RL;DR
- Gladiator Arena Season 1 offers a $10,000 prize pool paid in gold.
- The internal gold currency has a fixed value to mitigate the volatility of cryptocurrencies.
- Players can later redeem their stable gold rewards for the $QUEST token.
RavenIdle launched Gladiator Arena Season 1 with a total prize of $10,000 paid in goldintroducing a tournament aimed at strengthening a predictable and competitive economy in the Web3 universe. The event will take place on November 21-28 and focuses its rewards on a recent internal currency to mitigate cryptocurrency volatility.
Key milestones include the distribution of rewards on December 3 and the opening of gold conversions to $QUEST on December 9by aligning incentives with controlled market exposure.
Tournament structure and schedule
The arena season runs from November 21-28, with games starting at 8 a.m. PST; According to eGamers.io, all ecosystem rewards and bonuses will be distributed on December 3, and the option to convert gold to $QUEST will be available from December 9. Prize worth PLN 10,000. dollars will be paid entirely in goldan internal currency designed to maintain stable value in the face of crypto asset volatility.
The competitive system starts with a full reset of previous rankings: All matchmaking ratings (MMR) have been reset to even out the competitive baseline. MMR (Matchmaking Rating) is a score that matches players to their relative skilland the reset aims to establish fairer matchups at the beginning of the season.
RavenIdle is integrating this arena as part of the main Season 1which, according to NFTPlaygrounds, already has over 130,000 players, and the total prize range is estimated at between $100,000 and $570,000. This positions the arena as part of a broader engagement strategy within the existing player base.
Game economics and operational considerations
The main economic novelty is gold, tied to a fixed ratio of 100 gold pieces = 1 USDused as a unit of payment for arena rewards. Separating the act of winning (receiving gold) from market exposure (conversion to $QUEST) gives players the ability to decide when to assume the risk of tokenization, which reduces immediate exposure to market volatility.
The game is deployed on Immutable zkEVM; zkEVM is an Ethereum-compatible virtual machine implementation that uses zero-knowledge proofs to improve scalability and privacy. This infrastructure choice adapts the arena to a scalable and privacy-aware settlement.
Payment in gold is intended to provide predictability in the pricing of players’ workbut the ability to convert to $QUEST introduces an additional layer of market risk that will depend on liquidity and tokenomics dynamics after December 9. The moment of conversion becomes a strategic factor for players and stakeholders.
The liquidity available at the time of conversion will be decisive due to the ability to execute hedges or exits without significantly impacting price, and implications for institutional players include traceability of rewards and the need to evaluate counterparties and conversion rules.
The measure to reset the MMR aims to minimize cumulative benefits and prioritize current resultsreducing pay-to-win arguments but increasing short-term competitive volatility as recent rankings stabilize.
Gladiator Arena Season 1 combines a clear incentive ($10,000 in gold) with an economic design that separates reward from market risk; reward distribution on December 3 and $QUEST conversion opening on December 9 are upcoming milestones to monitor.
