Sugar Cubes

**No other rewards are sweeter than the ones in the DeRace metaverse! 😋**

The upcoming launch of the sustainable player earning model will unlock a variety of brand new game elements and features. Sugar Cubes will stand at the centre of this brand new mechanism.

**Why Sugar Cubes?**

Easy! Real life horses love sugar cubes and DeRace NFT horses are not an exception to the rule!

## What are the Sugar Cubes?

**Sugar Cube is the fundamental in-game rewards’ unit which is easily exchangeable into the utility NFTs** (such as NFT Chests and Keys of various tiers).

The main way to collect Sugar Cubes is **by accomplishing daily, weekly and monthly missions and by unlocking the achievements**: the more difficult the task is — the sweeter the reward!

For example, by completing daily tasks, players will be rewarded with a few pieces of Sugar Cubes. For reaching an important milestone in the horse’s achievements, such as running 15k furlongs, players can get rewarded with as much as a bag full of Sugar Cubes!

**Basically, Sugar Cubes provide an additional way for players to be rewarded within the DeRace metaverse which does not necessarily focus on the performance of their NFT horses: as long as players remain active and involved in the game they can receive rewards.**

Including Sugar Cubes into the upgraded player earning model allows all active players to be rewarded for their engagement and forms a closed loop economy which does not put additional strain on the $DERC token.

It also opens the doors for the well-established guilds to enter our metaverse which helps us to exponentially grow the playerbase.

## How to acquire Sugar Cubes?

### The main way to get the Sugar Cubes will be through in-game activity such as accomplishing missions or unlocking the achievements.

Missions are divided into daily, weekly and monthly tasks, and players can easily track which missions they have already accomplished and which ones are still in the progress. **Naturally, the rewards for monthly missions will be higher than for daily missions as it will require a deeper immersion into the gameplay.** Players will also get additional Sugar Cube rewards for completing all missions, so make sure not to skip them!

### Another way to acquire Sugar Cubes is by burning the unwanted NFTs

Very soon players will be **able to regulate the supply of the in-game utility NFTs themselves through the NFT burn mechanism.**

This will make the DeRace NFTs deflationary and will provide another way for players to get directly involved in the ecosystem themselves. **Since players fully own their NFTs, they can make a choice between using the utility NFT themselves, selling them to other players or burning and receiving Sugar Cubes for it.** Every NFT has a different value and once the item is burned the exact amount of Sugar Cubes are credited into the player’s account to be used in the future.

### Lastly, Sugar Cubes will become available as a reward for Spin-The-Wheel mini-game!

Generation 0 NFT horse owners and DeRace Jockey Club Elites will be able to receive Sugar Cubes just by trying their luck at the wheel for free. Even if a player doesn’t own NFT horses and are not involved in the game directly, they can still use the Sugar Cube Exchange to trade their rewards for utility NFTs such as Chests and Keys of various tiers. Players can unlock the Chests to get the equipment inside or trade the NFTs directly on the secondary marketplaces with others.

## Sugar Cubes’ Exchange 😋

**After the player has collected the right amount of Sugar Cubes by fully immersing themselves into the DeRace metaverse, they can exchange them into the in-game utility NFTs by purchasing NFT Chests and Keys.**

All Chest and Key NFTs have different tiers, thus their value in Sugar Cubes is different. The NFT tier directly corresponds to the probability of a rare asset hiding inside the Chest. To acquire the NFT within, the player has to collect Chest and Key of the same tier.

NOTE: players can use higher tier Key NFTs to unlock chests however the probability to get the rare item will depend on the Chest tier.

**Once the player exchanges the Sugar Cubes to Chests and Keys, they have full ownership of those NFT items. The owner can choose to unlock the Chest, sell the Chest and Key NFTs on the secondary marketplaces, or if they have changed their minds, players can even burn the items to get Sugar Cubes instead.**

The same ownership rule applies to the utility NFT that player has acquired by unlocking the Chest. Players can use it in-game to expand the gameplay opportunities, sell it on secondary markets to other players or — in case it’s an item that they have plenty of — burn the NFT for Sugar Cubes.

This closed loop in-game economy has lots of advantages. **It allows players to enjoy the gameplay, regulate the supply of NFTs within the metaverse themselves and even get rewarded! It provides new ways to interact with other players by trading their NFTs and rewards all the active players not depending on the performance of their horse.**

Sugar Cube rewards stand at the center of the whole in-game ecosystem, making it all possible!

## 🍬 “Candy Shop”: additional way of getting Sugar Cubes

**It might take a while for some players to collect enough Sugar Cubes to trade them for Legendary Chest and Key NFTs, so we have also added a short-cut into the game mechanics** 🤫

Players can **exchange their $DERC tokens directly into the Sugar Cubes in the “Candy Shop”**

Whether the player is missing some Sugar Cubes to acquire the Rare Chest or just doesn’t feel like racing but would still like to try their luck by unlocking NFT Chests and receiving Legendary items, no matter the reason, “Candy Shop” is there to ensure instant and continuous supply of Sugar Cubes.

**Sugar Cubes from the “Candy Shop” work exactly like the ones acquired from accomplishing missions or burning unwanted NFTs — you can easily exchange them into the utility NFTs which opens up various gameplay opportunities and spice up the races even more!**

Get ready for a delicious treat! 😉