As its beta phase draws to a close, game developer Zillion Whales has unveiled details of the upcoming launch of web3 RTS Wild Forest across PC and mobile app stores. 

In conjunction with the global launch, it’s also kicking off season 2 of its play-to-airdrop campaign, entailing 2.5x rewards than the first season. By completing in-game missions and climbing the leaderboard, players can become eligible of the forthcoming WF token community round. Another way to get access to the WF airdrop is by staking your Lord NFTs for 90 days.

In soft launch since November 2023, Wild Forest launched its inaugural NFTs on Ronin in February 2024. However, as the Wild Forest beta phase is about to end, certain game assets will become useless. In order to tackle this, the team has launched Forge, a feature effectively letting users turn their old beta assets into Essence. This resource can then be used to acquire new useful items in the game’s Forge Shop, which is set to go live soon following the game launch in early July. 

Currently, Forge allows items such as Beta Units, including both in-game Units and Unit NFTs, to be converted. In addition, broken NFTs, and both offchain and onchain Release Units can be burned. As the game progresses, more items will qualify for burning.

The amount of Essence a user gets is based on their current rank and level in the game, with the ratio being

• Common Release Unit: 100 Essence
• Uncommon Release Unit: 260 Essence
• Rare Release Unit: 640 Essence
• Epic Release Unit: 2 220 Essence
• Legendary Release Unit: 10 080 Essence

Also worth pointing out is that following the official Wild Forest launch, users will have 4 weeks to convert their beta items, after which Release Units will be burned and Beta Units become non-usable.