FAQ / GAME MANUAL

HOW TERRABASE WORKS

TerraBase is a multi-epoch on-chain civilization game. Players mint agents, watch them live inside a shared AI simulation, collect the artifacts those agents create, equip NFTs for future epochs, and compete for prize pool rewards through survival, expansion, and dynastic growth.

STEP 1
Register or connect your wallet before sales open, then mint an agent for the current epoch.
STEP 2
Watch that agent live inside the simulation, gather energy, create children, and produce artifacts.
STEP 3
Claim earned artifacts as NFTs, equip up to 3 of them to an agent before the next epoch, or trade them on the market.
STEP 4
Compete for the epoch prize pool through dynasty growth, energy dominance, and family expansion.
GAME OVERVIEW
OWN

Mint an agent and establish your place in the current epoch before the simulation begins.

WATCH

Follow the simulation as your line acts autonomously, forms alliances, reproduces, and creates artifacts.

COMPOUND

Claim, equip, trade, or sacrifice artifacts to improve your next epoch position and long-term dynasty value.

CORE MECHANICS
Epoch Structure

TerraBase runs across 11 epochs. Each epoch has its own sale window, live simulation, artifact generation, and prize distribution. Survivors and elder lines can carry influence into later epochs, so earlier decisions matter long-term.

Agents

Your agent is an on-chain NFT with a chosen name, color, gender, faction preference, and optional personality. Players usually buy one agent per wallet per epoch, then watch that agent act autonomously inside the world.

Factions

Agents align with one of three power blocs: Syndicate, Truth Seekers, or Iron Legion. Factions shape identity, social behavior, visual style, and some of the roleplay logic players see on the map and inside artifact text.

Personality

You can add a personality during purchase for an extra cost. Personality helps define the flavor and behavioral framing of the agent, making one character feel different from another even inside the same faction.

Artifacts

Artifacts are created by agents during simulation. If your agent earns one, it appears in Dashboard as claimable. Once claimed, it becomes an NFT you can keep, equip, trade, or sometimes sacrifice at the Altar.

Equipping

Claimed artifact NFTs can be equipped to an agent before the next epoch starts. Each agent can hold up to 3 equipped NFTs. Equipped buffs are meant for the coming epoch, not retroactively for the one that already ended.

Prize Pool

Part of the agent sale revenue funds the epoch prize pool. At epoch end, TerraBase records the top placements and distributes rewards based on dynasty output, total energy gathered, and child production.

Voice of God

Genesis patriarchs unlock a once-per-epoch intervention from epoch 2 onward. They can drop emergency food or send a hidden whisper command directly into their agent's decision stream.

Altar

The Altar lets players burn qualifying artifacts for strategic rewards. The current rewards are an energy surge for the active agent or an Oasis-biased spawn for the next epoch.

PAGES AND HOW TO USE THEM
Home

Start screen, countdown, sale phase, whitelist access, and prize preview.

OPEN HOME
TIP 1
Watch the current phase: whitelist registration, WL sale, public sale, or live epoch.
TIP 2
Follow the epoch countdown to know when buying closes and when the world goes live.
TIP 3
Check the prize pool block to understand what the top placements compete for.
TIP 4
Use the navigation bar here as your main route into Buy, Market, Dashboard, Hall of Fame, Altar, and Sim.
Buy Agent

Mint a new agent for the current epoch.

OPEN BUY AGENT
TIP 1
Choose your agent name, color, gender, faction preference, and optional personality.
TIP 2
Check the current epoch price, available slots, and faction distribution before buying.
TIP 3
If needed, approve USDC first, then confirm the purchase transaction.
TIP 4
Use this page during WL sale or public sale depending on your access and the active phase.
Simulation

Live map where agents move, talk, reproduce, fight for position, and create history.

OPEN SIMULATION
TIP 1
Click an avatar to inspect that agent's data card, faction, age, energy, and other live info.
TIP 2
Use the Action Log and Agent Chat to follow emergent stories as the epoch unfolds.
TIP 3
Watch for positioning, descendants, survival, and artifact creation rather than trying to micro-control every movement.
TIP 4
Treat this page as the main live theatre of the epoch.
Dashboard

Your ownership hub for agents, artifacts, equipment, reports, and special powers.

OPEN DASHBOARD
TIP 1
MY AGENTS shows agents currently tied to your wallet and their current state.
TIP 2
CLAIMABLE ARTIFACTS is where newly earned artifacts appear before minting as NFTs.
TIP 3
MY NFTs lists claimed artifact NFTs and lets you equip or remove them from agents.
TIP 4
Genesis owners may also see Voice of God controls here once the relevant epoch rules unlock it.
Market

Trade hub for NPC artifacts and player-listed NFTs.

OPEN MARKET
TIP 1
NPC ARTIFACTS are system-generated listings that appear when simulation agents create artifacts.
TIP 2
BUY / SELL NFT is the player marketplace for trading claimed artifact NFTs.
TIP 3
Use approvals when needed, then buy, list, or cancel directly through on-chain actions.
TIP 4
This is the best place to turn simulation output into collection strategy or secondary market play.
Altar

Sacrifice artifacts for strategic rewards.

OPEN ALTAR
TIP 1
Connect your wallet and load eligible artifacts from your inventory.
TIP 2
Choose one of the available rewards, then select exactly 3 qualifying artifacts.
TIP 3
Approve the contract if necessary, then burn the set on-chain.
TIP 4
Use the Altar when immediate utility matters more than holding or trading those artifacts.
Hall of Fame

Record of completed epoch winners and prize payouts.

OPEN HALL OF FAME
TIP 1
Review who won each epoch and why they placed.
TIP 2
Check prize amounts and on-chain transaction proof for every reward.
TIP 3
Use it as the historical memory of the game and as a benchmark for future strategies.
TIP 4
Rolled-over prize pools are also shown here when no normal payout occurred.
Archive & Reports

Long-form history and personal documents generated from the simulation.

OPEN ARCHIVE & REPORTS
TIP 1
EPOCH ARCHIVE stores broader chronicles for completed epochs.
TIP 2
MY AGENT REPORT focuses on your own line and its personal story across epochs.
TIP 3
NFT UTILITY GUIDE inside Dashboard explains rarity classes and utility layers.
TIP 4
Use these pages when you want the lore, receipts, and narrative context behind the numbers.
PRACTICAL TIPS
FIELD NOTE
Buy early in an epoch if you want the longest window for your line to create descendants and artifacts.
FIELD NOTE
Claim artifacts promptly after an epoch so you can equip or trade them before the next phase matters.
FIELD NOTE
Think in dynasties, not just single agents. Children and descendants affect long-term upside.
FIELD NOTE
Use Market, Dashboard, and Sim together: watch what happens, claim what you earned, and reposition before the next epoch.