# Chainmonsters Overview
## Story In Chainmonsters, you step into the shoes of a young hero on a quest to uncover the truth behind a mysterious Replicator and your connection to the Shadow King. Alongside your adventurous friend Yovi, you discover an ancient Replicator device that summons your first Chainmon, thrusting you into a world of battles, secrets, and alliances. As you journey through a vibrant land, you’ll face off against Shadow Thugs, seek guidance from reclusive mentors, and navigate the intricate politics of N-Corp, a powerful corporation with hidden agendas. Engage in strategic battles, complete challenging quests, and forge bonds with a diverse cast of characters. Discover the dark past of N-Corp and its plans to harness the elemental powers of Chainmons to change the fate of Ancora. Unearth the truth-bending secrets about the world and rule your island — a shelter from Ancoran conspiracies, or maybe, their very heart. Will you rise to become a legendary Chainmon Master and protect your world from impending doom? The adventure begins with the Replicator’s Secret. ## Features Chainmonsters combines a unique approach to the monster-taming genre with state-of-the-art blockchain and AI technologies. This creates an exhilarating gameplay experience enhanced and powered by a player-driven economy and interoperability mechanics not yet seen in the Web3 space. Here's what to expect: **Unleash the monsters:**\ In Chainmonsters, **YOU** control your Chainmon squad in real-time battles and activities! Morph into any of your squad members, use their active battle abilities, and run, swim, and even fly across the world. Find, capture, and analyze Chainmons to gain insight into the world of Ancora and unlock their powerful capabilities. Have them learn from your unique playstyle and training regimen and watch them evolve. **Player-driven economy**: Players are actively collaborating and competing with each other and specialize in certain fields including farming, training, battling, and dominating the PvP arenas. With a robust balance of spend and reward, you have a multitude of ways to set yourself up for success and add to $MONSTER deflation.\ Each Chainmon species requires a wide variety of resources to improve, further enhancing the opportunities for trading and exchanging of resources. **Innovative approach to monster-taming:**\ With a heavy focus on training, players develop every Chainmon in a unique and personal way thanks to AI implementation. Reinforce certain behaviors and mind your playstyle, as they will learn from you even outside training sessions. **True Interoperability**:\ Connect any external NFT project with Chainmonsters and import your favorites directly in-game. Use them to explore the world, show off to other players, and participate in unique game modes granting utility to otherwise basic or even stale Third-Party NFT projects. **Diverse Customization:**\ Create your unique player avatar and unlock cosmetics that change your appearance. Choose from a wide variety of baseline and limited cosmetics. Connect any NFT through our Open NFT framework and use it to customize your character making it truly unique and provable on-chain! **Created by Spielworks:**\ Developed by [Spielworks](https://www.spielworks.com/), known best for their diverse team and expertise in creating captivating experiences and unique platforms in web3 like [Wombat](https://www.wombat.app/), [AtomicHub](https://atomichub.io/), and [Wasder](https://www.wasder.gg/) - merging forces with true experts from the gaming space. Chainmonsters is aiming to become the first true interoperable game experience mixing the best of Web2 with Web3. # Game Mechanics Dive into the core gameplay elements that the world of Chainmonsters has to offer. Obtain a clear understanding of how to capture Chainmons, obtain resources & materials, assemble and train your squad, challenge arenas, craft and farm on your Land, and mint your Chainmons into NFTs. * [Adventure](/game-mechanics/adventure): learn about the world, quests, and exciting elements! * [Chainmons](/game-mechanics/chainmons): can be caught, trained, and utilized for battling and farming! * [Catching](/game-mechanics/catching): teaches you all about the dynamics when trying to capture Chainmons! * [Squads](/game-mechanics/squads): are your bread and butter for creating exhilarating battle strategies! * [Battles](/game-mechanics/morphing/real-time-battle-system): this is where you learn strategies and concepts to get the upper hand! * [Training](/game-mechanics/training): Improve your team and gain experience! * [Housing](/game-mechanics/housing): incorporates everything from farming to crafting to customizing your own Land! * [Interoperability](/game-mechanics/interoperability): learn how you can import your existing and Third-Party NFTs into the game! Progression-based learning with game mechanics unlocking over time is a key design element in Chainmonsters. # Adventure While progressing through the story on an epic adventure, the players encounter a wide variety of unique and handcrafted regions, each with their own flair and look, inhabiting creatures from small and cute to tall, intimidating creatures. Regions and areas are unlocked by completing quests, capturing creatures and general exploration. If your squad and yourself are not experienced enough yet, it may be a bad idea to visit some far away regions though. # Adventure Rank The Adventure Rank plays a vital role in your overall progression. Almost any activity in-game grants you Adventure EXP including but not limited to the following: * Exploring * Questing * Capturing * Battling * Farming * Crafting * PvP * Events The Adventure Rank also serves as the difficulty level determining the overall strengths and availability of Chainmons in the wild.
When reaching certain Adventure Ranks, you may need to complete special quests deeply tied into the story, which lets you raise your Adventure Rank and unlock additional areas, higher difficulties, and access to a wider range of adventure! These special quests are tough so be sure to be ready before entering those challenges. # Quests Quests in Chainmonsters serve as the main way to progress throughout the story and world. There are different categories of Quests available, each serving a specific purpose: * [Adventure](/game-mechanics/adventure/quests/adventure-quests): Live through the exhilarating story and lore of Chainmonsters. * [World](/game-mechanics/adventure/quests/world-quests): Explore side-quests and get a deeper understanding of the world's lore. * [Daily](/game-mechanics/adventure/quests/daily-quests): Complete daily activities to earn Season Pass points and additional resources. * [Event](/game-mechanics/adventure/quests/event-quests): During special events, there are additional challenges to claim rewards. # Adventure Quests Adventure quests are given from various NPCs and guide the players through the world. Early on, they grant important key items and resources that teach players about the game mechanics and showcase their effect. Progression-based learning with game mechanics unlocking over time is a key design element in Chainmonsters. #### Rewards * Adventure EXP * Unlock new areas * Gold * Resources * Materials * Blueprints # World Quests World Quests appear over time in areas you are currently visiting as part of the main story and Adventure Quests. They are usually focused on specific lore around characters, events, or locations and give players a deep understanding of the game's environment. #### Rewards * Adventure EXP * Gold * Resources * Materials * Blueprints # Daily Quests After unlocking the Season Pass through player progression, the players are granted three random quests on a daily basis. Completing them regularly rewards players with Gold as well as Season Pass points, unlocking Season Pass Tiers over time. #### Rewards * Gold * Season Pass EXP # Event Quests Any time there is an event happening, players will be able to access event-specific quests and challenges that can be completed during the event's duration. Rewards are Gold and event-specific rewards like materials and even exclusive, limited NFTs! #### Rewards * Gold * Event EXP * Resources * Materials * Exclusive, limited NFTs # Challenges In Chainmonsters, there are a wide variety of challenges players can take on with specific, often difficult tasks to test their skills and strategies. Here are some key aspects and examples of the challenges players might face in this mode: 1. **Timed Challenges**: Players are required to complete objectives like defeating a series of opponents or collecting specific items within a set time limit, such as five minutes. For example, a challenge might ask players to defeat ten fire-type monsters in under three minutes. 2. **Survival Mode**: Players must survive against waves of increasingly difficult enemies, starting with basic monsters and escalating to rare and elite monsters. For instance, the challenge might start with three waves of common monsters, followed by two waves of rare monsters, and end with an elite boss monster. 3. **Puzzle Challenges**: These challenges require players to solve intricate puzzles to progress. An example puzzle challenge could involve navigating a maze where players need to activate five hidden switches in the correct sequence to unlock the exit. 4. **Boss Battles**: Players face off against powerful boss monsters, which requires specific strategies to defeat. This boss might have phases where it changes elemental types, requiring players to adapt their monster team and tactics accordingly. 5. **Capture Challenges**: The objective is to capture specific rare or powerful monsters within a limited number of attempts, typically five. Players must weaken the monster to a critical health level and use special capture items effectively. 6. **Resource Management**: Players are given limited resources, such as ten healing potions and five energy boosts, and must complete a series of battles using only these items. For example, they might need to defeat twenty opponents without running out of healing items. 7. **Skill-Based Challenges**: These tasks might involve using specific monsters or abilities to complete objectives. An example might be to win five battles using only Hydro-type monsters or to defeat opponents using only the "Freeze" ability. 8. **Exploration Challenges**: Players must navigate complex environments, such as a dense forest or an abandoned mine, to find hidden items or rare monsters. This mode tests players' exploration skills and their ability to interact with the game world effectively. 9. **Community Challenges**: These are large-scale challenges where the entire player base works together to achieve a common goal, such as defeating a global boss or achieving a cumulative number of 10,000 captures of a specific monster. Rewards are distributed based on participation and contribution, such as unique cosmetic items or in-game currency. 10. **Seasonal or Event Challenges**: Special limited-time challenges are often tied to in-game events like a Halloween event where players must defeat event-themed opponents. These challenges might offer unique rewards such as event-exclusive monsters, festive costumes, or special items. In the challenges game mode, players are often rewarded with exclusive items, rare monsters, or in-game currency upon successful completion. The variety and difficulty of challenges ensure that players are constantly tested and motivated to improve their skills and strategies. # Endless Abyss #### Endless Abyss Game Mode Overview **Objective**: Players aim to progress through as many layers (or floors) of the Endless Abyss as possible. Each floor presents a unique set of challenges and ever-stronger opponents. The goal is to defeat all enemies on one floor to advance to the next, earning one-time rewards for each floor completed. The Endless Abyss in Chainmonsters is a challenging, multi-layered game mode designed to test players' skills and strategic prowess as they progress through increasingly difficult floors. Here's an in-depth explanation of its features and mechanics: ## Unlocking the Endless Abyss * **Special Key:** The Endless Abyss is initially locked and requires a unique Key to access. This Key is an extremely rare item that can drop randomly in any dungeon, but only once per player. * **Marketplace Acquisition:** Players who are unable to find the Key in-game have the option to purchase it from other players through the marketplace. #### Gameplay Structure * **Layered Floors:** The Endless Abyss consists of multiple floors, each presenting a unique set of challenges and stronger opponents as players advance. * **Progression:** The primary objective on each floor is to defeat all enemies. Successfully clearing a floor allows the player to advance to the next one. #### Rewards and Incentives * **One-Time Rewards:** Players earn one-time rewards for completing each floor, incentivizing them to progress as far as possible. * **Incredible Rewards:** The rewards for progressing through the Endless Abyss are significant and include valuable items, currency, and other enhancements that benefit the player's overall game experience. #### Continuous and Expanding Content * **Endless Gameplay:** The Endless Abyss is designed to be a continuous gameplay element, providing ongoing challenges and opportunities for progression. * **Seasonal Expansion:** Each season, new floors and challenges are added to the Abyss, ensuring that the content remains fresh and engaging for players. #### Strategic Elements * **Increasing Difficulty:** As players advance through the floors, they encounter stronger enemies and more complex challenges, requiring strategic planning and effective use of their Chainmons’ abilities. * **Resource Management:** Players need to manage their resources carefully, including health, stamina, and abilities, to sustain their progress through the Abyss. #### Community and Marketplace Dynamics * **Key Trading:** The rarity of the Key to unlock the Abyss encourages interaction and trading among players, adding a layer of economic strategy to the game. * **Competitive Aspect:** Progressing through the Endless Abyss can also become a competitive aspect of the game, as players strive to reach higher floors and earn better rewards than their peers. #### Summary The Endless Abyss in Chainmonsters is a multi-layered, progressively challenging game mode that requires a rare Key to unlock. Players aim to defeat all enemies on each floor to advance, earning significant one-time rewards. The content of the Abyss expands with each season, providing continuous challenges and incentives. This game mode emphasizes strategic gameplay, resource management, and community interaction through trading and competition. # Dungeons In Chainmonsters, dungeons are a key feature where players can venture either solo or in groups to face various challenges and earn rewards. Here’s an overview of the dungeon system: #### Dungeon Overview **Objective**: Players aim to complete dungeon runs by defeating enemies, solving puzzles, and overcoming various obstacles. Successful completion of a dungeon rewards players with valuable items and resources on a weekly basis. **Structure**: * **Dungeon Types**: There are multiple dungeons, each with its own theme, layout, and set of challenges. Examples include ancient ruins, mystical forests, dark caves, and haunted places. * **Difficulty Levels**: Dungeons come in various difficulty levels, ranging from beginner-friendly to extremely challenging, catering to players of different skill levels. **Gameplay**: * **Solo or Group Play**: Players can choose to enter dungeons alone or form groups with other players. Group play encourages teamwork and strategy, allowing players to combine their strengths to overcome tougher challenges. * **Enemy Encounters**: Dungeons are filled with various enemies, including regular monsters, mini-bosses, and a final boss. Each enemy type requires different strategies to defeat. * **Puzzles and Traps**: In addition to combat, players must navigate puzzles and traps that require critical thinking and cooperation in group play. These can include switch puzzles, mazes, and timed challenges. * **Exploration**: Dungeons often have hidden areas and secrets that reward exploration. Players can find hidden treasures, rare items, and lore about the game world. **Rewards**: * **Weekly Rewards**: Completing dungeons grants weekly rewards, which can include rare items, in-game currency, experience points, and special gear. The rewards are reset every week, encouraging players to participate regularly. * **Completion Bonuses**: Finishing a dungeon might also offer completion bonuses such as unique cosmetic items, exclusive monsters, or powerful equipment. * **Access to Endless Abyss**: Every dungeon has a chance to drop an [Endless Abyss](/game-mechanics/adventure/endless-abyss) key once per player. **Challenges**: * **Scaling Difficulty**: Some dungeons may have scaling difficulty that adjusts based on the number of players and their levels, ensuring a balanced challenge. * **Timed Runs**: Certain dungeons may feature timed runs where players must complete objectives within a set time limit to earn additional rewards. **Community Engagement**: * **Leaderboards**: Weekly leaderboards track the fastest completion times and highest scores for each dungeon, fostering a competitive environment. Players can strive to top these leaderboards for bragging rights and additional rewards. * **Guild Participation**: Guilds can coordinate dungeon runs to help members progress and earn rewards. Guild-based challenges and rewards might also be available, encouraging collective effort. **Events and Updates**: * **Seasonal Dungeons**: Periodic updates introduce seasonal or event-specific dungeons with unique themes and rewards. These temporary dungeons offer fresh content and exclusive rewards. * **New Dungeon Releases**: Regular updates to the game add new dungeons, each with unique mechanics, enemies, and storylines, keeping the content engaging and varied for players. Dungeons in Chainmonsters provide an exciting and rewarding gameplay experience, offering both solo and group challenges that test players' combat skills, teamwork, and strategic thinking. The weekly reward system and community features like leaderboards and guild participation ensure that dungeons remain a dynamic and integral part of the game. # World Events In Chainmonsters, world events are dynamic, spontaneous occurrences within the game world that players can participate in if they are nearby. These events add an element of unpredictability and excitement, encouraging exploration and fostering a sense of community. Here’s an overview of the possible world events: ## World Events Overview **Objective**: Players aim to join and complete dynamic encounters and challenges that occur randomly in the game world. Participation in these events offers unique rewards and contributes to a lively, ever-changing game environment. **Types of World Events**: 1. **Monster Invasions**: Large groups of monsters invade a specific area, and players must band together to fend off the attack. These invasions might include waves of enemies and culminate in a powerful boss battle. 2. **Resource Hunts**: Special resources or treasures appear in certain locations, prompting players to race to gather as many as possible before the event ends. This can include rare items, crafting materials, or hidden chests. 3. **Environmental Obstacles**: Natural phenomena such as sudden storms, earthquakes, or magical anomalies occur, presenting unique challenges. Players need to navigate through the hazards, complete specific tasks, or protect certain areas from damage. 4. **Defend the Village**: NPC villages or outposts come under attack from enemy forces, and players must work together to defend them. Success might require repelling attackers, repairing damage, and ensuring the safety of villagers. 5. **Boss Summons**: Rare and powerful bosses are summoned in the game world. Players nearby can team up to defeat these formidable foes, which require coordinated effort and strategy due to their strength and unique abilities. 6. **Escort Missions**: NPCs or caravans need to travel from one location to another and require protection from players. Players must ensure the safety of the escort party, dealing with ambushes and other threats along the way. 7. **Puzzle and Exploration Events**: Large-scale puzzles or exploration tasks appear, encouraging players to collaborate to solve riddles, unlock ancient secrets, or navigate complex environments. **Participation and Mechanics**: * **Dynamic Spawning**: Events spawn dynamically in various locations, often marked on the map for nearby players. Notifications alert players to nearby events. * **Open Participation**: Any player in the vicinity can join the event. There are no prerequisites, making these events accessible and encouraging spontaneous participation. * **Scaling Difficulty**: Event difficulty scales based on the number of participants and their levels, ensuring a balanced challenge regardless of player numbers. **Rewards**: * **Unique Loot**: Participating in world events grants unique rewards, such as rare items, exclusive gear, in-game currency, and special resources. * **Event-Specific Bonuses**: Completing certain events might unlock bonuses like temporary buffs, event currencies, or limited-time cosmetic items. * **Contribution-Based Rewards**: Rewards may be distributed based on individual or group contributions, encouraging active participation and teamwork. **Community Engagement**: * **Collaborative Efforts**: World events foster collaboration among players, as they work together to achieve common goals. This builds a sense of community and shared achievement. * **Leaderboards and Recognition**: Some events might feature leaderboards tracking individual or group performance, offering additional rewards and recognition for top contributors. * **Guild Involvement**: Guilds can organize to participate in world events together, enhancing their collective experience and earning rewards for their guild. **Frequency and Variety**: * **Regular Occurrences**: Events happen regularly, ensuring that players frequently encounter dynamic challenges as they explore the game world. * **Seasonal and Special Events**: Special world events tied to in-game seasons, holidays, or story arcs provide unique challenges and rewards, keeping the content fresh and engaging. World events in Chainmonsters create a vibrant and interactive game world, offering players the chance to participate in spontaneous and collaborative challenges. These events enrich the gameplay experience, providing dynamic content and fostering a strong player community. # Arenas In Chainmonsters, Arenas are special locations where players can engage in competitive battles for control and rewards. ## Arena Mechanics 1. **Exclusive Control:** * **Single Ownership:** Each Arena can be controlled by only one player at any given time. The owner holds exclusive rights to set up and manage the Arena. 2. **Customization by the Owner:** * **Squad Definition:** The controlling player selects a Squad of Chainmons to defend the Arena. * **Environmental Conditions:** Owners can set specific environmental conditions, such as terrain or weather, that can influence battle dynamics. * **Layout and Special Rules:** The owner also defines the layout of the Arena and any special rules that apply, giving them a strategic edge in combat. 3. **Challenging the Arena:** * **Specialization:** Challenging players must adapt and specialize their Squads to overcome the unique conditions and rules set by the Arena owner. * **Entry Fee:** To challenge an Arena, players pay a small fee in Shards, the premium in-game currency. This fee accumulates in a reward pool. 4. **Reward System:** * **Fee Accumulation:** The Shards paid by challengers build up over time in the Arena’s reward pool. * **Victory Rewards:** When a challenger successfully defeats the current Arena owner: * **Owner’s Reward:** The previous owner receives a portion of the accumulated Shards as a reward for their period of control. * **Successor’s Reward:** The new victor earns a share of the accumulated Shards as a reward for overcoming the challenge. #### Strategic Importance 1. **Designing Unique Challenges:** * **Maximizing Earnings:** To maximize earning potential, Arena owners need to create unique and challenging conditions that are difficult for challengers to overcome. The longer they maintain control, the more Shards they can accumulate. * **Incentivizing Challengers:** Well-designed Arenas attract challengers, increasing the reward pool and providing incentives for players to train and specialize their Chainmons. 2. **Encouraging Specialization and Adaptation:** * **Strategic Preparation:** Challenging an Arena requires players to strategically prepare and adapt their Squads to the specific conditions and rules, promoting dynamic and strategic gameplay. * **Rewarding Skill and Strategy:** Players who successfully adapt and train their Chainmons to meet the challenges are rewarded, encouraging continuous improvement and strategic thinking. #### Summary Arenas in Chainmonsters are competitive battlegrounds controlled by individual players who set up unique challenges through customized Squads, environmental conditions, layouts, and special rules. Challengers must pay a fee in Shards to attempt to take control of the Arena. Both the current owner and the new victor earn a portion of the accumulated fees when the Arena changes hands. Effective design and strategic gameplay are key to maximizing earnings and rewards in this engaging, competitive aspect of Chainmonsters. # Chainmons Chainmons are the core foundation of the Chainmonsters ecosystem. They are used to assemble your squads, train and fight battles, farming and crafting, and to progress throughout the game. Each player will begin the game with their very own starter Chainmon. Each Chainmon is one-of-a-kind - just like you! Unless you already own a Chainmon, you’ll start with one of three possible options with their own randomly generated stats and nature. As you progress in the game, you’ll have the opportunity to make new choices, train and evolve your Chainmon, and capture a wide variety of new species over time. Each species comes with its own perks and battle mechanics so assembling a squad that fits your playstyle and counters any challenge ahead, is key to succeed and climb the ladders. Through the use of [AI and Machine-Learning](/ai-and-machine-learning) players will have to pay close attention to their unique creatures and figure out the best strategies to train them for any situation. Training is a vital part of the game and is directly influenced by each player's unique playstyle. Thanks to the player-driven economy, anyone can become a true master in training and other disciplines and fight for dominance in the Arenas, Gyms and leaderboards. # Chainmon Attributes
Chainmons come in a wide variety of species and are further differentiated by their variant and randomly generated individual attributes. ## Primary Stats ### Base Stats * ATK: A high Attack value makes your Chainmon hit harder and dealing inceased damage. * DEF: Determines the defensive capabilities, neglecting any incoming damage to some extend. * HP: How many Health Points and attacks your Chainmon can sustain before it faints and requires reviving. * EM: The strength and knowledge in dealing elemental attacks on an opponent is determined by their Elemental Mastery. * STA: How fast a Chainmon can attack and how long it can endure in continuous farming. ### Individual Values Each Chainmon species has the same BASE stats - However, on birth or when encountered in the wild, the most important individual stats are determined which are fixed. These are fully immutable and create the major unique difference between the strength comparison of Chainmons inside a species. ### Training Values Consistent training, battling and utilization of Chainmonsters is key to increase their power and utility. Use your Chainmon in battle and send it off to the Gym to train independently in order to increase their individual training values. Each training value is capped and can be targeted specifically by defeating certain Chainmon species often, feeding them special berries and targeted training in the gyms. Special Berries can also be used to target a specific stat increase. ### Potential Rank Chainmons in the wild are usually inexperienced so by training them you can awake their full Potential! When hitting their maximum Potential you need to spend resources and special items to further enhance their ability to improve. A Chainmon’s Potential Rank greatly boosts their baseline power and strengths and sometimes is required before you can evolve it. ## Secondary Stats * CritRate: The chance of dealing a critical strike, dealing double-damage! * CritDMG: When landing a critical hit, further increase the critical damage bonus. * Heal: When healing or consuming items, your Chainmon recovers much health faster. * Shield: Certain Chainmons and traits come with shield-bearing effects, increasing damage reduction up to completely neglecting incoming damage once! * Resistance: When being hit by an attack, your Chainmon has a chance to fully neglect the damage. # Chainmon Species The world of Chainmonsters offers a wide variety of different Chainmon species, all with their own perks and advantages over other elements. #### Elements The available Chainmon elements/types are the following: * Pyro * Dendro * Electro * Hydro * Geo * Anemo * Cryo * Crystal # Evolving Chainmons can be evolved through training, item consumption and even trading! Not all Chainmon species can be evolved but a majority of them. Evolving drastically changes the overall look and visual elements a Chainmon possesses as well as modifying their base stats to that of the evolved version. Individual and Training Values are preserved and do not change. ## Ways of Evolving #### Training After reaching a certain minimum Level, certain Chainmons evolve automatically - unless you specifically want to delay or stop this process - maybe you want to keep the cute little first evolution stage until Level 100 for cosmetic reasons? #### Consuming special resources Some Chainmons only evolve by feeding them specific items like Berries. When reaching a minimum Level and having been fed enough specific Berries, they will evolve. #### Trading In rare cases, the evolving nature of Chainmons is triggered by actively trading them with another player through the Marketplace. #### Environmental Variables Depending on effects like weather, time of day and other environmental changes, certain Chainmons only evolve during specific conditions. #### Squad Composition With specific other creatures active in your Squad, some Chainmons feel more connected and require a specific [Resonance](/game-mechanics/squads/resonance) to be reached in order to evolve. # Chainmon Traits Traits are special effects and modifiers that Chainmons can have. They enhance the individual Chainmon by giving an extra effect in certain situations like battling or being generally better at farming or crafting that their peers. Not all traits are necessarily on the positive side though and can have a negative impact on their performance. IF a Chainmon is lucky to be bestowed by a trait, then they come in different tiers of quality: * Tier 1: Basic effect quality/strength and impact. * Tier 2: Enhanced effect quality/strength and good impact. * Tier 3: Exceptional effect quality/strength and great impact if used strategically. ## Types of Traits ### Battle * Battle traits are exclusively used in battles, triggering certain active or passive effects when attacking or being attacked. Some battle traits are on the passive side, e.g. only active while holding off in your squad while recovering health points. ### Farming * Exclusively used as means of influencing their performance in farming-related activities. Some Chainmons appear to be born with two left hands! ### Crafting * Whenever you are crafting/enhancing or building, the speed of that process is greatly dependent on the assigned Chainmon. ### Training * Different species gain experience and levels quicker than others. Same if they are born with traits that influence that process. # Chainmon Abilities During battle, abilities are the primary source of dealing damage to your opponents. Each Chainmon comes with a Primary, Secondary and Ultimate ability slot. Through Training, Evolving and special items you can replace a Chainmons active set of ability to your desire and playstyle. Each ability has a baseline of stats that determine their performance in battle: * Elemental Type * Base Damage * Stamina Costs #### Elemental types Each Elemental type has an advantage but also disadvantages against other types. #### Base Damage The raw unscaled damage output - before attacker’s and defender’s stat calculations. The higher the base damage, the greater the potential to deal massive amounts of damage. #### Stamina Costs Every time this ability is used, your Chainmon will lose some Stamina. Choosing the right order of attacks and abilities can give you an edge over your opponents. ### Ultimate Ability Each Chainmon Species comes with a unique Ultimate ability that charges up over the course of many battles. Time it’s use right to deal massive amount of damage or change the tides of battle to your advantage. If you hit a roadblock with a strong Quest or challenge, charge up your ability and try again! Players are able to find and craft special items that instantly recharges this Ultimate ability. # Chainmon Variants Each Chainmon exists in three different variations: * Base * Chroma * Elite ### Base The most commonly encountered variation. Exists as the original visual form. ### Chroma A very rare variation, sometimes only encountered in highly specific circumstances. It comes with a different visual form in Chroma-colors depending on species. ### Elite Extremely rare variation. If you encounter this one, you will know immediately! Size, appearance and strength usually differs a lot from their counterparts. Have a guaranteed chance to possess a higher-tier Trait! # Chainmon Natures In Chainmonsters, each Chainmon possesses a unique nature that significantly influences their capabilities and performance in various tasks such as levelling, battling, farming, and more. This nature attribute serves as the foundation of their "brain," which can be further enhanced and specialized through [training](/game-mechanics/training) using our unique Machine-Learning approach. #### Understanding Chainmon Natures 1. **Nature Attribute:** Every Chainmon is born with a specific nature that determines their innate strengths and weaknesses. This attribute is fundamental to their core abilities and plays a critical role in their overall development and performance. 2. **Task Suitability:** Depending on their nature, Chainmons may excel in certain areas over others. For example: * **Levelling:** Some natures might allow a Chainmon to gain experience points more quickly, leading to faster levelling. * **Battling:** Certain natures might enhance a Chainmon’s evasion skills, making them harder to hit in battles, or reduce ability cooldown times, allowing them to use powerful skills more frequently. * **Farming:** Other natures might provide better stamina, enabling Chainmons to perform farming tasks more efficiently and for longer durations. #### Enhancing and Specializing Natures * **Machine Learning Basis:** The nature attribute acts as the basic framework or "brain" of a Chainmon. Using Machine Learning principles, this foundation can be heavily enhanced, adjusted, and specialized through targeted [training](/game-mechanics/training) and development. * **Training:** Through specific training regimens, players can improve and refine their Chainmon’s abilities. This might include exercises that enhance evasion skills, reduce ability cooldowns, or increase stamina. * **Specialization:** By focusing on particular aspects of a Chainmon’s nature, players can develop highly specialized Chainmons tailored to their strategic needs, whether it’s for battling, farming, or other tasks. #### Strategic Implications * **Customized Development:** Players can strategically train their Chainmons based on their nature to maximize their effectiveness in desired areas. This customization allows for a diverse range of Chainmons with unique skill sets. * **Optimal Performance:** Understanding and leveraging a Chainmon’s nature enables players to utilize their Chainmons to their fullest potential, ensuring optimal performance in various tasks. * **Enhanced Gameplay:** The diverse nature attributes and the ability to enhance and specialize them add depth to the gameplay, encouraging players to think strategically about how to develop and use their Chainmons. In summary, Chainmon natures in Chainmonsters are unique attributes that define a Chainmon's innate capabilities. These natures influence how well-suited a Chainmon is for tasks like levelling, battling, and farming. Through targeted training and the application of Machine Learning principles, players can enhance and specialize their Chainmons' natures, optimizing their performance and creating a rich, strategic gameplay experience. # Catching In Chainmonsters, creatures are examined and captured through the Replicator device. This stellar piece of technology comes in many variations and utilizes Shard-Energy to function. Every time you attempt to capture, a bit of Replicator-Energy is consumed. The success rate greatly depends on the moment of time you are attempting to capture a wild Chainmon, as it is influenced by the following criteria: #### Capture Success Determinator * remaining Health left of opposing Chainmon * level difference between your squad and opposing Chainmon * current Replicator tier/level and bonus affixed against opposing Chainmon * any currently active negative status effects applied to opposing Chainmon Strategic selection of your battle style as well as taking close attention to the current circumstances are key to master the capturing of wild Chainmons and therefore optimizing your capture-success-rate. After you have successfully captured a wild Chainmon it is added to your Squad or Storage and can further be trainer, upgraded or utilized. # Replicator
In Chainmonsters, the Replicator device is a crucial tool for capturing wild Chainmons. Initially, it is a basic device, but it can be upgraded and customized using Replicator Parts to optimize its functionality for various capturing needs. ## Replicator Device * **Basic Functionality:** The Replicator device starts out with standard capabilities for capturing wild Chainmons. It provides a foundation that can be enhanced for better performance. * **Customization:** Players have the ability to adjust, exchange, and customize their Replicator device at any time. This flexibility allows for specific optimizations tailored to different capturing scenarios, such as targeting specific elemental types or levels of Chainmons. #### Replicator Parts * **Enhancement:** Replicator Parts are items that players can use to upgrade their Replicator device. These parts improve the device’s effectiveness and efficiency. * **Optimization:** Different parts can be used to specialize the Replicator for particular tasks: * **Elemental Capture:** Parts can be added to increase the capture success rate for specific elemental types of Chainmons. * **Level-Specific Capture:** Some parts enhance the ability to capture Chainmons of certain levels, whether low-level beginners or high-level elites. * **Other Functionalities:** Additional parts can provide various benefits, such as faster capture times or increased success rates in specific environments. #### Acquiring Replicator Parts * **In-Game Exploration:** Many Replicator Parts are discovered through exploring the game world. This ties into the game’s story and lore, encouraging players to engage with the narrative. * **Quests and Events:** Completing quests and participating in events can reward players with unique and valuable Replicator Parts. * **Shop and Season Pass:** Some exclusive parts are available for purchase in the in-game shop or through the season pass, offering specialized enhancements not found elsewhere. * **Marketplace**: Unique Replicator Parts can be traded with others on the Marketplace. #### Using and Managing Replicator Parts * **Adjusting and Exchanging:** Players can freely adjust and exchange parts on their Replicator device. This allows for strategic customization based on current goals or challenges. * **Customization for Optimization:** By experimenting with different combinations of parts, players can find the optimal setup for their specific needs, enhancing their capturing efficiency. #### Energy Consumption and Recharging * **Energy Use:** Each use of the Replicator device consumes Energy. Continuous use will eventually deplete the device’s Energy reserves. * **Recharging:** Once the Replicator is depleted, it needs to be recharged over time. This recharge process can be expedited by consuming Shards, the game’s premium currency. * **Resource Management:** Efficiently managing Energy and deciding when to use Shards for recharging is a key part of the strategy, allowing players to maintain their capturing efforts without excessive downtime. #### Strategic Advantages * **Higher Success Rates:** Enhanced and customized Replicators have higher success rates, particularly for capturing rare or challenging Chainmons. * **Efficient Resource Use:** Customizing the Replicator helps in efficiently using resources, minimizing wasted attempts and maximizing capturing success. * **Varied Gameplay:** The ability to modify and upgrade the Replicator adds depth and variety to the gameplay, encouraging players to adapt their strategies based on their goals and the current game environment. In summary, the Replicator device in Chainmonsters is essential for capturing wild Chainmons. Through the use of Replicator Parts, players can enhance and customize their device for optimal performance. The device’s use consumes Energy, requiring strategic management and recharging, potentially expedited by Shards. This system provides a rich layer of strategy and customization, enhancing the overall gameplay experience. ## Lore Replicators are exclusively manufactured by N-Corp. N-Corp recruits from mostly high school aged kids, for unknown reasons, but is comprised of employees and agents of all ages.\ Certain kids are screened and chosen to receive Replicators upon turning 16. This is supposed to be a fair process, but most of the time only the rich and connected are chosen. Once a kid has been chosen, and proven they can activate a Replicator, they are sent over to the prestigious Skyview University located near N-Corp’s Headquarters. Upon graduation they are given cushy agent roles with the Company. # Squads Squads are the backbone of your journey into Chainmonsters and all of its aspects. Assembling a squad of Chainmons that not only support each other in battle through Resonance but also combine their forces to defeat any foe is key to victory. # Resonance When assembling your squad, pay attention to the elemental types of your chosen team. Certain elements resonate with each other greatly, causing boosts and buffs to their performance both in battles and other activities! Understanding squad Resonance and team composition is key to get a strategic edge over your opponents. # Morphing Morphing is an entirely new and unique approach to monster-taming games. YOU as the player can transform into any of your previously caught Chainmons both inside and outside of battles! This enables players to gradually increase their character's capabilities including getting access to extremely powerful abilities and ways to travel across the map like running, swimming and flying! The more Chainmons you capture, analyze and strengthen your bond with, the more opportunities to use specific Chainmons in various situations you will unlock. ### World Farming Early on and with limited access to Land, you should morph into Chainmons specialized in certain farming skills to make gathering resources easier. This also presents you with the opportunity to learn which species are better suited for specific tasks and duties than others. ### Diverse Gameplay Styles Later on, you may find yourself prioritizing a well balanced active squad of Chainmons for competitive play or harder challenges. You are free to mix and match to your liking but keep Squad [Resonance](/game-mechanics/squads/resonance) and tactical play in mind. # Real-time Battle System The core focus of your Chainmons is fighting against other foes and increasing your character's strength over time. Your player character inhibits a unique Morphing capability that allows you to transform into any of your active Squad's Chainmons and participate in real-time battles right in the game world. There is active and passive battling, either you jump right into the action yourself or let your trained AI take over and enjoy the show. ## Core Battles are happening right inside the game world, letting YOU take full control over the abilities of your captured Chainmons! There are two types of battles: * PvE: Player vs Environment - wild encounters, NPC/Story battles and challenges. * PvP: Player vs Player - unrated, friendly battles but also contesting in Arenas and climbing the competitive leaderboard. When engaging in battle, you can choose to morph into any of your active Squad's Chainmons to either engage or flee from this encounter.
### Actions Depending on game mode and battle type, the available actions might differ but remain overall the same: * Morph: Switch to a different Chainmon from your Squad and gain their abilities and powers, but also their elemental advantages/disadvantages while in their form. * Cast Ability: Aim at your foe in either melee or range combat and deal damage in real-time. * Use items to heal up gradually and try not to take any further damage * Switch back to your character and use the Replicator device to capture wild Chainmons Leaving the battlefield by running out of their aggro-range or entering Safe-Zones like cities, gives you enables you to recover your wounds and adjust active Squad. Other players in your environment can join at any time to support you with harder encounters. They cannot harm you outside of PvP content though. ### Effect on Training These battles are part of the overall [Training](/game-mechanics/training) mechanic so every single battle counts towards your progression and learning goals. When you actively control the action then your Chainmons are going to imitate your playstyle in future battles and occasions. Else, if you let them have a go at it then they still improve their overall behavior and skill against specific opponents and situations autonomously. The more you play the more intelligent and personalized your Chainmons become. ### Rewards After you have successfully left the battlefield, you will be rewarded with exp, items and other kind of loot! If other players have helped you, the rewards are split up equally based on impact to incentivize a fair and collaborative gameplay experience. # Training Training your Chainmons is a vital part of the gameplay experience and is heavily influenced by machine learning and a player's individual playstyle! Every Chainmon species and unique variation has a base level of intelligence associated with them. Favorable stats like IVs and traits are no longer the only core principle of determining their performance in battle and other situations. Instead, players will find that each Chainmon comes with a unique nature that gives them an advantage or disadvantage in various situations like battling and farming. By utilizing this nature as a base level of intelligence and utility, players can target train their individual creatures to either expand their capabilities or highly specialize them for dedicated tasks and opportunities. The full potential of each Chainmon needs to be discovered, evaluated and trained over time to make them fit player's individual preference and playstyle. Ways to train your Chainmons: * **Active Training**: Battling against other Chainmons * **Passive Training**: Creating custom playgrounds inside a Dojo for specific tasks * **Reinforcement**: Consuming special items like Candies and Berries All of these opportunities combined provide the core of your Chainmons' performance across all aspects of the game! ## Active Training Of course, every unique Chainmon has access to a core training data set which resembles their experience across all gameplay elements but these will differ from Chainmon to Chainmon across all species and is assigned on birth and catch. We want players to take an active part in training in order to make them not only truly unique for each individual player but also enable a level of customization beyond anything out there. ### Imitation Learning Imitation training requires players to be part of the action, enabling a fine-grained control and customization potential. This, however, prevents players from actively engaging in other gameplay elements while their training takes place on their screens. #### Battling Every battle against either a wild Chainmon or NPCs is part of the learning process for this particular Chainmon. Through imitation, it will understand your movement, timing of abilities, evading and overall decision making to understand how you as a player are behaving in the context of battles against specific opponents. In battles, players can decide if they want their Chainmons to battle fully autonomously against the opponents or jump right into the action themselves, take control and intervene if necessary. This switch is fully dynamic so let the action and your training take place or introduce new maneuvers on the fly. It's all part of the learning process. #### Playground In order to improve certain less battle-oriented activities including farming resources and other tasks, players can take part in pre-defined playgrounds and minigames that all serve as valuable training opportunities for their Chainmons. Some examples are: * Obstacle Courses * Survival of enemy waves * Races against other Chainmons These playgrounds are aimed for players themselves trying to achieve the best times or highest scores which - through imitation - the more often completed, the better your Chainmons will perform autonomously in Passive Training. ## Passive Training Chainmonsters can be sent off to train passively where they fully autonomously complete hundreds of battles, tasks and activities while players can focus on other gameplay elements. This is incredible useful for players who want to maximize both their personal time and efforts as well as the full potential of their Chainmons. ### Custom Dojos Players who own a Dojo are able to create custom playgrounds, challenges and experiences through an easy to use in-game level editor. Other players are limited by the free Dojos spread across the game world but they can rent out a custom Dojo from an owner to also utilize their custom opportunities. #### Designing a Dojo Through the in-game level editor, owners can choose from a list of pre-built templates tailored for specific training activities or decide to custom build it from scratch using a wide variety of utensils, components and training goals. Through this flexible system, players might be able to find ways to speed up their personal training journey by being creative and experimenting! #### Training in a Dojo Any of your Chainmons can be sent off to train using your configured and built experiences and therefore players can target train highly specific aspects of their Chainmon's skills over time. #### Renting out Dojos Owners can choose to make their Dojo available to the public in exchange for a price set in $MONSTER. This Dojo experience can then be used by the paying player for both active and passive training. #### Upgrading Dojos Initially, Dojos have a limited capacity of simultaneous training capabilities which can be expanded and upgraded by the owner over time. This enables additional Chainmons to be trained passively as well as freeing up additional slots for other players to rent from the owner. ## Reinforcement In order to reinforce your individual Chainmon's behavior, learning process and skills, players need to reinforce their creatures by either rewarding or penalizing them on a regular basis. This goes a long way over time and can be compared to a real example of e.g. training your dog or pet. If it completed a hard challenge nicely and you feel that it did a couple of actions and decisions very well, then you can decide to further reinforce their behavior which improves their ability to either continue in that direction or try something else next that satisfies your expectations better. Reinforcement is enabled through various options in-game, here are a few examples. #### Emote Menu The Emote Menu allows you to interact both with other players as well as your Chainmons. * Patting your Chainmon after a successful challenge * something something that prevents bad behavior #### Special food Special food can be found and acquired throughout gameplay and each species has their favorites! * Berries are dependent on the Chainmon species. Give them a little treat * Candies are species-independent. Different candies reward positive results in various amounts. The bond between your Chainmons plays an important role in how well they behave and follow your instructions. No Chainmons will be harmed during training and beyond. # Dojos Dojos are locations of training and empowerment where your Chainmons can be sent to in order to passively gain experience and targeted improvement of Training Values. Sometimes they learn entirely new abilities in that process!
## Dojos Spread across the world, these Dojos can be found in most major cities. Depending on your progression in the story, you may not have access to all of them right from the start. Dojos can also be built on your Land, providing additional opportunities to train more Chainmons at the same time. Sending off your Chainmons for training keeps them busy for a a various time period in which they can not participate in other activities. In return, they passively gain experience and increase their strength over time. Use them as a convenient time saver when actively working on other Chainmons. ### Customizing Dojos Players who own a Dojo are able to create custom playgrounds, challenges and experiences through an easy to use in-game level editor. Other players are limited by the free Dojos spread across the game world but they can rent out a custom Dojo from an owner to also utilize their custom opportunities. ### Training Capabilities and Upgrades A Dojo starts out with a single slot where a single Chainmon can be assigned to. These slots as well as further more specialized training capabilities can be enhanced through upgrades over time, enabling additional Chainmons to be trained simultaenously. ### Renting out Dojos Players can build customized Dojos on their own Land and rent them out to other players in exchange for [$Monster](/usdmonster-tokenomics). Specific Dojos offer specialized and improved training capabilities so adjusting your personal Dojos based on your own and other player's unique needs is essential to maximize training and yield. # Interoperability Interoperability is a huge part of Chainmonsters, allowing you to import your legacy Chainmonsters NFTs directly into the game and even use them elsewhere! ### Minted Chainmons Minting any captured Chainmons into an NFT, makes them interoperable by design thanks to the ERC721 Standard we use. However, we go more than one step further and partner up directly with other exciting games and Web3 projects, to enable a deep cross-game integration, making Chainmonsters NFTs playable and providing utility inside and outside of our own game experiences. #### # Cross-Game Interoperability Framework [Spielworks](https://www.spielworks.com/) is building a cross-game and cross-platform Open NFT Framework where any user and NFT creator can submit their project to in order to make them accessible in both Chainmonsters as well as any other project. ## For Players Players and especially non-Web3 gamers have been waiting for blockchain-enhanced games to truly showcase the utility that the blockchain space has to offer. We have to **go further** than saying, that an item is *unique* or *limited* and *decentralized*. This has no meaning without actually providing **real use cases and opportunities** for said NFTs. Our goal is to offer players as much creative freedom to express themselves as possible. ## For Developers Right out of the box, we are supporting any NFT collection no matter if purely 2D or actual 3D. However, if your project's collection is fairly new and not-yet established in the space, it may not be fully integrated into our Framework yet. Developers can actively contribute their collections by adding additional metadata, branding and - according to our to be established new open standard - upload any necessary files that enhance the support in games including Chainmonsters further. The supported levels of interoperability can be put into these three categories: * Basic: No actions required, supported games can use your collections as 2D textures and stamps in-game. * Enhanced: Upload standard-conforming 3D assets to enable a much deeper integration and more creative utility in supported games. * Full: Grant an Open-Framework license to integrated games and players utilizing their NFTs for creating derivative work. Customized characters, creatures and other NFTs can be minted using your IP. See Chainmonster's [Customization](/game-mechanics/customization) options for how games can utilize your collections in-game. # Customization We at Chainmonsters want to push the traditional limits of customization through [interoperability](/game-mechanics/interoperability) further than ever. Players create their own unique character in-game, equip cosmetics unlocked through gameplay and make it truly unique through additional opportunities powered by any of their existing Third-Party NFTs! After connecting their wallet, players can import and select any NFT and imbue it on top of their in-game character. There are various ways to attach it and we want to offer players as much creative freedom as possible, enabling both simple stamps but also complex patterns, structures or textures: From quirky and fun designs, to highly exclusive looks. Wear your most interesting and/or valuable NFTs around! Some examples of how to utilize their NFTs for customization: * Stamps: Turn an NFT into a stamp and place markings over your body parts and/or clothes. * Patterns: Use an NFT as a unique pattern for individual clothes. Chainmonsters will be able to import both 2D as well as 3D NFTs out of the box for anyone to use. Creators and Third-Party projects can further enhance support their individual NFT collections by actively participating in our [Open Cross-Game Interoperability Framework](/game-mechanics/interoperability) to make them shine in their best possible light in-game. # Housing
In Chainmonsters, player own Land that they can customize to their liking, build workshops, farm resources and train their Squad. Every player unlocks a Basic Land throughout the story which grants access to some starting resources and opportunities. Each Land comes with a Level 1 Headquarter/main house that you can teleport to from anywhere in the world. Use it as a Hub, hire helper-NPCs and improve your homeland. Unique Land can be used to expand your reach to gain additional resources. The core mechanics are the following: * Farming * Crafting * Building # Hire NPCs **Overview:** In Chainmonsters, the Housing mechanic allows players to own and manage their own Land, which can be used for farming, harvesting, and training their Chainmons. While Chainmons are actively involved in farming the Land, NPCs (Non-Player Characters) are hired to provide crucial support functions, including time acceleration boosts and performance improvements for Chainmons. **Functionality:** **1. Time Acceleration Boosts:** * **Task Speedup:** NPCs can provide time acceleration boosts that reduce the time required for various tasks performed by Chainmons. This includes faster crop growth, quicker harvesting, and more efficient training sessions. * **Cooldown Reduction:** By hiring NPCs, players can reduce the cooldown times for specific actions or processes, allowing for more frequent farming cycles and training sessions. * **Efficiency Enhancements:** NPCs may offer overall efficiency improvements, leading to higher productivity and quicker turnaround times for all activities on the Land. **2. Performance Improvements:** * **Enhanced Training:** NPCs specializing in training can provide Chainmons with more effective training sessions. This results in faster stat increases and improved abilities, making Chainmons stronger and more capable in battles. * **Special Bonuses:** Some NPCs might offer unique bonuses that further enhance Chainmon performance. These can include increased yield rates for farming activities or boosted experience gains during training. * **Optimization:** NPCs can optimize the overall workflow on the Land, ensuring that Chainmons are always operating at peak efficiency. This includes strategic planning and task coordination to maximize output. **3. Specialized Roles:** * **Agricultural Advisors:** These NPCs focus on farming activities, providing boosts to crop growth rates and ensuring that Chainmons farming the Land are as productive as possible. * **Harvest Coordinators:** NPCs who assist with harvesting can significantly reduce the time needed to gather resources, ensuring that Chainmons can quickly move on to the next task. * **Training Coaches:** These NPCs specialize in enhancing the training process for Chainmons. They offer targeted training programs that maximize the potential of each Chainmon, resulting in better performance in battles. * **Maintenance Supervisors:** NPCs in this role ensure that the Land and its facilities are well-maintained, reducing downtime and increasing overall efficiency. **4. Hiring and Management:** * **Recruitment:** Players can hire NPCs from specific vendors or recruitment boards within the game. Each NPC has unique skills and provides different types of boosts and improvements. * **Contracts:** Hiring NPCs involves entering into contracts that define the NPC’s role, duration of employment, and compensation, typically in the form of in-game currency or resources. * **Assignment:** Once hired, NPCs are assigned to specific tasks or areas on the Land. Players can strategically place NPCs where their boosts and improvements will be most beneficial. **5. Strategic Benefits:** * **Resource Management:** By providing time acceleration boosts and performance improvements, NPCs help players manage their resources more efficiently, leading to greater overall productivity. * **Enhanced Gameplay:** The ability to hire NPCs adds depth and strategy to the Housing mechanic, allowing players to tailor their Land management approach to their specific goals and playstyle. * **Competitive Edge:** Players who effectively utilize NPCs can gain a competitive advantage, progressing faster and achieving better results in farming, harvesting, and training activities. Hiring NPCs in Chainmonsters is a strategic feature within the Housing mechanic that enhances the efficiency and productivity of players’ Land. While Chainmons are actively involved in farming, NPCs provide essential support through time acceleration boosts and performance improvements. By hiring specialized NPCs such as Agricultural Advisors, Harvest Coordinators, Training Coaches, and Maintenance Supervisors, players can optimize their Land management, resulting in faster task completion, improved Chainmon performance, and overall enhanced gameplay. # Farming Farming is a great opportunity to obtain limited resources over time. You can farm your land by yourself or assing Chainmons to do the work for you. Depending on the Chainmon, they are more or less suitable for specific tasks, so capturing a wild variety improves your chances for more yield. Through [Morphing](/game-mechanics/morphing), you can farm resources spread across the world yourself. However, it's more efficient to build a base and setup autonomous opportunities for your Chainmons to farm for you instead. # AI and Machine-Learning Chainmonsters is using groundbreaking new opportunities presented by AI technology to enhance both the content production as well as the underlying gameplay mechanics. While many traditional games are slowly adapting to the power of AI, we are integrating it deeply into almost all aspects of the game. Examples of how AI is utilized: #### Custom AI model Spielworks is building a custom AI model that is trained solely on our own art and designs which enables us to speed up internal development processes aligned with the overall vision and complexity of the Chainmonsters game world. #### Dynamic Game World with Web3 The true power and potential of AI enhanced games should offer a unique and tailored experience for each individual player. In Chainmonsters, AI is deeply integrated into the storytelling and game world, enabling us to craft a unique experience. Player's choices and actions right from the creation of their unique avatar to NPCs and Quests they encounter, are all tailored to their playstyle, encounters and other players interactions. * Quests and NPCs Each player progresses through the same overall storyline but no playthrough is the same! NPCs offer dynamic choices and reactions depending on factors like time of day, weather conditions, world events happening in their vicinity, and other players around them! This goes so much further than traditional games with pre-scripted conditions - in Chainmonsters, these decisions are dynamicly handled by our custom AI model, making every playthrough unique! * Unique and exclusive access\ By connecting e.g. NFTs and the player's wallets directly into this AI model, we are able to deliver further truly unique experiences. If you hold a special NFT you get access to specialized quests or locations that are otherwise locked and hidden, rewarding NFT holders with a range of exclusive rewards otherwise not obtainable. * Interoperability Aspects\ Since we are pushing the Interoperability features above and beyond, we introduce Third-Party NFTs into the mix. Since no game can manually support millions of other NFT collections, we utilize our custom model to categorize and then craft an AI-generated lore for each individual collection and NFT to fit inside the Chainmonsters game world. #### Ever evolving creatures Besides the advantages in internal content production, we want to make this technology available to players minting and discovering entirely new creatures, species and variations. * Discovery process through Minting\ When you capture a Chainmon in-game, you can turn it into an NFT to reveal their hidden stats and potential. However, enhanced by our custom AI model, we want to enable players to actively discover entirely new species and traits in this process. During Minting, you can meld three Chainmons together. If you are lucky and the right circumstances apply, you will be rewarded by a new unique creature with combined parts of the melded Chainmons. Thanks to our AI model, it fits perfectly into the existing handcrafted universe and provides true uniqueness compared to other species. This process can be repeated an infinite amount of time, further enhancing opportunities and potential the more players experiment with this system. * Core Discovery loop\ On its own, this feature is pretty unique but we are taking it to the next level. By continuously expanding the game's base-set of creatures, abilities and components, there will always be something new to discover and create. # Machine-Learning for Training Chainmonsters presents a stellar and truly unique approach to incorporating state of the art technologies like Machine Learning with exhilarating gameplay. We are putting the player and their individual Chainmons back into action by introducing smart and continuously learning Chainmons that can be adjusted, enhanced and specialized by players tailored around their own unique playstyle and preference. ## Core Concept Every Chainmon has a unique [nature](/game-mechanics/chainmons/chainmon-natures) that pre-determines their initial intelligence, ability to act and adjust within current events like battling, farming and other activities. Through the player's actions, unique playstyle, [training](/game-mechanics/training) and optimized strategies, the Chainmons enhance their capabilities over time into either highly specialized variants or all-rounders suitable for any task. #### Base Level of intelligence When Chainmonsters launches, each species has a base intelligence associated through their unique nature. There are many variations of base level intelligence so depending on your luck, progress in the game and other factors you may capture a variation that may be further or lesser advanced than their overall peers or even have a solid foundation in more specialized activities already. This aspect is fairly balanced but still enables a level of variation that further boosts each individual's uniqueness.
## Training individual Chainmons The [Training](/game-mechanics/training) section outlines the different opportunities to train and utilize the Chainmons in much more detail so we will focus on the underlying high-level concepts a bit more here: ### Learning over time Any action a player takes when interacting with a specific Chainmon influences their overall learning and improvement aspects over time. Chainmonsters utilizes a mix of [imitation and autonomous training](/game-mechanics/training) to enable both truly unique and customizable experiences depending on each player. #### Training Model For example, the player actively controls their Chainmons in battle against opponents which generates training data used for imitation of this particular Chainmon against this specific opponent. While initially, the player-controlled capabilities and optimization might be more effective than the pre-trained model - of course also depending on the player's skills and deep understanding of the game mechanics - with more training and experience the Chainmon aims to become superior and can take on hard encounters and boss battles fully autonomously. ## Web3 Aspects Chainmonsters - as an OG in the blockchain space - would not be Chainmonsters if it did not incorporate those exciting aspects into Web3 as well. As every Chainmon is trained individually, their trained model is going to be truly unique compared to any other Chainmon out there. This further enhances the opportunities provided through e.g. trading with other players as minted NFTs can be sold and bought on the Marketplace. Some players who are really mastering both the game mechanics as well as seeking to optimize their playstyle might be encouraged to get into a true trainer role where they utilize their unique skillset to perfect the training capabilities and take on improving and then selling a Chainmon on the market. This process is further enhanced and optimized through other unique NFTs including but not limited to Land, Dojos and materials. ### NFTs Both minted Chainmons as well as materials and resources like food, candies and key items exist as NFTs on blockchain. This creates a player-driven economy approach where the community has to work together to achieve goals faster together. Specialized roles are created naturally including trainers, farmers, crafters and creators of specialized challenges and playgrounds in a User-Generated environment including the Dojos and Arenas. ### Arenas A limited amount of Arenas are spread across the game world and each can only be controlled by a single individual player at the same time. The controlling player defines the Squad and environmental conditions that should give them a slight edge in combat. Other players need to specialize their competing Squad to those unique conditions until they can take over and make up the new rules. More information regarding [Arenas ](/game-mechanics/adventure/arenas)can be found [here](/game-mechanics/adventure/arenas). #### Challenges We want to encourage and incentivize experimentation and offer a set of ever changing challenges to our players where their AI squad needs to defeat our very own trained Chainmons! The expectation is that these challenges will be harder initially and then after targeted training players can get an edge over them. See [Challenges](/game-mechanics/adventure/challenges) for other examples where our ML models are being utilized. # $MONSTER Tokenomics
The Chainmonster token (ticker symbol **MONSTER**) is a **multi-chain utility token** and is fundamental to the Chainmonsters ecosystem, serving as a central element in both the gameplay and governance aspects. $MONSTER tokens will **originally be minted** on the **Ethereum** blockchain with a fixed supply of 1 billion. However, Layer 2 bridges will be used to enable simple, fast, and cheap usage and transactions of $MONSTER for users. #### **In-Game Utility and Long-Term Value**: * The $MONSTER token in Chainmonsters is designed to offer true in-game utility and is therefore deeply integrated into all game systems, enriching and supporting the full game experience.​ * Utility: The $MONSTER token enhances all aspects of the game and provides access to exclusive rewards and in-game benefits through conversion to Chards.​ * Value Accrual: The tokenomics of $MONSTER are structured to reward active contributors and players, encouraging long-term engagement and investment in the ecosystem. **Earning $MONSTER:** * Players accumulate $MONSTER tokens, the primary token of Chainmonsters as rewards for actively engaging in the game, participating in events, and competitive play. This integrates the token into the core gaming experience. $MONSTER will be rewarded to those most actively engaging and showcasing their in-depth knowledge about the game and its mechanics. **Usage of $MONSTER:** * Staking or Exchanging for Shards: Players have the option to either stake or spend their $MONSTER tokens to gain Shards within the game. * Purchasing In-Game Items: Once a player has acquired Shards, players can strategically spend them on various in-game assets and boosts, such as resource packs, exclusive limited-edition cosmetics, and time acceleration boosts. This not only enhances the gaming experience but also adds a layer of strategy to resource management. **Dual Role in Gameplay and Governance:** * Beyond in-game advantages, $MONSTER grants further access to utility outside of the game including governance and actively participating in the continued game development. We want to integrate the community, and $MONSTER stakeholders as tightly into the overall processes as we can, enabling players to have a say in the overall process. * $MONSTER will be usable for validation and for major treasury usage voting. $MONSTER is deeply integrated into both the gameplay mechanics and the governance system of Chainmonsters making it a vital aspect of the whole experience. Allowing users to influence the game's development and economy provides a level of inclusion enhancing the whole ecosystem. There are multiple currencies that are important for players throughout the Chainmonsters Ecosystem. [$MONSTER](/usdmonster-tokenomics): The primary token of the Chainmonsters Ecosystem [SHARDS](/usdmonster-tokenomics/token-utility-shards): A currency to enhance and boost certain aspects of the game as well as accessing exclusive rewards. GOLD: Most commonly available free-to-play in-game currency. ### Additional utility in Tapmonsters

Monetization flows subject to change

Embracing the true cross-game spirit, $MONSTER will have utility in the Tapmonsters mobile spin-off upon TGE as seasonal gameplay rewards, Governance driver, and the pre-conditional means of obtaining in-game boosts and advantages. # Token Distribution #### **Supply of $MONSTER​** Maximum Total Supply: The maximum total supply of $MONSTER tokens will be capped at 1,000,000,000.​ #### $MONSTER Token Distribution
AllocationTokensPercentageVesting
Tapmonster Playdrops150m15%Tbd
Ecosystem100m10%3-year monthly linear vesting
Seed round50m5%10% unlocked at TGE,
1-year monthly linear vesting
Strategic round120m12%10% unlocked at TGE,
18 months monthly linear vesting
KOL round30m3%10% unlocked at TGE,
6 months monthly linear vesting
Public sale20m2%Unlocked at TGE
Liquidity / CEX90m9%Unlocked at TGE
Community / Rewards200m20%3 year monthly linear vesting
Treasury80m8%10% unlockd at TGE, 2-year monthly linear vesting
Advisors60m6%2-year monthly linear vesting
Airdrop to $PLAI holders30m3%1-year montly linear vesting
Team70m7%12 month cliff, 3-year monthly linear vesting
Total1.000m100%
# Token Release Schedule The $MONSTER **Token Distribution Event (TGE)** is planned in October 2024 in close temporal relation with the Public Sale. **Release Schedule**: To ensure stability and sustainability, $MONSTER tokens have long vesting cycles and are subject to a 6-year release plan. This approach aligns with the goal of rewarding consistent and long-term contributors to the network.​ #### **Definitions** “**Locked Tokens**” all or a portion of Tokens of the following allotments: (i) Seed Round, (ii) Strategic Round, (iii) KOL Round, (iv) Public Sale, (v) Team, (vi) Ecosystem, (vii) Advisors and (viii) Community Rewards. These Tokens are (partially) allocated to the respective e-wallets in the course of the Token Distribution Event and are technically not transferable to third parties by way of a wallet-to-wallet transfer within the Lockup Period – as stipulated in the smart contracts underlying such Tokens. “**Un-locked Tokens**” means any and all initially Locked Tokens that are subsequently un-locked pursuant to the specific un-locking schedule applicable to the respective allotment of Tokens as set out in the Whitepaper. Un-locked tokens are freely transferable. “**Released Tokens**” all or a portion of Tokens of the following allotments: (i) Seed Round, (ii) Strategic Round, (iii) KOL Round, (iv) Public Sale, (v) Ecosystem, (vi) Advisors and (vii) Community Rewards, (viii) Liquidity/CEX, (ix) Playdrop . These Tokens are (partially) un-locked from the outset, i.e. are freely transferable upon occurrence of the Token Distribution Event. Their release occurs pursuant to the release schedule applicable to the respective allotment as set out in greater detail in the Whitepaper. Released Tokens represent the maximum number of tokens available to Spielworks for distribution to the designated group of recipients of the respective allotment. “**Distributed Tokens**” means Released Tokens that have actually been allocated by Spielworks and received by members of the designated group of recipients of the respective allotment in their e-wallets and are therefore freely transferable by their recipients. Released Tokens represent the upper limit of Distributed Tokens. ## Private Sale The un-locking schedule for the 2 rounds is as follows: **Seed Round** 10% un-locked at Token Distribution Event, followed by a linear 2-year un-locking period (monthly release) **Strategic Round** 10% un-locked at Token Distribution Event, followed by a linear 3-year un-locking period (monthly release) #### KOL Round 5% un-locked at Token Distribution Event, followed by a linear 3-year un-locking period (monthly release) ## **Public Sale** 25% will be un-locked with the public sale (TBD). 25% per month will be un-locked over the next 3 month (TBD month 1, TBD month 2, TBD month 3). ## Playdrop 2% of $MONSTER will be earnable in our playdrops and unlocked at the Token Distribution Event. ## **Team Allocation** 100% of the team allocation will be locked with the Token Distribution Event for the next 12month and then un-locked on a linear monthly basis over 5 years starting with the first day of the first full calendar month after the 12 month lockup period. ## Advisors Allocation The Advisors allocation will be locked with the Token Distribution Event. Starting with the first day of the first full calendar month following the Token Distribution Event the Advisors allocation will be released linear on a monthly basis over 4 years. ## **Ecosystem Allocation** The Ecosystem allocation will be locked with the Token Distribution Event. Starting with the first day of the first full calendar month following the Token Distribution Event the un-locked Ecosystem allocation will be released linear on a monthly basis over 4 years. ## Liquidity Allocation 120m $MONSTER token will be un-locked with the Token Distribution Event in order to provide liquidity for DEXs/CEXs and in order to conduct marketing events for DEXs/CEXs. ## **Community Rewards** The Community Reward allocation will be locked with the Token Distribution Event. Starting with the first day of the first full calendar month following the Token Distribution Event the Community allocation will be released linear on a monthly basis over 4 years. #### $MONSTER Release Schedule
# TGE/IDO/DEX/CEX Timeline The TGE is planned on 25th of October 2024. A Public Sale is scheduled on 26th till 27th of October 2024 along with initial CEX listings on TBD and TBD and an initial DEX listing on TBD. All initial listings are scheduled for 28th of October 2024. At Chainmonsters we are recognizing the commitment and engagement of our players and entire community. To thank our earliest supporters and new early adopters, we are releasing $MONSTER to users to mark the new beginnings of the Chainmonsters economy and ecosystem. Thereby ensuring that supporters and users are integral to the continued growth of the game. #### Eligibility More information for existing NFT holders and overall community members will be shared closer to launch. ## Upcoming Game Drops More information will be shared closer to launch. # Token Utility (Shards) In Chainmonsters, [$MONSTER](/usdmonster-tokenomics) can be exchanged for **Shards** that act as the primary resource to obtain highly exclusive and limited rewards while also enhancing the gameplay experience.
**Earning Shards through $Monster**: Players can gain Shards using their [$MONSTER](/usdmonster-tokenomics) in two different ways. The first gradually rewards long-term token holders: by staking [$MONSTER](/usdmonster-tokenomics), players can accrue Shards as a slow but steady bonus. Alternatively, players can spend their [$MONSTER](/usdmonster-tokenomics) directly, exchanging tokens for Shards at a favorable, discounted rate. This way, players can align their short- and long term strategy dynamically and improve their gameplay experience through their own choice. **Purchasing Shards with Traditional Payments**: Chainmonsters also allows players across all platforms to use traditional monetary transactions via In-App-Purchases to obtain Shards as well, connecting the traditional cross-platform game availability with a diverse player base. **Versatile Utility of Shards**: Once acquired, players can strategically spend it on various in-game assets and boosts, such as resource packs, exclusive limited-edition cosmetics, and time acceleration boosts. This not only enhances the gaming experience but also adds a layer of strategy to resource management. #### Examples of utilizing Shards: * Premium Shop: Obtain in-game assets, packs, boosts, and exclusive, limited rewards. * Replicator: Instantly recharge your Replicator to continue catching without waiting for it to recharge over time. * Stamina: Chainmons farming and training all day need a break. Restore their Stamina instantly. * Crafting: Obtain exclusive helper NPCs that grant you access to exclusive variations, blessings, and limited blueprints. Reduce building time for construction work. * World Events: Participating in certain daily world events consumes energy. Use Shards to access additional events and obtain more resources quickly. * Arenas: Generate shards gradually by controlling and defending the arenas. * Dojos: Build and then rent out Dojos to other players. Through Shards, the [$MONSTER](/usdmonster-tokenomics) token gains a complex and exhilarating utility layer that enhances almost all aspects of the game and offering unique opportunities for both token holders as well as the overall community by earning them over time. # Governance
In the Monster universe, players have the unique opportunity to actively participate in shaping the game's universe. This involvement comes through various interactive, governing, and influential platforms within the ecosystem. ## Governance: Staking for Game-Changing Decisions * **Utilize Staking Power**: Staking $MONSTER allows players to make significant decisions in the game’s development and economic flows. * **Collaborative Decision-Making**: Join forces with other dedicated players to steer the direction of the game, making choices that impact the gameplay experience for the entire community. * **Lore-based power dynamics**: Gameplay decisions define which faction remains in power. Align yourself with the current Board or help overthrow them to install a new governmental body. ### Treasury Treasury reserves make for 8% of the total $MONSTER supply and will mainly be supplemented through vesting and buybacks from Chainmonsters and Tapmonsters revenues. Treasury is the Board's budget for deploying tokens to where they deem fit. It can be allocated to additional development resources, marketing activities and so forth. # Season Pass The Season Pass enables players to earn seasonal rewards by completing additional quests as well as daily, weekly, and monthly challenges. There are two reward packs available: * Basic: Offering free materials, resources, blueprints and season-exclusive rewards * Empowered: Additional season-exclusive rewards like Cosmetics, NFTs and higher ranked rewards Having the Basic Season Pass pack available incentivizes all players, including F2P, to participate in various in-game activities and claim rewards on a regular basis. ### Seasonal Model Rewards can include season-exclusive opportunities, never to be obtainable again. More information regarding a season's duration, eligibility requirements and rewards will be revealed closer to launch. # Game Economy Dive into the heart of Chainmonsters and discover the game's economic framework. This crucial segment explains resource management, minting, and strategy optimization to ensure a steady increase of strength and power. * [Economy Loops](/game-economy/economy-loops) * [Resources](/game-economy/resources) * [Materials](/game-economy/materials) * [Assets](/game-economy/assets) * [Tokenomy](/usdmonster-tokenomics) # Economy Loops **Building a Sustainable Player-Driven Ecosystem** Our goal is to create a unique player experience in Chainmonsters by building an economy rooted in user activities, production, and demand. This approach generates a range of resources that are created, owned, and traded by players, ensuring a dynamic, self-sustaining ecosystem. * [Farming](/game-economy/economy-loops/farming-loop): Learn how to gather resources by yourself and set up autonomous farms for higher efficiency * [Battling](/game-economy/economy-loops/battling-loop): Get an understanding of what matters the most and how to gain an advantage over your opponents. * [Catching](/game-economy/economy-loops/catching-loops): Explains the processes of how players acquire Chainmons # Farming Loop ## Farming Loop in Chainmonsters with NFTs and Blockchain Elements **Objective**: Players engage in farming activities to grow resources, breed monsters, and create valuable items, all of which are enhanced by NFTs and blockchain technology. This loop allows players to earn rewards, trade assets, and enhance their gameplay experience. **Farming Activities**: 1. **Resource Cultivation**: * **Planting and Harvesting**: Players can plant various crops and harvest them once they mature. Each crop might have a different growth cycle and yield different resources, which are essential for crafting and upgrading. * **NFT Crops**: Special crops can be represented as NFTs, allowing players to own, trade, and sell these unique items on the blockchain. Rare and high-yield crops become valuable assets in the game’s economy. * **Scarce resources**: Specific resources utilized for crafting and building need to be gathered in the game world or farmed on the player's Land on a regular basis. 2. **Monster Breeding**: * **Breeding Mechanics**: Players can breed monsters to create new, unique offspring with desirable traits. Breeding requires specific resources and time. * **NFT Monsters**: Each bred monster can be minted as an NFT, providing proof of ownership and uniqueness. These NFT monsters can be traded, sold, or used in battles and events, adding a layer of investment and strategy. 3. **Crafting and Upgrading**: * **Crafting Items**: Players use harvested resources to craft items, gear, and enhancements for their monsters. Crafted items can improve farming efficiency, monster abilities, or player capabilities. * **NFT Items**: High-quality crafted items can also be minted as NFTs. These items become part of the blockchain, allowing players to trade and sell them in the marketplace. 4. **Resource Management**: * **Energy and Time**: Farming activities consume Stamina and take time to complete. Players must manage their resources efficiently to maximize their farming output. * **Blockchain Integration**: Transactions, such as trading NFT crops, monsters, and items, are recorded on the blockchain, ensuring transparency and security. * **Utilizing Shards**: Shards can recover Stamina instantly, ensuring a smoother gameplay experience. **Rewards and Incentives**: * **Earning through Farming**: Successful farming activities yield resources and assets that players can use or sell. The continuous loop of planting, harvesting, breeding, and crafting keeps players engaged and invested in their progress. * **Blockchain Rewards**: Participating in the farming loop and engaging with the NFT marketplace can earn players blockchain-based rewards, such as in-game currency or special NFTs. These rewards incentivize regular participation and strategic gameplay. **Community Engagement**: * **Collaborative Farming**: Players can form guilds or farming cooperatives to share resources, boost productivity, and achieve collective goals. Collaborative efforts can lead to larger harvests and more valuable NFT assets. * **Events and Competitions**: Regular farming events and competitions offer unique rewards and rare NFTs. These events encourage community participation and provide opportunities for players to showcase their farming skills. **Sustainability and Growth**: * **Continuous Content Updates**: New crops, monsters, and crafting recipes are introduced regularly, keeping the farming loop fresh and engaging. Seasonal events and updates provide additional layers of complexity and reward. * **Blockchain Expansion**: As the game evolves, more blockchain elements and NFT features are integrated, expanding the economic possibilities and enhancing player ownership. In Chainmonsters, the farming loop is deeply intertwined with NFTs and blockchain technology, creating a dynamic and rewarding gameplay experience. Players not only engage in traditional farming activities but also participate in a vibrant digital economy where they can own, trade, and invest in unique assets. This integration of blockchain elements enhances the sense of ownership, strategy, and community within the game. # Battling Loop **Introduction**: Combat in Chainmonsters is a dynamic and essential aspect of gameplay, pivotal for progression, training and obtaining of certain resources. ## Real-Time Combat Dynamics in Chainmonsters **1. Squad Composition:** * **Team Building:** Players form a squad of monsters, typically consisting of a balanced mix of types and roles. Each monster in the squad has unique abilities, strengths, and weaknesses. * **Synergy:** Effective squad composition leverages synergy between monsters, such as pairing monsters whose abilities complement each other (e.g., one monster debuffs enemies while another deals extra damage to debuffed targets). **2. Battle Initiation:** * **Encounter Triggers:** Battles are initiated through random wild encounters, PvP challenges, or story-driven events. Players are alerted when a battle begins, and the scene transitions to a designated battle arena. **3. Real-Time Control:** * **Active Commands:** Players actively control their monsters during combat and use their abilities directly, or switch to a different squad member. Each command requires quick decision-making. * **Cooldowns:** Abilities have cooldown periods, preventing them from being spammed and adding a layer of timing strategy. Players must decide the optimal moments to use powerful abilities. **4. Positioning and Movement:** * **Dynamic Movement:** Players need to move around the battlefield to dodge attacks, gain strategic positioning, or close in on enemies. Positioning is crucial for avoiding area-of-effect (AoE) attacks and setting up advantageous attacks. * **Tactical Positioning:** Players can position themselves to protect weaker allies, create defensive formations, or set up pincer attacks on enemies. **5. Abilities and Skills:** * **Unique Abilities:** Each monster has a set of unique abilities that can include offensive attacks, defensive maneuvers, healing, buffs, debuffs, and special effects like stuns or poisons. * **Type Interactions:** Abilities interact with monster types (e.g., Pyro, Hydro, Dendro) in a rock-paper-scissors manner. Understanding and exploiting type advantages is key to dealing maximum damage or minimizing incoming damage. **6. Resource Management:** * **Energy and Mana:** Each ability costs Stamina. Players must manage this resource wisely, balancing powerful ability usage with conservation. * **Healing and Items:** Players can use healing items or abilities during combat to keep their monsters in fighting condition. Item usage must be timed effectively to avoid wasting resources. **7. Status Effects:** * **Buffs and Debuffs:** Abilities can apply status effects like increased attack power (buffs) or reduced defense (debuffs). Managing these effects is crucial for gaining the upper hand. * **Conditions:** Status effects can also include conditions like poison, burn, freeze, or stun, which have varying impacts on combat dynamics, such as dealing damage over time or temporarily disabling a monster. **8. Real-Time Strategy:** * **Adaptive Tactics:** Players must constantly adapt their tactics based on the flow of battle, opponent actions, and the current state of their monsters. Quick thinking and flexibility are rewarded. * **Combo Moves:** Coordinating abilities between monsters to create powerful combos can turn the tide of battle. For example, one monster might immobilize an enemy while another unleashes a high-damage attack. * **Ultimates**: The most powerful ability of each monster charges up over time and can be prepared prior to a strong encounter. This unleashes a powerful effect or deals massive damage and should be utilized extremely carefully. **9. Victory and Rewards:** * **Defeating Opponents:** The goal is to defeat all enemy monsters while keeping as many of your own monsters active as possible. Victory is achieved by reducing the opponent’s monsters to zero health. * **Battle Rewards:** Successful battles yield rewards such as experience points, items, in-game currency, and sometimes new monsters. These rewards contribute to the player’s overall progression. **10. Post-Battle:** * **Healing and Recovery:** After battles, players may need to heal their monsters using items or at healing stations to prepare for future encounters. * **Strategic Adjustments:** Players can analyze the outcome of battles, adjust their squad composition, and refine their strategies to improve performance in future encounters. #### Summary The real-time combat dynamics in Chainmonsters are designed to provide a fast-paced, strategic, and immersive experience. Players must effectively manage their squad, make quick and informed decisions, and adapt to the ever-changing battlefield conditions. The integration of unique abilities, type interactions, positioning, and resource management creates a complex and rewarding combat system that keeps players engaged and challenged. # Catching Loops In Chainmonsters, the catching loop revolves around the use of the Replicator device to capture new Chainmons. ## Catching Loop in Chainmonsters **1. Encountering Chainmons:** * **Exploration:** Players explore various environments in the game world, such as forests, caves, and grasslands, to encounter wild Chainmons. * **Random Encounters:** While exploring, players randomly encounter wild Chainmons, initiating the opportunity to capture them. **2. Initiating Capture:** * **Replicator Device:** To capture a Chainmon, players use the Replicator device. This device is essential for the catching process. * **Energy Consumption:** Each use of the Replicator consumes a certain amount of energy. The device has a limited energy capacity and must be managed carefully. **3. Attempting Capture:** * **Engaging the Chainmon:** Players engage the Chainmon in a battle to weaken it, making it easier to capture. Successfully reducing the Chainmon's health increases the chance of a successful capture. * **Capture Mechanics:** Once the Chainmon is sufficiently weakened, players use the Replicator to attempt the capture. The likelihood of success depends on the Chainmon's health, rarity, and type. **4. Successful Capture:** * **New Chainmon:** If the capture is successful, the Chainmon is added to the player's collection. This new Chainmon can be used in battles, trained, or minted and then traded. * **Rewards:** Successful captures also yield additional rewards such as experience points, items, or in-game currency. **5. Energy Management:** * **Energy Depletion:** The Replicator's energy depletes with each capture attempt. Once the energy is fully depleted, the device cannot be used until recharged. * **Recharging:** Recharging the Replicator takes place in real time. The time required for a full recharge varies but can be several hours. * **Speeding Up Recharging:** Players can consume Shards to speed up the recharging process. Shards are a valuable in-game resource that can be earned through gameplay or purchased. **6. Strategic Use of Shards:** * **Balancing Resource Use:** Players must balance the use of Shards between speeding up the Replicator recharge and other in-game needs. Efficient use of Shards can enhance the player's ability to capture more Chainmons in a shorter period. **7. Repeating the Loop:** * **Continual Exploration:** Players continue to explore and encounter new Chainmons, repeating the catching loop. * **Enhancing Collection:** As players capture more Chainmons, they can build a diverse and powerful collection, enhancing their overall gameplay experience. #### Summary The catching loop in Chainmonsters involves a cyclical process of encountering, battling, and capturing wild Chainmons using the Replicator device. Managing the Replicator's energy and strategically using Shards to speed up recharging are key aspects of this loop. By continually exploring and capturing new Chainmons, players expand their collection and improve their in-game capabilities. The integration of real-time resource management and strategic decision-making adds depth and engagement to the catching experience. # Resources The world of Chainmonsters offers and utilizes a wide variety of different types of resources. The most important ones are listed in this section. Coins: Primary F2P currency. Berries: Use for reinforcement training and evolving. Candies: Use for gaining experience instantly. Flowers: Unlocking Potential. Essences: Unlocking abilities. # Gold In Chainmonsters, Gold is the primary free-to-play (F2P) resource that players can earn through various in-game activities. Here’s an explanation of Coins and examples of how they are utilized in the game: ## Gold in Chainmonsters **Earning Gold:** * **Quests:** Players earn Gold by completing various quests, including main story missions, side quests, and daily tasks. Each quest offers a specific amount of Gold based on its difficulty and length. * **Battles:** Participating in battles against wild Chainmons, other players, or NPC trainers rewards players with Gold. The amount earned depends on the battle's difficulty and the player's performance. * **Exploration:** Exploring different areas of the game world can yield Gold through discovering hidden treasures, completing exploration challenges, or finding Gold drops. * **Events:** Special events and seasonal activities often provide opportunities to earn additional Gold through event-specific quests and challenges. * **Achievements:** Completing in-game achievements and milestones rewards players with Gold. These can include tasks like capturing a certain number of Chainmons, winning a set number of battles, or reaching specific levels. **Utilization of Coins:** 1. **Purchasing Items:** * **Healing Items:** Players can buy potions, revives, and other healing items to keep their Chainmons healthy during and after battles. * **Battle Enhancements:** Items that boost performance in battles, such as temporary stat boosts or special attack items, can be purchased with Gold. * **Capture Tools:** Gold can be used to buy items like improved Replicators or special bait to increase the chances of capturing rare Chainmons. 2. **Upgrading Equipment:** * **Gear and Accessories:** Players can upgrade their own gear or their Chainmons' accessories to improve battle performance. This can include items that increase attack power, defense, or special abilities. * **Training Facilities:** Gold can be spent on access to better training facilities that enhance the growth and development of Chainmons. 3. **Customizing Appearance:** * **Character Customization:** Players can use Gold to purchase clothing, hairstyles, and other cosmetic items to customize their in-game avatar. * **Chainmon Customization:** Gold can also be used to buy skins, accessories, and other cosmetic enhancements for their Chainmons, allowing players to personalize their team. 4. **Expanding Inventory:** * **Storage Space:** Players can spend Gold to increase the storage capacity for items and Chainmons. This allows them to carry more resources and keep a larger collection of Chainmons. * **Bag Upgrades:** Enhancing the player's bag allows for more items to be carried during exploration and battles, reducing the need for frequent trips back to base. 5. **Participating in Events:** * **Event Entry Fees:** Some special events or tournaments may require an entry fee in Gold. Participating in these events can offer unique rewards and rare items. * **Event Items:** During special events, exclusive items or limited-time offers may be available for purchase with Gold. #### Summary Gold in Chainmonsters serve as the primary F2P currency, earned through a wide range of activities including quests, battles, exploration, events, and achievements. Players utilize Gold to purchase items, upgrade equipment, customize appearances, expand inventory and participate in events. This versatile currency is central to the game’s economy, enabling players to enhance their gameplay experience and progress in the game. # Berries In Chainmonsters, Berries are versatile and valuable items that players can find throughout the game world, earn from quests, receive from special NPCs, and obtain through other in-game means. Here's a detailed explanation of Berries and their uses: ## Berries in Chainmonsters **Acquisition:** * **Exploration:** Players can discover Berries while exploring various environments like forests, fields, and caves. They may be hidden in bushes, trees, or other natural settings. * **Quest Rewards:** Completing quests can reward players with Berries. These quests can involve battling, gathering, or solving puzzles. * **Special NPCs:** Certain NPCs in the game world may give players Berries as gifts or rewards for completing specific tasks or challenges. * **Events and Activities:** Special events and seasonal activities offer Berries as part of their rewards, encouraging players to participate in these limited-time opportunities. **Utilization:** 1. **Restoring Stamina:** * **Stamina Recovery:** Berries can be used to restore the stamina of Chainmons, allowing them to continue battling or performing tasks without needing to rest. Different Berries restore varying amounts of stamina, with some being more effective than others. 2. **Healing:** * **Health Restoration:** Certain Berries have healing properties and can be used to restore the health of Chainmons during or after battles. They serve as a natural alternative to potions and other healing items. * **Status Effects:** Some Berries can cure specific status effects like poison, paralysis, or burn. Having a variety of Berries on hand can help players manage their Chainmons' conditions during tough battles. 3. **Evolving Chainmons:** * **Evolutionary Triggers:** Specific Berries are required to evolve certain species of Chainmons. These Berries might need to be fed to the Chainmon under particular conditions (e.g., time of day, level, or location) to trigger evolution. * **Unique Evolutions:** Some Chainmons might have unique evolution paths that are only accessible through the use of rare Berries, making these items highly sought after. 4. **Boosting Performance:** * **Temporary Buffs:** Certain Berries can provide temporary boosts to a Chainmon’s stats, such as increasing their attack power, defense, speed, or special abilities during battles. * **Training Enhancements:** Using Berries during training sessions can enhance the effectiveness of the training, leading to faster stat gains and improved overall performance of the Chainmons. 5. **Breeding:** * **Breeding Optimization:** When used in the breeding process, some Berries can influence the traits and abilities passed on to the offspring. This allows players to strategically breed Chainmons with desirable characteristics. **Strategic Use:** * **Inventory Management:** Players need to manage their inventory and decide which Berries to carry based on their current needs and upcoming challenges. Having a diverse selection of Berries can provide a strategic advantage. * **Resource Allocation:** Deciding when and on which Chainmons to use Berries involves strategic thinking, especially for Berries that are rare or have multiple uses. #### Summary Berries in Chainmonsters are multipurpose items that players can acquire through exploration, quests, interactions with special NPCs, and events. They play a crucial role in restoring stamina, healing health, curing status effects, evolving specific Chainmon species, boosting performance, and optimizing breeding. Effective management and strategic use of Berries can significantly enhance a player’s ability to progress and succeed in the game, making them an essential resource in the Chainmonsters world. # Candies In Chainmonsters, Candies are special, rare items that can be found occasionally in the game world or purchased from specific vendors during events and other special occasions. When fed to a Chainmon, Candies instantly increase the Chainmon's experience points by varying amounts, allowing them to level up quickly. These items provide a convenient way for players to enhance their Chainmons' growth and performance without the need for extensive training or battles. There are multiple candy types including but not limited to: * Green Candy - grants a small boost to experience * Blue Candy - grants a good boost to experience * Purple Candy - grants a great boost to experience When a Candy is consumed and the experience bar is almost full prior, the remaining exp will be added to the new level. Only if your Chainmon is close to hitting their current Potential Rank limit, then any excess excess experience will be lost! # Flowers In Chainmonsters, Flowers are special items that play a crucial role in enhancing the potential of a Chainmon species over time. ## Flowers in Chainmonsters **Acquisition:** * **Gathering:** Players can find Flowers by exploring various regions in the game world. These Flowers might be located in specific biomes such as meadows, forests, and gardens, requiring players to explore and gather them regularly. * **Weekly Purchases:** Special NPCs offer Flowers for sale on a weekly basis. Players can visit these NPCs to buy Flowers, ensuring a steady supply if they have the necessary resources. **Utilization:** 1. **Increasing Potential:** * **Enhancing Stats:** Flowers are used to increase the Potential Rank of Chainmons. By feeding Flowers to a Chainmon, players can gradually enhance their overall potential and performance. * **Long-Term Growth:** Unlike immediate effects from other items, Flowers contribute to the long-term development of a Chainmon. Consistent use over time significantly boosts a Chainmon’s capabilities. 2. **Breeding Enhancements:** * **Passing Traits:** Using Flowers on parent Chainmons can increase the likelihood of passing on enhanced traits to their offspring. This is particularly useful for players aiming to breed Chainmons with superior stats and abilities. * **Genetic Potential:** Flowers help in maximizing the genetic potential of Chainmons, leading to stronger and more capable future generations. **Strategic Use:** * **Resource Management:** Since Flowers are relatively rare, players need to manage their use strategically. Deciding which Chainmons to enhance and when to use Flowers can impact overall gameplay effectiveness. * Flowers - depending on their type - are **growing back over time**. Mark their location and plan farming routes ahead of time. * **Weekly Planning:** Players should plan their weekly purchases from special NPCs to ensure a consistent supply of Flowers, balancing their resources to optimize potential growth. #### Summary Flowers in Chainmonsters are special items essential for increasing the potential of Chainmon species over time. Players can gather them from the game world or buy them weekly from special NPCs. Flowers are used to enhance their Potential Rank, which unlocks and improve abilities, and boosts the genetic potential for breeding. Their strategic use and consistent application contribute significantly to the long-term growth and performance of Chainmons, making them a vital resource for dedicated players. # Essences In Chainmonsters, Essences are extremely rare and valuable items essential for upgrading a Chainmon's abilities. Here’s a detailed explanation of Essences: #### Essences in Chainmonsters **Acquisition:** * **Initial Discovery:** A limited amount of Essences can be found in the game world during exploration, often hidden in rare or hard-to-reach locations. These initial discoveries provide players with a taste of their potential. * **Farming Through Rewards:** Once the initial supply is exhausted, players must farm Essences by completing specific quests, participating in events, and overcoming challenges. These activities are designed to be rewarding yet challenging, ensuring that obtaining Essences remains a significant achievement. **Utilization:** 1. **Upgrading Abilities:** * **Enhancement:** Essences are used to upgrade a Chainmon's abilities, making them more powerful and effective. This can include increasing the damage of an attack, extending the duration of a buff, or reducing the cooldown time of a skill. * **Unlocking Advanced Skills:** Certain advanced skills or ultimate abilities may require Essences to unlock. These skills provide substantial advantages in battles, making Essences highly sought after. 2. **Customizing Builds:** * **Skill Customization:** By using Essences, players can tailor their Chainmon's abilities to better suit their playstyle. For example, they might focus on upgrading defensive abilities for a tanky Chainmon or enhancing offensive skills for a damage dealer. * **Strategic Advantage:** Customized abilities give players a strategic edge in both PvP and PvE scenarios, allowing them to adapt their Chainmons to different challenges and opponents. **Strategic Use:** * **Resource Allocation:** Given their rarity, players must carefully decide how and when to use Essences. Prioritizing key abilities and planning long-term upgrades can significantly impact gameplay effectiveness. * **Balancing Efforts:** Players need to balance their efforts between farming for Essences and progressing through other game activities. Efficiently completing quests, events, and challenges is crucial for acquiring a steady supply of Essences. **Community Engagement:** * **Collaborative Challenges:** Some events and challenges requiring farming Essences encourage group participation, fostering a sense of community and teamwork. * **Competitive Rewards:** Leaderboards or competitive events offer Essences as top-tier rewards, motivating players to excel and engage in high-level gameplay. Essences in Chainmonsters are extremely rare items crucial for upgrading a Chainmon's abilities. Initially found in limited quantities within the game world, they are subsequently farmed through quests, events, and challenges. Essences enhance and unlock powerful abilities, allowing players to customize and optimize their Chainmons' performance. The strategic use of Essences and their acquisition through challenging activities make them a valuable and integral part of the game's progression system. # Materials Materials are an important aspect of the overall economy. They are needed for aspects such as: * Increasing Chainmon Potential * Resource for Crafting and Building * Upgrading Abilities ## Obtaining Materials Materials can be obtained from various sources: * Defeating wild Chainmons * Finding them in the world through e.g. chests * Farming and Processing via Housing and Crafting * Rewards from events, challenges, quests and the Battle Pass *Obtained Material Rank is dependent on your Adventure Rank and World Tier. The higher the tier, the higher the base rank of materials found in the world.*
### Upgrades All Materials come in different ranks from 1 to 10. You can upgrade any material from a lower rank into the next higher one for 3x the lower material.

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# Chainmon Materials In Chainmonsters, Chainmon Materials are unique resources required to increase the potential of each specific Chainmon species. ## Chainmon Materials in Chainmonsters **Acquisition:** * **Target Farming:** To obtain the specific material for a Chainmon species, players need to target farm other creatures of the same species. This involves engaging in battles with those Chainmons in the wild, completing species-specific quests, or participating in events where those Chainmons are featured. * **Drops and Rewards:** Defeating Chainmons of a specific species yields their unique material as a drop or reward. The drop rate and quantity can vary based on factors like the Chainmon’s level and rarity. **Quality Tiers:** Chainmon Materials come in different quality tiers, from basic to advanced. Higher-level Chainmons require materials of higher quality to progress further in their potential. Players can upgrade lower-tier materials to higher quality through crafting or combining several lower-tier materials. This process may require additional resources or specific crafting stations. **Increasing Potential:** Using Chainmon Materials helps in increasing the base stats of the corresponding Chainmon species, such as health, attack, defense, and speed. These process also enhances the abilities of Chainmons, making their attacks stronger, their buffs more effective, or their debuffs more potent. **Strategic Farming:** * **Focused Efforts:** Players need to focus their farming efforts on the specific species of Chainmon to gather the required materials efficiently. This may involve exploring specific habitats, engaging in specific battles, or completing related quests. * **Balancing Progression:** While farming for materials, players must balance their overall game progression, ensuring they do not neglect other essential activities such as leveling up, exploring, or participating in events. **Material Upgrades:** * **Crafting Stations:** Players can access crafting stations or facilities where they can upgrade their Chainmon Materials. Combining lower-tier materials or using special recipes can yield higher-tier materials. * **Resource Management:** Upgrading materials requires careful management of resources, including lower-tier materials, crafting components, and in-game currency. Chainmon Materials in Chainmonsters are unique resources essential for increasing the potential of each specific Chainmon species. Players obtain these materials by target farming the corresponding Chainmon species, with materials available in various quality tiers. Higher-level Chainmons require higher quality materials, which can be obtained by upgrading lower-tier materials through crafting. Efficient farming and strategic use are vital for players aiming to maximize their Chainmons’ potential. # Gemstones ## Gemstones in Chainmonsters **Overview:** In Chainmonsters, Gemstones are special items required to awaken the Potential of Chainmons, enhancing their abilities and stats significantly. Each Gemstone resonates with a specific Chainmon species based on their elemental alignment. The elements include Pyro, Dendro, Electro, Hydro, Geo, Anemo, Cryo, and Crystal. #### Types of Gemstones: 1. **Pyro Gemstones**: Resonates with Fire-type Chainmons, enhancing their attack power and resistance to other elemental types. 2. **Dendro Gemstones**: Used for Nature-type Chainmons, boosting their health regeneration and enhancing nature-based abilities. 3. **Electro Gemstones**: Designed for Electric-type Chainmons, increasing their speed and electric attack potency. 4. **Hydro Gemstones**: Suitable for Water-type Chainmons, improving their healing abilities and resistance to fire. 5. **Geo Gemstones**: For Earth-type Chainmons, enhancing their defense and stability in battle. 6. **Anemo Gemstones**: Aligned with Wind-type Chainmons, boosting their agility and evasion skills. 7. **Cryo Gemstones**: Used for Ice-type Chainmons, increasing their freezing abilities and resistance to heat. 8. **Crystal Gemstones**: Special gemstones that resonate with unique or rare Chainmons, providing balanced boosts to various stats. #### How to Obtain Gemstones: 1. **Exploration and Looting**: * **Chests and Caches**: Gemstones can be found by exploring the game world and looting chests and caches. These are often hidden in challenging or hard-to-reach locations, encouraging thorough exploration. * **Hidden Areas**: Some gemstones might be hidden in secret or lesser-known parts of the game world, rewarding players for their curiosity and persistence. 2. **Quests**: * **Quest Rewards**: Completing various quests, including main story missions, side quests, and daily tasks, can reward players with gemstones. The difficulty and length of the quest often determine the type and rarity of the gemstone awarded. 3. **Events**: * **Special Events**: Participating in limited-time events can yield gemstones as rewards. These events might include seasonal activities, festivals, or special challenges that align with the elemental themes of the gemstones. * **Event-Specific Quests**: Some events may offer unique quests that specifically reward gemstones, providing players with additional opportunities to gather these valuable items. 4. **Season Pass Rewards**: * **Tiered Rewards**: Gemstones are part of the Season Pass rewards, allowing players to earn them by progressing through the Season Pass tiers. The more a player progresses, the more gemstones they can earn, often of increasing rarity and power. * **Exclusive Gemstones**: Higher tiers in the Season Pass might offer exclusive gemstones that are not available through other means, incentivizing players to engage with the Season Pass system. #### Utilization: 1. **Awakening Potential**: * **Stat Enhancements**: Using the correct elemental Gemstone for a Chainmon species awakens its Potential, leading to significant stat boosts such as increased attack, defense, speed, or health. * **Ability Upgrades**: Awakening a Chainmon’s Potential can also unlock or enhance special abilities, making the Chainmon more powerful and versatile in battles. 2. **Strategic Growth**: * **Elemental Resonance**: Players must match the elemental Gemstone to the corresponding Chainmon species to maximize the benefits, requiring strategic planning and resource management. * **Balanced Development**: By collecting and using various types of Gemstones, players can ensure balanced growth across their entire Chainmon team, optimizing their performance in different combat scenarios. #### Summary Gemstones in Chainmonsters are essential items for awakening the Potential of Chainmons, enhancing their abilities and stats based on their elemental alignment (Pyro, Dendro, Electro, Hydro, Geo, Anemo, Cryo, Crystal). Players can obtain Gemstones through exploration and looting chests, completing quests, participating in events, and earning Season Pass rewards. These gemstones are used to significantly boost the Chainmons’ performance, requiring strategic use to align with the specific elemental needs of each Chainmon species. # Blueprints **Overview:** Blueprints in Chainmonsters are valuable items that contain detailed concepts for creating new abilities, constructing buildings, and crafting cosmetics. These blueprints are essential for players looking to expand their capabilities, customize their environments, and personalize their Chainmons. **Types of Blueprints:** 1. **Abilities:** * **New Skills:** Blueprints for new abilities allow Chainmons to learn and use new skills that can be utilized in battles or exploration. * **Ability Enhancements:** Some blueprints may provide enhancements to existing abilities, making them more powerful or adding new effects. 2. **Buildings:** * **Structures:** Blueprints for buildings enable players to construct various structures in their base or designated areas. These structures can provide benefits such as storage, training facilities, or decorative elements. * **Functional Buildings:** These may include crafting stations, healing centers, or other functional buildings that assist players in their journey. 3. **Craftable Cosmetics:** * **Customizable Items:** Blueprints for cosmetics allow players to craft items that personalize the appearance of their Chainmons or their surroundings. * **Decorative Items:** These can include furniture, statues, or other decorative pieces that enhance the visual appeal of player bases. **Acquisition:** 1. **Quest Rewards:** * **Completing Quests:** Players can obtain blueprints as rewards for completing various quests. These quests can range from main storyline missions to side quests and challenges, often involving complex tasks or battles. 2. **NPC Vendors:** * **Purchasing Blueprints:** Special NPC vendors scattered throughout the game world sell blueprints. Players can purchase these using in-game currency or other resources, making regular visits to these vendors beneficial. 3. **Hidden in the World:** * **Exploration:** Blueprints can be hidden in the game world, requiring players to explore thoroughly to discover them. These hidden blueprints may be found in secret locations, chests, or as rewards for solving environmental puzzles. 4. **Premium Shop:** * **In-Game Purchases:** Players can buy exclusive blueprints from the Premium Shop using Shards. These blueprints may offer unique abilities, buildings, or cosmetics not available through other means. 5. **Season Pass:** * **Seasonal Rewards:** The Season Pass offers blueprints as part of its tiered rewards. By progressing through the Season Pass, players can unlock blueprints at various levels, incentivizing regular play and engagement with seasonal content. **Utilization:** * **Crafting and Construction:** Once obtained, blueprints can be used at crafting stations or construction sites. Players follow the blueprint’s instructions to gather necessary materials and complete the crafting or building process. * **Ability Learning:** For ability blueprints, players can use them to teach their Chainmons new skills or enhance existing ones, adding strategic depth to their gameplay. * **Customization:** Cosmetic blueprints allow players to personalize their Chainmons and their environments, enhancing the visual and thematic elements of their gameplay experience. Blueprints in Chainmonsters are critical items that enable players to learn new abilities, construct buildings, and craft cosmetics. These blueprints can be acquired through quest rewards, NPC vendors, exploration, the Premium Shop, and the Season Pass. By utilizing blueprints, players can enhance their gameplay, customize their surroundings, and develop their Chainmons' capabilities, making them a valuable resource in the game. # Recipes In Chainmonsters, recipes are valuable collectible items that play a pivotal role in the game’s crafting system. Here’s a detailed rundown of recipes and their functionality: #### Types of Recipes 1. **Potion Recipes:** * **Health Potions:** These recipes enable players to craft potions that restore the health of their Chainmons. * **Stamina Potions:** Recipes for crafting potions that replenish stamina, allowing Chainmons to perform more actions during battles without resting. * **Boost Potions:** These include recipes for temporary boosts that enhance various attributes of Chainmons, such as increased attack power, speed, or defense. 2. **Food Recipes:** * **Basic Food Recipes:** Used to create basic food items that provide essential nutrition to Chainmons. * **Advanced Food Recipes:** These recipes allow the creation of more complex food items that can significantly enhance the performance and growth of Chainmons. * **Reinforcement Food**: Special food types that are used to reinforce training of Chainmons as a reward. #### Functionality 1. **Crafting Potions:** * **Restoration:** By following health and stamina potion recipes, players can craft items that help in maintaining the longevity and combat effectiveness of their Chainmons during battles. * **Boosts:** Crafting boost potions gives Chainmons temporary enhancements, providing strategic advantages in various scenarios. 2. **Food Production:** * **Nutrition:** Food recipes are essential for creating items that can be fed to Chainmons, ensuring they remain healthy and strong. * **Performance Enhancement:** Certain advanced food items can significantly improve a Chainmon’s abilities, aiding in their overall development and performance in battles. 3. **Resource Management:** * **Efficiency:** Utilizing recipes efficiently helps players manage their resources better, ensuring they have the necessary items for both immediate and long-term needs. * **Strategic Planning:** Collecting and using the right recipes at the right time allows players to plan their strategy effectively, whether it’s for exploring new areas, engaging in battles, or participating in events. #### Collecting Recipes * **Exploration:** Players can discover recipes by exploring different areas within the game. * **Quests and Events:** Completing quests and participating in events often reward players with new recipes. * **Trading:** Players can trade unique recipes with others, adding a social and strategic layer to the game. In summary, recipes in Chainmonsters are fundamental to crafting essential items that support the health, stamina, and overall performance of Chainmons. They provide a strategic edge, enhance gameplay, and are a vital part of resource management and planning. # Assets ## [Chainmons](/game-economy/assets/chainmons) in Chainmonsters **Central Role**: Chainmons are the core element in Chainmonsters. They control various aspects of the game, from combat to farming and increasing your overall character's overall strength. Your active Squad directly influences the abilities you can use in combat, exploring and even solving puzzles hidden in the game world. **Development and Enhancing**: Enhancing and upgrading your Chainmons’s strength - which in return presents you with their power and utility - is a key gameplay element, adding depth and complexity to the game. **Marketplace Integration**: Chainmons can be traded and transferred on-chain, using Immutable zkEVM, through the [AtomicHub ](https://atomichub.io/)[Marketplace](/marketplace). This feature adds an economic and interactive dimension to the game. ## [Land](/game-economy/assets/land) in Chainmonsters **Crafting and Housing**: Besides the ability to customize your Land and home to your liking, you should use it to craft enhancements, build workshops and improve your training capabilities! **Farming**: Land comes with resources that are scarcely available in the overall world. Farm them regularly to obtain additional resources needed for any other game aspect! **Blessing**: Rare Land is blessed, granting unique advantages and boosts to certain mechanics like reduction of build times, increased EXP and more! **Artifacts**: Truly exceptional items that can only be found once per Land! ## [Rewards](/game-economy/assets/cosmetics-and-consumables) in Chainmonsters **Cosmetics:** Customize your character and Chainmons with exclusive cosmetical enhancements! **Unique opportunities**: If you own certain rewards in your wallet, you can access unique interactions, areas and content. Some NPCs will react if you show them specific rewards or grant access to an otherwise hidden aspect of the world among many hidden interactions! **Exclusive variants**: Show off your exclusive shiny Replicator device or Fishing Rod when interacting in shared events with other players! # Chainmons Capturing Chainmons and gaining their power is the core concept of the game. You can utilize them in various strategic elements besides Battling, from training squads, farm workers and proficient builders on your Land. Using their uniqueness and versatility to your advantage is key to succeed.
Chainmonsters come in different variations. [Plain Chainmons](/game-economy/assets/chainmons/plain-chainmons) are obtainable through normal free gameplay by catching them in the wild or purchasing from special vendors in-game. [Awoken Chainmons](/game-economy/assets/chainmons/awoken-chainmons) were previously obtained in-game and then minted on-chain, revealing their unique Individual Values and any hidden potential waiting inside. * Awoken Chainmons do not lose any capabilities when minted, instead their utility is fully unleashed! You can continue to level and enhance them just like Plain Chainmons. # Plain Chainmons Plain Chainmons are the basic version of any Chainmon you encounter and obtain directly in-game. They are captured using the [Replicator ](/game-mechanics/catching/replicator)devices and act the same way as [Awoken Chainmons](/game-economy/assets/chainmons/awoken-chainmons) except that their individual stats and unique nature is hidden and they cannot be traded with other players. After reaching a certain minimum Level, you can trigger their Awakening to mint them into an NFT using[ $MONSTER](/usdmonster-tokenomics). This process upgrades any Plain Chainmon and unleashes their true form when [awoken](/game-economy/assets/chainmons/awoken-chainmons). # Awoken Chainmons Any Chainmon obtained in-game can be converted into an Awoken Chainmon by minting them on-chain using [$MONSTER](/usdmonster-tokenomics). This minting creates an exact copy as an NFT on-chain and imbues a couple of important, additional attributes inside. The Plain Chainmon is replaced by the NFT. You can imagine this as a grading process compared to traditional trading cards where their true potential and value is released. * Season: The Season during which it was minted * Serial Number: Each Season, the serial number is reset to 1 creating a unique gameplay element * Individual Values: These are hidden for Plain Chainmons and are revealed in this process, making it easy and convenient to determine the overall strength and potential of a Chainmon * Minted: The exact time this Chainmon was minted * OriginalTamer: Make yourself immortal by being recognized as the original Tamer/Collector for all eternity! Did you purchase that specific Chainmon that Streamer XYZ minted in their most famous streaming event? # Land ## Crafting and Building Use your plots of Land to customize to your liking or specialize in farming and increasing your overall Chainmon’s capabilities! Land comes in different qualities, each with its perks. [**Plain Land**](/game-economy/assets/land/plain-land): Available to everyone for free as part of the Story. * Plain Land has less resources than Blessed Land but the available resources provide a fair starting point for everyone [**Blessed Land**](/game-economy/assets/land/blessed-land): Increased resources and variety, can host exceptionally rare resources otherwise very rare in the world itself, therefore enabling autonomous farms and processing in a convenient way. # Plain Land Plain Land is made available to all players and unlocked when you progressed the story enough. The resources available provide each player with a general same baseline with every other Plain Land but the Secondary Resource is limited, creating the need for you to spend more time venturing the world and gathering resources manually than to being able to setup more advanced, autonomous farms compared to Blessed Land. # Blessed Land There are three different regions - Northern, Tropical and Lakeside. Each Land has a bunch of randomly generated traits and attributes that make each NFT unique. ## Resources #### Artifact (10% chance, optional) There is 10% chance for the island to include an artifact. This is a one-time collectible resource. Possible artifacts include: * Claw Fossil * Skull Fossil * Crystal Core * Shock Drive * Burn Drive * Glorious Chest #### Primary Resource (100% chance, guaranteed) Every island has a Primary Resource that can be collected and refreshes over time. Possible resources include: * Brightwood (30% Chance) * Maple Wood (5% Chance) * Bamboo Segment (10% Chance) * Cedar Wood (25% Chance) * Birch Wood (30% Chance) #### Secondary Resource (100% Chance, guaranteed) Possible resources include: * Iron (50% Chance) * White Iron (35% Chance) * Silver (10% Chance) * Gold (5% Chance) #### Blessing (30% chance, optional) Possible bonuses include: * Carpenter (25% Chance) - reduces build timer by 20% * Webweaver (25% Chance) - reduces cost of Fabrics by 10% * Adept Missionary - increases adept energy gain by 10% * N-Corp Advisor - increases N-Corp activity points gain by 10% # Cosmetics & Consumables Customize your character with exlusive rewards! Every Season, new limited rewards are obtainable until the next one begins! ### Cosmetics Can be obtained through gameplay mechanics and player progression.\ Additional exclusive and time limited opportunities are available through the Premium Shop, Season Pass and as part of Events. ### Consumables Includes additional resources, materials and consumable items obtainable through Resource Packs and Season Pass as well as part of Event rewards. # Premium Shop **Overview:** The Premium Shop in Chainmonsters is a special in-game store where players can spend Shards to gain various benefits and access exclusive content. This shop offers items and opportunities that enhance gameplay, provide convenience, and allow for customization. **Currency:** * **Shards:** The primary currency used in the Premium Shop. Shards can be earned through gameplay, events, or purchased with real money. **Offerings in the Premium Shop:** 1. **Exclusive, Limited Opportunities:** * **Limited-Time Items:** The shop frequently updates with exclusive items available for a limited period. These can include special equipment and unique cosmetics. * **Event-Specific Rewards:** During special events, the Premium Shop may offer event-specific items that can’t be obtained elsewhere. 2. **Time Accelerating Boosts:** * **Resource Generation Boosts:** Boosts that accelerate the production or gathering of resources, such as faster farming or quicker regeneration of Stamina. * **Construction and Crafting Speed:** Boosts that reduce the time required for building structures or crafting items, allowing players to progress more quickly. 3. **Additional Resources and Materials:** * **Resource Packs:** Bundles of essential resources such as coins, berries, and other materials that aid in progression and gameplay efficiency. * **Special Materials:** Rare and valuable materials needed for advanced crafting, upgrading Chainmons, or other high-level activities. 4. **Exclusive Cosmetics:** * **Character Customization:** Unique outfits, accessories, and other cosmetic items that allow players to personalize their in-game avatar. * **Chainmon Skins:** Special skins and visual enhancements for Chainmons, providing a distinct and personalized look. * **Decorative Items:** Exclusive decorative items for player bases, such as furniture, statues, and thematic decorations. **Benefits:** * **Enhanced Gameplay:** The items and boosts available in the Premium Shop can significantly enhance the gameplay experience by providing convenience, speeding up progression, and offering exclusive content. * **Customization:** Exclusive cosmetics and customization options allow players to personalize their avatars and Chainmons, making their game experience unique. * **Strategic Advantage:** Access to rare materials and resources can give players a strategic edge, enabling them to progress faster and tackle more challenging content. **Usage Strategy:** * **Resource Management:** Players should strategically decide how to spend their Shards, balancing between immediate needs and long-term benefits. * **Event Participation:** Taking advantage of limited-time offers and event-specific items can provide significant advantages and rewards. * **Customization Focus:** Players who enjoy personalizing their experience can prioritize spending Shards on cosmetics and customization items to create a unique in-game identity. #### Summary The Premium Shop in Chainmonsters is a valuable feature that offers a variety of in-game benefits and exclusive opportunities in exchange for Shards. Players can acquire limited-time items, time-accelerating boosts, additional resources, special materials, and exclusive cosmetics. By strategically utilizing the Premium Shop, players can enhance their gameplay, progress more quickly, and personalize their Chainmons and avatars, making the overall gaming experience more enjoyable and rewarding. # Marketplace The Chainmonsters marketplace is deeply integrated and powered by [AtomicHub](https://atomichub.io/) through [Wombat](https://www.wombat.app/) that allows players to access trading right from within the game, providing a real-time and convenient way to exchange [assets ](/game-economy/assets)with other players within the safe and sound environment of the game!
### Real-time Updates Any time a minted [Chainmon](/game-economy/assets/chainmons) gains strength or is influenced by something in-game, these changes are reflected in real-time on the marketplace, allowing you to react and make strategic trading decisions on a granular and up-to-date basis depending on the actual game state. **Chainmon Capability Expansion:** * Enhancing the abilities and strengths of your Chainmons is a critical aspect of gameplay in Chainmonsters. The marketplace plays a key role in this process. **Trading and Transferring On-Chain:** * Players are trading and transferring their Chainmons exclusively on-chain. This process will be supported by a Layer 2 network, providing flexibility and security in transactions while keeping gas consumption to a minimum. **Buying and Selling Assets:** * The marketplace is a hub for buying and selling various in-game assets, including [Chainmons](/game-economy/assets/chainmons), [Land](/game-economy/assets/land), and other [valuable items](/game-economy/assets/cosmetics-and-consumables). # Technology
Chainmonsters utilizes state of the art technologies, merging the best of battle-tested Web2 game development architectures with a stellar Web3 approach. #### Unity Game Engine * Chainmonsters is built with Unity since 2017, providing a robust and strong core to the development. The graphical fidelity connected with the complex game mechanics and Unity's cross-platform capabilities made it a perfect and proven choice right from the start. #### Epic Online Services * The integration of the Epic Online Services is a crucial aspect of the user experience, allowing us to follow best practices from a user experience POV including anonymous account creations for example - enabling players, who have no experience with blockchain yet, to enjoy the game and be onboarded over time through a clean and smooth user journey. * This also speeds up our development process as we can access a wide range of additional Epic Games' services to handle social features, leaderboards and access to their Epic Games Store presence. * Epic's Easy-Anti-Cheat is the industry standard and enhances our anti-cheat capabilities by adding yet another security layer on top of our authoritative server architecture. #### Blockchain Interoperability * Custom blockchain services sit in between the game servers, databases and backends to keep the NFTs up to date in real-time with the actual game state, enabling a seamless experience where the gaps between decentralized NFTs and centralized servers diminishes. * The Interoperability Framework offers a complexity and utility to both Chainmonsters and Third-Party NFTs that has the potential to change the entire industry. #### Wombat * Integration of Wombat and the Spielworks ecosystem enables Chainmonsters to access their **7 million users** community from day 1! By utilizing this mix of battle-tested and proven technologies across Web2 and Web3, Chainmonsters is able to deliver a seamless and deeply integrated gaming experience. # Roadmap Shipping early and iterating through user feedback is key to Chainmonsters' development. We continue to integrate our community and stakeholders throughout the whole process.

The roadmap includes both Tapmonsters & Chainmonsters releases

#### Where we came from * 2018 - 2020: Chainmonsters prototype and iterative playtests on Ethereum * 2020 - Migration to Flow Blockchain and Kickstarter * 2021 - Genesis Sale and Open Alpha * 2022 - Migration to IMX and Closed Pre-Season * 2023 - Early Access Launch with 20 Chainmons #### Upcoming Milestones (in no particular order) * $MONSTER token launch * First series of playtests * Public Launch * Custom Land * Crafting * Arenas * Gyms * Dojos * Playmind integration * Advanced Replicators * AppStore releases * Real-time battles * Character customization * Interoperability Framework * Seasons * 161 Chainmons total # FAQs Original
What is Chainmonsters Chainmonsters is a massive multiplayer monster-tamer RPG combining stellar Web3 and AI technologies to create a unique and exhilarating gameplay experience. Capturing and training unique Chainkon creatures, competing against others and utilizing the player-driven economy are key aspects of the game.
Why is this game in Early Access? Chainmonsters continues to be an ever expanding universe with more creatures, game mechanics and features coming over time. So far we have developed a subset of all features mentioned in this Wiki and we want to continue to include our community in almost all aspects of this project. Continuous player input and feedback is vital for Chainmonsters to become a true game changer in this industry.
Can I play Chainmonsters offline? Chainmonsters requires a constant internet connection.
How is blockchain, NFT, or cryptocurrency used in this product? Chainmonsters utilizes blockchain technology to give players proof of verifiable ownership and transaction history. This is a completely optional mechanic and is not required to play and enjoy the game. The game does not directly incorporate cryptocurrency.
What utility does this bring to the game? Chainmonsters, Land and other NFTs serve as tradeable digital assets, providing ownership and transparency to the players. Specific stats, attributes and traits can therefore be bought, sold and transferred between players easily, enriching the gameplay experience through an economic layer.
Does this product require me to connect an external wallet? What wallets does this product support? You are not required to connect to an external wallet to play Chainmonsters.\ When you want to trade with other players or acquire limited cosmetics you can easily connect to any supported wallet shown in our LINK anytime.
I supported the game before the Spielworks acquisition. What happens to my previous NFTs? We are restoring functionality of all NFTs for all existing players to honor our earliest supporters and community members! Besides that, we would like to thank you for being an early supporter and believing in the project by letting you claim a share of $MONSTER as a reward! See our Community section for more information.
Can Chainmonsters be played and enjoyed without any purchases? Yes, Chainmonsters is fully playable without any purchases.
What platforms is Chainmonsters available on? Chainmonsters is available on PC, Mac, and mobile platforms (iOS and Android). Console versions are planned in the future.
How do I obtain NFTs in Chainmonsters? NFTs can be obtained through various in-game activities such as capturing and minting rare Chainmons, completing quests, participating in events, or purchasing them from the in-game marketplace or Premium Shop.
What are Shards and how are they used? Shards are a premium currency in Chainmonsters used to purchase exclusive items, time-accelerating boosts, additional resources, and cosmetics in the Premium Shop. They can be earned through gameplay or bought with real money and even exchanged through the $MONSTER token.
How can I participate in community events and challenges? Community events and challenges are regularly held in Chainmonsters. Players can participate by completing event-specific quests, engaging in special battles, and contributing to community goals. Keep an eye on in-game announcements and the official website for updates.
Can I join a guild or group in Chainmonsters? Yes, players can join guilds or groups to collaborate, share resources, and tackle challenges together. Guilds often provide additional benefits and a sense of community within the game.
What is $MONSTER? $MONSTER is the native token of Chainmonsters. It serves multiple purposes within the game, including exchanging for Shards (the premium currency) and staking for governance and community voting.
How can I obtain $MONSTER? $MONSTER can be obtained through various means such as participating in in-game activities, completing specific quests, engaging in events, or purchasing it from supported cryptocurrency exchanges.
What does it mean to stake $MONSTER? Staking $MONSTER involves locking up a certain amount of the token in a designated staking contract. In return, players earn rewards and gain voting power in governance decisions, influencing the future development and features of Chainmonsters.
What kind of decisions can I participate in through governance voting? Governance voting allows stakers to participate in a variety of decisions, including proposing and voting on game updates, new features, economic adjustments, and community-driven initiatives. This ensures that players have a say in the development and direction of Chainmonsters.
# FAQs
What is Chainmonsters Chainmonsters is a massive multiplayer monster-tamer RPG combining stellar Web3 and AI technologies to create a unique and exhilarating gameplay experience. Capturing and training unique Chainkon creatures, competing against others and utilizing the player-driven economy are key aspects of the game.
Why is this game in Early Access? Chainmonsters continues to be an ever expanding universe with more creatures, game mechanics and features coming over time. So far we have developed a subset of all features mentioned in this Wiki and we want to continue to include our community in almost all aspects of this project. Continuous player input and feedback is vital for Chainmonsters to become a true game changer in this industry.
Can I play Chainmonsters offline? Chainmonsters requires a constant internet connection.
How is blockchain, NFT, or cryptocurrency used in this product? Chainmonsters utilizes blockchain technology to give players proof of verifiable ownership and transaction history. This is a completely optional mechanic and is not required to play and enjoy the game. The game does not directly incorporate cryptocurrency.
What utility does this bring to the game? Chainmonsters, Land and other NFTs serve as tradeable digital assets, providing ownership and transparency to the players. Specific stats, attributes and traits can therefore be bought, sold and transferred between players easily, enriching the gameplay experience through an economic layer.
Does this product require me to connect an external wallet? What wallets does this product support? You are not required to connect to an external wallet to play Chainmonsters.\ When you want to trade with other players or acquire limited cosmetics you can easily connect to any supported wallet shown in our LINK anytime.
I supported the game before the Spielworks acquisition. What happens to my previous NFTs? We are restoring functionality of all NFTs for all existing players to honor our earliest supporters and community members! Besides that, we would like to thank you for being an early supporter and believing in the project by letting you claim a share of $MONSTER as a reward! See our Community section for more information.
Can Chainmonsters be played and enjoyed without any purchases? Yes, Chainmonsters is fully playable without any purchases.
What platforms is Chainmonsters available on? Chainmonsters is available on PC, Mac, and mobile platforms (iOS and Android). Console versions are planned in the future.
How do I obtain NFTs in Chainmonsters? NFTs can be obtained through various in-game activities such as capturing and minting rare Chainmons, completing quests, participating in events, or purchasing them from the in-game marketplace or Premium Shop.
What are Shards and how are they used? Shards are a premium currency in Chainmonsters used to purchase exclusive items, time-accelerating boosts, additional resources, and cosmetics in the Premium Shop. They can be earned through gameplay or bought with real money and even exchanged through the $MONSTER token.
How can I participate in community events and challenges? Community events and challenges are regularly held in Chainmonsters. Players can participate by completing event-specific quests, engaging in special battles, and contributing to community goals. Keep an eye on in-game announcements and the official website for updates.
Can I join a guild or group in Chainmonsters? Yes, players can join guilds or groups to collaborate, share resources, and tackle challenges together. Guilds often provide additional benefits and a sense of community within the game.
What is Tapmonsters? Tapmonsters is a Telegram-based spinoff of Chainmonsters where players assume the role of N-Corp Researchers. Through gameplay and upgrades, players compete individually and as Clans for premium currency and, leading up to TGE, tokens rewards (TBA).
# About Spielworks
### Mission: Spielworks aims to deliver on the potential of new technologies in gaming, creating an ecosystem with player sovereignty, value creation and a community-first ethos at its core. ### Vision: Play is at the core of how we learn, grow, and enjoy. By breaking the constraints of traditional video games, we strive to create interconnective experiences that enhance each of these faculties, transcend the status quo, and create a new era for the gaming industry, where players seamlessly carry their digital identity across titles, networks and communities. ### Game Publishing:
### Chainmonsters Leads:
Maximilian Weber
Game Director
  • Co-Creator of Chainmonsters
  • Game Director, Developer and Web3 enthusiast
  • Decade of experience in the games industry.
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Lysander Haupt
Creative Director
  • Co-Creator of Chainmonsters
  • Art Director, Illustrator and Concept Artist
  • Decade of experience in the games industry.
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Jens Klang
Executive Producer
  • Co-Founder of Starbreeze Studios.
  • Co-Founder of Gaming Corps.
  • Co-Founder of Stillfront.
  • Lead desinger on "Chronicles of Riddick".
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Nick Dunham
Chief Commercial Officer
  • Founded and worked with many of Sweden’s household names in gaming such as Stillfront, Starbreeze and Gamingcorps
  • Building prominent AAA game development studios based on 3rd party IP: Chronicles of Riddick, Ghost Recon, Terminator Salvation, Fast & Furious.
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Charloo
Support Assistant
  • Being purrfect at resolving stressful situations since 2022
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Adrian KrionChief Executive Officer
  • Founder of multiple companies at the forefront of technology like voice, logistics and Web3
  • Industry thought leader on NFTs, Defi, Web3 based business models and use of Web3 in the gaming industry
  • Speaker and guest writer with NFT.NYC, Nasdaq, Techcrunch, etc.
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