Earning coins in Soltokemons, and what $STKM is

Coins are the free, in-game currency, tracked per account on the server. There is no way to buy them with real money and no need to - you earn everything by playing. There are three main sources.

Beating trainers and bosses pays a one-time coin reward the first time you defeat each one, so working through the story and clearing new trainers is a steady source. Winning wild battles also pays a smaller amount that scales with the defeated creature's level, so battles in higher zones are worth a little more.

Quests are the other big source. Story and side quests hand out coins (and often items like a Capture Net or Potion) when you complete their objective, from your first win all the way to freeing Solana City.

The Degen Arcade, run by the Croupier in the House of Degens, lets you bet coins on a coin flip, slots, or a four-element race. Every roll is settled on the server, so it is fair, but the house has an edge - over time the games take more than they pay, exactly like a real arcade. Treat it as a way to gamble surplus coins, not a reliable income.

One thing to be clear about: the Arcade is play-money only. You bet in-game COINS, never $STKM. There is no cash-out and no real-money payout of any kind.

Coins are spent at the Solana City Market. The Market stocks the consumables that make exploring and catching easier, and only sells items that actually do something.

Potions heal half a creature's HP in battle, which matters because there is no auto-heal between fights. Capture Nets raise your odds of catching a weakened wild creature - they are the catching item in Soltokemons (there are no balls). Lures temporarily boost how often wild creatures appear, handy when you are hunting a specific element. The Market also stocks advanced items, the Mutagen and the Helix Spinner, used for the genetic-mutation system.

Two recurring boosts cost nothing at all. The Sweets Merchant near the start of your journey gives you one free EXP Candy per week - using it grants +15% XP for 24 hours, so it is worth claiming and saving for a grinding session.

There is also a daily blessing: pray at the Statue of Solana in the Willow Town home for +5% XP for two hours, once per day. It stacks with the EXP Candy, so on a candy-and-blessing day your creatures level noticeably faster. Both are server-tracked, so the cooldowns are real and shared across your devices.

This is the part people most often get confused about, so here it is plainly. In-game COINS are off-chain: they live in your account on the game server, they are free to earn by playing, and they only buy in-game items. They are not a cryptocurrency and have no cash value.

$STKM is a real Solana SPL token, completely separate from coins. It is not earned from battles, quests, or the Arcade, and you can never convert coins into $STKM. Its only role in the game is paying for the optional Genesis NFTs on the /mint page.

Because of that separation, the entire game - exploring, catching, battling trainers, completing the story - is fully free to play with no wallet and no crypto. Sign in with Google or a wallet to save progress across devices; guests can play too, but their progress is session-only. The crypto layer is strictly optional and sits on top.