Moon Karts™ stands out for a transparent, multi-faceted reward system. I reviewed their Economy & Rewards model closely—here’s what every serious player should know to maximize their return on time, skill, and strategy.
What Drives Your Earnings
Moon Karts’ reward formula hinges on four core elements:
Skill: Winning races and performing well in rank/ELO metrics.
Time invested: Regular participation in races and leaderboards.
NFT Quality: Using high-tier karts, drivers, and parts to increase your multipliers.
Staking governance tokens (COLONY): Users who stake COLONY amplify their rewards.
Unless you bring together several of these factors, you’ll find your earnings lagging behind those optimizing all four.
How COLONY Rewards Are Distributed
Moon Karts receives a fixed daily allotment of COLONY tokens from Arcade Colony, and divides them into different pools:
| Pool | % of Daily COLONY Reward |
|---|---|
| Orbitals Pool | 40% |
| Ranking Pool | 25% |
| Race-Track Drops (tokens found on track) | 10% |
| Referral Pool | 5% |
| Seasonal Rewards Pool | 20% |
The Seasonal Pool is particularly interesting: every 10 days, players’ placement on leaderboards is “snapshotted,” so sustained performance across that cycle yields rewards, not just single race wins. This increases incentive to play consistently.
Ways to Earn
Players can gain COLONY tokens through multiple channels:
Racing: Pick up COLONY tokens directly on the track and finish the race while holding them (losing them or losing the race nullifies that gain).
Leaderboard performance (Ranking Pool + Seasonal): ELO rankings daily and seasonally reward top players.
Orbitals: Collecting Orbitals on track, multiplied by the quality of your setup, which puts you into separate Orbitals leaderboards. More Orbitals = bigger share.
Referrals & Other Features
Moon Karts also runs a Referral Program:
Players get a unique invite code (or link). If a referred player spends US$20+ in-game (using fiat or non-Arcade Colony tokens), that counts as one referral point. Further spending continues to generate additional points per each $20 spent.
The Referral Pool (5% of total daily COLONY rewards) gets split proportionally among referrers based on their points.
There are caps: any individual account can’t receive more than 0.5% of the total daily Rewards Pool, or 10% of the Referral Pool, per day. Unclaimed referral tokens roll over to subsequent days.
Lastly, a planned future feature: Moon Domes. These are player-owned racetracks; races held in your Moon Dome will allocate 10% of race-earned tokens to the Dome’s owner.
Moon Karts’ reward architecture is thoughtfully designed. It rewards more than just winning: your equipment, stake, consistency, and even your engagement with bringing in new players all influence earnings. For players aiming to optimize, strategy matters—upgrade your NFTs, stake COLONY, race often, and use the referral program wisely.