The official field guide
How live runs, Ranked access, daily scoring, rewards, and the $VICE economy work.
THE RUN
Drop into a shared top-down PvP arena and fight for points. Your personal three-minute timer starts when you enter, so the city stays live and nobody waits for a lobby.
Enter the always-live arena on your own clock.
Score by taking down opponents during the run.
Earn survival points and finish before elimination or zero.
TWO WAYS TO PLAY
Casual keeps the arena open to everyone. Ranked connects a run to one of the 2,222 Vicefall NFT leaderboard slots.
$VICE never buys timer extensions or score boosts inside a Ranked run. Paid systems provide access, cosmetics, or additional attempts—not stronger combat.
Free and open to anyone. Casual runs do not count toward the daily leaderboard and do not pay rewards.
Requires an owned or rented Vicefall NFT. Ranked runs can post scores to the NFT’s single leaderboard slot.
Each NFT includes three free Ranked runs per day. Additional attempts cost $VICE and can only replace a weaker result.
DAILY SCORING
From 00:00 through 23:59 UTC, your daily score is the sum of your best three Ranked runs. Once three scores are set, a new run only helps if it replaces a weaker one.
Earn points from opponent eliminations.
Add points by lasting through your timer.
Your strongest three Ranked results are added together.
Anti-feeding rule: Repeat eliminations of the same opponent on the same day score 100%, 50%, 25%, then zero. Season point values are published before play begins.
THE DAILY LEADERBOARD
At 00:00 UTC the day closes. The available ETH pool is divided across the top 200 NFT-linked scores using a one-over-square-root-of-rank curve.
Share of the day’s available ETH pool.
A broader curve keeps lower paid ranks meaningful.
The final daily ETH-paid position.
Ties go to the score reached first. Results are reviewed for 24 hours before claims open. Unclaimed ETH returns to the pool after 30 days.
Short days: If fewer than 200 NFTs post a score, unassigned shares roll into the next day’s pool.
REWARDS & $VICE
OpenSea creator fees and $VICE trading fees feed one flywheel: 80% funds the next daily ETH pool, 10% buys and burns $VICE, and 10% supports operations.
Ranks 1–200 share ETH. Ranks 201–500 can receive an equal share of the season’s $VICE ceiling, capped by the prior seven-day average gameplay burn so rewards do not exceed burns.
FAIR PLAY & RISK
Scores are calculated by the server, Ranked opponents are assigned randomly, and each NFT controls one leaderboard slot. Flagged results can be removed during the 24-hour review.
Rewards are not guaranteed. Pool size depends on actual fees and trading volume. Digital assets can change in value, smart contracts can contain bugs, and availability may be restricted by jurisdiction. Never share a recovery phrase or private key.
