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Otherside Otherdeeds retain land traits when originals become Otherdeed Expanded NFTs

Otherside Otherdeeds are Ethereum land NFTs whose optional 2023 expansion process burned original tokens and minted replacements in the Otherdeed Expanded collection. The replacement retained the plot’s land attributes, while a Koda, when present, became a separate NFT. The process also included a Vessel claim. That conversion permanently changed the token’s collection identity. Environment, sediment, resources, and artifacts describe the land, while the replacement, Koda, and Vessel each have distinct roles and ownership records.

The short version: An Expanded land NFT can change hands without transferring any separately held Koda or Vessel.

A Koda on the original deed changes the minted assets

A Koda attached to an original deed determines whether the expansion also produces a standalone character NFT. The 2023 transition offered an Otherdeed Expanded replacement and a Vessel through the claim process. An original containing a Koda could additionally yield an Otherside Koda NFT. An original without that character had no Koda to separate. The character depended on the deed’s Koda metadata; its environment or sediment tier could not substitute for that condition.

This separation gave the land and character independent ownership records. A Koda depicted on an original deed and a Koda held as a standalone NFT represent different collection states. The former belongs to the original token’s attributes. The latter is an asset in its own collection, with its own holder and applicable artwork license.

The burn gives the land a new collection identity

The expansion changed the land’s token identity because Otherdeed Expanded uses a different Ethereum contract from the original collection. The replacement continues the land record through a newly minted asset. A marketplace name or familiar image cannot establish which contract holds the token.

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The original becomes inaccessible

Burning an original Otherdeed during the 2023 expansion permanently made that token inaccessible. The process offered no reversal into the original NFT. Its historical transactions remain part of Ethereum’s record, even though the holder can no longer use the burned asset.

The replacement carries the land record

Collection identity

An ERC-721 asset is identified by its contract address and token ID on a particular chain. A number alone does not identify it across collections. The original and Expanded contracts can concern the same plot without making their tokens interchangeable or giving them identical participation requirements.

Land attributes

Continuity concerns the plot’s attributes, including its environment, sediment, resources, and artifacts. These describe the land associated with the replacement. Minting a new land token does not mean every component becomes a separately owned asset. Koda separation had a specific function within the expansion; it was not a general detachment rule for all traits.

Environment tiers shape the land’s visual setting

The environment describes the plot’s setting, while its tier informed the scale and layout of the 3D design. The February 2023 environment design used five tiers, with plots at the same tier drawing from similar layout components. Resources, sediment, and artifacts distinguished plots sharing an environment tier. That design relationship does not make every plot at a given tier visually identical.

A 2D land image and its planned 3D environment are different representations of the same setting. The design process translated the artwork into spaces with terrain and structures. A tier describes one aspect of that design; it does not establish a fixed land price or a universal gameplay advantage.

Sediment affects a different part of the land’s mechanics

Sediment describes another land attribute and had a specific production role in the 2023 Legends of the Mara design. Its type determined the kind of Sediment Fragment the land produced. Its tier affected output per harvest, with higher tiers producing more fragments subject to each sediment type’s shared seasonal supply cap. Once that cap was exhausted, no further fragments of that type were available until the next season. Harvesting also required an assigned farming character.

Environment tier limited how many characters could be assigned to hunting or farming in Legends of the Mara. Enchanters did not count against that worker capacity.

Those relationships belong to that version of Legends of the Mara. They do not establish extraction rates, worker limits, or earnings for every later Otherside experience. A retained sediment trait can remain part of a land record while a particular game’s use of it changes.

Resources and artifacts stay in the land description

The 2023 decoupling preserved resource and artifact metadata in the replacement Otherdeed Expanded NFT. A resource or artifact appearing among the land’s attributes therefore did not become a standalone NFT through Koda separation. The replacement still described those components as part of its plot. This is different from a Koda receiving a separate collection identity and becoming independently transferable.

Resource traits also differ from quantities harvested during gameplay. A trait identifies something associated with the land; a harvested balance records output from a particular game mechanic. Keeping the resource description during expansion does not establish an inventory amount, a production schedule, or ownership of every subsequently harvested item.

A Vessel linked Expanded land to Legends of the Mara

The Vessel claim connected the replacement land NFT with a separate asset used in Legends of the Mara. In the 2023 design, an Otherdeed Expanded acted as the board for the 2D game. A Vessel could nest on that land and develop into a Mara. The design allowed one nested Vessel per Expanded deed at a time. Acquiring additional Vessels did not increase that particular nesting allowance.

Land ownership supplied the board, while character assets supplied gameplay functions. These components had separate requirements and could have separate owners.

In April 2024, Yuga Labs announced Faraway’s acquisition of the Legends of the Mara brand and associated collections. The announced transfer covered Otherside Vessels, Maras, and Kodamaras; Yuga Labs retained Kodas. The 2023 nesting and gameplay design explains the expansion’s original purpose. It should not be read as an unchanged access promise for later releases under different management.

Obelisk pieces add participation data to the replacement

The Obelisk records journey milestones through metadata updates associated with qualifying activations. The expansion and Vessel claim included a Koda Origins piece on the newly minted Otherdeed Expanded. That record described participation in the activation alongside the land’s other attributes. It was not another land token, a detached resource, or a second Koda.

Metadata and ownership answer different questions. An Obelisk piece records an activation-related state, while the NFT’s ownership record identifies its current holder. A later purchase can transfer the land token without proving the purchaser personally participated in the event recorded by its metadata. The specific piece and its award conditions determine what the record means.

Artwork permissions follow the individual asset’s license

The 2023 expansion kept the Otherdeed Expanded artwork under a personal-use license. Its permitted uses included personal display and profile pictures, alongside trading the NFT. Those permissions did not grant unrestricted commercialization of the land artwork. Ownership of a land token and permission to sell products using its imagery concern different rights.

A decoupled Koda generally received broader commercial artwork rights under its separate license. That difference did not extend the Koda’s license to the Expanded land artwork. Separating the assets made their individual permissions relevant, even when they originally emerged from the same deed.

The Vessel’s separate license allowed NFT transfers and personal artwork display, but prohibited commercial use of its artwork and derivative works. Koda artwork updates could carry additional restrictions.

Separately held assets do not automatically accompany a land sale

A transfer of an Expanded deed changes ownership of the land NFT without automatically transferring a separately held Koda or Vessel. Each collection records its own tokens and holders. A connection in the assets’ history does not create a permanent ownership bundle. A sale including several assets therefore needs to identify those assets individually.

Gameplay assignment introduces another relationship. In the original Legends of the Mara rules, assigning a character to land did not merge its NFT with the deed. Selling an assigned Mara or Koda removed its assignment and moved the character to the new holder’s inventory. Land ownership, character ownership, and a gameplay assignment could change independently. A picture showing a character on land cannot settle those ownership questions.

Ethereum gas and wallet authority affect the burn operation

The 2023 decoupling required an Ethereum-compatible wallet holding the eligible original deed, with ETH covering network gas. Gas paid for blockchain execution and was separate from any purchase price for the NFT. Its cost depended on the work performed and the applicable network fee. The historical mint price did not determine the burn’s gas charge.

Connecting a wallet alone does not complete the conversion. ERC-721 permissions govern who can act on an NFT. An approval authorizes an operator within its stated scope, while a completed burn changes the original asset’s usable state. Treating an approval as a finished expansion confuses permission with execution.

The 2023 expansion directed participation through its dedicated interface and explicitly warned against interacting directly with the contract. This restriction concerned that activation.

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