FAQ
Do I have to migrate to v2?
Your v1 turtle keeps doing what it always did. But growth, the arena, the stocks and everything built from here live on v2, and the royalties follow the new collection.
What do I lose by migrating?
Nothing. Same id, same art, same traits, same shares, same path, same merge count. One transaction moves your whole wallet.
What happens to my old turtle?
It goes to the migration contract and parks there. It is not burned and it is never resold.
Is there a token?
No. There is no $TURTLE, no $SHELL, no ERC-20 of any kind. Everything is paid in ETH, out of secondary sale royalties.
When can I claim?
Any time, as often as you want, for whichever turtles you choose. No lockups, no windows.
What happens if I sell my turtle?
If it is Pristine and has not reached 12.00, the share resets to 1.00 for the new owner.
Anything else keeps its full share: Forged, Legendary, Champion, and any Pristine that already reached the ceiling.
Why does the share reset at all?
So a flipper does not carry away growth that came from someone else's patience. The moment you hold long enough to reach the ceiling, the protection turns into ownership and the share is yours to sell.
How long does it take to reach the ceiling?
From 1.00 at 0.70 a week, roughly sixteen weeks to a Pristine 12.00. A Forged turtle needs about eleven weeks to cover the same ground to 9.00, or a single transaction if you have fuel to burn.
Can I lose my turtle?
Yes, in the arena, and only there.
Three defeats in a row burn an unshielded turtle permanently.
A turtle standing on the ceiling of its path is shielded and is never burned. A Legendary is shielded always. A Forged turtle is never shielded at any share.
What does shielded actually protect?
Your shares and the turtle itself. It does not protect the fees it carries into a fight, and those can still be lost.
I lost three fights. What now?
Win one, and the streak resets.
Or burn another turtle you own with rescue, and the blocked one gets its three lives back straight away.
Why can I not sell a turtle that is in the arena?
Because it is in a fight. Letting people dump a turtle halfway through a fight they are losing would make every fight optional for whoever is behind.
What is a Champion?
A fourth path, and the only one you cannot mint, buy or merge into. When 90% of the shares your turtle carries were won in the arena, it becomes a Champion and its ceiling rises to 13.00.
What are stocks?
Your turtle's traits decide what its fees can be converted into, out of six: Gold, Nvidia, Apple, Coinbase, Strategy and the S and P 500.
Point any slice of your fees at what it unlocked, or point none and keep the ETH, which is what happens by default.
Why can my turtle not pick a stock?
Its traits did not unlock one. Traits were fixed at mint and nothing changes them.
What does converting cost?
Gas, and it comes out of the amount being converted rather than the rest of your balance. It is capped at 1% of that amount, and the vault only takes what the transaction actually cost.
Can the team rug?
Your claim is protected by the accounting itself. Everything owed to holders is subtracted before any other function can move funds, and claiming checks that you own the turtle on the spot. Fight outcomes come from a public randomness beacon that is verified on chain, so no one can decide a result. Read owedToHolders() on the vault and randomSource() on the arena and check both yourself.
What if the project dies?
The vault keeps running. While sales happen, royalties arrive and holders claim.
What chain is this?
Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum Layer 2 built on Arbitrum technology. Gas is ETH, royalties are ETH, and it settles to Ethereum.
Is the art on chain?
The dna is, fixed at mint and unchangeable. The images and metadata are served from turtlefees.com.