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Alpha Season 4

The Sandbox Alpha Season 4 was a 10 week event starting on October 9, 2024. It is now closed

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Alpha Season 4 has ended. This page remains live as a historical reference to past seasons at The Sandbox. Any information on this page may not be accurate to future Alpha Seasons.

TL;DR

From October 9 at 2 PM UTC to December 18, 2204, players enjoyed a galaxy of diverse adventures, challenges, and rewards!

Alpha Season 4 took place over ten weeks and featured over 100 unique experiences. Each day, a new experience (or sometimes several) launched.


Alpha Hub: Connect, Claim Rewards

The Alpha Hub is a social gathering spot that remained open for the full duration of the season. It's a jam-packed wonderland with immersive areas and many top brand partners. Players started their journey here, hanging out with friends, pressing ENTER to chat with players or ambassadors there to help.

Players interacted with characters and content in the Alpha Hub for tips and tricks to guide their season journey and earn their first Ethos Points through quests.

Players were encouraged to revisit the Alpha Hub weekly to unlock gated areas with NFT passes to claim rewards.


Battle Pass: Level Up!

The player's journey through Alpha Season 4 was tracked within the Battle Pass, with 30 exciting levels to conquer. Completing each level granted a unique reward, including SAND and different types of NFTs.

15 of the levels had free rewards for all players, while the remaining 15 levels had rewards exclusively for Alpha Pass holders. Battle Pass could be accessed both within the game client and on the web dashboard starting October 9 at 12pm UTC, when Alpha Season 4 launched.


Alpha Pass: Unlock Bonuses

Each Battle Pass level the player reached during Alpha Season 4 unlocked a reward, like SAND or exclusive NFTs. Some of these rewards were exclusive and could only be unlocked if the player owned an Alpha Pass!

The Alpha Pass earned the owner additional SAND within the Battle Pass and granted 10 Partner Pass NFTs that provided access to exclusive gated areas within experiences. This gated content contained special quests that unlocked bonus SAND and Ethos Points (allowing players to level up faster).

Alpha Pass holders were able to earn 13x more SAND by progressing through the Battle Pass vs non-holders.

How Players Were Able to Get an Alpha Pass


Earn Ethos Points (EP)

As with previous seasons, playing and progressing in Alpha Season 4 revolved around the collection of Ethos Points, or EP. Gathering EP allowed players to level up their Battle Pass (and unlock rewards!).

Players could earn EP in several ways. The primary one is simply by playing and completing the different types of quests across all season experiences. There were three types of quests within Alpha Season 4:

Once a player earned a certain amount of EP, they progressed to the next level in the Battle Pass. Completing level 1 required 10 EP, level 2 required 15 EP, and so on, up to level 30 (with 3,375 EP!).

EP was used to determine your place on the season leaderboard. The more EP the player had, the higher they climbed, and the more chances they had each week to win an Alpha Pass via the leaderboard raffle!

Bonus Ethos Points (EP)

While completing quests within season experiences were the primary way to collect EP, Alpha Season 4 also introduced other powerful ways to gain bonus EP and level up even faster.


Daily Challenges

Players maximized their EP with Experience of the Day and the Social Challenges. These reset daily. Once reset, players could not go back to complete them, so they were encouraged to complete them each day.

Players could earn large amounts of bonus EP to level up faster and get more rewards daily!

Refer Friends

Players earned bonus EP for inviting friends to play Alpha Season 4! For each friend that reached Level 1 in the Battle Pass, a player received an extra 50 EP (up to a max of 10 friends). This was able to stack up to 500 EP with the friend referral system!

How To

The player's unique referral link was provided on the Summary page of the Alpha Season 4 dashboard on the website.

Own an Avatar

Avatar owners passively earned bonus EP weekly based on the rarest avatar in their connected wallet!

If the player owned multiple avatars of different rarities, they only earn EP from the rarest avatar they owned.

The weekly bonus EP for avatar ownership was distributed every Tuesday at 2pm UTC.

Premium Quests

Certain experiences in Alpha Season 4 had a Premium Area that was NFT-gated and contained Premium Quests. On average, each Premium Area contained around five quests (however, it ranged from two to eight depending on the experience).

Quests inside the Premium Areas were considered β€œNormal” quests (yellow exclamation mark) but rewarded more EP than Normal quests found outside of Premium Areas (five EP inside, one EP outside).

To access these areas, you either needed a Partner Key NFT or a Category Key NFT.

Partner Keys

Players could buy a Partner Key on The Sandbox Marketplace on the first day of Alpha Season 4 for 5 SAND and could expect to earn up to 30 bonus EP per key if they completed all the quests unlocked.

Category Keys

Players could buy Category Keys on The Sandbox Marketplace on the first day of Alpha Season 4 for 20 SAND and expect to earn up to 300 bonus EP per key if they completed all its unlocked quests.


Season Rewards

Alpha Season 4 was filled with incredible rewards, with a SAND reward pool worth over $2.5 million USD and 170+ exclusive NFTs β€” from space-themed NFTs to passes, wearables, equipment, and more. Discover more about the rewards from Alpha Season 4 below.

NEW - ONLY FOR ALPHA SEASON 4 CLAIMS

SAND Reward Breakdown

There were numerous ways to be rewarded with SAND in Alpha Season 4.

  • All players had the opportunity to earn 25 SAND within the Battle Pass, with Alpha Pass holders able to earn an additional 300 SAND.

  • LAND owners had the opportunity to earn 80 SAND based on the collective EP gained by the community (more on this below).

  • A Final Raffle was held on the last day of the season, in which 500 winners were rewarded with 1,000 SAND each. As with the Weekly Leaderboard Raffle for Alpha Passes, the number of entries the player had in the Final Raffle was based on their leaderboard rank (i.e. how much total EP they earned throughout the entire season).

NFTs Reward Breakdown

Space Helmets

Players could receive up to two space helmet NFTs during Alpha Season 4.

  • Gold Space Helmet: Eligible for players who pre-registered ahead of Alpha Season 4 received the Gold Space Helmet NFT in their claim section on the first day of the season. This NFT was no longer available after the season launched.

  • White Space Helmet: All players who either created an account or logged in during Alpha Season 4 was able to claim this NFT in their claim section for the duration of the season. This NFT was no longer available after the season ended.

Battle Pass NFTs

There were 20 NFTs players could earn by progressing through the Battle Pass (10 available to all players and 10 only for Alpha Pass holders).

  • 10 exclusive equipment NFTs, each in collaboration with a unique top brand partner, were available to all players within the Battle Pass. These equipment NFTs were able to be worn and used in-game.

  • 10 Partner Pass NFTs, each also in collaboration with a unique top brand partner, were available only to Alpha Pass holders within the Battle Pass. Each Partner Pass NFT unlocked access to a gated area within the relevant Partner’s experience(s). This gated content contained special quests that unlocked bonus SAND and Ethos Points (allowing you to level up faster)

Adventure Quest NFTs

Not only did Adventure Quests grant the most Ethos Points of any quest type (20 EP each!), players were also rewarded with special branded NFTs by completing the Adventure Quests available across the 40 partner experiences of Alpha Season 4! Like the equipment NFTs granted within the Battle Pass, the NFTs rewarded from Adventure Quests were also able to be worn and used in-game. Players looked for quests marked with a blue β€œ!” in-game to start their adventure and unlock special rewards.

Marketplace NFTs

110 Partner NFTs from 40 brand partner collections were available for sale during Alpha Season 4 in very limited quantities. Each collection was released the day their associated experience went live and could be purchased in The Sandbox Marketplace! Many of the collections were designed as part of a set to match the branded NFTs rewarded in the Battle Pass and by Adventure Quests.

LAND Owner Rewards

LAND owners earned bonus rewards based on the Ethos Points gained by the community as a whole during Alpha Season 4. There were four community milestones between 125K to 500K collective EP, and when each was reached, LAND owners were able to claim LAND Owner Hub Pass NFTs that unlocked access to special rooms in the Alpha Hub. Each room held a SAND Chest with 20 SAND, meaning LAND owners could earn up to an additional 80 SAND throughout the season.


Navigate Season 4

Season Guided Tour

This season included a guided tour of tips to quickly explain the Alpha Season 4 dashboard, rewards, and more.

Need a Refresher?

Click the ? on the top right of any Season 4 page to view the guided tour again.

Use our step-by-step instructions to install the Launcher, which will keep you connected with what's ready to play in Alpha Season 4 and the latest version of the Game Client.

How to Play

The first time you open any Experience, you'll see a tip screen for controls needed to play.

New to The Sandbox?

Enter the Alpha Season 4 HUB

The Alpha Hub includes helpful video screens with quick tips for using controls, inventory, etc.

Find Experiences to Play

There are many ways to see which Alpha Season 4 Experiences are open for play:

  • View in the Launcher

  • View in the Game Client (gameplay software)

Rewards earned from giveaways from livestreams or partners may be received differently (and you may need to provide your wallet address). Please follow instructions provided in giveaways from The Sandbox Trusted Partners or The Sandbox team.

Be careful about potential scammers who may want to offer anything that's too good to be true and NEVER share your wallet's seed phrase or password with ANYONE (even staff)!

This may include Alpha Season 4 Passes, Category or Partner Key NFTs, Avatars, LAND, or even fictitious content that isn't built into The Sandbox Season 4 structure for playing and earning rewards. Always check the source to verify it is official.

Your wallet is managed by a third party. The Sandbox is not able to recover any lost funds from scammers who attempt or succeed at stealing content from your wallet with fake offers. We'll do our best to report any known scams identified during Alpha Season 4 to help keep you safe!


Our past Alpha Seasons have represented significant milestones for The Sandbox and for the realization of the metaverse. Alpha Season 4 was bigger and better than ever, with some of the biggest, most beloved brands coming together to create immersive, rewarding experiences right next to those created by our global community. We were incredibly excited that our growing community joined us for this epic ten-week event.

Over 1,400 SAND and 170+ NFTs were available per player in season rewards, including wearables, equipment, and access to exclusive gated content.

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Players could purchase an avatar in the to start earning passive EP during the season!

Players could click the "Claim all Season rewards" button on the page to claim all available Alpha Season 4 rewards in ONE transaction!

Start Playing:

Play to learn controls and earn your first NFT rewards!

Learn more about the in Season 4.

Visit the on The Sandbox website (www.sandbox.game)

Alpha Season 4 rewards earned through completing Battle Pass levels, Premium Quests, Avatar Ownership, LAND Ownership, daily challenges, etc. automatically appear on your page when you are logged into your account.

Let's Have a Blast!

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Marketplace Purchase

Players could buy ONE Alpha Pass from The Sandbox Marketplace for 25 SAND.

Weekly Leaderboard Raffle

Players could win ONE Alpha Pass as one of 500 weekly raffle winners selected based on EP rankings. The more EP earned, the higher the player's chance of winning!

Social Giveaways

There were Alpha Pass giveaways throughout Alpha Season 4 via The Sandbox social media channels and livestreams, as well as social channels of Alpha Season 4 partners.

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PLAY 10 themed weeks with gameplay categories

  • 100+ Experiences

  • 50+ hours of gameplay

  • Content from brand partners and UGC creators (40%!)

    • Category Key NFTs

    • Partner Key NFTs

More EP for harder quests

Bonus EP for:

Unique rewards per level (NFTs or SAND)

  • Access exclusive content and rewards

Normal Quests (yellow) 1-5 EP

Hardcore Quests (purple) 15 EP

Adventure Quests (blue) 20 EP

Experience of the Day

Each day when a new experience was released, it became the Experience of the Day for the first 24 hours it was live.

Bonus

Completing an Experience while it was the Experience of the Day earned a bonus 15 EP.

Multi-Release Day Bonuses

On days when multiple experiences were released, there were 10 bonus EP available for each experience. How To Players were referred to The Sandbox website to see the Daily Challenge and time remaining to complete it in the Alpha Season 4 dashboard.

Bonus

Partner Keys unlocked access to the Premium Area inside the experiences of that Partner. For example, the β€œUbisoft Partner Key” unlocked access to the Premium Area inside the Captain Lazerhawk experience and the Rabbids experience.

Category Keys unlocked access to Premium Areas inside all experiences that fell into a specific category. Each category included nine to ten experiences.

10 Categories:

Art, Culture, Entertainment, Fashion/Luxury, Gaming: Action, Gaming: Management, Gaming: Party Games, Lifestyle, Music, and Sports.

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PROGRESS through three types of quests or bonuses

EARN 30 level advanced by earning EP

unlocks exclusive Battle Pass rewards and benefits

offer exclusive rewards

Unlock weekly rewards in the

opportunity to earn bonus SAND

Social Challenge:

A new daily Social Challenge was available to visit a certain experience, screenshot your avatar next to a landmark, and post it to .

Players earned 25 additional EP for each social challenge completed. It really added up! How To Players were able to connect their X.com account to The Sandbox to complete their post with one click directly from the dashboard. NOTE: Players were required to add their unique social account handle in their at The Sandbox to participate in social challenges.

Example: The β€œMusic Category Key” unlocked access to ten experiences, such as experiences from Nuclear Blast, Agoria, Galantis, The Voice and more.

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