Tournaments and Tickets: prizes up for grabs

Tournaments are internal mini-championships within the Arcade Championship, where competitors must complete Quests to obtain Gems and therefore the Tickets needed to participate in the draw and try to win the prizes up for grabs. There are three Tournaments and they last four weeks each, with the exception of Hall of Fame, the Special Tournament we will discuss in a dedicated article.

You have various ways to accumulate Gems at your disposal:

Completing Quests
Finding Combo challenges
Collecting Trophies
With gifted Gems
Holding YNG

What are the prizes up for grabs, how do the Tournaments unfold, and how do the Ticket accumulation methods work?

Tournaments and prizes up for grabs

There are three Tournaments, each lasting four weeks. So:

First Tournament “Insert Coin”: from April 20 to May 18;
Second Tournament “Checkpoint”: from May 18 to June 15;
Third Tournament “Final Stage”: from June 22 to July 20.

Scheduled from June 15th to June 22nd, Hall of Fame is a Special Tournament with unique features compared to regular Tournaments with far fewer participants and different prizes – here is the article: Prizes and rules of the Special Tournament.

Prize pool for Checkpoint – second Tournament

Tournament prizes will be revealed over time: on June 22nd, when the “Hall of Fame” Special Tournament ends, we will publish the rewards for Final Stage, the third Tournament.

Checkpoint Tournament: from 2:00 PM on April 18th to 2:00 PM on June 15th.

Prizes up for grabs:

3 PlayStation 5s
2 Nintendo Switches
3 Sony WH-1000XM5 Headphones
30 Young Platform official merch caps

How to increase your chances of winning: get as many Tickets as possible

To have a better chance of winning one of the 40 scheduled prizes, you need to get as many Tickets as possible. It’s a matter of mathematics: at the end of each Tournament, a notary will draw the winning Tickets, so the more Tickets you have, the more likely yours is to be drawn.

To get Tickets you need to accumulate Gems. How?

Completing Quests

Quests are specific activities within the app. By completing a Quest, you will receive Gems. The number of Gems obtained is proportional to the difficulty of the Quest. Quests are distinguished by their duration:

Daily: they last 24 hours and update every day.
Weekly: they expire after 7 days and reset every week.
Permanent: they have no expiration and can be completed at any time.

Finding Combo challenges

Some Quests, whether daily, weekly, or permanent, require the same action. It is possible to complete more than one with a single action, thus obtaining more gems. Activate the newsletters to receive Combo challenge notifications via email. You will still easily find them by exploring the Quests of the ongoing tournament and championship.

Collecting Trophies

Trophies are the absolute novelty of this edition and represent an extra way at your disposal to increase your personal Gem stash.

These are badges unlocked only through active and constant participation and are divided into eight categories.

How many Gems are up for grabs as a reward? It’s up to you to find out. The only way to reveal it is to unlock a Trophy.

Attention: to secure the Trophy, don’t forget to cash in the Gems by tapping the Claim button! Imagine losing the winning Ticket over such an oversight.

With extra gift Gems

Some special daily Quests offer the opportunity to get extra gems.

These do not require the completion of specific objectives, but are a gift for players who show higher activity and open the app more frequently. This allows them to collect more Tickets, as well as gain better positions on the Leaderboard compared to those who play less intensely.

We recommend turning on notifications to receive alerts and ensure you don’t miss out on these extra gems. Since they are daily Quests, their validity is limited to 24 hours.

Holding YNG

Every Monday, players holding the Young (YNG) token receive extra gifted Gems: the more YNG you own, the more Gems you receive. You can check your YNG Hodler level by scrolling to the bottom of the “Tournament” section.

Do not underestimate this boost: these weekly gems provide a significant advantage both in obtaining Tickets and climbing the Leaderboard compared to those who do not receive them.

The Ticket distribution mechanism

The more Gems you accumulate, the more expensive obtaining Tickets will be. The Ticket distribution system is structured as follows:

Tier 1 – from 0 to 500 accumulated Gems: 1 Ticket every 30 Gems
Tier 2 – from 501 to 1,500 accumulated Gems: 1 Ticket every 100 Gems
Tier 3 – from 1501 to 3,000 accumulated Gems: 1 Ticket every 200 Gems
Tier 4 – from 3,001 accumulated Gems onwards: 1 Ticket every 300 Gems

Thus, all it takes is a single 30-gem Quest to get a Ticket and be in the running for the prize draw of that Tournament. At the end of each Tournament, meaning every four weeks, the counter and the Gems are reset.

Example: if at the end of the first Tournament you were at Tier 2 with 80 Gems accumulated out of the 100 needed to unlock a Ticket, at the start of the second Tournament you will start over from Tier 1 with zero Gems. Along with you, the rest of the participants.

Arcade is live: have fun and try to take something home!

There is nothing else to say, the article ends here: Arcade is live from 2:00 PM on April 20, all that’s left is to wish you the best of luck. Catch us on our social channels for updates on Arcade, the Championship, and the Tournaments, including draws, new prizes, and fresh updates.