The team behind Elemental Raiders, a free-to-play turn-based hero battler, has announced the GFAL Ignite tournament, a free 1-week tournament that starts this week on March 2nd and ends on March 8th.

Anyone is free to jump in and participate for a chance at winning a share of the $35k total prize pool. Participation requires having an Elemental Raiders account, after which you’ll be able to gain access to the tournament by downloading the game through the Games for a Living (G4AL) Launcher. While the game is available on Elixir and has launched on Steam as an Early Access title, playing this tournament will only be possible via the G4AL Launcher. According to the Medium post from the developers, you’ll be able to create or link your own wallet in the tournament section using “our partner’s frictionless Sequence Wallet.” It’s also clarified that for new players, the Tournament feature can be accessed only after you have finished the tutorial.

The tournament will take on a PvP format using an ELO rating system for fair matchmaking, with all heroes, as well as their skills, fully unlocked and at max level solely for this tournament, making it fair for everyone. You can play as many matches as you want to win trophies used for determining your ELO rating, with prizes given depending on where you rank on the leaderboard. In the event that there’s more than one player with the same amount of trophies on the leaderboard, then the player that was the first one to get them will end up being ranked higher.

When it comes to prizes, everyone who plays at least 1 match will be awarded with an in-game participation reward, which is a skin called “Contestant Takeda” while those who end the competition with 1000 ELO or more will be eligible for a raffle in which players will have a chance at winning 1 out of 10 Builder Giovanna NFT skins.

The total prize pool of $35k will be distributed to the top 1000 players. This pool consists of $15k $BUSD, $12k worth of Skins, $5k worth of $GFAL, $2k worth of Chests and $1k worth of Elemental Crystals. For more detailed information, including on how this is all exactly allocated, check out the post from the developers here.