As the flagship MMORPG of the Elderglade universe moves toward launch, the developers are inviting early participants to join a new official playtest, offering a shared prize pool of 150k $ELDE tokens for selected players to play and earn while helping the team create a polished blockchain gaming experience.

What Is Elderglade?

Elderglade is a web3 gaming universe and AI-driven retro-style fantasy MMORPG that places players in a hand-crafted kingdom ruled by nature and inhabited by intelligent animal champions. Each player becomes a protector of this wild pixelated realm, venturing into forests, towns, and dangerous wilderness zones to defend the land from encroaching threats.

At its core, the flagship title is also described as being a turn-based PvPvE extraction RPG, where both PvE and PvP encounters unfold across AI-enhanced maps made up of hexagonal tiles. The game also features a dual gameplay model in which players can engage directly in combat and exploration or adopt a more managerial approach by owning town establishments such as taverns, healer havens, scavenger huts, and marketplaces. These facilities generate income through service fees and in-game transactions, rewarding players who invest in the economy as much as those who master its battles.

AI agents are used to breathe life into characters and environments in an effort to create dynamic encounters and responsive storytelling. Each champion has a backstory generated by AI, influencing dialogue, decisions, and evolution over time. Even wilderness maps and enemy behavior are procedurally shaped by AI, to try and ensure that no two adventures ever unfold in the same way.

What’s Included in the Elderglade MMORPG Playtest?

The upcoming playtest represents the first major opportunity for players to experience Elderglade’s core title before its full release. Applications are currently open, though spaces are limited and the deadline is in less than 24 hours. Chosen participants will help the developers test game systems, refine balance, and provide feedback on user experience. In recognition of time and input, testers will share a reward pool of 150k $ELDE tokens.

The official X announcement and application form do not provide any exact details on what to expect from this playtest. It’s not known how many applicants will be accepted either, but whoever does gain entry will likely be able to test out the core gameplay experience and be rewarded with the game’s token for doing so.

What Is the $ELDE Token?

At the center of Elderglade’s economy is the $ELDE token, an ERC-20 utility token that powers every major in-game transaction. Designed to sustain a player-driven marketplace, $ELDE is made to fuel encounters, trading, and staking activities within the ecosystem.

Based on info from the whitepaper, players in the MMO will be able to use $ELDE to enter wilderness runs, heal characters, purchase gear, and insure valuable items before heading into battle. During exploration, tokens could also be discovered as loot, sometimes possibly allowing players to recover more than their initial entry cost. Wilderness NFT owners retain any unclaimed tokens after encounters, while a small portion is taken as a system fee.

Town ownership and staking are also connected to the token’s functionality. Players who invest in key establishments, such as taverns or healing havens, could earn a percentage of the tokens generated by those facilities. Staking $ELDE looks also set to enhance building performance and provide additional rewards, including special NFTs that unlock new hero recruitment opportunities.

This structure looks to help create a potentially sustainable economic loop where tokens circulate naturally between players, traders, and landowners, creating incentives both for active engagement in gameplay and for passive participation through ownership. By anchoring its token to meaningful gameplay actions and real in-game utility, Elderglade aims to establish a balanced economy that ultimately rewards participation.

If you enjoyed playing to airdrop $ELDE in Elderglade’s Telegram game a year ago and are looking forward to the main game, then it may very well be worth trying to apply and get an early look at what’s to possibly come. The MMORPG might possibly officially release this Q4 2025, according to the roadmap. Here’s how you can apply for a chance at being one of the first players to get a glimpse of this title before public launch.

How to Apply for Elderglade MMORPG Playtest

To apply for the playtest, you will have to fill out the Google form linked in the official X announcement. The form asks applicants to input basic details such as name, email, wallet address, and social media handles, while also featuring questions about prior gaming experience and device preferences to answer. You’re also given the option to confirm that you can dedicate at least 15 minutes per day, or more than 1 hour per day to testing and that you’re comfortable reporting bugs and providing technical feedback.

While applications are open to everyone, the questions asked do seem to indicate preference towards players who demonstrate familiarity with the Elderglade ecosystem and a genuine interest in helping improve the game. Prior experience with other playtests or the Elderglade mobile pre-release game is beneficial but not mandatory. Once an unspecified number of applicants is selected, testers will be contacted directly by the development team through Telegram or other provided contact channels.

The playtest’s reward pool of 150k $ELDE will be distributed among active participants after the testing period concludes. It's not specified if literally everyone will earn a share or if there is some specific criteria other than at least being an active tester.

The application window seems to be closing in less than 24 hours, so be sure to apply as soon as possible if you’re interested in getting your hands on the flagship Elderglade title.