Axie Infinity Origins Season 18 is live, opening a new leaderboard season with an 80K bAXS prize pool for the top 2,000 players. The season keeps the Elite 4 format from S17, moves official season rewards into bAXS, and adds competitive integrity checks before era rewards are released.
What Changed
- Origins Season 18 has started with the Rare Era as the opening stage.
- The Elite 4 format carries over from Season 17.
- Season rewards will be distributed in bAXS, the non-transferable token backed 1:1 by AXS.
- Competitive integrity checks now hold era rewards until each review is complete.
- Collectible Chest rewards return for eligible collectible axie holders, with payouts also handled in bAXS.
Dates and Rollout
- Rare Era began on July 8.
- Epic Era is scheduled for July 22.
- Mystic Era follows on August 5.
- Final Era begins on August 19.
- Season 18 ends on September 2.
Numbers and Rules
- The top 2,000 players will share an 80K bAXS prize pool.
- The Rare Era includes 20K bAXS in rewards, alongside additional bonus incentives.
- bAXS can be used for breeding, ascending, evolving, and staking, but cannot be transferred between accounts.
- Converting bAXS to AXS requires a Treasury fee that scales with Axie Score, with higher-reputation players receiving lower fees.
- Multi-accounting and leaderboard manipulation will result in a permanent ban from Axie Origins.
- The Collectible Chest pool includes 10,000 bAXS.
- To earn Collectible Chests, collectible axie holders must finish the Rare Era at Tiger rank or higher while holding their collectible axie for the full era.
- Collectible Chests contain Tickets that can be redeemed for a share of the bAXS pool.
