DeRace NFTs

## 🐎 NFT Horses

Like real-life racehorses, DeRace NFT horses have different traits that define their rarity, performance, and cool-down time. DeRace horses’ rarity is determined by its tier, of which there are 5: Olympian, Demi-God, Alfa, Beta and Omega (Olympian being the rarest, while Omega most common). They are 100% one-of-a-kind. **An NFT horse is necessary in order to participate in the races and earn payouts.**

DeRace horses contain **a set of various visual and hidden parameters that determine their performance on the track**. Performance parameters are speed, stamina and reaction time. Horses also have breeding and racing cool-down periods.

   **DeRace NFT horses perform differently in various hippodromes**: some horses are faster on dirt, some on turf and some on synthetic surface. Performance also depends on racetrack length: some horses are excellent in short distances while some are outstanding in long ones. Race NFT horses in different hippodromes to find out what type of races he prefers.

**NFT horses will also have a levelling system** which will unlock their ability to be equipped with various performance buffing/debuffing wearables. Horse level will depend on the amount of experience points collected from participating in races and winning them, and overall activity on the platform.

## 🏇 Jockey NFTs

**DeRace Jockey is a completely new in-game NFT asset** which will be shortly introduced into the DeRace metaverse as companion to the NFT horses.

Jockeys are an **important game element** **as through the Jockey and NFT horse symbiosis the player can reach even better performance on the racetrack.** Like in real life horse races, Jockeys will help the horse to **focus more during the race and to unlock their full potential.**

From the technical side, Jockey is an NFT asset that can be used in-game or traded in the secondary market with other players. Each Jockey owns a distinctive silk/uniform differing both in color and patterns, which helps them to be easily recognised during the race.

In the near future players will be able to choose the names for their Jockeys and the registered racing clubs will even get to design special silks for their teams!

## 🏁 Hippodromes

**Horse races take place in hippodromes.** Currently there are 5 hippodromes in the DeRace metaverse: Greenfield (dirt surface), Paradise Hills (synthetic surface), Nordic Lights (synthetic surface), Emerald Gardens and Sakura Path (both hippodromes sporting a turf surface).

**DeRace hippodromes differ in their visual appearance as well as their inherent parameters.** The maximum track length of the current hippodromes varies from 8 to 16 furlongs, generating races between 2 and 15 furlongs. They also have 3 different surfaces: dirt, synthetic and turf; which affect the NFT horse’s performance — more specifically — its stamina.

**In the near future hippodrome ownership will transfer to the community and it will be set in NFT hippodrome tokens.** One hippodrome contains 10 000 individual NFT tokens, therefore, the player can own a part of the whole hippodrome.

Holding more than 50% of the total NFT tokens makes the player a hippodrome owner which guarantees them a right to administrate races and manage the hippodrome. The hippodrome owner determines both participation fees, prize fund and other criteria of the races. A dedicated part of the entry fees is shared among all the hippodrome owners. They also schedule the banner placements in the owned hippodromes and make deals with other projects and companies to sponsor their events.

## 🥕 NFT Horse Equipment

**There are 10 types of NFT horse equipment: saddle, saddle pad, stirrups, lead, bridle, blinkers, ear net, protection boots, horseshoes and turnout blanket.** Horse wearables have a different buffing/debuffing effect on the hidden NFT horse parameters which are speed, stamina and reaction time.

**Assets differ in their type (10 items), visual appearance, condition grade (new, fair and worn), rarity (5 tiers: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic and Legendary) and the horse level that they unlock in.** The higher the horse level, the more items with different stats NFT horses can be equipped with.

The parameters of each performance boosting asset will be visible, so that the players can pick the most suitable items to equip their NFT horses with. To ensure that the chosen equipment will bring forward their top performance, **stable owners need to know the strengths and weaknesses of their NFT horses.**

**NFT horse wearables are in-game utility NFTs that build the immersive game mechanics.** **The main way for players to acquire NFT horse wearables are as the in-game activity rewards.** More specifically, by being active on the platform and accomplishing missions and unlocking achievements.

Active and competitive DeRace players will be awarded with various **Chests and Keys**. The Chest NFTs will have NFT horse equipment inside them and players will be able to unlock them with Key NFTs. Keys will also serve as activity rewards, Spin-The-Wheel, racing event prizes and more. The chests will differ in their chance to draw a more rare item (for example, a legendary tier saddle which can be used on a high level NFT horse).

## 🗝 NFT Chests and Keys

Chests house various NFT horse equipment inside. The rarer the Chest, the higher the chance of a rare item hiding inside! To open a chest players will need to acquire a fitting Key. Both Chest and Key NFTs have different tier levels according to their rarity: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic and Legendary.

*Note: higher rarity keys can unlock lower tier chests!*

Players can choose to open the Chest and keep the item which is hidden inside or to sell it to the other players. They can also trade the Chests and Keys directly without opening them, allowing for a chance of surprise!

## 🧃 Liquid Love NFT

**Liquid Love is a single-use NFT fuelling the horse breeding process in the DeRace metaverse.** It can be acquired by contributing to the DeRace ecosystem: mainly through single-sided $DERC staking but also by LP staking, various contests, tournaments, giveaways, Spin-The-Wheel mini game and other activities.

Liquid Love NFTs are also available on the secondary marketplaces such as OpenSea: https://opensea.io/collection/derace-liquid-love

## 🦄 DeRace Jockey Club avatars

**DeRace Jockey Club avatars** are one-of-a-kind NFT assets: they are a sign of a true DeRacer and serve as a ticket to **Exclusive Derace Jockey Club**!

There are only 5000 **DeRace Opie Collection avatars** in total:

* 2,5k were sold to DeRace community
* around 100 of them were airdropped as staking and other rewards

There are about 2,6k Opies in the market at the moment.

### **Exclusive DeRace Jockey Club**

DeRace Jockey Club Elites are invited to private NFT drops, get VIP invites to dedicated in-game events and are the first to know all the latest news. By owning DJC avatar they are granted a part of DeRace Jockey Club hippodrome which will be launched together with other community hippodromes.

Community members that have the DJC avatar in their wallets can join the club via links below

*Telegram:* https://telegram.me/collablandbot?start=VFBDI1RFTCNDT01NIy0xMDAxNTIxMjE5ODUz

*Connect via main discord to DJC channel:* https://discord.com/invite/JjGDRqVSY7