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Catan number pip dots calculator

This Catan number pip-dots calculator converts a printed hex token into the exact pip-dot count that shows how often that number pays when two six-sided dice are rolled.

● BetaFree · in your browser

Run — free How it works & API

Use it from WebAPIEmailTelegramApp soon

Settlers of Catan marks each production chit with one through five dots: those dots are not decoration, they are the number of ways to roll that face with two dice, so a six or an eight (five dots, red ink) pays far more often than a two or a twelve (one dot). You enter a single token from two through twelve except seven, the robber, which has no production chit. The engine returns the pip count, the matching two-dice ways out of thirty-six, a reduced fraction, a percent, whether the token is a red high-frequency number, the complementary face that shares the same odds, a payout rank, and the full ten-token chart. Nothing is sampled and nothing calls a network service. Use it at the table when you compare intersections, or call the API at $0.002 per successful request when you need reproducible fixtures for teaching tools, bots, or tests.

How to use it

Enter your values in the form above. The tool checks them before calculating and shows the result on the same page.

Check your inputs

Use the labels and units shown next to each field. If something is missing or outside the allowed range, the page points to the field to fix.

Use it again or automate it

Use the browser tool for individual checks and the API when you need the same capability in an automated workflow.

What you can do with it

Get an answer now

Enter one set of values and see the result without building a spreadsheet or script.

Compare scenarios

Change one value at a time and rerun the calculation to understand what affects the result.

Automate repeated work

Use the API when the same calculation needs to run inside your product or workflow.

FAQ

How do I use this capability?

Complete the fields above and run it on this page. The form highlights anything that needs attention.

For developers — API access

Everything on this page is available programmatically. This section is for teams who want to wire it into their own systems; everyone else can just use the tool above.

API endpoint

POSThttps://api.kit.forhosting.com/hobby/game-catan-pips

Prefer to automate it? One authenticated POST creates the task; the result comes back by webhook or a signed link. The same capability also runs here on the web, by email and from Telegram — and soon from our app too.

Call it from your stack

curl -X POST https://api.kit.forhosting.com/hobby/game-catan-pips \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KIT_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"number":6}'

const res = await fetch("https://api.kit.forhosting.com/hobby/game-catan-pips", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": `Bearer ${process.env.KIT_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "number": 6
  })
});
const { task_id } = await res.json();

import os, requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.kit.forhosting.com/hobby/game-catan-pips",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['KIT_KEY']}"},
    json={
    "number": 6
},
)
task_id = res.json()["task_id"]

<?php
$res = file_get_contents("https://api.kit.forhosting.com/hobby/game-catan-pips", false, stream_context_create([
  "http" => [
    "method"  => "POST",
    "header"  => "Authorization: Bearer " . getenv("KIT_KEY") . "\r\nContent-Type: application/json",
    "content" => '{"number":6}',
  ],
]));
$task = json_decode($res, true);

body := bytes.NewBufferString(`{"number":6}`)
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.kit.forhosting.com/hobby/game-catan-pips", body)
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("KIT_KEY"))
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

Example request

{
  "number": 6
}

Example response

{
  "task_id": "tsk_a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4e5f6",
  "type": "hobby.game_catan_pips",
  "status": "queued",
  "_links": {
    "result": "/tasks/tsk_…/result"
  }
}

The API is asynchronous: the call returns a task_id immediately and the result arrives by webhook. Polling is capped at 1 req/s per task.

Pricing

Per request$0.002

Published price — no tokens, no invented credits. A failed task is never charged.

Errors

HTTP	Code	Meaning
`401`	`unauthorized`	Missing or invalid API key.
`402`	`insufficient_balance`	Your balance doesn't cover the task price.
`404`	`unknown_type`	That task type doesn't exist.
`429`	`rate_limited`	Too many requests. Use the webhook instead of polling.

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