Axie Infinity leaks details about Origin, the new version of the video game based on NFT

Source: Criptonoticias / Alfredo Oquendo

Axie Infinity, the video game based on NFT, is preparing to soon receive Origin, the name with which its new and improved version has been presented.

Yesterday, a new statement was published on the official Axie Infinity blog, which was replicated on their social networks. It details a series of novelties that are close to reaching the game.

According to the publication, this new version of the video game should be released at the end of the first quarter of 2022. However, one of the co-founders of Axie Infinity made a comment on Twitter that could be interpreted as Origin could arrive as early as next week .

«Seeing if I release the beast next week and feature a space (speaking of Twitter Spaces) to answer questions about Origin moving forward with philipla,» Jeffrey Zirlin aka Jihoz said in his tweet. Source: @Jihoz_Axie

Another name that Origin receives is Battle v3, which refers to the third version of the battle game between the inhabitants of Lunacia, the land where the axies live.

Axie Infinity: Origin will come with free axies, but they won’t be NFTs

The new version of the video game aims to open up more to the general public. To do this, they will enable axies that players can use for free in different forms of play. This means that, in Origin , it will no longer be necessary to buy NFTs from axies in order to play .

Based on the price of ether (ETH), Ethereum ‘s native cryptocurrency , the cheapest axies kit would cost around $100. Although, a competitive kit can easily exceed $1,500. For this reason, the arrival of Battle v3 may bring with it a significant wave of new Axie Infinity players.

Importantly, non-NFT users of these axies will not generate SLP , the native token that the game issues, with their wins. In other words, those who want to earn some units of Smooth Love Potion will have to invest in axies of their own.

According to the statement on Origin, new free or «starting» axies will be added little by little , which can be unlocked by advancing the player in Adventure mode.

The stages of launching and issuing SLP in Axie Infinity: Origin

The new version of Axie Infinity will arrive in two stages. The first would be the alpha stage, in which Sky Mavis, the company in charge of developing the video game, will seek to adjust Origin’s mechanics as much as possible through feedback from its users.

The alpha version of Origin will initially co-exist with Battle v2, which is the current version of Axie Infinity . During this stage there will be no SLP generation or AXS awards for your players. These benefits will only be available to those who play Battle v2 with their own axies.

It is important to clarify that AXS is another cryptocurrency from the Axie Infinity universe, which will eventually also function as a governance token for the Ronin network , the Ethereum sidechain on which the game runs.

Following the completion of the alpha stage, Season 0 will arrive. According to Sky Mavis, if all goes well in the alpha, everything related to Battle v2 will move to Origin, including the SLP stream and AXS rewards. By then, Battle v2 will be discontinued on the platform and will no longer be available . However, if further adjustments are necessary, both versions of the game will continue to run in parallel until the full migration is complete.

New game mechanics and abilities in Axie Infinity: Origin

The new version of the video game developed by Sky Mavis will bring a series of changes that will make the experience of playing it very different. Players, who have now started to be called «trainers», will take turns attacking with their axies . In the current version, both trainers select their attacks simultaneously, and when both trainers confirm that they are ready, the series of attacks for that round is activated. The order of the attacks varies depending on the speed of each axie.

The new mechanic would make the speed of the axies irrelevant, as well as allowing these creatures to execute their moves immediately after the trainer selects a card.

The use and appearance of the cards will also undergo important changes. First of all, the art of the cards is very different from today, with a much more attractive image quality and more elaborate designs. In addition, the cards will fulfill a specific function and not like now, where a card can simultaneously provide attack and defense to the axie.

Existing cards will continue to play, but their functions and use will be changed in some way. Currently, axie abilities come from its mouth, tail, back, and horn. To this will be added the eyes and ears; which implies the appearance of new letters and abilities.

As for the energies and the deck of cards for each round, they will no longer be cumulative, but will be reset with each round. For its part, random critical hits, which deal double damage, will be replaced by “rage” (rage, in English). This ability will stack in different ways during combat and the trainer can choose when to use it.

Another novelty will be the runes and amulets . These can be crafted by the trainer and will provide the axies with new abilities or, in the case of amulets, the enhancement of abilities they already have. To craft them, players will have to collect moonshards (could be translated as «moon fragments») that are obtained by winning battles.

These moonshards will not be able to be saved at the end of each season, but with each season change they will be reset.

The first charms and runes will not be NFT and, along with moonshards, will be reset at the end of each season. It is expected that after the completion of the game’s alpha stage, NFT-based runes and enchantments may be added. In order to craft them, in addition to moonshards, players will also need to use SLP . This adds a new method of burning the token that is obtained by winning battles in the game.

The creators of the video game based on NFT, Axie Infinity, clarify that these announced news could undergo certain variations before the launch of Origin . However, the revealed information serves to give players an idea of ​​what is to come, since it implies important changes in its gameplay.

This announcement comes just days before the release of Axie Infinity Season 20. CriptoNoticias reviewed the most important changes that came to the video game. Among them, the most outstanding is the drastic cut that was made in the SLP broadcast and the extension of the season’s winners table from 1,000 to 300,000 players.