Chainers is not easing into spring. Within the same week, the web3 MMO launched a community art contest asking players to shape the game's future visual identity, and kicked off its Aniflora Event, a limited three-day store sale offering discounts of up to 50% across farm animals, packs, lamps, seeds, and the Cropper device. Both activations run simultaneously, giving the game's 500,000-strong player base two distinct ways to engage with the new season at the same time.

The Aniflora Event: 50% Off Farm Items for Three Days Only

The bigger of the two announcements by urgency is the Aniflora Event sale, which runs from March 9 to March 11 only. The promotion covers the broadest possible range of farm assets in the Chainers store: animals, including some with discounts reaching 50%, booster packs, Phytolamps, seeds, and the Cropper automation device. That last item is notable. The Cropper is one of the more sought-after tools in the game, automating routine harvesting tasks and improving overall farm efficiency. Having it included in a sale event alongside animals and seeds makes this a rare opportunity to upgrade multiple parts of a farm setup in a single window.

The Chainers farm economy is not cosmetic. Crops, animals, and devices feed into reward pools that distribute real tokens to active players. Animals in particular tend to produce higher-value outputs than raw crop harvests, with chickens, cattle, and other livestock generating eggs, milk, or wool that command stronger positions in the pool system. For players who have been holding off on expanding their operations, a 50% discount on animals combined with seed and lamp deals represents genuine economic leverage, not just a promotional nudge.

The sale lasts exactly 72 hours. After that, all items return to standard pricing.

A Spring Art Contest With Real On-Chain Prizes

Running alongside the sale, but with a longer window, is the Chainers Spring Art Contest. Five winners will each receive 250 $CFB tokens, one Rare Plot NFT, and one Rare Seed NFT. Submissions close on March 18, giving players just under two weeks to create and submit original work.

The brief is deliberately broad. Players can design spring outfit concepts for Chainer characters, draw a new spring animal for the farm, create a seed illustration, or combine all three into a single entry. Any style is accepted, including traditional on-paper illustration, 3D renders, and voxel art built with the game's publicly available guide. That last option fits naturally within Chainers' signature isometric visual style, and players already familiar with the game's aesthetic have a clear creative foundation to work from.

What distinguishes this contest from typical community giveaways is its explicit rejection of AI-generated content. Every submission must be human-made. The studio framed the event as being about "pure human creativity," and closed its announcement by quoting Van Gogh: "What is done in love is done well." For a game whose lore centers on refugees who lost their culture to authoritarian uniformity, a no-AI-art rule carries meaning beyond the fine print.

To enter, players must follow and engage with the official Chainers X account, post their artwork in the comments under the announcement with the hashtag #ChainersArtist, and include a Chainers wallet address for prize delivery. Winners will be selected directly by the team, with no public vote or ranking system involved.

What the Prizes Mean in Practice

The $CFB token, or Chainers Fidelity Bond, is the current utility currency running through most of Chainers' on-chain activity. It powers extra mini-game attempts, farming merges, and other in-game functions. More significantly, $CFB holders are earmarked to convert their tokens into $CHU, the game's upcoming main tradeable currency, at a 20% discount once the listing goes live. That discount makes each $CFB won in the contest more than a reward for today. It is a discounted entry point into the next phase of Chainers' economy.

The $CHU launch is part of the studio's full 2026 roadmap, which includes a public token sale, marketplace launch, CEX listings, and DAO governance tools. Contest winners receiving 250 $CFB are not just getting a prize for their art. They are getting a position in what the team is building toward over the next twelve months.

Rare Plot and Rare Seed NFTs are both Farm Cards within the game's collectible system. Farm Cards enable players to run farms, raise animals, and produce goods that flow into the reward pool economy. Rare or high-quality cards offer stronger boosts in Style Points or more valuable farming yields, and these cards can also be burned or merged to upgrade into better assets, adding layers of strategy to collection and progression. Receiving both a Rare Plot and a Rare Seed in a single prize package gives contest winners a meaningful head start in the farming loop that drives a significant portion of Chainers' daily economy, and with the Aniflora sale running at the same time, the assets earned through the art contest slot directly into an ecosystem players can upgrade immediately.

About Chainers

Chainers is a free-to-start multiplayer game where players collect NFT cards, customize 3D characters, build farms, and take part in missions, mini-games, and seasonal events. The game is built on Polygon and Immutable infrastructure and has grown to over 500,000 registered players with more than 25 million NFTs minted since its launch in 2023. No wallet is needed to begin, lowering the barrier for new players while preserving full onchain ownership for those who want it.

The game's narrative casts players as refugees who abandoned their homeworld, Chainerys, after the rise of Big Eye and the Perfects. The Perfects were once Chainers themselves but were stripped of emotion and creativity under the control of the Soulcaster. That lore feeds directly into why creative expression, fashion design, and the annual Game of Arts festival are central to the world's identity. A spring art contest that shapes what the new season actually looks like inside a living game world is not just a promotional event in that context. It is a continuation of the culture the Chainers were forced to abandon.

Beyond farming and character customization, the game includes Chainers Arena, a multiplayer shooter mode where PvP performance carries rewards across the broader ecosystem. The 2026 roadmap also includes open-world gameplay, user-generated content tools, and further seasonal event structures. Reward pools currently distribute $BNB and $POL to active players, and the arrival of $CHU is expected to introduce governance participation as well.

Two Events, One Window

The timing of both activations running simultaneously is not accidental. The Aniflora sale gives players a reason to spend and upgrade their farms right now, while the art contest gives the community a reason to invest creatively over the next week and a half. Together, they cover the full spectrum of how a web3 game retains players during a seasonal transition: one event targets progression, the other targets identity.

For players looking to compete in the art contest, the March 18 deadline is firm. For those eyeing the Aniflora discounts, the window is significantly tighter. Animals, lamps, seeds, and Croppers at up to 50% off disappear on March 11, and with reward pools tied directly to what players grow and raise, that three-day window is the more time-sensitive of the two.