Here is a guide on how to navigate DeFi Kingdoms through the game, bridge tokens across maps, and explore all the earning opportunities in both the original map (Serendale) and their new expansion (Crystalvale).
Covered:
- How To Get Started On DeFi Kingdoms: Summary
- DeFi Kingdoms: Serendale Guide
- DeFi Kingdoms: Crystalvale Guide
- Bridging Tokens and Traveling Across Chains
How To Get Started On DeFi Kingdoms: Summary
If you are looking for a new way to participate in DeFi instead of looking at those bulky sites with terrible user interfaces, DeFi Kingdoms is for you. To get started on Defi Kingdoms, you will need to be able to purchase $ONE or $AVAX via a centralized exchange (there are some other options for onboarding fiat discussed below, but CEXs are typically used). Once you have your tokens in a browser wallet (like Metamask), you will be able to access all of the great features available on DeFi Kingdoms.
If all of this seems unfamiliar to you, check out our guides explaining what DeFi Kingdom is and how to get started on their platform. Additionally, if you are interested in taking a deep dive right into the hero NFTs associated with the gameplay, check out our guide here.
One quick note before we get started. Many components of the game are only available on the beta site, and not yet on the main site, although the components are working great, they just need that final stamp of approval before being released on the main site. Therefore, always use the beta site to access all the components of DeFi Kingdoms but be aware that some features may not be finalized and could still be in testing
DeFi Kingdoms: Serendale Guide
Serendale is DeFi Kingdoms original game map and is located on the Harmony blockchain. All of the newest features, such as PvP, PvE, new NFT pets, etc., will all come to Serendale first before Crystalvale. Here is an updated look at the map:
A lot has been released even on Serendale in the past four-five months, so here’s a breakdown of what you can do in each one of the places on the map (land is even starting to appear on the outskirts of the town!):
- Marketplace: This is the DEX of the game. It is quite an important place since JEWEL can only be traded here. Gamers can interact with the “trader” to swap different tokens for JEWEL and create LP tokens with the “Druid”.
- Jeweler: This is where JEWEL can be staked for xJEWEL. The bank rewards you with a number of xJEWEL equal to the JEWEL you deposited divided by the Bank Ratio at the time. This process ensures that one xJEWEL always equals more than one JEWEL.
- Garden: This is the game’s liquidity pool where gamers can stake a pair of two tokens (JEWEL + Token of Choice) to gain rewards.
- Tavern: The NFT marketplace where gamers can buy their Hero NFTs to play the game.
- Portal: Once a Hero is purchased, gamers can summon their Heroes with JEWEL here.
- Castle: This is the new home to where players will be able to buy land and check the leaderboards for gaming rewards that are given out daily, weekly, and monthly.
- Alchemist: The alchemist is where you can create potions. This is currently applicable to some potions that help hero NFTs recover after they complete a quest, but potions will be even more important once gameplay rolls out.
- Meditation Circle: This is where you level up hero NFTs. Once your hero has enough XP to level up, you can come here to level them (keep in mind that certain in-game items are necessary to level your hero)
- Professions: This is where you can send your hero out to quest. You can send your hero mining, foraging, gardening, and fishing for different rewards.
- Docks: This is where you go to switch over to Crystalvale and bridge tokens between Serendale and Crystalvale. You can also purchase $ONE here with fiat through Ramp (therefore, you don’t need to use a CEX)
DeFi Kingdoms: Crystalvale Guide
Crystalvale is the new expansion map of DeFi Kingdoms and is its own layer 1 blockchain on an Avalanche subnet. It was released on March 30th, 2022, and is continued to be improved upon by the development team. Here is how the map looks as of now:
So far, the map only has the docks, marketplace, jeweler, gardens, and the cradle. Everything in Crystalvale besides the cradle is the same as in Serendale.
There is no information on what will occur in the cradle. Still, there is a crystal in there (the new token in Crstalvale is $CRYSTAL) that says, “An entrancing hum slightly quivers the air around it and into the core of Skaddrissale, its illuminating sheen pulsing steadily.”
Overall, Crystalvale is in its infancy and only currently has necessary features for bridging tokens (docks; discussed below), swapping tokens (marketplace), providing liquidity (gardens), and staking the games token $CRYSTAL (jeweler).
Bridging Tokens and Traveling Across Chains
If you want to participate and play in both maps of DeFi Kingdoms, you will need to learn how to bridge tokens from one to the other. If starting in Serendale, go to the docks and click on the ‘dockmaster’. This screen will pop up:
Here, you can switch networks and travel to Crystalvale by clicking “Travel To Crystalvale”. The Perilous Journey was a quest that sent heroes on a journey with the chance of surviving and gaining overall value or perishing during the trip. To Buy One directly on DeFi Kingdoms, simply click on “Buy ONE on Ramp”
Now, let’s discuss bridging. To bridge tokens from Serendale to Crystalvale, select “Bridge Tokens,” and this screen should pop up:
Here, you will first have to approve the bridge through your wallet and then send the tokens, so it takes a couple of clicks to get through.
The multichain, Harmony Bridge and Terra Bridge tabs all bring you to other dApps in which you can bridge tokens from various places to get the right tokens to use within DeFi Kingdoms ($ONE and $AVAX).
For Bridging from Crystalvale to Serendale, the options are very similar, and the same steps are needed to perform similar tasks:
The one difference is that you can buy $AVX directly from C-chain (this is also done through Ramp), if you wanted too and then use that to get started in the game.
Well, that’s it for our updated guide on DeFi Kingdoms and how to bridge assets across the two maps within the game! Enjoy!
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