CryptoKitties are the Pokémon and Beanie Babies of the 21st century and exist in the digital world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. The blockchain game – which allows users to collect, trade, sell, and breed colorful digital cats – launched in late 2017 and peaked in 2018. The popularity of CryptoKitties has died down a bit, but they appear to be picking up steam again as NFTs (non-fungible tokens) have taken the world by storm.
Because of the large number of attributes or “cattributes” of CryptoKitties, it is hard to place any sort of value on them. Some have been sold for a couple hundred Ether (worth less than $200K back in 2018), but sales have mostly slumped. However, the first generation of CryptoKitties, Gen 0, is capped at 50,000 and not all of them have been released. The founders have kept several thousand in the vault for future special occasions. These first generation CryptoKitties as well as several exclusives are rare because there are only one of each of them in existence and they cannot be bred.
For this list we featured all of the exclusive CryptoKitties that had a limit of 1. We also featured the most valuable CryptoKitty based on the price it fetched at auction. With the exception of the first three entries on this list, the rest of the CryptoKitties were arranged in alphabetical order. As of May 2021, the information on this list is as accurate as possible and will be updated as needed.
Honorable Mention: Shiny Fancy CryptoKitties
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- First Edition Slush
- Victoire
- Papacatuanuku
- MegaFlowtron
- Koshkat
- Hypurrion
- Honu
- CyberBerry
- Celestial Cyber Dimension
- Cathena
- Founder Cats (CryptoKitties #2 – #100)
- Dragon
- Genesis
Birthday: September 12, 2018
Generation: Gen 0
Hatched By: Dave
Special Features: Exclusive
Current Owner: Vulcat
photo source: CryptoKitties
Vulcat was born on September 12, 2018 as the 1 millionth CryptoKitty. This exclusive kitty was born just 288 days after CryptoKitties was launched and at the time, 971,500 of the one-million CryptoKitties were created by players through breeding. Like some of the other special CryptoKitty breeding milestones, there was also a small chance for users to breed Vulcant, an exclusive kitty with a limit of 20. Both Vulcat and Vulcant are red/orange cats with flaming fur.
Birthday: November 23, 2017
Generation: Gen 0
Hatched By: COO (CryptoKitties Founders)
Special Features: Exclusive
Current Owner: SoaS
photo source: CryptoKitties
There seems to not be any information available for why Victoire is special, but it is an early Gen 0 exclusive. Victoire features a cute kitty wearing a soccer jersey and dribbling a soccer ball. There’s no sale history for Victoire, but its currently on sale for the exorbitant price of 1,000 Ether ($3.1 million at this time).
Birthday: March 31, 2019
Generation: Gen 2
Hatched By: Doofenshmirtz Lab
Special Features: Exclusive
Current Owner: Krakitten
photo source: CryptoKitties
Papacatuanuku was the reward for breeding the 1.5 millionth CryptoKitty. To get ready for the special milestone, users had a small chance to breed an exclusive Felono (30 limit) or Hinecatone (15 limit). Papacatuanuku was born on March 31, 2019, just a year and a half after CryptoKitties launched. Each of the exclusive kitties for the event feature a nature/floral theme.
Birthday: November 23, 2017
Generation: Gen 0
Hatched By: COO (CryptoKitties Founders)
Special Features: Exclusive
Current Owner: KittyCat007
photo source: CryptoKitties
MegaFlowtron is an exclusive CryptoKitty that was given to the first user who could assemble a set of Shiny Flow Rangers. User KittyCat007 was able to breed some of the Shiny Flow Rangers and they purchased the rest to complete the collection. For their efforts, KittyCat007 was awarded with MegaFlowtron.
Birthday: November 23, 2017
Generation: Gen 0
Hatched By: COO (CryptoKitties Founders)
Special Features: Exclusive
Current Owner: Krakitten
photo source: CryptoKitties
Koshkat was a part of CryptoKitties first Artist Series in 2020. The featured artist was Momo Wang, an award-winning designer. Wang created four unique kitties, with Koshkat being the most exclusive with only one available. Koshkat was auctioned off and the winning bid was for $10,500. Half of the proceeds from the Momo Wang CryptoKitties collection went to Feeding America and Food Banks Canada to help communities impacted by Covid-19 by providing safe access to food.
Birthday: November 23, 2017
Generation: Gen 0
Hatched By: COO (CryptoKitties Founders)
Special Features: Exclusive
Current Owner: tanimal
photo source: CryptoKitties
Hypurrion was an Exclusive CryptoKitty created in collaboration with the online game Gods Unchained. For a limited time, CryptoKitty users could purchase Aeoncat (only 380 were available) and were entered into a drawing to win the exclusive Hypurrion. Additionally, CryptoKitty users could purchase a special limited-time “Cat in a Pack” item pack in Gods Unchained. The collaboration generated a lot of positive buzz and sales for both CryptoKitties and Gods Unchained.
Did You Know?
Hypurrion pays tribute to the Mythic Titan of Light, Hyperion, the most valuable card in Gods Unchained.
Birthday: November 23, 2017
Generation: Gen 0
Hatched By: COO (CryptoKitties Founders)
Special Features: Exclusive
Current Owner: Professor Kat
photo source: CryptoKitties
Honu, a very cute CryptoKitty that looks like a sea turtle, was created for a charity auction. Following the success of the sale of Celestial Cyber Dimension, proceeds also went to charity, CryptoKitties released Honu as its first official Kitty for Good. CryptoKitties teamed up with Bill Tai and his ACTAI community of activists, athletes and investors, and Ocean Elders, a conservation group headed up by Sir Richard Branson, Jane Goodall, and others to create the Honu charity auction and raise awareness for ocean conservation. The winning bid of $50,000 was split between ACTAI Global and Ocean Elders.
Birthday: November 23, 2017
Generation: Gen 0
Hatched By: COO (CryptoKitties Founders)
Special Features: Exclusive
Current Owner: CyberBerry
photo source: CryptoKitties
CyberBerry was created exclusively for CryptoKitties user CyberBerry after she won the NFTme Sweepstakes Contest. CyberBerry (the user) was an early blockchain/NFT collector and was into CryptoKitties from the start. Within a month, CyberBerry amassed over 3,000 CryptoKitties – CyberBerry currently has 1,641 kitties. CyberBerry has never put her special CryptoKitty up for sale.
Birthday: November 22, 2017
Generation: Gen 0
Hatched By: COO (CryptoKitties Founders)
Special Features: Exclusive
Current Owner: Igor Barinov
photo source: CryptoKitties
Birthday: February 6, 2018
Generation: Gen 3
Hatched By: Anonymous
Special Features: Exclusive
Current Owner: iorizb
photo source: CryptoKitties
Cathena is one of the rarest Exclusive CryptoKitties out there. She was the 500,000th CryptoKitty born and to celebrate the milestone, the CryptoKitties team made her an exclusive one-of-a-kind kitty. Cathena has regular Gen 2 parents, but her artwork was overwritten to make her special. As of the time of this writing, Cathena is for sale by her current owner for 500 Ether ($1.55 million at this time).
Did You Know?
Although Cathena’s artwork is special, breeding her does not produce Exclusive or special CryptoKitties. Instead, Cathena’s offspring feature the attributes that she would have had if her artwork hadn’t been upgraded.
Birthday: November 22, 2017
Generation: Gen 0
Hatched By: COO (CryptoKitties Founders)
Special Features: Founder #2 – #100
Current Owner: Various
photo source: CryptoKitties
CryptoKitties went live on November 22, 2017 and its founders initially released 100 CryptoKitties, Genesis and CryptoKitties #2 – # 100. The Founder Cats are all unique and cannot be bred. They are the ancestors of all of the later generation CryptoKitties. Due to their rarity and Gen 0 status, Founder Cats are highly sought after. Several of the Founder Cats have been sold for over 200 Ether, which is now worth a couple hundred thousand dollars. Besides Genesis, the Founder Cats did not come with unique names, but many have been named by their owners.
Did You Know?
These Founder Cats, except for Genesis, all feature the jaguar pattern, so any later generation CryptoKitties with the jaguar patter are their direct descendants.
Birthday: August 19, 2018
Generation: Gen 9
Hatched By: Derek@7051
Special Features: None, but features many Cattributes
Current Owner: rabono
photo source: CryptoKitties
At first glance, CryptoKitty #896775 aka Dragon is pretty unremarkable. Dragon has no special features and was not an exclusive or special edition. However, for some reason, Dragon was sold for 600 Ether ($172,000 at the time) a month after it was born, and Dragon is currently the most valuable CryptoKitty based on this sale. No one knows why Dragon’s owner rabono paid that much for a seemingly average CryptoKitty when there are kitties that are much more unique. Some theories for the high price range from money laundering to rabono just really liking the way Dragon looks.
Birthday: November 22, 2017
Generation: Gen 0
Hatched By: COO (CryptoKitties Founders)
Special Features: Exclusive and Founder #1
Current Owner: Stimpson J. Cat
photo source: CryptoKitties
Genesis is the rarest CryptoKitty of all time because it is the very first CryptoKitty and the only one of its kind in existence. Of the first 100 Founder CryptoKitties, Genesis is entirely unique and has a cute design featuring a diamond on its belly and forehead. The other 99 Founder CryptoKitties all look very similar. Genesis was born on November 22, 2017 and sold a few weeks later. It has never been put up for sale since then.
Did You Know?
The owner of Genesis, Stimpson J. Cat, purchased this rare CryptoKitty for 246.926 Ether (about $119,328 at the time). This much Ether is currently worth $750,383.
