In Brief:
- According to a post from @apecoin APE $0.09951 ▼ -10.1%, The Blight, built by 369 Game Studios, launches in Otherside on November 9 as an eight-week competition.
- One Bored Ape, seven Mutant Apes, seven Kodas and 22 Otherdeeds sit in the prize vault. A grand jackpot starts at 10,000 APE and takes 20% of every Fragment bundle sold.
- Communities compete as well. Each week the top five win APE floor sweeps of their collections, and Mars Cats Voyage wants its holders to pledge to it.
Otherside gets The Blight on November 9. The competition lasts eight weeks and adds a new stage every week. Top players win NFTs from the Bored Ape ecosystem.
The official @apecoin account announced it on X: “The Blight is coming to @OthersideMeta, November 9. 8 weeks of competition, with a BAYC, MAYCs, Kodas, Otherdeeds + more up for grabs.”
That post names 369 Game Studios as the builder and $APE as the token behind the game. The game’s own site says it runs on the Otherside ODK and is built on ApeChain. Its footer credits a developer named KingPickle with the website and smart contracts.
The prize vault
Prizes go to the 50 top-ranked players each week who score a Full Victory on that week’s stage. According to the prizes page, a high score without a Full Victory doesn’t qualify.
The first-place finisher spins a wheel that lands on either a Bored Ape or a Mutant Ape. Week one gives a 5% chance at the Bored Ape and 95% at a Mutant Ape. Over weeks two to four, the Bored Ape odds climb to 10%, 15% and then 20%. From week five on, the odds depend on which apes remain in the vault.
Per the site, every spin is “committed in advance and settled by an ApeChain block nobody can choose, with one result and no rerolls.”
In the vault: one BAYC (#9263), seven MAYCs, seven Kodas and 22 Otherdeeds, along with a Bored Ape Kennel Club NFT, five Geez, one Gimboz and one Gobs. Winners choose in order of rank, and each prize shows as unavailable after it’s claimed.
Here is how week one pays out. Second place takes a Koda and third takes an Otherdeed. Places four to six receive a mystery NFT, places seven to nine get 250 APE apiece, and 10th place gets an Otherdeed. Ranks 11 to 25 earn 100 FRAGS, and ranks 26 to 50 earn 50 FRAGS.
On top of that, week one has a bonus prize set: an Otherdeed for first, a pendant for second, 500 APE for third, and exclusive or discontinued store merch for fourth and fifth. The physical prizes listed for top ranks are Gold Punk custom sneakers, a Bored Ape Sports Club jersey, a G Punks tracksuit, a BAYC cap, a Superbored figure and a plush.
Jackpot and Fragments
The grand jackpot opens at 10,000 APE, and 20% of each Fragment bundle purchase is added to it. Once week eight ends, one drawing hands the whole pot and a mystery NFT to a single player. The rules page puts it this way: “Every valid point you earn across the eight weeks is one entry.”
Fragments (FRAGS) are the game’s currency. Players can earn them in runs or buy them with APE. The game’s site states: “They can’t be transferred, traded, or taken.” FRAGS buy perks in basic, epic and legendary tiers, as well as perks that cover an entire community.
No entry fee appears on the rules page. Play happens through daily runs, and the rules say players don’t have to clear an earlier stage first “and you do not need to hold any badge or token.”
How runs are scored
A fresh 2.5D stage opens every week, built from four environments. To get a Full Victory, a player has to collect all eight rare resources (two per environment) and reach the stage’s end. On the Chaos stage, only four are required.
Resources are worth 10 points each. Fragments add five, 10 or 15 points based on their tier. A Full Victory brings 500 completion points, and finishing under par time earns speed bonuses. Completing a stage earns a badge, which is minted to the player’s wallet after results are reviewed.
The rules note: “One new stage opens each week; release timing may shift around holidays.”
Communities pick sides
On entry, each player pledges to one ApeChain community, and their run scores feed that community’s leaderboard. The site is firm on this: “This pledge is permanent.”
Every week, the five leading communities get an APE floor sweep of their own collection. First receives 10,000 APE, second 5,000, third 2,500, fourth 1,500 and fifth 1,000.
Mars Cats Voyage is among the projects signing up players. Quoting the ApeCoin announcement, the @MarsCatsVoyage account posted: “Every run counts for the crew. Eight weeks. Eight stages. We’re running for Mars Cats Voyage.”
The account said it will add “a rare MCV snapback and a Mars Cat to the Week 1 prizes.” In a later reply, it reminded holders that “Every completed run adds to our community score” and that the top five communities win every week.
It also told players to be careful on the pledge page: “Choose Mars Cats Voyage, not ‘Voyager.’ Your choice is locked for all eight weeks.”