Axie: Den of Mysteries is LIVE!
The Den is open. Your share is waiting 🗝️
Key Points
Axie: Den of Mysteries is LIVE! A skill-based dungeon crawler developed by Onchain Heroes is playable on desktop and mobile. Buy Keys, raid the Den in 3–5 minute runs, and earn your portion of the weekly prize pool.
Extract loot and win big. Every Key you spend to play directly funds the rewards you’re competing for, creating a self-sustaining loop!
$20,000 bAXS injection. We’ve seeded the prize pool with $20,000 in bAXS. Over the first 4 weeks, the top 100 Shard collectors split $5,000 in bAXS every week.
Axie: Den of Mysteries (Axie: DoM) is LIVE!
A new skill-based dungeon crawler has landed on Ronin, built by the Onchain Heroes team, a team that earned our respect with sharp game design and relentless shipping.
The Den is OPEN.
Here’s everything you need to know to start playing 👇
How to Get Started
Step 1: Go to axiedom.xyz and connect your Ronin Wallet or MetaMask
Step 2: Buy Keys with ETH, AXS, RON, or USDC
Step 3: Pick how many Keys to use and start a run
Step 4: Loot, fight, and decide when to push deeper or play it safe
Step 5: Claim your rewards from Blessings and the Weekly Prize Pool
How Axie: DoM Works
Axie: DoM is a roguelike dungeon crawler. Go deeper, find better loot, take it home. The game loop is simple:
Buy Keys → Enter the Den → Find Treasure, Shards, and Blessings → Earn weekly rewards.
This creates a positive flywheel:
More Keys spent
Larger prize pools
Larger payouts
More players
You enter the Den as Buba. Every run starts with 100 Stamina, and every move costs 1. When Stamina hits 0, the run ends.
Defeat enemies and smash breakables to find Stamina, Treasure, and Shards. Clear a floor, pick upgrades to shape your build, and decide whether to push deeper or extract what you’ve got. Take down the Werewolf for an instant USDC payout. The deeper you go, the better the loot, and the harder the enemies hit.
Runs are quick, around 3-5 minutes each. The Keys you spend feed the prize pools, and at the end of the week, the bigger your haul, the bigger your share.
What You’ll Find in the Den
Beyond enemies and loot, the dungeon has a few features worth knowing
Gates: teleport elsewhere on the floor (costs Treasure)
Portals: advance to the next floor (restores 10 Stamina)
Fountains: restore 10 Stamina (one-time use)
Use them well and you’ll go further on every run.
Keys & Starting a Run
Keys are how you enter, and they’re how you scale your rewards. Think of them like arcade tokens.
Purchased with ETH, AXS, RON, or USDC
Each Key costs ~$2
Spend 1 or more Keys per run
Each Key multiplies your loot on every pickup
E.g. Spending 3 Keys triples every loot drop. Spending 15 Keys boosts your Blessing odds by 1.97×. The key boost for Blessings is capped at 15 Keys.
Treasure, Shards, and Blessings
Loot in the Den comes in three forms, and each one pays out in its own way. The amount you collect from each pickup also scales with the Keys you spent on the run, so the more Keys you commit, the bigger the rewards.
Treasure
Treasure is earned during runs and tracks across the week. At the weekly reset, the Weekly Prize Pool snapshots and pays out in USDC, proportional to your share of total Treasure collected. More Treasure = larger weekly USDC payout
Shards
Shards track separately and $5,000 USD worth of bAXS is distributed weekly to the top 100 Shard collectors for the first 4 weeks of launch. You can earn it during runs and it’s also tracked across the week. The bAXS prize pool kicks in on May 1 at 4pm UTC, right after the weekly reset.
Note: You need a Ronin Wallet to receive bAXS rewards. Install it here.
Blessings
Blessings are instant USDC payouts that drop only when you defeat the Werewolf, the boss in the Den. It spawns between Floors 7 and 15 with an 8% spawn rate per floor and can only be beaten once per run. Beating the Werewolf can drop one of the following:
Mega Blessing: pays out 2% of the entire Blessing Pool
Major Blessing: pays out 0.5% of the Blessing Pool
Minor Blessing: pays out 0.1% of the Blessing Pool
Treasure
+Bonus Shards
Defeating the Werewolf also fully restores your Stamina, giving you the runway to push deeper.
The trade-off is real. The Werewolf is easier to take down on lower floors, but the Blessing odds are slim. Push deeper and he hits harder, but the chances of a Mega hit climb.
Spending more Keys on a run also boosts your odds of landing a Blessing instead of bonus loot, so a heavier entry pays off twice over.
Unlike the Weekly Prize Pool, the Blessing Pool never resets. It grows when Keys are spent and shrinks when Blessings are won, with a self-balancing system that protects the pool when it dips.
Three ways to earn, three ways to play. Stack them however you like.
Weekly Prize Pool
The Weekly Prize Pool grows every time a Key is bought and every Key splits three ways:
60% → Weekly Prize Pool (paid to Treasure holders at week’s end)
30% → Blessing Pool (instant USDC payouts on Werewolf hits)
10% → Studio Rake (development and ops)
That leaves 90% of every Key going back to players.
At weekly finalization, all Treasure is snapshotted, USDC is distributed proportionally, and rewards become claimable immediately.
The more players in the Den, the bigger the pools, the bigger the payouts.
More Heroes Are Coming
The Den is dangerous, and Buba is the first Axie to step into the dungeon. He’ll need every Lunacian who joins him in the fight.
For now, every player starts with Buba as their hero. But Buba is far from the only Axie ready to brave the Den. More heroes are waiting their turn, and they’ll join soon…
Run with Buba for now. Backup is on the way.
More Web3 features are coming too. Today’s just the start, and the Den will only get deeper from here.
1,000 bAXS DoM Guide Contest
Lunacians who know the Den well can earn even more. The Axie: DoM Guide Contest is live, with 1,000 bAXS in the total prize pool split across two categories.
The goal is simple: create a clear, beginner-friendly guide that helps newcomers answer “What is Axie: DoM and how can I start today?” Cover what it is, how to play, what you can earn, and any tips and tricks you’ve picked up.
How to enter:
Create content focused on Axie: DoM
Post it on X and tag @AxieInfinity (Optional to post on other platforms)
Submit your entry here: https://forms.gle/i68P2iSDJqA2GuE58
Submissions can be X threads, articles, videos, or infographics. The deadline is May 22, 11:59PM PHT | 10:59AM EST.
FAQ
Q: Can I pause my run? A: Yes. Selecting Pause & Exit saves your progress. Paused runs can be resumed until the end of the current weekly cycle.
Q: What happens if my run is still active when the weekly resets?
A: It finalizes automatically. Loot collected during the run gets locked in and counts toward the cycle in which the run was started.
Q: When can I claim rewards?
A: Weekly rewards become claimable right after the weekly reset. Blessing rewards are paid instantly.
Q: Do reward claims expire?
A: No. Claims never expire and can be collected any time.
Q: Can the Werewolf appear multiple times in a run?
A: It may spawn multiple times, but once defeated it will not return in the same run.
Q: What happens to Shards at the end of the week?
A: Shards convert to bAXS based on the global haul. Top 100 collectors split the weekly bAXS pool pro rata.
Q: Where can I find more info about Axie: DoM?
A: Check out the Axie: DoM whitepaper for the full breakdown of gameplay, mechanics, and rewards.