Earning coins in Soltokemons, and what $STKM is

Gold Coins are earned free by playing and tracked per account on the server. Wallet users can also buy or sell supported items, including Gold Coins, for $STKM on the optional player marketplace at player-set prices. The three main free gameplay sources are below.

Beating trainers and bosses pays a one-time coin reward the first time you defeat each one, so working through the story and clearing new trainers is a steady source. Winning wild battles also pays a smaller amount that scales with the defeated creature's level, so battles in higher zones are worth a little more.

Quests are the other big source. Story and side quests hand out coins (and often items like a Capture Net or Potion) when you complete their objective, from your first win all the way to freeing Solana City.

The Degen Arcade, run by the Croupier in the House of Degens, lets you bet coins on a coin flip, slots, or a four-element race. Every roll is settled on the server, so it is fair, but the house has an edge - over time the games take more than they pay, exactly like a real arcade. Treat it as a way to gamble surplus coins, not a reliable income.

The Arcade accepts and pays only Gold Coins, never $STKM directly. Gold Coins won there can be offered separately on the optional player marketplace, but that player-to-player trade may lose value or find no buyer. No earnings, liquidity, token price, or profit are guaranteed.

Use Gold Coins at NPC shops for normal gameplay purchases. The optional player marketplace is separate: wallet users trade supported items with other players for $STKM at player-set prices.

Potions heal half a creature's HP in battle, which matters because there is no auto-heal between fights. Capture Nets raise your odds of catching a weakened wild creature - they are the catching item in Soltokemons (there are no balls). Lures temporarily boost how often wild creatures appear, handy when you are hunting a specific element. The genetic-mutation items, the Mutagen and the Helix Spinner, are no longer sold here for coins - they drop from the Solroot Warden's Chest or trade on the $STKM exchange.

Two recurring boosts cost nothing at all. The Sweets Merchant near the start of your journey gives you one free EXP Candy per week - using it grants +15% XP for 24 hours, so it is worth claiming and saving for a grinding session.

There is also a daily blessing: pray at the Statue of Solana in the Willow Town home for +5% XP for two hours, once per day. It stacks with the EXP Candy, so on a candy-and-blessing day your creatures level noticeably faster. Both are server-tracked, so the cooldowns are real and shared across your devices.

Gold Coins are the free in-game currency. You can earn and spend them in the core game without a wallet.

$STKM is an optional Solana token for on-chain features such as the player marketplace, NFT minting, and token competitions. It is not required for the core game.

On the marketplace, wallet users deposit or withdraw $STKM and trade supported items, including Gold Coins, at player-set prices. There is no fixed Gold Coin to $STKM conversion, and no liquidity, value, earnings, token price, or profit is guaranteed.