DogeOS Testnet Guide: Chikyū Setup, Faucet and Explorer

The DogeOS testnet is called Chikyū. It runs at chain ID 6281971, uses DOGE as its gas token, and is the only DogeOS network that exists — there is no mainnet. Everything below is verified against the official DogeOS documentation as of the date above.

Two warnings before you start. First, testnet DOGE has no value. It cannot be sold, traded for real DOGE, or withdrawn to anything worth money. Anyone offering to buy it is running a scam. Second, if you searched for "DogeOS RPC" or "add DogeOS to MetaMask" and landed on pages about Dogechain, those are a different network entirely — different chain ID, different team, different technology. See DogeOS vs Dogechain.

Network parameters

Two things about this table that will otherwise confuse you.

The official docs and the Chainlist entry for 6281971 list different block explorers. Both appear to be live. The docs point at dogeos-testnet.l2scan.co; Chainlist points at blockscout.testnet.dogeos.com. Neither is fake. Use whichever renders for you.

The Chainlist entry for this chain does not publish a working RPC endpoint — its RPC table renders empty. The RPC URL above comes from the DogeOS documentation, which is the authoritative source for it. If a third-party site offers you a different DogeOS RPC, check it against the docs before using it.

Add DogeOS to your wallet in three steps

The docs name MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet, and any wallet with WalletConnect support. These steps are written for MetaMask; the fields are identical in Rabby and most EVM wallets.

1. Open MetaMask, click the network dropdown at the top left, then Add a custom network.
2. Enter the four fields exactly: network name DogeOS Chikyū Testnet, RPC URL https://rpc.testnet.dogeos.com/, chain ID 6281971, currency symbol DOGE. Add the block explorer URL if your wallet asks for one.
3. Save and switch to the network. Your balance will read 0 DOGE until you use the faucet.

The DogeOS testnet portal also supports automated network import, which fills these fields for you. Manual entry is worth doing once so you can confirm the chain ID with your own eyes — chain ID is the field that tells you whether you are on the real network.

Get test tokens

The DogeOS faucet — https://faucet.testnet.dogeos.com

Connect a wallet or paste an address. The documented limits are exact: "We allow 42.069 per day directly on DogeOS, or 4.2 per hour on Dogecoin Testnet." The faucet page itself states you can claim once every 24 hours.

The asset it dispenses on DogeOS is DOGE. If you have seen a list elsewhere claiming this faucet also dispenses LBTC, WETH, USDC, USDT or USD1, that is not what the official documentation describes — the docs describe DOGE on DogeOS and DOGE on Dogecoin Testnet. Test assets other than DOGE, where they exist, come from the applications themselves rather than this faucet.

The Dogecoin testnet faucet — https://faucet.dogetest.doge.xyz

You only need this if you intend to test the bridge from the Dogecoin side. It dispenses Dogecoin testnet DOGE, which is what the bridge consumes as its L1 input. Track those transactions on the Dogecoin testnet explorer at https://doge-testnet-explorer.qed.me.

The Chainlink faucet — https://faucets.chain.link/dogeos-testnet-chikyu

Drips 25 LINK on Chikyū. Only relevant if you are building something that consumes Chainlink oracles.

Send your first transaction

With a faucet balance in place, send a small amount to a second address you control. There is nothing DogeOS-specific about the mechanics — it behaves like any EVM network, because it is one. Gas is paid in DOGE.

Verify it on the explorer

Paste your address into https://dogeos-testnet.l2scan.co (or the Blockscout instance) and you should see the faucet deposit and your outgoing transfer. Confirm three things: the transaction status reads success, the gas was paid in DOGE, and the chain you are looking at reports chain ID 6281971.

Read the network-wide stats with care. As of September 19, 2026 the Blockscout explorer showed roughly 28.6 million addresses and 194 million transactions across about 8.9 million blocks. Those are not 28.6 million people. The overwhelming majority of that activity is points-farming driven by the Grand Heist loyalty program — one person can generate thousands of addresses. Read our airdrop and points page before you draw any conclusion about DogeOS's user base from that number.

Try the testnet apps

DogeOS has named a set of applications deployed on Chikyū. All of them are running on valueless test assets, so treat these as demos, not products:

• BarkSwap — decentralized exchange
• Derps — perpetuals trading
• MOAR — lending
• MetaFide — prediction markets
• PlaysOut and DogeFoodLab — games
• Anoncoin — AI-powered memecoin launchpad

Lombard's LBTC integration was announced in September 2025, bringing Bitcoin liquidity into the testnet environment.

Troubleshooting

These three are the errors the official docs actually document, with the documented fixes.

Your transaction fails with a nonce error in MetaMask. The docs describe this as "the local nonce stored in your MetaMask wallet is different from the nonce in the DogeOS testnet node." Fix: reset your MetaMask account for this network via Settings → Advanced → Reset account. This clears local transaction history only; it does not touch your funds or your seed phrase.

Nothing happens when you confirm a bridge or swap transaction. No error, no console output, just silence. The docs attribute this to the same cause: "this is likely due to a nonce issue, please reset your MetaMask account."

The block explorer returns "Internal server error." Documented fix: "Use an incognito window, or open your browser developer console and remove the _explorer_key cookie (or all cookies)."

Your wallet says you are on the wrong network. Check chain ID, not network name. Anyone can name a network "DogeOS" in a wallet config. Only 6281971 is Chikyū.

The faucet says you already claimed. The limit is one claim per 24 hours per address. There is no way around it, and any site offering to increase your faucet allowance in exchange for a wallet signature is attempting to drain you.

Your bridge transfer has not arrived. The docs state relay time of up to four hours in each direction and warn that the bridge is "a very early implementation." Give it the full window before assuming failure. Full walkthrough in the DogeOS bridge guide.

Does testnet activity earn anything?

DogeOS runs a points program called the Grand Heist. Points are not a token, DogeOS has not announced a token, and no reward date has been published. We cover what has and has not actually been said — and the dilution arithmetic implied by 28.6 million addresses — on the DogeOS airdrop page. Do not spend money in pursuit of an unannounced reward.

What changes at mainnet

No mainnet date has been announced by DogeOS. When one is, expect the following, and we will update this page:

• New chain ID and RPC. Mainnet will not be 6281971. Every parameter in the table above becomes testnet-only, and anyone reusing these values on mainnet is either confused or phishing.
• The faucet becomes irrelevant. Mainnet DOGE is acquired, not dispensed.
• Gas stops being free in practice. Testnet gas costs nothing real; mainnet gas is DOGE you paid for. We will publish a gas-fees page at that point.
• The apps above acquire real balances, at which point their security assumptions start to matter and demos become products.
• Bridging carries real risk. Today the worst case is losing valueless test DOGE.

Until a primary source publishes a mainnet date, treat every "DogeOS mainnet" claim as unverified. Background and disambiguation in What is DogeOS?.

TrustSwap is not affiliated with DogeOS, MyDoge or the Dogecoin Foundation. DogeOS has not announced a token; any asset trading under the DogeOS name is unaffiliated with the project.