Valley Report - 2.16.24

The Season of Revelation

Season 1 is underway, alongside the biggest update in the history of Wolf Game. New paths to economic dominance abound, and this is only the foundation of what’s coming. Here’s an overview of Shinies and other important updates, a glimpse of what’s coming next, and how you can get an edge in the Valley.

What are Shinies and how can you get them?

A Shiny is a little box that can be earned in the game either actively through gathering sheep (or a wolf, if you happen to loot an unprotected sheep and steal his Shiny) OR passively through land ownership. Once you have a Shiny, you can choose to either open it to see what’s inside, or sell it on the in-game marketplace. Shinies can contain wool, resources, leaderboard points, gen 2 animals, siphons, fast travel passes, remodels, and a lot more that’s coming soon.

For Sheep Owners

Sheep can find Shinies while gathering, but you have to end the collection in order to claim them. Keep this in mind though, the longer your sheep gather, the more likely they are to find Shinies. Farmer protection can be a huge help in increasing your odds to get more shinies. It’s also important to know that community selection matters a lot! Communities that have higher silo levels give you better odds for finding Shinies. The tradeoff here is that as more sheep gather in a community, the daily gathering rates drop significantly. So in a sense, pursuing Shinies can be at odds with pursuing resources if you go too extreme in one direction.

TOOL TIP - You can use WolfGamePro.com to identify which communities have the highest silo levels and produce the most shinies.

For Land Owners

Land owners can also passively earn Shinies as sheep gather in their communities. Once 100 Shinies have been discovered in a community, Shep airdrops Shinies to landowners in a “raffle” style. As a player, contributing to your community's silos also increases your odds of winning those Shinies. The important takeaway here is this - the more sheep you can lure into your community to gather, the faster you will earn Shinies as a landowner. Historically speaking, the best way to attract sheep owners is by 1) lowering taxes as much as possible and 2) having higher silo levels to produce more resources.

For Wolf Owners

The only way you can get Shinies is by looting other sheep. I’ll just leave it at that 😈

Why all this matters

Shinies and Silos are the building blocks for warfare. As seasons progress, Wolf Game whales' success will be tied to their ability to extract value out of the valley, in the form of shinies, resources, and more. They’ll be fighting over limited resources and useful shinies that they’ll need in order to climb the leaderboards. Attacking silos will be a critical part of their strategy, as they fight for dominating the resource production markets.

The size of their pack matters. Their wits in the Valley matter. Their social game matters. Their ego matters. And I’m fucking here for it. If you're a smaller fish like Piddy, all you have to do is play the game the whales are playing, and position yourself to profit from their moves. If you’ve been breeding for a year while the game was on easy mode, you’re set for a massive year in 2024.

What’s Coming Next

Structure Leaderboard

On spaces recently, Gooze hinted at higher level structures having their own Wool leaderboard. With this in mind, the opportunities for more resource sinks, shinies, social alliances, and more abound. One thing is sure, what’s coming will not be for the faint of heart.

Wool in the AMM

We also heard that Wool will be coming to the AMM in the coming weeks. This is a critical piece for the health of our ecosystem, creating many new ways to stack wool in the game. Many smaller players without structures have often criticized Full Game (and rightly so) for an inability to increase their wool balance in the game. A resource:wool AMM enables even the smallest player to stack wool while avoiding gas fees.

More Shinies

New shinies are coming. This morning in Discord, Term said “...boxes are going to continue to be very fun…. with wildly unpredictable items within…”

There will also be a secondary market for opened shinies in the future. So if you happen to find something ultra rare, you’ll be able to sell them in the game to other players who need them. Shinies are quickly establishing themselves as a core part of Wolf Game, and I expect them to evolve along with future Seasons.

OG Players are Returning

So much more is coming in 2024, we have much to be excited about. In Shep’s tweet yesterday, he highlighted several key stats including a 2x increase in players visiting the farm, a near tripling of activity on the farm, and a lot more.

This is just the beginning for a whole new chapter of Wolf Game. On behalf of our great community, thank you to the team for all your hard work in getting us here, and thank you for all the things you have coming for us. We have a lot of fun ahead of us.

Happy gaming everyone.