What do you get when you mix Decentralized Finance (Defi) with gaming?
The little creature above is called an Axie; they can be used to breed, collect, train and battle in the game Axie Infinity.
Today we’ll show you how to make money playing a blockchain game…
Then use that money to buy a quesadilla. 🤤
These axies come in different shapes and sizes.
There are even some axies with a Donald Trump hairstyle. 😂
Axie Infinity is not your typical blockchain game
In late 2019, Sky Mavis, the parent company of Axie Infinity, raised $1.5 million for the game.
Published in Dagens Næringsliv, Norway’s third largest newspaper and Yahoo Finance.
One of the highest grossing blockchain games of all time.
How do I play?
The game is currently in beta but can still be downloaded on almost any device.
To play you will need to buy three axies. Free axies will be provided to users in the near future.
First, we recommend downloading the Trust wallet if you don’t already have it on your phone.
It’s available on both IPhone and Android phones.
Once downloaded, open your Trust wallet and select the browser icon located at the bottom across wallet.
Copy and paste this link to access the marketplace in your Trust wallet browser: https://marketplace.axieinfinity.com/
The cheapest axies are around 0.01 Ethereum ($1.40) each.
Pick your axie then Select buy now to buy the axie. You won’t be able to buy an axie unless you have an account.
Select the three bars at the top right for the menu. Now login.
The login button will take you to the screen above. Because you’re using the Trust wallet, all you have to do is Login with Metamask.
This message should pop up. Select OK to continue.
Damn… we’re broke 🤭
We obviously need more than 8 cents to buy three axies. Tap on the clipboard to copy your Ethereum address. You must send Ethereum to that address to fund it. A safe amount would be $5.
Once there’s enough ETH in your account you can buy your three axies.
The next step is to download the mobile app.
Copy and paste this link in your Trust wallet browser:
https://axieinfinity.com/community-alpha
Scroll down then select Log in using Metamask
A message will pop up. Select OK.
Now make an account to log into the Axie Infinity game.
An email will be sent to you to confirm your account.
Check your email and make sure you click on the finish signing up button.
Congrats!! If you’ve gone this far, you now have an Axie Infinity account to play the game.
Now go back to your Trust wallet.
You can pick where you’ll like to play Axie Infinity. We picked IOS to play on the IPhone.
Once selected, an email will be sent to you with the download link.
After the app is downloaded, log into it with the email and password that you’ve created.
You are now ready to play a blockchain game!
Before you can play, you’ll need to make a team with your three axies. Don’t forget to save your team.
Adventure mode will let you play against monsters and Arena will be against live players. Most of the time, you will receive Small Love Potions as a reward for winning your battles. Get to grinding! 💪
Learn the basics of the game HERE
We now have 448 Small potions!
You can check your amount of Small Love Potions (SLP) by going to your inventory.
At first, we made 246 SLPS.
On your Trust wallet browser go to: https://axieinfinity.com/my-axies
Select sync love potion. This will sync all of your SLPs to make them available for sell.
Now you will need to go to the Uniswap exchange.
Copy and paste this link to the Trust wallet browser: https://uniswap.exchange/swap
Make sure that the output currency is ETH and the input SLP.
(Note: SLP can’t be found on the Uniswap exchange without doing a search.)
Copy and paste:
0x37236cd05b34cc79d3715af2383e96dd7443dcf1
You’ll now be able to find SLP. Select it.
We are now able to trade our 246 SLPs for Ethereum. Our 246 SLPs made us 0.0562 ETH (~$7.81).
Those 246 were made in 3 hours.
We ended up spending 2 more hours for 202 SLPs. For a total of 5 hours playing time.
To sell 202 SLP, we followed the same steps above by syncing our new SLPs on the Axie Infinity website and selling it on Uniswap.
If you’re satisfied with the ETH in your wallet then you don’t have to proceed with the next step.
However, follow these instructions below if you want to buy something with your cryptocurrency earnings.
You’ll need to order a crypto.com debit card for you to do this. Use our referral link and you’ll receive $50 for ordering your card.
The blue card is free!
While you’re waiting for your debit card, you can send your ETH to your crypto.com app.
The Crypto.com app is available on both Android and IPhone.
In the app, you’ll need to select Ethereum. It is located in the wallet section.
This screen should pop up. Copy the address.
Next, go back to your Trust wallet.
Select Ethereum.
Then go to send at the top below your balance.
Paste your Crypto.com Ethereum address here and the amount that you would like to send.
We sent out the 0.0562 ETH (~$7.66) from some of our sold Small Love Potions (SLP) made playing Axie Infinity.
You will then receive your deposit confirmation.
We now have 0.0562 ETH deposited.
Our 0.056 ETH isn’t enough to add to our debit card. The ETH is there in our Crypto.com but there’s a 0.09 ETH (~$12.67) minimum in order to add crypto to your debit card.
This is the reason why we had to make 202 SLPs in addition to our 246.
246 SLPs only gets us about 0.056 ETH.
Go back to your Trust wallet to sell the rest of your Ethereum made from playing Axie Infinity. We were able to make more than enough to add up to 0.09 ETH; 0.034 ETH would be enough to add with our previous balance. Again, copy your Crypto.com Ethereum address and paste it to your Trust wallet to send to your account.
We now have enough ETH to add to our account.
Select Top up at the top to add your Ethereum to your debit card.
Your money is now available in your debit card for spending!
We were able to spend $7.28 on a quesadilla and $3.12 on some curly fries in Brooklyn, New York. (Note: we’re based in New York so our food prices may be different from some of our readers.)
And that’s how you buy a quesadilla using earnings from playing a blockchain game!
****update: Unfortunately, Apple has removed the dApp browser from their Apple store. 🙁 If you’re an IOS user, please use the Metamask wallet instead of the Trust wallet for the steps above.
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