Key Points
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Axie: Den of Mysteries is now available! The skill-based dungeon crawler developed by Onchain Heroes is available to play on desktop and mobile. Buy keys and raid dens in 3-5 minutes to win weekly prizes.
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Extract loot and win big. Every key you use to play directly funds competing rewards, creating a self-sustaining loop!
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$20,000 bAXS injection. We have allocated a prize pool of $20,000 to bAXS. For the first four weeks, the top 100 shard collectors will split $5,000 bAXS each week.
Axie: Den of Mysteries (Axie: DoM) is live!
A new skill-based dungeon crawler has landed in Ronin. Onchain Heroes The team is one that has earned our respect for its sharp game design and relentless delivery.
The Den is open.
Here’s everything you need to know to start playing 👇
Step 1: movement axiedom.xyz Connect Ronin Wallet or MetaMask.
Step 2: Buy keys with ETH, AXS, RON or USDC
Step 3: Select the number of keys you want to use and start running.
Step 4: Loot, fight, and decide when to push deeper or play it safe.
Step 5: Receive rewards from blessings and weekly prize pools
Axie: DoM is a roguelike dungeon crawler. Go deeper and find better loot to take home. The game loop is simple.
Purchase the key → Enter the cave → Find treasure, fragments, and blessings → Obtain weekly rewards.
This creates a positive flywheel.
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Use more keys
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Bigger prize pool
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bigger payouts
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more players
You enter the Den as Buba. Every run starts with 100 health and all movement costs 1. The run ends when your health reaches 0.
Defeat enemies, destroy breakable objects and find health, treasure and shards. Clear the floor, select upgrades to shape your build, and decide whether to push deeper or extract what you’ve gained. Kill werewolves for instant USDC payouts. The deeper you go, the better the loot, and the harder the enemy attacks.
The runs are quick, about 3 to 5 minutes each. The keys you spend will affect your prize pool, and the more you win on the weekend, the bigger your share.
Aside from enemies and loot, dungeons have a few other features worth knowing about.
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Gate: Teleports you somewhere else on the floor (treasure cost).
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Portal: Advance to the next floor (recover 10 stamina)
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fountain: Recover 10 stamina (use once)
Use it well and you’ll be able to make more progress with each run.
The key is how you enter it and how you scale your rewards. Think of them like arcade tokens.
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Buy with ETH, AXS, RON, USDC
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Each key costs ~$2.
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Use more than 1 key per run
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Each key multiplies your loot each time you pick it up.
For example, if you spend 3 keys, the loot will be tripled each time it drops. Using 15 keys increases the blessing probability by 1.97 times. The Blessing Key Boost is limited to 15 keys.
Loot in the Den comes in three forms, each rewarding in its own way. The amount you collect from each pickup depends on the keys you spend on the run, so the more keys you put in, the bigger the reward.
You can run all week long and earn treasures while you hit the track. Upon weekly reset, the weekly prize pool will be snapshot and paid out in USDC proportional to your share of the total treasure collected. More treasure = bigger weekly USDC payouts
Shards will be tracked separately, and for the first four weeks of launch, $5,000 USD worth of bAXS will be distributed weekly to the top 100 shard collectors. You can earn them while you run and they will be tracked throughout the week. The bAXS prize pool will begin at 4:00 PM UTC on May 1st, immediately after the weekly reset.
Note: Ronin Wallet is required to receive bAXS rewards. Install it here.
Blessing is an instant USDC payout that only drops when you defeat the werewolf, the boss of the den. It spawns between floors 7 and 15, has an 8% spawn rate per floor, and can only be hit once per run. When you defeat a werewolf, it may drop one of the following:
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Mega Blessings: 2% of the total Blessing Pool is paid.
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Major Blessings: 0.5% of the Blessing Pool is paid.
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Little Blessings: 0.1% of the Blessing Pool is paid.
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treasure
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+Bonus Fragment
Defeating the werewolf will restore you to full health, giving you runway to push deeper.
The trade-offs are real. Werewolves are easier to defeat on lower floors, but your chances of receiving a blessing are slim. The deeper you push, the harder you hit, but the more likely you are to have a mega hit.
The more keys you spend on a run, the higher your chances of getting a blessing instead of bonus loot. So using heavier items doubles your rewards.
Unlike the weekly prize pool, the Blessing Pool is never reset. It grows as you use it and gets smaller as you gain blessings, with a self-balancing system that protects the grass when it falls.
Three ways to earn, three ways to play. Stack them however you like.
The weekly prize pool increases with each key purchased, and all keys are split three ways.
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60% → Weekly Prize Pool (Payed to treasure holders on the weekend)
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30% → Blessed Grass (Instant USDC payout for werewolf hits)
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10% → Studio Rake (Development and Operation)
Then 90% of all keys go to the player.
At the weekly final, all treasures will be snapped up, USDC will be distributed proportionately, and rewards can be claimed immediately.
The more players there are in the Den, the bigger the pool and the bigger the payouts.
The den is dangerous, and Buba is the first Axie to set foot in the dungeon. He needs every Lunasian to join him in battle.
Currently, all players start with Buba as their hero. But Buba isn’t the only Axie ready to take on the Den. More heroes are waiting their turn and will soon join…
For now, run with Buba. Backup is in progress.
More Web3 features are coming as well. Today is just the beginning, and the den will only get deeper from here.
Lunasians who know their oysters well can make more money. The Axie: DoM Guide Contest is live, with a total prize pool of 1,000 bAXS split into two categories.
The goal is simple. Our goal is to create a clear, beginner-friendly guide to help beginners answer the question, “What is Axie: DoM and how can I get started today?” We’ll cover what it is, how to play, what you can get, and the tips and tricks we got.
How to participate:
Submissions can be X threads, articles, videos or infographics. Deadline is May 22 at 11:59 PM (PHT) | 10:59 AM ET
Q: Can I pause my run? Answer: Yes. Select Pause and Exit to save your progress. Paused runs can be resumed until the end of the current weekly cycle.
Q: What happens if my runs are still active when the week resets?
A: It will be completed automatically. Loot collected during a run is fixed and included in the cycle in which the run was started.
Q: When can I receive compensation?
A: You can receive your weekly rewards immediately after the weekly reset. Blessing rewards are paid immediately.
Q: Does my claim expire?
A: No. Bills never expire and can be collected at any time.
Q: Can a werewolf appear multiple times at once?
A: It can spawn multiple times, but once it is defeated it will not return in the same run.
Q: What happens to the shards this weekend?
A: Shards are converted to bAXS based on global howling. The top 100 collectors will receive a pro-rata share of the weekly bAXS pool.
Q: Axie: Where can I find more information about DoM?
A: Check it out. Axie: DoM White Paper Check out our full breakdown of gameplay, mechanics, and rewards.