With the rise in popularity of NFTs comes along an online video game called Axie Infinity, and a necessary guide on how to play Axie Infinity. An Axie is shown as a unique creature that represents NFTs and you can confer ownership and trade them just like normal NFTs in the crypto marketplace.
Players who are into this game collect Axies as virtual pets that they can breed, battle, and build kingdoms with. It is a great way to enjoy crypto trading and earn while passing the time. This game is different from other online games because it is established with its own blockchain.
This article will discuss all about Axie Infinity and everything that you need to know before playing the game.
What is Axie Infinity?
If you’ve played Pokemon, World of Warcraft, or other card games before, you probably won’t have a hard time learning this game. Created in December 2017, Nguyen Thanh Trung along with his other acquaintances decided to combine the aspects of crypto trading with the online gaming world.
This blockchain-based game had a sale of Axie pets in February of 2018 and had about 3,112 adopted Axie that can be exchanged for Ethereum. Sky Mavis Studio, the gaming studio in which this game was created, raised $1.5 million to improve and develop Axie Infinity, attracting more known investors around November of 2019.
In August 2021, Axie Infinity had over 1 million daily active players, at a time when many people found ‘Play to Earn” online games more appealing than ever. Although it is generally not a difficult game, you need to make sure that you know the basics of the gameplay so you won’t suffer financial losses in the long run.
How to get your own Axies
You can start Axie Infinity: Origins with three free starter Axies, but you need your own NFT Axies to play Axie Classic or to earn the most rewards in Origins. To buy them, you’ll first need a Ronin account. Once you’ve made your account, you need to fill your Ronin wallet up. There are two ways you can do that through official means; purchase directly using Ramp Network, or use the Ronin Bridge to convert your ETH from your Metamask wallet into WETH to your Ronin wallet. In March 2022, attackers stole about $625 million from the Ronin Bridge; users were compensated and the bridge reopened on June 28, 2022.
The next thing you need to do is head to the Axie Marketplace, and choose 3 Axies to create a team. Remember that before you buy anything, you need to do thorough research and planning.
You can learn these through watching the latest Youtube videos, joining Discord groups, and doing everything you can to make as few mistakes as possible in buying and forming your first team. This is crucial if you are planning to make money, as it can be brutal to newer players and terrible team compositions.
How to Play Axie Infinity
There are two main ways you can play the game, either on your phone or your computer. If you want to play on your phone, we suggest an Android phone as it is much easier to get the game installed on an Android compared to an Apple device.
It is still possible to play on an Apple device, but it comes with more steps. We also suggest you download Axie Infinity: Origins, which is free to play on Android, PC and Mac. Axie Classic, the original version, still runs too, but it needs three NFT Axies. Origins pays season rewards in bAXS, a non-transferable token backed 1:1 by AXS, while Classic pays rewards in AXS (issued as bAXS) and SLP.
Installing Axie Infinity
- Visit the official website
- Tap on “Play Now”
- Tap on “Get Started”
- Head to the download page at the very end
- Download the appropriate program for your device
Once you have downloaded and installed the app on whichever device you’re using, you can now log in.
Finally, you are ready to play. Before you can access the multiplayer Arena mode and other features, you must first complete the tutorial and a few stages of the single-player Adventure mode.
The tutorial will teach you the basics and show you how to play the game. The Adventure mode might be a little boring, but it can get difficult quite quickly and you might need to repeat a few stages in order to level up and strengthen your Axie to progress through the Adventure mode.
After finishing Stage 5 of Adventure mode, you will finally be able to unlock the Arena mode where you can play against other people in real-time. Origins has two permanent modes, Practice and Ranked, plus Gauntlet and other limited-time modes.
In Practice, you can battle against other players without any risk. There is no rank for you to lose, and you can test out strategies and get to know your team better. In Ranked mode, you can gain and lose rank points and it is more competitive, there are also rewards to be earned.
Gauntlet mode runs as scheduled events, so it may not always be available. In it, you climb a ladder of battles and earn bigger rewards with each win.
Conclusion
Axie Infinity was one of the most successful play-to-earn games of 2021, when many players earned a lot. On October 10, 2026, AXS traded near $1.25, against a November 2021 peak of about $165, and SLP was more than 99% below its July 2021 high (CoinGecko).
The crypto market has come a long way from crypto coins to NFTs, to upgraded blockchains that you can customize. Technology is constantly evolving to offer us new ways to utilize online applications and we should always practice mindfulness when it comes to our finances, especially in digital form.
