Following two early SPS proposals, Splinterlands has just started a new SPS airdrop for all players who hold land-based NFTS and/or packs of their upcoming Tower Defense game. This daily token drop will last for five and a half years, or until player governance decides otherwise!
Splinterlands has moved fairly quickly to integrate community governance via SPS tokens. As part of this early implementation, Splinterlands submitted a number of proposals. And while all of the proposals were generated by the Splinterlands team, not all of them were adopted, which shows us that the community is actually making these decisions.
Two of these proposals were adopted: drops should be implemented for all titleholders and for holders of Nightmare Packs from the upcoming Tower Defense game. And so, as decreed, these drops are now online!
Two SPS Airdrops
The SPS pool for land holders is 6.25 million SPS tokens per month. That works out to about 40 SPS tokens per month per Land Claim Deed. However, since Land Claim Deeds that are not in the players’ Splinterlands are not counted, this figure may be a bit higher. This pool decreases by 1% per month for 65 months.
This is the first direct reward that landholders have seen since the land sale two years ago. And technically, no one owns any Splinterlands land at this time. Everyone simply owns title deeds that will be used to claim the actual plot of land when this system is implemented. The Splinterlands team hopes to have title deeds available by the end of 2022.
The second drop is for pack holders of the upcoming Splinterlands Tower Defense game. While the lands are only available in secondary markets, the Tower Defense game packs are still available for purchase in the official store. This airdrop consists of 1 million tokens per month, also decreasing by 1% per month over a total period of 65 months.
Players can claim these airdrops on the SPS page. All SPS chips are automatically put into play when claimed. Withdrawal of staked tokens takes 28 days, and 25% of the withdrawn tokens are available every 7 days. However, Splinterlands plans to offer additional rewards to SPS token holders in the near future (such as a token drop for their upcoming Genesis League Sports franchise), so you can leave those tokens in play.
And for those worried about tokenomics, these tokens aren’t generated out of thin air. The SPS token white paper has always provided for tokens to be allocated to landowners. And the tokens distributed to Nightmare Pack holders come from the team’s share of tokens.
What is Splinterlands Tower Defense?
The Splinterlands Tower Defense Game (or SPLTD) is an upcoming auto-battle and tower defense game that will be part of the Splinterlands ecosystem. Featuring its own set of NFTs in the form of towers, spells and heroes, SPLTD will also use Dark Energy Crystals (DEC), SPS tokens, VOUCHERS and even existing Splinterlands NFTs.
SPLTD will feature account-based progression. Certain items needed to reach higher levels in the game will be tied to the player’s account and not tradeable. This prevents players from simply buying their way to the higher reward ranks. They will have to continue to play and accumulate the resources needed to level up in the game.
The team expects 25 different rounds to be available for the first few raises. SLPTD also includes Spell NFTs. Attach Spell NFTs to towers for additional bonuses and effects. In addition, Heroes make their appearance in the game – semi-mobile units that fight until they run out of hit points.
To combat 24/7 farming, the cards themselves gain less as they are used. Players can choose to spend DEC tokens to recharge the energy reserves of the cards. SPLTD will also feature card merging for upgrades, in a similar style to Splinterlands.
In addition, the Splinterlands Tower Defense game will allow the use of cards from the main Splinterlands game. Pick up NFTs from Splinterlands in the towers to give them bonuses. As long as the cards are in play in SPLTD, they cannot be used for anything else – they cannot be played in Splinterlands, rented, traded or loaned. The de-stocking of cards will take some time, but players will have the option to spend DEC and/or VOUCHERS to shorten the de-stocking period.
Future plans include potential PvP and cooperative PvE. Beta is planned for later this year (2022).
