Cards enter a broader collection loop
The Steam description connects card discovery to rummaging through garbage and opening unopened cereal boxes. The GIGA patch adds another route: collect five card fragments and glue them into a complete card.
Once found, base cards appear under four color tabs. The current screenshot-backed checklist contains 10 blue, 10 white, 10 red, and 10 purple cards. Kotalion is a separate special card with its own achievement.
Rarity, set, Quality, and stats are separate
- Set: blue, white, red, or purple; each group has a full-set achievement.
- Base rarity label: R, SR, or SSR, exactly as printed on the cards.
- Special rarity: the observed Kotalion card prints USSR and sits outside the four 10-card base sets.
- Stats: HP and ATK values printed on the card.
- Card text: an effect or ability printed below the stats.
- Copy Quality: an individual-copy property used by the three-card Level Up exchange.
- Foil: a separate variant layer; it is not another rarity label or a synonym for Quality.
Do printed HP, ATK, and abilities affect trash collection?
No current official KOTAMON gameplay documentation says that owning a card changes cleanup speed, income, energy, bag capacity, or player-upgrade levels. HP, ATK, and ability text are still useful database fields because they identify what is printed on each collectible.
A Steam discussion asks whether rare-card abilities provide those exact cleanup bonuses. Its single reply interprets the text as rules or flavor for the fictional card game, but that reply is community evidence rather than a developer statement. Until an official update connects a printed ability to the garbage-sim loop, use the player-upgrade menu—not a card description—to plan efficiency upgrades.
Do KOTAMON card effects work in the trash-collecting game?
No official gameplay documentation currently shows printed abilities changing cleanup stats. A community reply treats them as rules or flavor for the fictional card game.
What do HP and ATK mean on KOTAMON cards?
They are stats printed on the collectible cards. No current official source explains them as bonuses to the player’s cleanup speed, income, energy, or bag capacity.
Do rare KOTAMON cards give better player bonuses?
No such bonus is documented. Use the player-upgrade menu for cleanup improvements and treat rarity, HP, ATK, Quality, and foil status as separate card fields.
How duplicate card Level Up works
The official August 27 tutorial says three copies of the same card at the same Quality can be exchanged for one higher-Quality copy. Eligible binder cards receive a yellow border and arrow; selecting one reveals the green Level Up button.
The result can be foil, but no foil percentage or guarantee is published. Level Up also does not unlock a different card name, so it cannot fill a missing character slot by transforming an unrelated duplicate.
How many cards are in the current checklist?
The binder can show a Special slot on each color tab. The current named list contains Kotalion in one of those positions but does not name three additional obtainable Special cards.
Use 40 base cards plus Kotalion for the current checklist. Empty interface slots should not block completion of the four 10-card color sets.
Are KOTAMON Steam Trading Cards live?
Yes. The official September 1 announcement says Steam approved KOTAMON cards and badges. The official Community Market now displays regular KOTAMON Trading Cards, Foil Trading Cards, and a Booster Pack, replacing the August 27 pending-approval status.
Valve’s Trading Cards FAQ says participating games award card drops during playtime. Drops are independent of in-game achievements, so you do not need to find a matching binder card, finish a color set, or clear a specific trash pile to make a Steam drop eligible.
| System | Where it lives | How it is obtained | What it is for |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-game KOTAMON card | The KOTAMON binder | Trash, cereal boxes, five-fragment repair, and same-name Level Up routes | Color sets, game achievements, selling, and Quality upgrades |
| In-game foil card | A foil variant inside KOTAMON | Cereal boxes or a possible Level Up result; no odds are published | The in-game foil collection and achievements |
| Steam Trading Card or Steam Foil | Steam Inventory, badges, trades, and the Community Market | Steam playtime drops, trading, Market purchases, or Steam platform systems | Steam badge crafting and profile-related Community Items |
Are KOTAMON Steam Trading Cards available?
Yes. Steam approved the cards and badges on September 1, and regular cards, foil cards, and a Booster Pack are visible through the official Community Market filter.
How do you get KOTAMON Steam Trading Cards?
Valve says participating games award drops during playtime. You can also trade with other users or use the Steam Community Market.
Do I need to find KOTAMON cards in trash to get Steam card drops?
No in-game card or achievement requirement is documented. Steam’s FAQ says Trading Card drops are tied to playtime.
Are Steam Trading Cards part of the 40 + Kotalion binder?
No. They are separate Steam Inventory items used for platform badges, trading, and profile rewards; the in-game binder remains its own collection system.
Steam foil cards, badges, and Booster Packs
A Steam Foil Trading Card is not the same item as a foil card in the KOTAMON binder. The official market currently labels both regular and foil Steam cards for KOTAMON, while the in-game foil route remains tied to cereal boxes, Level Up, and game achievements.
Valve’s Steamworks documentation says a complete regular Trading Card set crafts a badge that can progress through five levels. A complete foil set crafts a separate foil badge. After a player has received the allotted card drops, that account can become eligible for a random Booster Pack; eligibility is not a promise that a pack will arrive by a particular date.
- Check Steam’s badge and inventory interfaces for the cards your account actually holds.
- Use matching regular Steam cards for the regular badge path and matching foil Steam cards for the foil badge path.
- Treat a KOTAMON Booster Pack listing as a Steam Community Item, not as an in-game cereal box or card pack.
Are there foil KOTAMON Steam Trading Cards?
Yes. The official Community Market currently labels KOTAMON Foil Trading Cards. They are Steam Inventory items, not the foil cards tracked in the in-game binder.
How do KOTAMON Steam badges work?
Valve says a complete regular Trading Card set crafts a badge with five regular levels, while a complete foil set crafts a separate foil badge.
Is a KOTAMON Booster Pack guaranteed?
No. Valve describes Booster Packs as random grants to eligible players after their allotted card drops. No KOTAMON-specific guaranteed schedule is published.