How to play

**Race your NFT horses in the hippodromes, breed, trade and even rent them, all for $DERC tokens! 🏇**

## 🎮 General game requirements

Connect your MetaMask or WalletConnect wallet to https://www.derace.com to start a new and thrilling adventure!

**To play in DeRace metaverse you’ll need:**

* **🐴 an NFT horse which you can purchase on** Open Sea: https://opensea.io/collection/derace-horses
* 💰**$DERC tokens on Polygon Network** for your in-game needs
* 🪙 a small number of **$MATIC tokens on Polygon Network** to deposit/withdraw NFT assets & $DERC tokens into your in-game wallet

After signing in, **deposit your $DERC tokens and other assets such as NFT horses, Liquid Love, and others, into the in-game wallet on** www.derace.com/my-wallet to begin your DeRace journey.

You can find a comprehensive walk-through on how the deposit/withdrawal system works here 👉 https://bit.ly/DeRace\_Efficiency\_Upgrade

Once you have deposited all the necessary in-game assets you will find them under the "Stables" tab, while your $DERC tokens will become visible next to your profile picture and under the "Wallet" tab.

If you have just joined the game check out the this video made by DeRacers (DeRace community group) which has all need-to-know details about the DeRace metaverse: where to start, create a racing strategy and become the champion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ91wXJeeAk

**Giddy up, now you are al set for the race! 🐎**

## 🏁 Horse racing

To participate in races go to the “Race” section on www.derace.com and join any available race.

Choose races according to the hippodrome, race track length, surface, entry fee and other requirements.

### How to race?

1. Choose any available race and press “Register for race”
2. Select a horse for the race
3. Pay the entry fee
4. Once the race is run, the winners are announced and $DERC rewards are automatically distributed to the winners’ wallets
5. After the race ends the horse racing cool-down begins

DeRace NFT horses perform differently in various hippodromes: some horses are faster on dirt, some on turf and some on synthetic surfaces. Each horse will have at least one “favorite” surface on which it will have a better chance to perform well than on others.

Learn more about your horse’s performance on the race track here: https://bit.ly/DeRace\_Deep\_Dive1

### Racing strategy

The speed of NFT horses is calculated differently on each surface which means that **every horse has a preferred track.**

Some horses are faster on dirt, some on turf and others — on synthetic surface. Every horse has at least one track where they perform well. Players should test their horses on different racetracks at various lengths. Because the game mechanics include a randomness factor, racing horse once or twice will not reveal his exact performance.

While the stamina parameter doesn’t depend on the surface, its consumption does. To figure out horse’s endurance level, he should be raced in the Paradise Hills hippodrome. Since it has medium stamina usage, it is easier to see when it is fully consumed. Choosing races of various lengths will help to get the best picture!

Players can also check their NFT horse performance on https://deracing.org/stats/horse-analysis/

## 💕 Breeding

To breed a new horse you will need a **Liquid Love NFT, $DERC to cover the breeding fee and 2 horses**: a mare and a stallion, both with breeding cool-down equal to 0. You can either own both horses yourself or use the rent-for-breeding service.

### How to breed?

1. Go to your “Inventory”
2. Select a horse that you want to breed
3. Select “Breed” icon
4. Select a second horse for breeding
5. Click “Confirm”

**After breeding ends, parent horses and the newly bred NFT horse return to the corresponding in-game wallets and are ready for racing.**

After breeding ends the horse breeding cool-down will start. Each horse has a different cool-down time which is a hidden property. It can vary between 2 weeks to 2 months.

### Renting-for-breeding

DeRace NFT horse owners can also rent their horses for breeding to other players!

### How to rent a horse for breeding?

1. Go to “NFT Horses”, "Breeding" tab
2. Select a horse
3. Press on “Heart” icon
4. Select the horse for breeding
5. Press “Confirm”

### How to place your horse for renting?

1. Go to your “Inventory”
2. Select a horse that you want to send to “Breeding Market”
3. Select “Renting” icon
4. Type in the renting fee
5. Click “Confirm”

Since the introduction of the DeRace Efficiency Protocol, players can still race their NFT horses which they have put into the rental market!

## 🏇 Upcoming gameplay

**Tons of new features that are completely revamping DeRace gameplay are coming VERY SOON to the DeRace metaverse 🤩**

These features will fully enable our sustainable player earning model and are already available in test-net. Players will be able to fully immerse themselves into the upgraded gameplay, have fun and be rewarded for it through a brand new in-game reward system.

**GameFi revolution is just around the corner!**