` They're level ${res.level}.`
-						return `Sent ${amount.toLocaleString()} XP.${levels}`
-					})
-				}}
-			>
-				<label>
-					Gift XP
-					<span className="staff-gift">
-						<input
-							type="number"
-							min={1}
-							step={1}
-							inputMode="numeric"
-							value={xp}
-							required
-							onChange={(e) => setXp(e.target.value)}
-						/>
-						<button type="submit" disabled={xpGift.pending}>
-							{xpGift.pending ? 'Sending…' : 'Send'}
-						</button>
-					</span>
-					<span className="hint">
-						Arrives as a gift box. Levels it crosses count, but don&apos;t pay their level-up
-						rewards.
-					</span>
-				</label>
-				{xpGift.error && <p className="error">{xpGift.error}</p>}
-				{xpGift.done && <p className="ok">{xpGift.done}</p>}
-			</form>
+					<form
+						onSubmit={(e) => {
+							e.preventDefault()
+							void xpGift.run(async () => {
+								const amount = Number(xp)
+								const res = await call<{ level: number; levelsGained: number }>(`${base}/gift-xp`, {
+									authed: true,
+									json: { amount },
+								})
+								setXp('')
+								const levels =
+									res.levelsGained > 0
+										? ` They went up ${res.levelsGained} level${res.levelsGained === 1 ? '' : 's'}, to ${res.level}.`
+										: ` They're level ${res.level}.`
+								return `Sent ${amount.toLocaleString()} XP.${levels}`
+							})
+						}}
+					>
+						<label>
+							Gift XP
+							<span className="staff-gift">
+								<input
+									type="number"
+									min={1}
+									step={1}
+									inputMode="numeric"
+									value={xp}
+									required
+									onChange={(e) => setXp(e.target.value)}
+								/>
+								<button type="submit" disabled={xpGift.pending}>
+									{xpGift.pending ? 'Sending…' : 'Send'}
+								</button>
+							</span>
+							<span className="hint">
+								Arrives as a gift box. Levels it crosses count, but don&apos;t pay their level-up
+								rewards.
+							</span>
+						</label>
+						{xpGift.error && <p className="error">{xpGift.error}</p>}
+						{xpGift.done && <p className="ok">{xpGift.done}</p>}
+					</form>
 
-			<form
-				onSubmit={(e) => {
-					e.preventDefault()
-					void customGift.run(async () => {
-						const res = await call<{ name: string }>(`${base}/gift-custom-item`, {
-							authed: true,
-							json: { customAvatarItemId: customItemId.trim() },
-						})
-						setCustomItemId('')
-						return `Sent “${res.name}” to @${account.username}.`
-					})
-				}}
-			>
-				<label>
-					Gift custom item
-					<span className="staff-gift">
-						<input
-							type="text"
-							value={customItemId}
-							placeholder="Custom avatar item id"
-							spellCheck={false}
-							required
-							onChange={(e) => setCustomItemId(e.target.value)}
-						/>
-						<button type="submit" disabled={customGift.pending}>
-							{customGift.pending ? 'Sending…' : 'Send'}
-						</button>
-					</span>
-					<span className="hint">
-						Arrives as a gift box, as if bought from the store. Free to them, and the creator
-						isn&apos;t paid.
-					</span>
-				</label>
-				{customGift.error && <p className="error">{customGift.error}</p>}
-				{customGift.done && <p className="ok">{customGift.done}</p>}
-			</form>
+					<form
+						onSubmit={(e) => {
+							e.preventDefault()
+							void customGift.run(async () => {
+								const res = await call<{ name: string }>(`${base}/gift-custom-item`, {
+									authed: true,
+									json: { customAvatarItemId: customItemId.trim() },
+								})
+								setCustomItemId('')
+								return `Sent “${res.name}” to @${account.username}.`
+							})
+						}}
+					>
+						<label>
+							Gift custom item
+							<span className="staff-gift">
+								<input
+									type="text"
+									value={customItemId}
+									placeholder="Custom avatar item id"
+									spellCheck={false}
+									required
+									onChange={(e) => setCustomItemId(e.target.value)}
+								/>
+								<button type="submit" disabled={customGift.pending}>
+									{customGift.pending ? 'Sending…' : 'Send'}
+								</button>
+							</span>
+							<span className="hint">
+								Arrives as a gift box, as if bought from the store. Free to them, and the creator
+								isn&apos;t paid.
+							</span>
+						</label>
+						{customGift.error && <p className="error">{customGift.error}</p>}
+						{customGift.done && <p className="ok">{customGift.done}</p>}
+					</form>
+				</>
+			)}
 
 			<div className="mod-filter-actions staff-actions">
 				<button
@@ -2161,7 +2167,7 @@ function PublicRoomView({
 			    role itself on the DELETE. */}
 			{isAdmin() && (
 				<>
-					<StaffRoomTokens room={room} />
+					{isDeveloper() && <StaffRoomTokens room={room} />}
 					<StaffTakedown room={room} onTakenDown={onTakenDown} />
 				</>
 			)}
diff --git a/apps/www/src/client/api.ts b/apps/www/src/client/api.ts
index 9219ae6..2d84fa7 100644
--- a/apps/www/src/client/api.ts
+++ b/apps/www/src/client/api.ts
@@ -78,22 +78,35 @@ export function where(): Hosts {
  */
 const ADMIN_ROLES = new Set(['developer', 'moderator'])
 
+/** The session token's `role` claim, decoded WITHOUT verifying it. Malformed reads as none. */
+function tokenRoles(): string[] {
+	const payload = token?.split('.')[1]
+	if (!payload) return []
+	try {
+		const b64 = payload.replace(/-/g, '+').replace(/_/g, '/')
+		const padded = b64.padEnd(b64.length + ((4 - (b64.length % 4)) % 4), '=')
+		const claims = JSON.parse(atob(padded)) as { role?: unknown }
+		return Array.isArray(claims.role) ? (claims.role as string[]) : []
+	} catch {
+		return []
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * Whether the session token carries an admin role. Decodes the `role` claim WITHOUT
  * verifying it — a page holds no signing key, and faking one here only reveals buttons
  * whose endpoints reject the same token. A malformed token reads as "not admin".
  */
 export function isAdmin(): boolean {
-	const payload = token?.split('.')[1]
-	if (!payload) return false
-	try {
-		const b64 = payload.replace(/-/g, '+').replace(/_/g, '/')
-		const padded = b64.padEnd(b64.length + ((4 - (b64.length % 4)) % 4), '=')
-		const claims = JSON.parse(atob(padded)) as { role?: unknown }
-		return Array.isArray(claims.role) && claims.role.some((r) => ADMIN_ROLES.has(r as string))
-	} catch {
-		return false
-	}
+	return tokenRoles().some((r) => ADMIN_ROLES.has(r))
+}
+
+/**
+ * Whether the session token carries the `developer` role — the staff gifts are narrowed to
+ * it (www's `requireDeveloper`). Cosmetic in the same way as {@link isAdmin}.
+ */
+export function isDeveloper(): boolean {
+	return tokenRoles().includes('developer')
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/apps/www/src/context.ts b/apps/www/src/context.ts
index e35195b..043bb67 100644
--- a/apps/www/src/context.ts
+++ b/apps/www/src/context.ts
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ export type Variables = SharedHonoVariables & {
 	 * same token a second time — and so a handler can only get at it behind that gate.
 	 */
 	staffId: number
+	/**
+	 * The roles on that same token, set beside `staffId` so `requireDeveloper` can narrow a
+	 * staff route to developers without verifying the token again.
+	 */
+	staffRoles: string[]
 }
 
 export interface App extends HonoApp {
diff --git a/apps/www/src/staff.ts b/apps/www/src/staff.ts
index 28d7420..e0f3bbe 100644
--- a/apps/www/src/staff.ts
+++ b/apps/www/src/staff.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ import type { App, Env } from './context'
  * `developer`, the operator-granted roles `auth` stamps from an account's
  * isModerator/isDeveloper flags (see the admin CLI's `grant-moderator` /
  * `grant-developer`). The SPA's `isAdmin()` gate only decides what to SHOW; this is the
- * one that decides anything.
+ * one that decides anything. The gifts are narrower still — developers only, via
+ * {@link requireDeveloper}.
  */
 
 /**
@@ -111,6 +112,18 @@ export const requireStaff: MiddlewareHandler<App> = async (c, next) => {
 	// moderator, and every action here is recorded against one.
 	if (accountId === null) return c.json({ error: 'Unauthorized' }, 401)
 	c.set('staffId', accountId)
+	c.set('staffRoles', roles)
+	await next()
+}
+
+/**
+ * Narrows a staff route to developers — the ones that mint currency, items or XP out of
+ * nothing, which moderation has no need for. Runs AFTER {@link requireStaff} (it reads the
+ * roles that gate stashed), so a missing or invalid token is still that gate's 401 and a
+ * moderator without `developer` gets a 403.
+ */
+export const requireDeveloper: MiddlewareHandler<App> = async (c, next) => {
+	if (!c.get('staffRoles').includes('developer')) return c.json({ error: 'Forbidden' }, 403)
 	await next()
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/www/src/test/integration/api.test.ts b/apps/www/src/test/integration/api.test.ts
index 5123d0b..14226bc 100644
--- a/apps/www/src/test/integration/api.test.ts
+++ b/apps/www/src/test/integration/api.test.ts
@@ -74,13 +74,6 @@ const TEST_JWT_SECRET = 'test-jwt-secret'
 const tokenFor = (accountId: number, roles: string[] = []): Promise<string> =>
 	generateToken(String(accountId), '', 4, TEST_JWT_SECRET, roles)
 
-/**
- * A STAFF token — one carrying the `moderator` role, as `auth` stamps it from an
- * account's isModerator flag. The whole moderation surface is gated on this and nothing
- * else, so a test that forgets it is testing the 403.
- */
-const staffToken = (accountId: number): Promise<string> => tokenFor(accountId, ['moderator'])
-
 // A Discord app that is HALF configured: credentials seeded below, but wrangler.jsonc
 // leaves DISCORD_GUILD_ID / DISCORD_BENEFITS_ROLE_IDS empty. This is deliberately the most
 // dangerous half — an operator who registers an app and stops has something that can sign
@@ -686,18 +679,27 @@ async function staffGet(path: string, accountId: number, roles: string[] = ['mod
 	})
 }
 
-/** POST a JSON body to a staff endpoint as a moderator. */
-async function staffPost(path: string, accountId: number, body: unknown) {
+/** POST a JSON body to a staff endpoint as a moderator (or whatever `roles` names). */
+async function staffPost(
+	path: string,
+	accountId: number,
+	body: unknown,
+	roles: string[] = ['moderator']
+) {
 	return SELF.fetch(`https://example.com${path}`, {
 		method: 'POST',
 		headers: {
-			authorization: `Bearer ${await staffToken(accountId)}`,
+			authorization: `Bearer ${await tokenFor(accountId, roles)}`,
 			'content-type': 'application/json',
 		},
 		body: JSON.stringify(body),
 	})
 }
 
+/** POST a JSON body to a developer-only staff endpoint (the gifts) as a developer. */
+const devPost = (path: string, accountId: number, body: unknown) =>
+	staffPost(path, accountId, body, ['developer'])
+
 // Two refusals, not one. A 401 is an expired session — the SPA drops the token and sends
 // the player to sign in — while a 403 is a signed-in player who simply isn't staff, and
 // looping THEM through a sign-in would change nothing. Every route is checked, because
@@ -728,6 +730,11 @@ it('refuses every staff endpoint without a token, and without a staff role', asy
 		expect(res.status).toBe(403)
 	}
 
+	// The gifts are narrower: a moderator is staff, but not a developer.
+	for (const path of writes.filter((p) => p.includes('/gift-'))) {
+		expect((await staffPost(path, 8101, { amount: 1 })).status).toBe(403)
+	}
+
 	for (const path of paths) {
 		expect((await SELF.fetch(`https://example.com${path}`)).status).toBe(401)
 		// A valid token whose `role` claim is a plain player's.
@@ -1294,7 +1301,7 @@ it('gifts a player tokens in a gift box', async () => {
 	await hub().fetch('http://do/all', { method: 'DELETE' })
 	await updateAccount(env.DB, 8300, { username: 'Giftee' })
 
-	const res = await staffPost('/api/staff/players/8300/gift-tokens', 8110, { amount: 500 })
+	const res = await devPost('/api/staff/players/8300/gift-tokens', 8110, { amount: 500 })
 	expect(res.status).toBe(200)
 	const body = (await res.json()) as { balance: number; giftId: number }
 	expect(body.balance).toBe(DEFAULT_STARTING_TOKENS + 500)
@@ -1345,10 +1352,10 @@ it('refuses a token gift that is not a whole number, too large, or to nobody', a
 	// A fraction and a word are not amounts, and the cap binds in both directions, since a
 	// negative gift takes tokens away. Zero is allowed — see the empty box below.
 	for (const amount of [1.5, 'lots', 10_001, -10_001]) {
-		const res = await staffPost('/api/staff/players/8301/gift-tokens', 8110, { amount })
+		const res = await devPost('/api/staff/players/8301/gift-tokens', 8110, { amount })
 		expect(res.status).toBe(400)
 	}
-	expect((await staffPost('/api/staff/players/8399/gift-tokens', 8110, { amount: 5 })).status).toBe(
+	expect((await devPost('/api/staff/players/8399/gift-tokens', 8110, { amount: 5 })).status).toBe(
 		404
 	)
 	expect(await getPendingGifts(env.DB, 8301)).toEqual([])
@@ -1363,7 +1370,7 @@ it('takes tokens back on a negative gift, and cannot overdraw', async () => {
 	await hub().fetch('http://do/all', { method: 'DELETE' })
 	await updateAccount(env.DB, 8360, { username: 'Indebted' })
 
-	const res = await staffPost('/api/staff/players/8360/gift-tokens', 8110, { amount: -400 })
+	const res = await devPost('/api/staff/players/8360/gift-tokens', 8110, { amount: -400 })
 	expect(res.status).toBe(200)
 	const body = (await res.json()) as { balance: number; giftId: number }
 	expect(body.balance).toBe(DEFAULT_STARTING_TOKENS - 400)
@@ -1397,7 +1404,7 @@ it('takes tokens back on a negative gift, and cannot overdraw', async () => {
 	// More than they hold changes nothing: no debit, no box, no audit row beyond the first.
 	// Under the cap, so this is the BALANCE refusing it and not the typo guard (they hold
 	// DEFAULT_STARTING_TOKENS - 400 by now).
-	const tooMuch = await staffPost('/api/staff/players/8360/gift-tokens', 8110, {
+	const tooMuch = await devPost('/api/staff/players/8360/gift-tokens', 8110, {
 		amount: -(DEFAULT_STARTING_TOKENS - 100),
 	})
 	expect(tooMuch.status).toBe(400)
@@ -1427,7 +1434,7 @@ it('sends tokens to everyone in a room, across its instances', async () => {
 	await inRoom(8372, 7700, 77102)
 	await inRoom(8373, 7701, 77103)
 
-	const res = await staffPost('/api/staff/rooms/7700/gift-tokens', 8110, { amount: 250 })
+	const res = await devPost('/api/staff/rooms/7700/gift-tokens', 8110, { amount: 250 })
 	expect(res.status).toBe(200)
 	expect(await res.json()).toEqual({
 		roomId: 7700,
@@ -1462,18 +1469,18 @@ it('sends tokens to everyone in a room, across its instances', async () => {
 // An empty room is a 404 rather than a silent success: a staffer who pressed the button
 // expects somebody to have been paid.
 it('refuses a room gift with nobody in the room, and a bad amount', async () => {
-	expect((await staffPost('/api/staff/rooms/7799/gift-tokens', 8110, { amount: 10 })).status).toBe(
+	expect((await devPost('/api/staff/rooms/7799/gift-tokens', 8110, { amount: 10 })).status).toBe(
 		404
 	)
 	expect(
-		(await staffPost('/api/staff/rooms/7700/gift-tokens', 8110, { amount: 10_001 })).status
+		(await devPost('/api/staff/rooms/7700/gift-tokens', 8110, { amount: 10_001 })).status
 	).toBe(400)
 })
 
 // Zero is a real gift here: nothing moves, and the player gets an empty box.
 it('sends an empty box on a zero token gift', async () => {
 	await updateAccount(env.DB, 8361, { username: 'Emptyhanded' })
-	const res = await staffPost('/api/staff/players/8361/gift-tokens', 8110, { amount: 0 })
+	const res = await devPost('/api/staff/players/8361/gift-tokens', 8110, { amount: 0 })
 	expect(res.status).toBe(200)
 	const body = (await res.json()) as { balance: number; giftId: number }
 	expect(body.balance).toBe(DEFAULT_STARTING_TOKENS)
@@ -1551,7 +1558,7 @@ it('gifts a player a custom item in a gift box', async () => {
 	const item = await seedCustomItem('0a1b2c3d-0000-4000-8000-000000000001', 8331)
 
 	// Upper-cased on purpose: a GUID's case is not part of its identity.
-	const res = await staffPost('/api/staff/players/8330/gift-custom-item', 8110, {
+	const res = await devPost('/api/staff/players/8330/gift-custom-item', 8110, {
 		customAvatarItemId: item.CustomAvatarItemId.toUpperCase(),
 	})
 	expect(res.status).toBe(200)
@@ -1608,7 +1615,7 @@ it('refuses a custom item gift the store would refuse', async () => {
 	await grantCustomAvatarItem(env.DB, 8340, published.CustomAvatarItemId)
 
 	const gift = (customAvatarItemId: unknown, playerId = 8340) =>
-		staffPost(`/api/staff/players/${playerId}/gift-custom-item`, 8110, { customAvatarItemId })
+		devPost(`/api/staff/players/${playerId}/gift-custom-item`, 8110, { customAvatarItemId })
 
 	expect((await gift('')).status).toBe(400)
 	expect((await gift('no-such-item')).status).toBe(404)
@@ -1629,7 +1636,7 @@ it('gifts a player XP in a gift box', async () => {
 	await hub().fetch('http://do/all', { method: 'DELETE' })
 	await updateAccount(env.DB, 8350, { username: 'Climber' })
 
-	const res = await staffPost('/api/staff/players/8350/gift-xp', 8110, { amount: 25 })
+	const res = await devPost('/api/staff/players/8350/gift-xp', 8110, { amount: 25 })
 	expect(res.status).toBe(200)
 	const body = (await res.json()) as { giftId: number }
 	expect(body).toMatchObject({ level: 3, xp: 5, levelsGained: 2 })
@@ -1668,9 +1675,9 @@ it('gifts a player XP in a gift box', async () => {
 it('refuses an XP gift that is not a positive whole number, too large, or to nobody', async () => {
 	await updateAccount(env.DB, 8351, { username: 'Stuck' })
 	for (const amount of [0, -5, 1.5, 'lots', 101]) {
-		expect((await staffPost('/api/staff/players/8351/gift-xp', 8110, { amount })).status).toBe(400)
+		expect((await devPost('/api/staff/players/8351/gift-xp', 8110, { amount })).status).toBe(400)
 	}
-	expect((await staffPost('/api/staff/players/8395/gift-xp', 8110, { amount: 5 })).status).toBe(404)
+	expect((await devPost('/api/staff/players/8395/gift-xp', 8110, { amount: 5 })).status).toBe(404)
 	await expect(getProgression(env.DB, 8351)).resolves.toEqual({ PlayerId: 8351, Level: 1, XP: 0 })
 	expect(await auditRows('gift_xp', 8351)).toEqual([])
 })
diff --git a/apps/www/src/www.app.ts b/apps/www/src/www.app.ts
index 43b1df6..529ebb0 100644
--- a/apps/www/src/www.app.ts
+++ b/apps/www/src/www.app.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import {
 	giftXpHandler,
 	linkedAccountsHandler,
 	playerHistoryHandler,
+	requireDeveloper,
 	requireStaff,
 	searchReportsHandler,
 	topReportedHandler,
@@ -482,11 +483,12 @@ const app = new Hono<App>()
 	.get('/api/staff/players/:id', playerHistoryHandler)
 	.get('/api/staff/players/:id/linked', linkedAccountsHandler)
 	// The staff card on a player's profile page — account fixes the game has no endpoint for.
-	.post('/api/staff/players/:id/gift-tokens', giftTokensHandler)
-	.post('/api/staff/players/:id/gift-custom-item', giftCustomItemHandler)
-	.post('/api/staff/players/:id/gift-xp', giftXpHandler)
+	// The gifts create value from nothing, so they are developer-only, not all staff.
+	.post('/api/staff/players/:id/gift-tokens', requireDeveloper, giftTokensHandler)
+	.post('/api/staff/players/:id/gift-custom-item', requireDeveloper, giftCustomItemHandler)
+	.post('/api/staff/players/:id/gift-xp', requireDeveloper, giftXpHandler)
 	// Everyone standing in a room, across all of its instances.
-	.post('/api/staff/rooms/:roomId/gift-tokens', giftRoomTokensHandler)
+	.post('/api/staff/rooms/:roomId/gift-tokens', requireDeveloper, giftRoomTokensHandler)
 	.post('/api/staff/players/:id/username-changes', addUsernameChangeHandler)
 	.post('/api/staff/players/:id/clear-password', clearPasswordHandler)