Jaguar utilities, “Jaguarnomics”, and minting details

The purpose of this article is twofold. Firstly, to share more detailed information about the Jaguar utilities, “Jaguarnomics”, and minting details. Secondly, to share our thinking behind some important improvements we have made compared to previous articles about Jaguars.

A quick reminder

The Jaguar Gang collection will be a new NFT collection in Ape Gang NFT’s ecosystem. Initially, the collection will consist of 5000 “Jaguar NFTs” given as prizes for participation in Gang Wars Season 1:

• 64th to 17th place: 50 Jaguar NFTs per gang (i.e. one per ape)
• 16th to 9th place: 100 Jaguar NFTs per gang (i.e. two per ape)
• 8th to 5th place: 150 Jaguar NFTs per gang (i.e. three per ape)
• 3rd & 4th place: 200 Jaguar NFTs per gang (i.e. four per ape)
• 2nd place: 300 Jaguar NFTs (i.e. six per ape)
• 1st place: 400 Jaguar NFTs (i.e. eight per ape)
• Jaguar relief pool: 100 Jaguar NFTs

Over time, 5000 exclusive “Legendary Cub NFTs” and — at most — 2500 “Legendary Jaguar NFTs”, will be added as described below. All Jaguars will coexist on the same contract / collection.

Legendary Jaguar NFTs

1. Legendary Jaguar NFTs are created by fusing two Jaguar NFTs and spending 300 $GANG. As such, the Jaguar NFT collection is deflationary.
2. A pair of Legendary Jaguars can breed one Legendary Cub every 30 days. This represents a change from the 45 days we have previously announced. Continue reading for an explanation.

Fuse two Jaguars into a Legendary Jaguar. Genetics will play a big role.

Legendary Cubs will play an important role in Ape Gang’s Universe

We have decided that only 5000 Legendary Cubs will ever be bred. This represents a change from the 4000 Legendary Cubs we have previously announced. Continue reading for an explanation. As a Legendary Cub holder, you are empowered with special rights and benefits within Ape Gang’s ecosystem. As a direct consequence of the extreme exclusivity, it will take quite an effort to breed Legendary Cubs:

1. The price for breeding a Legendary Cub is 700 $GANG.
2. You must hold a pair of Legendary Jaguars to breed.

A pair of Legendary Jaguars can breed a Legendary Cub. Genetics will play a big role.

What’s new?

After consulting with NFT breeding experts (yes, there’s such a thing) we have made some important improvements compared to previous announcements.

Breeding limit for Legendary Jaguars

Previously, we envisioned that Legendary Jaguars should be able to breed indefinitely with Legendary Cubs limited to 4000 and a breeding cycle of 45 days.

This will no longer be the case.

Instead, we have decided to introduce a breeding limit on Legendary Jaguars and reduce the breeding cycle to 30 days. We expect these changes will increase the value of Jaguar NFTs, result in higher trait diversity amongst Legendary Jaguars and Legendary Cubs, and make breeding more fun.

With a maximum of 2500 Legendary Jaguars (1250 breeding pairs) and a breeding limit of 4, we need to increase the number of Legendary Cubs from 4000 to 5000.

Jaguars and Gang Wars

We have previously shared that Jaguars will be a force to be reckoned with in future Gang Wars. And that Legendary Jaguars take it to the next level with a 5–10% stat increase in future Gang Wars as compared to Jaguars. We also envisioned a maximum of 5 Legendary Jaguars would be allowed as members of future Gang Wars gangs. And a similar restriction to be applied for Jaguars.

This will no longer be the case.

Since we will now have a breeding limit on Legendary Jaguars as well as smaller Gang Wars gangs (Season Two gangs consist of five Apes and up to 5 Toucans), we need to adjust the role of Jaguars in future Gang Wars accordingly:

• Only Legendary Jaguars will be able to participate in Gang Wars. Jaguars and Jaguar Cubs no longer qualify.
• The number of Legendary Jaguars allowed per gang as well as their stat boost potential will be adjusted according to the game dynamics of respective war seasons.

By only including Legendary Jaguars in Gang Wars, we maintain their utility even after the breeding limit is reached.

Legendary Jaguar NFTs

• Legendary Jaguar NFTs will all have rare furs as compared to the normal fur of a Jaguar NFT.
• The traits of Legendary Jaguars will be inherited through a genetics system from the original Jaguars you decide to fuse.
• Each Legendary Jaguar can only breed 4 times. Meaning that a pair of Legendary Jaguars can also only breed 4 times.

Legendary Jaguar Cubs

• The furs of Legendary Cubs will be inherited through a genetics system from the Legendary Jaguars you decide to breed. The remaining traits of the Legendary Cub will be random.
• We have decided to wait a while before we announce the special rights and benefits you gain from owning a Legendary Cub. Why? Because we can.

Jaguar minting — we’re saving the best for last.

We previously announced that we will take a snapshot on April 10th to determine the Wallet IDs of those who qualify for Jaguar minting.

This will no longer be the case.

Instead, we decided to step things up and link the Jaguar mints to the Gang Wars Season 1 Apes themselves and remove the 2 week time limitation on minting.

This will help maintain the increased value of Apes with Jaguar claims and ensure that all 5000 Jaguar NFTs will eventually be minted. It also creates a permanent market for Gang Wars Season 1 Apes with remaining Jaguar claims.