This page contains photographs and information for pills we have identified that were obtained as MDMA but were not what people thought.
They are dated for the season in which we found them, and listed from the top of the page in three tables:
- Table 1: pills estimated to contain more than one dose of MDMA
- Table 2: pills with a mixture of MDMA and other substances
- Table 3: pills that had none of the presumed substances
Multidose pills will have an approximate number of standard doses in them based on their weight. A standard dose of MDMA is generally 80 – 120mg.
This database is not a substitute for testing your stuff
Please note that the amount of active substance present is an estimate only as our technology cannot directly measure dosage or purity. Our spectrometer provides a rough percentage of psychoactive content in a sample. We use this combined with the weight of the pill to reach these estimates. The estimated dosage should be treated as an indication only and we recommend caution. When in doubt, always take less and redose after 90 minutes if necessary.
Pills containing more than one dose of MDMA
These pills are estimated to contain multiple doses in a single pill. A common dose of MDMA is around 80-120 milligrams, depending upon a user’s body weight. We recommend weighing your doses wherever possible.
- Dizziness
- Vomiting
- A sharp rise in body temperature
- Muscle cramping
- Heart palpitations
- Seizures
- Unconsciousness
Pills containing MDMA and another substance
These pills were found to contain a mixture of MDMA and at least one other psychoactive substance such as cathinones, caffeine, or methamphetamine. These pills are higher risk than others as they will test positive for MDMA when using a reagent test and give the illusion of being low risk. As both MDMA and the additional psychoatives we’ve found have stimulant properties there is a higher risk of overamping. Overamping feels like
- Racing heartbeat or palpitations
- Chest pain
- Cold sweats
- Nausea and/or vomiting
- Irregular breathing
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| Blue Tiktok logo
Weight: 278mg Estimated to contain between 89mg and 173mg caffeine and 16 and 100mg MDMA Sold as mephedrone This pill contains up to a ‘standard’ dose of MDMA and the high end of a ‘standard’ dose of caffeine. Mixing two stimulants increases the risk of overamping Found September 2025 |
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| Blue Superman logo
Weight: 268mg Estimated to contain between 102 and 122mg MDMA and 62 and 142mg caffeine Sold as MDMA This pill contains a ‘standard’ dose of MDMA and the high end of a ‘standard’ dose of caffeine. Mixing two stimulants increases the risk of overamping Found August 2025 |
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| Blue fish
Weight: 283mg Estimated to contain between 123mg and 206mg MDMA as well as between 76mg and 161mg of caffeine Sold as MDMA This pill contains a ‘standard’ dose of MDMA and a ‘standard’ dose of caffeine. Mixing two stimulants increases the risk of overamping Found May 2025 |
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| Purple Mickey Mouse
Weight: 621mg
Estimated to contain between 124 and 231mg MDMA and between 105 and 291mg ketamine Sold as MDMA This is a fairly strong MDMA pill with a common dose of ketamine. While mixing MDMA and ketamine is relatively low risk, it still pays to be careful, especially if you’re only expecting MDMA. Found April 2025 |
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| Pink Ribbon Weight:366mg
Estimated to contain 179-208mg MDMA and 87-117mg caffeine. Sold as MDMA Read about potential risks from mixing stimulants with other stimulants Found November 2024 |  |
Blue Iron Man Weight: 477mg Sold as MDMA, tested consistently with cyputylone (a synthetic cathinone in the methylone family) with no other psychoactives. Found by DISC, April 2024 |  |
Pink heart Weight: 424mg. Contains a mixture of MDMA, Deschloro-N-ethyl-ketamine (rhino ket), methamphetamine, and ketamine. Looks very similar to the pink glittery heart pill containing multiple doses of MDMA found October 2022 Found in the North Island, July 2023 |  |
Blue shield Blue shield-shape with lines embossed Weight: 437mg. Estimated to contain ~93mg 2-hydrazinoethanol (a herbicide with an acute toxicity warning for humans) and ~73mg of MDMA Found in the South Island, Feb 2023 |  |
Blue KF/Felix the Cat Large blue round pills with three bumps on edge. One side has a “KF” logo; other has a Felix the Cat logo. Weight: 560mg Estimated to contain ~200mg MDMA and ~200mg of ketamine This pill contains nearly two doses of MDMA and a very heavy dose of ketamine. Found in Northland, NYE 2022/23 |  |
White Bitcoin White Bitcoin shape stamped with an atom symbol Weight: 600mg These contained 55% caffeine and a trace amount of MDMA. The trace amount of MDMA was enough to pass a reagent test, but would not be enough to have a psychoactive effect on a person Found in the North Island |  |
Pink Rolls Royce Pink rectangle stamped with the Rolls Royce logo Weight: 540mg These contain 51% caffeine and a trace amount of MDMA. The amount of MDMA was enough to pass a reagent test, but not enough to have a psychoactive effect on a person. Found in the North Island |  |
Pink Casa de Papel Pink, in the shape of a head, stamped with the Casa de Papel mask Weight: 470mg These contain 85% MDMA (~399mg) and 15% (~70mg) 4-(3,4-Methylenedioxyphenyl)-2-butanone Found in the North Island |  |
Red Mitsubishi Red, triangular pill with rounded corners, stamped with Mitsubishi logo. Weight: ~250mg These contain a mixture of MDMA and methamphetamine. We’re still waiting for full details about how much of each substance is present, but this will be updated as more info comes to hand. Found in the North Island by High Alert, May 2022 |  |
Red Bull Rectangular pill with rounded corners, just over 1 cm long with Red Bull logo Weight: 350mg Estimated to contain around 100 mg MDMA and 40-50 mg eutylone Seen summer 2020/21 This pill contains around one dose of MDMA but also one dose of eutylone. Note:In summer 2020/21 we saw also red and yellow Red Bull pills that contained multiple doses of eutylone. | |
Pink Mitsubishi Pink, round, quite thick, Mitsubishi logo on front, plain on reverse Weight: 530mg Estimated to contain 250-300mg MDMA and an estimated 90mg of caffeine. This is the equivalent of about 2 strong cups of coffee. It will add to the stimulant effect of these pills and can increase the risk of heart problems or stimulant-induced psychosis. Seen summer 2019/20 | |
Porsche – pink Pink, Porsche logo on front and reverse Weight: 260mg Estimated to contain 160mg of MDMA and 100mg of caffeine, equivalent to 2 cups of coffee A copy of previous Pink Porsches which did not contain caffeine Seen summer 2020/21 |  |
Pills containing no MDMA
These pills were found to contain no MDMA or nothing psychoactive.
Mephedrone produces similar effects to MDMA, but is described as ‘speedier’ and is active in lower doses. A common oral dose is 100-200mg. It has been implicated in a small number of deaths overseas.
Methylone, also known as bk-MDMA, has similar effects to MDMA but is less potent in terms of dose. A common dose is 150-200mg. The identified pill also contains caffeine. This increases the risk of harm as combining stimulants can cause heart problems and psychosis.
Cathinones such as mephedrone and methylone can be dangerous when taken with alcohol, tramadol, or MAOI antidepressants. They can cause insomnia and anxiety, and in high doses, psychosis.
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Pink pill Small pill, looks like a smoker lolly or the eraser on the top of a pencil. Weight: 522mg Contains approximately 155mg N-Isopropyl butylone, a novel cathinone, as well as ketamine and paracetamol. These pills will not react positive for the presence of MDMA using a standard at-home reagent test. Found January 2025 |  |
Blue pharmaceutical-type pill Weight: 190mg Sold as Bromazolam. Contained desethyletonitazene and fillers. Desethyletonitazene is a new nitazene that can be 10 times as potent as fentanyl. Fentanyl test strips won’t react to desethyletonitazene or any other nitazine, but you can pre-order nitazene test strips from The Level. Found May 2024 |  |
Green naughts and crosses Weight:425mg Sold as 2C-B, and reacted strongly to the presence of 2C-B when put through reagent testing, but the amount was too small to be detected by the FTIR spectrometer. As the 2C family of drugs are active in very small amounts, we suggest you approach these pills with caution. Found Feb 2024 |  |
Blue GoPro, sold as MDMA Weight: 398mg Sold as MDMA, contains approximately 170-180mg caffeine (roughly a latte’s worth). Found summer 2023-24 |   |
Purple Papa de Papel, sold as MDMA Weight:485mg Contains ~203mg eutylone, sold as MDMA Found in the North Island, May 2023 |  |
Yellow Red Bull, sold as MDMA Weight: 441mg Contains ~220.5mg of chloromethcathinone Found in the North Island |  |
| Orange shieldWeight: 552mgContains ~163mg of eutylone Found in the South Island, Feb 2023 |  |
Peach dolphin head, sold as MDMA Round peach pill with a dolphin head logo. Weight: 60-65mg Contains quetiapine, also called seroqual – this is an antipsychotic and sedative pharmaceutical. Found in Wellington in summer 2022/23 |  |
Red Playboy, sold as MDMA Weight: 448mg. Contains dimethylpentylone with no other psychoactives. Found in the South Island 2023 |  |
Lavender Playboy, sold as eutylone Weight: 440mg Obtained as eutylone, but is actually dimethylpentylone with no other psychoactives. This pill holds approximately 132mg of dimethylpentylone, which is roughly 3 standard doses for a 70-80kg human. Found in the North Island 2022 |  |
Purple superman, sold as MDMA Weight: 370mg Contains eutylone with no other psychoactives. Found in the North Island |  |
Green Moncler, sold as MDMA Weight: 290mg Contains ~93mg of amphetamine and no MDMA. Found in the North Island |  |
Blue M30 oxycodone, sold as oxycodone They do not contain oxycodone but instead a synthetic opioid called etonitazepyne. It acts quickly to produce strong sedative/depressant effects. Etonitazepyne has been linked to a number of deaths in both the US and the UK. Seen in Wellington, March 2022 |  |
Blue angry Donald Trump, sold as MDMA
Obtained as MDMA, tested as eutylone and caffeine. Other pills of the same press tested as caffeine only so we suspect they are quite variable but the presence of eutylone in this one makes them risky and definitely worth checking as they aren’t MDMA Seen summer 2022 |  |
| Blue Peppa Pig, sold as MDMA
Weight: 187mg (possibly more if whole) Tested to contain no MDMA, only eutylone. Pink versions of this have also tested as eutylone but we’ve only got photos of the blue. Seen summer 2022 |  |
Blue bitcoin, sold as MDMA Pill roughly the same shape as an atom with the Bitcoin logo in the centre. Just over 1 cm wide. Weight: 490mg Estimated to contain 150 – 180mg of eutylone WARNING: This amount of eutylone has caused harm to some people. Seen October 2021 |  |
Pink Red Bull, sold as MDMA Rectangular pill with rounded corners, just over 1 cm long with Red Bull logo. Also seen in yellow Weight: 440mgEstimated to contain 300-350mg of eutylone. WARNING: This is a high risk amount of eutylone if taken all at once Seen summer 2020/21 |   |
Blue Playboy, sold as MDMA Blue round pill ~8mm in diameter with a Playboy logo. No weight recorded. Tests as at least 50% eutylone so it is likely this pill contains over 100mg. This is substantially more than one dose.
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Purple Superman, sold as MDMA Tests as nothing but plaster of Paris. No MDMA found Seen summer 2020/21 |  |
Yellow Spiderman, sold as MDMA Yellow, round, Spiderman face on one side, spider on reverse Weight: 290mg Estimated to contain ~150mg eutylone WARNING: This pill is estimated to contain multiple doses of eutylone. Seen summer 2020/21 |  |
Blue Mario, sold as MDMA Pale blue, round, Mario Brothers face stamped on it Weight: 430mg Estimated to contain ~180mg methylone and 100mg caffeine Seen summer 2019/20 | |
Dark Green Square, sold as MDMA Dark green, square-ish pill, logo can’t be made outWeight: 245mg Estimated to contain 90mg mephedrone Seen summer 2019/20 | |
Green Gucci, sold as MDMA Lime green, rectangular, Gucci logo on one side NB these are not the same shade of green as the original green guccis Weight: 228-325mg Two pills were tested on separate occasions, both contained no MDMA but instead contained parexyl, a brand of toothpaste found in Europe. Seen summer 2019/20 |