The genius inventor
Nedge
Albarra's genius inventor, on a mission to bring back The Degen Rehab Center: a long-lost place of innovation his aunt built in the old days, until it vanished under the power of the mysterious amulets.
The RILLAZ universe
Enter Albarra
An interactive storytelling series with weekly episodes, quests, user activations, Web3 quizzes and minigames, all inside the immersive albarra.world platform, where players discover builders and IPs and earn rewards while helping push the story forward every week!
Animated scene by @joeypoolart
Morning over the old town: the tower, the market rings and the falls below the cliffs.
The lore
The story of Albarra
The Albarra Origin
Long before ApeChain existed there was Albarra, a mythical realm carved into red canyons, where pixel beings roamed vast digital landscapes. The RILLAZ trace their lineage to this world.
The Migration
When Yuga Labs unveiled ApeChain, the Albarra RILLAZ felt the pull. 10,000 of them crossed the digital divide to settle on the new chain, carrying their culture and their traits with them.
The Artifacts
Some RILLAZ still carry Albarra artifacts: the axe, the bionic leg and the canary staff. They are the rarest RILLAZ of all, direct descendants of Albarra's ruling class.
Art behind the scenes
Albarra is a real place
The digital world our story is set in also exists in real life. Albarra is inspired by Albarracín, a small rural town in Spain, and it is where everything came together: the birthplace of Lokie Labs, of its vision, and of the universe that grew into Albarra.
To this day it is our source of references for scene composition, animation and storytelling. The result is a story that mixes Spanish tradition with magical storytelling and a love for IPs in the shape of NFTs.
Albarracín, SpainLokie LabsFrom real life to the story
The streets, the campsite gate and the bell tower of Albarracín, each next to the scene it became.
A street lantern from the old town, rebuilt in paper, became the Albarra logo.
The main characters
Who you've met so far in Albarra
Leader of the troop
RILLA
Nedge's best friend and the leader of the RILLAZ troop. Wherever Nedge's ideas lead, RILLA is the one who gets the troop there, tomahawk in hand.
The amulets
Mysterious amulets that hold frozen time, and the things it swallowed: The Degen Rehab Center among them. The Albarra Seeds are their sprouts.
The Albarra Axe Campaign
How the word got out: axed up
Before the pilot launched, Albarra had to make some noise, so we started handing out axes. Holders commented with their NFT on X, and we answered each one with a 1/1 edit: their own NFT, now carrying an Albarra axe, added by hand.
Fifteen collections got axed up, and for weeks the axes took over the timeline. Every edit earned early in-game points and the first badge of the Albarra Woods.
BAYCMAYCGrailedPunksKodasPudgyCryptotats0N1CaptainzAzukiCool CatsMutant HoundsNodeMonkesMadLadsSaved Souls
Everyone who got axed up.
The episodes
Every Wednesday, 6pm EST
For two years Albarra came out weekly: a new episode every Wednesday at 6pm EST. The canyon trail, Nedge's home, the watchpost, the cliffs, the Tomahawk facility, the RILLAZ nest, the alleys: this cut takes a quick look through all of them.
Weekly2 years
Nedge's room: search the scene, find the hotspots, claim the partner badges.
Wednesday activations
Every episode came with a hunt
The episode was only the start. Each week the story spilled into our Discord: Midori parties tied to that week's illustration, and immersive web experiences where the community combed every corner of a scene for hidden details. Spot one, claim its badge, climb the leaderboard, earn its weight in $APE.
Midori partiesHidden detailsPartner badges
Albarra after dark
The Midori sets
The long party sessions Midori played at our Albarra parties. Five sets, each one for a special occasion: some came with power cuts that broke the Discord, others with GIF dance wars that earned prizes. Press play and dance away.
Set 1 of 5Welcome to Midoriland
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The finale
How the story ended
After two years of Wednesdays, the Albarra story came to its end, and it went out the way it lived: with the community. Along the way it gave out more than 20,000 $APE in prizes, partner merch and discount drops, on-chain badges, 105 hand drawn, illustrated and animated episodes, memorable Discord parties and more.
It also unlocked a free OG mint of RILLAZ for every Albarra participant, which in turn gave them RILLAZ DEPIX for free. And players received an airdrop of Albarra Seeds straight to their wallets, based on their leaderboard positions in the pilot season, for whatever comes next.
20K+$APE given away in prizes
105hand drawn episodes, illustrated and animated
2 yearsof Wednesday activations
Free mintRILLAZ OG mint for every Albarra participant
Partner merchDiscount dropsOn-chain badgesDiscord partiesRILLAZ DEPIX for freeAlbarra Seeds airdrop
Minigame
Tomahawk
The axe throwing minigame of the Albarra Woods. It opened for 24 hours on Albarra Wednesdays: five free throws, read the wind, aim for the bullseye and stack the highest score on the board.
Axe throwingWindHigh scoresLogs
How to play
- Read the windThe arrow and km/h show which way and how hard it pushes your axe.
- ThrowFive free throws per round. Aim so the wind carries the axe onto the target.
- ScoreThe rings pay 5 up to 30 points, and every throw adds to your total. Keep an eye out for the ×2.
- Go againNot happy with the score? A rematch costs logs from your balance.
From the scene cards
Albarra Seeds
What the story left behind
Albarra Seeds went to the ones who helped Nedge chop logs in the Albarra Woods. Every chopped tree needs a seed to grow in its place, and each seed stands for someone who followed in Nedge's footsteps. There are fourteen of them, and each one grows out of a cheek trait from RILLAZ and DEPIX: the Pixel Shart, the Ninja Starillaz, the Pot O' Gold, all the way to No Cheeks. They are sprouts of the amulets, and like them, they may hold more than they show.
Some say a seed, planted at the right moment, could one day grow into a nest. Nobody knows when, or if. In Albarra, stories have a way of coming back.
Seeds drawn by @idrawanimation
DayNight<>Albarra artifacts
The rarest traits
Three relics made the crossing from Albarra. Find them on a RILLAZ and you have found royalty.
The AxeBionic LegCanary Staff
In your pocket
Mobile ready
Albarra World plays on your phone too, so the canyon is never far away.
