Hamster Kombat’ Reveals Airdrop Allocations—But You Can’t Claim All the Tokens on Day One

Another Telegram airdrop, another batch of upset players: Why some Hamster Kombat players aren’t thrilled with the HMSTR drop.

Leading Telegram crypto game Hamster Kombat is gearing up for its token launch on Thursday, and over the weekend, the developers told players how many tokens they’ll be able to claim. But there’s a twist.

According to a tweet from the Hamster Kombat team, players won’t be able to claim their entire HMSTR token allocation on day one. Instead, they can claim 88.75% of the allotment, with the remaining 11.25% of tokens forced to vest for 10 months before it can be claimed—in July 2025, presumably.

✍️ HAMSTER MATH ✍️

🔥 The results of Season 1 have been finalized:

🚀 Over 300 million people have joined Hamster Kombat since March 26, 2024, 131 million qualified for the airdrop on September 26th and around 2.3 million were banned as cheaters.

📤 30.6 million of qualified…

It’s a similar case to what happened with Catizen’s airdrop last week. In addition to the unexpected vesting in this case, players are complaining about the weight given to various factors in the airdrop allocation, including apparently substantial emphasis given to friend referrals, as well as earning keys—a relatively late addition to Hamster Kombat.

Interestingly, Hamster Kombat’s team also revealed that of the 300 million players who have played the Telegram game to date, only about 129 million of them are ultimately eligible for the drop. A total of 131 million players initially made the cut, the team said, with about 2.3 million more users then “banned as cheaters.”

Out of the 100 billion total HMSTR tokens, 60 billion will be handed out in this airdrop, with another 15 billion tokens reserved for the upcoming Season 2 in the game. Until the next full season launches, Hamster Kombat has rolled out a simplified “interlude season.”