Starting today, May 29th, you can stake your GHST and face off in one-on-one battles for real crypto in a whole new game mode—powered by Base!

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📣 IMPORTANT: LIMITED TIME ACHIEVEMENT

Play a duel in the first week of launch to unlock the Spirit Force Week 1 Badge and prove you were there before Aavegotchi scaled from smol GHST wagers all the way up to millions of GHST wagered daily.

How to Duel

Download the Game

First, download Spirit Force Arena from the Aavegotchi Game Center or Hyperplay and connect your wallet.

Create or Join a Match

Once you’re in, choose Duels mode, select an Aavegotchi (if you own one) or a Champion (if you don’t), and spin up a room.

Currently, anyone eligible in your selected division can join the match. There are eight divisions in total, ranging from Ensign to Colonel. For those with Aavegotchis, you can create a match in whichever Division your Aavegotchi ranks in. For those without one, you will start in the Ensign division and fight your way up.

Get randomly matched against another player or join a private arena to duel against your favorite Gotchigang frenemy and settle those long-standing grudges. 

Stake GHST

Get ready to duel! If you don’t have GHST already, you’ll be prompted to deposit GHST into Spirit Force Arena via the “Deposit GHST” dialog. 

These amounts are small during this early alpha stage, but once our system is fully battle-tested, they will increase. For the time being, the minimum per-match stake is 0.1 GHST, with the maximum set at 1 GHST. 

Note: GHST deposits are exclusively supported by Base. If your GHST is on Polygon, you can bridge via Superbridge or fast bridges like DeBridge.

You can also swap for GHST using Aerodrome, Uniswap, or any Base supporting DEX aggregator.

Fight!

Try your best to defeat your opponent. To help you in your battle, you may bring in HP/AP Potions and Protolick drones.

Don’t have any? The best way to earn potions and Protolicks is by leveling up your Aavegotchi Gaming Profile.

Come At Me Fren

Pumped to start dueling? Download Spirit Force Arena, grab some GHST on Base, and find us in the Arena. 

Glory awaits you degen-san!

Stay aavesome based frens,

Aavegotchi Team

The Holy Knights of Arbitrum are coming! 🛡️

Today, we’re excited to announce a new partnership with Camelot, creators of the Orbital Liquidity Network, and the largest decentralized exchange (DEX) on Arbitrum. This collaboration will power liquidity on Geist, our upcoming Layer 3 blockchain, allowing decentralized exchange of value to an ecosystem of curated games and dapps.

With over $27 billion in volume traded and 75 partners, Camelot has become the go-to liquidity hub for the entire Arbitrum ecosystem. Its infrastructure, battle-tested over time, is trusted by some of the biggest projects in the space, such as Xai, Pendle, Bored Apes, EtherFi, GMX, Ondo, and Ethena.

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Through its Orbital Liquidity Network, Camelot connects a growing network of rollups, providing them access to Arbitrum’s vast liquidity and user base. This network allows chains like Geist to onboard users from across the Arbitrum ecosystem while ensuring liquidity flows seamlessly between platforms.

As the first and only app to be present on multiple Orbit chains, Camelot acts as the hub for Arbitrum users to explore and discover new rollups, connecting Geist to other Orbit chains like XAI, Sanko, ApeChain, and more.

Deploying on Geist

Camelot will deploy natively on Geist as part of this partnership, becoming the chain’s primary decentralized exchange (DEX).

Supported tokens will initially include GHST, ETH, Alchemica, and GLTR, with a to-be-announced path to adding more.

Get ready for what’s next

This partnership with Camelot strengthens our vision of creating a curated and rewarding space for both gamers and developers, powered by the most trusted infrastructure in the Arbitrum ecosystem.

Follow Geist on 𝕏 for updates on the upcoming test net launch, and visit the official Geist website to apply for early access invites.

Stay aavesome frens,

The Aavegotchi Team

Geist - a quality that animates the mind. - Oxford Dictionary.

Today, Pixelcraft Studios is excited to announce the upcoming launch of Geist, a new L3 powered by Base, Arbitrum, Alchemy, and of course, Aavegotchi.

Previously codenamed “Gotchichain”, Geist is the first members-only blockchain, built for gaming.

Why “Geist”?

The Web3/crypto gaming industry has experienced explosive growth in this cycle, finally delivering playable games and innovative new economic models for user acquisition.

With growth comes growing pains, however, and recent events expose major problems with the state of crypto gaming today:

Rampant botting/sybil attacks. Games/chains claiming huge DAU/MAU numbers, but many are bots / multi-accounting.

Extremely inefficient reward campaigns. Games airdropping valuable rewards to bots / multi-accounters instead of real users.

High player churn. Promise of rewards attracts botters and airdrop farmers, who leave after the reward period is over.

The heart of the problem is how we define a “user” in blockchain. Our open networks allow bad actors to spin up thousands of “users” to farm rewards and evade bans when they get caught.

This becomes an endless game of whack-a-mole that wastes developer resources and often ends up penalizing real users.

Thus, the challenge becomes: how can we distribute rewards to real users, without stifling growth?

The Members-Only Blockchain

Geist is our answer to this challenge — a new onchain space for crypto gaming — exclusive, curated, and rewarding.

Exclusive. While anyone can transact on the chain, reward programs are reserved for invited members only. Invites are limited by design, and will encourage Inviters to choose their Invitees wisely.

Curated. Only games and dapps approved by Pixelcraft Studios or AavegotchiDAO can deploy on Geist. Quality over quantity.

Rewarding. Members have exclusive access to reward programs such as airdrops, giveaways, and exclusive content.

We see a gap in the market for a gaming chain focused on quality over quantity, both in games and users. Geist is a network driven not by vanity metrics and flashy numbers, but by the loyalty of its fans.

Geist will be the exclusive home for first-party Aavegotchi games like Gotchi Guardians

Key features of Geist

Geist is built using the cutting-edge Arbitrum stack, the leading rollup chain stack for crypto gaming. Standard benefits of the Arbitrum stack such as <250ms block time, custom gas token (GHST), and permissionless transacting all apply.

Here’s what sets Geist apart:

A chain-wide membership program. Geist Members will enjoy exclusive access to reward campaigns across all games on the chain. Non-members can still transact and play games on the chain, but will miss out on many of the benefits.

World-class Uptime and the Complete Developer Platform. Powered by Alchemy, the leader in blockchain infrastructure, Geist offers high uptime and familiar developer tools such as Token API, Transaction API, and Webhooks.

Native NFT Marketplace. Geist supports the Aavegotchi Baazaar, a fully onchain NFT marketplace with royalties enabled.

CEX Onramps. Geist is collaborating closely with Coinbase and other CEXes to allow for ETH and GHST onramps.

Native VRF. Geist supports a native onchain random number generator (VRF) developed by Pixelcraft Studios, allowing game developers to deliver provable randomness to their players.

Account Abstraction and Gasless Relayers. Geist supports the latest in account abstraction, smart wallets, and gasless transactions, powered by Thirdweb.

Native Staking with revenue sharing. Pending a future AavegotchiDAO proposal, Geist will support staking GHST to earn a portion of both marketplace and sequencer fees.

Permissioned contract deployment. To prevent network congestion and ensure quality control, ****deployment of contracts is only available to permissioned partners. If you’re interested in building on Geist, please fill in this interest form.

Imagine your Player Profile filled with badges from every corner of the Gotchiverse on Geist.

Built with Love for Gotchigang, and beyond

Geist is built to be the onchain home of Aavegotchi, the Aavegotchi Gaming Console, and all of our official and community-built games. Games or dapps that include Aavegotchi elements (tokens, NFTs, tooling, lore) will be prioritized for deployment.

Aavegotchi NFT holders will also play a key role in driving initial network effects of the chain, with an airdrop of Invites to Aavegotchi NFT holders (Snapshot TBA).

Have an idea for a game or dapp you’d like to deploy on Geist? Submit your idea via this form, or apply through AavegotchiDAO.

Testnet Imminent

The Polter Testnet, the official testnet of Geist, is the testing ground for all Aavegotchi asset migrations and features.

Learn more about Polter Testnet and Geist Mainnet in the Official docs.

Follow Geist on 𝕏 for updates on the Testnet and Mainnet launch!

Summon the Geist

Ready to join us in summoning Geist? A limited number of Invites will be given to collectors of this announcement.

To apply for an Invite, submit your email on the official Geist website, then mint this new Geist open edition on Base or Arbitrum Nova. We’ll let you know if you make the cut.

The mints will close when Geist Mainnet launches.

Just the Beginning

Today’s announcement is just the beginning of Geist’s journey. Upcoming announcements will give more details about the Member system, Invites, and reward campaigns.

Make sure you’re privy to all the alpha by subscribing to The Curve, the official blog of Aavegotchi and Geist.

Stay based frens.

Aavegotchi Team

Forget the scorching summer heat, our July updates were even hotter! $GHST packed Spirit Force Arena matches, a fiery new Gotchi Guardians map, and moar.

Henlo frens,

This month was certainly an exciting one! We rolled out game-changing features for all of our games—literally.

We know life gets busy, and might have missed some of our news, but don’t worry about it, we’ve got you covered!

Keep on reading as we’ve put together a nice little recap of everything and anything you might have missed.

Gotchi Guardians is on FIRE!

Mount Oomf finally arrived! This fiery new map invites brave Gotchi Guardians to navigate an enormous volcano with ramps, changing paths, and unexpected trials!

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But that's not all—we've got a brand new tower, the Fomocano! This tower specializes in devastating AOE attacks. As it levels up, it unleashes increasingly powerful eruptions, creating molten impact zones that continuously damage any enemies caught within.

Ready to handle the heat frens and claim victory in this sizzling new map?!

Download Gotchi Guardians and check it out!

Play AND Earn in Spirit Force Arena

Staking GHST in Spirit Force Arena Battle Royale matches has finally landed. You can now stake up to 100 GHST against 10 other players, fight in the arena and watch the winner take all! That's right—high stakes, high rewards.

This update also came with aavesome new enhancements. The game lobby got a fresh new look. Practice Mode also got a lot better; go head-to-head against AI Gotchis without worrying about badges or leaderboard position.

But wait, there’s more - New badges are up for grabs! Whether you stake, win, or even lose GHST, there's a shiny badge for it!

Ready to put it all on the line? Download Spirit Force Arena now!

Put Your 3D Glasses On

The transformation of all our Aavegotchi Wearables from 2D to 3D is finally complete, just in time for the upcoming Gotchiverse3D.

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Picture over 300 wearables coming to life in a vibrant 3D format. We're talking clothes, accessories, weapons, facial features, and even pets!

The conversion was no walk in the park. It involved concepting, modeling, rigging, and animating—all while keeping the pixelated charm of the originals. We started by unboxing the 2D pixel art, analyzing the wearable, and creating a gray-block model. Then came the texturing, colors, and materials. For the godlike and mythical wearables, we added extra animations.

Jump into the Dressing Room and check them out!

Double the GHST, Double the Fun

Hyperplay and Game7 just launched their Questing platform, and guess what? It's featuring two Aavegotchi games: Gotchi Guardians and Spirit Force Arena!

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To get started, simply download the Hyperplay launcher, install Gotchi Guardians and Spirit Force Arena, and play.

Dive into this six-week campaign where you can earn Game7 Credits and GHST!

Get Your Game ON!

This month, the Aavegotchi team launched the Aavegotchi Game Nights. Yeah, you read that right! Every week, we host TWO game nights, one for Gotchi Guardians and another Spirit Force Arena, with new guests to show us aavesome content from behind the scenes!

And, as if that’s not exciting enough, we also play a few games and give out GHST!

Here, take a peek:

🔥 Did you miss our latest Game Night?! 🔥

Don’t worry about it! 😏

Catch the FULL stream with @molino_davide, our super-talented Game Artist, in the comments below 👇 pic.twitter.com/kq05AWqfiV

— Gotchi Guardians 👻⚔️👅 (@gotchiguardians) July 18, 2024

So, what are you waiting for? Join us and be part of the excitement. Who knows, you might be our next big winner!

That’s it Gotchigang!

Don’t forget to join us on Discord and X to stay up to date with the latest news, sneak peeks, and to join in on the ebic discussions.

As always, we’d love to hear your thoughts, so feel free to share your feedback.

Until next time… Keep it aavesome, frens!

The Aavegotchi Team

After weeks of intense discussions and collaboration, AavegotchiDAO has voted to kick off a brand-new season of Rarity Farming. Can you believe we’re already NINE seasons in?!

The excitement is real, and the competition is fierce. Grab your shiniest wearables and get ready to strike a pose!

Just like before, this season will run for eight weeks, broken down into four rounds that each last two weeks. At the end of each round, we’ll take on-chain snapshots of the leaderboards and hand out some awesome prizes, including $GHST and NFT badges for your Aavegotchis.

Let’s make Season 9 the best one yet!

Rarity Farming FAQs

What is Rarity Farming?

Rarity Farming is a play-to-earn mechanic that offers players the chance to earn rewards by boosting rarity levels of their Aavegotchi NFTs. By equipping Aavegotchis with the rarest Wearable NFTs, petting them twice (not once) daily, and participating in XP-packed events, players are lining them up for some serious $GHST rewards.

Each element plays a crucial role in boosting your Aavegotchi's standing in the realm of Rarity Farming. So, gear up, show some love, and hit those events hard – your Aavegotchi and your wallet will thank you for it!

Show Me the Money!

This season, 1.5 million GHST (roughly $1.2 million USD at the time of writing) is up for grabs during the eight-week Rarity Farming period.

How to Participate?

To participate in Rarity Farming Season 9, you just need to own an Aavegotchi, or alternatively, you can borrow one from a player who is offering a split on $GHST earned during the borrowing period with Gotchi Lending.

AavegotchiDAO Funded

The most active gaming DAO in the world has once again stepped up to the plate. Not only did the proposal for Rarity Farming SZN 9 pass with ease, but player rewards will once again be fully funded by the AavegotchiDAO!

Payout Allocations

There have been no major changes to Rarity, Kinship, or XP systems since the preceding season. However, the DAO has decided that 20% of total rewards be allocated to support a Gotchi Battler tournament (an Aavegotchi idle game) featuring teams of 5 Gotchis.

As such, this season, the 1.5M GHST payout categories have been adjusted as follows:

Rarity (50%)

Kinship (20%)

XP (10%)

Gotchi Battler (20%)

As always, all participating Aavegotchis have the chance to win non-transferable badges and trophies designed by Xibot, the summoner and lead artist of Aavegotchi. These rare “Baadges” are deposited directly into your Aavegotchi to forever prove its unique history of success. Check out the aavesome NFT Baadges your Gotchi could be winning.

Four Ways to Win

Rarity

Rarity is the main rewards pool, with 50% of player rewards allocated to this leaderboard. An Aavegotchi’s rarity score is determined based on a number of factors, including:

Randomly generated traits when the Aavegotchi is summoned

Points earned from equipping Wearables and Wearable sets

Changes to trait scores earned by leveling up

Changes to trait scores made possible by the aging mechanic

To climb this leaderboard, either purchase or summon the rarest Aavegotchi you can, then continue to boost their rarity using the right combination of Wearables and Wearable sets.

Special note: Orium Guild recently launched their new Wearable Rentals Market, which allows players to rent out wearables for a fee. These wearables can be equipped to increase your Aavegotchi's BRS. Try it here to get a leg up on the competition!

Kinship

Climbing the Kinship ladder is less capital-intensive than Rarity. To increase your Aavegotchi’s kinship, simply pet it twice a day (once every 12 hours) or feed it kinship potions. Each time you pet your Aavegotchi, their kinship score will increase by one. It’s also important to note that for each 24-hour period that passes without petting your Aavegotchi, its kinship score will decrease by one. To climb this leaderboard, make sure you interact with your Gotchi Gang every 12 hours!

XP

XP (Experience Points) is the final leaderboard, which allows anyone with an internet connection the ability to earn XP on their Aavegotchi’s behalf. Players can earn XP by voting in the AavegotchiDAO, attending community events, participating in minigame leaderboard competitions, and drinking XP potions.

To climb this leaderboard, stay active in the Aavegotchi community and keep an eye on our social media platforms so you know how and when you can earn XP!

Gotchi Battler

Craft your ultimate Aavegotchi squad, fine-tune their formation, and deploy unique special moves and leadership skills to secure victory in thrilling battles to the death!

All tournaments begin shortly after the main Rarity Farming event concludes. Stay tuned for specific tournament-related details!

To participate, you simply need to register your team during the registration period at the start of the tournament; then, your team will automatically progress through each round. Powered by Chainlink’s VRF random number generator, you can view all the battles on the Gotchi Battler website each day.

The prize pool for this tournament is 300K GHST, so significant prizes await those who manage their Aavegotchi squads most aptly!

Gotchi Battler Mechanics

Structure of Season 9

Get ready for an electrifying eight-week spectacle where Aavegotchi takes center stage! Our favorite on-chain ghosts are gearing up for fierce competition, and the entire community will be watching them in anticipation of those bi-weekly snapshots.

View the Rewards Breakdown for Season 9

After each snapshot, rewards are allocated, and an announcement will be made once $GHST is distributed. Rewards will be dropped directly into your Aavegotchi's individual pockets and can be viewed and withdrawn by visiting your Aavegotchi’s interface at dapp.aavegotchi.com > My Inventory.

After one snapshot is taken, the next round immediately begins and lasts for another two weeks, repeating until the conclusion of the fourth and final round.

That’s it! Strike a Pose!

Rarity Farming Season 9 will begin on August 10th, 2024 at 10AM EST/2PM UTC, with the first snapshot happening two weeks later on August 24th, 2024 at 10AM EST/2 PM UTC. Please note that as voted in the coreprop, the snapshot time for this season is 10AM EST/2 PM UTC.

So make sure to have your Gotchis’ outfits ready to go if they want to win those tasty GHST rewards.

With 1.5M GHST at stake, it’s going to be another EBIC eight weeks of OG Gotchi farming. And remember frens, take care of your Gotchis and they’ll take care of you!

See you on the leaderboards, Gotchigang!

The Aavegotchi Team

Double the games, double the fun, double the rewards!

tl;dr:

Our good frens at Hyperplay/Game7 recently launched their Questing platform, featuring not one but TWO Aavegotchi games!

Ready for the ultimate web3 gaming adventure?

✨ Introducing: HyperPlay Quests✨

🎮 Play your favorite games
⚡ Join in-game challenges
💸 Earn rewards directly in your wallethttps://t.co/XDWS6zGTVO pic.twitter.com/0NaWXfEb15

— HyperPlay (@HyperPlayGaming) July 30, 2024

This announcement comes on the heels of their recent listing of Gotchi Guardians, the wild and wacky Aavegotchi tower defense game.

With Gotchi Guardians and Spirit Force Arena now both listed on Hyperplay, we’re positioned well to benefit from their exciting new Questing platforms.

Read more about this exciting partnership below!

Gotchi Guardians Listed on Hyperplay

What happens when you mix the sublime satisfaction of squashing endless streams of creeps, with the chaos and blood-boiling energy of competitive multiplayer?

Gotchi Guardians is born — a new multiplayer tower defense where you must survive against endless hordes of enemies summoned by you and your opponents!

Previously, the only way to play Guardians was by downloading directly from the Aavegotchi Game Center, but with this week’s listing on HyperPlay, your options have increased.

To download Gotchi Guardians from HyperPlay, simply download the HyperPlay launcher and install Gotchi Guardians.

Now you’re ready to start playing, and earning Credits (and GHST!) during their 6-week campaign window.

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Up for some questing?

HyperPlay just launched their new Quest Platform, and Aavegotchi is front and center! With both Gotchi Guardians and Spirit Force Arena now live on HyperPlay, we opted for play streak quests for each game!

Just play the games for at least 5 minutes a day for 2 days straight and get rewarded with GHST.

Plus, you can earn even MOAR rewards playing on HyperPlay this month. If you haven’t heard, Game7, the DAO behind HyperPlay, has also just launched its new rewards program, Game7 Credits, and it’s set to change how players engage with its onchain gaming ecosystem.

Apart from earning GHST over the next month, you can also earn Game7 Credits by diving into any of the quests happening on HyperPlay or the Game7 platform!

🔥Introducing Game7 Credits 🔥

This is our most significant launch and most exciting reward distribution to date.

Complete Quests & Win Credits

Enter the portal now: https://t.co/TbACktR8dd pic.twitter.com/g6nwcnvoV3

— Game7 DAO (@G7_DAO) July 30, 2024

About Hyperplay

Apart from automatic game updates, HyperPlay is leading the way in web3 gaming, perfectly aligning with Aavegotchi’s mission to deliver fun and rewarding crypto gaming experiences. Imagine a place where your wallets, NFTs, tokens, and achievements flow seamlessly across games—that's HyperPlay.

But HyperPlay is more than just games; it’s about freedom. Developers like us can list our games without worrying about platform taxes or censorship from big web2 giants. HyperPlay even aggregates Epic Game Store and GOG to give players all the options they need.

HyperPlay also supports all Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible chains and works seamlessly with a wide range of wallets. This means you can manage your wallets and transactions right within the game, without switching tabs or apps. It's all about flexibility and ease of use.

Not once, but twice - Let's celebrate!

Gotchi Guardians and Spirit Force Arena are both in early access mode and there's no better place to play than HyperPlay.

We’re so proud of hitting this new milestone and want to celebrate it with you - Join us in our by completing quests on HyperPlay and join the official Aavegotchi Discord server to chat about these exciting developments.

Stay spooky frens,

The Aavegotchi Team