Frequently Asked Questions

Fishbank is massively multiplayer game, a decentralized application based on smart contracts running in Ethereum blockchain mainnet.

Players are collecting, fighting and growing crypto fish tokens to dominate the “decentralized food chain”.

Every game asset is an ERC-721 token stored in the Ethereum network that can be sold or transferred just like any other cryptocurrency.

In order to play Fishbank game you need to have Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browser with installed MetaMask digital wallet (browser extension). Please follow these steps:
1) Navigate to Fishbank website and press Play button
2) Unlock your MetaMask account
3) Enter desired nickname and your e-maill address to start the game
Read more on How to play page.

You will need at least one crypto fish token in order to play the game. Player can aquire crypto fish token by two major ways:

1. Catch a random one in the ocean for a fixed price

2. Buy one from other players

If you have preordered crypto fish tokens before the Stable version of the game launched they will be minted to the Ethereum wallet address set in Profile page of your Fishbank personal cabinet (https://in.fishbank.io)

You can buy crypto fish token on the integrated marketplace. Please enter the game and press "Market" tab in the main menu. Choose the fish token you would like to buy and transfer Ether to the smart contract address.

Please be informed that it is safe to conduct deals for crypto fish tokens only on official game website. Fishbank team never ask you to transfer Ether directly to any kind of wallets.

Don't get phished, please. Always check URL in your browser address bar that corresponds the official game server: https://play.fishbank.io

All the settlements within Fishbank game are completed with Ether (Ethereum blockchain cryptocurrency).

In order to put your crypto fish token on sale on the integrated marketplace please enter the game and press "Sell" button on the information page of any of yours fish tokens.

Sending a fish to the market will freeze it for 7 days (it will be protected from attacks for this period). You are also not allowed using it to attack others while fish is on sale.

Anyone can buy the fish on the market by paying the price you named. After buyer transfers cryptocurrency you will receive Ether directly on your Ethereum wallet (one that owns the fish).

If the fish token was not sold for that period it will remain on the market until Seller will not Return it. After the fish token is returned it can be sent to the Market again or used to play the game as usual.

Commission of 4.5% will be paid by the Seller on a successful deal.

Your crypto fish token is worth right that amount of Ether that other players ready to transfer you in exchange for it.

Fishbank is an open market game, everyone may offer his crypto fish token for any price he want or consider fair.

Crypto fish price mainly depends on Weight, Rariry, Power, Agility and Speed. For some it may be also very important fot a fish may have the same color of all of its "parts".

Ethereum is a decentralized platform that runs smart contracts: applications that run exactly as programmed without any possibility of downtime, censorship, fraud or third-party interference.

Ether or ETH is the Ethereum blockchain cryptocurrency. Gas is kind of fuel this blockchain consume to include transaction information in the block.

Almost every Fishbank game action is Ethereum network transaction that should be signed by crypto token owner and must be included in the block before it applies any effect on the game assets. That makes sure your crypto game assets are stored in blockchain and every game action in listed there as well, so you can track the history of any crypto fish token.

It's like fishing in real life — you will never know what you will get. Chance to get Rare is 1:5, Epic 1:50, Legendary 1:5000, Top Legendary (Whale) is 1:1000000.

Only you can burn your own token. Fish can not attack or be attacked with weight less than 2 Oz.

You may feed any crypto fish token that you owns by any other fish owned by you. You can do that by pressing "Unite" button on your fish information page.

Recipient crypto fish token may take up to 100% of its current weight from the donor. If the weight of the donor fish is less or equal to amount of recipient’s weight, donor fish token will be burned.

Modifiers can be found in Chests. Opening a Chest will always give you a random set of Modifiers.

There are Huge chest (with 5 Modifiers inside), Medium chest (3 Modifiers) and a Small chest (1 Modifier).

You can apply only one Modifier or Booster per time. If you have already applied Power Booster giving a fish an Agility booster will stop the effect of previous one.

The speed of how fast your transaction will be included in the Ethereum blockchain depends on gas limit and gas price. Game sets default values for these parameters when offers to sign you a transaction, but you may modify them at your own will.

You are highly recommended to take into consideration current load on Ethereum blockchain in order to adjust settings for gas price and limit. Transactions with higher offered prices will be included in block in prior by miners.

Please use the special Modifier called "Extra Time" that gives additional time for duration of applied Modifier effect.

There are Big Extra Time (that prolongs a Modifier for 3 days), Mid Extra Time (2 days) and a Small Extra Time (12 hours).

Instant Attack is special and very rare Modifier that allows your fish to attack without waiting for a cooldown period.

You may use Modifiers (also referred to as "boosters") for temporary boost of your crypto fish tokens core characteristics.

There are Big Booster that adds +30% (or at least 5), Mid Booster that adds +20% (or at least 3) and a Small Booster that adds 10% (or at least 1) to core characteristic.

You can use special Modifier called Freezer that does not allow to attack your fish for a limited period of time.

There are Big Freezer (protects for 30 days), Mid Freezer (14 days) and a Small Freezer (7 days).

Yes, you can attack with your freezed fish but that will break the freezer effect and your fish will become available for incoming attacks.

After each fight fish will take a rest for a cooldown period that is defined by Speed characteristic of the fish token.

1-5	12 hours
6-10	11 hours
11-15	10 hours
16-20	9 hours
21-25	8 hours
26-30	7 hours
31-35	6 hours
36-40	5 hours
41-45	4 hours
46-50	3 hours
51-55	2 hours
56-60	1 hour and 30 min
61-65	1 hour and 15 min
66-70	1 hour
71-75	50 min
76-80	40 min
81-85	30 min
86-90	20 min
91-95	10 min
96-100	5 min

No.

That is the demonstration of Fishbank game functionality running on Ethereum test network called Rinkeby. That allows anyone to test Fishbank game core functions and not risk real Ether. Fishbank Demo may not represent all the functions available in the Stable release of Fishbank game. Some functions may be added to Demo later. Stable version of the game will be launched on 18th March 2018 in Ethereum mainnet (using real Ether cryptocurrency).

Please make sure you have filled in the Ethereum wallet field in Profile page of your Fishbank Cabinet account (https:\/\/in.fishbank.io) with an address of your MetaMask wallet before the date of actual Stable release launch. That’s important because crypto fish token may be minted only once. You will need a MetaMask in order to play the game, no other wallets are supported by the Fishbank game at the moment. Please start the Fishbank game using the sate MetaMask wallet that you have in your Fishbank Cabinet and you will see your fish in My Assets list.

Every crypto fish token and any other Fishbank game asset is an ERC-721 token. MetaMask offers a convenient way to authorize on a website and sign transactions to Ethereum network, but does not support listing of ERC-721 tokens at the moment. You can see all your crypto fish tokens on the My Assets page in Fishbank game interface.

If you had a Gen 0 Crypto Kittie as of 1th January 2018 please enter Fishbank game with the same MetaMask wallet address that you have your kittie token on and you will see a gift in My Assets list in the game.

In the near future, yes. Most likely Stable version will have a mobile version for most popular platforms.

Smart contracts code will be published on Github prior to Stable version release. Results of all in-game actions are transparent and stored in Ethereum blockchain.