In this article, we will tell you about the most famous play-to-earn game in the world of blockchain, as well as how to make money on it.
What is Axie Infinity?
Axie Infinity is a Play-to-Earn game universe revolving around Pokémon-esque creatures known as Axies from the Vietnamese company Sky Mavis. Players collect Axies as virtual pets to further battle, breed and build kingdoms for their Axies.
Battle in Axie Infinity is a turn-based strategy game where users get matched against one another and draw cards attempting to obliterate the other player’s team. The one who destroys all three of the opponent’s Axies first wins.
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Axie Infinity gameplay guide
To enter the game, you need to create an account by setting up a Ronin Wallet — other wallets won’t work. Once done, buy your first three Axies on the Axie Infinity marketplace; these will be your team for Adventure and Arena modes.
An Axie goes for a floor price of ~$20-30 at the time of this writing. Some of the rarer, more powerful specimens cost thousands of dollars.
There are nine classes of Axies:
The class defines the types of attacks that you can apply in a battle. Three of these are special classes that do not have their own Body Parts (Class Cards).
There are four different traits:
- HP: increases the health points of your Axie
- Speed: determines the speed of your Axie when it’s time to attack and also affects the attack order – the fastest Axie is the first to attack on each round until it’s defeated
- Skill: the more skillful, the more damage your Axie inflicts – it also generates an additional shield when you play your cards in a combo or chained
- Morale: increases the chances of inflicting a critical hit on your opponent, the amount of damage of these critical hits, and the amount of bars in Land Stand – a temporary lifeline extension
All Axies can reach a maximum of 165 points of total stats.
An Axie has 6 body parts:
- Eyes
- Ears
- Horns
- Mouth
- Back
- Tail
Each body part will determine the card (ability) the Axie can use in battle, except for the eyes and ears.
How to earn SLP
SLP (Smooth Love Potion) is the main Axie Infinity coin that can be earned by battling other players in the Arena. The higher your rating, the more SLP you get for winning. 1 SLP is the equivalent of about $0.014.
There used to be two other ways of earning SLP:
- Completing a daily quest that could get you 25 SLP;
- Getting a reward for the “Adventure”, i.e. playing against bots. A maximum of 50 SLP in a day.
Hopefully, we’ll see these awards back again in the following seasons.
How to earn the Axie Infinity coin (AXS)
AXS is the governance token of the Axieverse. The only way to earn AXS (the current price of $38.6) is to get a reward for your high ranking on the arena leaderboard. The prizes are solid, yet to compete for them, you must have a strong team of Axies seasoned in PVP battles.
How to monetize pets sales
Another way to make money in Axie Infinity is to sell creatures obtained through breeding, but first you will need to pay breeding cost that consists of a certain amount of SLP and AXS (a fixed number is 0.5).
Each Axie can have up to 7 cubs. To crossbreed, you will need a pair of matching pets. The rules are as follows:
- An Axie cannot interbreed with their children, as well as with their brothers or sisters
- With each new breeding, up to the seventh, the amount of SLP that needs to be paid for each parent will increase (the minimum fee is 900, the maximum is 15 300)
- Upon receiving a new pet, you will be able to put it up for sale on the marketplace. To pump up the price of an Axie, try crossing those pairs that will give you a cub with good battling characteristics.
An exciting gameplay was what brought the incredible success to Axie Infinity and allowed it to secure its position at the very top of blockchain games. Time is money, as the saying goes, and with Axie Infinity you can earn as much as you are willing to.
