# How to deploy a smart contract on Base Testnet 📃 **Published by:** [Airdrop Adventure 🧭](https://paragraph.com/@pranjalbora/) **Published on:** 2023-04-06 **URL:** https://paragraph.com/@pranjalbora/how-to-deploy-a-smart-contract-on-base-testnet ## Content In this article, you will learn how to deploy a smart contract on the Base testnet and claim the "Early Builder on Base Testnet" NFT! Steps: Add Base Goerli Testnet Claim faucet Deploy a Smart Contract Claim the NFT Add Base Goerli Testnet: Skip if you already have. Base Goerli Testnet Find the best Base Goerli Testnet RPC to connect to your wallets and Web3 middleware providers. https://chainlist.org Claim faucet: Skip if you already have. Base Faucet - Free Testnet Tokens Easy to use Base Faucet. Claim your testnet tokens for free - one drip per network every 12 hours. https://faucet.quicknode.com Deploy a Smart Contract: Go to: thirdweb: The complete web3 development platform Build web3 apps easily with thirdweb's powerful SDKs, audited smart contracts, and developer tools-for Ethereum & 700+ EVM chains. Try now. https://thirdweb.com Connect your wallet and click “Deploy Now” 👇🏻 Upload an image, and give the contract a name and a symbol. Finally, select “Base Goerli Testnet” on the Network/Chain option and deploy > Confirm 2 txn on the wallet. If you can’t see the Base Goerli Testnet, refresh the page a few times. If it still does not work, add the chain manually by clicking on the “Configure Networks” option 👇🏻 And add a custom network 👇🏻 Network Name: Base Goerli Testnet Network ID: base-goerli Chain ID: 84531 Currency Symbol: ETH Network type: Testnet RPC URL: https://base-goerli.rpc.thirdweb.com/ed043a51ae23b0db3873f5a38b77ab28175fa496f15d3c53cf70401be89b622a Now deploy the contract. Upon the successful completion of the transaction, it can be confirmed that you have successfully deployed a contract on the Base testnet. 🎉 Claim the NFT: To claim the NFT, we need the address of our deployed smart contract. So go to the contracts section and copy the contract address 👇🏻 Now go to the NFT claim page: https://quests.base.org/quest Connect your wallet and paste your smart contract address here and verify 👇🏻 Once verified, you can claim your NFT 🥳 That’s it for now. Make sure to join us on Telegram to remain updated with Base airdrop and more. Discover and track 100+ airdrops 👇🏻 https://earn3.me ## Publication Information - [Airdrop Adventure 🧭](https://paragraph.com/@pranjalbora/): Publication homepage - [All Posts](https://paragraph.com/@pranjalbora/): More posts from this publication - [RSS Feed](https://api.paragraph.com/blogs/rss/@pranjalbora): Subscribe to updates - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/Airdrop_Adv): Follow on Twitter