Axie Infinity is a digital pet universe where players battle, raise, and trade fantasy creatures called Axies.

This guide will help you learn the basics surrounding gameplay & earning through the Axie Community Alpha application.

If you still need to setup an account and acquire Axies, start with this on-boarding guide. Already know the basics of gameplay? Check this page for more advanced guides & tutorials!

Axies are fantasy creatures that players can battle, collect, and raise.

Each Axie has different traits which determine their role in battle.

Each Axie has 4 stats, Health, Morale, Skill, and Speed.

Here’s what they do:

HP- The amount of damage your Axie can take before being knocked out.

Morale- Morale increases critical strike chance. It also makes entering last stand more likely and adds more last stand “ticks”.

Skill- Skill adds damage when an Axie plays multiple cards at once (combo). The extra damage is calculated like this: (card attack * skill )/ 500

Speed- Speed determines turn order. Faster Axies attack first. If two Axies have the same speed, this is how attack order is determined: High speed > Low HP > High Skill > High Morale > Low Fighter ID

An Axie’s stats are dependent on two variables: its class and its body parts.

Each Axie has 6 body parts: eyes, ears, horn, mouth, back, and tail.

Horns, Mouths, Backs, and Tails determine which cards an Axie can use in battle.

Each body part adds stats depending on the class of the part:

Each Axie has a class which is similar to the “types” from Pokemon. Each class is weak and strong against other classes. When calculating damage, the card class of the attacking move is compared to the Axie class of the defender. This means that a Bird card used to an attack a Beast Axie will deal 15% additional damage. A Beast card used to attack an Aquatic Axie will deal 15% less damage.

In addition, when an Axie of a certain class uses a card from its class it gets a 10% attack/shield bonus. For example, a Plant Axie playing a plant card will receive 10% extra attack/shield.

Important to note is that these bonuses stack. A Beast Axie using a Beast card against a Plant target will do 25% (10% + 15%) more damage.

Classes also effect the stats that an Axie has. Please review this sheet for an overview of how the stat & class system work.

Battle System Mechanics

The Axie battle system is turn-based card game where the goal is to eliminate all enemies your team of 3 Axies is facing. Each turn, a player must strategically play cards that maximize their chance of victory.

Advanced Mechanics

Please check this guide for an overview of the buffs and debuffs that can effect Axies during battle.

This guide has an awesome overview of the math that goes into determining the exact damage and shield Axies receive while playing cards!

Starter Teams

Due to the mechanics of the game, most new players field teams that consist of 1 “defender” and 2 “attacker” Axies.

The tank should be placed in the front of your team so that it draws incoming attacks like you can see in this example.

This tool from Axie.zone shows the top players on the leaderboard with their most used teams. This can be a useful place to find ideas for teams! Please keep in mind that that balancing updates can change the effectiveness of certain Axies & cards.

Each Axie can draw from a pool of 4 potential cards in battle. Each card comes from a body part— Mouth, Back, Tail, and Horn.

A “defender” can be defined as:

You can find a full list of cards here: https://www.axieworld.com/en/tools/cards-explorer

These are examples of tanks:

Next, we can search for some “attacker” Axies.

In general, “attacker” Axies:

Here are some examples of good damage-dealing Axies:

Like real-world pets, Axies can be bred to create new offspring. These offspring can be used in battle, breed new offspring, or can be sold on our marketplace.

In order to manage the Axie population, breeding has certain resource requirements.

Want a full overview of our breeding system? Check out a full guide here!

Each Axie can be bred a maximum of 7 times.

Breeds cost AXS as well as Small Love Potions.

Small Love potions can be earned by playing the game in PvE Adventure mode as well as the PvP Arena. Once you earn them, you can sync them to your wallet from this page. Please note that it takes 2 weeks before you can claim your first SLP. After this first claim, you can claim once every 2 week.

Here’s where it gets interesting:

Small Love Potions are also tokens which can be traded on the decentralized exchange, Uniswap.

If you don’t want to use your potions to breed, you can instantly sell them.

As of November 2020, SLP can also be sold on Binance!

Play-To-Earn is a revolution that’s gotten lots of attention. There’s even a documentary about how it’s helping people survive in the Philippines!

Once you have 3 Axies you’re ready to download the application and start playing!

DL Links

iOS: Please request an invitation here.

Android

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See you in The Arena!

The Axie Infinity Team

More Guides & Resources— Check this page for a list of advanced guides, video tutorials, and tools to help you on your Axie adventure!

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