Hamster Kombat Telegram Game Airdrop: What to Know and How to Maximize Your Rewards

Hamster Kombat is dominating the next generation of Telegram crypto games, with over 150 million players, according to the game’s developers, after Notcoin.

What draws gamers to the game, which combines easy tapping action with light strategic movements as you assume the role of a hamster CEO at a cryptocurrency exchange? An upcoming token airdrop, of course, will provide an incentive for all of this tapping and more.

At Decrypt’s GG, we’ve been following the Hamster Kombat buzz and have detailed information on the launch, including where, when, and how to maximize your token earnings.

Here’s what we know so far. Check back for updates as more details become available.

What is the Hamster Kombat Token?

In late May, Hamster Kombat announced the introduction of a coin on The Open Network (TON), a layer-1 blockchain launched by Telegram years ago and later developed by the community.

Notcoin’s NOT token, launched on the same chain, has become the largest gaming token launch of the year, with a peak market cap of almost $2 billion. Toncoin (TON), amidst Notcoin buzz and increased interest over Hamster Kombat and other Telegram games, has risen to the top ten cryptocurrencies by market capitalization.

When is it coming?

According to the Hamster Kombat website, the token generation event (TGE) will take place in July. This is when eligible gamers can get token airdrops. The team had stated in a Twitter Spaces in early June that they aimed targeting July, which was confirmed to Decrypt by a TON spokesperson.

Crypto exchanges Gate.io, Bitget, and KuCoin have already revealed plans to facilitate pre-market trading for the Hamster Kombat token, known as HMSTR.

How many tokens will participants receive?

It’s unclear how many tokens players will be allowed to claim. Notcoin, which pioneered this type of Telegram game airdrop, provided players with one on-chain NOT token for every 1,000 in-game currencies mined.

Hamster Kombat appears to be taking a different route, though. Early in June, the company posted that airdrop allocations will not be determined only by how many coins you accumulated in the game before a certain date.

The official game account tweeted on June 6 that airdrops will be based on profit per hour and other activity criteria, not coin balance. They advised people to play responsibly. On June 18, the team posted “profit per hour over coin balance,” aiming to underline the notion after receiving numerous questions about it.

What exactly does this mean? While Hamster Kombat displays a large, round number of won coins, just stacking the most coins does not guarantee the finest bag. Instead, it looks that you would be better off reinvesting those coins in improvements to increase your profit-per-hour rate, which defines your amount of passive income.