Land: User Guide

Welcome to Praetoria!

Land is an exciting expansion to the Splinterlands universe! Use your cards to produce resources, earn your way to the top of the resource production Leaderboards, and unlock special Prefix Titles! 

• View the whitepaper for insight into the full vision:  https://splinterlands.gitbook.io/phase-2-the-secret-of-praetoria

QuickStart Guide to Land

1. Acquire, claim, and survey land.
2. Select a Region and Stake Dark Energy
3. Claim your totems
4. Add a Power Source to plots
5. Stake Cards and Items on land.
6. Build your worksite.
7. Use Time Crystals to speed up production
8. Harvest

Own a Castle or a Keep? Review Castles and Keeps

Full Guide to Land

1. Acquire, Claim, and Survey Land.

Acquire Land - To participate in Praetoria, players must own land that is both Claimed and Surveyed.  

• Purchase Land Tokens in the Non-Card Market
• How Do I Buy Claimed Land?
• How to Claim Your Land Tokens
• How to Survey Land

2. Stake DEC/Dark Energy

Staked DEC or Dark Energy is required to fuel your power core. For the smoothest experience with the Mavs release, we recommend that you begin by staking Dark Energy to the region in which you own land. After staking cards and items, you may adjust the amount of Dark Energy staked. 

• When staked, DEC becomes Dark Energy at a 1:1 ratio. It may be staked instantly. 
• Dark Energy: FAQ
• How to Add (Stake) Dark Energy to Land
• How to Remove (Unstake) Dark Energy from Land

3. Claim Totems

Totems must be claimed before staking to grant boosts to your productivity. Claiming totems prior to staking cards and items will provide the smoothest user experience.

• What are totems?
• Claiming Totems to Stake on Land
• Totem Fragments: FAQ

4. Add a Power Source or Runi to Plots.

To begin managing your land, you must stake a Power Source to charge your workers to your plots.  Both Power Cores and Runi are power sources. Power cores require staked DEC or Dark Energy as fuel. Runi are a power source and do not require Dark Energy. 

• Power sources can be purchased with 5,000 Credits DEC or DEC-B.
• Power Sources: FAQ
• How to Purchase a Power Core
  • Power Cores are non-transferable
• Managing Your Runi on Land
  • Runi are NOT subject to a 3-day cooldown once removed from land.

5. Stake Cards and Items on land.

After ensuring that you have a power source staked and have claimed your totems, you may Stake Cards and Items.

• Card and Item Staking: FAQ
• How to Stake (Add) Cards and Items on Land
• How to Unstake (Remove) Cards and Items from Land
  • Unstaking cards will put them on cooldown for 72 hours.
• Rent Cards by Season to use on Land.

Be sure to note Production Boosts when determining which cards to stake to your land.

• Terrain Preferences
• Land Production Boosts
• Totem and Title Production Boosts

6. Build a Worksite

After you have staked cards and items to your plots and have staked dark energy to your region, you may begin building your Worksite. Your worksite must be complete before initiating resource production. Several resources are available for production, however, only certain Terrain types support grain, stone, iron, and wood. 

• • Grain: FAQ - Plains, River, Bog, Lake
  • Stone: FAQ - Desert, Canyon, Hills
  • Iron: FAQ - Mountain, Badlands, Caldera
  • Wood: FAQ - Swamp, Forest, Tundra, Jungle 
    • Use the Land Trade Hub to swap resources or contribute to the Markets. 
  • Research: FAQ - Can be built on any terrain type. 
  • Mining SPS: FAQ - Can be built on any terrain type. 
  • Aura: FAQ - Can be built on any terrain type.
• Building a Worksite: Resource Production
  • You may build your worksite instantly using Time Crystals. This allows you to avoid paying grain to complete your worksite.

7. Use Time Crystals to Speed Up Production

Time Crystals may be used to speed up construction by reducing the production points required for a project by 10,000. If you choose to speed up construction after building a worksite, you must pay your workers grain in order to complete the worksite. 

• Time Crystals may be purchased by burning 100 Credits, DEC, or DEC-B for each Time Crystal directly from the land expansion. Find cheaper time crystals (also purchasable with credits) within the Non-Card Market. 
• Time Crystals: FAQ
• Speed Up Construction Time using Time Crystals
• How to Transfer Time Crystals
• How to Purchase Time Crystals

8. Harvest

After your worksite has been built and your plots are producing resources, you may participate in Harvests.

• Harvest: FAQ
• How to Harvest
• Grain is required to feed your workers during the harvest and upon worksite completion. 
  • Grain may be purchased by burning 1 DEC or DEC-B per grain. 
  • How to Purchase Grain
  • Transfer Grain from One Region to Another Region
  • Transfer Grain from your Inventory to Another Region
• Totem Fragments are discoverable during the harvest phase. 
• A 10% tax will be collected during harvest. 

9. Castles and Keeps

For a full look at Castles and Keeps, review The Secret of Praetoria.

• Castles and Keeps: FAQ
• Managing your Castles and Keeps

Questions? Submit a request – Splinterlands