What Powday Farm announced

In its Jan 6 update, Powday Farm positioned the upcoming open beta as an “early players get the biggest advantages” moment, and it put a clear number on the incentive: $10,000 in total rewards. The post frames the event structure around two primary leaderboards—Top PvE and Top Pow Mining—while also highlighting a bundle of rewards that includes $gSOL, $gEVA, OG Badges, and “high-rarity crates & equipment.” 

Powday also emphasized a second reward channel that runs in parallel to the ranking grind. Its Lucky Star feature is described as picking 4 winners every day, offering an additional route for players who may not be targeting the top leaderboard slots but still want a daily chance at rewards.

Passes, discounts, and how the early-access funnel is being structured

The announcement calls out multiple pass tiers and incentives aimed at shaping who gets in early and what kind of starting resources they receive:

  • NFT Powday Pass: positioned as early access plus “strong starter resources”
  • Super Prime Pass: described as a path for “Top 10 contenders”
  • Pioneer Pass: promoted at 0.55 SOL, with the post suggesting it still offers “high winning chances”
  • In-game discount: the post also tells players to use “CATI” for 30% off in game

The pass push is tied to a marketplace listing on Magic Eden, which Powday references directly as the place to pick up a pass.

Airdrop Grind Event is live, with daily tasks and points

Alongside the open beta tease, Powday says its Airdrop Grind Event is live on Discord, instructing players to “complete simple daily tasks” and grind points. The messaging aligns with earlier reporting around Powday’s Discord-led reward model, where activity and daily quests translate into points-based progress. 

In prior details shared about Powday’s Discord campaign, the airdrop pool was capped at 1,000,000 $EVA, and points earned during the event were mapped 1:1 to $EVA at distribution. At the time of that campaign snapshot, over 150,000 points had already been handed out, with more than 200 players climbing the leaderboard. 

That same structure also outlined pass-based rewards for top placement: the top 10 ranked users were set to receive an NFT Premium Pass, while players in the 11–30 range were set to receive a Pioneer Pass. 

Why the reward design focuses on early access

Powday’s current positioning is consistent: early access is framed as an economic advantage, not just a “play early” perk. In previously shared gameplay context, the project said $EVA would not be listed on exchanges during the open beta, which effectively makes event participation and pass ownership the primary paths to getting $EVA early. 

In that model, $EVA is described as being used to purchase materials needed for crafting crates—making it a practical resource for players who want to craft, trade, and progress from the start. The Jan 6 open beta tease leans into the same logic by pairing competitive leaderboards (Top PvE and Top Pow Mining) with “strong starter resources” via the NFT Powday Pass and additional pass tiers. 

Powday Farm on Solana

Powday Farm is presented as a web3 farming game built on Solana, with progression loops that mix farming-style production with PvE encounters, crafting, and resource systems designed to keep players trading and specializing rather than playing in isolation. Earlier test phases highlighted “mining the in-game POW token,” battling PvE bosses, and crafting first items as core starting activities, while the broader structure is pitched as a player-driven economy where different roles and outputs depend on one another. 

Powday’s earlier public timeline also tied its community events to a specific end-point for an alpha window: the project said its Alpha Test wrapped on Nov 20, 2025 at 11 PM GMT+8, and it referenced an open beta plan that was scheduled to begin in late December. 

What to watch as open beta approaches

The Jan 6 announcement does not publish an exact open beta start time, but it does clearly frame what the team wants players to focus on right now:

  • The $10,000 total prize pool tied to Top PvE and Top Pow Mining rankings
  • The reward mix: $gSOL, $gEVA, OG Badges, and high-rarity crates and equipment
  • The daily Lucky Star mechanic that selects 4 winners every day
  • The pass ladder: NFT Powday Pass, Super Prime Pass for Top 10 contenders, and Pioneer Pass at 0.55 SOL
  • The ongoing Discord Airdrop Grind Event centered on daily tasks and point grinding