Hey Hive! I've been obsessed with the play2earn game Land Rush on WAX. This post is a guide on how to get started. Read this post and you'll learn the foundational knowledge about how you can start earning the DUSK reward token in Land Rush.
Full disclosure: I own one founder's token for this game.
What is Land Rush?
Millions on Mars: Land Rush is a play2earn resource-gathering game where players work together to build a new society on Mars. The game uses a realistic map of Mars to simulate what the future economy of a space-faring human society might look like.
By playing this game and taking part in the economy, you will be rewarded in Dusk tokens. Dusk can be used to trade for items in the game, or it can be cashed out and sold much like Axie Infinity's SLP token.
What Blockchain does Land Rush use?
Land Rush is built on the WAX blockchain. Wax is one of the premier blockchains for NFT collectables and has a budding esports/play2earn scene. Land Rush, imo, will be one of the biggest and most cutting edge games on the platform.
What do you need to start playing?
At a minimum, you will need a Player Access Badge NFT.
In order to buy or receive this NFT, you'll need to set up a Wax wallet.
You can set up your Wax wallet here: https://wallet.wax.io/
After setting up your wallet, it is highly recommended that you stake at least 1 WAX as "RAM" in the resources menu of the wallet. This will give you a tiny stake of computational power on the network so your transactions go through smoothly.
If you hold a FLUXCORP 2022 Membership coin, just hit me up in the discord and I can hook you up with a free access pass and a few WAX tokens to pay for network fees.
What is the play2earn token for Land Rush?
The play2earn token of Land Rush is DUSK. Dusk is the equivalent in this game to Axie's SLP token. Withdrawals and market trading for Dusk were just enabled a day prior to me writing this guide, it's brand new. As of right now, the price is holding at about 0.1 WAX per Dusk, which equates to around $0.05 per dusk.
Remember: If you own an access badge, you can earn dusk within the game without spending anything. Dusk is a reward token, a way to get started in the WAX ecosystem even if you have no other income sources.
Dusk could be a big part of the future WAX ecosystem in general.
Land vs No Land
There are two categories of players in Land Rush right now: Land owners and non-land-owners.
Land owners can install buildings onto their land, then use those buildings to craft resources. Water filtration building can turn ice into water, for example.
Land owners can also list "Work Orders" that non-land-owners can use their stamina points to fill. When someone does a work order, they receive Dusk in exchange for using their stamina to work on someone else's digital land.
Non-land owners do not have access to land or buildings. They only have two actions right now: Scavenging, or filling work orders.
Scavenging gets you mostly two resources: Ice and Regolith. Occasionally you get a good roll of RNG and scavenge something more valuable: Perhaps some seeds, or even a coffee brewing building blueprint. One day, at extreme rarity, players will have the opportunity to scavenge land plots.
IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT LAND: This game does not intend to make land ultra-scarce. The economy is designed for land to remain available around its current price of $100 per plot. You shouldn't think of raw land plots in this game as a huge investment in a scarce resource, think of land as a relatively accessible resource that anybody can earn over time. Developed plots, with lots of time and resources invested, will hopefully become the most valuable resource -- not "raw" undeveloped plots.
What do you do WITH LAND
Right now there are five different types of buildings: Water Filtration, C.A.D., Greenhouse, Solar Panel, and Coffee Grind n Brew.
Players currently work to build up large stores of valuable resources: Food and water, needed for players to eat and replenish stamina. Seeds for growing food and coffee beans. Soil and regolith for other formulas.
Coming very soon, players will be able to combine their buildings to create higher level versions that can craft faster. Many new recipies are being added to the game -- the entire coffee system was just added this week, bringing a new level of complexity to the economy overnight.
Soon enough, there will be a variety of crafting systems involving player specialization and various interesting ways to collaborate to generate win/win relationships between players. We're already seeing these systems emerge... Starting to build on land now may be a good way to get ahead and be ready as the game increases in complexity.
Stay tuned, I will be sharing more detailed guides on how to build out your first plot of land in the near future.
The Future of Land Rush
I believe in Land Rush. It's a great "AND" game. You can play Axie Infinity AND Land Rush, or Gods Unchained AND land rush, or Splinterlands AND Land Rush, etc etc etc. It is designed to be easy to engage with, not too demanding, while offering daily opportunities to do fun stuff and earn some crypto.
Wax as a blockchain ecosystem seems to really need some strong games on the platform. We've been waiting too long, no offense, for projects like Alien World to offer any gameplay at all.
Frankly, in just a few weeks since main net launch, Land Rush is already running circles around every other space-themed game on Wax. I'm impressed.
I plan to recruit as many FLUXCORP members as I can to get access badges, and eventually to work their way up to land ownership, in this game.
Land Rush imo is one of the top opportunities to start learning about play2earn ecosystems, so, what are you waiting for? Grab a pickaxe and let's scavenge.
P.S.
If you start playing thanks to this article, my referral address is ".4kb2.wam"