Highlights:
- Launching in 2022
- Role-playing game
- Available on iOS and Android
- Free to play
- Sponsorship programs expected
- Metaverse expansions planned
Guild of Guardians is a role-playing game (RPG) with P2E mechanics. It's not available to play quite yet, but there are already over 100K users on the waitlist. It's set to launch on mobile in early 2022.
Guild of Guardians is an upcoming NFT mobile RPG. Players go head-to-head against each other by pitting their selection of guardians, and join guild competitions to earn in-game rewards.
Image source: Guild of GuardiansIt runs on the high-speed Immutable X Ethereum layer-two network, and will be free to play — so no need for an upfront investment.
The developer also states that the game won't be pay-to-win, "We are designing the game so that it won't be pay-to-win by ensuring that skill and strategy are core elements of the game."
The Guild of Guardians gameplay mechanics are designed to create a fun and engaging experience while challenging enough to keep you on your toes. Supposedly, you must devise strategies to outdo others and win guild competitions.
The game also features a trading component where players can mint gaming NFTs or purchase them from secondary markets.
Despite being free to play, Guild of Guardians will have its own NFT- and token-backed economy, giving users the opportunity to earn monetary rewards and assets to trade on the platform's own gas-free marketplace, as well as on other exchanges and marketplaces.
The game still isn't out yet, but here's what you can do if you're anxious to get started with Guild of Guardians:
Once the game is launched, you'll select a hero you want based on their strategy. Each hero has unique attributes that affect their roles, whether a healer, tank or support. Join a guild after you choose a hero.
You'll bring your team of heroes into dungeons filled with monsters, bosses and unforeseen traps. While playing and battling through waves of creatures, you earn rewards that come in the form of resources, currencies and in-game equipment that can be used to upgrade heroes or create new equipment via crafting.
Guild of Guardians requires deep strategy considerations since a hero's performance in battle highly depends on multiple aspects, including its skills, guild, class and elemental synergies with other heroes.
In the future, the developers will introduce more game modes such as guild raids, player-vs.-player combat, land gameplay, user-generated dungeons and more.
Image source: Guild of GuardiansGuild of Guardians Gems (GOG) are the game's native utility token and they have several use cases.
The GOG collected from the minting fees of NFTs in-game are allocated to the rewards pool. Token holders can also use their GOG to stake and earn active rewards. As a governance token, GOG gives token holders the opportunity to participate in voting functions, such as deciding on developer grants, changes in token supply and other platform parameters.
The GOG token sale was conducted on the Coinlist platform on November 10, 2021 which sold out. Soon, it will be listed on multiple exchanges, allowing more users to trade the token.
Right now, you can swap other cryptocurrencies for GOG on Sushiswap, OKX, and FTX. If you need a cryptocurrency to swap, such as ether (ETH), you can buy it on most major exchanges like Gemini or Crypto.com.
Gemini's strongest point is its Gemini Earn program, which allows users to earn up to 7.4% interest on specified cryptocurrency balances.
Gemini has a wide selection of cryptos available for exchange on the platform. However, some notable entries from the top 20 by market cap are missing, such as Cardano and Solana.
Deposit Methods | Bank transfer (ACH) Cryptocurrency Debit card PayPal Apple Pay Google Pay SWIFT |
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Deposit Fees | Cryptocurrency: None Bank transfer (ACH): None, bank fees may apply Wire Transfer: Determined by your bank Debit Card: 3.49% + Trading Fees Paypal: 2.50% of total deposit amount + Trading Fees |
Withdrawal Fees | Cryptocurrency: None (for 10 withdrawals and below per month) Others: None (for 10 withdrawals and below per month) |
Trading Fees | Taker fee - 0.03-0.4% Maker fee - 0-0.2% |
There are multiple ways to earn rewards from the game, such as crafting guilds, merging heroes, completing daily quests and acing the leaderboard.
The Guild of Guardians NFTs are issued as ERC-721 assets, which are designed for the Ethereum blockchain. The game utilizes Immutable X, a second-layer protocol that helps address transaction speed and costs.
Guild of Guardians allows the purchase of several NFTs, including hero summons, pets, energy boosters, guild crafting tools and more. Purchase the hero summons in packs of varying qualities such as rare, epic and legendary.
Image source: Immutable XPurchase rare, epic and legendary heroes on marketplaces. Note that if you combine heroes you can spawn a more valuable hero.
NFT pets or energy boosters improve your hero's capability, especially in how they perform in dungeons. You also can buy a pet summon item, which gives you a chance to create a pet from common to legendary as well as an energy booster token from marketplaces.
The Guild of Guardians conducted a sold-out "Wave 3 NFT sale" on the Guild of Guardians store last November 10.
The in-game store — once the game is launched — will allow you purchase in-game assets needed to strengthen heroes or craft guilds.
However, you can buy Guild of Guardian NFTs on the secondary market such as Tokentrove or Immutable X, accessible right on the Guild of Guardian site.
Here's how to use the Immutable X market:
Mint Guild of Guardians NFTs to sell on the marketplace, once the game is released.
To do this, connect your Ethereum-based wallet to Immutable X on the Guild of Guardians minting page. We recommend that you use MetaMask since it's widely accepted among secondary marketplaces and the Immutable X market — check out our MetaMask guide for help setting one up.
After minting an NFT, you can trade them on supported marketplaces. If you already have Guild of Guardians NFTs, you can sell them on Immutable X or Tokentrove.
Guild of Guardians is being developed by a studio called Stepico Games, and is being published by Immutable. The whitepaper states there are over 20 full-time employees working on the game, and many team members have blockchain and traditional game development experience.
Stepico Games is based out of Ukraine, and Immutable is a major blockchain company that's responsible for the major blockchain title Gods Unchained.
Guild of Guardians has some pretty big partners, including Immutable, Ubisoft and the Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA).
Overall, Guild of Guardians has a lot going for it. It's got experienced developers and backing from major blockchain companies, all alongside its promise of a true free-to-play earning model.
The game is expected to release soon, but at the time of writing, there's no solid launch date. Some features planned as outlined by the Guild of Guardians' whitepaper are:
The Guild of Guardian's Discord can keep you up to date with news as well, and it already has over 100,000 members.
Guild of Guardians is planned for mobile-only, appealing to gamers that enjoy games like Clash of Clans, Defense Zone and Rise of Empires.
Many mobile games thrive on microtransactions, but Guild of Guardians is assuring players that the game is completely free to start playing, and earning capabilities will be skill-based.
We eagerly await more updates surrounding the gameplay and actual earning potential, and will update this page as more news is announced. In the meantime, there are many other play-to-earn crypto games to check out.
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