🏆 Monthly Leaderboard
Every 28-day cycle, Rise of Farms runs a global competition where all farms are ranked by XP earned during the month.
This is the core competitive loop of the game:
- XP = effort + strategy
- Rank = relative performance
- Rewards = real, onchain money
At the end of each cycle, the Leaderboard Prize Pool is distributed automatically to the top farms.
🧮 How Ranking Works
- Only XP earned during the current 28-day cycle counts toward the leaderboard
- XP is fully onchain and verifiable
- XP earned for grid expansion is permanent, but leaderboard XP resets every cycle
- All players compete in the same global leaderboard
Think of each month as a fresh round. Everyone starts at zero — skill and consistency win.
💰 Prize Distribution
The prize pool is split across 600 positions, rewarding both top performers and consistent grinders deep into the leaderboard.
📊 Distribution Breakdown
| Rank Range | % of Pool | Per-Player Share |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 1st | 6% | 6.000% |
| 🥈 2nd | 4% | 4.000% |
| 🥉 3rd | 3% | 3.000% |
| 4th–10th | 14% | 2.000% each |
| 11th–25th | 15% | 1.000% each |
| 26th–50th | 12% | 0.480% each |
| 51st–100th | 12% | 0.240% each |
| 101st–200th | 12% | 0.120% each |
| 201st–350th | 8% | 0.057% each |
| 351st–600th | 14% | 0.0233% each |
This structure avoids winner-takes-all dynamics.
Finishing “mid-pack” still pays.
💵 Example: $10,000 Prize Pool
| Rank | Reward (per player) |
|---|---|
| 🥇 1st | $600 |
| 🥈 2nd | $400 |
| 🥉 3rd | $300 |
| 4th–10th | $200 |
| 11th–25th | $100 |
| 26th–50th | $48 |
| 51st–100th | $24 |
| 101st–200th | $12 |
| 201st–350th | $5.70 |
| 351st–600th | $2.33 |
Even casual but consistent players can finish in the money.
💰 Prize Pool Sources
The monthly prize pool is funded by real economic activity inside the game:
- 🛒 Marketplace trading fees
- 3% fee on every trade
- A portion flows directly into the leaderboard pool
- 🤝 External sponsors & partners
- Seasonal sponsorships
- Special prize boosts or themed seasons
More trading and activity → larger prize pool.
📈 How to Climb the Leaderboard
🔁 Daily Fundamentals
- Harvest all crops as soon as they’re ready
- Burn crops in silos (within limits)
- Use boosters on high-XP harvests
📆 Weekly Optimization
- Plan planting around seasonal XP multipliers
- Max out weekly silo burns
- Focus on high XP/hour crops
- Plant long-cycle crops before sleep or downtime
🏁 Monthly Strategy
- Expand your grid early to increase throughput
- Track your XP pace relative to nearby ranks
- Trade for missing resources instead of waiting
- Push hard in the final days if a higher tier is within reach
⚠️ Important Rules & Clarifications
- Leaderboard XP resets every 28 days
- Total farm XP (used for grid expansion) is permanent
- Seasonal multipliers:
- ✅ Affect harvest XP
- ❌ Do not affect silo XP
- All players receive the same quests
- XP can only be earned from:
- Harvesting crops you planted
- Burning crops in silos
🧠 Design Philosophy
- Rewards skill, planning, and consistency — not pay-to-win
- Deep payouts keep non-whales engaged
- Prize pool scales naturally with activity
- Every action feeds back into the onchain economy