FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Pixotchi: dying plants, rewards, taxes, wallets, and everything players ask most.

Do I need crypto experience to play?

No. Sign in with just an email (a secure wallet is created for you), and the in-app tutorial plus the Neural Seed AI walk you through everything. When you're comfortable, you can export that wallet or connect any other.

How much does it cost to start?

SEED-priced strains range from 10–40 SEED in the checked configuration; TYJ uses JESSE. The ETH or fiat cost changes with token prices. Budget separately for care items and any gas shown by your wallet. Free-claim campaigns and sponsorship are available only when enabled and eligible.

My plant is going to die while I sleep. What do I do?

Buy TOD time: Water (+12h), Pollinator (+26h), or Moonlight (+75h) for trips. See Care Items. Long-term, a Bee Farm drips daily lifetime, and notifications warn you when any plant dips under 12 hours.

My plant died. Is everything lost?

Not yet. Revive it for 5 SEED: it returns with a fresh 24-hour timer and all its PTS intact. But hurry: dead plants can be burned by other players (one kill per wallet per hour). If that happens, the plant is gone forever, though your accrued ETH is automatically paid out to you. Death never confiscates rewards.

How do I actually earn ETH?

Your plant's PTS entitle it to a share of the ETH pool, funded by 2% of all SEED trading volume. It accrues continuously; claim it anytime, but claiming resets that plant's PTS to zero. Full mechanics in ETH Rewards.

Someone attacked me! Can they kill my plant?

No. Attacks only move points: a successful attacker takes 0.5% of your PTS. Nobody can reduce your TOD or hurt your plant's health. If attacks annoy you, a Fence (50 SEED per day) blocks them completely.

Why is there a 5% tax on SEED trades?

Taxable trades currently allocate 2% to revenue sharing, 2% to the team, and 1% to liquidity. Ordinary wallet transfers are untaxed. Use a route that supports SEED’s transfer tax and review the net output; see How to Get SEED.

What's the difference between SEED, LEAF, and PIXOTCHI?

SEED pays for many plant actions and staking. LEAF is a transferable resource earned from staking and other rewards and burned by LEAF building upgrades. PIXOTCHI pays for convenience and advanced features. Some casino games accept all three.

Is buying a Land worth it?

A Land unlocks buildings and supported utility features. Its usefulness depends on your budget, upgrade plans, and collection routine; it does not guarantee that production or rewards will repay the purchase price.

Can I play from a Solana wallet?

Solana access is available only when the bridge is enabled. If Continue with Solana is absent, use an EVM option. The bridge supports selected plant actions, rather than the full Land and game feature set; see Wallets & Sign-In.

Can I stake without playing the game?

Yes. The standalone staking app accesses the staking contract. Connect the same Base wallet address to use the same position; matching email addresses alone do not establish wallet identity. For task credit, stake and claim through the game app.

Is Pixotchi safe? Where's the proof?

The linked audit covers the SEED token, not the entire game. Core gameplay settles on Base, but upgrades, administrator settings, offchain services, and funding dependencies still matter. Read Trust & Security and verify addresses before interacting.

Is this financial advice? Will SEED go up?

No, and nobody knows. Pixotchi is a game; its tokens are game assets with real market risk. Play for fun, never with money you can't afford to lose, and mind your local regulations.

The app is not loading, or a transaction is stuck. Is it me?

Check status.pixotchi.tech first. It reports live health for the app, the staking app, the RPC cluster, the indexer, the database, notifications, the Farcaster Mini App, and Base itself, so you can tell a network problem from a local one in a few seconds. If everything reads operational, try a hard refresh, then ask in the community chat.

I have a question that isn't here.

Ask Neural Seed in-app (it knows your account), drop into the community chat, or reach the team via the official links.

My transaction succeeded, but task progress is queued. The game is retrying its offchain mission update. Check the transaction result and Tasks panel; do not repeat a payment solely because task credit has not appeared yet.