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, bubbles, mask and cape)

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) 12,500 unique, randomly generated Habbo avatars, which are then auctioned on a NFT marketplace platform.

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 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 12,500 unique avatars available for purchase during this project. 10,000 of these NFTs will be available in the Dutch Auction, with 1,000 'for the community'.

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 will be new to 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 are randomised and anonymous. The full avatar including the rare traits will be revealed on 5 October.

Traits

Some examples of the NFT avatars

Name	Rarity
Face
Dark RoboBoy Face	Rare
Gangster Face	Rare
Alien	Rare
Wealthy Eyes	Rare
Demonic Eyes	Very Rare
Pig	Very Rare
Yellow Dog	Very Rare
Brown Dog	Very Rare
Grey Dog	Very Rare
Zombie	Very Rare
Anime Eyes	Very Rare
Steampunk Robot	Ultra Rare
Galaxy	Ultra Rare
Face Accessory
Surgical Mask	Rare
Beard	Rare
Moustache	Rare
Sophisticated Moustache	Rare
Bandit Mask	Rare
Vent Mask	Rare
Flower-Studded Beard	Very Rare
Veil	Very Rare
Clown Mask	Very Rare
Demon Mask	Very Rare
Ravenous Wolf Mask	Ultra Rare
Bubblegum Bubble	Ultra Rare
Carrot Nose	Ultra Rare
Eye Accessory
VR Glasses	Rare
Hipster Glasses	Rare
Small Round Glasses	Rare
Snorkle	Rare
Hypnotic glasses	Rare
Leafy Mask	Rare
Aviator Sunglasses	Very Rare
3D Glasses	Very Rare
Bird Masquerade Mask	Very Rare
Thick glasses	Very Rare
Classic Shades	Very Rare
Pirate Patch	Very Rare
Hero Mask	Ultra Rare
Skull	Ultra Rare
Strawberry Eyes	Ultra Rare
Ornate Specs	Ultra Rare
Ski Goggles	Ultra Rare
Jewelled Glasses	Ultra Rare
Cyber Eye	Ultra Rare
Hair
Smooth Waves	Rare
Elemental Fire	Very Rare
Elemental Ice	Very Rare
Hat
Cap	Rare
Top hat	Rare
Aviator	Rare
Big Hat with Arrow	Very Rare
Mushroom Hat	Very Rare
Rooster	Ultra Rare
Fish Monster	Ultra Rare
Duck	Ultra Rare
Wooly Bear Hat	Ultra Rare
Squid Hat	Ultra Rare
Head Accessory
Rose Hair Clip	Rare
Classic Tiara	Rare
Floral Crown	Rare
H for Habbo Headphones	Rare
White Clouds	Rare
Black Clouds	Rare
Antennae Headband	Very Rare
Cat Ears	Very Rare
Skull Sprout	Very Rare
Operator Headphones	Very Rare
Plume	Very Rare
Fire Horns	Very Rare
Blue Fire Horns	Very Rare
Ice Horns	Very Rare
Crystals Blue	Very Rare
Green Leaves	Ultra Rare
Colorful Bubbles	Ultra Rare
Big Bow	Ultra Rare
Shirt
Bandage Top	Rare
Hideaway Colourable	Rare
Skull and Bones	Rare
Cat Top	Rare
Hearts	Rare
Bandage Top	Rare
Skull and Bones	Rare
Sulake Cloud	Very Rare
Habbo Logo	Very Rare
Hideaway Rainbow	Very Rare
Skull and Bones Rainbow	Very Rare
Skull and Bones Golden	Very Rare
Hearts Rainbow	Very Rare
Cyberpunk Battle Armour	Very Rare
Mermaid Top	Very Rare
Sulake Cloud Rainbow	Ultra Rare
Sulake Cloud Golden	Ultra Rare
Sulake Cloud Trippy	Ultra Rare
Hideaway Golden	Ultra Rare
Hideaway Trippy	Ultra Rare
Habbo Logo Rainbow	Ultra Rare
Habbo Logo Golden	Ultra Rare
Habbo Logo Trippy	Ultra Rare
Skull and Bones Trippy	Ultra Rare
Hearts Golden	Ultra Rare
Hearts Trippy	Ultra Rare
Skeleton Chest	Ultra Rare
Jackets
Leather Jacker	Rare
Chocolate Hoody	Rare
Classic Cape	Very Rare
Pinstripe Jacket	Ultra Rare
Cape of Pride	Ultra Rare
Spiked Shoulder Pads	Ultra Rare
Windswept	Ultra Rare
Chest Accessory
Cursed skull pendant	Rare
Classic Tassled Scarf	Rare
Rugged Backpack	Rare
Peace Necklace	Rare
Binoculars	Very Rare
Jewel Tassel Necklace	Ultra Rare
Paparazzi Camera	Ultra Rare
Pants
Belted Canvas Shorts	Rare
Cyberpunk Striders	Rare
Layered Long Skirt	Rare
Strap Trousers	Very Rare
Shoes
Bunny Slippers	Rare
Paw Shoes	Rare
Flippers	Rare
Cyberpunk Sneakers	Rare
Gothic Boots	Very Rare
Waist Accessory
Rat Tail	Rare
Holster	Rare
Sunny Day Satchel	Rare
Star Buckle Belt	Rare
Jewel Belt	Rare
Classic Belt	Rare
Skull Belt	Very Rare
Spike Belt	Ultra Rare
Effect
Basic H (Minimalist Grey background + platform)
Golden H (Golden Yellow background + platform)	Top 27%
Diamond H (Diamond Cyan background + platform)	Top 12.5%
Rainbow H (Magical Pink background + platform)	Top 5%
Trippy H (Psychedelic Blue background + platform)	Top 0.5%
Colour Palette
Gothic	Rare
Cute	Rare
Sporty	Rare
Mermaid	Rare
Mysterious	Rare
Fruity	Rare
Winter	Rare
Spring	Rare
Royal	Very Rare
Galactic	Very Rare
Rustic	Very Rare
Fresh	Very Rare

Auction

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

The NFT avatars will be auctioned through the Habbo Avatars website (nft.habbo.com), utilising a major NFT marketplace, OpenSea. Avatars will be 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 has been estimated that these NFTs will generate around $4million, 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'. 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 offered at a maximum price and slowly decrease.

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 until it reaches a 'floor' price of 0.1ETH until they are all sold.

The sale continued for just over 29 hours and reached a floor price of 0.21ETH 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.

Community avatars

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

Further avatars

There are a further 100 avatars that will be used for giveaways and internally by Sulake.

Benefits

While the functionality will not be available at first, Habbo have confirmed that they do intend 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 appear to indicate HC, BC and LTD furni releases.

The future

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 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."