NFT Drop

Release an NFT drop with Delayed Reveal

Samina Kabir

Feb 14, 2022 • 2 min read

In this guide, we'll show you how to add placeholder metadata for your NFT until you reveal the "real" metadata at a later date!

Batch Upload Your NFTs

First, create either an NFT Drop contract using the thirdweb dashboard. Once you've deployed click on Batch Upload on the top right of the dashboard.

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You will be prompted to upload your NFTs along with either a .csv or .json file that captures each NFT’s metadata.

In this project, the NFTs we are uploading are images, or more specifically .png files.

The .csv or .json file and images must be in the same folder when uploading.

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Upon uploading, the dashboard will display all of your NFTs. Click Next if everything looks correct!

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Set the Delay Feature

On the next screen, we can finally choose how to reveal our NFTs. We have two options:

Reveal upon mint: Collectors will immediately see the final NFT when they complete the minting.
Delayed Reveal: Collectors will mint your placeholder image, then you reveal at a later time.

For this guide, we are going to choose Delayed Reveal.

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When you select Delayed Reveal, you will be prompted to create a password.

Remember or store your password somewhere safe. You will use this password to reveal the NFTs later.

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After setting your password, upload your placeholder image, add a temporary name for the unrevealed NFTs, a description, and then click Upload when you are finished.

When you return to the dashboard, your NFTs will be displayed with the placeholder data.

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Feel free to add the claim conditions and other settings on your drop.

When you are ready to reveal the NFTs you can click the Reveal NFTs button on your dashboard.

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This action will prompt for the password you created in the previous step. Finally, it will prompt you to confirm a transaction on your wallet and pay the gas fees.

Your NFTs are now revealed. Happy minting!

That's it!

Congratulations! You've created an NFT collection with a reveal function. Show us the creative ways you use this functionality in our discord channel: #built-on-thirdweb.