Quick Intro
I started playing Splinterlands around December of 2021. It was actually my first time playing a crypto game and definitely first time using the HIVE blockchain. In an effort to help new people not struggle like I did, I plan to continue updating these links. They should provide a good resource to find everything you need to succeed in Splinterlands and the HIVE blockchain.
05/10 Update - added several new links including a cheaper hive bridge, new game, additional updates and cleanup.
Creating a Hive Account
- Splinterlands.com - Buy a spellbook and you will have a hive account. This is needed to play the game anyways so is the route I went.
- Ecency.com - You can get a free Hive account here.
Getting HIVE
- https://www.binance.com or https://www.us.binance.us are easiest if you have access.
Converting to Hive/Swap.Hive
- USWAP - https://swaphive.github.io/swap/ (cheapest hive/swap.hive bridge)
- Tribaldex - https://tribaldex.com/wallet/ (use withdraw or deposit to get hive/swap.hive)
- Beeswap (easiest for converting most any token to swap.hive, 2nd cheapest bridge)
- uswap.app (haven't tried yet, maybe same as USWAP above)
Hive Games
Splinterlands
- https://Splinterlands.com - Where you can play the game, buy your Spellbook (which creates Hive account).
- Splinterlands is a CCG where you can battle other players and earn crypto tokens (SPS).
- Cards can be rented to play or purchased from several markets I mention below.
Genesis League Sports
- First game from GLS is Genesis League Goals - https://www.genesisleaguesoccer.com/
- From the creators of splinterlands, this is a soccer-based (el futbol) nft collecting game.
- Actual gameplay has not started yet but you can buy the their token and start staking (GLX).
- GLS Whitepaper - https://whitepaper.genesisleaguesports.com/
- GLG Whitepaper - https://whitepaper-goals.genesisleaguesports.com/
Rising Star - https://www.risingstargame.com/
- Rising Star is a timed-mission Hive-based clicker game. You can enjoy collecting cards (NFT's) as you gain fans and earn (starbits). Hive Keychain needed to play.
- RS Game FAM - https://rsgfam.com/ ; It's a must for easily buying fans, instruments, uniques.
- NFT Mart - https://nftm.art/buy/star ; great for buying, selling hive-based nft's
Golem Overlord
- From the developers of Splex comes a game inspired by Terracore
- Collect PART tokens and level up your Golemancer and battle others in pvp
- Use my referral link and I'll send you a bonus if you start playing: https://go.splex.gg/?ref=mighty-thor
Muterra
- This game has been in development a while. It's currently in alpha and a birdie told me part of the game goes live in 3 days :).
- It's a retro style CCG meet RPG (super cool looking graphics, a must to check out!)
- Sign up at https://muterra.in/ and put "simple-sam" as your referral and I'll send you a MUT token upon any ingame purchase.
Woo - Wrestling Organization Online
- WOO is a p2e business management game where players can build a wrestling organization.
- Website: https://wrestlingorganizationonline.com/
- Mining: https://play.wrestlingorganizationonline.com/mining
- Airdrop: https://play.wrestlingorganizationonline.com/airdrop
- Whitepaper: @wrestorgonline
More games coming soon!
Keychains, Browsers, Wallets
Hive Keychain
https://Hive-Keychain.com - This needs its own section. A must have have for quicker access/logins (You can add extensions for chrome, brave and also there's the app for android/iphone)
PC Browsers (my top 3)
- https://Brave.com - official browser of Splinterlands
- https://Firefox.com - Another good browser with lots of extensions
- https://Chrome.com - Solid browser
Mobile Browsers
- Metamask mobile app browser - a must for Eth/Binance/Polygon/Etc. transactions from your mobile device
- Hive Keychain mobile app browser - a must for Hive transaction from your mobile device
Wallets
- https://Metamask.io - An easy to use wallet with browser extension available. Also app for iphone/android. You will likely want to add the binance chain to your wallet.
- Coinbase.com - US based exchange/wallet
- Crypto.com - Useful wallet and also has SPS listed there for purchase with fiat.
- Ledger Wallet (cold storage) - https://www.ledger.com/
Bridges, Exchanges, Markets
Hive Markets/Swapping
- https://Tribaldex.com - place to buy/sell/create hive-based tokens like dec/sps/etc.
- https://Hive-Engine.com - Hive Market & Wallet access
- https://beeswap.dcity.io - best tool for swapping hive currencies I've used. Also converts Hive to Swap.Hive and vice versa cheaper than tribaldex.
- https://wallet.hive.blog/market - internal market, good for swapping hbd/hive
- https://swaphive.github.io/swap/ - cheapest site for swapping Hive to Swap.Hive and vice versa.
NFT Markets
- Open Sea - https://opensea.io/
- NFT Mart - https://nftm.art/buy/star ; great for buying, selling hive-based nft's
- Atomic Hub (WAX) - https://wax.atomichub.io/
- Rarible - https://rarible.com/
Bridges - for moving assets across different chains
- https://MonsterMarket.IO - cheapest bridge I believe to move SPS or DEC to/from binance to Hive.
- https://splinterlands.com/ - Ingame Bridge for moving sps/dec from binance to ingame. I haven't used
- https://app.multichain.org (formerly anyswap) - my goto from swapping coins across Binance/Eth/Polygon
Exchange Site - for swapping tokens on same exchange
- https://Quickswap.exchange - Great for swapping tokens on Polygon
- https://Pancakeswap.finance - Great for binance swaps
- https://Sushi.com - Great for Eth swaps
- https://Binance.com - great for most swaps but US residents don't have access
Splinterlands Card Markets
- https://layer2labs.io/marketplace/splinterlands/cards - 3.25% rebate (my goto for any large purchases)
- https://monstermarket.io
- https://cardauctionz.com
- https://splinterlands.com/ - Splinterlands Ingame Market
- https://PeakMonsters.com - most user friendly market
- https://Splex.gg - most creative features/customized options
Tools/MISC
Splinterlands Tools
- https://PeakMonsters.com - Best site out there for sorting your collections, you can also purchase, rent, and now build decks and rent a full set of cards instantly.
- https://Splex.gg - great for renting out your cards
- https://nftyarcade.io - you can lease a deck for free to split rewards / great onboarding tools
- https://splintercards.com - historical card prices
- https://splinterlinks.com/ - Collection of Splinterlands Tools/Links created by IVIaxPow3r of Archmage.
- https://www.baronstoolbox.com/ - Splinterlands UI/UX enhancements, toolbox browser, guild tools
- https://he.dtools.dev/richlist/ - get top holder information for any hive token
Splinterlands Node License
License tokens can be purchased in the ingame shop for $2500 in SPS plus 500 vouchers or on Hive Engine.
If you don't want to have to eventually run validator software and prefer your rewards liquid instead of automatically staked there's a nice way to earn below with a much smaller initial investment.https://layer2labs.io/earn/ezlicense - earn sps node license rewards (current ROI approx 30%)
Tokens can be purchased right from tribaldex: https://tribaldex.com/trade/EZLICENSE
Splinterlands Bots (autoplays splinterlands for you when you're busy)
https://Archmage.app - Great bot, they take a share of your sps rewards, requires an Archmage, ArchmageA or ArchmageB token held in your hive account.
https://Xbot.app - haven't personally tried but once you buy token it's free.
Liquidity Pools
You can provide liquidity on tribaldex/beeswap most of the splinterlands-based token pools and earn SPS as rewards:
DEC/Swap.HIVE - https://beeswap.dcity.io/swap?add_liquidity&pool=SWAP.HIVE:DEC
DEC/SPS - https://beeswap.dcity.io/swap?add_liquidity&pool=DEC:SPS
SPS/Swap.HIVE - https://beeswap.dcity.io/swap?add_liquidity&pool=SWAP.HIVE:SPS
VOUCHER/Swap.HIVE
DEC/DAI - https://app.uniswap.org/#/add/v2/0x6B175474E89094C44Da98b954EedeAC495271d0F/
SPS/BNB - https://pancakeswap.finance/add/BNB/0x1633b7157e7638C4d6593436111Bf125Ee74703F
SPS/ETH - https://app.sushi.com/legacy/add/ETH/0x00813E3421E1367353BfE7615c7f7f133C89df74
Card Rentals - After the 1 dec listing fee there's been a lot of changes, there's an experimental feature at splex.gg that autorents for you. Use my referral code and I'll send you a bonus once you start renting: https://splex.gg/?ref=27l774az865wt9re
Future Updates
- I'm constantly adding and improving these links every couple weeks. If anyone has a site you'd like to recommend for this list, please leave it in the comments.