KAMIGOTCHI
THE COMPLETE GUIDE

Kamigotchi is a fully on-chain idle RPG on its own chain - Yominet. One of the most strategically deep web3 games available, combining idle RPG mechanics with strategy, pet development, resource management, and PVP. Every decision matters.

Creating Your Account

Visit app.kamigotchi.io. Before registering, you'll need gas - ETH on Yominet.

Bridging to Yominet

Buying Your First Kami

Once you're in the game, accept the quests and follow them - you'll travel to the Torii Gate tile where Zevana, a professional Kami trainer, will be waiting for you! Note: Kamis from Zevana are always reset to level 1, unlike Kamis from the secondary market.

The Kamis available at Zevana rotate over time - similar to Professor Oak in Pokémon. Each new player can adopt only one Kami here, so choose wisely.

Looking for more options or higher-level Kamis? Purchase one from the secondary market inside the game - you can find the KamiSwap tab in the top right corner of your screen. This leads to the most critical decision: choosing the right Kami.

Each Kami is an NFT that farms MUSU for you. Your first Kami purchase sets your entire gameplay direction - so understanding the fundamentals is critical.

Kami Types & Room Matching

Traits & Rarity

Every Kami has 5 different traits that determine its base stats. Traits come in different rarity tiers - the rarer the trait, the bigger the stat boost.

Slot - The 5th Trait

One of the possible traits is Slot - an extra equipment space on your Kami. Currently the only items that fit a Slot are pets, which give your Kami additional stat bonuses. Not all Slot traits are equal - some give more equipment spaces than others.

Available Pets

	Pet	Tier	Stat / Skill	Common	Uncommon	Rare	Best For
	Avarice	Mask / Veil / Visage	Power	+3	+4	+5	Harvester
	Contempt	Mask / Veil / Visage	Defense Threshold Shift	+6%	+8%	+10%	Harvester
	Mischief	Mask / Veil / Visage	Attack Spoils Ratio	+6%	+8%	+10%	Predator
	Leafling	Old / Wise / Elder	Bounty	+12%	+16%	+20%	Harvester
	Gumdrop	Old / Wise / Elder	Rest Metabolism Boost	+15%	+20%	+25%	Guardian
	Critter	Old / Wise / Elder	Health	+30	+40	+50	Universal
	Crawling Greed	Crawling / Teeming / Swarming	Harvest Fertility Boost	+18%	+24%	+30%	Harvester
	Crawling Wrath	Crawling / Teeming / Swarming	Violence	+3	+4	+5	Predator
	Crawling Cope	Crawling / Teeming / Swarming	Salvage Ratio	+6%	+8%	+10%	Harvester
	Tape	Antique / Heirloom / Ancient	Attack Threshold Shift	+6%	+8%	+10%	Predator
	Automata	Antique / Heirloom / Ancient	Harvest Intensity Boost	+15%	+20%	+25%	Guardian
	Ledger	Antique / Heirloom / Ancient	Harmony	+3	+4	+5	Guardian

How to Get a Pet

Pets come from the Sacrifice system - you permanently burn one Kami to receive a random pet. The Kami you sacrifice is gone forever, so choose carefully.

Sacrifice & Pity System

The rarity of the pet you receive is pure RNG. Your base odds per sacrifice are fixed regardless of which Kami you sacrifice:

Two pity thresholds improve your long-term odds:

Where to Sacrifice

The sacrifice mechanic is in The Caves, at the Temple of the Wheel tile. There you'll find an NPC called Dimidiatus - click on him and you'll get the option to choose which Kami you want to sacrifice.

Two Core Strategies

Stats That Matter

Optimal Stat Combinations

Buying on KamiSwap

Build one team focused on one tile type (Normal, Insect, Scrap or Eerie). Start with at least 10 Kamis for compound growth - a team like that will cost you around $50 USD at current floor prices.

The Vending Machine lets you reroll a floor Kami for a random one from the 2,222-Kami pool (cost: 10 Onyx Shards, where 1 ONYX = 100 Onyx Shards ≈ $2.8 USD - so a reroll costs roughly $0.28). The total Kami supply in the game is 22,222. The Vending Machine always holds exactly 2,222 - when you mint a new Kami via a Gacha ticket, one random Kami from the pool is minted to you and a new one fills its slot automatically, keeping the pool topped up.

Start by farming the early-game tiles - these are locked for Kamis above level 15, so higher-level players can't reach you here. If you venture beyond these safe zones early on, there's a high chance someone will liquidate you. Use this time to farm, complete quests, and get comfortable with the mechanics.

On these beginner tiles you can often leave your Kamis unattended for longer periods.

The World Maps

The game has three separate maps. The Wilds is where you start. The other two unlock over time and open up significantly more farming and earning opportunities.

Automation Tools

Automation tools are allowed in Kamigotchi. Getting familiar with community bots early saves significant time and optimizes earnings.

The official automation tool is KamiBots - a comprehensive solution for putting your gameplay on autopilot. Visit kamibots.xyz.

With automation, you can configure when your Kami gets fed, when it leaves the tile, when to collect farmed MUSU, and more.

Items & Crafting

Different tiles drop different items, each with its own probability. Some items are universal - Stone and Wooden Stick drop on dozens of tiles - while others are exclusive to a single location. The 6 Essences (one per sense) each drop on exactly one tile in the entire game.

Common Harvest Materials

Item	Tiles	Tile types
Wooden Stick	20	Eerie Insect Normal
Stone	19	Eerie Insect Normal Scrap
Plastic Bottle	5	Eerie Insect
Pine Cone	11	Eerie Insect Normal
Scrap Metal	9	Eerie Insect Scrap
Cheeseburger	13	Eerie Insect Scrap
Daffodil	4	Eerie Normal Scrap
Mint	3	Eerie Insect Normal
Black Poppy	5	Insect Normal
Sanguine Shroom	5	Insect Normal
Chalkberry	5	Eerie
Dried Stems	9	Eerie Insect Normal Scrap
Patinated Pipe	10	Eerie Insect Normal Scrap
Cigarette Butt	14	Eerie Insect Normal Scrap
Bone Chunk	12	Eerie Insect Normal Scrap
Resin	7	Eerie Insect
Blue Pansy	7	Normal
Holy Dust	7	Eerie Insect Normal Scrap

Rare & Exclusive Drops

These drops are gated to one or a handful of specific tiles. The 6 Essences each drop exclusively in one unique location. Some tiles have dual affinity - a Kami matching both gets a bonus from each.

Item	Where it drops	Type	Status
Essence of Hearing	Techno Temple	Eerie Scrap	EXCLUSIVE
Essence of Smell	Lotus Pool	Eerie	EXCLUSIVE
Essence of Sight	Geometric Cliffs	Scrap	EXCLUSIVE
Essence of Taste	Fungus Garden	Insect	EXCLUSIVE
Essence of Touch	Hatch to Nowhere	Insect Scrap	EXCLUSIVE
Essence of Thought	Guardian Skull	Eerie Insect	EXCLUSIVE
Glass Jar	Airplane Crash Treasure Hoard	Eerie Scrap	2 tiles
Red Amber Crystal	Blooming Tree Guardian Skull	Eerie Insect	2 tiles
Otherworld Coin	Treasure Hoard Trophies of the Hunt Scenic View	Scrap Insect Eerie	3 tiles
Irradiated Root	Radiant Crystal	Eerie	EXCLUSIVE
Golden Apple	Engraved Door Radiant Crystal Treasure Hoard	Eerie Scrap	3 tiles
Honeydew Scale	Cave Crossroads Shabby Deck Thriving Mushrooms Guardian Skull	Insect Eerie	4 tiles
Curse Tablet	Trophies of the Hunt	Insect	EXCLUSIVE
Rock Candyfloss	Flood Mural Geometric Cliffs Sacrarium	Eerie Scrap	3 tiles
Screwdriver	Scrap Confluence Scrap Trees Broken Tube	Scrap	3 tiles

Crafting

The Crafting menu is accessed via the icon in the top-right corner of the game screen. Most recipes require a specific tool plus stamina. Recipes range from simple extraction (turning a Pine Cone into 500× Pine Pollen) to complex high-level crafts requiring Essences.

Crafting Tools

All Recipes

Click a group to expand. Recipe names match what you'll see in-game.

▶ SPICE GRINDER 13 recipes

Recipe	Output	Inputs	Tool	Stamina
Extract Pine Pollen	500× Pine Pollen	1× Pine Cone	Spice Grinder	10
Extract Microplastics	500× Microplastics	1× Plastic Bottle	Spice Grinder	30
Extract Daffodil	500× Essence of Daffodil	1× Daffodil	Spice Grinder	10
Extract Mint	500× Shredded Mint	1× Mint	Spice Grinder	20
Extract Black Poppy	500× Black Poppy Extract	1× Black Poppy	Spice Grinder	20
Grind Berry Chalk	500× Berry Chalk	1× Chalkberry	Spice Grinder	10
Crush Red Amber	500× Powdered Red Amber	1× Red Amber Crystal	Spice Grinder	20
Extract Powder	500× Sanguineous Powder	1× Sanguine Shroom	Spice Grinder	10
Write Apology Letter	1× Apology Letter	2× Wooden Stick 125× Sanguineous Powder 125× Resin Tincture	Spice Grinder	20
Craft Ashlar with Bone	1× Ashlar	100× Bone Chunk	Spice Grinder	50
Craft Ashlar with Stone	1× Ashlar	100× Stone	Spice Grinder	50
Extract Microplastics From Cigs	250× Microplastics	1× Cigarette Butt	Spice Grinder	15
Extract Irradiated Root	500× Pallid Root Extract	1× Irradiated Root	Spice Grinder	30

▶ PORTABLE BURNER 20 recipes

Recipe	Output	Inputs	Tool	Stamina
Brew XP Potion	1× XP Potion	1× Plastic Bottle 250× Pine Pollen	Portable Burner	20
Brew Greater XP Potion	1× Greater XP Potion	1× Glass Jar 2500× Pine Pollen	Portable Burner	50
Brew Respec Potion	1× Respec Potion	1× Plastic Bottle 500× Shredded Mint	Portable Burner	50
Brew Grace Potion	1× Grace Potion	1× Plastic Bottle 100× Essence of Daffodil 50× Black Poppy Extract	Portable Burner	25
Brew Bless Potion	1× Bless Potion	1× Plastic Bottle 100× Essence of Daffodil	Portable Burner	15
Mix Holy Syrup	500× Holy Syrup	1× Holy Dust	Portable Burner	20
Process Resin	500× Resin Tincture	1× Resin	Portable Burner	10
Brew Hostility Potion	1× Hostility Potion	1× Empty Cup 250× Sanguineous Powder 250× Pine Pollen	Portable Burner	20
Brew Energy Drink	1× Energy Drink	1× Scrap Metal 250× Berry Chalk 250× Resin Tincture	Portable Burner	20
Craft Spirit Glue	1× Spirit Glue	1× Plastic Bottle 200× Microplastics 200× Berry Chalk	Portable Burner	20
Craft Animistic Poison	1× Animistic Poison	150× Resin Tincture 5× Blue Pansy 150× Sanguineous Powder	Portable Burner	25
Craft Cthonic Blight	1× Cthonic Blight	100× Holy Syrup 1× Honeydew Scale 1× Fetid Egg	Portable Burner	25
Craft Toadstool Liquor	1× Toadstool Liquor	5000× Sanguineous Powder 250× Black Poppy Extract 250× Berry Chalk	Portable Burner	50
Craft Fortified XP Potion	1× Fortified XP Potion	1× Greater XP Potion 300× Powdered Red Amber 1× Essence of Thought	Portable Burner	75
Craft Timber with Stems	1× Timber	100× Dried Stems	Portable Burner	50
Craft Ingot with Pipes	1× Ingot	100× Patinated Pipe	Portable Burner	50
Craft Timber with Stick	1× Timber	100× Wooden Stick	Portable Burner	50
Craft Ingot with Scrap	1× Ingot	100× Scrap Metal	Portable Burner	50
Craft Uninteresting Paste	1× Uninteresting Paste	20× Cigarette Butt 1× Essence of Taste	Portable Burner	50
Craft Pale Potion	1× Pale Potion	1× Plastic Bottle 200× Pallid Root Extract 100× Shredded Mint	Portable Burner	50

▶ SCREWDRIVER 3 recipes

Recipe	Output	Inputs	Tool	Stamina
Chisel Cup	1× Empty Cup	1× Stone	Screwdriver	25
Craft Festival Chime	1× Festival Chime	3× Scrap Metal 250× Holy Syrup	Screwdriver	25
Craft $MUSU Magnet	1× MUSU Magnet	1× Stone 50× Powdered Red Amber 100× Holy Syrup	Screwdriver	25

▶ NO TOOL REQUIRED 5 recipes

Recipe	Output	Inputs	Tool	Stamina
Assemble Aetheric Sextant	1× Aetheric Sextant	1× Disc-Shaped Map 1× Astrolabe Disk 1× Ancient Machine Part	none	100
Craft Flash Talisman	7× Flash Talisman	2× Dried Stems 1× Essence of Touch 500× Microplastics	none	50
Craft Pure Essence	1× Pure Essence	1× Essence of Hearing 1× Essence of Touch 1× Essence of Sight 1× Essence of Smell 1× Essence of Taste 1× Essence of Thought	none	75
Assemble Dowsing Rod	1× Dowsing Rod	1× Irradiated Root 1× Ingot 1× Essence of Sight	none	100
Craft Wonder Egg	1× Wonder Egg	5× Obol	none	0

Sell items for MUSU on the KWOB marketplace or use them on your Kamis for stat bonuses, food, XP, and respecs.

Primary Goal: Gacha Tickets

The endgame loop for most players is farming MUSU to buy Gacha tickets. One Gacha ticket = one mint of a random Kami from the Vending Machine (the 2,222-Kami pool described in section 02). When you mint, a random Kami leaves the pool and one new Kami fills the empty slot - keeping the pool at 2,222 indefinitely.

From there you have two paths:

• Keep the Kami - grow your team, scale your daily MUSU/VIPP output
• Sell on KamiSwap - if you mint a rare or high-stat Kami, listing it can return more ETH than the ticket cost

Four specializations to choose from: Predator, Enlightened, Guardian, Harvester. Understanding mechanics before committing points is crucial - the difference between optimized and random allocation is thousands of MUSU earnings.

Type Advantage Mechanics

Type matchups are the single most important mechanic in PvP. Your hands vs the victim's body determine whether and how fast you can liquidate; your body vs the victim's hands determines recoil damage.

Universal Skills

These appear across multiple trees - the foundation every build leans on.

Currency Overview

You can get MUSU not only by harvesting, but also by scavenged items which have direct MUSU value on KWOB, where you can sell them. Understanding item economics is as important as farming efficiency - following prices and market demand is very useful.

Three Ways to Earn

Every earning path runs off the same core loop - farm, then decide what to do with the output. Which path fits depends on your time horizon and goals.

Method 01 - Long-term real yield

Farm VIPP → burn for esINIT → vest to $INIT

Dedicated VIPP tiles generate VIP Paper alongside your scavenge drops. Burn it at the Forest Hut tent and receive esINIT - locked INIT tokens that vest over ~12 months across 26 two-week epochs. The highest-ceiling strategy in the game, but requires patience. Full mechanics and APR breakdown in the Initia VIPP section →

Method 02 - Team growth or quick flip

Farm MUSU → Gacha ticket → mint new Kami

A Gacha ticket costs ~150,000 MUSU, but the price isn't fixed - it rises with each purchase and drops over time (Gradual Dutch Auction). Use it to mint a new Kami directly from the Vending Machine pool of 2,222. From there you have two options: sell the Kami on KamiSwap for ETH (good floor-hunting target if you get a rare), or keep it to increase your team size and daily farming output. Bigger team = faster everything.

Method 03 - Convert output to protocol token

Farm MUSU → sell for Onyx Shards → claim $ONYX

On KWOB you'll find player-created offers to buy your MUSU for Onyx Shards. Current rate: ~80,000 MUSU = 100 Onyx Shards. Once you have Onyx Shards, use the Token Portal in-game to convert them to $ONYX (100 Onyx Shards = 1 $ONYX) - but note you'll need to wait 24 hours to claim after initiating.

Liquidity is currently player-provided, so rates can shift. The Kamigotchi team has indicated plans for a dedicated liquidity pool (or similar mechanism) in the near future, which should stabilize pricing and depth.

Kamigotchi gives you two parallel reward streams. Most players treat them like they have to pick one - they don't. You can run both, and the smartest setups split time roughly 50/50.

What VIP actually is

The Vested Interest Program (VIP) is the economic engine behind the entire Initia ecosystem - and Kamigotchi is one of the apps plugged into it. 25% of total $INIT supply is allocated to VIP rewards, distributed to two sides:

• App builders (rollup teams) - rewarded for shipping useful apps
• Users (us) - rewarded for actually using those apps and performing valuable actions

Kamigotchi takes a 10% commission on VIP rewards. This fee may be used for ecosystem moves like Cabal bribes to boost allocations - more on that below.

esINIT and how to unlock it

Burning VIPP doesn't give you liquid INIT right away. You receive esINIT (escrowed INIT) - locked tokens that need to vest. Two paths to unlock:

VIPP Farming Tiles

VIPP tiles work exactly like MUSU tiles - same farming mechanic, just different drops and the bonus of generating VIPP for burn. Each Kami type has matching tiles, and there are now two zones with VIPP nodes.

THE WILDS - open from start

THE CAVES - unlock by completing the questline

THE CASTLE - gated - requires Aetheric Sextant to enter

Example earnings (current rates)

Numbers based on a recent stage: 300,000 VIPP burned returned 470 esINIT. That's the baseline ratio - it shifts with total pool burn, but it's a workable snapshot.

VIPP Earnings Calculator

Adjust the sliders to match your setup and see your projected returns.

INITIA VIP EARNINGS Snapshot estimator · numbers shift each stage

— Net APR

Number of Kamis

VIPP per Kami per day

esINIT per 300k VIPP burned

Kami floor price (ETH)

ETH price (USD)

INIT price (USD)

Gas cost per day / account (USD)

VIPP farming days per stage

— VIPP / stage

— esINIT / stage

— esINIT / year

— Gross yield

— Gas / year

— Net yield / year

— Kami investment

— Net APR (after gas)

⚡ Enshrined Liquidity Zap ▶

Convert your esINIT to a staked INIT-USDC LP position (80:20 ratio) - you can do this after each stage/epoch, not just at the end of the year. Your tokens are locked for ~12 months in the LP, and you earn staking rewards throughout the lock period. The calculations below show projections for your full annual esINIT harvest.

esINIT to zap (annual) —

INIT value (80%) —

USDC required (20%) —

LP APR ~44.8%

Est. LP income / year —

Lock duration ~12 months

⚠ Important disclaimers before zapping

• Impermanent Loss (IL): If INIT price moves significantly vs USDC, you may end up with less than if you held separately. The 80:20 ratio reduces IL compared to 50:50, but it still exists.
• Variable APR: The ~44.8% LP APR is a current snapshot - it fluctuates based on pool liquidity and trading volume.
• Price risk: Both INIT and your LP position are exposed to INIT price volatility. Down is down.
• Lock duration: Your LP position is locked for ~12 months. You cannot exit early.

Cabal - ecosystem bribing

Cabal is a bribing protocol on Initia L1. Rollups pay bribes (ETH, USDC, other tokens) to community members who stake voting power, in exchange for votes that secure larger allocations from the Weight Pool (~50% of total VIP rewards).

Kamigotchi sometimes uses its 10% commission to bribe voters on Cabal - securing more gauge votes, which translates to a bigger VIP allocation and more esINIT for players. This isn't guaranteed every stage, but when it happens the "fee" effectively pays for itself.

These errors cost real MUSU, time, and opportunities. Each one here represents a loss that was easily avoidable with the right knowledge upfront. I made them myself - don't follow my mistakes!

Advice from OG Players