Lands

**The lands** on the planet Illuvium are divided up over the harvesting rangers. Drones were shot out during the crash land onto the planet to figure out the inhabitability of Illuvium. As the drones land, they claim a certain area to build a survival facility on. The facility has to extract usable resources and research the native flora and fauna. The Fauna will vary between the lands as there are seven regions with their own unique biomes.

## Free to play

Any game by Illuvium labs can be played for free. Illuvium:Zero is no different. You will be able to play for free, but this means that you don't have any chances of getting revenue! The only incentive to play the game, which is true for all traditional games, is that it will be a fun experience! After all, the land will need continuous planning similar to solving an evolving puzzle, and will require daily touchups. The puzzle is only slightly difficult, as the free to play land only features a lower tier plot. The production and amount of sites will not be as much as what other paid lands can ramp up to.

## Land benefits and perks

Illuvium land owners will generate more NFTs through holding their land. As long as the players interact with the game and progress, they will generate income in the form of fuel (an ERC-20 Token) and blueprint-NFTs.

### Fuel

Landowners produce a resource that is required to progress in every other game from Illuvium Labs, Fuel. The players of those games can only acquire the fuel by purchasing it from the landowners by paying Ethereum. For this reason, as long as the Illuvium:zero players gather fuel and sell it, they will earn revenue. Since each future game from Illuvium labs is built to allow players to indefinitely grind and progress, this revenue stream will constantly increase unless Illuvium Labs stops producing games, content or their games flop.

### Blueprints

On top of the fuel production that brings in a steady flow of revenue, lands can do research on the native illuvials in the area for jackpot simulating revenue. After they scan the illuvials and do research on the physiology of the illuvial, they will be able to develop a blueprint. This blueprint can in turn be used as a foundation to create new skins in the game. One blueprint can create a single type of skin, such as an Atlas or Rhamphy outfit. As you will not use up the blueprint when creating a skin, you will be able to craft as many as you want, as long as you have the required materials! Imagine chancing upon a blueprint for the coolest looking skin and being able to craft them yourself. You could setup a business to sell that blueprint and gain a bunch of revenue from it! Since the odds are very low of this happening, it's more of a lucky stroke than a surefire revenue stream.

## Tier

The lands of Illuvium, are split into Tiers. Tier 1 lands are the least productive, while Tier 5 lands have the highest productivity. Free to play lands are slightly different on this spectrum. People who don't have the funds to buy an NFT will have to play on a free land that produces similar amounts of resources as a Tier 2 land. The caveat is that those free to play lands will not have any form of income from these resources. They are not connected to the blockchain, and therefore can't interact with the main game in any way. For this reason, they are called Tier 0 lands.

Tier 1 lands have a lower productivity than Tier 0 lands, but they will gain revenue based on the fuel they sell.

Tier 2 lands have a comparable productivity to Tier 0 lands, but they will cost money to be obtained, and will produce revenue.

Tier 3 lands have a higher productivity, and have a special landmark that boosts the production of elements by an additional 10%.

Tier 4 lands have an even higher productivity, and have a special landmark that boosts the production of fuel by an additional 10%.

Tier 5 lands have the ultimate performance and can host tournaments themselves in their 1/1 Arena. This arena will feature e-sports tournaments and will gain a huge amount if not all the revenue from advertisements and sponsorships. The Illuvium team will support new Tier 5 land owners during the first phases of the game with gathering sponsors.

## Regions

The region that your land is in will dictate what the odds are at illuvial encounters. Illuvials will more commonly appear when the region complements it.

## Megacities

Lands are sold in clumps during the landsale. This allows buyers to buy multiple lands adjacent to one another and form 2x2 or 3x3 land clumps. Buying mutliple lands in that way will allow you to build a megacity. Within this megacity, transfering resources is free and instantaneous. Additionally, the landmark boosts that you get from the Tier 3 and Tier 4 lands in that megacity will have an impact on the other lands within that same megacity.