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Testnet Faucets: Free Blockchain Testnet Tokens for Developers
A curated, community-maintained list of working free testnet faucets across EVM chains, Solana, Sui, Aptos, Starknet, Cosmos, and other networks. Every entry lists the actual requirements upfront, so you stop wasting time on faucets that reject you halfway through the claim.
Most faucet lists are just a wall of links. Half of them point to dead testnets (Goerli, Kovan, Rinkeby, Mumbai, all shut down), and none tell you what a faucet actually demands before it pays out. This list fixes both problems:
Every entry lists what it demands: mainnet balance, account login, social post, captcha, or nothing at all
Dead or deprecated testnets are marked clearly instead of silently included
Networks with a known shutdown date, or that recently rebranded, are flagged so you don't build against something that's disappearing
What is a Testnet Faucet?
A testnet faucet is a service that gives away free test tokens for a blockchain's test network. Test tokens have no real monetary value. They exist only to pay gas fees and simulate activity during development.
Developers use faucets because deploying and testing smart contracts costs gas. On mainnet, that gas costs real money. On a testnet, it costs nothing, thanks to faucets. If you're building a dApp, writing a contract, testing a wallet integration, or learning Web3, you will need test tokens, and a faucet is the standard way to get them.
Quick Start: I Need Testnet Tokens, Where Do I Click?
If you just landed here and need tokens right now, start with the table below. It points you to the most reliable no-fuss option for the most common chains.
Requires a minimum mainnet balance or mainnet transaction history
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Requires a social post (usually X/Twitter)
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Captcha, proof-of-work, proof-of-humanity, or device-attestation challenge
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GitHub account required or linked (sometimes optional for higher drip)
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Rate limit applies (per address, per day, or custom cooldown)
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Network is deprecated, being retired, rebranded, or unstable. Read the note.
How to Pick the Right Faucet
Not all faucets are the same. Here is how to choose, in order of preference:
π’ No-requirement faucets first. If one works for your chain, use it.
π€ Captcha or PoW next. Better than handing over a login.
π Free infra account if you already use Alchemy, Infura, QuickNode, etc. One login, many chains.
π° Mainnet-balance faucets as a last resort. If you're new and have zero mainnet ETH, skip these and use one of the options above instead of buying real ETH just to claim test ETH.
Sepolia (chain ID 11155111) - the default EVM testnet
β οΈSepolia is scheduled for retirement around September 30, 2026. The Ethereum Foundation has confirmed this date. No single named successor had shipped as of this writing. If you're starting a project meant to outlive that date, check blog.ethereum.org before building deep tooling around it.
οΏ½ 0.001 minimum mainnet ETH balance + mainnet transaction activity
No Alchemy account required, but the same 0.001 ETH + mainnet-activity gate applies to all Alchemy EVM faucets. Also checks existing testnet balance is not too high.
π Infura/ConsenSys/MetaMask Dev account + π° mainnet transaction history
Wallet must be linked to a MetaMask Developer Dashboard account. Also checks the address has actually transacted on mainnet before, not just holds a balance.
L2 testnets run on their own balance. Sepolia ETH does not carry over to Base Sepolia, Arbitrum Sepolia, or OP Sepolia. Either claim from that chain's faucet directly, or bridge existing Sepolia ETH with the network's official testnet bridge.
One request per 24h covers all supported tokens. Also drips BEP-20 test BTC, ETH, USDC, USDT. No mainnet balance required by the official faucet itself.
β οΈ Be skeptical of random "BNB faucet 2026" blog posts pushing unfamiliar third-party sites. Several low-quality SEO pages surfaced during research for this list with padded, AI-generated filler content. Stick to the official faucet or the well-known infra providers above.
Smaller drip, connect wallet to claim. No mainnet balance required.
Fantom / Sonic
β οΈFantom rebranded to Sonic in 2024-2025. The mainnet token is now S, not FTM (1:1 migration), and the current testnet is called Sonic Blaze Testnet, not "FantomTestnet" as in older lists. Sonic Labs has said the legacy Fantom Opera network will keep running at least through the end of 2026, but new projects should target Sonic.
Solana has no mainnet faucet. Real SOL must be bought. Devnet is what application developers use. Testnet is for validator operators stress-testing protocol releases and resets more often.
Starknet Sepolia uses STRK as the native gas token. ETH also exists on Starknet Sepolia for wrapped/bridged use cases. Alchemy previously had a Starknet faucet but it was deprecated.
Sui has Devnet (bleeding edge, resets often) and Testnet (production-like, recommended for most devs). Both use the same faucet interface with a network dropdown.
Aptos has Devnet (faucet works programmatically via CLI/SDK/cURL) and Testnet (must use the web mint page with Google login). There is no faucet on Mainnet.
Cosmos chains each run their own testnets. Token distribution is usually handled either by a chain-specific Discord/Telegram bot, a validator-run web faucet, or (for staking tests) delegated directly from genesis. Below are the most widely used chains with publicly accessible faucets.
β οΈ Tezos test networks are short-lived and rotate with protocol upgrades. A network that's live today may be wound down within months. Ghostnet is the long-running, centrally-managed testnet meant to track Mainnet, but Tezos docs note active users are being migrated toward a successor called Shadownet. Always check teztnets.com for the current recommended network before relying on a faucet URL.
Programmatic option for CI. Auto-tops-up an account below a threshold rather than a manual claim.
Cardano
Cardano has two active public testnets: Preview and Pre-Production (Pre-Prod). These are separate networks, not tiers of the same one. Pick the one your tooling targets.
Testnets get shut down or rebranded constantly, and tutorials never get updated. If a guide points you to any of these, treat it as outdated.
Network
Status
Goerli
Dead. Fully deprecated in 2024, replaced by Sepolia/Holesky.
Ropsten
Dead since 2022.
Rinkeby
Dead since 2024.
Kovan
Dead since 2022.
Ethereum Kiln (ETH2 beta testnet)
Dead. Was a pre-Merge staking testnet. Purpose obsolete since the Merge.
Polygon Mumbai
Dead since 2024. Use Polygon Amoy.
Holesky
Being phased out in favor of Hoodi for staking/validator testing.
Arbitrum Rinkeby / Arbitrum Goerli
Dead, tied to the Ethereum testnets they inherited from. Use Arbitrum Sepolia.
Fantom "FantomTestnet" (Opera legacy)
Being superseded by Sonic Blaze Testnet after the Fantom-to-Sonic rebrand. Opera legacy network is slated to keep running only through end of 2026.
Harmony DevNet
No longer listed as a distinct network in current Harmony docs. Testnet is the one that's actually maintained.
Sepolia
Live, but scheduled for retirement around September 30, 2026. Still the default for dApp testing today.
Tezos protocol test networks (Ithacanet, Jakartanet, Oxfordnet, etc.)
By design, short-lived. Each retires within months of the next protocol upgrade. Only Ghostnet (and its planned successor, Shadownet) are meant to be relied on long-term.
Contributing
Found a dead link, a wrong requirement, or a faucet that deserves a spot? PRs welcome. Please include:
The faucet URL
What network it's for
What it actually demands: mainnet balance amount, login type, social post, captcha, etc. Test it yourself before submitting.
Drip amount and rate limit, if known.
Keep entries factual. No referral links. No faucets that ask for a private key or seed phrase - that's not a faucet, that's a scam. No faucets that require KYC for testnet tokens.