ECONOMIC RULES FOR ARCADIAN MINING

To ensure that the tokenomics aspect of the game remains realistic and viable, each operation is subject to a certain set of rules that ensure economic stability in Arcadia. From the left tab to the right tab, each operation adheres to the following rules:

Extraction factors

As mentioned in the III-RESOURCESsection, each resource has a maximum supply, representing the quantities of each resource present in Arcadia. As players extract resources, the underground supply decreases, while the circulating supply increases.

Every action in the game that burns resources (e.g., leveling up, fusions, upgrading Shadow Depths items) replenishes the underground supply and decreases the circulating supply.

The extraction factors represent the quantities of resources that are yet to be extracted.

If at least 5% of the total supply of a resource has been extracted (extraction factor = 95%), it then becomes harder to extract this particular resource, and the yields of every operation are multiplied by the extraction factor, thus decreasing their output.

Examples:

• An Actium operation mines 1000 Actium per hour. The players have extracted 3% of the total Actium supply, setting up the Actium extraction factor at 97%. Since this quantity extracted is below the 5% threshold, the output of the operation remains the same: 1000 Actium/hour.

• An Actium operation mines 1000 Actium per hour. The players have extracted 6% of the total Actium supply, setting up the Actium extraction factor at 94%. This value is above the 5% threshold, so the output of the operation is multiplied by 0.94. The operation now extracts 940 Actium/hour (1000 x 0.94).

• An Actium operation mines 1000 Actium per hour. The players have extracted 30% of the total Actium supply, setting up the Actium extraction factor at 70%. This value is above the 5% threshold, so the output of the operation is multiplied by 0.70. The operation now extracts 700 Actium/hour (1000 x 0.7).

Therefore, it is up to every player to ensure that each resource is properly recycled to maintain extraction factors within an appropriate range that will not impact the overall mining yields.

Fail chance

As described in the extraction factor tab, these factors regulate mining and reduce overall yields when the circulating supply of a resource becomes too high.

The fail chance works in a similar way but for NFT mining. If the supply of a current album (Mining or WAR) exceeds 75%, it then becomes more difficult to mine this album and obtain the NFT it contains.

For a given album, if the supply exceeds 75%, each additional percent in the circulating supply increases the fail chance by 4%:

Circulating Supply / Fail chance

74% / 0% 75% / 0% 76% / 4% 77% / 8% ... 87.5% /50% ... 99% / 96% 100% / 100%

This system ensures that the more abundant an asset is, the harder it becomes to generate, while preventing the exceeding of the maximum supply for every asset. If players burn large quantities of assets through actions such as leveling up or fusions, the circulating supply decreases, resulting in a decrease in the fail chance.

Note regarding card pieces: the fail chance for card pieces is equal to the highest fail chance between the two albums. For instance, if the Mining album has a fail chance of 43% and the War album has a fail chance of 56%, the fail chance for the Card pieces will be 56%.

PBF

The 'Extraction Factors' and 'Fail chance,' described in the two previous tabs, are general factors that affect every player in the same way.

The PBF (Personal Burning Factor) follows a general logic that applies to every player but yields a result specific to each individual.

For each player, the PBF provides an indication of the ratio of cards being burned to cards being mined.

The PBF is calculated by taking the ratio of NFTs being burned to NFTs being mined: PBF = (NFTs burned / NFTs mined) x 100 Examples:

• If a player burned 60 NFTs and mined 100 NFTs, his PBF = 60%

• If a player burned 8 NFTs and mined 85 NFTs, his PBF = 9.41%

Bonus

As described in the PBF section, the Personal Burning Factor is a general logic that yields a result specific to each individual.

In NBM, the PBF is used to reward users who help regulate the supply of active cards.

Simply put, if a player burns more assets than they mine, they can accumulate a BONUS that helps reduce their fail chance by up to 50% when mining NFTs.

For instance, if there is a fail chance of 80% and a player manages to build a bonus of 50%, their fail chance will be cut in half (40%), making them more likely to mine NFTs.

The bonus start building for a PBF above 60% with each additional percent on the PBF increasing the BONUS by 1.25%: PBF / Decrease on fail chance 59% / 0% 60% / 0% 61% / 1.25% 62% / 2.50% ... 80% / 25% ... 99% / 48.75% 100% / 50% Examples:

• If a player has a PBF of 35%, when mining NFTs, the fail chance will remain the same

• If a player has a PBF of 62%, when mining NFTs, the fail chance will be decreased by 2.5%

• If a player has a PBF of 96%, when mining NFTs, the fail chance will be decreased by 45%

To prevent any abuse and take into consideration the limitation of small ratios that can positively affect the PBF (e.g. A player who burned 3 NFTs and mined only one can pretend to a 300% PBF), the BONUS is capped and needs to be progressively built. It can only be fully unlocked when a player has mined at least 100 NFTs.

For every NFT mined, the player can claim a 0.5% increase to their BONUS. Therefore, a miner can only reach the full bonus (50%) when they have mined at least 100 NFTs (100 x 0.5 = 50%).