What Is Splinterlands & How Do You Play?

Splinterlands is an innovative addition to the play-to-earn games in the NFT world. Previously known as Steem Monsters, the game operates on the Hive blockchain and belongs to the trading game genre. In Splinterlands, players fight against monsters to get in-game rewards.
How Does Splinterlands Work?
Splinterlands provides a platform for card lovers to play, trade and earn in-game rewards from their desktop and mobile phones. The game currently offers 283+ cards which players can combine to increase their character abilities and become stronger.
There are seven stats that define how good a player is: speed, armour, mana cost and different types of attack, including ranged, magic and melee. Splinterlands has different “factions” also known as “Splinters.” Every card belongs to a certain faction: Fire, Earth, Dragon, Death, Life, Water and Neutral (mercenaries). To gain an advantage over other players in Splinterlands, there are several Rarities and Abilities.

Splinterlands offers a variety of in-game activities for players to participate in and earn rewards daily. There are several forms of gameplay including quests, ranked play and tournaments.
Players participate in the game on many different levels to earn card packs, rarity, magic potions and the most unique item which is Dark Energy (digital currency which is used to buy items from the in-game shop). Players in Splinterlands can combine cards to upgrade their levels, rent cards to other players or convert their cards to various cryptocurrencies.