Free to play
Free to play is Kintara's access model. Anyone can create an account and play without holding $KINS, connecting an external wallet, or paying an entry fee. Free play continues until the account's Total Level reaches 10; from there, holding at least 1,000 $KINS carries progression on.
The model separates value-in from value-out: playing, earning, and buying are open from the start, while features that move value out of the game or between players unlock after the $KINS balance has been held for 24 hours.
The Total Level 10 wall
Free accounts play normally until Total Level 10 — the number shown on the dashboard. At the wall the account pauses in place: no further XP or actions until it holds at least 1,000 $KINS. In the game's words: "You've reached level 10, the end of free play. Hold 1,000 $KINS in your connected wallet to carry on — your character, your items and your progress are all waiting exactly as you left them."
Nothing is lost at the wall. Once the balance is held, progression resumes exactly where it stopped.
The free world
Free accounts can explore:
Within the free world, free accounts can fight mobs, gather resources, fish, cook, bank, complete quests, play Casino games, earn Gold, buy from the Marketplace and shops, and use the other in-game systems.
What free accounts do not get
| Restricted | Details |
|---|---|
| Paid biomes | The Shores, The Dunes, Emberstone, and the Venomweaver cave (Glade Cave) are closed to free accounts. |
| Mount and pet drops | Free accounts never receive mount or pet drops — boss drops, fishing rolls, wolf taming, the rare pet rolls from trees, rocks, and cacti, and scroll-redemption rolls all skip them. |
| Scroll drops | Free accounts receive no scrolls of any tier from drops (mob kills, bosses or any other drop source). |
| Outfit drops | The rare Lumberjack and Mining outfit pieces (including the Obsidian Cape and the Mining Hard Hat) from trees, cacti and rocks never drop for free accounts. |
| Season 1 pass | A free account can climb and claim the pass only as far as its third reward stop; past that the bar freezes until the account holds 1,000 $KINS. |
| King Scorpia | He rises in The Dunes, which free accounts cannot enter — and his mount, scroll and outfit drops are blocked for free accounts in any case. |
The mount and pet restriction applies to drops only — a free account can still buy a mount or pet from the shops or the Marketplace.
Unlocking with 1,000 $KINS
Holding at least 1,000 $KINS (checked on the connected wallet's balance) unlocks the following as soon as the game next reads the balance, usually within a few minutes:
- Progression past Total Level 10
- The paid biomes: The Shores, The Dunes, Emberstone, and the Glade Cave
- Mount and pet drops
- Scroll drops and rare outfit drops
Holding for 24 hours
Value-out features unlock after the account has held at least 1,000 $KINS for 24 hours:
- Marketplace listings
- Player-to-player trading
- Wagers
- Guild-bank deposits
- Referral earnings
- Tombstones on a Wilderness death
- The free daily Spinner Wheel spin
- Collecting Casino VIP rewards
Buying, gathering, playing and earning Gold are never behind the 24-hour hold.
Listing on the Marketplace, placing a buy order and trading also need the tutorial finished and every core skill except Smithing at level 5 or higher. Selling into someone else's buy order is a sale like any other, so it needs the 24-hour hold as well.
Getting started
Accounts can be created with an email code or a social login — no wallet needed. The game provides an in-game Solana Wallet for adding SOL and converting it to $KINS later. See Update:Free Play for the full release notes and login details.
Related Pages
| Page | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Update:Free Play | The free-to-play release announcement. |
| $KINS | The token behind the 1,000 $KINS threshold and holder benefits. |
| Total Level | The number the free-play wall is measured on. |
| Economy | Currencies, Gold sources, and value-out rules. |
| Marketplace | Buying is open to all; listing needs the 24-hour hold. |
| Trading | Player-to-player trading rules. |
| Wallet | The in-game Solana wallet. |
| Mainland | The free-world starting region. |
| The Shores | Paid biome unlocked by holding 1,000 $KINS. |
| The Dunes | Paid biome unlocked by holding 1,000 $KINS. |
| Emberstone | Paid biome unlocked by holding 1,000 $KINS. |
| Glade Cave | Paid area unlocked by holding 1,000 $KINS. |