Axie Infinity NFTs Could Soon Be Evolved Like Pokemon—Here’s How

Monster NFT characters in a play-to-find game Axie Infinity Sky Mavis may be getting better soon with a major update that brings a “Stage 2” evolution to every Axe monster, which was only shared by the game's developers. Decrypt.

Over 250 different Axie “parts” can be created on any Axie NFT Improving the character's combat strength and beauty from December 14th.

“We're turning Axis into digital collections that happen when you play with them,” said Jeffrey “Jiho” Zirlin, co-founder of Sky Mavis. Decrypt In an interview. “This has been at the heart of our vision for more than five years.”

The NFT game – where players use cards against enemy stocks – was first launched in 2018. Since then, Axie Infinity and the wider Ronin The blockchain ecosystem has seen millions of players, and it's been amazing. 622 million dollars stolenand then About 30 million dollars were returned After six months of the money.

“An Axie — compared to cryptocurrency — looked like it was living, breathing. It was animated,” Zirlin said, describing the axolotl-like Axie NFTs. CryptoKitties The NFT collection that started, and famously closed, EthereumMain network in 2017.

The Axie team will release a 20-page comic and animated video detailing the story behind the Axie upgrades. In the comic, the characters Emma and Bing must find “Ghost Shells” – the spirits of creatures in the world of Lunacia Axi. Bing then discovers the Temple of Atia, a special place where Axies can evolve.

To upgrade Axies, NFT holders must either use crafting to upgrade an Axie of their choice or “burn” other Axies, removing them from the blockchain entirely, Zirlin explained.

Players must reach level 10 and “climb” a room to upgrade. Only one Axie unit can be developed at a time. Players must use glowing spirit shells and “mementos” to start the evolution process. dawn types).

Players looking to speed up during this waiting period will need to add an additional 200% to the cost of the material to see their Axie unit upgrade instantly, according to the Sky Mavis documentation.

Let's say we've seen some risks in the past year where NFT projects need funding or their communities need new content. Mint A completely new collection. And that basically disrupts the market for NFTs,” Zirlin said. “Volatile NFTs And emerging NFTs allow developers to introduce new content without expanding their original collections.

And of course there is a large existing supply of Axie NFTs. At the time of writing, there are over 11.9 million different Axie NFTs. According to the information on it Official marketplace, distributed over 1.9 million different crypto wallets. Some Axie NFTs can be bought in Ethereum for a few dollars, while others are still being sold. Thousands of dollars.

My partner's artist Masamune While hands-on, Zirlin shared every “upgraded” Axie unit that players can find.

It's worth noting that Axie units can only be upgraded to the next level of that specific unit – they cannot be upgraded to a completely different random unit. And upgraded Axie NFTs will exist in level-two form in all Axie games, so it won't be exclusive to Axie Infinity.

“All Axie games now come together through common experience points, crafting materials, and development processes,” Zirlin said. “Vertical growth is something that hasn't been done well in NFTs yet.”

This year, Sky Mavis continues Bring more game developers to Ronin Expanding the Axie brand. Last month Pixels The move to Ronin, a browser game, helped grow interest in the title. Sky Mavis also Resolve restrictions on commercial use On some Axie NFTs, rare Axie owners can start their own projects using NFT IP.

Edited by Andrew Hayward.