With the eradication of creator fees it is of paramount importance for teams to be dynamic with treasury management and revenue verticals. We see CyberKongz as a project that will span multiple decades, showcasing immersive experiences on a grand scale while elevating the brand’s intellectual property into audiences all over the world. Therefore, to accomplish this, it is crucial that we operate dynamically and put the right financial measures in place to ensure longevity for the brand and community.

CyberKongz has just launched its own validator node on the Ronin Network as of Monday 4th December at 15:00 UTC. With the Genkai mint, which happened on the 27th July 2023, and royalties received from Genkai secondary trading on Mavis Marketplace, CyberKongz have amassed 1,600,000 $RON. We will be pledging all of our $RON to the validator node.

We have strong trust in the Sky Mavis team and see an incredible future for Ronin Network. Ronin is the most dominant gaming blockchain in the entire cryptocurrency industry and we believe this will only continue going forward. Since partnering with Ronin for the Genkai mint, and future developments such as Play & Kollect migration, our trust has solidified even more.

We are asking the CyberKongz community to support us in the launch of our validator node by staking with us. Kongz Together Strong is a saying that has been a fabric in the CyberKongz community since our inception in March 2021, and the team cannot see a better way to encompass this than with community support on the node. As soon as launch is live, there will be a giveaway to people that support us by staking on our validator node:
• 10 Origin Axies randomly raffled to anyone that stakes > 100 $RON
• 2 Mystic Axies randomly raffled to anyone that stakes > 10,000 $RON

This giveaway will be live for exactly 2 weeks after launch, anyone that stakes after this time frame will be ineligible.
#KongzTogetherStrong

How To Stake With CyberKongz:
1. Go to https://app.roninchain.com/staking?t=validator and connect your Ronin Wallet.

2. Go to the ‘Candidates’ tab and select ‘CyberKongz’.

3. Click delegate and select the amount of $RON you would like to stake.

4. Click delegate and press confirm on the transaction pop-up.

5. You are now staking your $RON with CyberKongz!

How To Restake With CyberKongz:
1. Go to https://app.roninchain.com/staking?t=validator and connect your Ronin Wallet.

2. Go to the ‘My Staking’ tab.

3. Select the three dots in the right-hand side of your current staking and then select ‘Move stake’.

4. Search for ‘CyberKongz’ in the ‘To’ section and click.

5. Enter the amount of $RON you would like to move to the CyberKongz validator node.

6. Click ‘Move stake’ and press confirm on the transaction pop-up.

7. You are now staking your $RON with CyberKongz!

The 1st Contest is a ‘CyberKongz in The Sandbox’ Photo Contest

This contest will last for 4 weeks with each week having a new theme and a new set of winners. This contest will require you to take a screenshot of your VX Kong in The Sandbox participating in the specific theme that we announce. For example, if the theme is “A Day at the Beach”, you could take a picture of your VX Kong laying down near the water. If the theme was “Friends in the Metaverse”, you could take a picture with a group of friends (if you have any :harold:) in a cool setting. You MUST submit your picture before the end of the week in order to qualify. Here are the full set of rules:

• Use the theme of the week to take a screenshot of your VX Kong in the Sandbox
• Post the screenshot on Twitter using the hashtag #KongintheBox. Make sure to tag @cyberkongz and @thesandboxgame
• You must be a verified holder and a member of the CyberKongz Discord in order to participate
• Each week you will submit your screenshot along with the additional info needed

This is the form for the first week: https://forms.gle/T4feMNY2d5LvoC1v9

The forms for weeks 2, 3 and 4 will be posted in Discord and Twitter!

At the end of the 4 weeks, the Council of Kongz will vote on the submissions and will award the prizes. Each theme will be general, so be creative with your submissions. It is supposed to be an art competition, so have fun with it!

Here’s what we are giving away each week!

1 - 750 $BANANA

2 - 500 $BANANA

3 - 400 $BANANA

4 - 350 $BANANA

5 - 300 $BANANA

6-10 - 200 $BANANA

Everyone else that submits a photo each week (for a total of 4 weeks) will split a prize pool of 10,000 $BANANA

Each week will begin at 00:00 UTC and end at 23:59 UTC

Week 1 October 3-October 9

Week 2 October 10 — October 16

Week 3 October 17 — October 23

Week 4 October 24 — October 30

THE FIRST THEME FOR THE CONTEST IS “KING OF THE JUNGLE”

The 2nd contest is a CyberKongz VX Sandbox Video Contest.

The purpose of this contest is to make a video with a Halloween or Autumn theme with your VX Kongz in the Sandbox. Here are the set of rules:

• Video must be a minimum of 20 seconds
• Video must contain at least 1 VX Kong and show it as main character eg You as Avatar
• You are allowed to use editing software, but the majority of the content needs to come from in-game footage.
• Post your video on Twitter using #KongzVideoContest. Make sure to tag @cyberkongz and @thesandboxgame.
• You must be a verified holder and a member of the CyberKongz Discord in order to participate.
• Fill out this form https://forms.gle/kXUkeKjyyimhgXUT9

Here’s what we are giving away!

1 - Golden Ticket + VX + 5000 $BANANA

2 - VX + 5 Shredz + 3500 $BANANA

3 - 5 Shredz + 2000 $BANANA

4 - 1500 $BANANA

All other submissions will split a prize pool of 10,000 $BANANA

CyberKongz has some incredibly talented holders. Whether you are a video editing pro or a novice to Discord and social media, this contest has something for everyone. Let’s show the world who the King of the Metaverse is!

#KongzTogetherStrong

Why did we build The Klaw!?

We must first start by answering a question with a question:

How do we reward loyal holders while also attracting new people into our ecosystem?

While building an interactive and fair protocol for the distribution of NFTs and other tokens through Play & Kollect, we always wanted to expand the functionality by adding a way to distribute NFTs from other collections. The answer: The Klaw!

For the initial release of Play & Kollect we needed to test the mechanics and game theory in action, but we always thought of this as the foundation from which we could build upon. With our first expansion of Play & Kollect we have introduced an element of community into our game. CyberKongz have always believed that communities are the heart and soul of Web3. The Klaw will introduce CyberKongz to new communities and new communities to CyberKongz.

The Klaw gives CyberKongz VX one more reason to make sure they’re depleting their daily Fuel Rods and to spend their $BANANA!

CyberKongz VX holders will be able to kollect Golden Tickets and Shredz (pieces of Golden Tickets) through Play & Kollect Adventure Runs.
Shredz are ERC-1155 NFTs meaning they are transferrable and they can also be used to craft Golden Tickets, which are also ERC-1155s.

ONE Golden Ticket can be crafted by using 10 Shredz + 20,000 Kongium.
Make sure you are on the Polygon Network, then go to the ‘MY KONGZ’ section on the CyberKongz website.

Navigate to ‘CONSUMABLES’ and click on ‘CRAFT’ underneath your Shredz balance.

This will trigger 2 transactions: First, a token approval, and then, a transaction approval to burn your Shredz and Kongium to Craft the Golden Ticket.

A Golden Ticket can be used for a one-time use of The Klaw and will allow its owner to redeem an NFT from some of the best communities in Web3!

The redeem process will all be done using ChainLink VRF to ensure trustless RNG.

The Klaw experience takes place on the Ethereum Mainnet, which means that Golden Tickets need to be bridged from Polygon to Ethereum.
This can be done at the Bridge POI on the Play & Kollect map as usual.
Please remember that bridging back to ETH takes two transactions (Withdraw/Exit).

The Klaw pool contains a total of 1,337 NFTs, each carefully chosen by the CyberKongz team.

1,137 NFTs can be redeemed directly through The Klaw with Golden Tickets, whereas 200 NFTs are reserved for future use cases.

The Jungle of Play & Kollect holds 420 Golden Tickets and 7170 Shredz, ready to be found!

The initial setup of The Klaw pool was done through generous donations from Coco__Bear, totaling 1000+ ETH! The generosity of Coco continues to permeate through the CyberKongz ecosystem. As The Klaw rewards holders, we will continue to add new NFTs by utilizing our network of partners, along with using funds from our community wallet to add new additions to the reward pool.

The Klaw mechanics will be dialed in for the first 3–5 seasons to make sure everything is balanced approriately. This means that event and crafting requirements may change in the future.

How to start playing The Klaw!?

1. Connect your wallet

Click on “CONNECT WALLET” in the top right corner and choose the wallet you would like to connect with.

2. Approve to start The Klaw!

Click on the Golden Ticket slot to prompt the approval transaction.
A pop-up window will ask you to approve The Klaw!
After the approval transaction confirms, the button will change to “START” and allows you to insert your Golden Ticket!
Confirm the transaction and wait for the transaction to confirm.

3. Waiting on the Chainlink Oracle VRF

The Chainlink VRF call can take up to 3–4 minutes for the results to come in. The current status will be displayed on The Klaw machine. Don’t refresh the website if you want to see your redeemed NFT.
Be patient and enjoy the scene.

4. Receive your Prize!

Once the Chainlink results are in, a pop-up will show your prize!
Congratulations! Make sure to hit the button below to share your successful Klaw adventure on Twitter!

You can browse the NFTs that are currently in The Klaw pool by clicking on the poster with the headline “THE PRIZES”.
The window will show the amount of prizes that are left and the amount of prizes that have already been redeemed.

Each categorie shows the name of the collection as well as the amount of NFTs remaining in that specific collection. You can click on the different categories to see all the NFTs within each.

The Klaw is the beginning of a new phase of CyberKongz, with new upcoming developments waiting to be released!

KONGZ TOGETHER STRONG!

CyberKongz proudly presents advanced FBX’s for all CyberKongz VX holders. In order for VX’s to be used in many digital and physical applications, holders of CyberKongz VX assets are given the opportunity to download .VOX, .GLTF, .FBX and .OBJ file formats. As the environment around digital use of 3D assets evolves quickly, the old FBX files have now been replaced by advanced FBX files containing default humanoid rig — open hands and fingers — mesh optimization in order to be easier to integrate into interactive digital applications!

Interactive Digital applications such as animations and games use rigs to define the skeleton of a 3D character. The rig contains all of the joints and pivots on which the different parts of the character turn and twist when moving. The actual movement and behavior of a 3D asset in a digital space is extremely important; for example, there are hundreds of ways a character can walk, run, jump or crouch. With rigs now embedded in the advanced FBX file, we are standardizing the way CyberKongz VX’s behave in an environment within a digital application.

Having a large body, long arms, and short legs makes the movement of 3D Kongz unique. The original CyberKongz VX models were designed in VoxEdit, but these files can now be exported to more common digital gaming formats such as an FBX file. In order for meshes not to clip, joints to bend properly and CyberKongz to look Kongish; slight changes were made to the position of the submeshes within the entire mesh. These additions make a broader set of pre-defined animations in tools such as Mixamo.com work correctly on CyberKongz VX’s.

One of the more useful changes is the open hand feature. With this feature it’s possible for game developers to control the finger joints of CyberKongz VX, making it possible to hold wearables and use broader sets of animations.

Keeping in mind the future standardization and interoperability of CyberKong VX, many base animations were created. We have managed to project the animation data onto the advanced FBX humanoid rig, presenting holders the opportunity to have their VX’s walking, running, swimming, jumping, punching, etc, in the most uniform way possible. The animations can be downloaded from the CyberKongz asset page and used by advanced animators or 3D developers to project onto the advanced FBX files.

In order to provide more assistance to game / digital application developers; Cyberkongz will launch a Unity plugin shortly. Using the plugin, developers will receive even more advanced tools to optimize CyberKongz VX assets to their desire such as applying animations or adjusting autonomously. Whilst the FBX models are directly compatible with Unreal Engine, a comparable plugin will be launched in the next months.

The advanced FBX files are a giant step for digital interoperability. We’re encouraging any WEB2/WEB3 game developer to reach out to us with any questions on the updated file types. While we continue to improve the interoperability and accessibility for our community’s use of their IP, we’re looking forward to seeing how YOU are utilizing your Cyberkongz NFT’s IP. Make sure to tag our socials when sharing your ideas, and hop in our Discord if you feel like having a conversation about them! Together we are Strong! #KongzTogetherStrong

To download your assets visit www.cyberkongz.com, connect your wallet and click on ‘my kongz’. By selecting your asset you can find several files that can be used for different purposes. The new advanced FBX can be found by clicking CyberKongz VX -> select desired VX -> select download asset -> select 3D FBX model file. An ownership verification will be required in order to successfully download your files.

Advanced users can import the FBX in many 3D design packages such as Maya, 3DsMax, Blender, Unity and Unreal Engine. Make sure to toggle the ‘Calculate Normals’ function when using blender in order for hard edges to be present. Once imported the objects will contain mesh data, texture maps, rig, and open fingers.

Basic users can upload the model to various environments that require rigged characters such as Mixamo (www.mixamo.com). Mixamo will recognize the 3D model and rig data, and the user will be presented with thousands of animations which can be projected on their CyberKong VX. The animation data can then be downloaded and used by various platforms, animation movies, or game movement.

You can use your CyberKongz VX 3D models in a broad range of 3D and/or 3D animation software such as Blender, Maya, 3DSmax, Unity, Unreal Engine, Marmoset etc. Although the 3D models are as interchangeable as possible, certain import settings may lead to models being viewed incorrectly. We’ve made a rundown of some common fixes:

Blender: While importing the FBX into blender the object may look as if it’s viewed from the inside out. To fix this, make sure to select the option ‘custom normals’ from the importing pop-up, or use the function ‘recalculate normals’ while having the part selected in the viewer.

If the object is still showing translucent, select a part of the 3D model and go to the ‘material properties’ tab in the options tab, scroll down to the settings tab and put the ‘blend mode’ setting to ‘opaque’.

Unity/Unreal: The FBX files contain neutral material properties. If the object’s colors or shadows look distorted, you can correct this from the scene lighting instead of changing the material properties.

Please report any issues you might have with importing to your desired software package, and we’ll be happy to help you and update this section accordingly.

Here you can find some fun examples created by our amazing and talented markman!

We cannot wait to see what all of you can come up with!

KONGZ TOGETHER STRONG!

CyberKongz own a variety of assets from different metaverses in order to create unique and custom CyberKongz experiences and to reward holders by partly distributing any yield or airdrops via Play & Kollect.

CyberKong VX owners will be able to use their NFT as their avatar and equip wearables minted from Play & Kollect. Airdropped $SAND tokens are distributed to holders through P&K. Gems and Catalysts may also be added as loot in adventure runs.

In July, CK won the auction for The Shrine of Truth, a one if a kind landmark built by SandRush x Nabiya on a 3x3 estate, and renamed it to The Shrine of Kongz.

Neo Kongz City will be developed on a 12x12 estate.

The CryptoCities themed capitol serves as a concept and will eventually be built out as an 4x4 in the middle of the 576 plots of the 24x24 estate called Kongz Island. In total, CyberKongz owns a total of 800 LANDs in the SandBox.

More info on CyberKongz land in SandBox can be found here.

CyberKongz owns 110 Forest plots. Though land gameplay is still being developed, Axie Land of ‘Lunacia’ will be the base of operation for Axies as resources spawn there and upgrades can be made from crafting/producing. Land holders get first rights to these generated resources which includes AXS tokens, wood, stone, and potentially other special items.

All 110 Forest plots are being staked and yield 28.6 AXS per day.

“Once any type of gameplay for Land is released that can support token rewards, these Land Staking rewards will transition to rewards through active gameplay.”

Kongz hold 50 Adventurers Guild tokens and 2 Warrior Guild tokens.

“Guilds offer players access to Game Modes that are only accessible to members. These game modes will provide players with avenues to show off their best heroes, fight the strongest enemies in the game, and earn unique and rare rewards.”

The Kongz team also owns 1000+ rare heroes which kong holders can play as in different game modes such as guild raids, PvP, and other land gameplay.

CyberKongz owns 63 plots of Ember Sword land. 46 regular plots, 16 city plots, and 1 settlement plot.

Ember Sword is building a MMORPG experience with a full in-game economy. It is powered by the ‘premium currency’ that is generated by land. “We do this by distributing 50% of the revenues generated inside the Ember Sword world amongst the land owners in the form of ERC-20 tokens”. Kongz could form guilds through their city to bring activity and add value. Cities are hubs for games and trading. Tokens could be distributed to holders through Play and Kollect.

Kongz acquired a Penthouse in Worldwide Webb. Land should be able to host hundreds of people. Yield/airdrops can be rewarded to holders through P&K.

The penthouse will be build out in a typical and custom CyberKongz style to host events in the future.

We have acquired one of 32 mega-sized plots. Holders will be able to play as a Kongz character in their metaverse.

https://twitter.com/CyberKongz/status/1520459566827323394?s=20&t=-wn3dSYwvQnsW_Tp3Mh9Uw

Gridcraft Network is a Minecraft compatible play & earn metaverse with NFTs and multiplayer gameplay and CyberKongz partnered with Gridcraft in June 2022.

“CyberKongz will receive their own fleshed out realm on the network themed around the collection, and holders’ CyberKongz VX models will become playable avatars in the game”

Nemus Earth is an Amazon rainforest conservation effort through the sale of virtual land of different sizes to represent real areas of the forest owned by Nemus. CyberKongz are partners and own a XX-Large plot.

“The Genesis Drop includes a collection of 10,338 randomly generated NFTs, each one representing a unique parcel of land in the Seruini Region.”

“Nemus collectibles are designed with game mechanics that offer a series of quests to “explore” an NFT allowing you to mint new features, and DeFi mechanics that reward Guardians who choose to “conserve” their NFTs with our native token: NEA”.

CK team owns 52 Baby CyberKongz which yield 52 Charmz every season (10 days). All of these Charmz are sent to the Play & Kollect contract to be given as loot on adventure runs during the season. The CyberKongz vault also holds the legendary KongBot #101, 3 more Genesis Kongz, and 29 CyberKongz VX.

KongBot keeps the CyberKongz discord server safe and strong.

This article will be updated periodically as new assets are being aquired.

KONGZ TOGETHER STRONG!

After we had great insights from our previous iteration of Kongz Tank, we are once again looking for the brightest minds with the best ideas to develop new and exciting projects that evolve around CyberKongz VX and $BANANA on the Polygon network.

But this time, we’re raising the stakes.

We want you to come up with projects and ideas for games and interactive experiences that build on our existing CyberKongz: Play and Kollect technologies and experience.

This can be anything ranging from small mini-games using our VX models to fully fleshed out experiences that tie into our ecosystem and demonstrate the power of our unique range of avatars and advanced web3 technologies.

The possibilities are endless.

For you as a builder, this means to integrate the following key elements into your ideas:

• Create a game or interactive experience
• The use of CyberKongz VX (required, but it can be Babies or Genesis with state sync on Poly)
• Deploy on the Polygon Network (required, but can be partly off-chain with interactions on Poly)
• Use $BANANA or Kongium (using one is required)
• Use Charmz (optional)
• Use our existing LVL system of the CyberKongz VX (required)
• You can apply fees as a developer (up to 5–10%, this will be discussed individually per project), part of them should go into the Play & Kollect seasonal prize pool (at a rate of 2–5%) or fully burnt if it’s Kongium.
• Staking prohibited, if a type of staking is needed, only use our new Lock Registry technology (Github)

Include the following information in your proposal:

• Detailed rundown on your project/idea
• Description of how the above key elements are integrated
• Your skills and experience and a little bit about you and or your team
• Contact details (email, discord, twitter, etc.)

Selected projects will receive the following grants:

• Grants: Major (50 ETH + 10000 BANANA ) or minor (20 ETH + 2000 Banana) grant depending on the project, released linearly upon achieving milestones. Total amount of grants 3 Major and 5 Minor.
• Marketing: Marketing support within the CyberKongz reach and abilities
• Development Advising: Learn from our experienced developers and artists. Support with providing 3d models for your experience, adding in allowlist for lock registry and registering your contract as a spender for Kongium.
• Inclusion: Potential integration into our Play & Kollect and CyberKongz universe

Entries are open to anyone until the grants run out!

Please send all proposal ideas to: kongztank@cyberkongz.com

We will update the community as grants are assigned and projects are chosen!

So grab your friends and get your Cyberbrainz running!

We are excited to see what you guys can come up with!

KONGZ TOGETHER STRONG!

Useful Links:

• First Kongz Tank: https://medium.com/@cyberkongz/kongz-tank-is-launching-19b5b062a407
• Play & Kollect Docs: https://docs.cyberkongz.com
• Lock Registry: https://docs.cyberkongz.com/what-happens-on-the-blockchain/lock-registry
• Rigging and Animating: https://medium.com/@cyberkongz/we-added-a-new-file-format-cfca47924f0d https://medium.com/@cyberkongz/cyberkongz-vx-art-contest-da94961c77cb
• Opensea: https://opensea.io/collection/cyberkongz https://opensea.io/collection/cyberkongz-vx https://opensea.io/collection/cyberkongz-vx-polygon https://opensea.io/collection/playandkollect

Play & Kollect is launching now!

Crews can now be created on the MS Kongz and Shardz are starting to accumulate by Babies from now on.

In the Adventure Portal, a crew can be added and sent on adventures as soon as the first season starts.

For in depth how-tos on how to create crews, start adventures, level up and commit Kongium to the seasonal treasury — read our Play & Kollect Gitbook.

In the first seasons, following rewards can be found on top of Kongium:

• Banana Bunch: Can be redeemed for Banana tokens.
• SAND: The utility token used throughout The Sandbox ecosystem.
• NFT Voucher: Can be redeemed for a random NFT.
• Genesis Loot Capsule: Contains Genesis Weapons of any rarity.

A total of 1000 NFT Vouchers (Series: #0001) and 2500 Genesis Loot Capsules (Series: Weapons) can be found. At the beginning of every Season, 100 of those Genesis Loot Capsules will be available to redeem in the treasury for 5000 Kongium, starting with Season 2.

The following weapons can be found within the current Genesis Loot Capsules:

The NFT Vouchers will be able to redeemed for one of these two Uniqly hoodies:

Redeeming of the Banana Bunch and NFT Vouchers, as well as the opening of Genesis Loot Capsules will go live next week. So stay tuned!

We are so incredibly excited to explore the jungle with all of you, collect your feedback and push CyberKongz to the next level!

KONGZ TOGETHER STRONG!

By integrating the industry-leading decentralized oracle network, we now have access to a tamper-proof and auditable source of randomness needed to support randomized in-game features in our upcoming adventure game. We will also be integrating Chainlink Price Feeds on Ethereum, enabling us to display accurate NFT prices on the CyberKongz website.

In order to randomize in-game features in our adventure game “Play & Kollect”, we need access to a secure random number generator (RNG) that any user could independently audit.

However, RNG solutions for smart contracts require several security considerations to prevent manipulation and ensure system integrity. For instance, RNG solutions derived from blockchain data like block hashes can be exploited by miners/validators, while off-chain RNG solutions derived from off-chain APIs are opaque and don’t provide users with definitive proof about the integrity of the process.

We selected Chainlink VRF because it’s based on cutting-edge academic research, supported by a time-tested oracle network, and secured through the generation and on-chain verification of cryptographic proofs that prove the integrity of each random number supplied to smart contracts.

Chainlink VRF works by combining block data that is still unknown when the request is made with the oracle node’s pre-committed private key to generate both a random number and a cryptographic proof. The CyberKongz smart contract will only accept the random number input if it has a valid cryptographic proof, and the cryptographic proof can only be generated if the VRF process is tamper-proof.

This provides our users with automated and verifiable assurances directly on-chain that the CyberKongz game is provably fair and was not tampered with by the oracle, outside entities, or the CyberKongz team.

Chainlink VRF and Chainlink Price Feeds bring a new level of transparency to our game and and we are excited to establish an unparalleled gaming experience in our NFT jungle with the help of various Chainlink services.

About Chainlink

Chainlink is the industry standard for building, accessing, and selling oracle services needed to power hybrid smart contracts on any blockchain. Chainlink oracle networks provide smart contracts with a way to reliably connect to any external API and leverage secure off-chain computations for enabling feature-rich applications. Chainlink currently secures tens of billions of dollars across DeFi, insurance, gaming, and other major industries, and offers global enterprises and leading data providers a universal gateway to all blockchains.

Learn more about Chainlink by visiting chain.link or reading the developer documentation at docs.chain.link. To discuss an integration, reach out to an expert.

About CyberKongz

CyberKongz started as a collection of 1000 unique and randomly generated non-fungible tokens (NFTs) created in March 2021. Although there was no pre-release or advertising campaign, the 34x34 pixel CyberKongz images achieved great popularity due to their suitability as profile pictures at a time when the idea wasn’t as entrenched in the mainstream. Over time, the shared idea of furthering the development of CyberKongz as a community-based metaverse project emerged.

Learn more about CyberKongz by visiting cyberkongz.com and docs.cyberkongz.com to learn more about “Play & Kollect”.

The crazy cyberbrain scientists have been working tirelessly in the lab on the upcoming Play & Kollect experience and just like all of you, can’t wait to explore the jungle together in search of all the treasures!

This new addition to the CyberKongz ecosystem consists of many different pieces that need to be stacked in just the right way to ensure a smooth launch.

We will be staging the launch of Play & Kollect in two phases:

Phase 1 will start on March 1st 00:00 UTC with the token swap from $BANANA V1 to $BANANA V2.

In 48 hours, the current $BANANA V1 yield contract will be detached from the Genesis CyberKongz and the new Yield Hub will be attached.

Please claim all pending $BANANA from Genesis CyberKongz and any other smart contract within the 48-hour window. The closer towards the end of the claiming window, the better. We will remind you a few more times in our Discord server.

The token swap will begin shortly after the discontinuation of $BANANA V1 and will be a simple interaction via our website.

On our website https://cyberkongz.com under the tab My Kongz, you will see the option to swap $BANANA V1 to $BANANA V2.

The swap requires an approval transaction, followed by a transaction that will do the actual swap from $BANANA V1 to V2.
We must conduct the swap in this manner to eliminate any attack vectors.

$BANANA V2: https://etherscan.io/address/0x94e496474f1725f1c1824cb5bdb92d7691a4f03a

Phase 2 will be the actual launch of Play & Kollect on the first anniversary of CyberKongz, March 3rd!
To start adventures, you will need to bridge the CyberKongz VX from Ethereum Mainnet to Polygon via our Bridge. The process of bridging from ETH to MATIC is pretty straightforward. For a more detailed how-to on bridging, check back with our updated Gitbook.

You can bridge multiple VX at the same time to save on time and gas fees.
$BANANA V2 and Shardz need to be bridged separately.

Once all assets are safely bridged to Polygon, you can start playing!
More how-tos and detailed information can be found on our Gitbook.

Please note: Shardz can only be bridged from Ethereum to Polygon and not back. Charmz are discovered on Polygon and can not be bridged back to Ethereum Mainnet.

Update Log:
We are grateful to the community for all the feedback given since the announcement of Play & Kollect. Accordingly, we have implemented some changes to Charmz and how they work.

First of all, Lucky Charms will be renamed to Charmz, according to the result of the community vote on Februray 13th.

The next change affects the mechanic on how they work. Charmz no longer break after a period of five days, regardless of the number of completed adventure runs. Instead, Charmz now have health points that are reduced with each adventure run. Once the health points drop to zero, the Charmz will break.

One Charm can be used for 20 to 50 runs, with Fuel Rod runs costing more health points than $BANANA runs. A Charm lasts for 20 Fuel Rod runs or 50 $BANANA runs and anything in between, depending on how the runs were done.

Lastly, a change in the actual effectiveness: The chance of getting twice the loot of Kongium or EXP in an adventure run has been doubled for all Charmz tiers.

Season duration: Duration of one season extended from ten days to ten days and 8 hours to allow the use of Fuel Rods on day 10 and to rotate the end of the season through different time zones around the world.

We are excited for the future and will keep you all up to date for the next steps when the time has come!

KONGZ TOGETHER STRONG!

With “Play & Kollect” we are proud to bring you Jungle Adventure, a fully on-chain game on the Polygon network with almost no gas fees, 99.95% less in electricity consumption than a Proof-of-Work counterpart and almost no CO2 emissions. “Play & Kollect” starts the bridge between all existing and future assets of the CyberKongz universe and will introduce a completely new eco and distribution system as a foundation for our future.

The main objective of the game is to send CyberKongz VX in crews of one to five on jungle adventure runs to gather Kongium Ore and redeem them for prizes like the seasonal $BANANA prize pool and exclusive NFTs.

Play & Kollect runs in seasons. One season lasts 10 days and always awaits adventurers with new prizes.

Adventure runs can be started in two different ways:

• Each CyberKong VX that is locked into a crew will receive one Fuel Rod per day, in order to start one adventure run. Fuel Rods are considered a free energy resource.
• Every additional adventure run a day costs 0.4 $BANANA per CyberKong VX in the crew of which 50% goes into the $BANANA prize pool, 40% is burned and 10% will go into the treasury to sponsor community activities and seasonal specials.

Thanks to our innovative Lock Registry, CyberKongz VX do not have to be traditionally staked and sent out of your wallet to be assigned to a crew for the Jungle Adventure and accrue Fuel Rods. On top of all previous staking benefits, locking offers:

• Keeping ownership of your assets, making it more secure
• Locking simultaneously in various utilizations (engage in many onchain games/protocols at once)
• Enabling simple integration with other Metaverses, games and protocols by retaining ownership
• Giving the ability to check and whitelist 3rd-party contracts and to delete corrupted locker contracts from the whitelist which immediately unlocks all locked assets, enabling a second level of security

Alongside with Kongium, other new tokens called Lucky Charms will be introduced. Lucky Charms are ERC-1155 NFTs that can be added to a crew of CyberKongz VX to increase their possible loot for five consecutive days. Baby CyberKongz yield non-transferable shards that can be redeemed for random Lucky Charms. One Baby CyberKong yields enough shards for one Lucky Charm every 10 days.

Lucky Charms reward those Baby CyberKongz holders who wish to be a part of the CyberKongz universe for the long term and give Babies the recognition they deserve.

In addition to boosting loot on adventure runs, Lucky Charms will have other key roles in the future CyberKongz development:

• They increase the loot of Kongium and EXP in jungle adventures
• They can trigger exclusive events during jungle adventures
• They are transferable and can therefore be traded with other Kong friends
• They give you the opportunity to get exclusive and limited NFTs

All logic details, contract infos and other aspects of the new Update are further described on https://docs.cyberkongz.com/

This update requires major changes and CyberKongz wouldn’t be a community-driven project if we simply implement them without the approval of the community. The update will be prefaced by a big vote. In order for the update to be deployed, the vote must be closed with an absolute majority and a quorum of at least 31%.

To be able to make a responsible vote we would like to give you the most important information about the backgrounds of our decisions during the development process.

Why Play & Kollect?

With Play & Kollect we wanted to create an exciting experience for you to collect new CyberKongz assets. The objective in development was a fully on-chain and transparent system that brings a fair distribution of assets to all active participants within the CyberKongz ecosystem while rewarding existing holders of all CyberKongz generations.

• Play & Kollect is an eco and distribution system in which Genesis and Baby CyberKongz as well as CyberKongz VX each play a crucial role
• P&K enables distribution of both ERC-20 and ERC-1155 tokens in a gamified approach by allowing Kongium to be redeemed for ERC-1155 tokens and the $BANANA prize pool as well as by being able to find ERC-20/ERC-1155 tokens with a little luck even during adventure runs
• $BANANA gets a new and sustainable utility as it is needed for additional adventure runs and thus to have more chances to get rare loot
• The $BANANA prize pool allows more active participants to play for a small amount of Banana tokens that can be used in the CyberKongz ecosystem

Why Polygon?

You have chosen to be a part of a blockchain project at the cutting edge of the latest technologies and deserve that no shortcuts are taken in its development.

For this reason, it was not an option for us to place parts of our system logic on off-chain servers, which would have led to an increase in centralization and a loss of security. Our goal was therefore to find new ways instead of taking the easy path.

This evolved into Play & Kollect as a system that is completely on-chain, with groundbreaking innovations like the Lock Registry , which we see as the new era of staking.

At the current stage of Ethereum, high transaction fees would take away the fun from playing the game with such high complexity. Additionally, the team of Sandbox, our partner and first metaverse for the integration of CyberKongz VX, decided some time ago to continue their work on the Polygon network. A Polygon bridge would therefore be inevitable for us in the long run.

In addition, the Polygon network impresses with nearly zero carbon dioxide emissions. We have always tried to make the world a better place by donating to non-profit organizations that protect our environment. By donating to COTAP for example, we have offset the CO2 emissions of our CyberKongz VX Minting process by a factor of 10.

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We want to continue to follow this path.

Why Banana Change?

The seasonal $BANANA prize pool is distributed and reset every ten days (=one season) from day one of contract deployment and can be challenged with Kongium.

The prize pool starts each ten-day season randomly at one of four different pool sizes of 5k, 10k, 15k or 20k $BANANA and steadily grows with the $BANANA spent on adventure runs in the current season.

In order to create the seasonal $BANANA prize pools for the next several years, the pre-minting of 3,350,000 additional $BANANA will be part of the community vote.

These additonal Banana tokens will be locked in the vesting contract for 6 years with an unlocking schedule of 500,000 tokens per year and they will be gradually distributed to the community through the seasonal prize pool. Making Play to Kollect’s $BANANA-based system more accessible to a larger number of Kong holders.

We are convinced that in this case, the issuance of additional banana tokens is healthy for our ecosystem. With 3,350,000 additional tokens, we increase the maximum possible $BANANA supply (regardless of previously burned $BANANA for breeding etc.) to 40 million. The total supply will thus increase by 9.14%.

The Adventure Ahead…

With such a big change to the ecosystem the jungle is sure to be in shock for a bit! Like any good plan, we will have a roll out phase and instructions to get everything ready when its time!

Roll Out Plan:
1. Vote
2. Learn
3. Bridge
4. Launch
5. Play

In summary, we are beyond excited to bring you the latest development in the CyberKongz Universe and are stoked to see how the rest of our own adventure continues as we explore the Jungle!

KONGZ TOGETHER STRONG!