Bakeland’s second early access wave adds 120 player spots

In Brief:

• The @bakelandxyz account said on X that Bakeland’s second early access wave is open, with 120 new player spots.
• Access runs through dashboard.bakeland.xyz, and the wave adds new dashboard quests, gameplay fixes and in-game additions the team hasn’t described.
• According to the team, playing is the only way to earn $BUDS, the token linked to the Solana MMORPG’s economy.

A second round of Bakeland early access is now live, with 120 places set aside for new players.

The announcement came from the @bakelandxyz account on X. “BAKELAND EARLY ACCESS WAVE 2 IS LIVE 🌎,” it read. “120 more spots for gamers to get baked 🥬.”

Three changes arrive with this wave, according to the post: new dashboard quests, smoother gameplay and new in-game additions. What those additions are, the post doesn’t say.

Token tied to play

Most of the post’s weight sits on the token. “the only way to get $BUDS is to play 🎮,” the account wrote, urging players to “get access, bring your crew & earn rewards.”

There’s no figure in the post for how much $BUDS a player can earn, no explanation of how rewards are worked out and no date for the token’s launch. On LaunchMyNFT, the Bakeland: Origins mint page talks about $BUDS in the future tense, saying the token “will power” the game’s economy. So players chasing rewards today are earning toward a token that isn't trading yet, and the material reviewed for this story gives no launch date for it.

How access works

Players claim spots through dashboard.bakeland.xyz. When checked, the page was still labeled “WAVE 1” and asked visitors to “Claim your spot by completing the tasks below.”

Four quests appear on the dashboard: follow Bakeland on X, join the Bakeland Discord, like and comment on the launch post, and retweet the launch post. The last two were marked “Coming soon.” To finish the first two, players link their X and Discord accounts.

Invites are a second route in. Players can redeem a code in a “GOT A CODE?” field, and the dashboard splits into Quests, Referral and Leaderboard tabs.

Where the game stands

The copyright line on bakeland.xyz names 8 Bit Studio Ltd as the maker of Bakeland, a 2D MMORPG. That public landing page still sends visitors to a waitlist.

Bakeland is built on Solana. The mint page says its Origins NFT collection sold out at 0.25 SOL each across the presale, whitelist and public tiers. Every Origin carries a $BUDS allocation, and 1/1 pieces get bigger amounts, according to the page.

Per the mint page, the game can be played on Solana Mobile now, and a browser version is coming. Origin holders can customize their NFTs through the Bakeland studio up to three times before a deadline, the page says, while equipping characters in-game will come with the browser release.

The project’s X account later announced that browser access had opened, with Origin holders going first. “we’re expanding bakeland to browser, starting with the bakoors who’ve supported us throughout,” the account said, and linked players to app.bakeland.xyz.

The second wave opens the game to people outside that holder group. At 120 spots, the group stays small.

Earlier tests

This isn’t Bakeland’s first gated test. The account posted “bakeland is now open for early access beras!” on Oct. 29, 2024, for the Berachain playtest the team called “smoke & mirrors.” Getting in required an access code.

Since then the game has shifted to Solana, and its early access waves now run on a quest-and-referral system.