Hey everyone! It's been a week, so I thought I'd update you on what's new with me.
First up, I've decided to quit a few games. Parallel is the first on the list. It just became too much of a time sink for me. On top of that, my earnings weren’t substantial since I didn’t have a full deck. To make matters worse, six of the cards I was borrowing from my bond (guild) are no longer available. This has made the cost of buying a full deck skyrocket to around $400-500 for just 8 cards—something I can't afford right now. When the value of PRIME rises, I might revisit the game, but for now, Parallel is on the shelf. However, I’ll still be renting out my extra cards on Lootrush.com for passive income.
I’ve also quit Gods Unchained, another game that requires a lot of time investment for minimal returns. On average, it takes over an hour to earn about $1 a day, and considering I’m paying around $0.30 a day for card rentals, the effort just isn't worth it anymore. While Gods Unchained is fun, I’m not looking to sink that much time into trading card games (TCGs) at the moment. If prices go up, I may come back.
On a more positive note, I’m still enjoying Splinterlands. I really like the energy system because it allows me to play when I want, maximizing my time. While the SPS price isn’t doing great right now, so my overall profits aren’t impressive, I’m happy with the Glint I’m earning. Currently, I’m using it to buy Epic cards, which are powerful and offer the best value for me. I’ve also been entering tournaments, especially those with a higher payout-to-entry cost ratio (around 3x). I tend to finish at the bottom, but I’ve always earned something. I’m renting a max Chaos Legion deck and a few Promos for about 350 DEC a day and renting 50k SPS at the start of each season, typically finishing with around 100k SPS by the end to maximize rewards. I earn about 3-5 SPS per win with a roughly 50-50 win/loss ratio.
I also use XBots LiquidSPS to get my daily rewards paid out instantly. Since I don’t have a bot token, this costs me about 9% of my earnings, but I leave 10% of my rewards staked as a bonus to sell later. I’ve been playing Splinterlands since December 2018, back when it was SteemMonsters, and yesterday marked my 6th anniversary in the game! I'm bullish on Splinterlands—the more they build, the more excited I get, and I'm particularly interested in Rebellion. It’s going to be a rarer set than Untamed, so prices are likely to rise in the future.
I’m still playing Illuvium Overworld and Illuvium Zero. I rent lands from Lootrush.com and sell the Solon Fuel, keeping the other two resources for in-game use. I spend about 20 minutes every two days on Overworld, focusing 100% on collecting shards and resources for ingots. I avoid the Tier 5 stones that give gems since they’re not very profitable—raw Tier 5 shards sell for much more. I also use the fuel I earn from the lands to refine raw shards into cured ones. Occasionally, I buy raw shards from the market if there’s profit to be made by refining them. A lot of Web3 games involve playing the market, and I enjoy buying low and selling high when the opportunity arises.
It's been about a year since I played Golem Overlord, but I've recently gotten back into it. I’ve invested around $50 across two accounts (my main and my wife’s account). I do 3-4 short claims throughout the day and one long claim overnight. On my main account, I’m earning about 6k PART per day, and on my wife’s account, I’m earning about 4k PART per day. The PART token has a healthy price, and while it doesn’t have much trading volume, it remains fairly stable. I’m also enjoying Conquest, a new game mode where you battle 6 golems on a chessboard-like grid. I’m still learning the mechanics, but if you win once a day, you earn a crate and ANIMA, a new token used for upgrading golems for Conquest. I sell the crate for 0.6-0.7 HIVE each day on both accounts, which is a decent return on investment in both time and money.
If you want to try Golem Overlord, feel free to sign up using my referral link: Golem Overlord. If you do, I’ll send you the 2 HIVE I get for referring you. Just leave a comment and I’ll send it over.
Thanks for reading! Feel free to leave a vote and comment. I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays. Bye for now!