One of the changing trends I have noticed with new Airdrops is that now more and more grinding is required to get decent allocations. Earlier it was much easier as just a few transactions ensured you got pretty much the same allocation as the most active guy on the app.
If we look back at the era of Uniswap airdrop then they made equal airdrop allocation for everyone who had used Uniswap even once.
Now as there are so many airdrop farmers there are apps asking for exhaustive quests and expecting users to be active for extended months and years.
Many apps and projects have stopped giving airdrops after promising one for years and some just hand out a worthless NFT in the name of Airdrop.
Keeping these factors in mind I am now more careful about which projects I make the efforts to grind for the airdrop and also try to be more efficient in my activities which maximise my chances for a good airdrop allocation.
Todays article is about a quest which involves bridging NFTs across multiple Chains so once we have completed it we would have minted NFTs on different chains and then bridged them around multiple chains making us eligible for the Chains as well as the bridging app and getting solid volume on transactions.
What Exactly is this PANDRA NFT?
You can get all the info about the quest on the Galxe quest page here- https://galxe.com/polyhedra/campaign/GCGn6Ue25K
The Quest is sponsored by Polyhedra Network behind the zkBridge app that is used to bridge NFTs across different chains.
Once you have completed the Quests you would have minted NFTs on the following 4 chains:
- BNB
- Polygon
- Core DAO
- Celo
After minting the NFT you have the option of bridging them across 7 chains:
- BNB
- Polygon
- Core DAO
- Celo
- Mantle
- opBNB testnet
- Combo Network
What are the Pre-Requisites for completing these Quests?
If you have been in the crypto space for a while then it is safe to assume you already are familiar with BNB and Polygon chains and have sufficient funds there.
You need to add Core DAO, Celo, Mantle, opBNB and Combo networks to your metamask.
Next you need to move small amount of funds to these chains if you have not used them before. opBNB is the testnet of BNB and you can claim 0.1BNB from the faucet. Combo also is running on testnet and you can claim test funds from their discord faucet.
Overall it will take about $25 in gas fees for covering 30 transactions including minting and bridging.
How to Maximise your Airdrop Eligibility?
Once you complete the Quests you would have made yourself eligible for the following 3 Airdrops:
- Polyhedra
- opBNB
- Combo Network
Additionally the more bridging transactions you do the higher allocation you will receive of these potential airdrops.
If I look specifically at zkBridge app, they have mentioned that once the Galxe campaign concludes on 20th August they will reward a commemorative NFT as per following levels depending on how many different kind of NFTs you collect and bridge during the quest:
- Uncommon- 10 to 14
- Rare- 15 to 19
- Epic- 20 to 24
- Legendary- 25 to 28
As there are 4 chains where you claim the NFTs and 7 chains where you bridge them so total combinations is 7 X 4 = 28.
Getting to the top tier of Legendary will mean you have to do a lot of grinding and also spend up to $30 on gas fees and setup accounts in all the 7 chains.
I am hopeful that this level of effort should be rewarded well by the Polyhedra team so I did quite a bit of grinding by bridging those NFTs all over the Crypto universe and just hit the Legendary level.
Now I wait and watch to see how the rewards are and whether they will be worth the effort.
I will definitely make a follow up post once the rewards are rolled out.
Meanwhile if you decide to participate in this quest and have any doubts then do let me know in the comments.
Cheers,
Sam
