Arcade: Guide to Tournaments, Tickets, and ways to get extra gems for the win
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 Missions
- 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.
From June 15 to June 22, Hall of Fame is scheduled, a Special Tournament with different features compared to the other Tournaments: far fewer participants and different prizes – here is the article: Prizes and rules of the Special Tournament.
Prize pool for Insert Coin – first Tournament
The prizes planned for the Tournaments will be revealed over time: on May 18, when Insert Coin ends, we will publish the rewards planned for Checkpoint, the second Tournament.
Insert Coin Tournament: from 2:00 PM on April 20 to 2:00 PM on May 18
Prizes up for grabs:
- 2 Google Pixel Tablets
- 3 Apple AirPods Max
- 5 Apple AirPods 4
- 30 Official Young Platform merch T-shirts
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 Missions
Missions are specific activities within the app. By completing a Mission, you will receive Gems. The number of Gems obtained is proportional to the difficulty of the Mission. Missions 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 missions, 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 missions 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 missions 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 missions, 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 mission 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.
3% Cashback and Missions
The first chapter of Arcade is tied to the launch of the Young Account with 3% Cashback for everyone: you will find a series of Missions focused exactly on the Young Account and Card (making a deposit, executing transactions, and so on).
By using the Young payment Account you can optimize your daily expenses in two ways: by receiving 3% Cashback and earning Gems by completing Missions.
Watch out, though: the 3% Cashback is a promo intended exclusively for the first 1000 (one thousand!) users who open the Account and activate the Card.
For now, the Cashback is only available to users with tax residency in Italy.
Arcade is live from 2:00 PM: 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.
Useful Links
- How to participate in Arcade: Tap to Play
- Championship Prizes and Missions: how it works
- Special Tournament Prizes: how it works
- League Prizes: how it works
- Zealy: The “Cheat Code” to earn extra Gems


