Splinterlands | Automated Playing Archmage Bot (Easy Step-By-Step Guide)

costanza (69)in #crypto • 2 years ago

One of the main downsides of being a Splinterlands player or investor is that the time requirement adds up like crazy with no real off days without giving up a good part of the returns. Automating your play potentially offers a solution to this and I tested it out making an easy step-by-step guide...

Splinterlands Time requirement

I already made a post on this time requirement issue Splinterlands has created after the big Rewards Update post but nothing really has been done to fix this as it's not seen by the devs as an issue.

After some time of having fun with the new reward system and all the new cards that were introduced, Splinterlands has become somewhat of an obligation again despite still enjoying the game and the fact that I still have to play is something constantly on my mind. This is not the case for the other 2 Play2Earn games that I'm playing ( Mobile MiniGames & Sorare) which don't require a crazy time commitment and are easy to totally forget about during the day?

Solution & Problem: Automated Playing Bots Services

One of the big problems for the economy so far have been the Bot Farms that try to get rewards with the minimum investment possible. The next trend seems to be regular players who are also going to use bots to play for them. The good thing is that this offers them a solution to save a lot of precious time but on the downside, it means that the game will be even more dominated by bots to a point where I can see 90% of the battles as bots playing bots.

I started using the splex.gg Archmage Bot Service last week and it has been a massive pressure off my shoulders not having to play for over an hour each and every day in order to get the rewards and it kind of allowed me to take a mental break from the game for the first time since October 2018 !!

Archmage Automated Playing Step-By-Step Guide

It actually is really easy and similar to the Automated Rentals I wrote about last week (Link) using the Archmage service offered on splex.gg

Step 1: Whitelist Your account on splex.gg by logging in and going to their discord asking to be Whitelisted

Step 2: But an Archmage Token on Hive-Engine. It can also be bought in weekly batches of 50 each week on the website but they are nearly impossible to get as demand is really high and most likely bots are buying them in order to resell at a higher price

I'm not sure exactly what the difference is between the Alpha, Beta & Access pass and I assume the older ones will have less fees attached to them when the the project goes public. Most likely you are also paying too much right now as tokens go for 90$+ while they get sold on the site for 25$ for those who can actually get them ther. I was fine with the idea of losing money on the bot purchase paying a little over 100$ for it.

Step 3: Go to https://splex.gg/accounts disable rentals so your cards don't automatically get rented out and click on the archmage button which should show as long as you have a token in your hive-engine account. If not, just ask support on Discord and they will fix it. There you can enter your private posting key so the bot can play on your behalf.

Step 4: Configurate Your Bot Setting

Here you can set your preferences how the bot will run which is all extremely straightforward and explained on the site.

Step 5: Done, the Archmage bot will now automatically submit battles for you based on the settings you entered and right now there are no further costs that come with it. I assume this will change going forward and you should read their whitepaper before getting in so you know what you can expect exactly.

What To Expect?

From my short experience so far with this bot, I thinks it plays solid enough to get a reasonable win rate compared to playing manually. At times it plays a combination of cards that are more optimal compared to what I would have come up with while at other times it feels rather sub-optimal with strange choices using just level 1 cards. Check this post to see the cards the bot tends to use most.

Conclusion

Automating both my rentals and now also my play has been a massive relief in pressure the game puts on me as a player to spent a crazy amount of time playing each day just to get most of the rewards. While I love the fact that it can easily be automated, it also raises a big concern for the game as I can see services like this becoming mandatory for pretty much every player going forward which will create a game where most of the action is just bots playing bots. I'm not so much worried about human players not being able to outplay these bots even though they generally play quite well but by no means flawless.