Hassan Maishera
Planet IX is a leading Play-to-Earn strategy game in the cryptocurrency space. The game has been around since 2021 and currently has a dedicated community with high engagement, with 550k+ unique players and 400+ million NFTs sold.
On Planet IX, players as tasked with restoring a fallen planet to its former green-blue glory while uncovering its mysteries. As an NFT strategy game, Planet IX’s story continuously expands into a huge and immersive sci-fi metaverse, with a narrative designed to bring awareness of humanity's impact on the world of today.
How Does Planet IX Works?
The Planet IX map currently consists of 1.6 billion PIX, all serving as individual NFTs that players can collect. The PIX are purchased using the native IX token (IXT). IXT is an Ethereum-based token and powers the entire Planet IX ecosystem.
As players progress in the game, they can form territories, build new technologies, raid other players, and assume ownership of in-game corporations with different functions and benefits. The players’ mission is to collect assets, use them wisely, and rebuild the planet.
PIX
PIX represents the digital plots of land within the game. Planet IX is presented as a map of the Earth. The surface of the planet is made up of roughly 1.6 billion unique NFTs, each representing a PIX unit.
As players progress, they will encounter a rich, immersive story set in a distant future on a broken planet. The primary objective of the game is to restore the planet and make it a thriving habitable place by collecting and using assets build on the PIX land.
Players would need to work together to trade, buy, and sell PIX within the game to reach their objectives. Players are called Agents of Change (AoC), and their goal is to gather resources and, build advanced technologies, engage in trade and conflicts with other AoCs. They will do all these while working towards the shared objective of restoring the planet to its former glory.
Planet IX has adopted an economic model that curbs hyperinflation within the ecosystem, providing players with numerous trade-offs to boost creativity and community building.
Planet IX Territories and Landmarks
There are six categories of territories within the game, starting with the smallest unit, a single PIX. Players would need to connect more PIX together to reach the next level and will continue to do so till they reach the higher level, called a Domain.
When a player reaches the Area level, they can start receiving awards from staking their territory. The larger the territory a player stakes, the greater the rewards they will receive.
Players will have the option to merge territories to form new ones. They can also split ownership of these territories and share rewards with other AoCs.
Landmarks within the game are divided into shares, and they can be obtained via drops or won in a raffle. The landmarks within Planet IX have unique rarity and traits, which are usually influenced by the yield area size. The Common landmarks have smaller yield areas, while Legendary landmarks come with a larger yield area.
At the moment, there are 888 landmarks within the game, and they can be divided into shares. Per the design, some landmarks have only one share, while others have thousands of shares. The shares within the game have true ownership but can be traded on the Planet IX marketplace. All in-game assets are NFTs, which are owned and monetized by the players.
Staking and DeFi
Planet IX allows players to stake and lock their assets, giving them the opportunity to earn IX tokens. The IX Foundation also offers staking rewards for staking IXT, as well as providing liquidity.
IX Arena
IX Arena is where players can go to enjoy casual games or multiplayer competitive games. The IX Arena is funded by revenues generated from the Planet IX Marketplace and Mission Control.
Players have a chance to earn IXT when they play games within the IX Arena. This allows new players to earn IXT and use the funds to explore planet IX experience via Marketplace, Mission Control and the IX Foundation.
