Getting Started
Requirements
Section titled “Requirements”- 👛 A Solana wallet (Phantom, Solflare, or any Solana-compatible wallet)
- 💰 $20 in SOL for your first gym (or try Free-to-Play — see below)
Two Ways to Start
Section titled “Two Ways to Start”💳 Paid Entry ($20)
Section titled “💳 Paid Entry ($20)”Open your first gym for $20, paid in SOL at the live quote. This gives you a Level 1 Garage with 6 bench slots, full access to every feature of the game as you progress, and immediate eligibility to withdraw $GAINZ once you’ve earned enough. SOL is only required for the initial gym purchase and Roid Rage (RR) purchases — once you’re in, everything else in the game runs on $GAINZ or RR (and RR itself is purchased with SOL, so SOL continues to enter the economy indirectly through the RR shop).
🆓 Free-to-Play
Section titled “🆓 Free-to-Play”Not ready to commit? Pick Free-to-Play on the login screen instead. You’ll get the same starter kit (free Common athlete + 200 $GAINZ + 60 $RR) and can play the game all the way to Level 8 — rip packs, bench athletes, claim $GAINZ, recruit Coaches and Specialists, fuse athletes, and run the Daily Locker.
There’s no level ceiling on Season 2. The limits that remain until you convert:
- Withdraw up to what you’ve put in. Your lifetime withdrawals are capped at a 1:1 break-even of your contribution (SOL spent + $GAINZ deposited from your wallet). You can always recover what you put in — converting lets you earn beyond it. This is the main gate on a free account.
- No Spartacus Arena entry. You can view every leaderboard, but competing for the SOL prize pool is for full members.
- No Referral system (paid-only)
- Everything else is open: all 8 gym levels, the Daily Locker, additional gyms, and every mid- and late-game system
When you’re ready, pay $25 in SOL to convert your account. All your progress — gyms, athletes, balances — carries over exactly as-is. Converting lifts the 1:1 break-even limit onto the standard Payout Capacity ceiling (see Tokenomics), and unlocks the Arena and referral rewards.
🎓 The Bench Bro Tutorial
Section titled “🎓 The Bench Bro Tutorial”After opening your first gym, you’ll meet Bench Bro — your personal tutorial coach. He walks you through the basics and gives you a free Common athlete plus 200 $GAINZ to rip your first athlete pack. Follow his steps to learn the core loop: place athletes, claim earnings, rip packs, repeat.
🏋️ Athletes
Section titled “🏋️ Athletes”Each athlete has a rarity and base power that determines how much $GAINZ they generate per epoch:
| Rarity | Athlete | Base Power |
|---|---|---|
| ⚪ Common | Bench Bro | 200 |
| 🟢 Uncommon | Squat King | 500 |
| 🔵 Rare | Arnold | 1,000 |
| 🟣 Epic | Samson | 2,500 |
| 🟡 Legendary | Hercules | 6,500 |
| 🔴 Mythic | Zeus | 20,000 |
| 🏛️ Exalted | Titan | 50,000 |
🏋️ Placing Athletes on Benches
Section titled “🏋️ Placing Athletes on Benches”Two ways to bench an athlete:
- From the gym floor — click an empty bench slot, then select the athlete you want to place from the popup
- From the Roster tab — select an athlete from your inventory and use bulk-fill buttons (Fill This Gym / Fill All / Replace Lower) to place multiple athletes across one or more gyms in a single action
Once placed, athletes begin generating $GAINZ every epoch (15 minutes). There is a 🔥 warm-up period before they reach full earning power (see Gameplay Mechanics).
💰 Claiming Earnings
Section titled “💰 Claiming Earnings”$GAINZ accumulate every epoch. Click the claim button to collect your earnings. ⏰ Unclaimed epochs cap at 32 (8 hours), so check in at least three times a day to avoid missing emissions. 🧑💼 Gym Manager (1,125 RR for 7 days) handles claiming automatically — and pausing the pass freezes the countdown so you get the full 7 days of actual usage.
🌱 Want a Head Start? The Rookie Pack
Section titled “🌱 Want a Head Start? The Rookie Pack”The SOL store carries one pack built specifically for new players: the Rookie Pack — 0.25 SOL for 3 athletes at the Premium Athlete Pack’s Epic+ odds (Epic 69.5% / Legendary 25% / Mythic 5% / Exalted 0.5% per card), with at least 1 Legendary guaranteed and a +1,000 RR bonus. Normally those odds live behind a Level 8 gym and a 4,500 RR pass — the Rookie Pack hands them to you on day one.
The catch that keeps it fair: it’s limited to 4 packs per account, ever. Your remaining allotment is shown right on the pack. Grab them early, bench the pulls, and you’ve skipped weeks of grinding toward your first serious lineup.
🚀 Next Steps
Section titled “🚀 Next Steps”- 📦 Buy more athlete packs to fill your benches (200 $GAINZ each)
- ⬆️ Start upgrading your gym to unlock new features and more bench slots
- 🥤 Save up for supplement packs (25 $GAINZ) to boost individual athletes
- 🧢 Work toward Level 5 to unlock Trainers — 🧢 Coaches (global power boost) and 🩺 Specialists (per-gym perks)