Unboxing a few Splinterlands Rift Watchers Packs & going over what the rift watchers colection potentially means for Gameplay as well as the P2P NFT Market.

Todays Giveaway is a little special as I have 10 Rift Watchers NFTs on WAX for todays 5-6 lucky readers.

What is Splinterlands

Never heard about the HIVE blockchain P2E (Play 2 Earn) TCG (Trading Card Game), which is going to add tower defense soon, but I digress.

Many think NFTs or P2E games are a scam or publicity stunt / gimmick, they can be, Splinterlands isn't, In-fact Splinterlands is one of the best P2E games I have ever played.

Currently my favorite video game Splinterlands has quality you will rarely even find in a freemium game let alone P2E titles.

Your first thought Micro Transactions right, while yes you will have to spend some money at least $15, there are ways you can make that money on the HIVE blockchain.

If I do a in depth overview of all the HIVE Dapps I both use & believe you should at least be aware of if you use HIVE. If for whatever reason your not on HIVE blockchain yet you can sign up with either of the following referrals for Ecency & Peakd.
https://ecency.com/signup?referral=chubb149
https://peakd.com/register?ref=chubb149

HIVE is actually first & foremost a social network which is partially why there where just a few games originally in the HIVE Dapp library.

So here is a list of HIVE blogs known as tribes in no particular order that I personally like to post on or utilize.
https://leofinance.io/
https://www.splintertalk.io/
https://www.1up.zone/
Like a YouTube without ads or Strict Censorship
https://3speak.co/
https://www.vimm.tv/

On Weedcash a HIVE cannabis blog with an attached NFT store I'm even a NFT producer & vendor on Weedcash.
https://www.weedcash.network/

My #stashpass colection with a monthly raffle system is one of the most popular Weedcash NFT collections.

https://www.weedcash.network/nfts/

With HIVE anyone can become an influencer Find a tribe that fits your interests or even make your own tribe or channel which is cheaper / free option then post & interact with content using your HVE account.

Wait a week after you post / interact & get paid its that simple, the whole process is handled through the HIVE blockchain.

You can play Splinterlands for free allowing you to get a feel for the title Splinterlands HIVE account has weekly challenges for HIVE bloggers.

When you want to play the full version of Splinterlands you will need a HIVE account & $10 for a Spell book allowing you to own - transfer your Splinterlands assets to - from game.

To be able to do this at no cost sign up for HIVE for free, P.S save your account Keys they are important.

Then go to a HIVE Blog or tribe & find this accounts feed.
@splinterlands

An official Splinterlands account that posts weekly challenges to HIVE for bloggers to participate in.

Participate in a few of these over a few weeks you will when you qualify for the challenge & get selected more then pay for your Splinterlands costs.

My last entry for the Splinterlands social media challenge on HIVE I get 50% HBD (Hive Backed Dollars) & 50% HP (Hive Power) + alts. Getting paid in 7 days after you post receiving roughly $8-$10 per challenge in liquid HBD you can nock out the cost of a Spell - book & a few packs or rentals / cards.

Here are a few HIVE markets

Crypto
https://hive-engine.com/
https://beeswap.dcity.io/wallet
https://tribaldex.com/

NFTs
https://nftm.art/

For a more complete list of the nearly 200 HIVE Dapps try the following link.
https://hive.io/eco

My Splinterlands referral
https://splinterlands.com?ref=chubb149

Splinterlands Rewards 101

With NFTs /Crypto you can buy & sell them meaning they can have value unlike a traditional game asset. The value can very significantly depending upon the P2E game its connected to.

Splinterlands NFT assets particularly their cards have a utility based value meaning their not simply cosmetic, but impact the gameplay.

You may think this is Pay to Win, which is both a yes & no, deducting Spell Book costs $10 you can basically rent a deck from other players good enough to trash most players for a season roughly 2 weeks for $10.

With enough wins per season I can earn on average 30-55 rewards chests per season at diamond rank.

Diamond rank rewards chests have modified odds meaning the contents are better then say a Bronze, Silver, or Gold level rewards chest.

In a Single rewards Chest you can receive Cards, Packs, SPS one of their cryptocurrencies, Merits, & Potions.

All rewards in one way or another have value which increases as the tier of rewards chest increase.

Most seasons spending a little less then $10 on rentals I hit diamond & more then make my $10 back from rewards.

With Cards you can burn, blend, buy, sell, rent out, or just rent them on the in game Splinterlands market.

Ill do a more advanced Splinterlands market tutorial in an upcoming section of this write up.

By burning I mean destroy the NFT to receive its minimum DEC value, DEC being another Splinterlands crypto.

The Burn Value is also referred to as power what power your account has determines max Rank tier you can reach, this is determined by all your card power combined together.

Blending cards of the same type increases that cards BCX & in sufficient quantity its level / stats.

So in the example above 61 cards of this type where blended its resulting level went from 1 to 5.

When at the right rank with a proper level summoner used you can play cards at max Level which have the best stats, between Blending & Burning Cards tend to disappear over time.

Organically lowering the supply of the Card over time which can increase value.

Cards come in Gold & Normal variants Gold having a higher Burn value / base level requiring fewer to be combined to level up + rarer Gold Foil Cards hold a higher market value.

Cards as well as packs can be earned by playing ranked matches given when you buy a Spell Book they give you $3 Back in Credits to Spend you can rent $3 of cards & start earning Seasonal / daily rewards.

You earn rewards simply by winning ranked matches if you do so following that days challenge you earn rewards faster.

Each win also gains you SPS which increases depending upon a myriad of factors.

While yes you spend some money its in my opinion the best money I ever spend, Splinterlands rewards started my journey into NFT markets & I have cleared a little less then $40,000 in 2 years in profit.

Rift Watcher pack Unboxing

Just a taste of the Rift watchers packs I have opened thus far not all Rift Watchers packs I have opened but all the note worthy ones.

Keep in mind I swear by potions a Splinterlands game mechanic when opening packs.

Though you may not want to believe me these potions 5 of each should always be used when opening packs one of each type per card in a 5 count pack.

1000 Credits = $1 USD in Splinterlands the 5 Legendary Potions at most will cost you $0.192 USD almost $0.20.

5 Gold Potions will run you $0.24 at most given you can use instead of credits 240 DEC its average price being slightly lower is usually cheaper.

With Splinterlands Packs the contents get determined at the moment of execution IE when you open the pack, for this reason the potions can actually work. Based on what I know of the Splinterlands Build & the thousands of packs I have opened Potions work.

Potion PSA out of the way now we can Unbox a few Rift Watcher Packs 5 of each potion used on each.

A single Legendary card Raa I sold for $15.50 in less then 2 hours, the pack +potions cost me $4.80 total.

Note how basically the concept is lowest cost possible minimizing deficit with higher number of packs purchased & opened.

Not every pack will be a profit some may be a near total loss you have to be able to afford to go into the red a little.

Mabey even in the red a good amount...

Now Rift Watchers packs are special not only can you modify the pack odds with potions 5 of each like I covered above. Their base odds per pack are also stacked in your favor like DICE packs where.

You see spending roughly $4-$5 a piece I just made $21 from 2 cards out of that last pack of 5.

They sell relatively fast in a few minutes to a day at most.

Simply rinse & repeat buy another pack with profit then open that with 5 of each potion, that's my process which made me over $10,000 profit from just Dice packs.

Now this isn't intended as financial advice its simply the method I use when buying & selling Splinterlands assets at the moment.

I'm not nor have I ever claimed to be a financial advisor & nothing I post should be considered financial advice.

The reason why I'm so happy with Rift watchers packs are the packs odds shown in the above 👆 screenshot of the Rift Watchers presale announcement post are the pack contents.
@splinterlands/riftwatchers-set-and-presale-announcement

At launch we Have 38 cards total not counting Gold variations of which there are = numbers.

13 Common Cards while not worthless they hold less immediate value I recommend you hodl all common cards, my guess is they will eventually become rare or even valuable with enough time.

12 rare cards again not worth that much but they do hold value which will likely first decrease, then increase with enough time.

Epic Cards 6 of these in the colection getting 1 of these usually pays for a pack.

7 Legendary cards ranging in value from $6-$25 each just 1 of these more then pays for a pack.

With Airdrops there will be 5-6 cards added to rift watchers packs over the sale duration. From what I can tell they all should be legendary cards meaning once all airdropped cards are added there will be 12 Legendary cards in the Rift Watchers colection.

This is why the odds are so good your more likely to get a legendary card with 12 legendary card = in number to 12 rare cards in the same colection its obvious.

With 3,000,000 total Rift Watchers packs will be minted meaning like I said with enough time we the market will burn through this Rift Watchers Pack supply.

Once the market runs out those common & rare cards will be likely worth more.

Besides Common Rift watchers cards like Bramble Pixie are actually fairly useful fully leveled up.

Or Septic Slime

Never underestimate the little guy.

Even common cards can be very useful if not better then legendary cards when playing Ranked matches.

Before you know what hit you, your beat with a hand costing less then $5 while yours costs thousands.

This is why it is & isn't Pay to Win you can beat a titan with a peasant when you play it correctly.

Now in todays WAX NFT giveaway(s) I have 5 NFTs from the Rift Watchers colection on the Airdrop URL.

Another 5 NFTs from the Splinterlands Rift Watchers colection get given away to the first 5 readers to comment their WAX wallet address on the HIVE post.

Markets

Oh boy here comes the fun part math & economics, spreadsheets I love em. 😒

Those of you still here truly the market with Splinterlands gets incredibly complex, with this complexity comes opportunity.

Just talking NFT markets there are currently 2 Blockchains to Focus on with Splinterlands HIVE - WAX each having its own markets, limitations, & quirks.

Splinterlands while based on HIVE can be pared with a number of other blockchain Wallets including WAX.

They allow you to add many other wallets but primarily when buying or selling packs / NFTs you will want HIVE or WAX.

On HIVE you have your Packs tokenize to crypto this is why typically you find Packs either on the in game market or on a P2P HIVE trading Dex such as.
https://hive-engine.com/

This is because for a number of reasons packs qualify as a token not an NFT on HIVE. Due to this when you want to buy individual cards on a separate P2P HIVE market you go to the following.

https://www.cardauctionz.com/

https://peakmonsters.com/

https://monstermarket.io/

Secondary pack markets on HIVE being tokens not NFTs are found on a trading DEX such as Hive-Engine.
https://hive-engine.com/

Since the game is on HIVE you cant for the time being open packs on WAX as far as I know. That being said the Splinterlands WAX NFT market is almost all encompassing with some exclusions like totems, almost all Splinterlands NFTs can be bought / sold on WAX.

When a savvy user observes both Blockchains NFT markets on HIVE / WAX, as well as the prices of DEC, SPS, WAX, & HIVE.

They can start to take advantage of these fluctuations & separate markets using understanding this complexity to profit.

In game (HIVE) Market 👆WAX NFT market 👇

Yeah the HIVE market is more active, thus quicker none the less WAX is still active enough to make a solid profit by setting the price & waiting.

WAX NFT markets Nefty Blocks has trading rewards for buying & selling, however Atomic Hub has an official Splinterlands tools ill elaborate on later.
https://neftyblocks.com/
https://splinterlands.atomichub.io/

Like any market the demand for an good or asset has to exist for it to retain perceived value. NFTs are always subjective meaning collectively we the market subjectively determine an NFTs value.

Where this gets complex is utility grounded in virtual reality IE an NFT with a use case in a Video game like Splinterlands Cards or other NFT game items.

Unlike a item IRL with utility value like a Car or even a shovel a Digital Item with a Utility value means you not only have to gage that game items Supply & demand, but the popularity of the game its attached to.
https://peakmonsters.com/dashboard
A great place to start with Splinterlands Stats is Peak Monsters dashboard link above.

Stats like Matches played daily on average, transactions on a daily basis.

Number of Daily or new players

Keep in mind there are also WAX NFT sale figures for Splinterlands NFTs as well.

While not as high as it once was on WAX $23,700 in P2P trade on an NFT market on a secondary Blockchain isn't bad really.

Here is what tells me to stick with Splinterlands besides all the money the game has made me the game itself is truly well designed.

From the pack design to the games balance lore all of it is executed with a level of talent & professionalism rare in Blockchain Games.

The assets are on a myriad of blockchains HIVE - WAX for NFTs, but crypto on BSC, ETH, STEEM, TRX, & HIVE.

Much like a multi national company compared with a domestic one, a multi blockchain P2E game is much more stable as its not a singular market asset ect.

For totally new users you can buy into Splinterlands via Credits which are stable in game currency 10000 = $10 USD they accept Venmo, Pay Pal, or Crypto for buying in.

They accept 21 cryptocurrencies as payment & as for cashing out you can trade WAX or HIVE for SPS in game.

SPS is accepted at the followings crypto exchanges.

Personally I like Pancake swap but to cash out to USD I use Crypto.com I'm also quite partial to Huobi.

WAX Wallet Tutorial

Now I airdrop many WAX NFTs for the Splinterlands game which is itself on HIVE, so what do you need to do to be able to use them? WAX has a market called atomic hub which has its own Splinterlands market with game tools.

https://splinterlands.atomichub.io/tools/overview/splinterlands

First pair your WAX wallet to your Splinterlands account in game then use the tools found via the link above to transfer the NFTs to game.

Now if you dont have a WAX wallet, dont panic the WAX blockchain is by far the easiest to use via their WAX cloud wallet a web wallet which can be signed in via social media.
https://wallet.wax.io/dapps

WAX NFT Giveaway tutorial

Every time I post on HIVE I do a few NFT giveaways, the first & larger 5 count WAX NFT airdrop URL which goes to the first user to click the link.

The next 5 WAX NFTs are given away to the first 5 users to comment their WAX wallet address, once I see the comment Ill send you a single WAX NFT followed by a reply stating I have done so. This is for the first 5 users only to leave their WAX address in the comments.

Totally free no gas, no tricks

Splinterlands WAX NFT airdrop + giveaway

https://wax.atomichub.io/trading/link/1561301?key=5K96cmqhAiGuragnN7EAFDnhLC23D9KhNUD1GKE9EVp6St4dtEC
Above is a WAX airdrop URL first WAX wallet user that clicks it gets the large airdrop with 5 WAX NFTs ,Splinterlands Rift Watcher colection cards shown below.

The large WAX NFT Airdrop URL is claimable by a single person only first come first serve.

While the other 5 WAX NFTs that are being given away go to the first 5 HIVE readers to comment their WAX wallet address

You may think since todays giveaways are Splinterlands must pay for a Spell-book & play Splinterlands to qualify.

Wrong, you needn't pay a thing which is why I airdrop to WAX not HIVE its free for you to claim with a WAX wallet & then sell on WAX NFT markets.

If you want to play Splinterlands please consider signing up to
https://splinterlands.com?ref=chubb149

As I stated above while free to play to own any of the assets in game, or make crypto / NFTs by playing Splinterlands you need to spend $10 on a Spell Book.

Stash Pass Weedcash NFT giveaway

For these you need to have a HIVE account which you can sign up via my following referral links to join HIVE.
https://ecency.com/signup?referral=chubb149
https://peakd.com/register?ref=chubb149
Both 👆 are Blogs on the HIVE blockchain for which I have a referral link making sign up easier.

Every time I post anything on HIVE I do several NFT giveaways, one such giveaway is my #stashpass NFT giveaway.

How you participate in a #stashpass NFT giveaway is be one of the first 5 HIVE users to comment #stashpass on this post & then Re-blog, gets a #stashpass Weedcash NFT sent to their HIVE wallet.

My #stashpass Weedcash NFTs are part of a monthly NFT raffle taking place on the 20th with the #stashpass NFT ownership being used to determine who wins the raffle.

Full Instructions on #stashpass raffles can be found via the URL below
@chubb149/stash-pass-nft-airdrops-tutorial

You can view, buy, or sell Weedcash NFTs like #stashpass here
https://www.weedcash.network/nfts/

So the first 5 HIVE users to comment #stashpass & then re-blog this post gets an exclusive limited #stashpass NFT sent to their HIVE wallet.

Another free NFT giveaway I always do for readers my #stashpass NFTs given away are very limited minting's & needed in its connected monthly raffle.

Meaning you can claim the #stashpass NFTs I giveaway & then sell them on the Weedcash NFT market link below all for free.
https://www.weedcash.network/nfts/

P2E Games

With P2E titles even when they are great your earnings are traditionally tied to either investment or hours played. I give away NFTs on every post trying to give others the start to a NFT colection.

Doing so without gas fees or strings attached, I started my NFT colection by posting to HIVE then playing Splinterlands with the proceeds.

Making around $20,000- $30,000 in profit in a little over 2 years off nothing, but effort, persistence, patience. I literally made all my Splinterlands starting collateral posting on HIVE got lucky on a Rewards chest.

RNG Gods are still the only benevolent ones in my opinion, since then rewards have been drastically improved meaning its never been better to play Splinterlands.