Welcome to the Donkeyverse

Collect – Trade – Create – Play – Earn.
3,333 anthropomorphised donkeys on Solana, powering a play-to-earn tycoon-loop game, a real DKV token, NFT staking and a dynamic trait store.

⛓️ Built on Solana 🐴 3,333 NFTs 🎮 Idle Donkeys P2E 🪙 DKV SPL Token 🔐 2FA NFT Staking ✨ Dynamic Trait Store
🪙 Mint a Donkey 🎮 Play Idle Donkeys 📄 Read Whitepaper
Herbert the Donkey
Herbert the Donkey variant
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The Donkeyverse (DKV)

An NFT Project Built to Last

DKV is an NFT project on the Solana blockchain featuring adorable anthropomorphised cartoon donkeys. Holders receive rewards in our utility token (DKV) by playing our play-to-earn tycoon-loop idle game, Idle Donkeys — launching 1 August 2026. Our goal is maximum utility, enjoyment and added value for our community, backed by regular events like free-to-play community poker nights (for fun only — no real-money wagering) with exclusive poker-themed NFT traits as prizes.

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Collect

3,333 generative NFTs starring Herbert, our first base character, plus rare 1-of-1s.

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Trade

Buy and sell DKV NFTs on the open market — every trait swap is permanent, on-chain.

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Create

Customise your donkey's look and in-game performance with our dynamic trait store.

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Play

Use your NFTs as powerful upgradeable assets in Idle Donkeys, our tycoon-loop P2E game.

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Earn

Earn real DKV tokens through gameplay, with an earnings cap that grows with every NFT you hold.

Donkeyverse NFT Collection

Meet Herbert

DKV began minting in late December 2024 — a programmable, dynamic NFT collection starring our first base character, Herbert. Minting is done in SOL, with generative artwork across the collection and ten 1-of-1 NFTs distributed by random mint.

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Mint Currency
Herbert variant 1
Herbert #1
Herbert variant 2
Herbert #2
Herbert variant 3
Herbert #3
Herbert variant 4
Herbert #4
Herbert variant 5
Herbert #5
Herbert variant 6
Herbert #6
Herbert variant 7
Herbert #7
Ultra Rare

The 1-of-1s

Ten fully custom 1-of-1 NFTs are scattered through the collection by random mint. Five are already in holders' wallets — five are still out there.

1-of-1 rare NFT — caped crusader parody
1/1 Claimed
1-of-1 rare NFT — merc-in-red parody
1/1 Claimed
1-of-1 rare NFT — horned punk
1/1 Claimed
1-of-1 rare NFT
1/1 Claimed
1-of-1 rare NFT
1/1 Claimed
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Meet the Crew

The Donkey Family

Beyond Herbert, the Donkeyverse is home to a cast of characters woven through our lore, community events and future collections. Their full art is still under wraps — here's a silhouette preview.

Coming SoonMrs Donkey (Jenny) — silhouette preview

Mrs Donkey (Jenny)

The brains behind the operation and the heart of the family.

Coming SoonStumble — silhouette preview

Stumble

Shares his brother's smarts, but is frequently disoriented — bless him.

Coming SoonBumble — silhouette preview

Bumble

Quick on his feet, a little slower upstairs — perpetually chasing understanding.

Coming SoonBaby — silhouette preview

Baby

The youngest of the family, with big racing aspirations and an even bigger cuteness factor.

Play to Earn

Idle Donkeys — Launching 1 August 2026

Idle Donkeys is a tycoon-loop P2E game, free to play for holders and non-holders alike. Dodgy donkeys manage a variety of suspiciously profitable farms to build an equine agricultural empire. DKV NFTs become powerful in-game assets — permanently upgradeable on-chain — and unlock real DKV token rewards with an earnings cap that grows with every NFT you use (up to 14 per game) and every loop you complete.

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Idle Donkeys gameplay
DKV Utility Token

One Token, Whole Ecosystem

The Donkeyverse uses the DKV SPL token as the reward token for Idle Donkeys and the main currency across the ecosystem — including lootboxes and quests. Our trait store also uses DKV for higher-level traits.

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Community 65%
Exchanges 20%
DKV Team 10%
Raydium / Meteora LP 5%

Total Token Supply: 1,000,000,000 DKV

🎮 Game rewards
🎁 Lootboxes
🗺️ Quests
✨ Trait store
DKV Token

In-game DKV matches real on-chain value. Withdraw to your Phantom wallet any time via the in-game exchange.

NFT Staking

Secure First, Earn Second

DKV uses the NFT staking platform built by GOTM Labz. Since our main focus is the Idle Donkeys game, staking is primarily a security mechanism — freezing and protecting holders' NFTs if a wallet is ever compromised.

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2FA Wallet Protection

Transfer staked NFTs to a new wallet if yours is ever compromised or hacked.

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Passive DKV Rewards

Stakers earn a small amount of DKV passively — the main earning vector is always the game.

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Partnership Airdrops

The team is securing additional airdrops and staking rewards from other Solana projects.

🔐 Stake Your NFT
DKV NFT managers in Idle Donkeys
DKV Trait Store
Trait Store

Dynamic NFTs, Your Way

DKV NFTs are dynamic — their visual appearance and metadata can be altered. Customise your donkey for an exclusive aesthetic look, or tailor it for in-game performance. With a limited number of traits per NFT, choosing which axes to upgrade is a strategic call.

Built on the trait store developed by GOTM Labz. Buy traits directly from the store, or from within Idle Donkeys using any of the three in-game currencies — traits purchased in-game land straight in your trait store inventory, ready to apply.

🎮 In-game currency traits 💎 Ultra-rare SOL-only traits 🃏 Free-to-Play Poker Night Traits
✨ Open Trait Store
Where We've Been, Where We're Going

Roadmap

From first mint to full game launch — here's the plan.

Donkeyverse Roadmap
30 December 2024

Minting Began

The Donkeyverse NFT collection went live on Solana.

January 2025

Staking & Trait Store Launched

Both launched via GOTM Labz, initially denominated in the GOTM token.

July 2026

Transition to DKV

Staking and the trait store moved to being denominated primarily in DKV tokens.

1 August 2026

Idle Donkeys Launches

Our play-to-earn tycoon-loop game goes live at idledonkeys.com.

Time TBA

Game Content Expansion

Ongoing content drops and in-house utility/solutions development.

About Our Project

It's Been a Wild Ride

What became the Donkeyverse began back in December 2021, as a 3-month, art-only NFT project. It didn't stay that way.

🪪 Dec 2021 — XRDonkeys on the XRPL

Being donkeys, we naturally started on the XRPL — which didn't support NFTs yet, and was almost immediately caught up in the long-running Ripple/SEC lawsuit. We launched as XRDonkeys, issuing tradeable IOU tokens to be redeemed for NFTs once the Ledger caught up.

🎴 Jan 2022 — First-Ever NFTs

We issued some of the very first NFTs ever minted on the XRPL, using the now-deprecated XLS14 format, in highly limited series.

🃏 The Poker Era

While waiting to mint our first full collection, we started hosting free-to-play community poker nights (for fun only — no real-money wagering) — something we still do today, complete with exclusive poker-themed NFT trait prizes.

⛓️ Nov 2022 — Proper NFTs Go Live

XRDonkeys was again among the first projects minting proper NFTs on the XRPL. We ran collections rewarding holders with staking in several XRPL tokens — some still paying out today — plus collaborations with other XRPL projects.

💀 Pixel XSkullz

Our free 10k NFT side project minted out in 9 minutes flat, crashing the XRPCafe marketplace and knocking it offline — a first that hasn't been repeated since. Pixel XSkullz also became the cover artwork for the music NFT "322," one of the first of its kind on the XRPL.

☠️ The Venom Chain Detour

Chasing real utility, we branched out to the (then) new Venom chain and became one of its top NFT projects — until the foundation behind Venom rugged its own blockchain, taking most of its builders and community support down with it.

☀️ Mid 2024 — Solana & the Donkeyverse

We'd already been developing the idea of NFTs as in-game assets. Solana beckoned, and the Donkeyverse was born. We joined the now-defunct GOTM DAO, aiming to feature our NFTs in a P2E game that had been over two years in development — before that game was shelved and the DAO disbanded.

🛠️ We Built Our Own Game

Only one thing left to do: learn to code and build it ourselves. After many months of hair-pulling, testing and breaking things, Idle Donkeys is the world's first tycoon-loop idle game with full NFT and blockchain integration — NFTs as upgradeable in-game assets, rewarding both investment and time played.

You're still early — it's a marathon, not a sprint. 🐴

Who's Behind the Donkeyverse

The Team

HD

Herb Donkey

Founder · Director · Lead Artist

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

MD

Mrs Donkey

Founder · Director

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

DD

Doctor Donkey

Director · Occasional Artist

🇦🇺 Australia

HY

Hydeonian

Director

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Join the Herd

Join hundreds of holders in our Discord and follow along on X for mint news, game updates and free-to-play community poker nights.

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Questions

Frequently Asked

What is the Donkeyverse (DKV)?

DKV is an NFT project on the Solana blockchain featuring 3,333 anthropomorphised cartoon donkeys. Holders can earn our DKV utility token by playing Idle Donkeys, our play-to-earn tycoon-loop game launching 1 August 2026.

How do I mint or buy a DKV NFT?

Mint in SOL via LaunchMyNFT, or buy on the secondary market via Magic Eden.

What can I do with the trait store?

Customise your NFT's look and in-game performance. Traits can be bought directly in the trait store or from within Idle Donkeys using in-game currencies. Some ultra-rare traits are SOL-only, and poker-themed traits are only won at our free-to-play community poker nights (played for fun only — no real-money wagering).

What does staking my NFT do?

Staking via GOTM Labz is primarily a security feature — it freezes your NFT and, with 2FA, lets you recover it to a new wallet if your original wallet is compromised. You'll also passively earn a small amount of DKV, though the game is the main way to earn.

Is DKV a security or investment offering?

No. DKV tokens and NFTs do not constitute or relate to securities in any jurisdiction, and nothing on this site is investment advice. See the full whitepaper for our complete legal disclaimer and risk warning.

When does Idle Donkeys launch?

1 August 2026. It's free to play for holders and non-holders alike — holding a DKV NFT unlocks the ability to earn real DKV tokens in-game. Join our Discord for launch updates.