Chapter 3 is now LIVE in @pixels_online A whole new game loop, new ways to earn and a step closer to cracking P2E Pixels are quietly making some serious progress Here's a simple breakdown - everything you need to know 👇

(A quick reminder - I'm a @Ronin_Network Ambassador and work with them on content - my own thoughts) What We'll Cover Here : 1) Intro to Chapter 3 and the New Game Loop 2) Yieldstones and How to Get Them 3) Seasons and Rewards (New Ways to Earn) 4) Thoughts On Why This Move is Smart Let's get it 👇

⚔️ Chapter 3 : Bountyfall is now LIVE! ⚔️ Here are the core changes and new game loop : 1) Play for Your Harvest Union! - Head to Hearth Hall in TerraVilla where you can learn about and choose a union to join : Either : Wildgroves, Seedwrights or Reapers 2) Get Yieldstones Yieldstones have 2 functions : - Help to get your Union to 100% health (Yieldstones for your union) - Sabotage other Unions (Yieldstones for other unions) There are different tiers of Yieldstones which = different effectiveness 💎 How to Get Yieldstones (2 main ways) - They will appear as you complete tasks in your taskboard (this is the most abundant source) - NFT landowners can buy and place a 'Yield Press' on their land (a new industry) and can craft 'Yield Reactors' to place in it - giving you Yieldstones Lands must be assigned to a specific Union for this to work Increasing the Power of Yieldstones (by levelling up) In the Hearth Stone shop you can buy : - Power Offerings - Defence Offerings You must submit 5 Power Offerings within a certain time limit (can work together as a group) - to increase Yieldstone power +5% OR 8 Defence Offerings to decrease other Unions sabotage effectiveness on you by -10% There's also lots of other merch/items in the shop! 3) The Ultimate Goal and Rewards Chapter 3 runs in Seasons, which end when a Union reaches 100% health (after a team effort of providing Yieldstones) You can view your progress in your Union Hearth Manager When a season ends : The Union in 1st place earns the biggest share of rewards (approx 70%) , 2nd - the 2nd biggest share (approx 30%) and nothing currently for 3rd The PIXEL reward pools are dynamic - the more people participate, the bigger the pools get Importantly within each Union is an individual leaderboard : So rewards are split based on individual contributions The New Meta and Smart Moves 👇

4) The New Meta and Smart Moves This is a clever new mechanic for a few reasons : 1) Yieldstones aren't tradeable - which means people can't come in and buy them up to get rewards You have to earn them buy playing and the tiers mean advanced players (not bots) essentially have more power and earning ability 2) It balances the roles of whales in the economy There would be no point in whales colluding together to join the same Union (as they'd individually have to split the rewards anyway) It also means individuals who join the winning union last minute (but have done nothing) - don't get rewarded also 3) It adds more utility for NFT landowners who have an indirect route to getting additional Yieldstones (and therefore higher contributions and rewards) 4) It makes the gameplay far more interesting than just min/maxing the taskboard for PIXEL You're now playing as part of an active team and have to choose whether to add or sabotage others 5) This overall is a big step to gameplay that is sustainable (last 2 weeks Pixels has had a positive Return on Reward Spend - i.e. getting more back in PIXEL spent than giving out as rewards) It's awesome to see the team keeping building, thinking longterm and shipping hard Any questions - I'm in the comments as always 🫡 See you in TerraVilla!