Gauntlets and Greatswords | NFT Duel Game on Solana

Core Game Loop

Mint Your Champion: Acquire one of the 8,192 unique Champion NFTs.
Stake for $EXP: Stake your Champion to start earning the essential $EXP utility token daily.
Enter the Duels: Use $EXP to pay the entry fee for each tournament round.
Battle & Win: Engage in RNG-determined duels. Victory levels up your Champion and advances you to the next round. Defeat means elimination for the season.
Claim Glory & Prizes: Survive 13 rounds to potentially reach the final prize pool!

Team Participation: The core development team is ineligible to win any prizes from the tournament prize pool.
Team NFT Holding: Team-held NFTs are solely for promotional purposes (prizes, auctions, raffles, supporting community events) and will not compete in the main tournament bracket for prizes.
Combat Determination: To ensure fairness and prevent predictability, duel outcomes are determined off-chain using a secure Random Number Generator (RNG).
Staking Commencement: $EXP staking rewards will begin accumulating 24 hours after the public mint concludes.

Round 1 Start: Duels commence 2 weeks after staking begins.
Round Cadence: Subsequent rounds (up to Round 10) will also commence every 2 weeks.
Final Rounds: The concluding rounds (11-13) will occur at an accelerated pace to create an exciting finale to the season. Specific timing will be announced closer to the date.

The SOL allocated to the prize pool (70% of mint revenue, e.g., 5734 SOL based on a 1 SOL mint) will be staked in a Liquid Staking Token (LST) protocol (initially planned with Pesky Penguins validator) on Solana.
Staking rewards accrued by the prize pool principal may potentially enhance the final prize payouts further.
Prize funds will remain staked until the scheduled distribution dates for each prize tier.

Detailed tokenomics information, including the $EXP staking rates, duel costs, supply details, and Lord bonuses will be added here shortly.

$EXP is the core utility token within the Gauntlets & Greatswords ecosystem.
Earn $EXP daily by staking your Champion NFTs (see table below for rates).
Use $EXP to pay entry fees for tournament rounds.
Optionally, use $EXP to strategically \'Buy a Bye\' in early rounds (1-4), tripling the standard duel entry cost for that round.
$EXP will be available for trading on Solana Decentralized Exchanges (DEXes).

The total supply of $EXP is fixed at 10,000,000 tokens.
Only 10% of the total supply (1,000,000 $EXP) is designated as the initial circulating supply for Season 1.
The remaining supply will be released gradually (~10% per season) to ensure project longevity and reward future players.
Full token circulation is anticipated around Season 10.
A percentage of the circulating supply will have locked liquidity provided on DEXes.

NFTs with the Lord class receive a bonus to base $EXP staking earnings, decreasing each level:

Level	NFTs	Stake/Day (Non-Lord)	Stake/Day (Lord)	$EXP Cost / Duel	Total $EXP Cost / Round	$EXP Cost / Bye (3x)
1	8,192	1	1.5	14	114,688	344,064
2	4,096	3	4.35	40	163,840	491,520
3	2,048	5	7	65	133,120	399,360
4	1,024	7	9.45	90	92,160	276,480
5	512	9	11.7	120	61,440	184,320
6	256	11	13.75	150	38,400	115,200
7	128	13	15.6	180	23,040	69,120
8	64	15	17.25	205	13,120	39,360
9	32	17	18.7	230	7,360	N/A
10	16	19	19.95	260	4,160	N/A
11	8	21	21	290	2,320	N/A
12	4	23	23	320	1,280	N/A
13	2	25	25	350	700	N/A
Season 1 Initial Circulating Supply:						1,000,000

Note: Buy a Bye option only available for rounds 1-4. Staking earnings are per NFT per day. Total costs assume all NFTs in the level enter the duel.

Detailed tokenomics information, including the $EXP staking rates, duel costs, supply details, and Lord bonuses will be added here shortly.