Play and earn FPS Nemesis Downfall officially has its own Node Sale going on right now with up to 10,000 Nodes up for grabs on the Ethereum network.
Sale Details
Users interested in becoming a Node operator can purchase one using USDC on the Ethereum network through the official sale page.
This sale consists of 5 different tiers, each having a different limited supply, meaning that, while the total supply is 10,000, this supply is divided across 5 tiers. The first tier contained 500 Nodes and since that one has sold out, the sale is now currently underway in Tier 2 which also kicked off with 500 Nodes up for grabs, of which there are now less than 400 remaining at the time of writing in this second tier in particular. These first two tiers however are reserved for whitelisted users, partners, and the game company, while the 3rd, 4th, and 5th tier are available to the public.
While the Nodes are the same across all tiers, the prices differ from one tier to another, with the first sold out tier allowing participants to buy a Node for $100 USDC, while this second one has a price tag of $200 USDC per Node. As you can tell then, the price increases by $100 for each new tier, meaning that the 3rd tier prices Nodes at $300 USDC, with 2000 of them set to be available. The 4th wave has 3000 Nodes priced at $400 USDC, while the 5th and final wave unlocks the remaining 4000 supply for $500 USDC per Node.
All of these Nodes are being minted as ERC-1155 NFTs, and will be locked for 180 days after the sale is over, so once the 180-day lock window ends, holders will have the option to trade their nodes. Rewards for node owners however will be distributed on the BNB Chain.
What’s the point of becoming a Node operator in this free to play web3 FPS? Let’s find out!
What Is the Utility of a Nemesis Downfall Node?
A Nemesis Downfall Node is designed to enable decentralized infrastructure by hosting the game’s files and distributing them to players updating to the latest version of the blockchain game, or downloading it for the very first time. So each Node owner will have to start up their Node and run it on their own computer, with operation said to be based on location, followed by bandwidth priority. Basically, this means that players will be pointed to a Node that’s in the same region or the region closest to them, and then the game will use the Node that is the fastest to provide players with what’s needed to enjoy the web3 game, or the second fastest Node depending on the number of players downloading simultaneously from a particular Node.
As you can see, the developer’s goal with these Nodes is to enable decentralized servers. The current launcher system uses centralized servers to automatically push out new patches. To provide a more sustainable future for this blockchain FPS, the plan is to use distributed nodes to enable decentralized content distribution, lowering bandwidth costs for the studio while providing the community with more efficient and faster download times, according to the whitepaper.
This also means that the studio not only wants to decentralize the way in which updates are distributed, but they also want to use the distributed node network to enable decentralized game hosting. So instead of completely relying on centralized servers, the plan is to lower that reliance and use more of the computational power from this node network to host matches, instances of the game in order to lower operational costs and increase platform scalability. Eventually, depending on how things go, the studio will look to potentially using nodes to fully host future in-game matches, but they’re not quite sure if that will work well enough to deliver a stable web3 gaming experience as there is a chance of there being “unexpected downtime” and loss of computational power amongst nodes in the network. In that case, the developers will look to back up decentralized hosting with centralized servers to make sure matches continue to run smoothly.
Node Rewards
Those who choose to become active node owners willing to contribute to enabling a long-term sustainable future for the game and its ecosystem will be rewarded with $ND tokens. Specifically, the team has allocated 850 million tokens, or 4.25% of the total supply, as the prize pool for the first 3 years, starting from Q1 2025. That’s not all though. At some point in Q4 2025, node owners will also start getting a 10% of all in-game rewards to further reward operators for their support. This 10% share will actually apply for the game’s entire lifespan, so whenever players are rewarded at the end of each match, node owners get 10%. Whether the rewards will be distributed to owners on a daily or monthly basis does not seem to be set in stone yet.
The third and last method the studio will use to reward node owners will be a buyback mechanism. Basically, 15% of the capital that the team raises from this Node Sale will be used to buy back $ND tokens via markets, with node owners receiving 12% of the total buyback amount. These buyback rewards will start in Q1 2026 and will continue to be distributed until all of the buyback allocation is depleted.
All of these token rewards will be distributed on the BNB Chain.
How much could a node owner earn from the 850 million reward pool? Well, to find out, you have to divide that total reward pool with the number of active nodes. If all 10,000 nodes sell out and actively operate, each node will receive 85,000 $ND tokens over the course of 3 years. How much that translates to USD could of course drastically vary. The whitepaper actually has a table set up to give you an example of how much those 85,000 $ND tokens could be valued in USD using various different prices:
More Node Owner Benefits
Next all the rewards for owners of active nodes, operating a node will also come with various different benefits. Among them is a monthly distribution of the game’s soft currency, which can be used to buy non-NFT in-game assets. All in-game purchases will also come with discounts for node owners, though it’s not explicitly stated how big these discounts will be. If you’d like to get exclusive game content such as NFTs and skins, then being a node owner is rewarded with those tradable assets at the start of each season. An APY percentage bonus will also be awarded to node owners using the in-client $ND staking and farming options.
For those who take part in this initial node sale, you will be given a “rare, Gala-themed NFT skin” that is only issued during this sale. The whitepaper also mentions an XP speed increase will be given once there are season or battle passes, with the increase being either a head start or a percentage boost.
Node owners will also be given an in-game badge alongside exclusive community access to dedicated lobbies, tournaments, and more. It looks like there will also be limited edition “Owners” Nemesis Downfall merch to get, with the Owners Badge able to be displayed in-game by linking the Node NFT to your game account.
You can check out all the details for Nodes in the whitepaper here in PDF form to learn more about these NFTs and the web3 game itself.
