Airdrop Mechanics
The fundamentals of Play-to-Airdrop (P2A).
The ISLAND airdrop is designed to reward participants who play the game regularly and hold on-chain assets, with an emphasis on our own Legends NFTs. The more you engage with the Nifty Island ecosystem and the rarer your on-chain assets, the higher your Collector Tier and the more Airdrop Points you can earn, resulting in a greater share of ISLAND tokens.
Collector Tiers
Your Collector Tier is determined by the on-chain holdings across all wallets connected to your Nifty Island account. These tiers correspond to our Legendary Palm tiers, with the addition of a Basic Tier for those who do not hold a Palm or whose holdings fall below the value of any Palm.
The tiers are as follows:
Basic, Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Neon, Ultra
Each asset’s contribution towards your Collector Tier is indicated by 1-3 green gems on its panel in the Airdrop page. These gems reflect the weight of the asset towards your Collector Tier.
Factors that influence an asset’s weight (in order of importance):
Legends NFTs, especially Palms, have the greatest influence on your tier.
High-value or high-status holdings generally weigh more towards your tier.
Some early partners’ projects are weighted slightly more generously due to their contributions.
The exact weightings for any asset other than Legendary Palms are deliberately kept obscure and locked in at unannounced snapshots. This helps prevent gaming of the system. However, Legendary Palms have fixed, transparent weightings and can be secured at any time. It is publicly shared that owning a Palm of a certain tier is enough to immediately bump you into that corresponding Collector Tier.
Palm Scaling
It is also public knowledge that Palm weights scale inversely with the number of Palms minted (or planned to be minted) for each tier. This means that fewer Palms of higher tiers weigh significantly more towards your Collector Tier. The scaling is as follows:
2x Iron = 1x Bronze
2x Bronze = 1x Silver
2x Silver = 1x Gold
5x Gold = 1x Neon
5x Neon = 1x Ultra
This clear hierarchy rewards those with rarer, higher-tier Palms by allowing them to leap into higher Collector Tiers.
Airdrop Points
Airdrop Points are the key metric used to determine how much ISLAND allocation you will receive within your Collector Tier. Players are compared against others within the same tier, and your Airdrop Points directly influence the size of your airdrop.
Airdrop Points are earned through various methods that have evolved slightly with each wave. The current wave’s Airdrop Points earning opportunities can be found here.
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