Migration to Base (2025)

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TL;DR

On 2025-07-25, the Aavegotchi team announced that Aavegotchi's canonical home (assets, gameplay, governance direction) had moved to Base, marking the end of the multi-year primary deployment on Polygon.

This page is intentionally written as historical framing (what happened, when), not as a "do this now" tutorial.

Key facts (historical)

  • Polygon contracts were frozen (paused) and became view-only / non-transferable for most actions.
  • Assets were mirrored to Base using a snapshot + minting process.
  • Migration coverage included core game and Gotchiverse assets: Aavegotchis, wearables, REALM parcels, installations, tiles, Alchemica, and GLTR.
  • GHST canonical address on Base:
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  • Most users did not need to take action: if you held assets in a wallet on Polygon, the Base versions were expected to appear in the same wallet address on Base.
  • Legacy assets remained visible on Polygon as non-transferable ERC-721s for historical continuity.

What this means for where to use Aavegotchi

  • The official entry point for the modern app experience is https://www.aavegotchi.com.
  • The Polygon legacy site https://polygon.aavegotchi.com remains relevant for limited legacy interactions while Polygon contracts are frozen.

Timeline

DateEvent
2020-2021Launch on Ethereum
2021Migration to Polygon
2024-04-17GHST token launched on Base
2025-07-25Full migration to Base; Polygon frozen

References

Last verified

  • 2026-02-11 — Reconciled against the official blog archive post and current project migration notes.