Card Packs

Card packs in Rising Star are the main way to obtain new Cards.

Each pack contains 3 Cards and guarantees at least 1 Rare.

The odds of drawing the four rarities is not published, but the data for every opened pack is publicly available for those who want to do some analysis.

Card packs only contain Cards that are not Discontinued.

## How to obtain Card Packs

The only way to obtain new Card Packs is to purchase them from Rising Star. Card packs are not tokenized items and cannot be traded or given away.

Rising Star offers many purchasing options for packs, most of which are crypto options. It pays to do some research and find the best deal for packs!

Using Hive Engine crypto is usually easiest, because packs will be automatically credited to your in-game account. Other methods currently require some manual steps in addition to purchasing. Details below.

### Buy single packs with Hive Engine crypto

Current options are:

* Buy 1 pack for 10,000 STARBITS
* Buy 1 pack for 1450 DEC
* Buy 1 pack for 115 PIZZA
* Buy 1 pack for 50 LEN
* Buy 1 pack for 4 SWAP.HIVE

### Buy bulk packs with Hive Engine crypto

Bulk options come with bonuses!

* Buy 12 packs for 100,000 STARBITS (2 packs for free)
* Buy 12 packs for 40 SWAP.HIVE (2 packs for free + a limited edition 'Chopin' card while supplies last)
* Buy 24 packs for 80 SWAP.HIVE (4 packs for free + a limited edition 'Brahms' card while supplies last)

### Other crypto purchase options

There are 12-pack listings for BSC, WAX, Avalanche, Polygon and Solana. These are posted on NFTrade.com, Neftblocks.com and Solsea.io. Prices can vary. Redeeming purchased packs through these methods usually requires a manual action—you must message Jux in the Rising Star Discord with proof of purchase.

### Purchase packs via PayPal

You can buy 10 packs for $30 USD via PayPal. This method also requires you to contact admins in the Rising Star Discord with proof of purchase (email used for PayPal and Rising Star username).

## How to check that you've received your packs

Navigate to the Account page in game. New card packs will appear on the left under the 'Card Packs' column. A bright orange OPEN button will be beside unopened packs.

## How to open your packs

When you own packs to open, an OPEN button will appear below the 12-pack box graphic on the BUY CARDS page in game. Click this button and your oldest pack will open automatically. You can click the NEXT button to open more packs, if you have them.

The OPEN button on the Account page (described above) does not currently open the pack. It just sends you to the BUY CARDS page. This isn't the most intuitive or friendly UX/UI, and it will probably be cleaned up in the future.

## ⚠️ Syncing new cards to your account ⚠️

When you open packs and gain new cards, the game will NOT REGISTER THIER EFFECT right away.

You need to manually visit the Your Collection page. Every time you do, the game syncs your Hive Engine account (where you cards live) with the game servers (where your Main Stats originate).

**The text at the top of the Your Collection page is important:**

> *Please ensure you set your browser to allow popups so your cards can be updated from the blockchain.*
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> *If your cards don't update for some reason then CLICK HERE instead.*
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> *IMPORTANT. If you see cards below but they are not included in your stats then make sure you have popups enabled as they still need to be synchronised to the game (this page shows cards directly from the Hive blockchain).*
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