Mint Your Own Custom NPC on Base

February 19th, 2024

I. Introduction

Non Playable Coin (NPC) is a memecoin-NFT hybrid (MFT) building on Ethereum and Base. This means it's both a memecoin and an NFT. You can switch between the two forms 1:1 using their dapp.

Made for all 8+ billion of us, Non-Playable Coin is a profile picture for the people.

Now you can finally redeem your NPC token for your very own custom NPC with billions of combinations possible.

Every NPC deserves to be unique and special. Here’s how to support the current coin and get your own.

The Custom NPC collection is minted on Base.
To keep it as egalitarian as possible, 1 NPC redeems 1 Custom.
Once minted, nobody else can have your unique combination.
You can view all the Custom NPCs minted on OpenSea.
This collection is called the Genesis Edition since it is the first one. The total supply for the Genesis Edition is capped at 155,443, the number of $PEPE holders as of 5:00 PM UTC on February 15th 2024.
There will be more NPC Custom collections.

II. How To Mint Your Own Custom NPC on Base

Step #1: Get Some NPC

First, you’re going to need at least 1 NPC on Base to mint a custom.

How to buy NPC on Base? Check out this tutorial

TL;DR

Withdraw ~$3–5 of ETH on Base from Coinbase to your wallet

Go to aerodrome.finance and connect

Select NPC from the drop-down menu

Swap ETH for NPC

You’ll only need 1 NPC per custom mint.

Total cost for this step with gas? ~$0.20