The Foundry is Live - Syndicate Protocol Update

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Another exciting news in Syndicate Protocol as The Foundry goes LIVE.
Players can see it in the Buildings section of the Turf panel, but operations won't be unlockable until SYNX distributions go active — which starts next week.
Here's everything you need to know about how it works.

What is The Foundry?

The Foundry is the first major update with Turf, a per-player building that gives your turf resources and SYNX a direct upgrade path for your crew shards.

Two operations are available once unlocked:

Combine — Burn 3 shards of the same rarity and class to receive 1 shard of the next rarity tier, same class. If any of the 3 input shards were bound to your account, the output shard will also be bound.

Reroll — Burn 1 shard to receive 1 shard of the same rarity but a randomly different class. The bound state of the input is preserved on the output.

Both operations give you a direct path to higher rarity shards using resources your turf plots are already generating every day.

Purchasing and Upgrading

The Foundry has 4 levels, each unlocking higher rarity operations.

Level	Unlocks	Resource Cost	SYNX
1	Common	30 steel / 20 hardware / 10 influence / 10 intel / 3 contraband	250
2	Uncommon	60 steel / 40 hardware / 20 influence / 20 intel / 6 contraband	500
3	Rare	120 steel / 80 hardware / 40 influence / 40 intel / 12 contraband	750
4	Epic & Legendary	240 steel / 160 hardware / 80 influence / 80 intel / 24 contraband	1,000

Combine Costs

Rarity	Resource Cost	SYNX
Common	8 steel / 4 hardware / 2 influence / 2 intel / 1 contraband	10
Uncommon	16 steel / 8 hardware / 4 influence / 4 intel / 2 contraband	30
Rare	24 steel / 12 hardware / 6 influence / 6 intel / 3 contraband	80
Epic	40 steel / 20 hardware / 10 influence / 10 intel / 5 contraband	200
Legendary	—	—

Reroll Costs

Rarity	Resource Cost	SYNX
Common	16 steel / 8 hardware / 4 influence / 4 intel / 2 contraband	15
Uncommon	32 steel / 16 hardware / 8 influence / 8 intel / 4 contraband	45
Rare	48 steel / 24 hardware / 12 influence / 12 intel / 6 contraband	120
Epic	64 steel / 32 hardware / 16 influence / 16 intel / 8 contraband	300
Legendary	80 steel / 40 hardware / 20 influence / 20 intel / 10 contraband	750

Bound Shards

Shards produced by combine or reroll operations are bound to your account — they cannot be traded or transferred. They can still be used in further combine and reroll operations, and will count toward crew upgrades.

If any input shard in a combine is bound, the output is bound regardless of the other inputs.

SYNX Leaderboard — Starting Next Season

Alongside the Foundry launch, we're making a significant change to the weekly leaderboard: Hive rewards are being replaced with SYNX starting next season.

This means leaderboard earnings will flow directly into Foundry operations, building upgrades, and future game systems — keeping the economy within Syndicate Protocol.

Weekly Leaderboard — SYNX Rewards

Rank	SYNX
1st	2,000
2nd	1,200
3rd	800
4th	500
5th	350
6th	200
7th	200
8th	200
9th	125
10th	125
Weekly Total	6,050
Annual Total	~315,000
Reserve	1,500,000 SYNX (~4.76 year runway)

What's Next

The Foundry is the first of several buildings planned for Syndicate Protocol. Resources your plots generate every day now have a direct path into shard progression, and SYNX earned from competitive play feeds directly back into the game economy.

If you are interested to purchase a plot of Turf that went LIVE last week, head over to the TURF page, get a STDEED token for $5 worth of Hive and redeem your TURF NFT!