What is DEC?

Dark Energy Crystals (DEC)

Dark Energy Crystals, or DEC, are the main in-game currency of Splinterlands. DEC is used to purchase or rent cards in the game, and can be traded or bought through a variety of markets including Hive-Engine, Tribaldex, and more. You may also stake your DEC in liquidity pools to earn SPS rewards. You can obtain DEC by renting out your assets, burning cards, burning SPS, trading for it on 3rd party markets, or buying it in-game. 

DEC can be traded, transferred from wallets like Metamask or Hive wallets, or swapped among players through third-party sites. These site links are available on the Splinterlands website (as shown above). 

 To buy DEC, click on the plus sign next to your current DEC balance:

You will be brought to the BUY DEC page where you can buy DEC with either fiat currency, or select one of the available cryptocurrencies.

This method will take your fiat or other cryptocurrency and convert it to HIVE, then to DEC via swaps.

Fiat payments are done through Transak and are subject to their KYC policy and, depending on where you reside, may not be available to all of our customers. Most U.S. users do not qualify. Please view the On-Ramp Cryptocurrency Coverage guide for more information.  

Other cryptocurrencies are converted using SimpleSwap to convert them to HIVE and then DEC.