Axie Origins Season 18 Opens With 80K bAXS Rewards

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.

Source: Official Axie Infinity announcement

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