Koda traits and abilities: the whole system, counted
Every Koda is assembled from a small set of traits, but those traits can produce thousands of very different combinations. Understanding a Koda starts with separating three things that are often mixed together: what it looks like, how scarce those traits are, and what — if anything — those traits currently do. Mr. Deeds tracks the first two directly from the collection data and does not assume the third.
The five visual traits
Every Koda has five primary visual trait slots — Head, Eyes, Core, Weapon, Clothing — and each slot contains a named value. Some values appear on hundreds of Kodas. Others occur only a handful of times. Mega Heads go all the way to the extreme: each occurs on exactly one Koda (the Mega system).
That's why simply saying a Koda has "rare traits" isn't very useful. Rare compared with what? Every trait value on Mr. Deeds shows its exact carrier count and the Kodas that have it in the Koda browser, so you can move from description to actual supply immediately.
Mega-associated traits
Three visual categories — Eyes, Weapon and Clothing — contain values that originated with Mega Kodas but also appear on regular Kodas. A regular Koda can therefore carry one, two or even all three Mega-associated values. Across the regular population: 4,326 have one, 1,311 have two, and 110 have all three. These are meaningful trait combinations, but they do not make the Koda itself a Mega — Mega status depends on the Koda's underlying classification, including its unique Head and Core.
Abilities
Kodas also carry two named Ability slots. Like the visual traits, Ability values occur at different frequencies across the collection, so their scarcity can be measured exactly — ability pages in the browser show how many of the 10,000 carry each one in either slot.
What is much harder to establish is their future utility. The abilities originated in the Legends of the Mara data, but their role in the persistent Otherside experience is not something Mr. Deeds attempts to predict. So the site does something simpler: it shows what the Koda has and how many others have it. No speculative utility premium is added.
The stat block looks more informative than it is
Koda metadata also contains fields such as Harvest Bonus, Harvest Speed Bonus, Damage Bonus, Attack Damage, Attack Speed and Base Points. At first glance, these look like independent game statistics. Across the collection, they aren't. Verified against all 10,000 records, the five bonus stats collapse into the same basic pattern: 11 for a Koda without a Weapon, 12 for a regular Koda with a Weapon, and 13 for a Mega — with no exceptions. The numbers largely repeat information already contained in the Koda's visible classification and traits; they do not create another meaningful layer of statistical differentiation between otherwise similar Kodas. Mr. Deeds therefore displays them as published but does not use them as an independent rarity or pricing signal (methodology).
Special properties
Two other properties are important when reading a Koda — and they work in completely different ways.
KodaPendant. A pendant produces a visible trail effect and appears on 1,629 Kodas. Unlike an ordinary visual trait value, pendant status cuts across the rest of the trait system: a pendant Koda can be a regular Koda, a Mega, or carry any number of Mega-associated traits.
Locked status. Locking isn't a Koda trait at all. A locked Koda is still attached to an original Otherdeed that has not migrated, which means it exists in the collection but cannot currently trade as a standalone NFT. That makes locking a supply condition, not a rarity trait.
How to compare two Kodas
There is no single trait number that tells you which of two Kodas is "better." Instead, compare the actual pieces: how scarce is each Head? The Eyes? Does either carry Mega-associated traits? Does one have a pendant? Are the Abilities common or unusual? Is either actually a Mega — and is either one locked? Koda Compare puts trait sheets side by side with shared values highlighted, and every Koda's page lists its closest trait profiles.
Then look at the market separately. Scarcity tells you how many exist. Sales tell you what buyers have actually paid. Those are related questions, but they are not the same question — and that distinction is central to how Mr. Deeds handles Koda data. The market page keeps recorded prints and cohort medians, with sample sizes, because a median of three sales is a very different fact from a median of thirty.
Related reading: The 99 Mega Kodas · The KodaPendant · Buying your first Koda — the verification checklist.
Sources
- All trait and ability carrier counts: this site's Koda dataset, built from Yuga's koda metadata API — browsable value-by-value in the Koda browser.
- The three-value stat-block finding: verified across all 10,000 records; documented on the Koda methodology page.