Splinterlands is a collectible card game (CCG) for PC (Windows), browser and mobile (Android/iOS), where each player assembles a team of up to 6 cards from their deck before the battle is played out automatically in a quick, action-packed format, and according to a unique set of battle conditions that make every match different. The core game features fast-paced card battles, 6 unique factions, several PVP and PVE game modes, strategic depth, extensive lore, and play to earn mechanisms. Splinterlands integrates blockchain technology (Hive and Ethereum) to record and secure ownership of digital assets earned or purchased by players, namely NFT assets (e.g. cards, land, skins, boosts) and cryptocurrency. Splinterlands has its own cryptocurrencies ($SPS, $DEC), NFT marketplace, and decentralized autonomous organization (DAO).
Game Features
- Six Unique Factions: Players can choose from 6 different factions composed of distinct races, habitats, and creatures to play.
- Two Card Types: Summoners and the Units (characters or creatures) they summon to do the actual fighting.
- Over 75 Abilities: Large choice of card abilities ranging from affliction, ambush and amplify to piercing, sniper and void (+ info).
- Drafting Mechanic: Players have a limited time to assemble a team from their card collection before sending it to battle against the opponent’s team.
- Free to Play: Free to Play Accounts come equipped with a full deck of Starter Cards that can be used to try out the game. Though players will be unable to earn rewards or place on the Leaderboard.
- Play to Earn: Players may earn cryptocurrency ($SPS) and NFT cards in tournaments, ranked play, and quests provided they have purchased a Spellbook ($10 starter pack).
Blockchain Integration
DocumentsSplinterlands features decentralized governance through DAO protocols, and a partially player-owned economy where players can effectively own and trade most in-game digital assets (e.g. cards, land, skins, boost items, currency) outside of the game, using smart contracts built on the Hive blockchain to record and secure transactions and ownership of said assets. Splinterlands also has its own cryptocurrencies, $SPS, which serves as a player reward token, and DAO governance token, and $DEC, which serves as the primary in-game currency.
Splinterlands isn’t currently open source. While ownership of digital assets and governance may be decentralized and secured on the blockchain, users may not be able to run the game in the event that its online service is shut down prematurely.
Ownable (NFTs)
- Cards: Collectible NFT cards with gameplay attributes and drawn by real artists.
- Card Packs: NFT-backed card packs containing random NFT cards.
- Land: NFT-backed plots of land where owners can harvest, refine, and store resources required to mint new item and spell cards (+ info).
- Boosts: NFT-backed utility items such as Totems (boosts on land harvesting) and associated fragments, and Time Crystals (boosts on land construction).
- Skins: Collectible NFT skins to change the appearance of specific cards.
- Titles: Collectible NFT titles rewarded based on specific achievements.
Cryptocurrency
- $DEC is one of Splinterlands’ cryptocurrencies, It serves as a medium of exchange for NFT cards and other items in-game. It is a fungible, Ethereum-based, ERC20 (or BEP-20) token limited to a total original supply of 1,000,000,000,000. The different ways to get $DEC outside of crypto markets are… (read more)
- $SPS is one of Splinterlands’ cryptocurrencies, It serves as a DAO governance token and as a play-to-earn reward token. It is a fungible, Ethereum-based, ERC20 (or BEP-20) token limited to a total original supply of 3,000,000,000. The different ways to get $SPS outside of crypto markets are… (read more)
