DeFi Kingdoms

What is DeFi Kingdoms?

DeFi Kingdoms is a cross-chain fantasy RPG drawn in pixel art, in which decentralised-finance machinery is dressed as parts of a game world. Its own description is "a cross-chain fantasy RPG game with beautiful pixel art, tokenized resources, and Hero NFTs integrated with DeFi protocols", and JEWEL is the token the economy runs on. You are the Commander: you build a legion of Heroes and send them out to make your mark.

How to play DeFi Kingdoms

Heroes are dispatched rather than directly controlled. Adventuring runs through Patrols, a progressive choose-your-own-adventure system that tests a Hero's abilities. Gathering and crafting come from quests that return the materials for useful items. Competitive play has two shapes: PvP Tournaments in the Colosseum, which the game has run with prize pools above $75,000 in cash-equivalent rewards, and DFK Duel, where you battle other players and climb a ranked ladder. Combat skills, professions and Hero rarity all feed into which Hero is worth sending on which activity.

Three realms

The world is split into three realms, each with its own resources, zones and objectives: a nostalgic fantasy realm centred on the bustling capital city of Adelyn; an icy realm far across perilous seas, where the village of Vithraven has only just begun to awaken; and a bustling arena in Submerse where Heroes from every realm gather to fight for glory. The game calls itself cross-chain, and the realms are where that shows: moving between them is part of playing, not a technical footnote.