Habbo Avatars

Habbo Avatars from the Habbo NFT website, showing some of the unique features (L-R, eyes and bow, clouds and face, fire horns, mask and cape, bubbles)

Habbo Avatars is a NFT (non-fungible tokens) project, launched in September 2021.

The project involves the 'minting' (a process of turning digital art into part of the Ethereum blockchain) 11,600 unique, randomly generated Habbo Avatars, which are then auctioned on a NFT marketplace platform.

Originally, it was announced that 12,500 Avatars would be available in total, however it was announced via Discord on 1 October 2021 that 900 were 'burnt' (e.g. will never become available).

The Avatars were minted starting on 27 September 2021 and were available to purchase from 28 September 2021. They sold out just over 29 hours after release and generated over $6million in sales. The project also generates money in royalty fees each time a Habbo Avatar is sold.

The project was planned by Sulake's in-house team, masterminded by Muumiopappa, a member of the Sulake team based in Finland and lead game designer for Hotel Hideaway.

Avatars

Some examples of the NFT Avatars

There are 11,600 unique Avatars available in total during this project. 10,000 of these NFTs were available via the Dutch Auction, with 1,000 further reserved for the Habbo community, and the remainder for 'internal use' and giveaways.

The Avatars are all unique and are programmatically generated from 284 different traits.

Traits include: gender, face, face accessory, eye accessory, hair, hat, head accessory, shirt, jacket, chest accessory, pants, shoes, waist accessory, effect, colour palette, complexion and hair colour. 74 of these traits were newly designed for the Avatars and, having never been seen before in Habbo.

Some of the traits are rarer than others, but each Avatar is guaranteed to have at least one trait that is completely new to Habbo.

At first, all Avatars were randomised and anonymous with a holding image being displayed on OpenSea. The full Avatar including the rare traits were revealed early on 5 October 2021.

Traits

Below is a list of all possible traits for the Avatars, their rarity, and whether they are new (unique) trait to Habbo. Some of the possible traits exist as buyable additions in the hotel; for these we have displayed the item as it appears before being 'bound' for use on Habbo.

Some examples of the NFT Avatars

Gender

49.27% of the Avatars are Male. 50.73% are Female.

Complexion

Every Avatar will have a skin colour trait, named Complexion. Colours available are:

Name	Rarity	Unique	Number Available
Vanilla	15.80%	No	1833
Medium Golden	15.66%	No	1817
Rose Beige	15.01%	No	1741
Almond	15.18%	No	1761
Cacao	14.32%	No	1661
Sand	3.36%	No	390
Warm Brown	2.41%	No	279
Light Green	1%	No	116
Green	4.26%	No	494
Mauve	4.99%	No	579
Purple	1.22%	No	142
Dark Blue	1.77%	No	205
Dusty Rose	4.18%	No	485
Dark Sand	0.80%	No	93
Grey	0.01%	Yes	1
Mermaid	0.01%	Yes	1
Noble Royal	0.01%	Yes	1
Mighty Demon	0.01%	Yes	1

Face

There is a 100% chance of an Avatar getting a face. The available faces are:

Name	Rarity	Unique	Number Available	Image
Default	19.34%	No	2243
Big Eyes	7.41%	No	859
Worried	2.48%	No	288
Tired	2.47%	No	286
HC Face	11.90%	No	1382
Dark RoboBoy Face	7.04%	Yes	817
Mystic's Eyes	8.21%	No	952
Feminine	3.91%	No	453
Possessed Eyes	5.41%	No	627
Gangster Face	1.52%	No	176
Alien	5.57%	Yes	646
Wealthy Eyes	2.72%	Yes	316
Demonic Eyes	1.81%	No	210
Pig	4.18%	Yes	485
Yellow Dog	3.36%	Yes	390
Brown Dog	2.41%	Yes	279
Grey Dog	4.04%	Yes	469
Zombie	3.16%	Yes	366
Anime Eyes	1.79%	Yes	208
Steampunk Robot	0.80%	Yes	93
Galaxy	0.47%	Yes	55

Mask

There is a 13.33% chance of an Avatar getting a mask or face accessory. The available face accessories/masks are:

Name	Rarity	Unique	Number available	Image
Surgical Mask	1.62%	No	188
Beard	1.66%	No	193
Moustache	1.47%	No	170
Bandit Mask	1.39%	No	161
Vent Mask	1.12%	No	130
Flower-Studded Beard	0.31%	No	36
Veil	0.36%	No	42
Clown Mask	1.36%	No	158
Demon Mask	1.76%	Yes	204
Ravenous Wolf Mask	0.50%	No	58
Bubblegum Bubble	0.17%	No	20
Carrot Nose	0.30%	No	35
Fawkes Moustache	1.31%	No	152

Eyewear

There is a 26.32% chance of an Avatar having eyewear. The available eyewear is:

Name	Rarity	Unique	Number available	Image
VR Glasses	1.27%	No	147
Hipster Glasses	2.44%	No	283
Small Round Glasses	1.62%	No	188
Snorkle	1.12%	No	130
Hypnotic glasses	2.51%	Yes	291
Leafy Mask	1.28%	No	148
Aviator Sunglasses	1.28%	No	148
3D Glasses	1.11%	No	129
Bird Masquerade Mask	0.66%	No	76
Thick glasses	0.93%	No	108
Classic Shades	1.09%	No	127
Pirate Patch	4.76%	No	552
Hero Mask	0.39%	No	45
Skull	0.41%	No	47
Strawberry Eyes	0.02%	No	2
Ornate Specs	1.50%	No	174
Ski Goggles	0.41%	No	48
Jewelled Glasses	0.11%	No	13
Cyber Eye	3.41%	No	396

Hair

There is a 91.31% chance of an Avatar having hair. The available hair styles are:

Name	Rarity	Unique	Number available	Image
Twenty Year Dreads	2.46%	No	285
Simple Short	25.47%	No	2954
Simple Ponytail	5.76%	No	668
Short Tufts	7.65%	No	887
Luscious Long Hair	3.73%	No	433
Sporty Hair	7.98%	No	926
Roaring Twenties	7.12%	No	826
Wavy Braids	4.11%	No	477
Long Messy Curls	4.15%	No	481
Wolverine	2.47%	No	286
Smooth Waves	1.83%	No	212
Top Knot	5.02%	No	582
Nordic Braids	5.27%	No	611
Elemental Fire	1.55%	Yes	180
Elemental Ice	1.65%	Yes	191
Flicked Out Short	3.43%	No	398
Afro	1.66%	No	193

Head Accessory

There is a 68.45% chance of an Avatar having a head accessory. The available head accessories are:

Name	Rarity	Unique	Number available	Image
Antennae Headband	0.88%	No	102
Cat Ears	0.71%	No	82
Rose Hair Clip	1.41%	No	164
Classic Tiara	0.63%	No	73
Skull Sprout	0.52%	No	60
Cyber Punk Goggles	1.87%	No	217
Floral Crown	1.07%	No	124
H For Habbo Headphones	1.49%	No	173
Operator Headphones	2.21%	No	256
Plume	2.17%	No	252
Fire Horns	1%	Yes	116
Blue Fire Horns	1.09%	Yes	126
Ice Horns	1.11%	Yes	129
Big Horns	4.66%	Yes	541
Green Leaves	2.56%	Yes	297
Autumn Leaves	10.58%	Yes	1227
Bubbles	10.16%	Yes	1179
Colourful Bubbles	3.02%	Yes	350
White Clouds	6.09%	Yes	706
Black Clouds	5.60%	Yes	650
Big Bow	0.51%	Yes	59
Red Crystals	7.41%	Yes	859
Blue Crystals	1.70%	Yes	197

Hat

There is a 56.24% chance of an Avatar getting a hat. The available face accessories/masks are:

Name	Rarity	Unique	Number available	Image
Piglet Hat	2.43%	No	282
Cap	3.72%	No	432
Archer Cap	4.82%	No	559
Captain's Hat	6.18%	No	717
Slouchy Knit Hat	5.03%	No	584
Witch Hat	3.43%	No	398
Top Hat	2.77%	No	321
Aviator	3.66%	No	425
Flat Cap	4.59%	No	532
Military Parade Hat	5.29%	No	614
Rockstar Headband	4.28%	No	497
Brain Jar	4.63%	No	537
Rooster	0.52%	Yes	60
Fish Monster	0.96%	Yes	111
Duck	0.23%	Yes	27
Mushroom Hat	0.82%	No	95
Wooly Bear Hat	0.63%	No	73	(partial)
Big Hat With Arrow	2.06%	Yes	239
Squid Hat	0.19%	No	22

Shirt

There is a 100% chance of an Avatar having a shirt. The available shirts are:

Name	Rarity	Unique	Number available	Image
Bandage Top	3.27%	No	380
Classic Hoodie	6.24%	No	724
Classic T Shirt	6.79%	No	788
Ruffled Shirt	5.99%	No	695
Inmate Overalls	2.78%	No	323
Hitched Wooley Jumper	7.09%	No	822
Starched Tuxedo Shirt	5.78%	No	670
Off Shoulder Jumper	5.61%	No	651
Cat Top	3.36%	No	390	(partial)
Sailor Sweater	5.20%	No	604
Skull Tank Top	5.66%	No	656
Sulake Cloud	2.25%	Yes	261
Sulake Cloud Rainbow	1.09%	Yes	127
Sulake Cloud Golden	0.78%	Yes	90
Sulake Cloud Trippy	0.12%	Yes	14
Hideaway Colorable	3.91%	Yes	454
Hideaway Rainbow	1.97%	Yes	228
Hideaway Golden	0.90%	Yes	104
Hideaway Trippy	0.30%	Yes	35
Habbo Logo	2.31%	Yes	268
Habbo Logo Rainbow	1.13%	Yes	131
Habbo Logo Golden	0.66%	Yes	77
Habbo Logo Trippy	0.11%	Yes	13
Skull And Bones	4.94%	Yes	572
Skull And Bones Rainbow	2.18%	Yes	253
Skull And Bones Golden	1.16%	Yes	135
Skull And Bones Trippy	0.72%	Yes	84
Hearts	5.01%	Yes	581
Hearts Rainbow	1.27%	Yes	148
Hearts Golden	1.12%	Yes	130
Hearts Trippy	0.33%	Yes	39
Skeleton Chest	0.47%	No	55
Cyberpunk Battle Armour	1.75%	No	203
Two Tone Top	6.73%	No	781
Mermaid Top	0.98%	No	114	(partial)

Jacket

There is a 26.26% chance of an Avatar having a jacket. The available jackets are:

Name	Rarity	Unique	Number available	Image
Leather Jacket	2.75%	No	319
Pinstripe Jacket	0.67%	No	78
Wool Cape Coat	2.64%	No	306
Chocolate Hoody	2.23%	No	259
Cook's Apron	3.60%	No	417
Cape Of Pride	0.45%	No	52
Classic Cape	0.84%	No	97
Spiked Shoulder Pads	0.26%	No	30
Jumper Belt	4.10%	No	476
Windswept	0.87%	Yes	101
Royal Cape	7.85%	Yes	911

Jewelry

There is a 16.37% chance of an Avatar having a chest accessory, named Jewelry. The available items are:

Name	Rarity	Unique	Number available	Image
Classic Scarf	5.71%	No	662
Cursed Skull Pendant	1.93%	No	224
Classic Tassled Scarf	1.77%	No	205
Binoculars	1.21%	No	140
Rugged Backpack	3.19%	No	370
Peace Necklace	1.90%	No	220
Jewel Tassel Necklace	0.32%	No	37
Paparazzi Camera	0.34%	No	40

Legs

There is a 90.68% chance of an Avatar having trousers/shorts/skirts, named as Legs. The available leg items are:

Name	Rarity	Unique	Number available	Image
Flared Pants	6.39%	No	741
Classic Pants	5.49%	No	634
Skinny Jeans	7.71%	No	894
Grass Skirt	6.81%	No	790
Suspender Pants	8.61%	No	999
Highwaisted Trousers	5.36%	No	622
Spiderweb Skirt	4.63%	No	537
Tokyo Tutu	6.64%	No	770
Animal Print Leggings	7.68%	No	891
Mermaid Skirt	3.92%	No	455	(partial)
Cat Pants	5.41%	No	628	(partial)
Belted Canvas Shorts	4.41%	No	512
Cyberpunk Striders	3.81%	No	442
Layered Long Skirt	3.24%	No	376
Skater Skirt	8.46%	No	981
Strap Trousers	2.13%	No	247

Shoes

There is 100% chance of Avatars having shoes (with the exception of the 1/1 Mermaid Avatar). The available shoes are:

Name	Rarity	Unique	Number available	Image
Classic Formal Shoes	15.48%	No	1796
Classic Casual Shoes	15.40%	No	1787
Duck Slippers	5.77%	No	669
Sandals	9.28%	No	1076
Vintage Canvas	24.04%	No	2789
Bunny Slippers	2.93%	No	340
Paw Shoes	4.07%	No	472	(partial)
Winter Boots	14.80%	No	1717
Flippers	2.96%	No	343
Gothic Boots	1.02%	No	118
Cyberpunk Sneakers	4.24%	No	492

Belt

There is an 18.27% chance of Avatars having a belt. The available belts are:

Name	Rarity	Unique	Number available	Image
Rat Tail	2.58%	No	299	(partial)
Holster	2.97%	No	345
Sunny Day Satchel	2.96%	No	343
Star Buckle Belt	2.57%	No	298
Jewel Belt	2.92%	No	339
Spike Belt	0.42%	No	49
Skull Belt	0.98%	No	114
Classic Belt	2.87%	No	333

Effects

Avatar effects as they will appear in-game

There is 100% chance of Avatars having an effect - every Avatar will have one but they will not be visible until integration into the game. All these effects are unique. Available effects are:

Name	Rarity	Unique	Number available
Basic H	54.82%	Yes	6359
Golden H	27.09%	Yes	3142
Diamond H	12.54%	Yes	1455
Rainbow H	5%	Yes	580
Trippy H	0.47%	Yes	54
Ultra Trippy H	0.09%	Yes	10

Hues

There are various colour palettes which effect the individual clothing item traits, named Hues. The available palettes are:

Name	Rarity	Number available
Monochrome	8.78%	1018
Earth	8.93%	1036
Heatwave	9.39%	1089
Ocean	9.56%	1109
Forest	9.17%	1064
Lavender	9.60%	1114
Desert	9.11%	1057
Midnight	7.92%	919
Gothic	3.12%	362
Cute	2.88%	334
Sporty	3.03%	352
Mermaid	3.03%	352
Mysterious	2.75%	319
Fruity	2.66%	309
Winter	3.29%	382
Spring	2.97%	344
Royal	0.88%	102
Galactic	0.89%	103
Rustic	0.97%	112
Fresh	0.97%	113
Galaxy Cat	0.01%	1
Steampunk Robot	0.01%	1
Dark Robot	0.01%	1
Mermaid Princess	0.01%	1
Noble Royal	0.01%	1
Mighty Demon	0.01%	1
Handsome Boar	0.01%	1
Zombie Warrior	0.01%	1
Trippy Alien	0.01%	1
Autumn Dog	0.01%	1

Hair Color

There is a 91.30% chance of an Avatar having a hair colour. None of the hair colours are new to Habbo, but there are varying levels of rarity. The available hair colours are:

Name	Rarity	Number available
White	11.96%	1387
Blonde	11.54%	1339
Ginger	11.25%	1305
Brown	11.39%	1339
Dark Blue	11.03%	1280
Green	11.19%	1298
Pink	11.46%	1329
Cyan	11.43%	1326
Galaxy Cat	0.01%	1
Mermaid Princess	0.01%	1
Noble Royal	0.01%	1
Handsome Boar	0.01%	1
Autumn Dog	0.01%	1

Auction

The image for the NFT Avatars. Traits are randomly generated and will be revealed from 5 October

The NFT Avatars were auctioned through the Habbo Avatars website (nft.habbo.com), utilising a major NFT marketplace, OpenSea. Avatars are purchasable with ETH (Ethereum), a cryptocurrency released in 2015.

According to the NFT FAQs, the Avatars are "premium products aimed primarily at NFT collectors", not necessarily Habbo players.

It was originally estimated that these NFTs will generate around $4million, a target exceeded by a further $2million, which Habbo confirmed will be "reinvested back into the game" in a tweet.

Auctioned Avatars

10,000 of the Avatars were minted from 27 September 2021. They were originally spotted on OpenSea on 27 September, where 332 Avatars were added, allocated for 'internal use'. This increased to ~550 before the sale, and a further 200 were minted during the first few hours of the sale - totalling around 700 'internal use' Avatars by the end of the initial auction. Before the auction began, one NFT appeared to have been sold at a price of 3ETH, however this was quickly removed.

The anonymous Avatars were released for sale at 12pm BST/7AM EST/9pm AEST on the NFT website in a Dutch auction - an auction method where items are initially offered at a top price which slowly decreases.

The original sale price was 0.5 ETH, which at the time converted as:

Currency	Price
GBP (£)	£1,063.97
USD ($)	$1,454.59
CAD ($)	$1,837.35
EUR (€)	€1,244.99
AUD ($)	$2,000.62
BRL (R$)	R$7,884.46

Under Dutch auction rules, the original price decreased by 0.01 every hour with the potential to fall to a 'floor' price of 0.1ETH until they all sold.

The sale continued for just over 29 hours and reached a floor price of 0.21ETH (plus a hefty transaction fee as the Ethereum trading volume went skyrocketing) at which point they quickly sold out. The value of all Habbo Avatars sold reached $6,018,595.00 according to the Etherscan contract value.

Azerion employee Avatars

Of the remaining 2,500, 1,400 Avatars were set aside for Azerion employees (the parent company of Sulake who own Habbo). This was announced in the project Discord FAQs. This number was drastically reduced later with 900 'burned' and not minted.

Community Avatars

1,000 further Avatars have been reserved for the existing Habbo community, although the method of distribution has not been announced or confirmed.

Further promotional Avatars

A further 100 Avatars were set aside to be used for giveaways and internally by Sulake.

Benefits

Roadmap

While the full functionality was not available from release, Habbo confirmed their intention for the Avatars to be usable in-game. This will include the exclusive effect, "weird and wonderful" exclusive items and active Habbo Club and Builders Club memberships. On the NFT website, a roadmap was published (see below) which lists benefits over the first three months after launch.

The icons on the initial roadmap image appeared to indicate HC, BC and LTD furni releases before integration of the actual Avatars on the hotel. Delays caused by Sulake's stringent quality assurance requirements meant that the dates suggested on the early roadmap were pushed back.

HC/BC perk

The HC/BC perk went live in the .COM hotel (as a pilot prior to full release across all hotels) on 30 November 2021.

A user who connects their Habbo account to a Metamask wallet containing at least 1 Avatar will have unlimited membership of both Habbo Club and Builders Club. If the connected wallet is later emptied of any Avatars, this perk will end on that account. Having multiple Avatars in one wallet does not increase the benefits, either by adding to the BC furni limit or by adding to the HC Payday perk.

If there is an active subscription to either service on the account prior to linking it with an Avatar-holding wallet, the paid subscription will still run down until it reaches 24 hours remaining. Each day, the system checks for connected accounts and resets the 24 hours, ensuring that the subscriptions do not run out unless the wallet is emptied of Avatars or disconnected from the Habbo account.

NFT furni drop

On 26 November 2021 it was announced in the Habbo Avatars Discord server that Habbo had been working with Immutable X (IMX), an NFT marketplace platform, to implement an free release of a special NFT furni to Avatar holders - a diamond version of the classic Club Sofa. These sofas will be fully usable in Habbo and numbered, similar to Limited Edition Rares that are currently in circulation.

Connected wallets are set to receive 1 NFT sofa per Avatar within them, as long as they are in the wallet at 6pm UTC on 06 December which is when a "snapshot" of the linked owners will be taken for verification and distribution. These will be completely separate NFTs that are tradeable individually with no link to the Avatars. The decision to use IMX was governed by the fact there are zero gas fees when using their marketplace, allowing trading to take place far more freely than is possible for many NFTs. It is likely that further Habbo releases will be made using IMX.

These items cannot currently be traded within Habbo the way that other furni can - all buying and selling will have to be done through the blockchain. If a user sells an NFT furni that is connected to their account, it will be removed from the room or inventory that it was stored in as soon as the transfer is complete.

Additional Habbo NFT projects

Sulake, owner of both Habbo and Hotel Hideaway, have confirmed with the launch of the NFT website that making NFTs a part of their games is a "seriously exciting prospect". Within the NFT website is a statement that they see play to earn as the future of gaming, and see many ideas incorporating modern technology such as NFTs into the games, although initially speaking more broadly: "While we don’t want to talk about our plans in any concrete or confirmatory terms, we do see ourselves moving towards a broader adoption of blockchain technology and NFTs, and the gradual adoption of a play to earn experience in Habbo."

Habbo Portraits

An example of some Habbo Portraits

On 28 October 2021 it was announced by Olsoweir in the Habbo Avatars Discord server that a new NFT was coming, exclusively for owners of a Habbo Avatar. This new collection, named Habbo Portraits, are randomly generated head-and-torso Habbo images intended for use as profile pictures. Most current NFTs are entirely for use as profile pictures and nothing more, and some collectors had expressed dismay at the Avatars not being a suitable size for this.

The Habbo Portraits were free to mint (other than the Ethereum 'gas' fee) and can only be minted by the owner of a Habbo Avatar. It was confirmed by Muumiopappa in a Tweet that each Avatar will have the ability to generate one Portrait, for a maximum of 11,600 Habbo Portraits if every owner chooses to mint a Portrait for every Avatar they own. It is not expected that every Avatar owner will use this function, and so it is predicted that if the option to mint Portraits is removed, it will leave far fewer than 11,600 of the secondary NFTs.

Habbo Portraits are tied to the Avatars only in terms of the minting process. Once minted, they are in an entirely different collection that can be traded separately to the Avatars, and they do not look like the Avatar they were minted from - these Portraits are entirely newly generated looks.

An important distinction between Habbo Avatars and Habbo Portraits is that Portraits are not ever intended to have any integration with Habbo itself; they are purely a profile picture project NFT intended as a bonus to the early owners and holders of Avatars. They may however be used potentially as a verification token to join NFT spaces such as the Avatars Discord server.

Habbo NFT Server

Almost as soon as the Habbo Avatars were announced, speculation arose as to the possibility of a separate Habbo server exclusively for Avatar owners. Muumiopappa has repeatedly stated that this is an avenue that Sulake are looking into, but that his personal view is that it would be underpopulated with only Avatar owners having access. The intention is to instead collaborate with other NFT projects to "whitelist" entry (much like the Habbo Avatars Discord server) depending on what NFTs a person holds in their wallet - for example, an owner of a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT could gain access by linking their wallet to the server. There has also been talk of giving separate skins to owners of non-Habbo NFTs, although this would be a generic skin based on their collection rather than a truly unique full outfit like the 11,600 Avatars.