How to get Monad testnet tokens with Chainstack faucet

Monad is emerging as one of the fastest-growing networks, driven by its focus on sub-second finality and high-throughput execution. As more teams start experimenting and building early-stage applications, access to reliable infrastructure and test resources becomes critical for productive development.

Developers are experimenting with smart contracts and stress-testing performance. But test MON is still scarce, which slows down experimentation.

So we decided to ship one. On Chainstack, you can now request Monad testnet MON directly from our Monad faucet. Beyond the faucet, Chainstack provides production-grade infrastructure for Monad, including reliable RPC endpoints, archive access, documentation, and node management through the Chainstack console.

In this guide, we’ll show you how to get free MON test tokens and start interacting with the Monad testnet.

How the Monad testnet faucet works

Before you push anything to mainnet, you dry-run the flow — deploy a contract, fire transactions against a Monad testnet RPC, or check that your scripts handle responses the way they should. For any of that, you need MON.

We’re one of the first to ship a Monad faucet built for that. It’s tied to your wallet address and lets you claim 0.5 MON every 24 hours, with no Twitter authentication in the mix. Just sign in, point it at your wallet, and you’re ready to test.

From there, you can use your balance to cover gas on testnet, validate smart contract deployments on Monad, or run automated checks in your dev loop. And when you’re ready to go beyond test tokens, you can deploy a Monad node in the console and plug into mainnet or testnet RPCs all in one place.

⚠️ Faucet requirements:

To safeguard against misuse, the Chainstack faucet implements two key checks
before disbursing funds:

1. The requesting address must have a minimum balance of 0.08 ETH on the
   Ethereum mainnet.
2. The address should have a history of holding ETH on the mainnet; it should
   not have been recently empty.

These precautions help maintain the integrity of the faucet, ensuring fair and
equitable access for all users.

How to use the Monad testnet faucet on Chainstack

Getting test MON from our Monad faucet is simple.

1. Sign in — Log into your Chainstack console.
2. Get your API key — In the console, go to Settings → API keys and copy an active key. You’ll need it to authenticate with the faucet.
3. Open the faucet — Navigate to the Monad faucet page and paste your API key when prompted.
4. Enter your wallet address — Paste the address you want to fund.
5. Claim tokens — Submit the claim. You’ll receive 0.5 MON every 24 hours.
6. Confirm balance — Check your wallet or query your Monad RPC endpoint.

Once your wallet has balance, you can use it to pay gas on testnet, deploy contracts, or run integration scripts against the Monad testnet. If you need stable, high-performance infrastructure, alongside tokens, you can spin up a Global Node for quick tests or a Dedicated Node for latency-sensitive workloads. Both expose HTTPS and WebSocket RPC URLs that slot straight into wallets, frameworks, or custom tooling.

What you can do with Monad testnet MON

On Monad, nothing moves without MON, even on testnet. MON is used to pay gas for smart contract deployments, transaction calls, and anything you send through a Monad testnet RPC. That makes a faucet a baseline tool if you want to:

• Deploy and test contracts in a safe loop
• Run bots or scripts against real RPC responses
• Validate dApp or infrastructure integrations before mainnet
• Backtest or stress-test without burning real funds
• Onboard teammates or teach flows without risk

Once you’ve got tokens in your wallet, the natural next step is to wire them into infrastructure you control. In the Chainstack console, you can spin up a Monad node, copy the HTTPS or WebSocket RPC URL, and start routing calls through your own endpoint.

Monad tooling

Beyond the faucet and nodes, Monad provides developer tooling you can integrate into your stack. You can interact with the network using standard EVM-compatible tooling over JSON-RPC, making it easy to work with smart contracts, query chain state, and run automated workflows.

Monad works with familiar Ethereum developer tools and libraries, allowing you to reuse existing Solidity code, frameworks, and scripts without custom integrations.

For the full set of SDKs, APIs, and integration guides, check the Monad tooling docs.

Wrap up: more for Monad builders

Faucet MON gets you moving, but most production-grade workflows need more than just gas. On Chainstack, you can run reliable Monad RPC infrastructure to query historical data, debug transactions, and stream state changes over WebSocket connections.

If you prefer starting from code, Chainstack provides examples and reference implementations that show how to interact with Monad RPC endpoints using standard EVM-compatible tooling. The Monad API refers to the standard Ethereum-compatible JSON-RPC interface exposed by Monad RPC nodes.

For application-level use cases built on top of Monad, you can also explore example projects such as a starter copy trading bot built for Kuru DEX and wired to Monad RPC.

Between the faucet, stable RPC infrastructure (Global or Dedicated Nodes), and up-to-date documentation, you get an end-to-end setup: test with faucet tokens, validate against production-like infrastructure, and move to mainnet without reworking your stack.

Additional resources

• Deep dive into Monad: speed, performance, and architecture — a detailed overview of how Monad works under the hood.
• Monad for builders 2026: a practical implementation guide — a hands-on guide to working with Monad testnet infrastructure, RPCs, and smart contracts.
• Monad & Berachain: blockchain usage weeks after mainnet — an analysis of early network activity and how builders are using these chains post-launch.

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