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22/03/2022

Season 20 Is Over!

This was the toughest season of competition yet and we’ve received feedback that the meta was varied with a wide range of viable team compositions. A large part of this was thanks to the awesome suggestions made by the community.

Over 2,600,000 players participated in Season 20! The prize pool of 117,676 AXS was our largest ever, with a current value of almost 6,000,000 USD. Remember, we will be scaling up these rewards over time through various game modes as our products become mature enough to sustain larger distributions of earnable tokens through gameplay achievements.

We know that many of you are interested in the future of this classic battle mode as we prepare for a shift to Axie Infinity: Origin. Right now, we plan on having a 1 month offseason before moving into Season 21 which would likely be the last season of Axie Infinity: Classic.

AXS rewards for Season 20 will be claimable through your marketplace dashboard later this week. We will be conducting a final review of suspicious activity and win-trading before enabling claiming.

For those interested, here is a breakdown of player levels by MMR:

22/02/2022

[Axie] February Dev Update!

Key Points:

- The Origin team is pushing as hard as possible to ensure an awesome experience for you all and we’re aiming to release an Alpha by the end of March.

- We are making significant progress on land and the new art style is starting to shine!

- The RON token launch was smooth. It’s time to build!

read full article:
https://axie.substack.com/p/feb2022?utm_source=url

Key Points The Origin team is pushing as hard as possible to ensure an awesome experience for you all and we’re aiming to release an Alpha by the end of March. We are making significant progress on land and the new art style is starting to shine! The RON token launch was smooth. It’s time to bui...

14/02/2022

LOOK: Evolution of Axie Infinity gameplays

Version 3 is expected to be released after S20.

11/02/2022

Axie Infinity: Origin Is Coming!

Hi !

Axie Infinity: Origin (Battles v3), is fast approaching!

Learn about Origin's:

- New Mechanics
- Free starter Axies
- Release plan

https://axie.substack.com/origin

09/02/2022

Season 20 in the PvP Arena is live.

Key Points
- MMR has been reset, everyone starts at 1200
- PVP season 20 is live with over $7M USD in AXS rewards!
- Daily quest SLP has been removed.
- Adventure mode SLP has been removed.
- SLP rewards have been reduced at certain MMR brackets.
- Trainers under 800 MMR will now receive 1 SLP per win.
- Improvements and bug fixes:
-> Bulkwark/Tiny Catapult and Carrot/Snail shell interaction interaction now works as intended.
-> Bulkwark/Tiny Catapult and Sponge/Bone Sail interaction interaction now works as intended.
-> Players could occasionally hold more than 12 cards on hand, this is now impossible.

Elimination of Adventure Mode and Daily Quest Rewards
As a first measure to stabilize the economy, we have removed all SLP rewards from adventure mode (this includes the SLP rewards for first-time completion.)

Adventure mode was originally conceived as a way for the community to learn how to use their Axies. It has outlived its purpose as a way for people to earn tokens from the game.

Next, we have removed the 25 SLP reward from the daily quest.
The daily quest, in principle, was great to encourage people to play everyday but it’s now become a mass emission mechanism for SLP. By removing the daily quest we are able to reduce issuance by around 45 million SLP per day. We love the idea of quests and hope to re-introduce a quest mechanism in the future through Origin, but this will need to come in tandem with new burn mechanisms from new features.

New AXS Leaderboard Rewards
For Season 20, we’ve expanded the number of leaderboard slots to 300,000 and increased the amount of AXS we’re giving out to 117,676.

This will supercharge the competitive Axie scene and create more demand for quality Axie teams in the ecosystem. This equates to a seven million USD equivalent prize pool for Season 20! This is one of the largest prize pools a game has ever seen and most importantly, it’s being rolled out to millions of gamers all over the world on equal terms. This would not have been possible without Ronin and smart contract-based technology.

We’ve also revised the amount of SLP per win at various MMR brackets. We’ve brought back 1 SLP per win for players under 800 MMR. This will bring some utility to weaker Axies and encourage players to practice even if they’re still learning or having difficulty with the game. Advancements with our bot detection system as well as reduced earnings for bots have also made reintroduction of these rewards possible.

This season lasts for 6 weeks!
February 9, 2022 10:00 AM To March 22, 2022 10:00 AM CET.

Here are the new MMR brackets and SLP rewards:
0-999 – 0 --> 1 SLP per win
1000-1099 – 3 SLP per win
1100-1299 – 6 --> 5 SLP per win (Rank default)
1300-1499 – 9 --> 6 SLP per win
1500-1799 – 12 --> 8 SLP per win
1800-1999 – 15 --> 10 SLP per win
2000 - 2499 - 18 --> 12 SLP per win
2500+ - 14 SLP per win

Linear Energy Gain For Axies?
As we mentioned in our previous update, we are considering making energy scale more linearly for Axies held on an account. We will look at new data generated by Season 20 to help us further explore this idea.

Substack article will be available a bit later today.

GL IN THE ARENA!

07/02/2022

0 USD Axies on Marketplace

We are aware of 0 USD priced Axies on Marketplace. These Axies are unpurchaseable. Most of them have been bought already and a few of them are ghosts of Axies that were released without their Trainers giving them parting words.

These will be fixed once our tracker catches up.

07/02/2022

Upcoming Season 20 & Economic Balancing Adjustments

Season 20 is close and when it’s released, a variety of important economic balancing changes will be implemented.

We believe that these economic changes will allow us to start righting the ship and getting the economy moving in the right direction. We know that it will be key to execute on delivering new burn mechanisms this year. These issuance reductions will not be enough to get our economic engine back to full strength, but they are a needed step as we build towards a fully-functioning and sustainable economy.

Full details point_down

https://axie.substack.com/p/upcoming-season-20-and-economic-balancing

Key Points Adventure mode SLP will be sunset (reduced to 0). This includes rewards for first time completion. Daily quest SLP will be sunset (reduced to 0). Arena reward structure will be changed dramatically (reduced SLP rewards and AXS leaderboard massively expanded).

04/02/2022

Upcoming Season 20 & Economic Balancing Adjustments - Axie Infinity

Increasing Burn Mechanism 🔥
👉Special cosmetics and skins
👉 Upgraded Axie body parts
👉 In-game emojis
👉 Breeding events
👉 Buy-in tournaments
👉 Axie naming
👉 at marami pang iba

Source:
https://axie.substack.com/p/upcoming-season-20-and-economic-balancing

Whitepaper:
https://whitepaper.axieinfinity.com/gameplay/axie-population-and-long-term-sustainability

02/02/2022

Axie Chat recap:

1. Season 20 - Coming in 1-2 weeks.

2. Possible removal of SLP rewards in Adventure and Daily quest (50% of SLP minted every day).

3. Burning Mechanisms such as part upgrades, cosmetics, etc. are expected in the release of V3 (Origin).

4. Battle V3 (Origin) is set to release after S20 (Est. end of Q1, 2022).

5. We've surpassed 100k released Axies in the Lunar Year Event.
(For reference, check https://marketplace.axieinfinity.com/lunacian-express/release-stats/)

6. Crit system is totally different in V3. There are crits, but it's not as random.

7. V3 might include a FREE-TO-PLAY version of the game in the App Store and Google Store. (There will still be a Play-to-earn version).

8. Axie power-ups will be introduced in the new version of the game. (Part of the burning mechanism)

9. The team announced a new acquisition from Niantic (Maker of Pokemon Go) to help them build. (More announcement soon)

10. $RON one side staking will be released in Phase 2.

11. Sky Mavis received a lot of applications for the builder's program. They'll be building more game modes in Axie Infinity using Axie assets.

12. The team assured the public that they'll be doing improvements to address all the important issues.

13. There will be $AXS rewards for the Landholders.

14. There's great progress for the Rental/Lending/Borrowing system that they're building in the marketplace.

15. Governance - The team is studying the best approach for this. They want the favor to go to the majority of the community and not just from whales or big value holders.

16. For the future Axie battle balancing, there will be 3 phases. a.) Listen to the feedback or suggestions from the community. b.) The concerns will be forwarded to the game council composed of selected people from the community. c.) Send out a proposal that can be voted by the community.

17. Hypergrowth in the community is expected in the future that's why it's very important for them to establish the infrastructure first to overcome the growth. (To avoid what happened to the servers last July-Aug 2021).

18. According to Jihoz, a short-term solution is needed before the release of Origin (wherein most of the burning mechanisms will come from). a.) If the supply of $SLP is not enough in the release of the new game version, there will be changes in how $SLP is being issued to avoid overpriced Axies.

19. To ensure continued growth and demand, the team will also be investing in marketing campaigns to support it.

20. The team is already preparing for the release of Origin. They're making sure that the servers won't fail also with the introduction of the Free-to-play version of the game. (There will still be a Play-to-earn version).

Watch the whole Axie Chat episode:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1283937511

Buy, sell and explore Axie Infinity in-game collectibles.

27/01/2022

$RON is live!

Claim your RON tokens here: https://katana.roninchain.com/ #/farm

Read the RON litepaper: https://bit.ly/Roninpaper
RON is now used to pay for transactions on Ronin!
A RON/ETH pool with RON rewards is now live! Rewards will start to flow in 24 hours.

Full details
https://axie.substack.com/p/ron

Video credits to Axie Infinity

27/01/2022

We are deploying an update to the Free Gas service on Ronin Network at 6PM GMT +7 ~1 hour from now.

We expect the update to take at least one hour, and in that time all free transactions on Ronin Network will be unavailable.

Thank you for your patience. https://t.co/6EDayiBunq

25/01/2022

Preseason Balancing Update #2

We have just deployed some balance changes after collecting feedback from our changes last week.

We anticipate that this will be the last balancing until the Season 21 buffer period. However, we may make hotfixes until the launch of Season 20 if there are unforeseen issues in the meta.

A quick reminder that once season 20 starts, we do not intend to make any balance changes. There may be extraordinary cases where a mechanic slips through, but in those cases, we will signal through our communication channels in advance and ask for community input before deploying a balance change.

A note from the balancing team on Dawn base stat changes:
Right now Dawn are unplayable due to their stat allocation. They're slower than bird, aqua, mech, dusk and getting outshined. Taking away 4 morale (which is not useful in small quantities) and allocating it to speed will put them on more of a level playing field. They will be similar to mech in that they will be fast and do consistent damage with skill but with different optimal cards due to body type.

Additional Improvements:
- We modified the visual effects to be more in sync with the Axie's actions.
- Fixed a bug that displayed the incorrect class icon.
- Axie expressions are back!
- Updated some actions to display the correct trigger text.

To update the latest version, download;

Android:
https://axieinfinity.com/downloads/axie_infinity-latest-android.apk

Windows (via Mavis Hub):
https://axieinfinity.com/downloads/axie_infinity-latest-windows.zip

mac0S (via Mavis Hub):
https://axieinfinity.com/downloads/axie_infinity-latest-macos.dmg

iOS: Please open the TestFlight app and refresh the list of apps to see the update. The current version will still work but an update is coming. (depending on the Apple review process it make take 24-48 hours for the update to show)
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20/01/2022

Lunar New Years Releasing Event!

This is a day we’ve been looking forward to since 2018. Axie releasing, an important component to Axies’ lives and a key lever in our quest for economic balance, is finally here! We know that this is a feature that the community has been patiently waiting for, and we couldn’t be more excited to show it off to the world!

Lunacians now have the opportunity to release their Axies to live independently in Lunacia, and in return their Axies will send them back some exclusive gifts. These will be Lunar New Year exclusive Land items!

Full details point_down

https://axie.substack.com/p/lny2022

17/01/2022

Balancing Buffer Period

We've just deployed a pre-season 20 Balancing patch!

We’ve released this patch prior to the release of the season to ensure sufficient time for play-testing. This should catch any unintended mechanics and consequences of the patch. This means that until Season 20 is formally launched, we may launch hot-fixes.

Full details point_down

https://axie.substack.com/p/season-20-balancing-buffer-period

We’ve just launched a balancing patch! We’ve released this patch prior to the release of the season to ensure sufficient time for play-testing. This should catch any unintended mechanics and consequences of the patch. This means that until Season 20 is formally launched, we may launch hot-fixes.

13/01/2022

Captcha Service Enabled

We will re-enable the captcha service that requires a trainer to rotate an Axie into the correct standing position. This service will help us fight against bots playing the game. If you fail the captcha service five times, your account will be locked for two hours. Please see below an excellent community-made example of what the Axie should look like to pass the captcha. Credit to Bogota Axie for the graphic.

Captcha service will be re-enabled at January 13, 2022 1:30 PM your local time.

12/01/2022

Axie Infinity Code of Conduct

The Code of Conduct is one way we put Axie Infinity’s values into practice and we expect it to be honored by everyone who represents Axie officially or informally, claims affiliation with the project, or participates directly.

If you have a question or ever think Axie Infinity is missing the mark of our commitment outlined below, please speak up. We want to hear from you.

https://axieinfinity.com/code-of-conduct/

11/01/2022

Disabling Captcha service

The captcha service is under high load right now due to the large number of requests to our server. We will temporarily disable it and remove the suspension for everyone who got their account temporarily locked. It will be turned back on after it has been optimized.

The iOS version of the game has not yet been updated. We expect it will to be available through TestFlight tomorrow for those who already have a spot in the beta.

10/01/2022

Patch 1.1.2 is LIVE

This update includes new features, improvements, and bug fixes like:

New Features
• Axies have let go of their wings! Instead of floating, they will now be standing in battle. We also added additional battle effects.
• Match history is now saved on the servers.
• We added a button to decline all friend requests.
• A new captcha mechanism is added to prevent botting behavior.

Improvements and Bug Fixes
• Card counter is fixed.
• Added Scarab debuff visual indicator.
• SLP will now display correctly in the game inventory. The displayed value will not include previously claimed SLP and current wallet balance.
• In-game player name is now synced with the Marketplace username.
• Fixed [403050] Insufficient Permission error.
• Fixed corrupted Axie image issue.
• Fixed a bug that was causing disconnections in last round.

We are changing "upright" to "Rotate this Axie until it stands like normal with its feet on the ground" :))

To update the latest version, download;

Android:
https://axieinfinity.com/downloads/axie_infinity-latest-android.apk

Windows (via Mavis Hub):
https://axieinfinity.com/downloads/axie_infinity-latest-windows.zip

mac0S (via Mavis Hub):
https://axieinfinity.com/downloads/axie_infinity-latest-macos.dmg
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04/01/2022

Off-season MMR Reset to 1200

We will reset the Off-Season MMR to 1200 for all players. We had looked into doing more granular MMR reset adjustments for different levels of MMR, but it wasn’t feasible given numerous factors and trade-offs.

02/01/2022

Axie Land Teaser

22/12/2021

Axie Infinity Update on 2022

• RON release eyes
• Axie Infinity: Origin sparkles
• Land Gameplay ear_of_rice
• Axie SDK: an entire universe of Axie games fire

So much to look forward to in 2022!

21/12/2021

Energy System update

We have noticed players 'juggling' Axies from one account to the next with the goal to increase their energy amount. This goes against our terms of service.

We have updated the Energy System so that Axies that are gifted or bought no longer count towards extra energy the same day as they are acquired.

Banned Axies will no longer be counted towards extra energy in-game.

For absolute clarity: Extra energy based on Axie ownership will be updated at 00:00 UTC (server reset) each day.

P.S.
This will reduce SLP gain from cheaters.

09/12/2021

09/12/2021

The breeding fee change is deployed!

08/12/2021

Breeding Fee Update


In 24 hours we will update the breeding fee!

• The SLP cost per breed will triple.
• The AXS cost per breed will be halved to 0.5 AXS.

Read about the principles and factors we used and examined when making this important decision point_down

https://axie.substack.com/p/breedingfee

23/11/2021

Ban Wave 11/19 Update

Key Points
• 18,505 Axies were banned as a result of multiple account abuse.
• We modified the ban terms over the weekend upon discovering an error in our detection algorithms.
• We've updated the TOS to make the rules around multi-accounting more clear.

Over the weekend, we banned 18,505 Axies that were involved in systematic abuse of the multiple accounts rule. This involved situations where one human was playing and earning in-game resources on multiple Axie game accounts over a 24 hour period. This type of abuse is harmful to the economy and community-- we collectively must work to hold each other accountable to our rules.

For example, scholarship leaders should actively work to ensure that scholars are not misrepresenting themselves and that each scholar only has access to one account. Some actions that can be taken to prevent this include scholarship applications that quiz applicants on the Axie terms of service, and video interviews.

Upon re-examination of the data this weekend, we discovered a error in our detection algorithms causing some innocent Axies to get banned. These Axies alongside other Axies that were sold on the marketplace prior to this detection wave have all been unbanned.

We also recognize that some of the banned Axies belong to well meaning-managers who are still learning how to best screen scholars. The bans in this wave have been reduced to 90 days which we believe gives managers a strong incentive to ensure that scholars are only playing on one in-game account.

Our Terms of Service have been updated to make these rules clearer https://axieinfinity.com/terms/. Please consider these Terms of Service carefully, as future ban waves will be less forgiving.

We know this affects a lot of you, and appreciate your continued support. Let’s work together as a community to ensure a fair gaming environment for all players and promote continuous healthy growth.

21/11/2021

BREAKING: Another Ban Wave has been confirmed.

No other information is given, YET.
Confirmed by Pyscheout via Twitter.

What are the common causes of Banning?
- Playing on more than one account in a 24 hour period.
- Creating a bot or, in some way automate playing the game.
- Creating a bot or, in some way automate purchases from the marketplace.

Banned account restrictions:
- Cannot claim existing SLP.
- Cannot receive new SLP to their inventory.
- Banned Axies cannot be used in-game or sold on the marketplace.

The devs are serious about following the TOS.
Read more of the existing rules:
https://axieinfinity.com/terms/

19/11/2021

Ban Wave for Accounts In Violation of Our TOS

Today, we regret to report that we have banned ~24,000 Axies across ~10,000 Ronin accounts. To reiterate, any attempts to alter the devices you play the game from are a clear violation of our terms of service. We will continue to work hard to protect the efforts of the millions of Lunacians who honestly contribute to our community.

10/11/2021

⚔️ Axie Arena Season 19!

Key Points

PVP season 19 is live with 3,000 AXS in rewards (currently valued at $400,000+)

MMR has been reset to seasonal: everyone begins with 1,200

We’ve launched a major rebalancing patch based on data collected over the past months.

We’ve adjusted the formulas for both bonus damage on critical strikes as well as the skill stats effect on bonus damage for combos.

Our season structure rewards you for climbing the leaderboard with boosted SLP drops and juicy AXS prizes. With AXS at around 150 USD, the seasonal rewards are over 400,000 USD! Season 19 will conclude on December 21st at 4 PM GMT +7.

10/11/2021

⚖️ Card Balancing
We know that you all have been eagerly awaiting a balancing patch. We’ve made changes that will boost certain cards and balance the power of some cards that were overly prevalent in the meta. When we make these changes we look at data produced from the Last season, Leaderboard, Tournaments, as well as the most recent off-season.

You can find a graphic with the balancing changes below picture.

🛡️ Crit Formula Update
One of the largest areas of feedback we’ve received is that critical strikes were too random and too often decided the course of games. We believe the root cause for this was that Axies with High Speed & HP have a higher average number of cards played per game. This meant that despite critting less frequently as a percentage of cards played, these Axies were still critting too much relative to their morale as they had more opportunities, on average.

To address this, we’ve made bonus damage on critical strikes dependent on morale. So even if low morale Axies crit now, they’ll crit for less damage. We believe this will also balance high speed/high hp Axies which were becoming a bit too powerful in the meta.

🔍 Skill Formula Update
We’ve changed the formula for calculating extra damage on combos from skill. This will increase the utility of skill as a stat— it was quite weak when compared to HP and Speed especially.

09/11/2021

The Ronin Mobile Wallet is live!

You can use it to store your assets, send and receive tokens, and interact with our products all from your mobile device! We know that many of our community members rely on mobile devices for their Axie experiences. This wallet was built specifically to bring economic access to these players.

The Ronin mobile wallet works with the Axie Marketplace. Go to the marketplace from your mobile browser and then sign in with Ronin Wallet!

Ronin The AXS Staking Dashboard and Katana will be available on mobile soon.
Ronin The Ronin Wallet is secure been audited by Verichains.

Make sure to only ever download using the official links!

Google Play (Android): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skymavis.genesis

App Store (iOS): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ronin-wallet/id1592675001

They can always be found here: https://wallet.roninchain.com/

08/11/2021

Season 19 is comming...

source:
https://twitter.com/Jihoz_Axie/status/1457774268163375106?t=xYxyB9njYwjdpalwKxyX4Q&s=19

04/11/2021

KATANA, The RONIN DEX is LIVE!

source:
https://axie.substack.com/p/katana

03/11/2021

today, we've got a sneak peek of the roster screen for you, offering a look at the inspection screen! we also have a link for this weeks alpha reveal which you can find here: https://youtu.be/_6IINKibmaM

let's go! we're just as excited as you for Devikins! 🥳

02/11/2021

the official Axie Discord was just HACKED!

21 million or maybe 100 eth in just 5mins 😭😭😭