The Sandbox has published a blog post to break the news that Steve Aoki is set to enter The Sandbox in 3,333 digital avatars. Each avatar will be playable in the metaverse, with its holders getting access to a unique set of functionalities and the opportunity to earn SAND by playing the game.
Interested users will be able to mint their favorite digital avatars from July 25, 2022, at 2 PM UTC.
The release of Steve Aoki’s digital avatars has been lined up in three different waves, described as mentioned in the table drawn below:-
Date And Time | Criteria |
| July 25, 2022 – 2 PM UTC | Users whitelisted by Steve Aoki can mint two favorite digital avatars for every wallet within the time frame of 48 hours. |
| July 26, 2022 – 2 PM UTC | Users whitelisted by The Sandbox and Steve Aoki will be able to mint two favorite digital avatars per wallet within 24 hours. |
July 27, 2022 – 2 PM UTC | All the users will get the chance to mint the digital avatar of Steve Aoki during the public release. Each user can mint four avatars for every wallet connected to the platform. |
A total of 3,333 avatars will be randomly generated. They will fall in six different Rarity Tiers, namely:-
- Gold Rarity – 2%
- Diamond Rarity – 9%
- Hybrid Rarity – 14%
- Rainbow Rarity – 18%
- Android Rarity – 22%
- Human Rarity – 35%
Moreover, they will create several other 1/1 rare and exclusive Avatars.
The cost of minting one avatar has been set to 100 SAND, which will be playable inside the metaverse, with the earliest usage expected to go live in Alpha Season 3. One can claim a digital avatar of Steve Aoki on the official minting webpage of The Sandbox.
A digital avatar will be revealed to the holder 48 hours after it has been minted on OpenSea. Users can mint the avatar with any wallet they have access to.
Once available, one can select the avatar by navigating to Avatar Manager in The Sandbox dashboard. If the avatar has not been revealed after 48 hours, press the Refresh Metadata button on OpenSea and check again.
Users can still participate after the primary sale has concluded. They can access a secondary marketplace – OpenSea – to trade the avatar with a holder at the prevailing price.
Anyone can get started with getting whitelisted and buying the avatar of Steve Aoki by creating an account on The Sandbox. Users must ensure that their wallet is correctly linked to the account with sufficient SAND for minting and ETH for covering the gas fees.
Hold any one of the below-mentioned NFTs to get whitelisted for early access to minting:-
- Steve Aoki NFTs
- The Doggies Avatar
- The Sandbox LAND
- Winning a Twitter Contest
- People of Crypto Avatar
As mentioned above, holders of any of the NFTs will be whitelisted as long as they have the NFT in their wallet 24 hours before the minting starts.
Source: https://www.cryptonewsz.com/steve-aoki-to-enter-the-sandbox-as-a-playable-avatar/