The Gotchiverse is an ambitious, multiyear project being developed together by Pixelcraft Studios and AavegotchiDAO, the governing body of the Aavegotchi NFT Gaming Protocol.

It's generally impossible to predict accurate dates for new feature releases, but we are following the general roadmap below for major releases.

Alchemical Aaltars and Alchemical Channeling

This major release allows players to equip Alchemical Aaltars and Golden Aaltars onto the parcel and channel Alchemica. Aaltars can be upgraded with Alchemica and the upgrades can be sped up by spending GLTR token.

Status: Complete

Farming Release

This major release allows players to survey their parcel for Alchemica and then equip Harvesters, Reservoirs, and the Maaker Bot to their parcel, enabling farming and collecting Alchemica directly from the parcel.

Status: Complete

NFT Display + Paarty Portal Release

This major release introduces the NFT Display -- an installation used for displaying NFTs of various sizes into the Gotchiverse. It also introduces the Paarty Portal, an installation that can be used to create events that support deep links to spawn at a specific location directly in the Gotchiverse.

Status: Complete

Traits + Aarena Release

This major release synthesizes the unique traits of each Aavegotchi and Wearable to give every Aavegotchi in the Gotchiverse a different gameplay experience.

PVP between Gotchis will also be introduced in the Citaadel in a special area known as the Traaining Ground.

Status: Under Development

Gotchiverse Developer SDK

This major release allows developer to hook into the Gotchiverse to create custom experiences on their parcel.

Status: Planning

Estaates Release

This major release allows players to link parcels adjacent to each other into an Estaate, which gives various benefits to the Estaate owner

Status: Not Started

Gotchi Lodge, Guild Channeling

This major release introduces the Gotchi Lodge, a special Installation within the Gotchiverse that contains an "interior" room outside of the overworld.

Guilds will also be able to set Wearables as their official Guild Crest, and perform a form of communal channeling known as "Guild Channeling" once a week.

Status: Not Started

The Grid Expansion

This major release introduces a completely new playable area known as "The Grid", as well as new quests, storylines, and a completely new playable character -- the Lickquidator, mortal enemy of the Aavegotchis.

Status: Not Started

Individual Features

We also have many smaller features that are being worked on outside of the Major Releases.

Have a feature you'd love to see?

Check if it's already on our , and if not, definitely add it!

A frenly world, under attack

The Gotchiverse is the birth place and home planet of Aavegotchis. Located in the Nether Realm -- the graveyard of the Ether Realm -- the Gotchiverse was formed from the debris of the Ether Realm over many years of liquidations and token burns.

The Gotchiverse used to be a safe and joyful world, until it was discovered by the Lickquidators, a mechanical species of predator native to the Ether Realm. Lickquidators love nothing more than to feast on yield-bearing assets, and their discovery of the Gotchiverse whipped them into a feeding frenzy unlike anything ever seen before.

Now, the Aavegotchis must prepare to defend the Gotchiverse against an invasion of the Lickquidators, as prophesied by the Tree of FUD.

Alongside their Recipe Book, the Aadepts also left behind a handy comparison chart of how they anticipated Gotchis may build out their parcels in the Gotchiverse.

Of course, what strategy you follow depends on many individual factors, such as the results of your Surveying, nearby boosts, and your individual personality.

This is not financial advice!

Upfront Cost is how much Alchemica this build requires.

Potential Yield is the multiplier of how much Alchemica this build will yield (in raw Alchemica terms) once the Parcel has been emptied.

Time to Break Even is how fast you will recoup your Upfront Cost (assuming you everything immediately using GLTR).

Recommended Altar Level is the highest level of Altar this build will require. Depending on your , this may vary one or two levels.

The Gotchiverse is currently in a closed alpha phase, which means you'll need an Aavegotchi to join!

For tips on choosing an Aavegotchi, check out the Choosing a Gotchi guide.

How to enter the Gotchiverse

1. Setup your blockchain wallet

Make sure you have a blockchain wallet such as Metamask, Frame, or WalletConnect installed in your browser.

Don't have a blockchain wallet? Check out this helpful tutorial on setting one up!

2. Connect to Polygon

The Gotchiverse is deployed on Polygon Mainnet, a sidechain of Ethereum. To enter, you'll first need to connect to Polygon.

Visit https://verse.aavegotchi.com (the official Gotchiverse dApp). If you see a "Switch to Polygon" button, simply click that button to connect to Polygon network.

3. Get an Aavegotchi

In our current phase, an Aavegotchi is required to enter the Gotchiverse.

There are two main ways to acquire an Aavegotchi:

1. Purchase one from the Aavegotchi Baazaar

2. Borrow one trustlessly using

4. (Optional) Get MATIC Token

MATIC token is the gas token of Polygon, which means you'll need to spend some to make transactions on the network.

You can get MATIC token by bridging from Ethereum, topping up with a credit card, or swapping other tokens.

5. (Optional) Get GHST Token

Both of the options in Step #3 may require you to spend some GHST Token, so if you don't have any yet, you can easily acquire some via Quickswap, the leading DEX on Polygon, or Binance.

Entering the Gotchiverse

Once you've gotten your Aavegotchi, you can now enter the Great Portal and in the Gotchiverse!

Activities in the Gotchiverse

We have the best game devs in crypto! They are constantly shipping new features to the Gotchiverse.

Here's what you can do right now in the Gotchiverse:

1. Decorate your REALM Parcel with limited edition tiles and Installations;

2. Build up your farming operation and start ;

3. Earn Gotchi UBI by with your Aavegotchi every day;

4. spilled by other players (currently happens every Saturday 2PM-4PM UTC!);

For more details on what's coming, check out our !

Click through to find recipes and benefits for each type of Haarvester and Reservoir.

Full guide coming soon!

The Gotchiverse can be a bit intimidating, but being familiar with all the concepts in this list will make your experience much smoother.

Take a minute to read through this list before continuing into the Gameplay section, and bookmark it to refer back to it easily!

Blockchain-specific

Blockchain

A shared, immutable ledger that facilitates the process of recording transactions and tracking assets in a business network

Block

A bundle of transactions strung together in a blockchain.

Smart contract

A computer program on Ethereum or other Ethereum-compatible networks that executes, controls and documents legally relevant events and actions according to the terms of the underlying code.

ERC721

A smart contract standard for "non-fungible tokens", also known as NFTs. The standard used by most NFT projects such as Aavegotchi, REALM Parcels, Bored Apes, and other crypto-art.

ERC1155

A smart contract standard for "semi-fungible tokens", or NFTs that are unique, but also interchangeable (fungible). The standard used for Aavegotchi Wearables, Gotchiverse Installations, and Gotchiverse Tiles.

Aavegotchi-specific

Aavegotchi

A digital NFT pet staked with yield-bearing Aave aTokens (Spirit Force).

Gotchi Pocket

An escrow contract managed by each Aavegotchi that can hold tokens (GHST, FUD) and NFTs (Baadges, Wearables).

Gotchi Lending

A trustless, onchain lending agreement between Aavegotchi owners and borrowers.

Gotchiverse-specific

Lickquidator

The mortal enemies of Aavegotchis. Also, technically, their creators. Has a rapacious appetite for yield.

REALM Parcel

ERC721 NFT land owned in the Gotchiverse. Can equip Installations (Aaltar, Haarvester) and Tiles. Can also be surveyed and farm Alchemica.

Installation

ERC1155 NFTs that can be placed on top of a REALM Parcel. Some have various purposes and utilities, and some are purely aesthetic.

Alchemica

The building blocks of the Gotchiverse. Used to craft Installations and Tiles.

Vortex

A powerful portal between the Nether Realm (Gotchiverse) and Ether Realm (Ethereum) through which tokens can flow.

Spillover

Alchemica spread onto the surface of the Gotchiverse, whether by Alchemical Channeling, Reservoir emptying, or other special events.

Spillover Rate

The percentage of Alchemica that is spilled over during Alchemical Channeling or Reservoir emptying.

Spillover Radius

The distance that Alchemica is spilled during Alchemical Channeling or Reservoir emptying.

Alchemical Channeling

A ritual that summons Alchemica from the Gotchiverse to fall nearby an Aavegotchi.

Great Battle

An epic clash foretold by the Tree of FUD between Aavegotchis and Lickquidators.

Decoration

A subset of Installations. Purely a e s t h e t i c .

Tile

An ERC1155 NFT that can be placed on a REALM parcel. Rests underneath the Installation layer.

Crafting

Crafting Table

Installations that aren't useful to you anymore can be demolished. Demolishing an Alchemical Aaltar, Haarvester, Reservoir, or Maaker burns the underlying NFT and returns 50% of the Alchemica invested into it, including upgrades.

Decorations, however, can be freely equipped and unequipped without burning the NFT.

Demolishing cannot be undone once confirmed onchain, so be very careful!

Important note: AavegotchiDAO will be voting soon to potentially remove the 50% Refund, so do not include this refund in your calculations until that vote has finished.

Voice Chat will be coming to the Gotchiverse soon!

Coming soon!

Two types of chatting are currently available in the Gotchiverse: Global chat and Local chat.

Global chat is available in the Chat window and can be seen by everyone in your District, or the entire Citaadel.

Local chat, also known as Chat Bubbles, only last for a few seconds and can only be seen by those in your immediate vicinity.

Coming soon!

Coming soon!

Coming soon!

Aavegotchis are the reincarnated souls of yield farmers liquidated in the Ether Realm, which means they're pros at farming!

Here's some of the ways you can farm and earn tokens in the Gotchiverse:

• Picking up Alchemica

• Alchemical Channeling

Before they sacrificed themselves to create the Great Portal and the Citaadel, the Nine Aadepts penned a mysterious book full of recipes.

At the time, no one in the Gotchiverse knew what these recipes did or how to use them, but after years of research and development, the Gotchiverse scientists finally uncovered how to use them to craft Installations and Tiles in the Gotchiverse.

Now, behold the Aadepts Recipe Book!

Aavegotchis love nothing more than chatting and shitposting with their frens!

Learn how to communicate with your frens in the Gotchiverse.

When choosing a Gotchiverse Land Parcel there are three factors to consider:

• Parcel Size

• Location

• Alchemica Boosts.

Aavegotchis love farming, but they also have a keen appreciation of everything beautiful. This sense of aestheticism manifests within the Gotchiverse in the form of Decorations and Tiles -- objects that have no inherent utility, but are simply pleasing to the eye.

Decorations are Installations that can be placed on a parcel just like the Aalchemical Aaltar or a Haarvester. They take up space on the parcel, and can even obstruct movement when bumped into.

Tiles are placed underneath Installations, and do not obstruct movement.

Both Decorations and Tiles can be equipped and unequipped without being demolished.

Decorations and Tiles are typically purchased via the Crafting Table, for a limited period of time. Once this Crafting Period has ended, they can never be crafted again!

The Gotchiverse is a mysterious place, formed from the debris of burned and liquidated tokens in the Ether Realm.

Over time, these debris broke down into their building blocks, what Aavegotchis call the "Gotchus Alchemica", or just .

Alchemica often appears on the surface of the Gotchiverse, where Gotchis can scurry to pick it up.

The Alchemica can then be claimed for the human partner of the Aavegotchi by visiting a Vortex -- special locations in the Gotchiverse where Alchemica can be transferred from the Nether Realm back to the Ether Realm, directly into your wallet, or the Gotchi Pocket, if it's been borrowed via .

Each Aavegotchi can carry a certain amount of Alchemica before it becomes encumbered and cannot pick up any more. This number is known as its Carrying Capacity. Currently, the carrying capacity of all Aavegotchis is 250 pieces of Alchemica.

Many events can trigger Alchemica to appear on the surface of the Gotchiverse, such as:

PVP is not currently live in the Gotchiverse, but it's coming soon!

Once you've gotten your Aavegotchi, it's time to hop through the Great Portal into the Gotchiverse!

There are currently two ways to spawn in the Gotchiverse:

1. REALM Owners (or Gotchis borrowing from REALM owners) can spawn at any parcel they own.

2. Non-REALM Owners can only spawn at a corner of the mega-district District 1.

Coming soon!

Access Rights allow land owners to determine who is able to perform certain actions on their Gotchiverse REALM parcels.

These actions include:

• Alchemical Channeling

• Emptying Reservoirs

• Equipping Installations

• Equipping Tiles

• Upgrading Installations (Coming soon)

• Unequipping Installations (Coming soon)

• Unequipping Tiles (Coming soon)

Land owners can choose to allow borrowers, Whitelisted addresses (coming soon), and anyone they would like to perform these actions on their parcel.

Additionally, they will eventually have the ability to prevent specific addresses from performing these actions on their parcels with the ban list (coming soon).

How to Set Access Rights

To see access rights for a specific parcel, visit the My Realm page on Aavegotchi, click Edit Access Rights, select the parcels you'd like to edit, then update permissions in the popup.

Finally, click Save to update your preferences onchain.

Aavegotchis are social ghosts, and they love nothing more than to react to their frens with emotes while traveling in the Gotchiverse.

Below you can find the current list of emotes and their hotkeys.

Polygon Deployed NFT Contracts

• Gotchiverse Realm Diamond

• Installation Diamond

• Tile Diamond

Polygon Deployed ERC20 Token Addresses

Polygon Deployed Staking Contracts

is the Aavegotchi protocol’s solution to the scalability dilemma facing NFT Gaming, and our improvement on the scholarship model made popular by other play-to-earn games. It ensures Aavegotchi NFTs get into the hands of players as seamlessly as possible.

You Set the Terms

The Aavegotchi Owner sets the terms of the lending smart contract, the borrower then agrees to the terms and uses the Aavegotchi in the Gotchiverse. Once the contract is ended, profits are split and the Aavegotchi is returned to its original owner.

It's important to consider the security of your assets while playing in the Gotchiverse.

Accidentally leaking your private key or seed phrase can lead to a devastating hack where you lose everything.

Please follow this handy guide to set yourself up for security success in the Gotchiverse!

Step 1: Buy a hardware wallet

Ledger or Trezor are both okay. Always purchase directly from the source. Never purchase your hardware wallet from a third party like Amazon, Ebay, etc.

When you unbox your new hardware wallet, make sure you write down the recovery seed phrase and store it in multiple separate places.

Step 2: Transfer all Gotchi assets to the hardware wallet

Transfer all of your Aavegotchis, REALM parcels, and any other valuables you have to the hardware wallet.

Don't worry, you'll still be able to use them after following the next steps.

Step 3: Create a new hot wallet

Once the Gotchis are safely in your hardware wallet, create a hot wallet using Metamask, Frame, or another browser wallet. You can also use an existing wallet, if you have one.

Step 4: Use Gotchi Lending to lend Gotchis to yourself

This is where the magic starts to happen.

Using Gotchi Lending, you can trustlessly lend the Gotchis from your hardware wallet to the hot wallet.

Simply setup a Whitelist to your hot wallet address, and then specify this whitelist ID when you create the Gotchi Lending listing.

Then use your hot wallet to execute the Gotchi Lending listing. Your Gotchi is now safely locked into your hot wallet.

Even if a hacker gets your private key or seed phrase, the worst they could do is send the Gotchi back to your hardware wallet.

Final Step: Enable Parcel Access Rights

Now your Gotchi is in your hot wallet, allowing convenient access to the Gotchiverse.

The final step is to enable Parcel Access Rights for Borrowed Gotchis for all parcels in your hardware wallet.

This will allow you to perform various actions on your hot wallet with your hot wallet, such as building or emptying your Reservoir.

You can transfer any Installations or Alchemica you'd like to use for that building session to your hot wallet.

When the Installations are unequipped, they will return to the secured hardware wallet address, not the hot wallet!

That's it! You have now enabled convenient, secure access to the Gotchiverse and hack-proofed your Aavegotchi assets 🚀

LE Golden NFT Display:

If your name turns red in the Gotchiverse, it means your account has been flagged and restricted due to high probability of botting or other abuse.

The fastest way to remove this restriction is by linking your Discord account to the Gotchiverse.

Step 1: Visit https://verse.aavegotchi.com and click the Gear (Settings) icon after connecting your wallet.

Once your Discord account is linked, a score is generated to determine your Trust level.

After linking your Discord, if your account is still restricted, you can try the following actions:

Action 1: Update your profile picture in Discord

Action 2: Join the Aavegotchi Discord server at https://discord.gg/aavegotchi

Action 3: Read the instructions in #how-to-verify and then send commands in #get-verified. Verifying with CaptchaBot will give you a gray @AAVESOME role. Verifying with Collab.land will give you a pink @GOTCHIGANG role or green @LAANDLORD role.

Action 4: Enable Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) in Discord. Instructions on how to enable MFA (also known as 2FA) can be found here: .

After performing the above actions, go back to the settings page. Disconnect your Discord, and re-connect it. Now your account should be unrestricted!

Upgrading is the process of increasing the level of an Installation on your REALM parcel. Most upgrades require a combination of the four Alchemica to initiate, and take a certain number of blocks to finish.

For example, upgrading FUD Harvester Level 1 to Level 2 requires 178 FUD and 89 FOMO, and it requires 86400 blocks to complete. One block is equivalent to roughly 2.1 seconds of time.

Speed up time with GLTR

If you don't want to wait, but confirm your upgrade immediately, you can opt to spend GLTR token when you initiate the upgrade. 1 GLTR token is equivalent to 1 block of time. So in the above example, by spending 86,400 GLTR, you can confirm the upgrade immediately.

Buried deep within the Gotchiverse are huge lodes of Gotchus Alchemica, just waited to be excavated. Aavegotchi technologists have spent years researching techniques to unearth these deposits of FUD, FOMO, ALPHA, and KEK, culminating in the invention of three special pieces of machinery -- Haarvesters, Reservoirs, and Maakers.

Haarvesters are powerful machines capable of reaching deep into the Gotchiverse's ethereal layer to excavate Alchemica buried below the REALM parcel. Since each Alchemica's composition is different, different Haarvesters are required to mine FUD, FOMO, ALPHA, and KEK. As Haarvesters increase in level, their harvesting rate also increases, up to a maximum of Level 9.

Reservoirs are holding tanks specially designed to store Alchemica after it has been harvested. Alchemica in its stored state is quite volatile, and during the process of emptying a Reservoir, some of the stored Alchemica seeps out, resulting in Spillover. Upgrading the Reservoir increases the Capacity of the Reservoir, while also reducing the spillover rate and radius, up to a maximum of Level 9. Reservoirs on a parcel can only be emptied every eight hours.

Maakers are highly specialized robots that have been engineered to allow multithreading of a parcel, meaning that multiple can be run concurrently. Without a Maaker, only one upgrade can be run at once. The maximum level of a Maaker is 9, meaning that ten upgrades can be run concurrently.

Surveying your REALM Parcel

Before you can begin farming your parcel, it needs to undergo the process of Surveying.

Surveying scans the Gotchiverse around your parcel for buried Alchemica, and combined with the surface-level deposits (known simply as Boosts), gives an accurate output of exactly how much Alchemica your REALM parcel contains.

To begin surveying, simply install an Alchemical Aaltar on your parcel, click on it to enter your parcel dashboard, and tap the "Survey Parcel" button.

Rounds and Rolls

Congratulations, your REALM Parcel has been surveyed!

Now let's see how it stacks up against the average base value of other parcels in Act 1!

Act 1 is split into 10 separate rounds.

During the first round, you'll receive 25% of the average Alchemica, as see in the chart below.

Average Base Values - Act 1 Round 1

If your results are higher than these averages for your parcel size, you got a lucky roll! 🔥

Over the remaining 9 rolls, the rest of your parcel's alchemica will be discovered and distributed, with each round distributing roughly 8.3% of the average amount.

The chart below gives the total average Alchemica for each parcel type throughout Act I.

Average Base Values - Act 1 Total

Nine Great Battles, Nine Surveyings

As prophesied by the Tree of FUD, the Gotchiverse will soon head into a perilous period of strife and chaos. The Lickquidators are preparing their invasion of the Gotchiverse, with each conflict known formally as a Great Battle.

After each Great Battle has ended, your REALM will regain the ability to Survey, and after surveying, it will dig deeper into the Gotchiverse, discovering more Alchemica.

LE Golden Aaltar

Aalchemical Aaltar

Alchemical Channeling is a ritual performed by an Aavegotchi that harnesses Alchemica from the surrounding Gotchiverse atmosphere and releases it nearby the Aavegotchi.

To perform Alchemical Channeling, an Aavegotchi must visit an it has permission to channel from (see ) and initiate Alchemical Channeling.

Each Aavegotchi can perform one Alchemical Channeling every 24 hours.

After each channeling, the Alchemical Aaltar has a cooldown period, which gets reduced with each level of upgrading.

Once the Alchemica has been harnessed from the Aaltar, it then gets transferred to the Aavegotchi. A portion goes directly to the owner of the Aavegotchi (or to the Gotchi Pocket), and the rest gets distributed nearby on the surface in a process known as Spillover.

The level of the Alchemical Aaltar determines the Spillover Radius, Spillover Rate, and also the cooldown before the next Channeling can be initiated.

Introduction

This subgraph provides all the information you need for the gotchiverse: Events, Parcels, Gotchis, Installations, Tiles and more.

Watch out! The subgraph is a WIP and things might change over time. Please follow the #subgraphs channel at the if you integrate the subgraph into your dapp.

The endpoint is available here: https://api.thegraph.com/subgraphs/name/aavegotchi/gotchiverse-matic.

The Playground where you can try out queries can be found

FUD Haarvester

Crafting Recipes

Benefits per Level

FUD Reservoir

Crafting Recipes

Benefits per level

FOMO Haarvester

Crafting Recipes

Benefits per level

FOMO Reservoir

Crafting Recipes

Benefits per level

KEK Haarvester

Crafting Recipes

Benefits per level

KEK Reservoir

Crafting Recipes

Benefits per level

ALPHA Haarvester

Crafting Recipes

Benefits per level

ALPHA Reservoir

Crafting Recipes

Benefits per level