If you’re diving into Hyper Rail Blaster, one of Arcade Colony’s newest arcade-style offerings, understanding its reward systems is crucial. With a solid plan and a bit of strategy, you can maximize what you earn and have more fun while doing it.
What Rewards Are in Play
Hyper Rail Blaster is backed by a proposal requesting 15 million COLONY tokens per year, over the next five years, to support the game’s reward ecosystem. That total splits into three major types of rewards:
- Game Rewards — ~6 million COLONY/year
- Leaderboard Rewards — also ~6 million COLONY/year
- Jackpot — ~3 million COLONY/year
Game Rewards: Earn What You Play
Game Rewards are distributed monthly. If the proposal passes, around 500,000 COLONY tokens will go into the Game Rewards pool each month. These are based on something called Rshares (Reward Shares), which are calculated using your game performance: your GameScore times the number of WavesDefeated, with a power “n” applied to the latter. There’s also a Colony Staking Multiplier, which means staking COLONY improves your share.
Leaderboard Rewards: Recognition & Competition
To fuel competition, Hyper Rail Blaster will maintain leaderboards that reset every few days (the whitepaper indicates five-day cycles, though exact timing and how many top players benefit—25 or 100—are still being finalized). Players earn rewards for high scores and for simply putting in the time (games played). Top performers get bigger slices.
The Jackpot: Chasing the High Score
Perhaps the most exciting bit: the Jackpot. The mechanics are simple but compelling. During the first 30 days, the highest score is recorded as the all-time high. Every subsequent 30-day period gives players a chance: if you beat and hold that high score until period end, you get 50% of the current jackpot pool. If nobody beats the existing high score, the jackpot keeps growing, waiting for the next challenger.
Why It’s Strategic
For serious players, the takeaways are:
Perform well in every session (higher GameScore and more waves defeated) improves your Game Rewards.
Stake COLONY to boost your yield via multipliers.
Play regularly — both to maintain leaderboard presence and to stay aware of jackpot windows.
Compete for top spots — leaderboards offer prestige and bigger rewards.
Hyper Rail Blaster doesn’t just reward fleeting bursts; it’s built to acknowledge consistency, skill, and community participation. If you play smart, the rewards can scale nicely over time.