5 Things I Wish I Knew When I First Started Playing Splinterlands

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When I first got into the game, I watched a lot of youtubers and read a lot of guides so that I could learn the game faster and see if I should put more money into it. As no one will give you financial advice, you really have to do your own research (the Official FAQ is a must read). But what's next after deciding to play the game? Here are what I think you should focus on after taking that first step.


1. Learn the Ropes

A lot of people will tell you to just play the game and eventually you'll understand it. They're not wrong with this but to understand the game mechanisms, you have to get to know your cards!

To start, go to the upper left part and click on Cards.

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Once there, the default settings is you'll be able to see your playable cards, which include the free starter cards (marked with S on the upper right). From here, hover over a card's abilities and you'll see text regarding what they do.

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I suggest reading each and every one of your cards and understanding their abilities and strategizing. If you have a hard time understanding how abilities work, check out the Fandom Wiki for a short explanation on each ability. Now as you play the game, you will eventually find out how fun things are and it's time to move on to the next step.


2. Decks Not Cards

Making your Deck

The fastest way to get stronger is to understand the league rules, and build your deck around it. My mistake was just buying cards I thought were awesome but in hindsight didn't provide much benefit to my account. The question you have to ask is which Splinter did you have the most fun? By building a deck around where you have the most fun with, you'll surely enjoy the game even more!

Once you've decided, here's a little trick you should know!

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You should learn to utilize the limits of your league. What does this mean? See the summoner limits at the bottom? Those are the max levels of the summoner you can bring in per league you're in. The higher the league, the higher the summoner you can use, which means higher leveled monsters! Let's check out Pyre for example.

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For the Silver League, we can use up to a level 4 Pyre (Rare Summoner). This means the monster levels you can use are Level 5 Common, Level 4 Rare, Level 3 Epic, and Level 2 Legend. As far as I am aware of, all the cards follow this rule which limits the maximum level of a monster you'll encounter in a particular league.

Using Third Parties

Learn to buy your cards at low prices using the available third parties. I always refer to the tips by my favorite Splinterland youtubers @bulldog1205 and @infidel1258.

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From these 2 YouTubers, you will learn how to effectively use @peakmonsters and @monstermarket in order to get the cards you want at the best possible price. I highly recommend newbies to subscribe to their channels to learn more.


3. Watch the Replays

Now that you know how to play the game, found your playstyle, and are on the way to building your deck, it's time to really improve your game. The easiest way is to look back at your fights, especially those you lost and ask yourself, "What should I have done to win?". You can see all your fights in the battlelog.

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If you're aiming for the top of your league, you should click on the leaderboard tab.

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Click on the name of the top players, and click on view Battles. For our example, MONGYSALMON is currently ranked 1 in Bronze League. Let's check out his battles!

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Now all you have to do is watch the battles and see if you can copy it. Learn from the top players and figure out what works for you. Maybe one day you too can be one of the top players of Splinterlands!

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4. Optimize Play2Earn

Ranked Battled Edition

So now that you've got the hang of the game and you've figured out your winning strategies, you can start optimizing how you play the game. In the picture below is one of my alt accounts. I tried farming DEC in Silver.

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Check out the DEC reward. For this account, I spent 300 DEC in rentals to get enough power to reach Silver 2 and I earned that much per fight At one point, it was even this much.

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So how did I do it? I took advantage of the DEC Reward Bonuses. By renting gold foil cards, as well as alpha cards, I am able to get that much bonus to my rewards. If I were to buy the cards, it would cost me so much money. Money that I didn't have for this game. It's all about being smart with what you rent and what price you will get it. Because of this technique, I earn around 600 DEC every 2 days. You have to let that ECR recover!

Passive Money Making!

If you're looking to invest into a game that brings you much joy, I highly suggest you start staking SPS. There are a ton of benefits from staking SPS such as SPS staking rewards (think of it as a time deposit) and Chaos Legion vouchers (which you can sell). Remember that Splinterlands encourages that people Stake more, and based on the whitepaper, you're guaranteed to earn more SPS just by staking. This is profits that would put other investments to shame. P.S. Not financial advice. I am just sharing what I did.

Other Ways to Making More Money!

If you want a more ways to earn money, I highly recommend checking out this well written article by @ultm8x entitled, Splinterlands: 8 Ways to Earn

5. Focus on the Fun

The last thing I wish I knew when I first started playing Splinterlands is to Focus on the Fun. I admit at the start I was too busy thinking of how I can get my money back. As an investment, I constantly computed my costs and bought a lot of cards I thought I could flip. I didn't really focus too much on the gameplay aspect because I wanted to get my investment back as soon as possible. Little did I know that I didn't really need to do this. Just by playing the game and enjoying the different things it has to offer, my investments into the game have already more than doubled. This is both because of the rise of SPS and the increase in value of the cards that I decided to hoard when I first started out.

Personally, this game is a reward in itself. I like to thing of it as the game that keeps on giving. The money will come but don't focus on it too much. With the game's direction and the tons of updates in store, this game will just keep getting better, as it continues to grow exponentially through time.


There you have it. I hope you enjoyed reading this! If I managed to encourage you to create a new account, use my referral code and I can delegate some cards to you at the start to help you out! See you on the battlefield!
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Great tips - it is a learning curve when you first start!

Decks not Cards really stands out.

I might add that building 3 or 4 decent decks is a viable strategy, that's how i started out, I STILL don't have a decent fire splinter.

Also finding the 'optimal levels' for some of the cards if yer on a budget, and sticking to that!

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At my level I've only currently built an Earth and Water Deck that works in Silver 3. I focused on versatility but when it comes to fighting the same cards as my opponent, I would lose because I am underlevelled. I can't wait for the CL packs to boost my game!

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I hope that many of the new players will find this post and learn from your experience and great presentation here.

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Yeah! I hope many new players can read this. I actually send this to the friends who are only now getting into Splinterlands and they said it was super helpful.

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You pointed out the most important items and one cannot learn enough to make the most of it in Splinterlands. Complexity is high and keeping in touch with everything requires time, but those that are willing to spend it and teach themselves the tricks will only reap bigger and bigger rewards.

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I'm reminded of the quote "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants”. A lot of people have helped me along the way, without them really knowing it, and I hope to help others as well. The bigger the community the more fun it will be after all!

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