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Get MATIC on Polygon Mumbai Testnet official faucet

Nacho Iacovino

Nov 16, 2021 • 2 min read

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The Polygon Mumbai testnet is approaching its end-of-life status, and has been deprecated on thirdweb as of April 8, 2024. We recommend you use the Polygon Amoy testnet instead.

In this guide, we'll show you how to get MATIC on Polygon Mumbai Testnet with the official Faucet from Polygon.

When using a testnet, you'll need some funds to cover the gas for transactions onto the blockchain.

If you're new to web3 development, check out our guide on Which Blockchain & Network Should I Use to learn more about testnets and why you might want to use one.

Get a Metamask Wallet

To store tokens and pay for transactions on the blockchain, you'll need a wallet.

A popular wallet is Metamask, which is a browser extension that allows you to interact with the blockchain, and approve transactions.

To get started with MetaMask, follow our Create a MetaMask wallet guide.

Add Polygon Mumbai Testnet to your Network list

We'll go to chainlist.org, search "mumbai", and click "Connect Wallet".

Then, our wallet will be connected and the button will change, click "Add to Metamask".

This will open a confirmation on our Metamask browser extension, click "Switch Network".

Great! You should see something like this when you open your Metamask. Click "Copy to Clipboard" on the address.

Get MATIC from the official faucet

So let's get some MATIC, go to https://faucet.polygon.technology/ which is the official Polygon Mumbai Testnet Faucet.

Paste the address you just copied and click "Submit".

Add your wallet address and click on submit

Click "Confirm" on the dialog that opens.

You should see something like this!

After a couple minutes, check your Metamask again, you'll see that you will have received 1 MATIC!

You did it!

And voilà, you can now use that balance in thirdweb dashboard to create test contracts and test our platform.

Remember, you can request funds once every minute!