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What is Illuvium, how does it work, and is it better than Axie Infinity? We talk about everything there is to know about Illuvium in this guide.

August 1, 2022: Updated to reflect the latest information and dates concerning the Illuvium game launch.

Illuvium will join a variety of other new NFT games in the cryptocurrency space. This includes Axie Infinity, Bomb Crypto, and in the future, a Shiba Inu game.

Here’s when you can expect to jump into the world of Illuvium.

The live Illuvium price today is $43.03 USD with a 24-hour trading volume of $10,076,823 USD. We update our ILV to USD price in real-time. Illuvium is down 4.29% in the last 24 hours. The current CoinMarketCap ranking is #249, with a live market cap of $75,539,752 USD. It has a circulating supply of 1,755,578 ILV coins and a max. supply of 10,000,000 ILV coins.

If you would like to know where to buy Illuvium at the current rate, the top cryptocurrency exchanges for trading in Illuvium stock are currently Binance, BTCEX, Bitrue, MEXC, and OKX. You can find others listed on our crypto exchanges page.

Illuvium цена сегодня составляет ₽2,707.38 RUB с суточным объемом торгов ₽633,149,428 RUB. Мы обновляем нашу цену ILV к RUB в режиме реального времени. Illuvium снизилась на 4.14 за последние 24 часа. Текущий рейтинг CoinMarketCap — #249 с рыночной капитализацией ₽4,753,012,112 RUB. Циркулирующее предложение составляет 1,755,578 ILV монет и макс. предложение 10,000,000 ILV монет.

Самые популярные биржи для торговли Illuvium в настоящее время: Binance, BTCEX, Bitrue, MEXC, и . Вы можете найти другие биржи на нашей .

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Illuvium, an upcoming -based role-playing game, sold more than $72 million worth of digital land plots as during a sale that ended on Sunday.

The sale, which began Thursday, ultimately saw nearly 20,000 digital land plots sold to investors and prospective players. Illuvium’s land NFTs run on layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum that enables cheaper, faster, and more energy-efficient transactions.

Illuvium’s game world ultimately will feature 100,000 total land plots, holders of which will receive access to various in-game benefits, such as extracting fuel that can be sold to other players for a potential profit. Illuvium is set to launch on Windows and Mac computers later this year.

Among the initially offered 20,000 plots, 29 were retained by the developers for future giveaways, while two additional Tier 5 plots—the most valuable in the game—each will be auctioned off using a standard auction format.

For the 19,969 plots that were sold, Illuvium used a Dutch auction format that saw the price of each plot decrease gradually during each batch of plots put up for sale. Prices started at 2 ETH (currently $3,700) for Tier 1 plots, 6 ETH ($11,100) for Tier 2, 20 ETH ($37,000) for Tier 3, and 80 ETH ($148,000) for Tier 4.

Illuvium took in more than $72 million during the sale. The creators, according to , said that some 4,018 ETH (over $7.4 million today) will be redistributed to holders of the game’s ILV token that have it staked. Meanwhile, 239,388 of the game’s sILV2 token (about $22 million worth) will be burned or permanently destroyed, thus reducing the total supply.

«Inflation bad, deflation good,» reads an official explainer regarding the planned burn.

Illuvium’s land sale isn’t quite a record—fellow Ethereum-based game had a $203 million sale last July—but it’s notable due to the current bear market for NFTs, which have suffered alongside crypto markets.

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Coinbase and crypto staking firm Figment are supporting the development of a new liquid staking protocol aimed at institutional investors. Alluvial is developing the protocol and the project is led by three founders: Matt Leisinger, former head of liquid staking products at Figment; Nicolas Maurice, the former CTO of staking platform Kiln; and Mike Taormina, former head of institutional business at the Index Cooperative DAO.»By working with trusted integrators who understand compliance and execute KYC / AML checks, Alluvial will be able to build seamless on-ramps into the protocol that make it easy for institutions to stake their assets,» Leisinger added. Mara Schmiedt, senior manager of Coinbase Cloud at Coinbase, concurred. Institutional investors, she said, «need to know their counterparties and enterprise-grade security is top of mind.»Alluvial will initially support staking on Ethereum and has a plan of multichain support in the future, said Leisinger. The protocol is expected to launch sometime later this year.Leisinger did not comment on whether Alluvial has raised any funds and whether Coinbase and Figment are investors in the project.Crypto staking has grown popular over the last year, including liquid staking. Liquid staking allows investors to earn the original staking reward and also use the same capital to earn additional yield via decentralized finance platforms.Lido, the current market-leading liquid staking protocol, has nearly $9 billion worth of assets locked by its customers, according to data from DeFi Llama.As for long-term plans for Alluvial, it intends to convert into a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) and hand over governance to its community, said Leisinger.Update: The headline and text of this story has been updated for clarity.

Сегодня мы рассмотрим совершенно новую игру от Illuvium, которая еще находится в разработке.

Coздaтeлями игpoвoй платформы являются Kиpaн и Aapoн Уopвик. Это коллекционная RPG игра, в которой присутствуют автосражения. У тебя есть определенные персонажи, ты ставишь их на доску как шахматные фигуры, а потом они просто сражаются. Суть этой игры –  собрать лучшую команду для победы над противниками.

Также Illuvium – это открытый мир, где можно находить существ, называемых Illuvial’ами. Они в свою очередь чем-то похожи на покемонов. Ты собираешь их из осколков, которые являются эквивалентом покеболов. Так формируется команда, необходимая для сражений в этой игре.

Каждый Illuvial – это NFT . Он построен на неизменном exe, так что плата за gas низкая. Так ты можешь зарабатывать игровые награды в токенах, участвуя в соревнованиях и квестах.

Самое интересное, что в игре есть элементы rpg с открытым миром. Ты можешь бродить, охотясь на этих существ, или пользоваться боевой механикой, сражаясь и получая награды за победы в играх. Существует множество разных Illuvialов с разными типами способностей. Если ты поймаешь несколько одинаковых персонажей, то сможешь объединить их вместе, чтобы они стали более мощными. Кроме того, можно найти ауры, которые твой игрок получает в бою, это повышает его силу.

Сюжет игры заключается в том, что главный герой, состоящий в межгалактическом космическом флоте, приземлился на облученной планете, которая постоянно подвергается стихийным бедствиям. Твоя задача –  узнать, что случилось с планетой, чтобы разблокировать обелиски на карте и собрать осколки, которые помогают захватывать Illuvialы. Эти осколки – NFT, которые ты можешь хранить в своем кошельке.

ILV – это название токена игры, который сейчас стоит почти 200 долларов. Что в 10 раз больше, чем  в июне этого года. Основной валютой для игры на самом деле является эфириум.

Как ты можешь тратить монеты:

Говоря о внешнем виде игры, можно сказать, что она достаточно проработана. Присутствуют различные анимации действий персонажей.

Сейчас вы уже можете посмотреть трейлер игры и оценить уровень детализации, а также красоту картинки. Кроме того был продемонстрирован игровой процесс. И то, как проходят сражения.

Это очень интересная игра, в ней действительно хочется изучать доступный открытый мир. Создатели утверждают, что выпустят игру в следующем году. Интересно, получится ли у них это сделать?

Оригинал обзора можно посмотреть тут.

Что такое Illuvium (ILV)?

Illuvium — это фэнтезийная боевая игра с открытым миром, построенная на блокчейне Ethereum. Illuvium часто рекламируется как первая игра уровня AAA на Ethereum. Игра стремится угодить как обычным геймерам, так и заядлым фанатам DeFi, для которых предусмотрен целый ряд возможностей для коллекционирования и торговли.

Мир Иллювиума населен существами, известными как Иллювиалы, которые могут быть захвачены игроками, которые превзойдут их в битве, а зачем их вылечат. После этого они становятся верной частью коллекции игрока и могут использоваться в битвах с другими искателями приключений в рамках игрового процесса Illuvium.

Игра представляет собой смесь исследовательской игры с открытым миром и боевой игры PVP. Игроки могут сами выбирать как распоряжаться своим временем: исследовать просторы игрового мира, или создавать команду мощных монстров.

Illuvium находится в разработке с 2020 года и создается глобальной командой из более чем 40 человек, включая соучредителей; серийного предпринимателя и одного из первых приверженцев криптовалют Кирана Уорвика (Kieran Warwick) и опытного гейм-дизайнера Аарона Уорвика (Aaron Warwick), его брата. (Которые по совпадению также являются братьями Кейна Уорвика (Kain Warwick), основателя платформы DeFi Synthetix).

Токен ILV является ядром экосистемы Illuvium. Это основной токен, используемый для награждения игроков за игровые достижения, он дает игрокам право на свою долю в Illuvium Vault и используется для участия в управлении игрой через децентрализованную автономную организацию Illuvium DAO.

Как работает Illuvium?

Хотя в Illuvium есть элементы на блокчейне, он больше похож на полноценную видеоигру. Доступ к нему осуществляется через загружаемое настольное приложение, но вокруг него есть ряд поддерживающих его приложений DeFi, включая ферму доходности и децентрализованную биржу.

Игроки бродят по ландшафту Иллювиума, сражаясь с Иллювиалами и другими игроками, участвуют в квестах и ежедневных испытаниях, а также проходят общую сюжетную линию. На протяжении своего путешествия они собирают Иллювиалов с разными характеристиками. Какие-то из них более редкие или полезные, чем другие, а от того и важнее для игроков. Главных характеристики две:

Поскольку его класс и принадлежность являются его наиболее важными атрибутами, каждый Иллювиал обладает большим числом дополнительных, которые также помогают определить его силу в бою, например: урон от атаки, скорость атаки и жестокость. Иллювиалы становятся сильнее с каждой победой, могут быть усилены внутриигровыми предметами и могут быть улучшены до особой «вознесенной» формы, в которой тот обладает качествами двух принадлежностей одновременно.

Каждый Иллювиал представлен уникальным невзаимозаменяемым токеном (NFT) и может свободно продаваться на внешних биржевых платформах и на безгазовом IlluviDEX (подробнее об этом ниже). Они также могут быть слиты в более мощные формы и поступать в нормальных, голографических и темных голографических вариантах, значительно более редких.

В игре будет множество источников дохода, в основном получаемых от внутриигровых покупок предметов, создания компонентов, создания косметики и лечения осколков. 100% этого дохода распределяется в качестве вознаграждения тем, кто размещает токены ILV в стейкинг через систему обратного выкупа ILV.

Что особенного в Illuvium?

В отличие от большинства других игр на базе блокчейна, у Illuvium полностью трехмерная среда, в которой можно найти более 100 уникальных Иллювиалов, разбросанных по разным регионам. Каждый Иллювиал разработан командой художников мирового класса, и должен не разочаровать игроков, привыкших к высокобюджетным играм.

Помимо этого, он обладает множеством функций, которые помогают выделиться как среди блокчейн игр, так и среди игр класса AAA. В числе которых:

Что такое sILV?

Illuvium имеет уникальную систему вознаграждений за доходное фермерство, в которой все ILV, полученные через него, заблокированы на период в один год прежде чем их можно будет вывести.

Тем не менее, у игроков есть возможность разблокировать их сразу, преобразовав свою прибыль в ILV во вторичный игровой актив, известный как sILV. Забрав свою прибыть в виде sILV, пользователи получают эквивалент sILV в USD и могут потратить их для покупки внутриигровых предметов.

SILV не может быть выведен из игры и не представлен на блокчейне.

Чем Illuvium отличается от Axie Infinity?

Хотя в Illuvium и в Axie Infinity есть коллекционные игровые персонажи, которыми можно сражаться, обмениваться и которых можно улучшать, объем окружающего этих существ игрового мира несколько отличается.

Все-таки Illuvium — это трехмерная ролевая игра с постепенно раскрывающейся сюжетной линией и массивным, открытым, исследуемым ландшафтом, тогда как Axie Infinity — очень популярная и причудливая 2D-игра, в которой представлены очаровательные напоминающие покемонов существа под названием Axies. Axies можно разводить, использовать в битве и продавать. Однако режима прохождения истории на данный момент в игре нет.

И Illuvium, и Axie Infinity полагаются на сильную геймификацию DeFi, что означает, что на кону может быть реальный эфир (ETH) во время игры в обе игры. Дело в том, что некоторые Иллювиалы и Axies могут приносить значительные суммы при продаже на открытом рынке.

В отличие от Axie Infinity, которая использует случайный набор ресурсов для создания каждой отдельной Axie, иллювиалы Illuvium полностью уникальны. Каждый из них имеет индивидуальные изображения и оснастку, чтобы гарантировать, что они различимы и имеют характеристики, которые связаны с их свойствами и регионом.

Эти две игры явно имеют некоторое сходство, но Illuvial в первую очередь ориентирован на традиционных геймеров, которые могут иметь или не иметь опыта работы с криптовалютами и NFT, в то время как Axie Infinity в основном полагается на искушенных в крипте.

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Frequently asked questions

At the time of writing, the price of Illuvium (ILV) is $1,518.

U.S. traders can buy Illuvium on SushiSwap. You will need an Ethereum wallet to connect to the DEX and then swap ETH for Illuvium (ILV).

You can invest in Illuvium by purchasing the ILV tokens, and you can support the game while earning a passive income by staking the ILV tokens on the Illuvium staking platform.

The base version of Illuvium is free to play and can be experienced by all. However, in-game assets need to be purchased using ILV and sILV tokens. Players are rewarded with ILV tokens for playing the game and engaging in competitions.

Disclaimer

A Dutch auction initially offers an item at a price in excess of the amount the seller expects to receive. The price lowers in steps until a bidder buys at the current price.

An English auction commences at a floor price set by the seller. Participants raise the price by bidding until there is no further bidding, at which point the final bidder wins.

How to Buy Illuvium (ILV)

ILV is available on most of the popular cryptocurrency exchanges, including Binance, KuCoin, Crypto.com, SushiSwap, Gate.io, and others.

To buy Illuvium, you’ll need to have an account on one of the crypto exchanges that offer ILV.

Note that you will need to transfer your ILV funds to a crypto wallet if you want to stake it later or just prefer to keep it safe. If you already have your crypto funds on a wallet, you might prefer to purchase ILV directly from your wallet, using a DEX such as SushiSwap (ILV/WETH).

In this guide, we will show you how to buy Illuvium using Binance.

Step 1. Sign up for a cryptocurrency exchange account

You will need to sign up for a Binance account (or an exchange of your choice).

After your Binance account has been confirmed, you will be able to sign in.

Step 2. Get verified

To enable credit and debit card purchases on Binance, you need to complete the identity verification process.

You can see under each option the benefits of getting verified. These may vary from country to country.

Click Start now.

In general, the verification process on a cryptocurrency exchange will ask for:

It’s important to provide the necessary documents and to make sure they all provide consistent information with your ID. You will not be able to change your ID after you first submit it.

After your Binance account is verified, you can buy ILV using your credit or debit card.

We will buy bitcoin (BTC) and then trade it for ILV, but you can purchase any of the coins paired with ILV.

Search for BTC in the field box and then enter the desired amount.

Click Continue and then add your card as a payment method. Continue and purchase the funds.

Step 4. Exchange BTC for Illuvium (ILV)

To complete the process and finally buy ILV, you have to trade the crypto you bought at step 3 into ILV coins or trade it on the markets tab.

Go to Markets and search for ILV token in the search box.

You will see the corresponding spot markets for BUSD, USDT, BNB, and BTC. Click on the pair crypto that you bought on step 3, in our case BTC.

You will then see the page for trading ILV/BTC.

You need to scroll down to set a buy order for ILV/BTC on Binance. It should look like this.

After you set the amount of ILV you want to buy and the price you want to pay for each ILV, click on the Buy ILV button to set the order. When the price is met, the order will get automatically executed.

If you wish to buy the ILV tokens as soon as possible, you can do so by clicking on the Market tab (top left, under Spot). With this, you will only have to enter the amount of ILV you want to buy. The instantly executes the order at the price of the market.

Will Illuvium be the world’s first AAA P2E game?

Q4 2021 was Illuvium’s original launch date, but co-founder Kieran Warwick announced in Aug. that the release date was delayed to 2022. The team has plans to release a mobile app and a console version for the game.

Will Illuvium be the first AAA experience in the NFT gaming industry? We will have to wait until the beta launch in 2022 to find out.

What Is Illuvium (ILV)?

The world of Illuvium is inhabited by creatures known as Illuvials, who can be captured by players that best them in battle and nurse them back to health. From then on, they become a loyal part of the player’s collection and can be used when battling other adventurers as part of Illuvium’s auto battler gameplay.

The game is a fusion between an open-world exploration game and a PVP battle game. Players can spend their time exploring the expanses of the game world or building up their team of powerful beasts.

Illuvium has been in development since 2020, and is being built by a worldwide team of more than 40 individuals, including the co-founders; serial entrepreneur and early cryptocurrency adopter Kieran Warwick, and experienced game designer Aaron Warwick, who are brothers. (And who are coincidentally also the brothers of Kain Warwick, the co-founder of DeFi platform Synthetix).

What Makes Illuvium Unique?

Working within the same genres and subjects as his physical paintings, Paul aims to push the boundaries of expression in his artwork using this dynamic and rapidly flourishing art form.

How does Land work?

Fuel plays a critical role in your journey to catch and upgrade Illuvials. Illuvium Land is rich. Extract resources and sell to players across all Illuvium games, earning revenue. Scan your land for Illuvials to make blueprints for new skins.

Tier 1-4 Land is available for purchase with ETH or sILV2. Tier 5 Land is only purchasable with ETH.

How to play Illuvium

Illuvium is an RPG game where players travel to different regions to battle monsters called Illuvials. They can be captured using shards after defeating them. Collected Illuvials see their powers increase over time as they fight more. They can then be used to fight other players or venture into more dangerous areas.

Combat, which isn’t turn-based, is one of many ways Illuvium is different from other RPGs. Each combat instance is an automated battle in which the player strategically places their Illuvials to counterattack their opponent. It is important to choose Illuvials with good synergy and that are strong against the opponent’s choice. We will have to wait for the release of the beta version of the game to understand exactly how to play Illuvium.

Combat

Each Illuvial will locate an enemy target when the battle starts and then attack it. Through attacks and damage, Illuvials will gain energy. When they gain enough energy and reach a certain limit, the Illuvial can enable the ultimate ability, which is a special ability that can alter the course of the battle. Ultimates can do damage, boost allies, harm enemies, or knock enemies out. When a team is defeated, the battle ends.

Catches

When playing Adventure Mode, players can capture defeated Illuvials after a victorious fight. They must use fragments (shards) to do this. They have different capture powers. The capture chance is determined by Illuvial and the captured power. If you succeed, Illuvial is yours. Failure will result in the Illuvials fleeing. It is a good idea to bring powerful Shards when you go into higher-level areas of the game. Weaker Shards might not be able to capture them.

Rare catches

It is still unknown how Illuvials are captured, including rare catches. There is a small chance that the fragment (shards) used to capture the Illuvials may be cosmetically altered upon a successful capture. Shiny, rainbow, and holo are rare catches that can make your Illuvial stand apart from the rest. Each rare catch is a great addition to your collection and can be lucrative.

Fusion

Illuvials aren’t able to evolve as they would in traditional role-playing games. However, Illuvials are able to merge and create more powerful stages in their development.

There are two requirements for an Illuvial fusion. The first is that the player must possess three of the same Illuvial. The second requirement is that each Illuvial must have attained its highest level through combat.

The more powerful and valuable a fused monster is, the higher the ILV price. If you want to make a lot of money in Illuvium, this should be your main goal. Train and strengthen monsters and then sell them for ETH. To earn more combat bonuses, players have the option of teaming up with another Illuvial. This is a semi-permanent option, so make sure you choose wisely.

Experience and levelling

Illuvials are able to gain experience and level with each battle. That’s how two Iluvials of the same type can be distinguished. Also, it’s not a good idea to keep an Illuvial in a Shard with no combat because it cannot gain experience and level up if it’s not used in battles. Be aware that Illuvials that are defeated during combat in the jungle will return to their fragment (shards) and take some time to recover.

There are ways to revive your Illuvial if you don’t have to spend time waiting, including a fee for instant revival.

Resource collection

The fight encompasses more than just the Illuvials. Players also fight the battle.

A player character can be one of the most influential elements on the battlefield. Every player has futuristic weapons and protective armor. Your armor and weapon emit an aura of class and affinity when infused with crystals and gemstones.

To make these weapons, you will need to find and mine resources from the surrounding environment. However, adventurers will always have a chance for a new challenge. Players can compare items and strengthen their character, allowing them to win more powerful and rare monsters. This is the most RPG-intensive perspective of the game.

Traveling around the world

The Illuvium world is wide. Obelisks scattered around the world allow players to travel instantly from one place to another. This allows them to access different regions and Illuvials. As the world grows, more and more Obelisks will become available. Obelisks can also protect against flooding. Small towns are constructed within their dome.

Fast travel happens between “safe zones” and has been called extensive. These cities will likely be home to the sellers and buyers of items, the monster recovery system, and PVP battle locations.

Game modes

There are three games modes described in Illuvium:

In the story more, players will be able to explore the globe and find new Illuvials to fight for them. Soon after this mode is deployed, the battle arenas will be activated.

Within the arenas, players can compete and will be ranked.

The Ranked Arena will offer skill-based combat among players. These normalized levels have a point cost associated with it.

The Arena Leviathan will not have the same restriction as in the ranked arena. This is the place for players to shoo off their collection and earn or lose battles and money. Spectators will also be able to place bets on the matches.

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In addition to this, the team has also introduced a new element called «overworlds» in the game.

In Overworlds, illuvials are expected to find illuvial wakes, which are caused by illuvials who somehow are able to avoid full exposure in the world.

Players will be allowed challenge these illuvials to increase their battle prowess and level up accordingly.

What is Illuvium (ILV) token?

The Illuvium crypto is an ERC-20 token. It has a variety of uses within the Illuvium game and its ecosystem.

There are two types of tokens ━ ILV and sILV.

The Illuvium crypto (ILV) token has three main uses:

The sILV token

Illuvium has a unique yield farming rewards system. All ILV rewards from the yield farm are locked for one year before they can be withdrawn.

Illuvium (IVL) price prediction

Illuvium’s price is determined by a combination of speculation about the game’s success as well as its utility in staking.

As of Dec. 2021, the price of the ILV token is $1,537.44 and is ranked #221 in the entire crypto ecosystem. Illuvium has a total supply of 10 million. Price analysis shows that ILV might reach $2300 by 2022.

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Illuvials are creatures that inhabit the world of Illuvium. Players can capture them and then nurse them back to health. They become part of the player’s collection and can fight other adventurers in Illuvium’s Auto Battler gameplay.

It is a combination of open-world exploration and a PVP war game. The game allows players to explore the world and build their own team of powerful beasts.

Illuvium has been in development since 2020. Created by a global team of over 40 people, the game was conceived by Kieran and Aaron Warwick, whose brother Kain Warwick is the co-founder of Synthetix.

What Is sILV?

Illuvium features a unique yield farming reward system, in that all ILV rewards earned through the yield farm are locked for a period of one year before they can be withdrawn.

How Does Illuvium Work?

Players roam the Illuvium landscape battling Illuvials and other players, participating in quests and daily challenges, and participating in its communal storyline. Throughout their journey, they collect Illuvials, which have a range of characteristics that make them variable in their rarity, utility, and desirability. These include:

Through its class and affinity are its most important attributes, each Illuvial has a large number of additional attributes that also help determine its strength in combat, some of these can include: attack damage, attack speed, and savagery. Illuvials get stronger with victory, can be enhanced with in-game items and can be upgraded into a special “ascended” form — which benefits from two affinities at once.

Each Illuvial is represented by a unique non-fungible token (NFT) and can be freely traded on external exchange platforms and the gas-free IlluviDEX (more on this later). They can also be fused into more powerful forms, and come in normal, holographic and dark holographic variants which are considerably more scarce.

The game will feature a variety of revenue streams, mostly derived from in-game purchases of items, crafting components, cosmetics and shard curing. 100% of this revenue is distributed as rewards to those staking the ILV tokens through an ILV buyback system.

Illuvium is still in development and is expected to be released by 2022. Open Beta is scheduled for the first quarter of 2022.

To start playing Illuvium, you first need to register and create an account on illuvium.io using your email address. Afterwards, the game can be downloaded as a desktop app. You can choose between free-to-play mode or premium subscriptions. At the time of this article, the game wasn’t yet released and there is no download option for the game.

To start playing and collecting NFTs, you will need to catch an Illuvial. To do this, you will need to contain it in a shard. Your Illuvial will start to recover its health if it is injured. If you wish to accelerate the process, you may pay a fee or use items to speed up the process. Some Illuvials can be shiny, gold, or holographic.

Classes

Illuvium has five classes:

When creating a team, it’s important to pay attention to the class synergies and affinities. This is especially true for creating the ascended or hybrid classes.

A fighter Illuvial and a rogue Illuvial can be combined to create a slayer.

It is possible to combine two classes of the same type to create an Illuvial with stronger skills of that class.

Affinities

Five affinities are available to Illuvium:

Based on the type of their affinity, each Illuvial deals or takes damage. A water Illuvial, for example, will do more damage to a fire Illuvial and will be weaker than an earth-based one. Ascended Illuvials can be created by combining the five affinities, such as Dust (Air + Earth) and Frost (Air + Water).

Attributes

Apart from its class and affinity, each Illuvial has other attributes that affect its strength, speed, damage, and health. The more you use your Illuvials in battle, the more powerful they become. There are some items that can be used to improve the Illuvial’s abilities. These items can be purchased or made with crafting materials.

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Illuvium Release Date

The Illuvium release date has been pushed back further into 2022, as announced by Illuivum co-founder Kieran Warwick in the Illuvium Discord server on August 30.

«It was always a challenge to deliver a AAA title in the time-frame set,» Warwick said. «And we (mainly me) were probably a little naive thinking we could do it in 2021, but rest assured, our team is firing on all cylinders.»

Illuvium will release as an Open Beta in Q1 2022 after previously being slated for a December 2021 launch. This is because the team «look to include a larger scope.»

According to the Illuvium co-founder, the team is «around 20% off» where it needed to be. To reduce the likelihood of further delays, Illuivum has brought in a full-time recruitment team

The full release of Illuvium was previously expected for Q4 2021, although with this delay to the Open Beta, the date was pushed back to 2022.

Previous roadmaps – alongside Illuvium’s current FAQs – suggested the game could release in Q3 2021, which ends in September.

The mobile launch is expected to happen after the PC release. This should take place in 2022, with Illuvium also commenting it has plans for console versions.

However, these dates remain subject to change depending on any development issues that may arise. Indeed, the January blog post said that «two hacks caused delays to essential products», although did highlight many areas the team continues to push through with.

Staking Illuvium (ILV)

You can stake Illuvium (ILV) directly from your wallet. The supported wallets are MetaMask, WalletConnect, Coinbase wallet, Trezor, Fortmatic, Portis, and Torus.

Step 1. Connect wallet to stake Illuvium

Go to staking.illuvium.io and connect your wallet that holds the Illuvium (ILV) tokens.

After you connect your wallet, you should see the available options for staking ILV tokens.

Step 2. Core pools

You want to stake ILV tokens, so you will choose the first option. Click on Stake.

You will get to choose the amount of ILV tokens to stake. You can also choose between the Flexible or the Locked mode.

If you choose Flexible, the Annual Percentage Yield (APY) is smaller, but you can unstake the ILV tokens at any time.

If, however, you want a higher return for your staking, you can choose Locked. This will lock your tokens from anywhere between a week to a year, and the APY increases accordingly.

Step 3. Collect staking rewards in ILV or sILV

Rewards can be collected in form of ILV or sILV tokens. Note that ILV rewards are locked for a year, but sILV tokens are in-game tokens only and can be used immediately after they’re claimed.

Step 4. Withdraw vested rewards

Layer 2 incorporation

Illuvium leverages ImmutableX’s capabilities to ensure that players can trade and mint NFTs with virtually instant transaction finality and zero gas fees. Players have full custody of their assets when using IMX.

The IlluviDEX

Illuvium has a built-in decentralized platform (DEX), namely the IlluviDEX.

You can exchange Illuvial assets on IlluviDEX, including Illuvial NFTs. Each sale has a 5% commission funneled into the rewards pool of ILV stakers.

Yield farming

The Illuvium yield farm program has allocated 3 million ILV, which is equivalent to 30% of the maximum supply of 10 million. Participants who contribute liquidity over a three-year period and those who take part in various reward programs will receive this via distribution.

Higher Tier, Greater Rewards

There are five Tiers of Illuvium land. Higher Tiers represent increasing rarity and higher fuel generation. Tier 3 and 4 plots also feature rare landmarks that significantly boost output. Tier 5 plots feature legendary Arenas that host official Illuvium eSports events. Sell the naming rights to your stadium, collect tournament fees, and earn from sponsorship deals.

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How Does Illuvium Compare With Axie Infinity?

Although both Illuvium and Axie Infinity feature collectible in-game characters that can be battled, traded and upgraded, the scope of the game world surrounding these critters differs somewhat.

On one side, Illuvium is a 3D role-playing game with a gradually revealed storyline and massive, open, explorable landscape, whereas Axie Infinity is a highly popular, quirky 2D game that features adorable critters known as Axies that are reminiscent of Pokemon. These Axies can be bred, battled, and traded. For now, there is no story mode to speak of.

Both Illuvium and Axie Infinity feature a strong gamified DeFi element, which means there can be real Ether (ETH) at stake while playing either — since some Illuvials and Axies could fetch significant sums on the open market.

Unlike Axie Infinity, which uses a random assortment of assets to produce each individual Axie, Illuvium’s Illuvials are wholly unique. Each one features custom artwork and rigging to ensure they are distinct and bear characteristics that relate to their properties and region.

The two games clearly have some similarities, but Illuvium is primarily targeted towards traditional gamers who may or may not have experience with cryptocurrencies and NFTs, while Axie Infinity would mostly appeal to the crypto savvy.

Illuvium Closed Beta Date

Illuvium had earlier stated in its FAQs: “The process for gaining access to the closed beta will be revealed closer to those months.”

According to its Discord server, the developers are creating a form for players to register their interest in the beta.

Ahead of the closed beta, players should expect Illuvium to release its first full-auto battler gameplay trailer. This was expected to release by the end of August, but has been pushed back by 7 weeks, as announced in the Illuvium Discord server.

According to sources, A closed beta is still slated for the Q1 2022 Launch. A second private beta is scheduled to launch in mid Q1 2022. a mobile game version will also be launched by the end of 2022.