Most testnet faucet failures are not bugs on your side. They are anti-abuse gates, cooldowns, or a dispensing wallet that has run dry — each with a different fix. These are the ones we see most often.
- Mainnet balance required —
Invalid ETH mainnet balance. Please note, you'll need a small mainnet balance on this wallet in order to use the faucet. This is to prevent abuse.
- Faucet is not available —
Faucet is not available.
- Already claimed / rate limited —
You have already claimed from this faucet.
- Captcha won't load or pass —
hCaptcha failed to load.
- Invalid address format —
Invalid address.
- Faucet out of funds —
Insufficient faucet balance.
Is the faucet itself down?
If the page will not load at all, that is a different problem — see testnet faucets currently down for live status and the recorded cause of each failure.