The 14-Point Structural Model
Rarity Architecture
Rarity is structural, built into every relic.
Trash Relics uses a fixed mathematical rarity model built on five core structural traits.
Each relic earns a Base Score out of 14, set by fixed architectural rules rather than by how it happens to look.
This system defines each relic’s fixed structural position within the permanent 5,000-piece archive.
How the 14-Point Rarity System Works
Every relic runs through the same scoring sequence, with nothing expanded, rebalanced, or adjusted after the fact.
Structural categories assigned per relic
Fixed structural point values
One combined total score
Base Score /14The scoring model is permanent, and the values stay where they’re set.
Core Structural Traits
Sets the environmental backdrop a relic sits in, and fixes where it lands within the post-human archive.
- Base terrain
- Urban decay zones
- Wasteland interiors
This is the base layer everything else builds on.
Visible environmental effects expressing decay, contamination, pressure, or post-human transformation.
These effects intensify the scene without breaking its structural coherence.
Layered discarded objects or compounded waste forms that increase structural density.
These relics carry more density and environmental weight.
Controlled tonal anomalies within the image structure. These anomalies suggest contamination, instability, or rare environmental disturbance within the archive.
Unusual atmospheric conditions affecting the wider environment of the image. These traits signal large-scale atmospheric disruption within the Trash Relics archive.
Maximum Rarity Score
A relic’s rarity score comes from its five core structural categories and nothing outside them.
14/14
Maximum ScoreThere are no extra categories to add. The system never recalculates or expands.
The 14-point model is fixed and closed for good.
Bonus Traits
Not Included in the 14-Point ScoreSome relics carry extremely rare embedded attributes, hidden structural details tucked into the archive. These bonuses don’t touch the /14 score.
Easter Egg
Hidden structural anomaly. Affects TRC weighted distribution.
No Trash
Absence as structural exception. Affects TRC weighted distribution.
TRC is a weighted distribution mechanism, and distribution is all it handles. It has nothing to do with profit, promises, or speculation.
These bonuses live outside the scoring architecture.
Structural Distinction
These relics don’t use the 14-point rarity model. They sit outside the mathematical architecture.
Five Upper Relics
The community calls these God Tier. It’s a nickname people gave them, with no actual hierarchy behind it.
The One
A single 1/1 relic that sits outside the 14-point model and apart from the Five Upper Relics. It isn’t part of the initial sale.
These are exceptions inside the archive, recorded like everything else.
Structural Finality
Trash Relics is a fixed NFT archive built on permanent structural rules.
Rarity is set by structure
and stays where it lands.
