Nestled within the clearing of a forest, there’s a village that overlooks the northern sea. With idyllic houses and fertile soil, farmers wander right here to flee the world and concentrate on the quaint joys of life. Now with 1000’s of farmers harvesting their crops, catching contemporary fish, and remaining vigilant in opposition to the predators seeking to invade, DeFi Land is rising into a sturdy and sustainable ecosystem. Although there are a lot of right here who’re content material to dwell on this paradise, some maintain their eyes fastened on the horizon seeking the subsequent journey. For therefore lengthy, they made ends meet with their easy instruments just like the picket fishing rod and the 4-ammo revolver. However these farmers who wished to advance their know-how took an opportunity on magic seeds. At first, they had been tiny sprouts however quickly these magic seeds blossomed into lovely flowers of all colours from yellow to purple to purple and blue. Now, the harvest is just days away, and those that nurtured their seeds will probably be rewarded with new adventures. The time has lastly come to show the web page and start a brand new chapter of DeFi Land.
TL;DR:
- The watering occasion ends on March 18, 2022 at 6:30 PM UTC
- NFTs might be claimed March 21, 2022 at 6:00 PM UTC, as soon as the sweet machine distribution has been totally examined and applied
- Play and Earn will probably be launched as the subsequent main replace in late March/The primary week of April
- Gen-0 NFTs have particular long-term worth for DeFi Landers
- Each the person attributes and whole NFTs will probably be tradeable, and we’re creating our personal in-game alternate
- $Gold will probably be our essential in-game foreign money, which will probably be 100% neighborhood pushed and generated solely by way of Play and Earn rewards
Pricey DeFi Landers,
Are you able to imagine we’re already nearing the top of our watering occasion? On February fifteenth we minted 7500 NFT seeds that could possibly be planted in DeFi Land and watered for 30 days. Whereas many DeFi Landers had been shocked by the issue of every day watering, we had been always impressed by their dedication to this one-of-a-kind NFT drop. In reality, we’re on monitor to have over 3500 DeFi Landers obtain Tier 1 and a assured 4 Gen-0 NFTs. These Gen-0 NFTs have direct utility by unlocking Play and Earn in our subsequent main replace. With our very first NFT Harvesting Day arising quickly, we wish to focus on the small print of our first Harvest Day, the unique worth of Gen-0 NFTs, and new particulars about our Play and Earn replace. Let’s begin by recapping your unimaginable accomplishments from the watering occasion:
- 6341 (about 85%) of Seed NFTs had been planted. We’re so happy with this huge dedication to our gamified NFT drop.
- DeFi Landers have burned practically 20 million $DFL tokens by way of the watering occasion.
- Roughly 3500 DeFi Landers are on monitor for Tier 1, and 95% of our seeds planted are at the very least on monitor to succeed in Tier 4.

Getting ready for Harvest Day
The watering occasion formally ends on March 18, 2022 at 6:30 PM UTC. Presently, watering will cease and a snapshot will probably be taken to calculate the optimum distribution of rarities amongst our farmers. We will probably be utilizing a novel Metaplex Sweet Machine for every kind of NFT and every Tier. This implies we have to arrange the code for 12 completely different Sweet Machines to make sure a good distribution. This course of will finish in 3 days and NFT claiming will probably be out there ranging from March 21, 2022, 6:30 PM UTC. We imagine this additional effort will reward you with the smoothest drop attainable. If you harvest your plant, all you have to is a small quantity of $SOL to deal with the transactions and the NFTs will seem in your DeFi Land stock and public pockets. As a result of this can be a sensible contract transaction, you should harvest your plant to obtain Gen-0 NFTs. They won’t seem robotically in your pockets. When you have a not-planted seed after March 18, you should have 2 months to plant it and harvest a single Gen-0 NFT.
Do you keep in mind how every NFT comes with a selected set of attributes? That is truly essential to how we are going to guarantee a good distribution of NFT rarities. Let’s take the fishing rod, for instance. The fishing rod has a physique, float, hook, and reel. If you declare your NFT, you may need distinctive rarities for every attribute. Which means you may get a legendary physique, a uncommon float, an peculiar hook, and a standard reel. This can give a various vary of rarities throughout completely different NFTs. It would be best to take into account the benefits of every attribute based mostly on their utility and your ambitions within the recreation. We’re even creating an in-game market so that you can filter completely different rarities based mostly in your desired attributes that will help you discover the proper NFT to your enjoying fashion!
Value Extra Than a Fast Flip
Because the clock ticks all the way down to the harvest, we will probably be releasing extra sneak peaks for the NFTs, together with their design, attributes, utility, and extra. Throughout this time, you could be questioning: what ought to I do with my Gen-0 NFT as soon as it’s in my pockets? At that time, will probably be yours and you are able to do no matter you need with it. Identical to the seeds, will probably be tradeable and transferrable. Nonetheless, we encourage DeFi Landers to think about the unique advantages of Gen-0 NFTs that present long-term in-game worth, equivalent to:
- Gen-0 NFTs provide DeFi Landers the flexibility to earn instantly after Play and Earn is launched. Since new assets, like $Gold, will probably be earned completely by way of recreation rewards, NFT holders could have a leg up on the competitors.
- Unique entry to constructing new NFTs (in a gamified method, after all!). Right here’s a cool instance of how it will work: quickly we could have a woodcutting minigame that may require an axe. A part of the axe will probably be offered in a public mint, however the different half will probably be obtained in a quest out there solely to Gen-0 NFT holders.
- Gen-0 NFTs will generate revenue in varied methods as well as to Play and Earn. We’ve mentioned NFT renting, however we even have plans to distribute revenue generated from the protocol to our OG Gen-0 NFT holders sooner or later.
- Crafting Benefit! We are going to launch a number of generations of NFTs. Gen-0 NFTs might be crafted into Gen-1 NFTs, Gen-1 NFTs might be crafted into Gen-2 NFTs, and so forth. Whereas future generations will probably be strictly restricted within the variety of instances they can be utilized to create a brand new NFT, you should utilize your Gen-0 NFT to craft as many Gen-1 NFTs as you need. Nonetheless, crafting a brand new NFT would require extra prices, equivalent to $DFL and $Gold paid within the crafting constructing, a restricted “blueprint NFT,” and a few XP. The prices will turn out to be dearer every time you craft. This supplies a bonus to the Gen-0 NFT holders, however you will need to make clear that this doesn’t imply you’ve an “infinite” provide of future NFTs. Crafting will get increasingly costly over time and it gained’t be worthwhile in some unspecified time in the future to craft endlessly. Extra particulars on crafting to come back quickly!

Did you miss your probability to earn a Gen-0 NFT? No downside! You should purchase one on a secondary market and keep in mind, DeFi Land is free-to-play even in case you don’t personal an NFT. You may nonetheless get pleasure from our minigames, edit your village, go to your folks’ land, use our in-game aggregator to carry out token swaps, and yield farm dozens of token pairs.
Various Utility and Earnings Technology
Our present projections put us on monitor for about 18000 Gen-0 NFTs. At first, this may strike you as a big quantity however the number of NFTs provides us a bonus. In contrast to having an costly character NFT that’s required to entry the sport, every Gen-0 NFT has utility in a selected minigame or exercise in DeFi Land. The Gen-0 NFTs encompass the fishing rod, the looking gun, the harvester, and the pets. This offers our customers quite a lot of alternatives for incomes revenue by proudly owning only one Gen-0 NFT. In case you like to fish and also you wish to begin incomes, you solely want the Gen-0 Fishing Rod. If passive revenue is extra your fashion, ship your lovable Gen-0 pet out for an journey to do the give you the results you want. Right here’s an in depth take a look at what to anticipate from every Play and Earn exercise in DeFi Land utilizing your Gen-0 NFT:
- The remastered fishing recreation. The fishing recreation has been a DeFi Land favourite, however it’s time for a contemporary set of mechanics and rewards. A “maintain” mechanic will add a sensible problem to the sport. Your Gen-0 fishing rod will reward you with extra fish that switch instantly into $Gold, $DFL, and probably even particular NFTs.
- A brand new predator is on the prowl within the capturing gallery. You’ll now be capable to defend your cows from vicious wolves, and also you higher imagine these are worthy adversaries. The wolves are extra aggressive than these pesky crows so you have to to be fast, however be sure you intention rigorously to keep away from hitting your valuable cows!
- The brand-new harvesting recreation is bound to be successful. Our group loves the harvesting recreation and we all know you’ll, too. Your process will probably be to assemble as many crops as attainable for ordered recipes in a restricted timeframe utilizing your slick NFT harvester.
- All of your pets want is love. The Gen-0 NFT pets embody cows, geese, chickens, cats, and canines. The cows, chickens, and geese have a love meter that’s maintained by continuously petting your animals and feeding them. Comfortable pets present joyful rewards. Your cats and canines could have a novel journey mechanic. You may ship them on adventures at the price of vitality. An extended journey prices extra vitality, however they’ll have the next probability of bringing house a useful reward.

It will likely be important to take excellent care of your gadgets and animals. Our NFTs depend on an vitality system, that means they’ve a restricted variety of makes use of earlier than they must be repaired. We are going to give precise numbers and formulation for the way the vitality system works very quickly. We imagine you can find these mechanics very attention-grabbing and interesting.
Play and Earn will probably be our subsequent main replace after the NFT distribution. We plan to launch Play and Earn in late March/early April, as soon as we have now totally examined the brand new minigames and reward mechanics. Our new $Gold token would be the essential prize and foreign money for the DeFi Land recreation. That is essential as a result of the $Gold token and our NFT ecosystem will probably be 100% neighborhood pushed, scarce, and tradeable. Our $DFL token stays a prime precedence as a staking and governance token with in-game utility and burning mechanisms. We’re always working to make sure that we are able to create a sustainable financial system that rewards our gamers and traders.

All the time Wanting Onward
Play and Earn expands the limitless frontier of our future. It’s time we immerse ourselves within the subsequent chapter, the place new minigames and new adventures start to unravel the soul and story of DeFi Land. On-going challenges will probably be ending quickly, so hurry as much as assist your group safe a profitable spot. Then again, as promised and anticipated, PvP will probably be one of many prime priorities going into the summer season. Competing with fellow farmers for the prizes whereas having enjoyable and incomes rewards will probably be superb! We’re proud to deliver you Play and Earn, and we are able to’t wait so that you can dive into all our new options. Let’s write the story of DeFi Land collectively. We’ll see you on NFT Harvesting Day!