Every week we host a Community Call on our Discord stage where all Ethermon community members are welcome to give feedback and influence the development of our game. See below for the recording as well as a round up of this past week’s most important updates.
This week’s recap
- Official Store Clearance Sale
- Opensea Collections
- Upcoming Changes to Battle Ladder 6
- Ethermon Discord Server Upgrades
- Legend PFP Updates
- Upcoming Events
Official Store Clearance Sale
When we first transitioned from minting Mons on Ethereum to Polygon, we launched a new collection of Mons called the Prismatic release set. This was followed by a second Polygon set, Genesis Reborn, which were slightly altered clones of 169 Mons from the OG Genesis set of Mons on Ethereum.
Now, we are preparing for the next era of Ethermon — defined by the launch of the Legend PFP collection, a new set release of 100 Mons, and even Mon design competitions!
To clear the way for all these updates, we will be ending the sale of all Mons in the Official Ethermon Store except Gasons, which will be available until sold out. These Polygon Mons will be removed from the store this coming Monday, May 30 at 4 am UTC.
All remaining Mons will be reserved to reward all of our dedicated community members who participate in the Legend presale. You will receive 1 Mon (ranging from Common to Legendary rarity) randomly distributed per Legend PFP you purchase.
You will still of course be able to buy these Mons from other players on Opensea and our upcoming low-fee Polygon Marketplace on the official Ethermon site.
Opensea Collections
Up until now, our NFT collections of Ethereum and Polygon Mons, as well as Adventure sites and items, were posted in one singular Opensea Collection. We have now segmented these collections to make it easier for you to browse the secondary Ethermon Markets:
- Mons on Ethereum: https://opensea.io/collection/ethermon
- Mons on Polygon: https://opensea.io/collection/ethermon-polygon
- Legacy Adventure sites & items: https://opensea.io/collection/etheremon-adventure
Note: During this segmentation, we have also updated the fee from 2.5 to 5% for the Polygon and Ethereum Mon collections, in line with the industry standard on Opensea. We will continue offering the low 3% total fee on our own Marketplace and have lowered the fee of the Legacy Adventure sites and items to 0%.
You will notice that we have also begun upgrading all Mon images, starting with the Ethereum collection. Each visual is unique with Mon-specific details integrated into the card displays. These changes are rolling out progressively across all Mons in the collection, requiring the metadata of each NFT to be refreshed. We are in the process of working with Opensea to force the metadata refresh of the entire collection. We are now moving onto updating the Polygon collection with the new Mon card visual upgrades.
Upcoming Changes to Battle Ladder 6
We are now making cyclical changes to Battle Ladder 6 — the Tribes Ladder. You will still have the same Tribe requirements for Tournament Week 21. Mons from the Mountain and Island Tribes are currently eligible to compete.
On June 1, this will change to the two Tribes that have not had a chance to compete yet in this ladder:
Tundra Tribe — ice, telepath, and neutral types
Volcano Tribe — fire, lightning, and combat types
As always, you can find up-to-date info about Ladder Rewards and Ladder Eligibility Requirements in the Ethermon Help Center.
Discord Server Changes
If you haven’t dropped in for a while, you’ll want to check out the massive changes we have been making to our Ethermon server. We have introduced some amazing community-developed games, a new streamlined onboarding process, and now a new system of roles and rewards.
New roles, ranks, and rewards
We are having more and more discussions about what an Ethermon DAO would look like and a key part of this transition is a cultural shift. For a DAO to be successful, community members must all become contributors. To empower this, we are updating our Moderator system to include a broader range of contributions. This will go into effect by Sunday, May 29 and is open to community discussion / feedback in the meantime.
In line with our upcoming Legend PFP release, this system recognizes all of the Legends in our community, with the contribution tiers: Legend in Training, Legend 1, Legend 2, and Legend 3 taking the place of our Mod roles. Check out the breakdown below for detailed information about the requirements to become a Legend yourself and achieve each progressive rank with its accompanying rewards.
Community-developed games
We now have 3 ongoing game channels and regular game nights (see “Events” on server). You can play #mon-trivia with community-made art prompts and Ethermon-specific questions. Or, try your luck at Mon #safari and see if you can catch ’em all — you can earn enough to buy the shards needed to catch Mons by simply chatting on the server.
Progress in both games is recorded in a distinct community leaderboard. Starting in June, we will be rewarding the top 5 winners across games with Mon NFT rewards.
New support ticket system
We are now transitioning to a Discord-first support system, where you can submit a support ticket or bug report right in #get-support for one of our support team members to answer. Over time, we will be adding specific non-English language support.
Legend PFP Collection
We have joined forces with Polygonal Mind, a creative development studio specializing in 3D metaverse content, to release a new collection of utility focused avatar NFTs called Legends.
Building on our established “play and earn” gameplay, the Legend PFP collection includes 5,555 NFTs with GameFi and DeFi utility, rendered and animated in 3D and 2D. The collection will launch in June 2022 at a mint price to be announced closer to the release date.
You can find out more information on the Ethermon Legends website here and see a list of benefits to future Legend holders below:
- Massive Giveaway to win Mon NFTs (see Store Clearance)
- Ethermon DAO Voting Power per Legend owned
- 3D Legend Airdrop for DCL gameplay (rendered by Crypto Avatars)
- Mon Stat Buffs in Classic PVP tournament battles and PVE battles in Decentraland
- Exclusive loot drops and VIP access to events in Decentraland
- Standalone Legend Mini Games
- Legend NFT Staking for ongoing $EMON and NFT earning
Upcoming Events
Double XP Weekend
Friday, May 27 - Sunday, May 29 at 6 pm UTC. All interactions on Ethermon’s Discord server will be counted 2X over the weekend towards leveling up the community leaderboard and achieving milestones for NFT rewards.
Ethermon District party & selfie contest
Saturday, May 28 at 5 pm UTC. Equip your finest Decentraland wearables and join us for our weekly community hangout in the Ethermon District (the largest gaming district in DCL)! Check the event page for more info about this week’s selfie contest.
Collectors Club joins us on Twitter Spaces
Saturday, May 28 at 6 pm UTC. We had such a great chat with the Collector Club team on their podcast last time that we invited them to join us on ours. We are also hosting a Twitter giveaway alongside this space — don’t miss out.
Polygon Transform
Monday, May 30 at 4 am UTC. Get ready for the last transform of the month with Krubble (GR), Roichirp (GR), and Snowler. A new schedule of will soon be released for June, shifting to a biweekly frequency with more Mons each release.
Community Call
Tuesday, May 31 at 6 pm UTC. Join us for another call about recent gameplay and community updates, and voice your feedback / suggestions!
AMA with Refinable on Polygon Studios’ Twitter Spaces
Wednesday, June 1 at 2 pm UTC. We are excited to partner with Refinable to host our first large-scale Mon Design competition! Join us on Twitter Spaces with one of our judges, Polygon Studios, to hear all about what’s coming up.
