A special set of exclusive NFTs set in The Sandbox metaverse are being given away as monthly rewards for this August Edition to owners of avatars from official collections.

How to Earn August Rewards (Even Without an Avatar)

A snapshot of wallets holding eligible avatars was taken on July 26th at 3 PM UTC, so if you’ve been an avatar owner before this snapshot has taken, you are now eligible to start claiming rewards for this month until August 30th, 3 PM UTC. It won’t be possible to redeem this month’s items after this deadline.

The main reward holders can claim straight away is the Rubber Duck Buoy NFT, who you may have seen hiding in some metaverse experiences from previous Alpha Seasons. This can be easily claimed on the official Claim Page, where you can also see the amount of time left to claim each item.

With the Rubber Duck Buoy NFT claimed, you are now set to begin your adventure of collecting all the rewards for this month, which include 4 additional NFTs plus 5 $SAND tokens.

By holding the NFT and logging in to the voxel-based metaverse to play any experience at least one day during this month, you will be able to unlock the Quack Hat NFT. If you do the same for 3 days, you’ll be able to claim the Tufted Duck Topiary Balloon NFT and the Duck Slippers NFTs. Going on a 7-day streak will be rewarded with the Shoulder Perched Duckling and 5 $SAND, and with that you’ll have successfully grabbed all the rewards for this month.

The Rubber Duck Buoy NFT is key to unlocking the rest of the prizes, so it’s important that you log in and play using the wallet containing the required asset. Since this is a tradable item, chances are there will be avatar owners putting the NFT up for sale on a secondary market. By purchasing the Rubber Duck Buoy NFT, you will be able to start unlocking the rest of the rewards for August, even without owning an eligible avatar!

Alternatively, you could also try and win the cute NFT by watching Twitch livestreams hosted by voxel artist and VoxEdit Community Manager, Pandapops.

If you’ve missed out on the snapshot for this month, then don’t worry, as getting an eligible avatar now while setting up a KYC-verified account will have you ready for next month’s rewards, with the next snapshot probably taking place somewhere near the end of the month, similarly to the snapshot for August prizes. Getting an avatar from one of these Official Collections should get you set for the upcoming monthly drop.

Last month, avatar owners were randomly distributed one of 5 different Team Uniforms, each representing a different sport, including judo, swimming, basketball, gymnastics, and fencing. Players who equipped their uniform and played a total of 30 quests in any of the 4 selected experiences were rewarded with a matching weapon and bonus $SAND tokens.

More Events in The Sandbox

Next to this avatar-focused event, The Sandbox has teamed up with Otherworld to launch a new event featuring a prize pool of 65k $SAND, of which 15k $SAND is up for grabs for everyone who completes in-game quests until August 23rd, while most of the pool is reserved for Solo Leveling: Unlimited avatar owners who also have to beat all the quests.

Last month also marked the start of The Sandbox’s Rise of the Memecoins event, and everyone who participated in the memecoin holder-based part of it should have been airdropped an exclusive NFT skin based on a popular memecoin on August 5th. The event also features a VoxEdit Contest, for which submissions close on August 6th, 11:59 PM UTC. At the start of this month, the Game Jam for the event was officially unveiled, opening submissions for meme-inspired experiences for a chance at winning a share of a 60k $SAND prize pool and potentially more. Some of the submissions will be chosen for an avatar-only event, where players who’ve been airdropped memecoin avatars will be able to complete quests to earn memecoins.

If you haven’t already, be sure to check out our interview with The Sandbox COO and Co-Founder Sebastien Borget for some valuable insight into the platform’s growth following their $20 million raise at a $1 billion valuation cap.