DEAD
PIXELS
5,555 souls. One corrupted universe.
8-bit skull PFPs on BASE. The network never shut down. Rarer souls look better.
THE NETWORK NEVER SHUT DOWN
A forgotten chain of arcades, consoles and servers that kept syncing after the humans left.
When the last coin dropped, the cabinets kept running. The players left. Their saves didn't.
A dead pixel is a pixel that stopped listening to the screen — but never went black. These are the souls that stayed on.
Eleven factions. Thirteen zones. Five one-of-one legendaries hidden among 5,555 skulls.
"NOTHING IS HERE.
THEY ARE HERE ANYWAY."
— The Null Sector
RARITY YOU CAN SEE
The rarer the soul, the more elaborate the art. Same skull, five tiers.
COMMON
Clean 8-bit art with a soft halo.
UNCOMMON
Aura glow behind the skull.
RARE
Corner brackets and drifting particles.
EPIC
Full frame, foil bands, double outline.
LEGENDARY
Rainbow frame and light rays. Five 1/1s.
SAMPLE SOULS
A glimpse of the collection. Final traits and tiers are revealed after the mint closes.
ELEVEN FACTIONS
Skull color decides your faction. Which one will you be?
MINT
Two phases. Both open to everyone. No allowlist.
OPEN PRE-SALE
- Open to everyone
- Limit per wallet: see OpenSea
- Network: Base
PUBLIC
- Open to everyone
- Limit per wallet: see OpenSea
- Network: Base
- Get a wallet (MetaMask, Rainbow, Coinbase Wallet) and switch to the Base network.
- Bridge or buy a little ETH on Base for the price plus a few cents of gas.
- Open the official OpenSea collection page from this site and mint.
Contract (Base):
PROVENANCE
The art set is locked before mint. The hash below fingerprints all 5,555 images in order. The generator is deterministic: same seed, same universe.
FAQ
WHAT IS DEAD PIXELS?
A collection of 5,555 unique 8-bit skull PFPs on Base, generated by code and built around a lore universe.
WHEN IS THE REVEAL?
After the mint closes. Until then every soul shows the SOUL ENCRYPTED animation.
HOW DOES RARITY WORK?
Each soul has 12 trait layers. Rarity tiers are visible in the art: higher tier, more elaborate frame, glow and corruption.
ARE THERE ROYALTIES?
Creator earnings are 5% on secondary sales.
IS THERE AN ALLOWLIST?
No. Phase 1 (Open Pre-Sale) and Phase 2 (Public) are both open to everyone.
WHAT CAN I DO WITH MY SKULL?
Use it as your PFP, display it, trade it. Holders get a personal and commercial license for their own token's artwork. See the OpenSea page for details.
HOW DO I AVOID SCAMS?
Official links only: the ones on this page and our pinned post on X. We will NEVER DM you first. We will NEVER ask for your seed phrase. This website never asks you to connect a wallet.