What is an Aavegotchi
-------------- ![banner 3.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/tuheka/23xLFqXh1znQAFmSXrUsX3TQYQaKhueDAcykeNShAx4b4ZF9qWUrqrpHshagKN993CC7e.jpg) Aavegotchi is a Tamagotchi-inspired pet collectible game. You get to pet it, play games with it (in the upcoming Metaverse), build your kinship with it. But with many twists. Here are some quick gems. >Each Aavegotchi is an NFT. which means these digital pets live on a blockchain, are provably scarce, unique and not easily deleted aka live forever unless you... yes you choose to destroy it. >Each Aavegotchi is a digital piggy bank that earns you money over time. You need to put some money (maTokens) in each Aavegotchi before they can exist. Also, thanks to DeFi protocols e.g. Aave, the money inside that Aavegotchi is earning interest over time. >The Aavegotchi game is governed by a DAO; not a company. How the game evolves is decided by us --- the community. Game revenues (e.g. portal sales) flow into the DAO treasury and how that money is used follows transparent rules which are decided by the community. ---------------------------------------- ------

What you can learn in this guide

-------------------------------------------- In this beginner guide, you can learn: 1. How and where to buy ETH 2. Migrate(bridge) your ETH to Polygon (formerly Matic) 3. Buy GHST using Quickswap 4. Buy a portal from Baazaar 5. How to summon an Aavegotchi 6. Earn more money with your Aavegotchi > This guide assumes that you're completely new to cryptocurrencies and starting from scratch. However, feel free to skip to the step that is more interesting and relevant to you if you are an advanced user. Also, this guide is NOT the only way to prepare yourself... it is a summary what I learned to help you save time and costs.

Get ETH

---------------------- If you already have ETH, you can skip to the next step.

Aavegotchi is built on Ethereum. Think of Ethereum like Rainbows End, if you want to sit on the rides, you need to pay entry fees... and the currency is Ether, also known as ETH. Follow the steps below to jump on the rollercoaster: Buy ETH (for fees) & USDC from [Kraken](https://www.kraken.com/) Cryptocurrency Exchange. Create a Metamask wallet to store your crypto, use this [youtube guide.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNPz-Dv5BjM) Send your ETH & USDC from [Kraken](https://www.kraken.com/) to your Metamask wallet. -------------------------------------

Bridge USDC to Polygon (Matic)

Now, Ethereum has become a very expensive theme park... lots of economic activity (which is good) but heavy traffic congestion and fees. Thus, the entire Aavegotchi game will run on Polygon (formerly known as Matic)... a layer two solution for Ethereum. Think of it like moving your activities from the big city to a smaller town instead where fees are virtually near-zero. For this, you will need to use the [aavegotchi bridge](https://aavegotchi.com/bridge). 2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu79fYh1Svf3mN2MBPH8GmBSciXUup3uGgLtfwtmXqAEb337AtWQL1bjG6mKZQkkNivDHwAao3W8aMt6p25nNAEXdMmgnQSoHUBUaLxeTf.gif

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Once you have your ETH(for bridge fees) & USDC in your Metamask wallet (previous step): Visit the [aavegotchi bridge](https://aavegotchi.com/bridge). Connect your Metamask Wallet. bridge 1.png

Select USDC to Bridge usdc bridge.png

Read the notice. The transfer takes about 8 minutes. time bridge.png

The bridge will estimate the gas fee (varies depending on Ethereum congestion). Confirm the 'Transfer' and Pay the gas fee(ETH) using your Metamask wallet. Done! -------------------------------------------

Buy GHST using Quickswap

You're nearly there, it gets easier with practice. You've successfully sent your USDC to Polygon (Matic)... the "small-town" where fees are virtually near-zero. Change the network on your Metamask wallet to 'Matic' to view your balance. Notice that when you move your funds from Ethereum to Matic, your address is the same... just a different network. matic select.png

If you do not see 'Matic' in the dropdown menu, you need to add 'Custom RPC' for your Metamask wallet. Settings as follows: Network Name: Matic Mainnet New RPC URL: https://rpc-mainnet.maticvigil.com/ Chain ID: 137 Symbol: MATIC Block Explorer URL: https://explorer.matic.network/ Now, let's get some $GHST ezgif.com-gif-maker (1).gif

Visit [Quickswap](https://quickswap.exchange/#/swap) Connect your Metamask wallet quickswap connect.png

Now swap your USDC for some GHST swap usdc to ghst.png

> In Matic, the gas fees are paid with $MATIC. When you use the Matic bridge to send ETH to Matic for the first time, you should receive an airdrop of 0.1 $MATIC; which should be enough for at least 1,000 transactions. It takes a few hours for the airdrop to arrive. If you cannot wait, you can try asking for someone in the [aavegotchi discord](https://discord.com/invite/aavegotchi) to send you some $MATIC but do exercise the courtesy to give back what you borrow once your airdrop arrives. Confirm Swap. confirm usdc to ghst.png

Congrats you now have $GHST! And the gas fee was only $0.000080 USD. 😲

Ready to Buy your first Portal from the Baazaar! ezgif.com-gif-maker (2).gif

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How to Buy a Portal from Baazaar

Visit [Aavegotchi](https://aavegotchi.com/) Click Play. aavegotchi playnow.png

Click Gotchi Baazaar.

The Baazaar is a built-in open marketplace where people buy and sell portals, Aavegotchis, wearables, raffle tickets etc.. with other players. In the Baazaar, you can either buy

A closed portal - You can open and spawn 1 of 10 aavegotchi's, each with unique stats and brs(base rate score)
An open portal - Someone has already opened the portal, you spawn 1 of the 10 aavegotchis with unique stats and brs(base rate score)

Closed portals are usually more expensive than open portals. Open portals have less element of surprise hence are cheaper. You can also use the sort function to find the lowest price portal available. ezgif.com-gif-maker (3).gif

You can also view what Aavegotchis are inside an open portal before buying it.

Once you buy a portal, the summon button will be available. Out of 10 choices, you can only summon one Aavegotchi from a portal. The remaining nine choices will be gone forever.

To summon your Aavegotchi, you need to attach (not spend) some maTokens on it. In this example below, you need minimum 0.0176 maWETH to summon this Aavegotchi. You can use Quickswap to swap your ETH for some maWETH.