The Dodo Twitch Drops campaign was a time-limited cosmetic reward program that ran alongside the Early Access launch of Windrose. The event awarded a "Dodo Twitch Badge" cosmetic to subscribers of drops-enabled channels in the Windrose Twitch category from April 14 through April 28, 2026.
What You Had to Do
Link a Twitch account to a Kraken Express account (or to the in-game linking flow, confirmed to work on both Steam and Epic builds)
Subscribe to a Twitch channel that had opted into the Windrose Drops program while that channel streamed the Windrose category
Maintain the subscription long enough for Twitch's Drops system to credit the reward
Claim the Dodo Twitch Badge inside Twitch's Drops inventory, which unlocked the cosmetic for use in the game
Participating Creators
Among the most-watched drops-enabled channels during the launch window were Zack "zackrawrr" Hoyt, Ben "CohhCarnage" Cassell, Michael "shroud" Grzesiek, Jason "PirateSoftware" Hall, Sean "Gladd" Gallagher, and Lisa "MadameDiablo." The total roster of drops-enabled channels was larger than these names alone; Twitch's drops directory showed the live roster during the event window.
Scale of the Event
Streams Charts recorded a peak of approximately 106,498 concurrent viewers for the Windrose category in the first 48 hours of the event, alongside roughly 2.2 million total hours watched. The campaign overlapped with the Steam best-seller push that saw Windrose briefly hold the #1 Steam best-seller position and accrue 500,000 sales in the first 48 hours. The Dodo Twitch Drops event was credited by multiple outlets as one of the reasons the game's Twitch momentum maintained through its first weekend rather than spiking and fading.
About the Dodo
The Dodo is a flightless bird enemy (or rather, a flightless-bird creature) introduced early in the Windrose starting-island experience and one of the first recognizable in-game creatures. The Dodo Twitch Badge's design leans on this early-game association: a stylized dodo silhouette that renders as a small icon on the player character's profile card.
After the Event
The Dodo Twitch Badge cosmetic remained in the inventory of every player who successfully claimed it during the event window. Kraken Express did not publicly commit to re-running the Dodo badge specifically, but did leave the door open to future Twitch Drops campaigns tied to later milestones (for example, a future Ashlands biome drop, or an event tied to the 1.0 release). Players who missed the Dodo window should watch the official Steam news feed and the Multiplayer article for any new Drops announcements.
See Also
Early Access — the launch window the campaign ran alongside
Launch Reception — full launch-weekend context
Multiplayer — where future Drops campaigns will be tracked
Dodo — the creature that named the badge